New
Release 0.57.0 "Magpie"
Highlights
This new release brings many new and exciting features and improvements including:
- New build mode to hide the non-glibc symbols and
libstdc++ - ZFS code extracted out of the kernel in form of a dynamically linked library
libsolaris.so - Build mode intended to tailor the kernel to a set of specific device drivers - driver profiles
- Mechanism to build a version of the kernel with a subset of glibc symbols needed to support a specific application
- Experimental lazy stack support
- Major improvements to building and running ZFS images
- Major improvements to the aarch64 port like dedicated exception stack and support to handle system calls and signals
- Support new system calls
- Support the
SO_REUSE_PORTsocket option - Minimal
rnetlinksupport - Various VFS enhancements
Enhancements and Improvements in Detail
- Hide most symbols and standard C++ library