Hi Santiago, > I was setting up a fresh FreeDOS machine and when I was about to download > the kernel 2039. I discovered there is a new 2040 version. > > I think I miss the mail announcing it, but should I use it? Is it a stable > kernel?
As far as I remember, kernel 2040 (4/2011) fixes some small but annoying bugs in 2039 (8/2009) for example in handling of write errors when buffers are flushed, or proper distinction between FAT32 and FAT12/FAT16 drives in certain situations, as well as some "hang on exit" and "double close on abort" issues. It also improves SYS a bit, the compile process and "interrupt sharing" so in short: I can definitely RECOMMEND this kernel version as a maintenance update. It should be used instead of version 2039. For comparison, kernel 2039 has heavy file system and "f-node" tuning and is the first stable kernel with full country and nls support, so it is a feature update. Kernel 2038 is a stability and maintenance update of classic kernel 2036 while kernel 2037 is a more experimental kernel with early country / nls support. Regards, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
