Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of R1/Beta4/ReleaseNotes

Timestamp:

Oct 24, 2022, 6:38:23 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

pulkomandy

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R1/Beta4/ReleaseNotes

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 == Installation process ==
 * Fixed an issue with Installer not installing bootman and DriveSetup not setting up the created partition correctly, leading to an unbootable system
+* 32-bit EFI support is now available. It's possible to boot a 64bit OS from a 32bit EFI as well.
 
 == Package management ==
@@ -42 +43 @@
 * Fixed an issue with Tracker not showing custom folder icons.
 * Fixed an issue with the Flurry Test screensaver crashing upon exit.
+* Improved support for High DPI displays
 
 == app_server (graphics server) ==
@@ -48 +50 @@
 * An eject button has been added to Media Player for optical disks.
 * Terminal now allows you to configure ANSI colours in settings.
+* Terminal supports 24-bit colors and enhanced mouse events.
 * Fixed an issue in WonderBrush where selections were appearing opaque, not transparent.
 * The software renderer will now correctly handle unsupported colour spaces - previously the application simply crashed.
@@ -53 +56 @@
 * Fixed an issue with SpiroGraph not drawing a transparent background.
 * Fixed an issue where users could not click the teapot in GLTeapot with Mesa17.
+* Big performance improvements to Debugger
 
 == Web browsers ==
@@ -72 +76 @@
 * Fixed an issue where the system did not recognise partitions formatted with the mkfs.ext4 command.
 * Fixed an issue where the system became unresponsive when there was concurrent reading/writing happening to a FAT32 partition.
+* Support for sparse files on ext2, ext3 and ext4 filesystems.
+* More use of the entry cache for btrfs, ext2/3/4 and exfat.
+* Userlandfs is now compatible with FUSE 2.9 (the latest version in the 2.x series)
 
 == BeOS compatibility ==
@@ -78 +85 @@
 == POSIX compatibility ==
 * Increased maximum argument length to match FreeBSD (roughly doubled)
+* Rewrite of mlock() and munlock() to more closely match POSIX
+* Support for C11 threads
+* Addition of locale_t and the related methods
 
 == Build System ==
@@ -84 +94 @@
 * Fixed an issue with mimeset under libroot_build being slow and inefficient.
 * Fixed an issue with HaikuPorter unmounting packagefs causing a KDL.
+* Static libraries provided by Haiku are now built with hidden symbol visibility by default, some internal APIs will not be available anymore to 3rd-party apps.
 
 == System performance ==
@@ -94 +105 @@
 == Hardware compatibility ==
 
+=== PCI ===
+
+* Improved support for 64-bit PCI BARs in various drivers
+* CPU TSC frequency is read from CPUID if available, instead of trying to measure it with a loop
+
 === Sound ===
 * Fixed an issue with 5 Series/3400 Series Chipsets being detected but no audio was being emitted.
@@ -102 +118 @@
 === Network ===
 
+* Updated drivers to use the latest versions available from FreeBSD
+* Addition of an OpenBSD compatibility driver to get more drivers from OpenBSD
+* Support for 802.11ac Wifi thanks to OpenBSD drivers
+* Support for "jumbo frames" (ethernet frames larger than 1500 bytes)
+* New driver for USB-RNDIS, allowing to use USB tethering from Android phones.
+
 === USB/Peripherals ===
 * An issue with the Corsair K70 LUX RGB, AZIO MK Retro and Razer Deathstalker keyboards not functioning has been fixed.
-* Support for keyboard bitmap reports
+* Support for keyboard bitmap reports (n-key rollover)
 * Fixed an issue with XHCI endpoints not being initialised, which meant that the system could not start whilst USB devices were plugged in.
 * Fixed an issue with USB mice abruptly not working when being used.
 * Fixed an issue with the vHUION Giano 1409 Digitizer not recognizing clicks.
+* Support for USB mass storage drives larger than 2 TB
+* Support for low baudrates in the pc_serial serial port driver (for use witl old serial mouses, for example).
+* Support for flushing serial port buffers
 
 === Graphics ===
 * Fixed issues with Intel i7-3770 (HD Graphics 4400), HD Graphics 2000 , 2500 and 4600 booting into black screens.
-
+* Many other improvements to the intel_extreme graphics driver for modern systems: Broadwell, Haswell and later.
+* Experimental support for VESA BIOS patching to enable custom video modes (disabled by default)
+* New large font for the kernel debugger on high-DPI displays
+* Automatic fallback to VESA or framebuffer drivers if other drivers fail to initialise and report it to app_server
 
 == Deprecations ==
 
 * mkfat binary removed. Use mkfs -t fat
-
+* The driver for floppy drives was removed (it was not working anyways)
 
 = Known issues and workarounds =