3.0 Changelog
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==Kernel==  | ==Kernel==  | ||
| - | * Moved from kernel version 2.6.33.9 to 3.0.  | + | * Moved from kernel version 2.6.33.9 to 3.0.24, and updated to the 3.0.24-rt42 version of the PREEMPT_RT patch.  | 
| - | * Fixed several bugs resulting from changes made between the 2.6.33.9 and 3.0.  | + | * Fixed several bugs resulting from changes made between the 2.6.33.9 and 3.0.24 kernels.  | 
* Allow processes to exit gracefully, even if inside a real-time segment.  | * Allow processes to exit gracefully, even if inside a real-time segment.  | ||
* Ported to ARM architecture.  | * Ported to ARM architecture.  | ||
Revision as of 03:21, 21 March 2012
Changes made between Beta 2.8 and 3.0.
Kernel
- Moved from kernel version 2.6.33.9 to 3.0.24, and updated to the 3.0.24-rt42 version of the PREEMPT_RT patch.
 - Fixed several bugs resulting from changes made between the 2.6.33.9 and 3.0.24 kernels.
 - Allow processes to exit gracefully, even if inside a real-time segment.
 -  Ported to ARM architecture.
- Made MCS Lock implementation more generic. This will allow for easier porting of ChronOS to additional platforms. While the current 'generic' implementation is optimized for x86_64, it has been done in a way that encourages optimized architecture-specific versions.
 
 - Added DEBUG_CHRONOS config option which adds several checks in the kernel which are useful for debugging (including warning when a ChronOS task blocks inside its RT segment, and when it exits prematurely).
 - Converted all scheduler-managed lists to Linux's 'struct list_head' style lists, and added '#define' constants for referencing them by name.
 - United the initialization of the /proc/chronos/ entries, so that directory is guaranteed to always be created, and made /proc/chronos/schedulers always available, even if scheduling statistics are not enabled.
 
Userspace
-  Re-wrote entire sched_test_app for better modularity, portability, and expandability.
- Remove dependence on QT
 - Add three timing methods: WCET, average-case, and timer-polling.
 - Add array-walk and linked list traversal workloads for memory-intensive testing.
 - Improve accuracy of slope-generation mechanism.
 
 - Ported to ARM (fixed several overflow and type issues)
 
