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This message announces the availability of version 0.9.5 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-0.09pl5.gz in
the "kernel" subdirectory.
The corresponding "bootstrap" program for the Amiga is available in
file amiboot-1.10.gz in the "kernel" subdirectory.
If available, the "bootstrap" program for the Atari will be found in
file "ataboot-0.5.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).
Full sources for this version can be found in linux-0.9pl5.tar.gz in
the "src" subdirectory.
The source patch for the this version of the kernel can be found in
linux-0.9.pl5.diff.gz in the "src" subdirectory.
The changes in this release against 0.9 patchlevel 4 are too numerous
to list here :-)
Notably though:
- Support for the Ariadne ethernet card for the Amiga
- Frame buffer devices (needed for X) for Atari and Amiga.
- Sound (beeps!) for both the Amiga and the Atari.
- ECS video support for the Amiga. Supports video modes similar to
the AGA support. See amiga/amifb.c for details.
- Atari MIDI serial driver support.
- Some major bug fixes for the Amiga serial driver.
- Lots of bug fixes from various sources (Thanks folks!).
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.