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1  Release notes for Gavare's eXperimental Emulator (GXemul), 0.4.0  Release notes for Gavare's eXperimental Emulator (GXemul), 0.4.0.1
2  ================================================================  ==================================================================
3    
4  Copyright (C) 2003-2006  Anders Gavare.  Copyright (C) 2003-2006  Anders Gavare.
5    
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14  systems are probably NetBSD/pmax, NetBSD/cats, and OpenBSD/cats.  systems are probably NetBSD/pmax, NetBSD/cats, and OpenBSD/cats.
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17  The most important change between release 0.3.8 and 0.4.0 is:  The most important change between release 0.3.8 and 0.4.0.1 is:
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19      o)  The emulation of MIPS processors has been completely rewritten;      o)  The emulation of MIPS processors has been completely rewritten;
20          it now uses the same portable dynamic translation system as the          it now uses the same portable dynamic translation system as the
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25          will perform worse than 0.3.8 on those host architectures.          will perform worse than 0.3.8 on those host architectures.
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27          On all other hosts (including AMD64 running in native 64-bit mode),          On all other hosts (including AMD64 running in native 64-bit mode),
28          0.4.0 is likely to be faster than 0.3.8, when emulating MIPS, at          0.4.0 is likely to be faster than 0.3.8, when emulating MIPS.
         least for R3000 emulation.  
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30          I think that in the long term, moving towards full portability like          I think that in the long term, moving towards full portability like
31          this is a good idea.          this is a good idea.
32    
33  (Since the MIPS emulation mode has been rewritten from scratch, and I have  (0.4.0 was a bit buggy and unstable; 0.4.0.1 is a quick-fix release.)
 not really had much time over for debugging, there are most likely new  
 bugs in 0.4.0 that were not present in 0.3.8. However, I feel that it is  
 better to make a quick release now than to wait even longer.)  
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35  There have also been many other changes, including, but not limited to:  There have also been many other changes, including, but not limited to:
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55  Files included in this release are:  Files included in this release are:
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   BUGS                        List of known bugs for this release.  
57    HISTORY                     Detailed revision history / changelog.    HISTORY                     Detailed revision history / changelog.
58    LICENSE                     Copyright message / license.    LICENSE                     Copyright message / license.
59    README                      Quick start instructions, for the impatient.    README                      Quick start instructions, for the impatient.

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