[coLinux-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Cooperative Linux version 0.7.4 released

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Cooperative Linux version 0.7.4 was released now.

Release: 0.7.4
Kernel: 2.6.22.18
Build date: 15-April-2009

Lots of bugs are fixed. New device scsi for whole disk, faster kernel
mode bridged network, cofs supports unix file attributes, variable size
for boot console, and some small things more.
Please check the project file release and wiki for information, updates
and progress.

Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/colinux/files
Changes:   http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/Version_0.7.4
Wiki:      http://colinux.wikia.com
Snapshots: http://www.colinux.org/snapshots

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NEWS

Filesystem:
* New: cofs rename allows to overwrite files with ReadOnly attrib.
* New: cofs supports flat file modes "rwx" for owner.  Mount option
    "noattrib" disables these attribute mapping for older compatibility.
* Use "setcobd=async" to enable asynchronous mode for cobd devices.
* Bug #2013435: cobd supports read-only files now.
* Bug #2152550: cofs atime and mtime was swapped on time set.
* Bug #2176188: File sync wrong on cofs, command after mv/rename fails.

Network:
* pcap-bridge: Fix suspend problems. Reconnect after loosing adapter.
* New network "ndis-bridge" works in kernel mode and is the faster
    alternative to pcap-bridge. (Ligong Liu)
* Bug #1396539: Fixing the "eth0: duplicate address detected!".
    New filter rule for ndis-bridge and pcap-bridge is:
    "(ether dst MAC) or (multicast and not ether src MAC)"
* Bug #2055697: Crashing SLiRP under heavy usage ktorrent. (Shai Vaingast)
* Bug #2357494,#2365031: ndis-bridge was not working with PPPoE, AoE
    and others types as IP and ARP packets. Type filter removed now.

Console and daemons:
* New: Added "cocon=COLSxROWS" to use console size, other than 80x25.
* Bug #1117788: Fix sticky ALT after system menu from ALT-Space.
* Bug #2013501: Stop with error message on empty parameters.
* Bug #2593186: FLTK console command prompt display problems. (Shai 
Vaingast)
* Bugfix: Enclose spaces in current directory for install-service.

Kernel:
* scsi: New device for images with partition tables and works async.
    Usage "scsi0=disk,file.img" or "scsi1=cdrom,file.iso" (Steve Shoecraft)
* Added virtual pci device handling. "lspci" is working (Steve Shoecraft)
* Add PG_co_host_mapped, save many OS switching times: speed up coLinux.
* New: /proc/colinux/stats show counts of OS switches.
* unionfs-2.2.4 added as module. (Marwan Al-Sabbagh)
* Add sysenter / sysexit restoration support, for cpu with SEP feature.
* Bug #2524658: GPF on raid5/6 md array by accessing MMX/XMM-registers.
* Feature req #2114493: Add iscsi kernel support (CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP).

Installer:
* New images: Fedora 10, Ubuntu 7.10

Debugging:
* Enable host kernel debug via registry [HKLM\SOFTWARE\coLinux] "Debug"

Updated libraries and tools:
* mingw 3.14
* w32api 3.11

-- 
Henry N.