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| + | ====== MINIX Release 3.3.0 ====== | ||
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| + | Release date: **September 16, 2014** | ||
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| + | ===== Documentation ===== | ||
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| + | * [[:UsersGuide:]] | ||
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| + | * [[:DevelopersGuide:]] | ||
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| + | ===== Release Notes ===== | ||
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| + | ==== New features ==== | ||
| + | * The first release with [[:developersguide:minixonarm|ARM support]], three Beagle targets ($45 boards with lots of features and power! More info on specs & where to buy [[http://beagleboard.org/|on the beagle site]]) are supported - build a complete SD card image from scratch using just our source tree and a single shell script invocation! | ||
| + | * Experimental USB support for the Beaglebones (hubs & mass storage) | ||
| + | * Crosscompiling for both ARM and x86 - the buildsystem is [[https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:beng-nl/Minix3|very portable]]. | ||
| + | * VND: vnode disk (loopback) block driver | ||
| + | * [[:developersguide:llvmbitcode|LLVM Bitcode]] build of the system | ||
| + | * Import of LLVM / clang in the sources | ||
| + | * unified block cache shared by FSes and VM | ||
| + | * mmap() allowing more sharing and less copying and lower memory footprint - used significantly by exec() and ld.so for all executables and shared libraries | ||
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| + | ==== Improvements ==== | ||
| + | * More complete source compatability with NetBSD in terms of utilities, calls, types (lots of 64-bit), toolchain, codebase and packages. All Minix-specific code is in a top-level minix/ subdir. | ||
| + | * [[http://www.minix3.org/pkgsrc/logs/3.3.0/20140810-053139/meta/report.html|Updated packages overall - a big set is built now]] | ||
| + | * New input infrastructure: input server and keyboard driver separated from TTY | ||
| + | * Packages are dynamically linked now, so they're smaller | ||
| + | * Improved driver modularity: UDS separated from PFS; PTY separated from TTY; one controller (not two) per at_wini driver; LOG no longer in the boot image | ||
| + | * The messages have been given a C type per request so all the types are cleaner; and the message size is a bit bigger now so there's more room for growth with the bigger types | ||
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| + | ==== Known issues ==== | ||
| + | * The isofs driver has been disabled as it is too buggy. isodir, isoread, isoinfo, writeisofs can be used instead. | ||
| + | * X11 is not available currently. Our old version, which was still based off of a monolithic XFree86 Server, broke. We are in the process of importing a current release of Xorg. New X11 packages will be provided as soon as the port will be completed. | ||
| + | * ARM USB | ||
| + | * Dynamic plugin/unplugin of devices on a USB hub is flaky. | ||
releases/3.3.0.txt · Last modified: 2015/04/19 01:04 by smarx007
