Announcement: Genode OS Framework version 13.08 released

[Christian Helmuth]

We are proud to announce the fifth-anniversary release of the Genode
OS Framework. This version brings three major features: Qt5 support,
enhanced support for multi-processor platforms, and light-weight event
tracing build into the base framework.

Short overview of the current release:

  - Qt5 version 5.1
  - Enhanced support for multi-processor systems, i.e., on NOVA
  - New light-weight event tracing facility
  - Low-level OS infrastructure
    - Networking optimizations
    - Improved POSIX thread support
  - New device drivers for Exynos-5
    - SATA 3.0
    - CPU frequency scaling and power gating
  - Runtime environments
    - Improved Seoul (aka Vancouver) VMM for disk and console
    - L4Linux updated to version 3.9
  - Platforms
    - Update of Fiasco.OC to revision r56
  - Build system and tools
    - Integrity checks for downloaded 3rd-party software

More detailed information is available in the release documentation:

  http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/13.08

Kind regards and happy hacking
-- 
Christian Helmuth
Genode Labs

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