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This message announces the availability of version 0.9.4 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-0.09pl4.gz in
the "kernel" subdirectory.
The corresponding "bootstrap" program for the Amiga is available in
file amiboot-1.10.gz in the "kernel" subdirectory. This new version
*must* be used with the new kernel. This version supports the new
memory model and QMAGIC kernels.
If available, the "bootstrap" program for the Atari will be found in
file "ataboot-0.4.gz" in the "kernel" subdirectory (the author of this
ANNOUNCE-* file cannot compile such a "bootstrap" program and thus is
waiting for one from someone else).
The source patch for the this version of the kernel can be found in
linux-0.9.pl4.diff.gz in the "src" subdirectory.
The changes in this release against 0.9 patchlevel 3:
- Lots of bug fixes from various sources (Thanks folks!).
- Lots of Atari bug fixes and enhancements from Roman Hodek, Andreas
Schwab and others.
- Virtual console support added
- Mouse selection support added
- Atari ACSI driver added
- Amiga 1200 IDE support added by Dwight Engen
- NFS filesystem ported
The precompiled kernel executable includes both Amiga and Atari
configurations, so if you are using an Amiga, you will probably want
to reconfigure and recompile the kernel to exclude the Atari sources.
Similarly, if you are using an Atari, you will probably want to
reconfigure and recompile the kernel to exclude the Amiga sources.
Heck, you'll want to reconfigure anyway, to remove the drivers you
don't want, so that you'll have a lean and mean kernel.
Further hints and installation instructions should be gleaned from the
older ANNOUNCE-* files found in the same directory as this one.
Note also that binary distribution of various GNU and Linux source
packages are available from the "bin" subdirectory of the 680x0
archive on tsx-11.mit.edu.