--- trunk/RELEASE 2007/10/08 16:17:48 2 +++ trunk/RELEASE 2007/10/08 16:18:19 8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Release notes for GXemul 0.3.1 -============================== +Release notes for GXemul 0.3.3.2 +================================ Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Anders Gavare. @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ NetBSD/arc 1.6.2 Acer PICA-61 OpenBSD/arc 2.3 Acer PICA-61 NetBSD/hpcmips 2.0 NEC MobilePro 770, 780, 800, 880 + NetBSD/cobalt 2.0 Cobalt A couple of other emulation modes exist. Some of these modes are almost working well enough to run complete guest operating systems, but most are @@ -35,17 +36,18 @@ means that pipe-line stalls, penalties caused by branch-prediction misses, and other effects are not simulated. -The two most visible changes from version 0.3 to 0.3.1 are: +Summary of changes between release 0.3.2 and 0.3.3.2: - x) Name change (from mips64emul to GXemul). + x) When booting from an ISO9660 (CDROM) filesystem image, the kernel + can now in some cases be read directly from the image, so there is + no need any longer to supply an external kernel. (It is a quick, + buggy, and very ugly hack, but it sometimes works.) + + x) Mixing more than one disk image type (SCSI, IDE, PC-style floppy) + within one emulated machine is now possible. (There is however no + stable emulation mode yet that uses this.) - x) NetBSD/hpcmips can now be installed and run from a harddisk - image on an emulated NEC MobilePro 770, 780, 800, or 880. - -There have also been many other updates and bugfixes, as usual. - -This release has a number of known bugs, listed in the BUGS file, but feel -free to drop me an email regarding other bugs. + x) Many minor updates and bugfixes. Files included in this release are: @@ -55,10 +57,10 @@ README Quick start instructions, for the impatient. RELEASE This file. TODO TODO notes. - configure, Makefile.skel sh and make scripts for building GXemul + configure, Makefile.skel sh and make scripts for building GXemul. doc Documentation. experiments Experimental code. (Usually not needed.) - src, devices, and include Source code. + src Source code. tests Regression tests. To build the emulator, run the ./configure script, and then run make. @@ -67,8 +69,8 @@ is specifically known to NOT work is Ultrix/RISC inside the emulator; Ultrix chokes on the configure script and the default cc in Ultrix doesn't work.) -Regarding files in the include/ directory: only some of these are written by -me, the rest are from other sources (such as NetBSD). The license text says +Regarding files in the src/include/ directory: only some of these are written +by me, the rest are from other sources (such as NetBSD). The license text says that "All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software" must display acknowledgements. Even though I do NOT feel I mention features or use of the header files (the "software") in any advertising materials, I am