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MiNT 1.14.5 beta



Hej,

I uploaded my latest kernel to my webpage, to piwo.bl.pg.gda.pl and to
ftp.funet.fi. Changes:

- VM more stable on Falcons
- no more bombs on cold start
- PMMU cookie set when VM active
- Cookie Jar size increased (8 entries more)
- "ftpd /proc bug" fixed
- Rwabs() made secure
- SECURITY=[Y|N] command introduced to the MINT.CNF (default SECURITY=NO)

That last (if set to YES), sets new global symbol secure_mode (defined in
main.c) to TRUE, so that Rwabs() and Dwritelabel() functions become root
only. As far as I was able to test it, it didn't break anything, including
loadable filesystems (my MiNTOS setup is running this kernel since Sunday
and I haven't noticed any problems with it). Dwritelabel() has been
protected mainly for testing as this function isn't much critical for
security...

Falcon users going to test VM extension please read NOTTRAM.DOC before.

Bye
Draco