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* Version 0.7.8-beta
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FLTK Console (Shai Vaingast):
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* New: Select font style and size with menu.
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* New: Setect text with right or left mouse and copy&paste with key Win+C.
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* New: "cocon=COLSxROWSxSCROLLBACK" to use console scrollback with keys
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Win+PageUP, Win+PageDown or mouse weel.
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* Disabling console FLTK resize functionality.
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* Enabled blinking cursor support.
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* New menu option "exit on detach" (quit console after shutting down).
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* Redesigned menu to be more inline with today's standard menu layout.
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Kernel:
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* Version 2.6.33.5
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Buildsystem:
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* Suppress warnings from Python 2.6. (Shai Vaingast)
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Updated libraries and tools:
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* FLTK 1.1.10, fixes problems with Window border frame on Vista.
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* Version 0.7.7
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Console and daemons:
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* New: "color=black,white" sets default color. (Peter Kuznetsov)
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* New: "cursor=1..99" sets cursor size of nt-console. (Peter Kuznetsov)
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* TAB as separator in command line args. (Peter Kuznetsov)
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* Suppress "<d>" KERN_DEFAULT and "<c>" KERN_CONT on daemon printk output.
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Kernel:
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* Version 2.6.26.8
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o ext4fs enabled as module, backport patch 2.6.26-ext4-7 added.
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Please read about using ext4 in kernel 2.6.26:
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http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#For_people_who_are_running_Debian
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(Thanks Frédéric L. W. Meunier)
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o Squashfs 3.4, Unionfs 2.5.4, Cloop 2.628
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* Version 2.6.25.20
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* CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED: Disabled. Newer udev don't like it. (El Topo)
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* scsi: Fix "unhandled opcode 51" (GPCMD_READ_DISC_INFO) for DVD/CDROM.
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Buildsystem / sources:
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* Source format cleanup. (Peter Kuznetsov)
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* premaid.sh moved into bin directory.
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Updated tools:
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* binutils 2.19.1
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* Version 0.7.6
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* Bug #2895531: "mkfs.ext3 freezes on scsi disks" fixed by limit number
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of entries in scsi queue from 73 to 32, and changed type from Critical-
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into DelayedWorkQueue.
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* Bug #2890857: Fixed panic "COSCSI: response: use_sg (2) > 1".
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Walking thought scsi scatterlist with more as 1 segment now.
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* Bug #2893343: VMALLOC_END was overlapping coLinux shared host memory.
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If user used mem=1000, then this crashed Linux kernel or the host.
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Maximal guest memory limit is 984 MB, host driver will adjust it now.
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* Bug #2911886: Move file to subdirecory was blocked under cofs.
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* Bugfix pci device list. conet0 was missing in bootlog sometimes.
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Console:
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* FLTK: Fix buffer overflow for option cocon=x*y with x > 256 columns.
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* Version 0.7.5
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* Bug #1959846, #2760666: Don't crash the host, if an other virtualization
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runs in VMX mode.
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Network:
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* Bug #2849262: SLiRP: Active FTP failed with "500 Illegal PORT command".
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Environment COLINUX_HOST_IPADDR overwrites auto detected host ip address.
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Console and daemons:
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* Insert keys from fltk console without keyboard mapping. (Paolo Minazzi)
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* New: NT console WinKey+V paste keys from clipboard. (Vladislav Grishenko)
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* Linux as host: Handle extended keys, for example ALT+CurRight.
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* Automatically add network dependency to coLinux as service.
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* Version informations about binutils and SVN revision added to daemon file.
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Kernel:
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* Remove floating point handling from passage page code. FPU save/restore
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only on demand and only inside Linux guest kernel, if Linux kernel or Linux
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userland needs the FPU. In cases where FPU was not used on Linux guest side,
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the registers of FPU are not touched. That saves some time between operating
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system switches. It's 1 percent (or less) faster now.
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* Increase CO_LINUX_API_VERSION to 13, avoids crashes with older builds.
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* cloop updated to version 2.625
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* Forward plain text panic message instead "terminated with code 3".
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Buildsystem:
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* Bug #2847393: Configure detected wrong program versions. (Steven Chen)
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Updated libraries and tools:
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* w32api 3.13
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* Version 0.7.4
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Filesystem:
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* New: cofs rename allows to overwrite files with ReadOnly attrib.
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* New: cofs supports flat file modes "rwx" for owner. Mount option
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"noattrib" disables these attribute mapping for older compatibility.
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* Use "setcobd=async" to enable asynchronous mode for cobd devices.
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* Bug #2013435: cobd supports read-only files now.
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* Bug #2152550: cofs atime and mtime was swapped on time set.
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* Bug #2176188: File sync wrong on cofs, command after mv/rename fails.
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Network:
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* pcap-bridge: Fix suspend problems. Reconnect after loosing adapter.
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* New network "ndis-bridge" works in kernel mode and is the faster
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alternative to pcap-bridge. (Ligong Liu)
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* Bug #1396539: Fixing the "eth0: duplicate address detected!".
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New filter rule for ndis-bridge and pcap-bridge is:
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"(ether dst MAC) or (multicast and not ether src MAC)"
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* Bug #2055697: Crashing SLiRP under heavy usage ktorrent. (Shai Vaingast)
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* Bug #2357494,#2365031: ndis-bridge was not working with PPPoE, AoE
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and others types as IP and ARP packets. Type filter removed now.
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Console and daemons:
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* New: Added "cocon=COLSxROWS" to use console size, other than 80x25.
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* Bug #1117788: Fix sticky ALT after system menu from ALT-Space.
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* Bug #2013501: Stop with error message on empty parameters.
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* Bug #2593186: FLTK console command prompt display problems. (Shai Vaingast)
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* Bugfix: Enclose spaces in current directory for install-service.
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Kernel:
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* scsi: New device for images with partition tables and works async.
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Usage "scsi0=disk,file.img" or "scsi1=cdrom,file.iso" (Steve Shoecraft)
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* Added virtual pci device handling. "lspci" is working (Steve Shoecraft)
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* Add PG_co_host_mapped, save many OS switching times: speed up coLinux.
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* New: /proc/colinux/stats show counts of OS switches.
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* unionfs-2.2.4 added as module. (Marwan Al-Sabbagh)
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* Add sysenter / sysexit restoration support, for cpu with SEP feature.
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* Bug #2524658: GPF on raid5/6 md array by accessing MMX/XMM-registers.
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* Feature req #2114493: Add iscsi kernel support (CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP).
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Installer:
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* New images: Fedora 10, Ubuntu 7.10
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Debugging:
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* Enable host kernel debug via registry [HKLM\SOFTWARE\coLinux] "Debug"
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Updated libraries and tools:
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* mingw 3.14
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* w32api 3.11
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* Version 0.7.3
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Bugfixes:
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* Check ELF header before accessing kernel vmlinux (fix exception).
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* Fix problems with memory hole from shared video cards and the
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error message "PFN to high".
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* Bugfix host freeze after "Using IPI Shortcut mode" and other randomly
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crashes at mounting the root file system with types ext2 or ext3.
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Daemon:
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* Add build date to exe file properties.
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* View build timestamp of ntkernel driver with --status-driver.
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* Bug #1861876: Random created MAC stored in Registry to have same on
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every start. [HKCU\Software\coLinux]
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* Bugfix: Image files >=4GB fails with size error on parameter "-v 3".
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* Workarround for unresponsive key inputs on Vista flooded nt-console.
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Linux driver will sleep now, if message queues have to many entries and
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user task is busy. Network daemons drivers changed also into this mode.
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* Incrase NT console screen to most as can without scrollbars at startup.
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Kernel:
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* Kernel has been updated to 2.6.22.18
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* Kernel config added: More Netfilters (NF_NAT and more), Network Security
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Marking, RAID and LVM as module (MD), extended attributes for ext2/ext3/
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reiser/jfs/xfs, Quota, Kernel automounter support, eCrypt filesystem,
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and more...
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* Removed: KALLSYMS_ALL (Debugging symbols)
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* SELINUX support. To enable, set selinux=1 in colinux.conf
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* Fix for splice local root exploit is included, details on
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.18
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* Feature Requests #1421120: Fixup "vim fsync" error on cofs.
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* Bugfix get_size for double opened block devices.
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* Fix BSOD on "stty rows N" where n>25. Disable resize. (Paolo Minazzi)
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* Bugfix: CR3 wrong converted for register dumps inside page fault handler.
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Installer:
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* Update image ArchLinux-2007.08-2
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* Text '* Notes' sometimes was only shown as '*', adjust field sizes
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* Feature Requests #1898468: expose install folder as variable %COLINUX%
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Buildsystem:
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* New option --errfile use different file for stdout and stderr.
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* Version 0.7.2
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Bugfixes:
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* #1324092: cofs rename replace existing file.
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* #1791993: Ship modules with root as owner and group.
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* #1853578: memory usage limit: 0 MB on machines with 4 GB RAM.
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* Fix cofs chdir with wildcards on existing upper/lower directory.
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* Don't drop last char from config, if last line no ends with CRLF.
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Console and daemons:
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* New menu entries in FLTK console
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Power off: Fast power down coLinux kernel. Without file sync!
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Reboot: Sends ctrl-alt-del, init process goes into runlevel 6
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Shutdown: Calls "/sbin/shutdown -h now" with fallback to "/sbin/halt"
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Shutdown will automatic call from stopping as service,
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or if user clicks close on the colinux-daemon.
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* New: "colinux-daemon -p pidFile" stores ID of coLinux in file pidFile.
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"colinux-console-fltk|nt -p pidFile" attach the monitor from stored
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ID. With this mechanism can open a /named/ console without knowing
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the current ID (Process ID). pidFile will removed on normal shutdown.
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* Network daemons TAP, Bridged and Slirp runs with process priority high.
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* Added a nice colinux 3D logo image to the "About" box (Nlucas)
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* Stop with error, if double defined device (cobd,cofs,eth,exec)
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* Optimized workaround for DEP/noexecute problems (flush tlb).
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Kernel:
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* Kernel has been updated to 2.6.22
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(Thanks to Anders Eriksson for 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.15)
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* Holds multiple kernel versions in patch series files
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(2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.15, 2.6.17, 2.6.22)
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* cloop updated to 2.06 (compressed loop blockdevice from Knoppix)
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* Hotplug enabled, udev usable
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Installer:
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* Text was to big for description box in installer. [Bugs item #1819219]
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* Add Ubuntu 6.06.1 to images page. Update image Fedore 7. Add web link
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to Notes for each image. Link to 'other images on SF' clickable now.
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* Un-/Installer checks a running coLinux before overwrite or remove old
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files. [Bugs item #1396459, #1549148]
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* Uninstall old colinux with old exefile, path from registry uninstaller
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[Support Requests-1553923]
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* Update tapinstall.exe (alias devcon) from DDK 3790.1830 (Mar 24 2005)
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* Block installing on 64 bit systems.
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Buildsystem:
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* Linux as host: Restructed build of colinux.ko, use kbuild system
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from host. Host with regparm=3 is usable (tested host 2.6.22).
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* Linux Kernel and daemons can build with differ gcc versions now.
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ABI is runtime checked.
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Usable gcc for kernel: 3.4.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x up to 4.3.0
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* Warnings from gcc 4.x fixed.
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Debugging:
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* New: Debugging.txt with hints for debugging colinux start problems.
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* Option "-v level" enable verbose messages and debug prints on console.
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* colinux-debug-daemon: Only connect to driver, if args -s settings.
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* Leveled debug output to Dbgview.exe (www.sysinternals.com).
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Needs to enable facility/level with colinux-debug-daemon before.
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Updated libraries and tools:
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* gcc 4.1.2 (unpatched now, not from mingw)
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* binutils 2.17.50
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* mingw 3.11
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* w32api 3.9
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* WinPcap 4.0.1
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* Version 0.7.1
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* colinux-daemon:
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- Obsoleted the use of XML files for configuration.
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XML config files have been removed. Use the command-line
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syntax in a name=value per line plain text file instead. Please
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read syntax from colinux-daemon.txt and view into the file
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example.conf in coLinux install directory.
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- Added support for @ at the command line for passing simple
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configuration files.
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- Added '-k' option to suppress kernel messages on boot. This should
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let you watch other daemon's output more easily.
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- Incrase the maximum numbers of monitors from 16 to 64.
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- Warn about double configured index for cobd, eth, cofs, ttys, exec.
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- Print human readable error, if wrong linux.sys installed.
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- Return errorlevel procedures (return from running, --install-driver,
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--status-driver, ...) Errorcodes: 0=OK, 3=driver version mismatch,
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14=driver no installed, 255=general fail (-1)
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- New: "execX=..." in configuration, launch external programs.
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- Bug fix: Quotation marks detection in config file and args, samples:
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eth0=tuntap,"LAN-Connection 14",00:11:22:33:44:55
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cofs0="C:\My files"
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- New: "ttysX=..." in configuration, launch coserial daemon.
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Internaly parameters "-f DeviceName -m Mode" for colinux-serial-daemon.
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Serial daemon is light usable under WinNT, you can login on /dev/ttyS0
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or redirect serial communication port (COM1 for sample).
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- Workaround for Xeon and P4 with DEP/noexecute problems (flush_tlb).
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* Console:
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- "set COLINUX_CONSOLE_EXIT_ON_DETACH=1" to close FLTK/NT console
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after shutting down and detach coLinux.
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- Menu Monitor Select is usable to select ones from running instances.
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* Service running:
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- Shutdown the service, if Windows is shutting down.
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- All files and config file no longer needs absolute path names on
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'--install-service'. Working directory stored for service run later.
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* Kernel:
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- has been updated from 2.6.11 to 2.6.12
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- Bug #1479042: Ignore bootparm "no387", while no emulation is enabled
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- Bug #1665812: Disable /proc/kcore from kernel config.
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Reading from this file would crash host system.
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- Bug #1643371: BSOD from dmidecode, fixed by disallow mmap on /dev/mem.
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* Updated libraries:
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- MinGW from 3.7 to 3.9
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- w32api from 3.2 to 3.4
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- WinPcap from 3.1-beta4 to 3.1
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- FLTK from 1.1.4 to 1.1.6
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- Remove all XML libraries from source
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* Installer:
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- Add new images ArchLinux and FedoraCore5.
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- Gentoo image updated.
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- Add locations Australia and SouthAmerica
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- Used NSIS version 2.22
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* initrd:
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- Automatic use cofs31 as path to file vmlinux-modules.tar.gz.
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- Print error on console, if initrd can't load.
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- Bugfix: 'root=/dev/...' must no longer the first bootparm for initrd.
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* cofs:
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- Break out the limit of filename length. Basename length up to
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255 chars. Fullpath is limited by path depth of 256 directories.
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- Bug #1151757: COFS disallow mutiple mounts.
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- Bug #1190080: Fix cofs file time/mode/flags after touch or write.
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- Fix mmap read error behind end of file (was not zero filled).
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* TAP-Win32 device driver
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- version 8.4 update from openvpn-2.1_beta15a
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- usable without admin rights
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- fixed crashing Vista
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- connection speed status 100 MBit/s (show/view only)
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- 'Check for truncated IPv4 packets' diabled
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- without linker debug symbols, without runtime debugging
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* pcap/Bridged:
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- Allows empty name for autosearch a connected LAN interface.
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* slirp:
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- SLiRP is the first choice of colinux networking types (easy setup).
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- Multiple redirection as parameter ':count'
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(Thanks to Bernd Brandstetter)
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- UDP receive Buffer incrase to 32K (win32 default was 8K),
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maximal size of a packet is 32767 bytes now.
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(Thanks to Bernd Brandstetter)
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- Incrase TCP MSS from 512 to 1460 bytes.
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- Remove honypot ports 517, 518 and 7648 from udp listen.
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talk and Cu-Seeme are not implement, still remove the table mow.
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- Runtime debug code disabled.
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- Mac is usable as config.
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* Introduce a new build system:
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- Target kernel dir splitt into source and objects. New params
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--targetkernelsource and --targetkernelbuild as replacement for
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the obsolate --targetkerneldir for configure.
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- Allow to use ccache (http://ccache.samba.org/).
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- Use quilt for kernel patches, if quilt installed, fallback if not.
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- 'make package' creates one zip archive with and an other without
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debugging symbols. The zip with symbols only will no more create.
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- New param --gcc-guest-build for configure: Creates the kernel gcc
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from source of cross gcc, if your system has an incompatible gcc.
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- New parameter --verbose for configure.
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- Python bin/make.py colinux:
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o Automatic awareness of changes in header files.
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o Doesn't require 'make clean' between compilation of
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different coLinux ports.
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o Clean, flexible and easier to maintain.
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* Add icons to the other executables.
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* Linux as host: More positive tested host kernels: 2.6.17, 2.6.18
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* Wiki moved from wiki.colinux.org to http://colinux.wikia.com
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* Version 0.6.4
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* Resolved SF Bug #1517979 and #1551076 - colinux-bridged-net-daemon.exe
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and other net daemons crashes under heavy load. (Mitch Bradley)
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* colinux-daemon: Fix incorrect explaination in --help, for --remove-driver.
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SF Bug#1483449
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* Improved building
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* improvements to cut down on disk size needed to build coLinux
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* improvements to make process smoother and better handle some errors
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* Fix do_wp_page: bogus page at address <address> (mainly seen with syslog)
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when linux is host
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Thanks to Robert for >=2.6.13 part (2006-02-26) and Bernd Brandstetter
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for 2.6.12 (2005-10-01).
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Tested host kernels:
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2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14.4, 2.6.15, 2.6.16-rc5
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* Fix daemons to read more than one message
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* Fix for dropped UDP/TCP packets between linux and host daemons.
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* cofs and cobd:
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* Allow relative paths in XML (except for \Device & \DosDevices)
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* Remove trailing backslashes from cofs paths
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* Improve console output of mapped devices & paths
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* Case insensitive scans for duplicate paths
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* cobd:
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* Fix for reference to NULL-Pointer
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* cofs:
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* Fix BSOD for long non-ansi names in directory
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(Thanks to Kensuke Matsuzaki)
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* Fix for handling longer basenames (from 127 to 255)
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* slirp:
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* Handle larger UDP/TCP packet (more than 3000...4000 bytes of user data
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* Fix realloc problem that caused slirp to crash
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(Thanks to Bernd Brandstetter for finding it)
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* Always set destination address and port, destination port is not
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always the same
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(Thanks to Bern Brandstetter for finding & submitting patch)
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* bind 10.0.2.2 to Window's localhost, instead of window's LAN adapter
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* Packets from Windows host are translated to 10.0.2.2,
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other packets are routed but not translated
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* Slirp redirection now works without any real network adapter
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* Fix Slirp redirection to work on LAN if colinux started before LAN is
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connected
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* pcap/Bridged:
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* Add promisc="false" in config.xml, or 'nopromisc' as last command-line
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argument
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(ie, eth1=pcap,"Local Area Connection","<FAKE MAC>",nopromisc ).
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Default is Promiscuous on.
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* Version 0.6.3
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* Fixed "VFS: Cannot open root device" after installation modules from
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initrd (linuxrc). Mostly on jurnaled filesystems such reiser or ext3.
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* Automatic find interface, if name is empty for winpcap bridged.
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* Resolved SF Bug# 1235993 - Crash if find or locatedb runs on cofs.
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* Fixes issue with Services being killed during Windows Shutdown,
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instead of Windows waiting for the Service to shutdown properly.
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* Fixes for memory size that are not a multiple of 4 (caused crashes).
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* Improved console i/o peroformance (especially on XP)
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* Resolved SF Bug# 1117510 - README file lacks information.
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* Resolved SF Bug# 1117511 - coLinux exits with our error message when
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given a bad ethX command-line argument.
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* Restricted access to /dev/mem & /dev/kmem (fixes some udev and
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install program problems)
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* Add CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-DEL to do an CTRL-ALT-DEL in NT Console
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* Added Unicode name support to cofs
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* Fixed problem with cofs, where creating a directory caused a crash
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of Windows.
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* Made error messages slightly more friendly.
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* Optimized a little bit for non-PAE machines.
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* Fixed issue with reboot when doing a rename on cofs.
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* Kernel has been updated from 2.6.10 to 2.6.11 to fix console
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slowness, in addition some patches to 2.6.11 to fix problems with crashes.
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* Synced several linux files for linux host builds to winnt files
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for winnt host builds.
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* build scripts now use POSIX shell syntax.
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* Max Memory upted to 1000MB & tested.
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* Fixed problem with cofs, where doing "df" on Win2k caused 100% cpu
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usage.
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* Updated slirp code, slirp is now a very stable network option.
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* FLTK console's font name and size can be specified by an environment
|
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variable (only allows fixed width fonts):
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set COLINUX_CONSOLE_FONT=Lucida Console:12
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* Added "sdo" to scsi aliasing.
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* Lots of other document, little bugs, etc...
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|
|
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* Version 0.6.2
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* The entire configuration can be passed on the command line instead
|
|
of using an XML file (working towards UML compatibility). Read
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doc/colinux-daemon.
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* Linux patch ported to Linux 2.6.8. Linux 2.4.x will not be
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|
officially supported anymore. (Dan Aloni and George Boutwell).
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If you use an old root file image you might need to fix it,
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read about moving to 2.6.x in the Wiki site
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(http://www.colinux.org/wiki/)
|
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* Implemented a Cooperative file system driver in Linux, that
|
|
makes it possible to mount host OS directories in Linux, similar
|
|
to UML's hostfs. It lets you access your C:\ without using
|
|
Samba or other network file systems. Read doc/cofs.
|
|
* coLinux should now work under PAE setups and AMD64 setups that
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|
enable the NX bit (specifically, Windows XP SP2).
|
|
* The slirp network daemon was added. This network daemon provides
|
|
easy-to-set-up outbound network communication from coLinux
|
|
without using the TAP driver or PCAP library.
|
|
* initrd support was added (teesoft2004 at yahoo.com.cn).
|
|
To activate it you can specify e.g. <initrd path="..." /> in the
|
|
configuration, or initrd=filename in the command line.
|
|
* Bug fix: Reception and delivery of network packets bigger than
|
|
2kb.
|
|
* Bug fix: Consoles and/or other daemons fail to connect to
|
|
colinux-daemon on startup (this is Windows only).
|
|
* Bug fix: Stop reboots where different gcc compiler versions are
|
|
used to compile linux.sys & vmlinux, with an error/warning
|
|
(George Boutwell).
|
|
* Bug fix: Proper floating point state preservation in the Linux
|
|
guest. coLinux now passes the flops20 test program.
|
|
* Bug fix: A tiny memory leak when coLinux is shutting down.
|
|
* Bug fix: Proper reference counting of the driver in the Linux
|
|
port.
|
|
* Bug fix: The network driver (conet) now verifies checksums (as
|
|
* Changed PCAP handling to use Connection Name instead of
|
|
Adapter/Device/Driver name. Name is now uniform between PCAP &
|
|
TAP and multiple devices of the same/make/model should be able
|
|
to be connected to. (George Boutwell)
|
|
* Support AltGr for both FLTK & NT consoles. (Sascha Kettler)
|
|
* Added a coserial deamon (only Linux for now), that allows one
|
|
to open a serial terminal to the guest machine. (You can run
|
|
/sbin/mgetty ttyS0, etc.)
|
|
* Improved debugging - we now have a debug messages "collector"
|
|
deamon named colinux-debug-deamon, which collects debug messages
|
|
from all the coLinux components. This also changes the way things
|
|
are printed when you run the daemon (it is now easier to see
|
|
what belongs to what). All debug messages are off by default,
|
|
so things may go a little faster.
|
|
* An API version number was added to make sure that you use the
|
|
right vmlinux and user-space executables with the right coLinux
|
|
driver (previously it caused crashes if the APIs changed).
|
|
* Added block device aliasing, e.g alias="hda2". You can specify
|
|
such an alias in the <block_device> element in the configuration
|
|
XML and expect coLinux to mount it, even when passed with root=.
|
|
NOTE: The cobdX device and its alias are mutual exclusive, which
|
|
means that you can't mount both of them at the same time.
|
|
* Implemented a new timer for the Linux guest, this should fix
|
|
time-going-back issues.
|
|
* Improved message passing, which may boost networking a bit.
|
|
* Win32-TAP driver upgraded to version 8.1. This version doesn't
|
|
bring any changes to the actual driver code. However it was
|
|
released in order to notify the other projects that bundle the
|
|
TAP driver along with their software, to modify the name
|
|
identifer of the driver so that multiple TAP driver users can
|
|
coexist (e.g, OpenVPN with coLinux). Therefore, coLinux now
|
|
installs its TAP driver as TAPxxxxco (where xxxx is the
|
|
driver version).
|
|
After installing it, you will notice " (coLinux)" appended to
|
|
the device name in the Network Connections manager. The old
|
|
driver will remain until it is uninstalled.
|
|
* If the MAC address is unspecified, a random MAC is choosed
|
|
using the familiar TAP prefix (00:FF:XX:XX:XX:XX).
|
|
* Enhanced coLinux keyboard handling support (sends raw scan codes
|
|
from Windows to linux) (Nuno Lucas).
|
|
* Change memory allocation so that the RAM for the VM is not
|
|
allocated on startup, but on-demand. This means the coLinux
|
|
loads faster and less prune to memory allocation failures
|
|
in the host.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.6.1
|
|
* Multiple virtual NICs are supported (eth1, eth2, etc...).
|
|
* Some small bugfixes.
|
|
* Added the ability to send Ctrl-Alt-Del to the Linux machine.
|
|
* Linux patch updated to 2.4.26
|
|
* Linux port (for systems running kernel 2.6.x)
|
|
* Fixed a crash that could happen on swapoff().
|
|
* Initmem is freed (no more 'missing implementation')
|
|
* The number of maximum cobd block devices was increased to 32.
|
|
* The daemon process is pinned to the first processor until
|
|
we get the SMP stability issue fixed.
|
|
* Time is not going backward for gettimeofday() users anymore.
|
|
* Support for running more than one instance of coLinux is now functional.
|
|
* No port I/O allowed from userspace: the guest Linux can't change the host's
|
|
clock, and it also fixed crashes that were caused by trying to run X.
|
|
* Windows:
|
|
* Sizes of raw partition devices are now detected properly. This
|
|
means that the resierfs problems should be over, plus cat /dev/cobd*
|
|
would work for you.
|
|
* Suspension of the host machine won't cause colinux-daemon problems like
|
|
memory leaks.
|
|
* The daemon can install itself as a service (Jaroslaw Kowalski).
|
|
Stopping the service sends Ctrl-Alt-Del to let the Linux VM
|
|
shutdown cleanly.
|
|
* The daemon can install the linux.sys driver separately from its run,
|
|
which can allow you to run coLinux as any user that have access to
|
|
the installed driver (Daniel R. Slater).
|
|
* coLinux now builds using MingW32 and no longer depends on cygwin1.dll.
|
|
* Added scripts for building the MingW32 cross compiler on Linux,
|
|
plus scripts that download, compile, and install the libraries
|
|
coLinux depends on.
|
|
* The name of the TAP device to use can be specified with the
|
|
'name' attribute in the XML. NOTICE: The name is matched against
|
|
the string that appears in Network Connections (e.g., 'Local Area
|
|
Connection') and not the device name assigned by Windows (e.g.,
|
|
'TAP-Win32 Adapter')
|
|
* The driver is installed from the daemon's installation directory
|
|
rather than from the current running directory.
|
|
* Linux port:
|
|
* Sending SIGHUP to the daemon causes it to issue Ctrl-Alt-Del on the
|
|
Linux VM.
|
|
* Consoles:
|
|
* Fixed a bug in the clear operation: let it clear with the right video
|
|
erase character so that ncurses apps would appear properly.
|
|
* Fixed virtual console switching (alt-f1, alt-f2, etc.) so it will
|
|
save/redraw the screen like it should.
|
|
* FLTK: The cursor is visible again.
|
|
* If keyboard focus is taken away from the consoles, it will release
|
|
any pressed key in the VM.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.6.0 AKA "Getting even"
|
|
* Ballard, Jonathan H.:
|
|
* fixed implicit declarations
|
|
* added co_os_realloc()
|
|
* fixed overflow with the XML memory config
|
|
* reimplemented os/winnt/user/daemon.c.
|
|
A threaded implementation with with message queue,
|
|
wait state, and error recovery.
|
|
* merged the NT-native console.
|
|
* console updates and improvements (cocon, console-nt)
|
|
* update FLTK/console clearscreen (20040305)
|
|
* enabled console-nt exit (20040305)
|
|
* Added more checks to the XML parsing.
|
|
* Made the context switch code more sensitive about the processor's
|
|
capabilities, running coLinux on old AMD processors will hopefully not
|
|
cause a reboot anymore.
|
|
* Linux patch upgraded to 2.4.25.
|
|
* Hopefully fixed the %fs/%gs issue for good.
|
|
* vmlinux can now be bigger while not causing the host to boot, this means
|
|
that you can compile more stuff not as modules.
|
|
* Reimplemented the method in which coLinux allocates memory in the host
|
|
kernel. It now allocates memory from the unmapped free page pool, which
|
|
means you can use more than 256MB of RAM, unlike the previous method.
|
|
Note that the first coLinux boot may be a little slower since Windows is
|
|
freeing cache and swapping out stuff in order to provide accommodation for
|
|
Linux's memory. You can see it in action by looking at the Task Manager.
|
|
* NSIS-based installer for the Windows binary distribution (based on
|
|
work by NEBOR Regis.
|
|
* gettimeofday() now works. Things that broke because they depended on it
|
|
should now work. I have to enable port I/O in order to for this to work,
|
|
but I plan to disable it in the future. If you compile a new vmlinux
|
|
Make sure that CONFIG_X86_TSC is enabled in your .config file.
|
|
* New daemon switch -t: Type of console to launch. Default is fltk.
|
|
* Added an NSIS installer script.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.5.4 AKA "Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis" (%gs/%fs) release
|
|
* Fixed an issue with i686-optimized pthread and the preservation of
|
|
%gs and %fs. The crashes that were caused by the i686 Gentoo image
|
|
should now disappear.
|
|
WINE would also work now ;)
|
|
* cobd: Fixed accessing large block devices (1GB >). cobd0 was passing
|
|
wrong information to userspace.
|
|
* conet: Statistics are now gathered (patch by Pat Erley)
|
|
* Tuned the time conversion between Windows and Linux. The machine is
|
|
now initialized with the right date, not 4 days backwards.
|
|
* Applied a configuration parsing fix (patch by Ballard Jonathan)
|
|
* Some improvements of the switch code. We now preserve more registers,
|
|
(MMX/SSE/SSE2/FP), and coLinux now has its own GDT. These changes
|
|
should assure stability on more systems and processors.
|
|
This fix also appears to solve the problem where processes were stuck
|
|
on nanosleep() calls.
|
|
* conet-pcap: pcap-based daemon (contributed by Alejandro R. Sedeno).
|
|
* Network configuration is now handled in the coLinux configuration XML.
|
|
For backward compatibility, add:
|
|
<network index="0" name="TAP" type="tap"></network>
|
|
|
|
If you want to use pcap (i.e, bridged Ethernet), add:
|
|
<network index="0" name="XXXX" type="bridged"></network>
|
|
(Where XXXX is a substring of your network adapter's name)
|
|
|
|
Optional attributes: mac="XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" - specifies the MAC
|
|
address of the interface in the Linux side. Recommended on bridged
|
|
networking setups, where more than one Windows machine will be
|
|
running coLinux on the same subnet.
|
|
|
|
I also prepared the ground for supporting more than one network device
|
|
(i.e, eth1, eth2, etc.), but it is not yet completed.
|
|
* linux: avoid more I/O in time.c.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.5.3 AKA "Valentine release"
|
|
* Virtual CMOS system time is now passed to Linux, you no longer
|
|
need to update the time using ntp on boot. Note that the virtual CMOS
|
|
time is GMT, so the coLinux machine needs to set its own timezone.
|
|
* cobd's devfs support was added to the Linux patch. Gentoo would work
|
|
now (based on a patch from Pat Erley).
|
|
A Gentoo root filesystem was created and released by Pat Erley.
|
|
* Fixed an unwanted termination that was discovered when devfs was compiled
|
|
in to the kernel.
|
|
* Fixed an issue with mxml and the passage of boot parameters.
|
|
* colinux-console: Fixed the CPU utilization issue.
|
|
* colinux-console: Escape doesn't close the window now.
|
|
* coLinux RAM is configurable, using a memory element in the XML under
|
|
<colinux>, like: <memory size="64"></memory>. Minimum is 8MB, maximum
|
|
is 192MB.
|
|
WARNING: high values might destabilize Windows, because the memory is
|
|
allocated from the non-cached pool which has a maximum of 256MB
|
|
system-wide, meaning there's less left for Windows drivers and
|
|
subsystems.
|
|
* bin/cobuild.sh: Thomas Fritzsche contributed this script which
|
|
automates the creation of a cross compilation cygwin environment
|
|
on Linux.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.5.3-pre2
|
|
* Fixed the reported (and unreported) network bugs.
|
|
* Worked out some scheduling issue.
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.5.3-pre1 AKA "flamed chicken"
|
|
* Fixed a BSOD bug (thanks Richard Goodwin for the memory dump stacks)
|
|
* No longer depending on the Microsoft DDK for the build (review doc/building),
|
|
(thanks Nir Perry for the encourgement)
|
|
* The daemon launches the console by default when it is launched (can be turned
|
|
off with '-d', see '-h').
|
|
* The daemon is killable just like a normal Windows process. Doing so stops the
|
|
Linux machines cleanly (from Windows' standpoint), so feel free to close the
|
|
window, end the task, CTRL-C, etc.
|
|
* It no longer depends on the Microsoft DDK for the build.
|
|
* An almost complete rewrite - we now use message passing instead of hardwired
|
|
ioctls(). Only the daemon communicates with the driver. The console and the
|
|
network daemon communicate with the daemon using a named pipe.
|
|
* Fixed the block device bug that fsck triggered (thanks Daniel Glockner)
|
|
* Hopefully addressed the network corruption issue (thanks Daniel Glockner again)
|
|
* Boot parameters are now passed to the kernel. Make sure you update your
|
|
XMLs with 'root=/dev/cobd0' if you still want to boot from the first
|
|
block device.
|
|
* The conet daemon is a separate process (shouldn't affect you).
|
|
|
|
* Version 0.5.2
|
|
* Added some missing files to the build tree
|
|
* doc/cygwin-cross-build - How to build a cygwin cross compilation tools
|
|
on Linux.
|
|
* Made the daemon more proofed to mistakes. It's logic about loading/
|
|
unloading the driver is much more sane now.
|
|
* Added a cursor support to the console.
|