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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.
-
-