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<h2>Release notes for GXemul 0.4.6.1</h2>

<p><i>Copyright (C) 2003-2007  Anders Gavare</i>


<p><br>GXemul is a framework for full-system computer architecture emulation. 
Several processor architectures and machine types have been implemented. 
It is working well enough to allow <a href="doc/guestoses.html">unmodified
"guest" operating systems to run inside the emulator</a>,
as if they were running on real hardware.

<p>The emulator emulates (networks of) real machines. The machines may 
consist of ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and SuperH processors, and various 
surrounding hardware components such as framebuffers, busses, interrupt 
controllers, ethernet controllers, disk controllers, and serial port 
controllers.

<p>The <a href="doc/index.html">documentation</a> lists the machines and
guest operating systems that 
can be regarded as "working" in GXemul. The best working guest operating 
systems are <a href="doc/guestoses.html#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax</a>
and <a href="doc/guestoses.html#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats</a>.


<p><br>The changes between release 0.4.6 and 0.4.6.1 include:

<ul>

  <li>NetBSD 4.0 has been released. The installation instructions
        in GXemul's documentation have been updated to reflect this.

        <p><ul>
          <li>In most cases this simply means that NetBSD 4.0 is now
                supported instead of NetBSD 3.1.
        </ul>

        <p>Some specifics worth mentioning are:

        <p><ul>
          <li>For NetBSD/pmax, the change from 3.1 to 4.0 means that
                X Windows is now working again out-of-the-box. (Simply
                run <tt>startx</tt> as root to start X.)
          <li>For NetBSD/arc, the supported version has jumped from
                1.6.2 to 4.0.
          <li>NetBSD/prep is unfortunately still at 2.0.
        </ul>

</ul>

<p>Please read the <a href="HISTORY">HISTORY</a> file for more details.


<p><br>Files included in this release are:<pre>
    <a href="HISTORY">HISTORY</a>                       Detailed revision history / changelog.
    <a href="LICENSE">LICENSE</a>                       Copyright message / license.
    <a href="README">README</a>                        Quick start instructions, for the impatient.
    RELEASE.html                  This file.
    <a href="TODO">TODO</a>                          TODO notes.
    configure, Makefile.skel      sh and make scripts for building GXemul.
    <a href="demos/">demos/</a>                        Tutorial-like demos of testmachine functionality.
    <a href="doc/">doc/</a>                          Documentation.
    <a href="experiments/">experiments/</a>                  Experimental code. (Usually not needed.)
    <a href="man/">man/</a>                          Man page.
    <a href="src/">src/</a>                          Source code.
</pre>

<p>To build the emulator, run the <tt>configure</tt> script, and then run 
<tt>make</tt>. This should work on most Unix-like systems, with few or no 
modifications to the source code.

<p>Regarding files in the <tt>src/include/</tt> directory: only some of 
these are written by me, the rest are from other sources (such as NetBSD). 
The license text says that "All advertising materials mentioning features 
or use of this software" must display acknowledgements. Even though I do 
<i>not</i> feel that I mention features or use of the header files (the 
"software") in any advertising materials, I am still very grateful for the 
fact that these people have made their files available for re-use, as Free 
software, so regardless of legal requirements, I guess thanking them like 
this is in order:<pre>
    This product includes software developed by the University of
    California, Berkeley and its contributors.

    This product includes software developed for the
    NetBSD Project.  See <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">http://www.netbsd.org/</a> for
    information about NetBSD.

    This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone for
    the NetBSD Project.

    This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
    by Matthias Drochner.

    This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
    Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.

    This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou.
    [for the NetBSD Project.]

    This product includes software developed by Adam Glass.

    This product includes software developed by the PocketBSD project
    and its contributors.

    This product includes software developed by Peter Galbavy.

    Carnegie Mellon University   (multiple header files,
    no specific advertisement text required)

    This product includes software developed by Charles M. Hannum.

    This product includes software developed under <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> by Per Fogelström.

    This product includes software developed by Per Fogelström.

    This product includes software developed at Ludd, University of
    Luleå, Sweden and its contributors.

    This product includes software developed by Hellmuth Michaelis
    and Joerg Wunsch

    The font(s) in devices/fonts are Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
    by Hellmuth Michaelis and Joerg Wunsch.  ("This product includes software
    developed by Hellmuth Michaelis and Joerg Wunsch", well, the font
    is maybe not software, but still...)

    impactsr-bsd.h is Copyright (C) 2004 by Stanislaw Skowronek.

    This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project by
    Wasabi Systems, Inc.  [by Simon Burge]

    arcbios_other.h is Copyright (c) 1996 M. Warner Losh.

    This product includes software developed by Marc Horowitz.

    This product includes software developed by Brini.

    This product includes software developed by Mark Brinicombe
    for the NetBSD Project.

    This product includes software developed by TooLs GmbH.

    This product includes software developed by Manuel Bouyer.

    This product includes software developed by the Alice Group.

    This product includes software developed by Ichiro FUKUHARA.

    This product includes software developed by Marcus Comstedt.

    This product includes software developed by Bill Paul.

    This product includes software developed by Nivas Madhur.
</pre>

<p>Also, <tt>src/include/alpha_rpb.h</tt> requires the following:<pre>
    Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Carnegie-Mellon University.
    All rights reserved.

    Author: Keith Bostic, Chris G. Demetriou

    Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and
    its documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
    notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
    software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
    thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
</pre>

<p>See individual files for license details, if you plan to redistribute 
GXemul or reuse code.

<p>GXemul's homepage is
<a href="http://gavare.se/gxemul/">http://gavare.se/gxemul/</a>.

<p>If you have found GXemul useful in some way, or feel like sending me 
comments or feedback in general, then mail me at
<tt>anders(<i>@At</i>)gavare.se</tt>.


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14	<h2>Release notes for GXemul 0.4.6.1</h2>
15
16	<p><i>Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Anders Gavare</i>
17
18
19	<p><br>GXemul is a framework for full-system computer architecture emulation.
20	Several processor architectures and machine types have been implemented.
21	It is working well enough to allow <a href="doc/guestoses.html">unmodified
22	"guest" operating systems to run inside the emulator</a>,
23	as if they were running on real hardware.
24
25	<p>The emulator emulates (networks of) real machines. The machines may
26	consist of ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and SuperH processors, and various
27	surrounding hardware components such as framebuffers, busses, interrupt
28	controllers, ethernet controllers, disk controllers, and serial port
29	controllers.
30
31	<p>The <a href="doc/index.html">documentation</a> lists the machines and
32	guest operating systems that
33	can be regarded as "working" in GXemul. The best working guest operating
34	systems are <a href="doc/guestoses.html#netbsdpmaxinstall">NetBSD/pmax</a>
35	and <a href="doc/guestoses.html#netbsdcatsinstall">NetBSD/cats</a>.
36
37
38	<p><br>The changes between release 0.4.6 and 0.4.6.1 include:
39
40	<ul>
41
42	<li>NetBSD 4.0 has been released. The installation instructions
43	in GXemul's documentation have been updated to reflect this.
44
45	<p><ul>
46	<li>In most cases this simply means that NetBSD 4.0 is now
47	supported instead of NetBSD 3.1.
48	</ul>
49
50	<p>Some specifics worth mentioning are:
51
52	<p><ul>
53	<li>For NetBSD/pmax, the change from 3.1 to 4.0 means that
54	X Windows is now working again out-of-the-box. (Simply
55	run <tt>startx</tt> as root to start X.)
56	<li>For NetBSD/arc, the supported version has jumped from
57	1.6.2 to 4.0.
58	<li>NetBSD/prep is unfortunately still at 2.0.
59	</ul>
60
61	</ul>
62
63	<p>Please read the <a href="HISTORY">HISTORY</a> file for more details.
64
65
66	<p><br>Files included in this release are:<pre>
67	<a href="HISTORY">HISTORY</a> Detailed revision history / changelog.
68	<a href="LICENSE">LICENSE</a> Copyright message / license.
69	<a href="README">README</a> Quick start instructions, for the impatient.
70	RELEASE.html This file.
71	<a href="TODO">TODO</a> TODO notes.
72	configure, Makefile.skel sh and make scripts for building GXemul.
73	<a href="demos/">demos/</a> Tutorial-like demos of testmachine functionality.
74	<a href="doc/">doc/</a> Documentation.
75	<a href="experiments/">experiments/</a> Experimental code. (Usually not needed.)
76	<a href="man/">man/</a> Man page.
77	<a href="src/">src/</a> Source code.
78	</pre>
79
80	<p>To build the emulator, run the <tt>configure</tt> script, and then run
81	<tt>make</tt>. This should work on most Unix-like systems, with few or no
82	modifications to the source code.
83
84	<p>Regarding files in the <tt>src/include/</tt> directory: only some of
85	these are written by me, the rest are from other sources (such as NetBSD).
86	The license text says that "All advertising materials mentioning features
87	or use of this software" must display acknowledgements. Even though I do
88	<i>not</i> feel that I mention features or use of the header files (the
89	"software") in any advertising materials, I am still very grateful for the
90	fact that these people have made their files available for re-use, as Free
91	software, so regardless of legal requirements, I guess thanking them like
92	this is in order:<pre>
93	This product includes software developed by the University of
94	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
95
96	This product includes software developed for the
97	NetBSD Project. See <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">http://www.netbsd.org/</a> for
98	information about NetBSD.
99
100	This product includes software developed by Jonathan Stone for
101	the NetBSD Project.
102
103	This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
104	by Matthias Drochner.
105
106	This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
107	Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
108
109	This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou.
110	[for the NetBSD Project.]
111
112	This product includes software developed by Adam Glass.
113
114	This product includes software developed by the PocketBSD project
115	and its contributors.
116
117	This product includes software developed by Peter Galbavy.
118
119	Carnegie Mellon University (multiple header files,
120	no specific advertisement text required)
121
122	This product includes software developed by Charles M. Hannum.
123
124	This product includes software developed under <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> by Per Fogelström.
125
126	This product includes software developed by Per Fogelström.
127
128	This product includes software developed at Ludd, University of
129	Luleå, Sweden and its contributors.
130
131	This product includes software developed by Hellmuth Michaelis
132	and Joerg Wunsch
133
134	The font(s) in devices/fonts are Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994
135	by Hellmuth Michaelis and Joerg Wunsch. ("This product includes software
136	developed by Hellmuth Michaelis and Joerg Wunsch", well, the font
137	is maybe not software, but still...)
138
139	impactsr-bsd.h is Copyright (C) 2004 by Stanislaw Skowronek.
140
141	This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project by
142	Wasabi Systems, Inc. [by Simon Burge]
143
144	arcbios_other.h is Copyright (c) 1996 M. Warner Losh.
145
146	This product includes software developed by Marc Horowitz.
147
148	This product includes software developed by Brini.
149
150	This product includes software developed by Mark Brinicombe
151	for the NetBSD Project.
152
153	This product includes software developed by TooLs GmbH.
154
155	This product includes software developed by Manuel Bouyer.
156
157	This product includes software developed by the Alice Group.
158
159	This product includes software developed by Ichiro FUKUHARA.
160
161	This product includes software developed by Marcus Comstedt.
162
163	This product includes software developed by Bill Paul.
164
165	This product includes software developed by Nivas Madhur.
166	</pre>
167
168	<p>Also, <tt>src/include/alpha_rpb.h</tt> requires the following:<pre>
169	Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Carnegie-Mellon University.
170	All rights reserved.
171
172	Author: Keith Bostic, Chris G. Demetriou
173
174	Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and
175	its documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
176	notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
177	software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
178	thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
179	</pre>
180
181	<p>See individual files for license details, if you plan to redistribute
182	GXemul or reuse code.
183
184	<p>GXemul's homepage is
185	<a href="http://gavare.se/gxemul/">http://gavare.se/gxemul/</a>.
186
187	<p>If you have found GXemul useful in some way, or feel like sending me
188	comments or feedback in general, then mail me at
189	<tt>anders(<i>@At</i>)gavare.se</tt>.
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