From 8c618323894bd869f1ccb7c41cf7dbbef5251508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norman Feske Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:30:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] News item for Genode 13.11 --- doc/news.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/news.txt b/doc/news.txt index 301d6867d..3df60acad 100644 --- a/doc/news.txt +++ b/doc/news.txt @@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ =========== +Genode OS Framework release 13.11 | 2013-11-28 +############################################## + +| In addition to evolving the Genode API to better accommodate dynamic +| workloads, version 13.11 comes with a host of new features such as +| Qt5 QML, the Linux TCP/IP as user-level library, file systems based +| on FUSE, and HDMI support for Exynos-5 and Raspberry Pi. + +As follow-up to the inclusion of Qt5 in the previous release, the new +version principally enables the most distinctive feature of Qt5, namely QML. +QML parts ways with the classical QWidget approach and thereby makes the +development of visually appealing applications easier than ever. + +Most of the development during the release cycle was dedicated to work +on protocol stacks. Thanks to the new implementation of the FUSE API for +Genode, FUSE-based file systems have become available to the whole range of +supported kernels. In addition, when using Genode on top of the Linux kernel, +a new file-system service allows the integration of (parts of) the Linux file +system with Genode. To improve the performance of gigabit networking, we +supplemented the existing lwIP stack with a fresh port of the Linux TCP/IP +stack that we call LXIP. Using LXIP, it becomes possible to execute one or +many networking applications, each linked to its own Linux TCP/IP stack. + +In line with other releases, version 13.11 comes with improved device +drivers. This time, the framework gains HDMI and USB 3.0 storage support +for Exynos-5 SoCs as well as graphics and USB HID support for the Raspberry +Pi. The added drivers were the only missing pieces to run interactive +graphical system scenarios on both platforms. + +Among the many further improvements are the switch to C++11, new protocols +for enabling dynamic resource balancing, new terminal services, and support +for ARM TrustZone on i.MX53. +For the full story, please refer to the detailed +[http:/documentation/release-notes/13.11 - release documentation of version 13.11...] + + Genode OS Framework release 13.08 | 2013-08-15 ##############################################