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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | WHATSNEW | 27 |
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@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ and ABI combinations: - arm (EABI) - mips (o32 ABI, requires fpu or float emulation in kernel) - microblaze (requires a cpu with lwx/swx instructions) +- powerpc (32-bit, must use "secure plt" mode for dynamic linking) For architectures with both little- and big-endian options, both are supported unless otherwise noted. @@ -780,3 +780,30 @@ bug fixes: - getaddrinfo failure with port "0" - dirname handling of trailing slash - vfork race in posix_spawn + + + +0.9.8 release notes + +new features: +- powerpc port +- dl_iterate_phdr interface +- added mips-specific syscalls +- thread priority scheduling +- C11 CMPLX macro in complex.h +- x86 port io functions in sys/io.h + +compatibility: +- improved headers for trace/debugging/machine-access +- stub functions for unsupported thread-related functionality + +bug fixes: +- numerous math bugs (mostly exception flags and excess-precision issues) +- register clobber error in i386 vsyscall asm (did not affect most callers) +- various incorrect definitions in mips headers +- broken dlsym asm on mips +- empty prefix handling in configure script (--prefix="") +- ldso search path logic issues +- lock handling for stdio memory streams at exit time +- invalid SO_REUSEPORT definition in socket.h (not supported by Linux) +- broken redirection attempt to /dev/null in configure script |