Announcement: Genode OS Framework version 12.05 released

[Norman Feske]

The version 12.05 of the Genode OS Framework has just been released. It
comes with a huge number of new features ranging from file-system
infrastructure, over a USB stack, to the ability to execute the GNU tool
chain including GCC, binutils, and GNU make on a variety of microkernels
supported by Genode.

Quick overview of the major changes:

- Base framework, low-level OS infrastructure
  - Video decoding via libav
  - New concept for system re-configuration at runtime
  - New support for dynamic ROM sessions
  - New loader interface and implementation
  - New file-system infrastructure
  - New in-memory file system
- Libararies, components, and driver drivers
  - New USB stack based on Linux version 3.2
  - POSIX threads and semaphores
  - Video decoding via libav
  - Lua scripting language
  - Audio, timer, and threading support for libSDL
- Noux runtime for Unix software
  - Support for stacked file systems
  - Binutils, GNU compiler collection, GNU make
  - Basic networking support
- Base platforms
  - Lifetime management of kernel resources on Fiasco.OC
  - Support for suing the Linux chroot mechanism
  - Support for Pandaboard

To get the full story behind all these and many more improvements,
please refer to the comprehensive release notes:

  http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/12.05

Have fun with the new playing material!

Norman

-- 
Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske
Genode Labs

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