[FreeVMS] New release 0.3.8

[Rebecca Putman]

That link should read ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/vms/freevms

Rebecca


On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 13:37 +0200, Roar =?UNKNOWN?Q?Thron=E6s?= wrote:
> Hi
> 
> New release 0.3.8 at
> ftp.nvg.ntnu.no:/pub/vms/freevms (freevms-0_3_8.tgz and linker-0_2_6)
> 
> Disk images are named a.img.gz and c.img.gz.
> The USE file or reference to it should accompany downloads.
> (For x86_64 they are named a.img.x86_64.gz and c.img.x86_64.gz)
> The README file should be read first.
> 
> News:
> New Bliss version, 0.211 (bump due to move to gcc 4.2.1 backend).
> 
> More news:
> There will be at best very low activity from my side from now on for a
> long time (want to do something else), and I expect it will continue
> at least until others here contribute.
> 
> Bugs/features fixed:
> Both:
> Terminal driver needed its own spinlocks.
> Sys$qiow system service did not do everything from the right mode
> (still other wait services remaining, though).
> Exe$forkdpsth did not set proper ipl.
> Ioc$iopost lost irps posted on the non-primary cpu, due to the softint
> running on the primary cpu, exe$finishio and exe$abortio changed.
> Exe$finishio and exe$abortio did not set proper ipl.
> RMS file resources got used up, now file descriptor reference count is added.
> Ioc$iopost remqhi had problems with spinlocks, changed to global_cli.
> Memory management look_aside_list needed spinlocks.
> Memoryalc had some superfluous poison-calls and call ordering
> that made problems.
> Buildfixes for gcc4 (i386 version now built on etch).
> 
> New bugs/features:
> Probably some.
> 
> Notes:
> Still SMP problems.
> Outgoing telnet client has problems withing cli parsing and output.
> 
> Regards,
> Roar Thronæs
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