From f07973126dc7ee2f7f311594da77871b35aa00a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norman Feske Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 10:28:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] News item for Genode 13.05 --- doc/news.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/news.txt b/doc/news.txt index 15472e01f..cc574d728 100644 --- a/doc/news.txt +++ b/doc/news.txt @@ -4,6 +4,38 @@ =========== +Genode OS Framework release 13.05 | 2013-05-30 +############################################## + +| The highlights of version 13.05 are new tools for automated testing and +| benchmarking including a suite of networking benchmarks, added device drivers +| for the Samsung Exynos 5 and Freescale i.MX SoCs, and new components for +| the operation of headless systems. + +The growing diversity of Genode base platforms, in particular the variety +of ARM-based SoCs, calls for quality-assurance measures that go beyond unit +testing and Qemu-based integration tests: Genode's base functionality +including device drivers need to be continuously tested and measured on real +hardware. To automate this task, version 13.05 introduces extensive tooling +support including a suite of networking benchmarks that operates on different +levels of the networking stack. + +Speaking of broadening the hardware support, the new version enhances the +existing base of device drivers for ARM-based SoCs with support for SATA, +USB-3, eMMC, and networking on Samsung Exynos 5, as well as support for LCD +display and touch-screen devices on Freescale i.MX SoCs. Furthermore, it +features basic support for the Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, which is the heart of the +popular Raspberry Pi platform. + +Apart from the extended pool of device drivers, there is a new facility for +capturing LOG data to files stored on a file system, a command-line based user +interface for managing Genode subsystems, and the addition of Linux/ARM as +Genode base platform. + +The full story behind these and many more changes is detailed in the +[http:/documentation/release-notes/13.05 - release notes of version 13.05...] + + Genode OS Framework release 13.02 | 2013-02-28 ##############################################