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v54 v55 1 = Release Notes for HelenOS trunk =1 = Release Notes for HelenOS Trunk = 2 2 3 3 '''Note:''' This document is a draft describing a future HelenOS release and is subject to change. The software described here has not been released yet. To get these latest and greatest features now, check out our Bazaar head. (But you will also get the latest bugs). 4 4 5 HelenOS 0.4.2 (Skewer) was released on 2010-03-10.5 HelenOS ''version (codename) '' was released on ''date''. 6 6 7 7 This document contains a summary of changes made to HelenOS since release 0.4.1. … … 15 15 === General === 16 16 17 * The project switched to Bazaar VCS. 18 * The ia32 port can be run in !VirtualBox again. 19 * Support for building using Clang. 17 * Feature 18 * Description 20 19 21 20 === Kernel === 22 21 23 * Support for the UltraSPARC T1 and T2 processors was added.22 * Item 24 23 25 24 === Services and Drivers === 26 25 27 * ATA Disk Driver 28 * Now works with real disks and supports 48-bit LBA. 29 * Added MBR and GUID partition table drivers. 30 * On G3 Macs keyboard works again via new Apple Desktop Bus driver (and mouse is also supported). 31 * Re-introduced mouse drivers, this time as separate servers. 32 * PS/2 mouse 33 * Apple ADB mouse 34 * Clipboard service 35 * Networking stack (experimental support) 26 * Item 36 27 37 28 === File Systems === 38 29 39 * Block addresses and file offsets are now 64-bit on all architectures. 40 * Improved I/O error handling. 41 * The FAT file system is now more robust against malformed on-disk file system data. 42 * The DEVFS file system now understands device namespaces and moves to hierarchical directory structure. 43 * TMPFS and FAT file systems can now be unmounted. 30 * Item 44 31 45 32 === Applications === 46 33 47 * New Text Editor 48 * Added {{{edit}}}, a simple text editor. 49 * Bdsh 50 * Improved command input (text seek, history, copy and paste) 51 * {{{mkfile}}} command for creating zero-filled files (e.g. disk images) 52 * Tool for creating FAT file systems, {{{mkfat}}} 34 * Item 53 35 54 36 === Miscellaneous === 55 37 56 * Build system 57 * Parallel builds are now supported. 58 * Spawned task now inherits the current working directory from the spawner task. 59 * Stack traces 60 * Upon a failed assertion the failing application will print a stack trace (all architectures except ia64 and mips32). 61 * When the kernel kills a task, it will print its stack trace (all architectures except ia64, mips32, ppc32 and sparc64). 62 * When the kernel panics, it will print a stack trace (all architectures except ia64, mips32, ppc32 and sparc64). 63 * Core dumps (experimental support) 38 * Item 64 39 65 40 == Regressions in This Release == 66 41 67 * Changes in Qemu behavior for some platforms68 * HelenOS/arm32 for Integrator/CP running in Qemu 0.11 and above will show wrong colors on the frame buffer and the keyboard presses will result in incorrect scan codes. Running in Qemu 0.10.5 does not exhibit these problems.42 * Item 43 * Description 69 44 70 45 == Known Bugs ==