LiS-2.10 Available
David Grothe
Sun, 03 Dec 2000 23:46:44 -0800


LiS-2.10 is now available.  The documentation has been updated.  Gcom
has a new web site online today at http://www.gcom.com.  You can easily
access the LiS documentation from there online, and you can also now
search the LiS documentation from Gcom's site.

This version of LiS incorporates lots of changes made over the summer
(fattach, pipes, fifos) plus multi-CPU SMP compatibility.  The updated
documentation describes the new features in more detail.

NOTE TO STREAMS USERS:  You MUST recompile your drivers in the context
of the LiS-2.10 header files.  However, if you fully utilize the new DKI
features of LiS, you may never have to compile your drivers again.  LiS
now offers considerable insulation between STREAMS drivers and the Linux
kernel.

Looking ahead, the plan is for LiS-2.11 to be compatible with 2.4
kernels and for LiS-2.12 to incorporate aggressive multi-processing on
multi-CPU SMP systems.

Thanks to all who have contributed to LiS over the last months.  If any
of you have problems, let me know.

Dave Grothe

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LiS-2.11
Dave Grothe
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:38:48 -0800

LiS-2.11 is now available at ftp://ftp.gcom.com/pub/linux/src/LiS.  It
differs from LiS-2.10 only in that it is compatible with kernel version
2.4.0 (tested on test11).

The documentation on Gcom's web site is lagging a bit behind the
documentation that is included in the distribution.  It will be
published next week.  However, the only documentation difference is in
the kernel compatibility section of the documents.

If you are running a 2.4 kernel make sure that your modutils are at
least as recent as 2.3.21.  Older modutils do not load modules on the
correct boundaries.

-- Dave
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