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This message announces the availability of version 0.9 of Linux/68k.
It can be ftped from directory /pub/linux/680x0 at tsx-11.mit.edu.
A precompiled kernel executable can be found in vmlinux-0.09.gz in
the "kernel" subdirectory.
There is also a new "bootstrap" program for the Amiga, in file
bootstrap-1.8.gz in the "kernel" subdirectory.
The source for the kernel can be found in linux-0.09.tar.gz in the
"src" subdirectory.
At this point in the development of Linux/68K, I consider it to be of
BETA quality on the Amiga platform.
The changes in this release against 0.08 patch level 3:
- The kernel has been upgraded to be compatible with 1.0.9 of
Linux/PC.
- Preliminary integration of the Atari Linux version 0.3 sources has
been made. Some work still needs to be done before a functioning
Atari kernel can be built from these sources (hint hint), since not
all of the source form Atari Linux version 0.3 were easily
integrated.
- Bounce buffers implemented for the Amiga SCSI drivers.
- A whole bunch of fixes for various Linux/68K specific (and Amiga
specific) bugs incorporated. Thanks to all who contributed these
fixes.
- Various minor enhancements.
The precompiled kernel executable includes an Atari configuration, so
if you are using an Amiga, you will probably want to reconfigure and
recompile the kernel to exclude the Atari sources.
Further hints and installation instructions should be gleaned from the
older ANNOUNCE-* files found in the same directory as this one.
One small note though: If you plan to use the minix and ext2
filesystems, and you have the older mkfs and fsck programs (from
0.08pl2 or earlier), you must upgrade to the versions found either in
the new-filesys.gz filesystem image, or the "tools" subdirectory on
tsx-11.mit.edu.
Note also that binary distribution of various source packages are
available from the "bin" subdirectory of the 680x0 archive on
tsx-11.mit.edu.