From 2e0e5f2f78ce1e0da1cbc84f4c78452c82f2e0fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wlott <wlott> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 00:10:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2/4/93 to 2/9/92 --- general-info/alpha-release-notes.txt | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/general-info/alpha-release-notes.txt b/general-info/alpha-release-notes.txt index 8b384dd5f..b7c4847ce 100644 --- a/general-info/alpha-release-notes.txt +++ b/general-info/alpha-release-notes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,65 @@ -2/2/92 to 2/4/93: +2/4/93 to 2/9/92: + +Code: + +Moved foreign-segment-{start,size} from mumble-os.lisp into foreign.lisp, +and changed it on the sparc to no longer conflict with read-only space. + +Changed software-version to use /usr/bin/uname instead of stringing the +kernel. [SunOS only] + +Don't try the (SETF (APPLY ...)) hack for functions with non-fixed args, since +it doesn't do anything useful (just converts to a call to the (SETF FUNCTION). + + +Compiler: + +Fixed listify-rest-arg. It was leaving a tagged pointer to unallocated +memory in a descriptor register, which would confuse the garbage collector +if this value was still around. + +Added all the info for the scheduler to the instruction files. + +Redefined li on the sparc with define-instruction-macro. This allows the +schedular to do a better job because the li gets broken up into the +seperate component instructions earlier. + +Fixed make-array-header on the pmax to not seg fault. + +Fixed the call to note-assembler-routine on the pmax. This was breaking +DISASSEMBLE. + +Changed more occurrences of function-header-code-offset to +function-code-offset. (should have them all by now...) + + +PCL: + +Changed definition of *subtypep to speed up method definition +using code provided by Richard Harris. + +Updated definition of *pcl-system-date* as recommended by Richard Harris. + +Changed the definition of force-cache-flushes by removing unnecessary +call to update-constructors, as suggested by Richard Harris. + + +HP support: + +Fixed the stuff to emulate the ``addit imm,ALLOC,ALLOC'' instruction at the +end of pseudo-atomic to use all 11 bits of the immediate field instead of +just 5. + + +Graphical Interface: + +The inspector/debugger was not behaving properly in the absence of +the DISPLAY environment variable. It now correctly senses the lack +of X and quietly uses the TTY. + + + +2/2/93 to 2/4/93: Compiler: -- GitLab