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@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and --enable-monotonic configure switches have been removed. tain_now() can now be set at run time to use a wall clock (default, or via tain_now_set_wallclock()) or a stopwatch (via tain_now_set_stopwatch()), instead of it being fixed at build time. + - Easy cross-compilation: no need to provide a whole sysdeps +directory anymore. Only a few sysdeps have to be provided manually, +via a --with-sysdep-K=V option to configure. Currently, that means +one: --with-sysdep-devurandom=yes|no In 2.8.1.0 diff --git a/doc/libskarnet.html b/doc/libskarnet.html index f31826f..82f381d 100644 --- a/doc/libskarnet.html +++ b/doc/libskarnet.html @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ it <tt>$sysdeps</tt>. </li> <li> Link with <tt>-lskarnet</tt>. If you are using socket functions, you will also need to link with <tt>`cat $sysdeps/socket.lib`</tt>. If you are using time functions such as <tt>tain_now()</tt>, you will also need to link with -<tt>`cat $sysdeps/tainnow.lib`</tt>. Also +<tt>`cat $sysdeps/sysclock.lib`</tt>. Also <tt>`cat $sysdeps/spawn.lib`</tt>` for <tt>posix_spawn()</tt> functions, <tt>timer.lib</tt> for <tt>timer_create</tt> functions, and so on. This is, unfortunately, the only way to work with all the idiosyncrasies and diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html index 76c1973..b5f7031 100644 --- a/doc/upgrade.html +++ b/doc/upgrade.html @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ configure switches have been removed. <tt>tain_now()</tt> can now be told at run time to use a wall clock (default, or via <tt>tain_now_set_wallclock()</tt>) or a stopwatch (via <tt>tain_now_set_stopwatch()</tt>), instead of it being fixed at build time. </li> + <li> Cross-compilation has been made a lot easier, by removing the need to +provide a whole sysdeps directory anymore. Only a few sysdeps - the ones that +need code execution on the target to be autodetected - have to be provided manually, +via a <tt>--with-sysdep-<em>K</em>=<em>V</em></tt> option to configure. +Currently, that means one: <tt>--with-sysdep-devurandom=yes</tt> or +<tt>--with-sysdep-devurandom=no</tt>. </li> </ul> <h2> in 2.8.1.0 </h2> |