From 0e20daacdeaf71dcb813dd1c10ed602b7ccda48f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norman Feske Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:41:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] News item for Genode 14.11 --- doc/news.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/news.txt b/doc/news.txt index f136bc6c8..60dbd33c7 100644 --- a/doc/news.txt +++ b/doc/news.txt @@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ =========== +Genode OS Framework release 14.11 | 2014-11-28 +############################################## + +| With the availability of the Intel wireless stack in version 14.11, +| we close one of the last functional gaps to use Genode on modern laptops. +| Further highlights of the new version are the trading of CPU resources +| between subsystems on top of our custom HW kernel, VirtualBox 4.3.16, +| a new dynamic linker, and networking on the Raspberry Pi. + +Early on our long way towards the use of Genode as a general-purpose OS, we +identified wireless networking as a crucial functionality. For a long time, +however, we feared the topic because WiFi driver stacks are known to be +extremely complex. In spring this year, we have finally started to port the +Intel wireless stack from Linux to Genode. With the current release, we are +proud to present the outcome of this activity as a new component on Genode. + +As the second major improvement of the new version, we added a new scheduler +to our custom HW kernel that allows us to trade CPU resources between Genode +subsystems, similarly to how memory is managed on Genode. Furthermore, the new +version comes with an upgrade of VirtualBox on NOVA to version 4.3.16 along +with profound stability improvements, a new dynamic linker with a complexity +of less than 20% of the old one, added networking support for the Raspberry +Pi, and new GUI components. + +The story behind our work on the WiFi stack as well as detailed information +about all the other improvements are provided by the +[http:/documentation/release-notes/14.11 - release documentation of version 14.11...] + + Article about building a simple seL4 root task | 2014-10-30 ###########################################################