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Version bump guide:

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"2.7100.123-XXX-YYMMDDHH"
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| | | | | bugzilla format build time stamp (time of newest module)
| | | | | Please report this when making bug reports.
| | | | `- Build flags: GUI/CLI, SMP-aware, etc.
| | | | Please report this when making bug reports.
| | | `----- Changes in /common/ code, or simply a significant number
| | | of bug fixes, gets a "build fraction" change.
| | `--------- New cores, for any platform, will be accompanied by a
| | "build version" change, ie 2.7103.x to 2.7104.x+1.
| | New significant feature(s) also increment build version.
| `----------- A "client contest" change follows a code freeze at which
| point the client is assumed to be stable. Code that
| would make clients incompatible with previous clients or
| proxies will be a accompanied by 'client contest' change.
`------------- Denotes a client rewrite.
Note: #xxxx refers to bug numbers as viewable on http://bugs.distributed.net/
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Version change log: $Id: CHANGES.txt,v 1.66 2009/06/03 11:29:22 andreasb Exp $
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2.9100
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2.9105-511 fix: ppc: Fixed scalar and hybrid OGR-NG cores (#4187)
imp: cellbe: detect linux kernel SPU scheduler (spufs) bugs
new: linux: runs-on-battery-power detection via sysfs
2.9104-510 imp: all: handle lack of a supported cpu/gpu more gracefully
imp: gpgpu: terminate on unsupported driver/library installations
imp: gpgpu: raise rc5-72 buffer limit to 10000
new: cuda: switch to CUDA 2.1 (Linux and Windows only)
new: cuda: bundle runtime library (libcudart.so.2/libcudart.dylib/
cudart.dll) with the released client
imp: cuda: log errors to logfile (if enabled)
new: x86: three OGR-NG SSE2 ASM cores from Craig Johnston (#4177)
imp: cellbe: faster OGR-NG SPU ASM core
2.9103-509 *** minimal version that supports OGR-27 and beyond ***
new: rc5-72: support for requesting larger packets (#3918)
new: stream: RC5-72 core for ATI Stream video cards (#4099)
imp: x86: Intel Atom (#4080)
imp: x86: Pentium III detection (#4121)
imp: x86: Intel Core i7 detection (#4118)
fix: x86: Various AMD CPU Detections (#4074 & #4120)
fix: all: Fix OGR-NG middle mark limit miscalculation on odd rulers
fix: all: OGR-NG state restored properly after a restart
fix: linux: Improved OGR-NG cache management (#4076)
imp: all: Print combined OGR-NG stubs with more details (#4082)
fix: all: Combined OGR-NG stubs no longer appear to restart (#4083)
new: arm: OGR-NG ASM cores
imp: all: Summarized benchmark results (#4108)
new: hppa: Added support for openbsd-hppa
new: mips: Added support for openbsd-sgi
 new: sparc64: Added support for openbsd-sparc64
fix: sparc64: fixed netbsd-sparc64 target
fix: win64: installation and execution as service (#4130)
2.9102-508 new: x86: OGR-NG mmx core
new: cellbe: OGR-NG SPU C core
new: cellbe: OGR-NG SPU ASM core
new: cuda: RC5-72 core for nVidia CUDA video cards (#4030)
new: haiku: Added support for Haiku operating system
fix: beos: Fix bug in network code preventing server communication
imp: x86: Identify AMD "Unknown" processors (#4106)
fix: x86: Pentium M naming (#4075)
2.9101-507 new: all: Added OGR-NG contest
chg: x86: RC5-72 core selection (#4072)
fix: x86: AMD CPU identification (#4073 and others)
fix: amd64: Fix bug preventing core pre-selection
imp: amd64: Fix issue preventing multi-processor client
chg: x86: GO2a core selected as default for P2
imp: ppc: Recognize PPC5200 (603e based SoC chip)
imp: amigaos: Use timezone prefs for DST detection on OS4
imp: ppc: Recognize PPC405 and PPC440 CPU variants

2.9000
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2.9016-506 new: x86: added new RC5-72 core (GO 2-pipe alt), selected for
P4 and Core Duo CPUs.
fix: cellbe: Memory corruption on heavy background activity
when system is low on memory.
fix: cellbe: Workaround for broken SPU scheduler (#4038).
fix: all: Block lost if '-n 1' used on multi-cpu system (#4018).
2.9015-505 fix: cellbe: Memory corruption in OGR core (#4036)
imp: x86: CPU Identification
imp: macosx: Add support for Intel temperature sensors
2.9015-504 imp: cellbe: Tidy up cores for public source release
fix: x86: broken -stress on intel macosx (#4021)
2.9015-503 imp: cellbe: Slightly faster SPE OGR core
fix: linux: Working fix for the race condition alluded to in the
changelog for v2.9015-502
imp: x86: Faster OGR MMX cores (1-3%, depending on CPU)
chg: x86: OGR core selection for P4 (updated cores)
2.9015-502 new: cellbe: Added SPE OGR cores
fix: linux: Fix race condition in heavily multithreaded
scenarios causing the first cruncher to randomly
stop running until client is restarted.
chg: x86: SGP-3 is default RC5-72 core for older P4's (#4009)
imp: x86: A little faster and stable speed of DG-3 and SGP-3 cores.
2.9014-501 new: cellbe: New platform, PlayStation 3/Cell BE
2.9013-500 imp: x86: Faster RC5-72 GO-2 core (#3265)
chg: x86: GO-2 core is now the default selection for P4
chg: x86: OGR core selection for P4 (#3988 and others)
chg: all: default work precedence is now OGR-P2,RC5-72
chg: all: default buffer level checking set to 4
2.9013-499 imp: x86: Faster OGR MMX cores (1-3%, depending on CPU)
2.9013-498 new: x86: Added new AMD optimized OGR core, selected for AMD CPUs
new: x86: Detect Intel Core 1/2 (#3939, #3969)
new: x86: Detect 65um Intel Netburst (#3972)
new: x86: Detect Via C7 (#3962)
chg: x86: P4 naming (#3862)
chg: x86: AMD K8/Opteron Naming (#3912, #3967)
chg: x86: K6 core selection (#3968)
imp: solaris: Retrieve newer chip names
2.9012-497 new: x86: Added new MMX assembly OGR core, selected for MMX CPUs
fix: ogr: some platforms reported incorrect node counts if restarted
imp: ppc: Recognize PPC970MP (G5 dual core)
fix: macosx: StartupItems permissions fixed (#3942)
imp: linux: support battery-mode execution via ACPI(#3314)
2.9011-496 new: x86: Added new assembly OGR core and selected as default
fix: x86: Correct RC5 core count speed factor for mmx (#3770)
fix: x86: Properly detect National Geode (#3852)
new: x86-64: Added new KBE-64 core and selected as default for K8/P4
chg: x86: pre-selection for AMD K6 (#3863)
chg: x86: pre-selection for Pentium M (#3870)
chg: x86: OGR pre-selection for C3 (#3885)
new: x86: detect Athlon 64 X2 (#3889)
2.9010-495 fix: x86: Fixed cores dg3, sgp3 and snjl.
new: all: Added a stress-test ("-stress") for RC5-72 cores
imp: macosx: Revised temperature monitoring for G5
new: x86: Added new cores ma4 (#3415) and mmx (#3770)
imp: x86: Speed improvements for dg3 (#3601) and go2 (#3265) cores
fix: win32: Prevent possible console mode recursion loop (#3846)
imp: ppc: Now recognize PPC 7448
fix: win32: Eliminate random crash on NT service shutdown (#3159)
new: all: Display detected CPU clockspeed on "-cpuinfo"
imp: ppc: Select vector cores as defaults whenever possible.
2.9009-494 chg: all: Major clean up in the OGR core base
imp: ppc: Modified KOGE cores - should be faster in most cases
new: solaris: 64-bit sparc client with faster 64-bit OGR
imp: alpha: Added EV4 and EV67-specific 64-bit cores
fix: x86: ogr core preselection for Pentium 4 & M (#3742, #3744)
imp: x86: Pentium/Celeron M & Pentium 4 Prescott detection (#3745)
new: amigaos: AltiVec cores enabled for OS4
new: netware: New port for Netware LibC (Netware 5.1 and up)
fix: x86: Cyrix core selection (#3809)
imp: x86: K8 and P4 detection (#3799, #3807, #3814)
2.9008-493 new: ppc: Enabled KOGE cores for all PPC targets, except AIX
new: macosx: ASM-optimized GARSP-5 cores (KOGE Scalar/Hybrid)
fix: all: Fixed an issue with -runbuffers (= -runoffline -n -1)
that caused the client to wait for ever.
2.9008-492 imp: ppc: Faster GARSP Vector core
imp: all: Added an option to rotate log files at local time or UTC
time (#2613)
fix: all: Made week number ISO 8601 compliant (#3336)
imp: all: Display which cruncher load/save/complete work (#2954)
imp: all: Log more error messages (#3611)
 imp: macosx: Made the buffer threshold limits hw-dependant (#3626)
fix: ppc: Select core #5 on PPC 601 (#3685)
fix: macosx: Now recognize PPC 750FX (#3675)
fix: macosx: No longer read the TAU on G4/G5.
imp: solaris: Identify SPARC64-IV/US-IV (#3693)
fix: all: Fixed the ideal completion time inaccuracy (#3495)
fix: some: OGR crunchers no longer busy-wait (#3618)
fix: all: Refuse unknown contest/core specified with -bench*/-test
fix: all: Added an exponential backoff of the retry timer for
server connections/remote buffers (#3648)
imp: all: Client no longer exit when no OGR-P2 work is available
(#3680, #3691)
fix: all: Memory buffers are now preserved on restart (#2833)
imp: all: Increased the maximum size of memory buffers.
new: win64: native AMD64 port
fix: macosx: Fixed broken logic in temperature sensor detection.
Re-enable TAU reading on 7400/7410 (#3699)
2.9008-491 chg: all: Disabled OGR (Phase 1) contest
fix: all: Client didn't stop as instructed (#3672)
fix: macosx: Fixed an issue caused by white spaces in file paths.
imp: macosx: Reworked the Startup Items implementation.
imp: macosx: Display CPU temp. upon startup (if enabled/available)
imp: all: Reworked the activity display in test mode (OGR-P2)
imp: ppc: Select GARSP 5.1x Scalar by default on PPC 74x7/G5
imp: ppc: Faster OGR-P2 cores.
imp: amigaos: Allow crunchers to shutdown on exit when other user
tasks are monopolizing cpu time
imp: macosx: Added PowerPC 970FX recognition (#3675)
2.9008-490 new: all: Enable OGR-24 and OGR-25 Phase 2 (finalization)
new: amigaos: native OS4 port
2.9007-489 new: x86: new rc5-72 cores (#3265, #3398)
fix: ppc: now detects 745/755 (G3) cpu under linux
chg: x86: core preselection (#3477, #3580, #3602, #3621, #3625)
imp: x86: cpu identification (#3593, #3627)
chg: x86-linux: new build style using uClibc
2.9007-488 fix: macosx: Undefined symbol issue (10.1.5, #3578)
imp: all: Force partial work to be restarted when fetched from a
shared buffer by a different user.
imp: macosx: somewhat fix the "Pause if running" option (#3566)
new: morphos: MorphOS pre-release
fix: all: Trashed OGR buffers (bug introduced in 2.9007-487)
fix: all: Fixed checkpoint file problem introduced by the user
check.
2.9007-487 fix: amigaos: 68k: fixed a race condition adding public port
fix: amigaos: fixed a race quitting the cruncher thread
new: MorphOS port
new: morphos: added resethandler, client will quit before reset
fix: amigaos: fixed timer.device exit crash
fix: all: fixed a busy loop that could occur with OGR (#2726)
2.9007-486 imp: nextstep: include assembler cores on x86
imp: nextstep: fix console handling for config menu
fix: macosx: no longer reference _kIOMasterPortDefault (#3338)
fix: macosx: fix temperature monitoring (#3343)
new: macosx: use IOHWSensor to read CPU temperature (#3334)
 imp: some: allow for fractional temperature thresholds (#3315)
chg: x86: made Pentium M preselection like Pentium 4 (#3323)
imp: aix: include assembler cores on ppc
fix: aix: smp: threads now get correctly spread over all cpus
chg: macosx: KKS 970 core temporarily disabled (useless)
2.9006-485 new: decunix: cpu temperature detection
new: macosx: use AppleCPUthermo to read CPU temperature (#3315)
imp: macosx: use latest gcc 3.3 to compile client and OGR cores
new: macosx: properly recongize the PowerPC 970 (G5) (#3310)
new: ppc: new rc5-72 core for PowerPC 970 (G5) by Didier Levet
new: nextstep: revived port with OGR and RC5-72 support
2.9005-484 new: x86: detect Athlon with Barton core (#3227)
new: x86: detect Celeron with Tualatin core / brand id 1 (#3246)
new: x86: detect Pentium M (#3304)
imp: x86: changed some preselected cores (#3233, #3293)
new: sparc: rc5-72 assembly cores by Andreas Beckmann
new: decunix: initial Lurk support
chg: all: single-threaded clients now ignore numcpu/max-threads
imp: alpha: preselect ansi 4-pipe for EV56 and higher
imp: alpha: preselect ansi 1-pipe for EV45 and lower
imp: all: remote buffer error reporting
imp: linux: print "'host' command not found" on resolve failure
2.9005-483 fix: x86: re-added SS-2 core - new version fixes bug #3187
fix: ppc: no longer coredumps while resolving under Linux (#3213)
new: ppc: support for Altivec under linux (#1349)
new: sparc: optimized rc5-72 core by Didier Levet
new: sparc/solaris: cpu detection
new: ppc: faster non-Altivec rc5-72 core by Malcolm Howell
new: 68k: optimized rc5-72 cores, now not only for AmigaOS
fix: some: network cleanup failed during rare error condition
new: ppc: two new rc5-72 non-Altivec cores by Malcolm Howell
chg: ppc: more optimizations to rc5-72 cores by Didier Levet
chg: ppc: ansi cores removed, asm cores are faster
2.9004-482 undo: x86: rc5-72 SS-2 core (Athlon optimized) removed due to
reentrancy and stack problems (#3187)
chg: some: rc5-72 ansi cores removed in favor of faster asm cores
chg: x86: disabled dg-* cores (bswap instr) on i386/i486 (#2878)
2.9003-481 fix: smp via fork: 2nd process died after switching to project
ogr (added workaround for #3006)
chg: ppc: use OGR-scalar cruncher for PowerPC 7450 (#3035)
fix: ppc: manual selection of OGR cores is now possible
new: macosx: CPU temperature reading by Karakoussis Apostolos
new: ppc: two additional rc5-72 cores for ppc by Didier Levet
new: arm: ogr assembly cores by Peter Teichmann
2.9003-480 new: x86: rc5-72 SS-2 core by Ianos Gnatiuc (Athlon optimized)
chg: all: -numcpu 0 disables use of shared memory (if any)
fix: macosx: changed -install to work on Mac OS X 10.2 (#1618)
2.9002-479 new: ppc: rc5-72 core by Malcolm Howell (603e optimized)
new: ppc: two rc5-72 cores by Didier Levet (AltiVec optimized)
new: amigaos: optimized 68k rc5-72 cores by Malcolm Howell
fix: amigaos: PowerUp compiler linklib no longer trashes memory
imp: amigaos: added G3/G4 cpu detection
2.9001-478 new: os2: enabled command line options: -pause, -unpause, -restart
imp: all: write checkpoint files before client suspends
fix: all: correctly round summary rate and OGR stats units (#3041)
new: s390: support Linux on s390/s390x platforms
new: arm: rc5-72 assembly cores by Peter Teichmann
2.9001-477 fix: os2: installation complete rewritten (#2061)
fix: os2: keyboard hangs, random colors after -config or -help
in OS/2 fullscreen session
new: os2: "pause-when-running" enabled
new: os2: more command line options (-shutdown, ...)
new: x86: rc5-72 assembly cores by Samuel Seay
new: x86: rc5-72 assembly cores by Decio Luiz Gazzoni Filho
2.9000-475 new: all: contest rc5-72
chg: all: new buffer format (incompatible with previous
clients and proxies)
fix: all: "pause-when-running": whitespaces between program
name and "|" were not stripped correctly.

2.8000
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2.8019.473 fix: static: rebuilt all static clients to fix CA-2002-19:
"Buffer Overflow in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries"
chg: all: increased buff-in.* limit to 2000 packets
imp: x86: improved P4 RC5 core (ak-p7) (#2542)
new: x86: detect latest Pentium III (#2778) and Athlon XP (#2783)
chg: linux: enable /proc/apm support for non-x86 (#2643)
fix: all: processed RC5 random blocks even if RC5 was disabled
fix: amigaos: fixed problems with font requester opening in
GUI prefs window when clicking other gadgets
imp: amigaos: can be shutdown by pressing escape key in GUI
fix: some: lurking now works again regarding multiple interfaces
2.8018.472 fix: macosx: fix crash in battery pause code from #2465 (#2615)
fix: macosx: config menu displayed erroneous message that pause
on battery was not supported.
fix: win32: core throughput: summary column not zeroed (#2630)
chg: x86: reorganized intel cpu recognition
new: x86: detect Celeron 4 (#2673), VIA C3 (#2725)
new: PlayStation2 Linux port
2.8017.471 (not publicly released)
new: x86: P4 RC5 core (ak-p7)
imp: x86: better intel and AMD chip identification. (#2448, #2424)
fix: x86: Win2K, WinXP: disabled crashing RC5 SMC core. (#2399)
new: alpha: OGR core for processors supporting the CIX extension.
imp: sparc: improved OGR core. (#2480)
fix: ppc: linux kernel cpu string additions. (#2407)
new: all: configurable frequent update failure retry interval.
fix: all: client ignores "--" on command line by itself. (#2474)
fix: all: Errors in generated man page (#2451)
fix: all: lurking caused ENETDOWN on -fetch/-flush/-update (#2417)
fix: hpux: threading, timing fixes (#2371)
fix: fbsd: occasionally not responding to SIG(INT/TERM) (#1985)
fix: decunix: also not responding to SIG(INT/TERM) (#1613)
fix: linux: no alpha SMP support (#2142)
new: macosx: platform-specific read me doc (#2580)
 new: macosx: now supports -[un]install for /Library/StartupItems/
fix: macosx: Mach/mem leaks in pause-if-on-battery code. (#2465)
new: amigaos: can now be installed and/or run via Workbench
new: amigaos: built-in ReAction GUI added
new: amigaos: now supports -[un]install for WBStartup
fix: amigaos: now compatible with TermiteTCP (#2570)
2.8016.470 new: ppc: new AltiVec RC5 core for the PPC 7450 by Dan Oetting.
fix: all: flushed when 1 packet was left in in-buffer (#2209).
fix: all: time threshold ignored on command line -update (#2286).
fix: all: packets lost by -import and unwritable buffers (#2298).
imp: all: suppress logfile pollution with remote buffer errors.
imp: macos: temperature sensing for dual G3 and G4 systems.
fix: macosx: the 7450 is now correctly recognized as a G4 CPU.
2.8015.469 new: x86: two OGR cores now.
new: x86/win16/win32/netware: added support for the RC5 SMC core.
new: win32: RAS profile names are now supported in the
"Interfaces to Watch" list.
new: *ix: support for shell-style tilde expansion for filenames.
chg: all: The list of cores depends on the architecture only.
Cores not applicable to a particular cpu/os will be
marked as 'n/a' and won't benchmark etc.
imp: some: faster 68k and PPC OGR cores.
2.8014.468 fix: all: bad results caused by build .466.
fix: all: packets were saved and reloaded after buffer update.
fix: all: current packet wasn't discarded on contest closure.
fix: all: exited without crunching with "-n 1" option.
new: *ix: all clients for unix are inherently SMP capable,
even if the OS does not have/support threads.
2.8013.467 new: 68k: new, faster RC5 cores (previously only available in
the AmigaOS client)
new: x86: new, faster RC5 core for the P4.
new: ia64: new 4 pipeline ansi core, used by ia64.
imp: all: add support for a second argument to -test/-bench, the
number to use. example: 'dnetc -test rc5 8'
imp: some: OGR behaves more predictably on non-preemptive systems.
new: macos: dnetc can now find its support files in the active
systems "Application Support" or "Preferences" folder.
2.8012.466 new: x86: most unix-ish clients now support the RC5/SMC core.
imp: some: even faster OGR core.
chg: all: reverted default crunch-meter for ogr to 'absolute' type.
imp: win32 cui: tweaked for considerably improved display speed.
fix: win32 cui: redirection to file works as it did prior to .465.
chg: all: the list of available cores is a superset of all cores
available for a particular architecture, some of which may
not be available for a particular client/OS/hardware flavour.
fix: riscos: time and timezone oddities.
fix: win32: workaround for time bug on some win2k HALs.
fix: all: suffices weren't lowercase for remote buffer filenames.
fix: win32: client -install'ed to run hidden appeared on desktop
chg: x86: AMD 5x86 uses core #6 (rather than core #0) for RC5
2.8012.465 imp: m68k-netbsd: faster OGR core
fix: bsdos-aout client is finally working again with OGR
fix: all: -n -1 (exit on empty buffers) works again.
fix: win32: restore from tray works again
 fix: win16: text appearing as a single line fixed
new: win32: rate and in-buffer threshold available as 'tip' when
client is minimized and the 'Core Throughput' view is active.
2.8011.464 imp: many: OGR cores improved - should now be slightly faster
new: many: AltiVec OGR cruncher by Dan Oetting and Chris Cox
new: AmigaOS: added full lurk functionality
new: AmigaOS: -shutdown, -restart and -(un)pause support added
new: AmigaOS: "Pause if running" support now enabled
new: all: command line options may be passed via a 'dnetc_opt='
(or 'DNETC_OPT=') environment variable.
new: *nix: command line options may be overridden by a command
file in [/usr/local]/etc/. Refer to the man page for details.
new: *nix: optional -multiok=0 switch to prohibit multiple
instances of the client from running at the same time.
new: linux: now supports -[un]install for SYSV-style rc.d
chg: rc5: random-prefix is no longer written to the .ini
chg: all: If a dialup connection had been previously initiated
by the client AND the link drops while doing network i/o,
the client will dial again.
new: the crunch-o-meter displays a twirling baton (by default) if
not running with a GUI window and output is not redirected.
imp: networking layer rewritten from scratch. It is also a lot
more chatty, and prints very specific messages on error.
new: client can be configured with multiple keyserver names.
fix: all: no more uneccesary connects when using frequent-checks
fix: all: mail sent correctly on shutdown.
fix: all: no longer discards work-to-do on fetch.
fix: win9x: client no longer hangs on sys shutdown
chg: all: smtp/firewall hostname settings have different semantics
(port # is appended to the name in the form hostname:port)
chg: all: the default keserver port (when port number is zero)
for HTTP encoding is 80. The default HTTP proxy port is 8080.
fix: all: for 'rotate' log file types: if the interval (limit)
is specified in days then the date in the filename reflects
the date of the first day of that interval.
new: all: by default displays a different crunch-o-meter when an
OGR packet is being worked on. (any sug. for improvement?)
chg: minor adjustments to Loaded/Saved/Completed/Summary messages
for project independance (format doesn't have to be processed
differently for different projects). Inexact percentages
(ie, for OGR) are no longer displayed at load/save time.
new: win16/32: crunch-o-scope, menus et al. (christmas present :)
new: AmigaOS: fifo log file type now enabled
new: macos: temp. sensing support for single CPU G3 and G4 Macs
new: macos: LURK support for users of OT-PPP or RemoteAccess
chg: nonpreemptive systems yield much more when running OGR
new: macos: pause-on-battery support for battery driven macs
new: macosx: pause-on-battery support for battery driven macs
2.8010.463 fix: linux/x86: resolved various dns lookup, lib and
portability issues by building against static libc5
client runs on all elf kernels, 2.0.x - 2.4.x-preX
imp: all: client always fetches the largest packet possible
and then splits it locally into sub-packets. Greatly
improves network throughput and reduces server load.
fix: win32: .462 client was taking long to shutdown.
chg: AmigaOS: 68060 core is now used on 040s too (it's faster)
new: AmigaOS: added support for threads
fix: AmigaOS: networking now works in the PowerUp client
 fix: AmigaOS: fixed timing problems in the PPC clients that
mainly only affected overclocked CPUs
2.8010.462 fix: many: removed os-level file locking introduced in .459,
didn't work reliably on some file systems, and was not
really necessary anyway.
chg: some: smoother ^C and break handling for win16/dos/amigaos
2.8010.461 new: x86: RC5/K7 core from Holger Boehring <HBoehring@hboehring.de>
fix: x86: Athlon Thunderbird correctly detected now.
fix: all: some pre-2.8000 .ini settings were not being upgraded.
new: macosx: 2 separate builds for MacOSX and MacOSXServer
new: macosx: the AltiVec cruncher is now available on MacOSX
new: macosx: MP support is now available under MacOSX
new: macosx: full LURK support under MacOSX
chg: macos: GUSI is in again but this time with OT support
new: x86-NetBSD/x86-FreeBSD/Linux support battery-power checking
(hint to *BSD kernel teams: add sysctl support to apm)
chg: AmigaOS: now using the PowerPC OGR core
chg: AmigaOS: lots more general changes and fixes
2.8009.460 new: ppc: new OGR PowerPC core by nate is about 12% faster
chg: 68k: modified glue code results in up to 4% more speed
chg: macos: support for all macs ever built (even 68000 based)
new: macos: the macos client can now run "detached"
fix: macos: a different networking library delivers many benefits
chg: macos: priority adjustment works fine now
new: macos: the client is now controlable through AppleScript
new: macos: FBA/daemon version
chg: macos: process detection for "pause-if-running" now works
new: "pause-if-CPU-temperature-exceeds" (not on all platforms)
new: "pause-if-running-on-batterypower" (not on all platforms)
new: macosx: a native (BSD subsystem) client for Server and DPs
chg: some: OGR is auto-disabled for non-preemptive OSs running on
low-end cpus. http://faq.distributed.net/cache/188.html
fix: NetWare: all MP (migration) issues resolved.
fix: most: user changes to time-of-day won't affect "Summary:"
chg: AmigaOS: updated 68k cores and many changes made to bring
the Amiga version up to date
chg: AmigaOS: switched from the sas/c compiler to gcc
new: AmigaOS: native WarpUp/WarpOS client for PowerPC
new: ppc: additional rc5 core optimized specifically for 604
series PowerPCs - about 2% faster, thanks to
Roberto Ragusa <robertoragusa@technologist.com>
2.8008.459 new: x86: new rc5 K7 core thanks to
Sean Stanek <vulture@iastate.edu>
new: all: the "update frequently (-frequent)" has been superceded
by "additional buffer-level checking". The new option
provides better control and supports one new mode
"update on per-project buffer exhaustion" which enables
old-style single-contest crunching (disables rotation).
See also: http://faq.distributed.net/cache/176.html
new: all: out-buffer thresholds have been removed entirely;
use the "additional buffer-level checking" to support
updating/flushing more frequently than buffer exhaustion.
chg: all: time threshold uses fetch work threshold > 0 as minimum
number of workunits to be fetched.
new: all: -btime <pn> <n> complements time-driven threshold
chg: all: -b[in] <pn> <n> now clears time threshold for <pn>.
 new: all: exit flagfile filename is now configurable.
chg: macos: now supports all variants of System 7
fix: Linux: dynamic import of dns resolution functions for better
glibc/libc cross compatibility (one shoe fits all again).
fix: winnt: pause on process handling optimized and rewritten.
chg: all: checkpointing now done at 10% or 10 minute intervals,
instead of 10% with 10 minute minimum.
fix: all: project switchover no longer 'hangs'.
fix: all: OGR nodecount network packet ordering fixed.
fix: all: reported OGR noderate is no longer unacceptably high.
fix: all: partially complete OGR stubs are now loaded first.
fix: all: will now flush to a proxy/server that is empty.
fix: all: setting clock back during network ops could hang.
fix: all: block counts during fetching do not fluctuate anymore.
fix: fbsd: timezone use for automatic keyserver pick works.
chg: many: file system locking on buffers where supported.
2.8007.458 fix: all: the annoying OGR 1 node bug finally fixed
new: all: client can be configured a) to restart itself
on .ini change; b) (on most platforms) to pause itself as
long as process/executable x|y|z|... is running.
fix: win32: use NULL DACLs for CreateMutex.
chg: macos: numerous minor interface improvements
new: macos: multiprocessor support (MP 2.x enhanced)
2.8006.457 fix: BeOS: work not being saved on exit
fix: *nix: -config hangs client
2.8006.456 chg: all: OGR cores reactivated.
upd: BeOS: x86/ppc clients brought up to date
2.8005.455 fix: all: client not rotating to next project
fix: win32/16: all font issues resolved
fix: all: fix for cosmetic 'Retrieved n of 4billion' message
fix: all: duplicate 'nettimeout' setting in .ini
chg: many: CSC cores removed from (some) clients
2.8005.454 fix: all: infinite fetching from 'nowhere'.
fix: all: undid that persistant log open change made in .451
2.8005.453 chg: client supports thresholds either as a time-factor, or
as a workunit-factor. -config documentation has more info.
A review of your settings is *strongly* advised.
2.8004.452 chg: all: .ini option spin off from the generic [parameters]
section into subsections is now complete. phew! Nothing
left except "id".
chg: reverted log file opening on win/dos/netware/os2 to
non-shared.
2.8004.451 fix: OS/2: Fixed crash in -config by using different API calls
fix: OS/2: included the forgotten CSC-MMX core.
fix: win32 Alpha: network connect()
fix: all: 2 digit date in log-by-mail
fix: solaris x86: multithreading works correctly now (uses
native threads bound to LWPs instead of pthreads)
chg: log file is opened shared on win/dos/netware/os2
chg: log file is opened with persistant handles on *nix
2.8004.450 new: Mac OS port including Altivec core support (twice as
 fast as MMX on otherwise comparable hardware)
2.8003.449 chg: win32: client sleeps for 10secs immediately after starting
as service to allow the rest of the system to fire up first
fix: all: not being able to -update if offlinemode
fix: solaris: time stamps/elapsed time on MP boxes
fix: all: clients will again reset work if the core # changes
(functionality was lost in 2.8002.446 - reset if client
version or platform changes was unaffected).
2.8003.448 new: x86: 50% faster CSC MMX core added. '6bit - bitslice'
replaces '6bit - called'
fix: all: lines in mail/logfile are no longer truncated
fix: all: pause by signal (by user) and pause by filename
are additive, that is, pause remains in effect as
long as either one is in effect.
fix: all: completed/summary time is now elapsed wall clock
time again
fix: x86: Cyrix 6x86 auto-selects CSC core #3 now.
imp: all: threads no longer check external flags for shutdown/
pause state. Flags are 'pushed' instead, which reduces
cache footprint.
fix: win32: win95B doesn't have a 'Lucinda Console' TrueType
font, so client avoids it now.
chg: many: DES cores are no longer included
imp: all: benchmarks have greater time precision (no longer
overshoot the end of the bench period)
chg: *nix: client setsid()s and dups std handles to /dev/null
when started with -quiet/-hide
fix: dun config collision with no-networking resolved
(dun was still active even if the networking was disabled)
2.8002.447 chg: all: firewall settings in the .ini have moved to the network
section. socks user:pass is now saved encoded
chg: if appropriate, 'Summary:' now also shows # of work units
chg: the cow logo is back, and is now the official mascot of
all distributed.net projects :)
2.8002.446 new: all: client is now called 'dnetc'
new: all: OGR capability
new: all: CSC capability
chg: all: more .ini options have been spun off from the
generic [parameters] section into subsections
chg: all: each project has its own buffer settings (threshold etc)
chg: all: cputype option has been phased out in favor of core
names/ids and each project can have its own core type
chg: all: -benchmark and -benchmark2 can now be limited to a
single project, eg '-benchmark csc' to bench only csc
new: all: '-bench [project]' benches all cores for a given
project (or all projects if no project is specified)
new: all: benchmarks are time based now (8-10 secs/16-20 secs)
new: win32: distribution includes a native cui wrapper
new: win16/32: client saves window size and position
chg: win32: service ID is 'dnetc' for client, 'dnetd' for pproxy
new: netware: complete rewrite of netware specific code
new: *nix: client distribution includes a man page
chg: all: auto keyserver name resolution now allows as many
retries as there are addresses for a name.
rel: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:19:51 -0600
http://lists.distributed.net/hypermail/announce/0075.html
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2.7112.444 chg: ARM: cores have been partially rewritten.
fix: x86: K7 auto selects 'class 6', not 'RISC rotate II' core.
fix: x86 DOS: ^C always works now. (is now trapped in a hardware
interrupt (irq1) handler rather than in the 'soft' int 23h)
imp: win16: scheduling and idle detection has been rewritten
new: win16/win32: client archive includes a screen saver. When
run some _other_ screen saver in the foreground and start
start client in the background. It stops the client when
deactivated.
new: win32: client will pause itself while it sees defrag running.
new: FreeBSD: crunchers are now SMP aware (FBSD 3.0 and greater)
"active processor count detection" also works.
2.7110.443 new: win/*nix: support -pause and -unpause (SIGTSTP and SIGCONT
respectively). Used like -restart/-shutdown etc.
2.7110.442 new: win32: ioctl-driven network adapter online state detection.
primarily for use with non-RAS net devs (heads up! AOL users)
includes device masking support ala Linux/FreeBSD
new: unix: ps will now see the client as 'rc5des'. This is
to facilitate scripted or system-wide shutdowns/restarts.
2.7110.441 new: all: log-to-file options/types/limits
imp: all: made --config menus more intuitive
2.7109.441 fix: win32cli shutdown if not hidden and not service :)
2.7109.440 fix: win32cli shutdown for win95 if hidden or service
fix: all: proxified HTTP works again
new: all: Big packet (>8*2^28) support (requires proxy 306 or
newer). Support is enabled only if the 'preferred-
packet-size' is greater than 31.
*Warning*: do not share buffers between clients that have
the use of big packets enabled and clients older than
2.7109.440 since older clients will truncate the packets.
new: infrastructure for new/more contests
chg: |- includes partial .ini restructuring
chg: |- tracking contest open/closed states is no longer necessary
chg: | `- .inis no longer need to be shared with offline clients
chg: `- buffer filenames are now generated from base names
new: all: fetch/flush from 'remote' buffers
new: all: Buffers are now FIFO (sorta)
new: all: introduced unique release number scheme
new: all: client<->proxy time synchronization added
new: all: --import option to merge buffer files
chg: all: checkpt interval is now the greater of 10min/10% change
chg: all: coalescing flush is no longer supported
imp: all: socket buffer size is increased if necessary which
improves network throughput on non-unix platforms
2.7106.436 fix: win32gui:Percent bar in hidden mode reenabled
fix: win32gui:Log Grapher now allows end date to be set
fix: win32gui:Window/Logger settings now saved at shutdown
fix: win32gui:Log File only reread when required now
2.7106.436 fix: all: Randomprefix incrementation problem fixed.
2.7106.435 new: Linux/FreeBSD: Added lurk functionality
Includes device (eth*,ppp*,sl*) masking support
2.7105.432 fix: OS2: EMX & lurk mode changes.
fix: OS2: -(un)install honors -quiet
2.7105.432 new: win16/32: Connection error message support added for
2.7105.432 new: all: -1 for nettimeout forces blocking network I/O
2.7105.432 new: x86: IDT WinChip 2 added to CPU list.
new: x86: 4% faster MMX DES core added.
2.7103.430 chg: all: revert back from old "distributed.net ID" phrasing.
new: x86: 50% faster DES MMX core added.
2.7103.427 new: Win32/Alpha: SMP support added for Alpha/Win32.
imp: RISCOS: processor detection and scheduling improved.
2.7103.425 new: all: Single checkpoint used for all contests.
2.7102.422 imp: x86: Stripped one instruction in all x86 rc5 cores
2.7102.422 imp: all: Improved menu and ini file handling of uuehttpmode,
keyproxy, and keyport
2.7102.422 new: all: scheduledupdatetime, for coordinating project switching
2.7102.421 imp: MacOS: Many, many changes to merge MT and non-MT clients.
2.7102.421 imp: FreeBSD, RISC OS x86 fixes.
2.7102.421 new: all: "Coalescing" flush added, with notable speed increase.
new: win32/win16/*nix: -kill/-shutdown, -hup/-restart
2.7102.421 fix: IRIX: MT fixed.
imp: RISC OS: Many x86 coprocessor changes.
fix: MacOS: Block count and processor id bug fixed.
2.7102.421 new: x86: Added a new self-modifying 386/486 core
2.7102.420 fix: *nix: Fixed -hide/-quiet for unix'sh clients
2.7102.420 fix: all: Bring back the cputype config screen
2.7102.420 chg: all: Changed default blocksize to 31.
2.7102.419 new: *nix: Added -hide/-quiet support for unix'ish clients
2.7102.419 fix: all: Complete cmdline option cleanup.
new: all: creation of portable (encapsulated) console i/o.
Many terminal issues fixed.
new: all: the number of threads is now unlimited
new: all: "non-threaded" clients are now threaded :)
non-threaded clients use an internal round-robin
mechanism but are obviously not SMP-aware.
2.7100.418 fix: all: Randomprefix is now changed from buffer
files; offline clients will now generate
from the "correct" randomprefix.
2.7100.418 fix: FreeBSD, Macos detection changes/fixes
2.7100.418 new: PowerPC detection added to Mac clients.
2.7100.418 new: Celeron-A detection added.
2.7100.418 new: New win16/32 console code implemented for CLI clients.
All previous cli-type clients (hidden,service,cli) in one.
2.7100.418 fix: Corrected SOCKS4 & 5 support
2.7100.418 chg: x86 autodetect cleanup
2.7100.418 fix: win32gui: Verbosity, help file, other general fixes.
2.7100.418 fix: HTTP connections will always go to port 80 of the
specified *key* proxy
2.7100.418 chg: Priority scale changed to 0-9. Old OS/2 priority code
removed. Win32gui option checking fixes.
2.7100.418 chg: Ultrix changes.
new: ARM clients now support 3 cores.
2.7100.418 new: Multi-core support added for all 68k platforms.
2 new 68k cores implemented.
2.7100.418 new: SIGHUP handling implemented.
chg: Beta client timeout implemented.
chg: AmigaOS changes.
2.7100.418 chg: Block size selection changed to support slow CPUs.
2.7100.418 new: RC5 MMX cores are now in place. 50% speed
improvement on Pentium MMX processors.
2.7100.418 new: Complete rewrite of logging code
new: progress bar shows all threads on one line
new: blocks now displayed in 2^28 increments.
2.7100.418 fix: Problem with client rewriting .ini file while in
nodisk mode fixed.
2.7100.418 new: Win32 Clients have Dial On Demand support.
2.7100.418 new: Clients now auto-detect the roundrobin to connect to.
2.7100.417 new: Hooks for RC5 MMX added, general cleanup/sanity checks
2.7100.417 new: New ARM/StrongARM RC5 cores.
2.7100.417 new: All messages are now timestamped
2.7100.417 chg: Amiga changes
new: autofindkeyserver option added.
2.7100.417 chg: Lurk functions added to enable dialing and hanging up.
2.7100.416 new: Win95/98 combo-box bug worked around in gui client
2.7100.416 chg: Windows CLI and NT service client integrated.
2.7100.416 fix: win32 gui logging fixed
2.7100.416 chg: des-ii-2 will be ignored in future des contests.
2.7100.416 chg: Many DYNIX fixes.
2.7100.416 fix: win32gui: Change to fetch, flush, and update to be verbose
2.7100.416 fix: OS/2: Got new version of Watcom for OS/2, now able to
compile MMX core and build the new version without a
major speed decrease in both the rc5 and des cores.
2.7100.416 fix: fixed -runbuffers behaviour.
2.7100.416 chg: RISC OS Updates.
new: -cpuinfo added.
2.7100.416 fix: patched a possible divide by zero race condition that
could occur when two or more clients attempt to flush
a shared buffer where file locking cannot be enforced
2.7100.416 fix: win32gui will again only respect "runhidden" if it is
auto-launched on startup (via -guistart)
2.7100.416 fix: Fixed with .ini name not following .exe's name (again).
2.7100.416 new: Even FASTER DES MMX cores added to x86 clients!
2.7100.416 new: win32gui fetch/flush menu options can now occur
without halting client operations.
2.7100.415 fix: win32gui thread priority of message thread increased
to higher priority.
2.7100.415 new: Automatic processor count on Solaris & Linux added.
2.7100.415 fix: Bugs with exitfile handling present in 414 have been fixed.
2.7100.415 new: Added DES MMX cores to x86 clients - thanks go out to
Remi Guyomarch and Bruce Ford who made this possible.
2.7100.413 fix: Fixed problems in 413 with .ini name not following .exe name
fix: rc5 outbuffer being set incorrectly to buff-out.des
2.7100.413 fix: More SMTP log mailing overriding offline mode fixes.
fix: Secondary intel CPUs now identified correctly.
2.7100.413 fix: lurk is now more verbose and acts the same way in win32/os2
2.7100.413 fix: Fixed -runbuffers bug that caused invalid block info
to be printed on screen after buffer exhaustion.
2.7100.413 fix: Fixed the pause file bug in non-mt clients
2.7100.413 fix: Fixed the -lurkonly problem when buffers ran out, and not
connected, the HD would just sit and grind in OS/2 and Win32
2.7100.413 fix: Put -lurk/-lurkonly on the menu for OS/2
2.7100.413 chg: RISC OS and AmigaOS changes/fixes...
2.7100.413 fix: Client Version # reporting in -config fixed
2.7100.413 fix: Extra disk access caused by lurk mode reduced greatly
2.7100.412 fix: win32gui Put a check on the mailmessage so it won't mail
when offline or lurk
2.7100.412 fix: CommandLine options are now validated
2.7100.412 fix: OS/2: Gave text output and exit a priority boost
2.7100.412 fix: OS/2: Redid the lurk mode to only detect slip/ppp
2.7100.412 chg: Numerous win16 updates.
new: Default AMD 486 core now Pentium core.
chg: No longer attempts SMTP connections for mailing
logs if the client is in offline mode.
2.7100.412 chg: Lots of internal changes to prepare for Win16 client
2.7100.412 fix: Invalid cpu type value now ignored.
2.7100.412 chg: Buffer path problem and buffer truncation issue addressed
2.7100.412 fix: win32GUI autolaunches in minimized state correctly now
2.7100.412 rel: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:09:24 -0500 (CDT)
http://lists.distributed.net/hypermail/announce/0049.html
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2.7025.410 98.06.24
New ARM DES cores from Steve Lee
2.7025.410 98.06.23
Fixed various things in the help pager
2.7024.409 98.06.14
Finalized lurk modes for OS/2
2.7024.409 98.06.18
Users can now tell us exactly what we need to add to the
CPU identification code to stop their cpu from being
mis-ident'd.
2.7024.409 98.06.17 Added a new PPro/PII/6x86/K6 *DES* core
2.7024.409 98.06.15 New 64-bit UltraSparc DES core - super fast !
2.7024.409 98.06.15 ARM version of Kwan's latest sboxes - 30% faster
2.7024.409 98.06.14 Fixed the OS/2 lurk mode so that it updates less
freqently.
2.7024.409 98.05.13 Fixed CPU identification crash under *nix with
486 SX/DX/DX2.
2.7024.409 98.06.08 More aesthetic fixes, SparcBSD fixes, fetch/flush
quietmode added to suppress proxy message.
2.7023.408 98.06.08 General aesthetic fixes.
2.7023.408 98.06.08 SOCKS5 authentication fixed.
2.7022.407 98.06.01 -update bug is now cleaned up.
2.7022.407 98.06.01 Lurk now works in OS/2
2.7021.405 98.05.29 Improved RISC OS multitasking, as well as RISC OS GUI
support. Improved ARM CPU detection. Many AmigaOS changes.
v2.7021.405 98.05.23 Resolved a number of signal handling problems from
Cyrus Patel
v2.7021.405 98.05.23 Mail doesn't clear buffers on mail send failure from
Cyrus Patel
v2.7021.405 98.05.23 Cleaned up Client::Run from Cyrus Patel
v2.7021.405 98.05.23 Improved client display, block transfer progress, and
keyrate computation from Cyrus Patel
v2.7021.405 98.05.23 NetWare changes from Cyrus Patel
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 New cpu/os codes added OS_OS390=39, CPU_S390=14
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 OS/2 changes from Oscar Chang
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 New parisc rc5 core from Katsuomi Hamajima
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 Added Banner message crediting Matthew Kwan
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 OS390 changes from Friedemann Baitinger
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 ARM/riscos changes from Chris Berry
v2.7021.405 98.05.21 Rebuilt bdeslow.aout.o/bbdeslow.aout.o and updated
des-x86.cpp
v2.7021.404 98.05.19 Increased temp space allocated for headers in http mode
v2.7021.404 98.05.17 "-n" setting now forces a minimum of 1 block
v2.7021.404 98.05.04 ForcedKeyPort changes for euro23.v27.distributed.net /
jp.v27.distributed.net/port 3064
v2.7021.404 98.05.04 New directory structure, configure script
v2.7020.403 98.04.28 Fixed starting of NT service from command line
v2.7020.403 98.04.28 Fixed DOS buffer problems
v2.7020.403 98.04.28 Fixed bug in -offlinemode, when ini file doesn't know
that DES is over.
v2.7020.403 98.04.23 Improved x86 chip identification
v2.7020.403 98.04.23 Faster generic des core
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 Fixed final buffer flush when using "nodisk" mode.
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 stricmp references changed to strcmpi in cliconfig.cpp
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 Change to ansi rc5 core rc5ansi2-rg.cpp (4 macros).
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 Very minor change to p5 core (not even a cycle, really).
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 Added "-forcefetch"/"-forceflush". These deal with
corrupted buffer entries much better.
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 RISCOS changes
v2.7020.403 98.04.21 Updated strongARM core (in source -- it was used in last
compile already)
v2.7019.402 98.04.14 Fixed CPU detection for K6/6x86
v2.7019.402 98.04.14 Win16 changes
v2.7019.402 98.04.13 Renamed problem.H to problem.h
v2.7019.402 98.04.13 Fixed Socks4/Socks5 support
v2.7019.402 98.04.13 Arm/StrongArm fixes
v2.7019.402 98.04.13 Added aflags to open call in buffwork/sh_fopen
v2.7019.402 98.04.03 Added SOCKS5 support (with username/password and no auth)
v2.7019.402 98.04.02 Fixed SOCKS4 support which wasn't working.
v2.7019.402 98.04.02 Use only correct port with well-known keyserver RRs.
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Client::Run returns 'fuller' return codes
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Benchmark / test now do both contests
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Renamed rc5.* to problem.*
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Removed OS2_PM #defines
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Fixed dates in mail messages
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 SUNOS changes
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 adjusted the #defines in des-x86.cpp to link
successfully under linux
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Fixed sopen() problem in buffwork.cpp which affected
many OSes
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 New HP-PA RC5 core from Katsuomi Hamajima
<hamajima@ydc.co.jp>
v2.7018.401 98.04.02 Lurk mode 'sticks' now in win32gui client.
v2.7017.400 98.03.15 New K6 core
v2.7017.400 98.03.15 Updated Alpha RC5 core (by Pedro Miguel Teixeira)
v2.7016.399 98.03.13 Fixed buffer flushing problem
v2.7015.398 98.03.08 Memory buffers are now allocated only as they're needed.
v2.7015.398 98.03.07 Added 'contestdone' flags to ini to smooth contest
transitions
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed problem with "-2" sized buffers
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Changed default exitfilecheck time to 30 seconds
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed shared buffer open problem
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed bug where mail might be sent, even in offline mode.
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed treatment of "empty" checkpoint filenames.
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed key speed calculation for 2^31 size DES blocks
v2.7015.398 98.03.06 Fixed block size reported for 2^31 DES blocks
v2.7014.397b 98.02.27 New x86 CPP cores which fix the core dump problem
v2.7014.397b 98.02.23 Netware changes
v2.7014.397 98.02.17 Minor code cleanup
v2.7014.397 98.02.12 AIX Changes, OSF changes
v2.7013.396c 98.02.09 Older slice routines moved to oldslice.zip
v2.7013.396c 98.02.09 HTTP modes no longer force port keyport=2064.
v2.7013.396b 98.02.13 Made "-quiet" even quieter
v2.7013.396b 98.02.13 Fixed fault when missing final parameter of 2-param
option
v2.7013.396b 98.02.08 Digital Unix patches
v2.7013.396 98.02.08 AIX / SPARC changes
v2.7013.396 98.02.08 BDESLOW.S/BDESLW1.S cores from Sven Mikkelsen (AT&T syntax)
v2.7013.396 98.02.13 Fixed mail bug related to sending empty mail messages
v2.7012.395 98.02.05 Yet another new bitslice driver.
v2.7011.394b 98.02.01 "Connecting to..." message in network.cpp
v2.7011.394 98.02.01 Watcom link order changed
v2.7011.394 98.02.01 OS2 GUI changes for DES tests
v2.7011.394 98.02.01 Macro collission problem fixed
v2.7011.394 98.02.01 Netware changes
v2.7010.393 98.01.30 New, much faster bitslice driver and s-boxes.
v2.7010.393 98.01.30 Got RC5 assembly running on AIX/PowerPC client.
v2.7010.393 98.01.30 Fixed mailing to multiple destinations
v2.7010.392 98.01.30 NT Service version default startup option changed to
 auto-start
v2.7010.392 98.01.30 Warning message about "-hide" when running win32 client
on NT
v2.7010.392 98.01.28 BEOS, HP, Netware changes
v2.7009.391 98.01.25 Added duplicate x86 core to allow 2 DES threads.
v2.7008.390 98.01.24 New non-x86 DES core routines
v2.7008.390 98.01.25 Netware changes
v2.7008.390 98.01.24 -runbuffers/-runoffline ignored when doing
fetch/flush/update
v2.7007.389 98.01.21 "sent to server"/"received from server" messages include
DES/RC5 type
v2.7007.389 98.01.20 CPU identification for non-unix X86 from Cyrus Patel
v2.7006.388 98.01.20 Newer x86 DES core -- 8% faster on PPros
v2.7005.387 98.01.19 Added 2nd method for proxies to notify clients about
contest status.
v2.7005.387 98.01.18 DES Bitslice cores from Remi
v2.7004.386 98.01.17 Client will properly identify a 3*2^28 block now
v2.7004.386 98.01.17 Fixed negative block sizes
v2.7004.386 98.01.17 Added ansi core des routine
v2.7004.386 98.01.17 632 byte memory leak on some failed network Open()s
v2.7003.385 98.01.15 Don't process a partial block started on another
cpu/os/build
v2.7002.384 98.01.13 RISCOS changes
v2.7002.383 98.01.13 Banner problem
v2.7002.382 98.01.13 Client shows size of block being processed
v2.7002.382 98.01.13 Win32 clients no longer set processor affinity when
when only 1 cpu is configured.
v2.7002.382 98.01.13 Fixed RC5 blocks being sent to server with wrong contestid
when they were downloaded by older non-dual clients.
This also caused various other buffer problems, and
faults.
v2.7002.382 98.01.13 "Block ready" message now identifies what kind of block.
v2.7001.381 98.01.12 New RC5 cores (cpp wasn't updated before)
v2.7001.380 98.01.12 Fixed up code to detect end of DES contest (again. Ugh.)
v2.7001.379 98.01.12 Fixed speed reporting on individual blocks.
v2.7001.378 98.01.12 Fixed up code to detect end of DES contest
v2.7001.376 98.01.12 Problem with block counting fixed
v2.7001.375 98.01.12 Cosmetic changes to key speed reporting
v2.7001.369 98.01.11 des key incrementation stuff from Remi, new des-x86.cpp
v2.7001.368 98.01.10 X86 des core from Remi Guyomarch
v2.7001.365 98.01.06 Initial Changes to incorporate DESII contest
2.6403
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98.01.06 v2.6403.357 RISCOS changes
98.01.06 v2.6403.357 QNX Changes
98.01.06 v2.6403.356 Network http bug in 355 fixed
98.01.05 v2.6403.355 BEOS changes
98.01.05 v2.6403.355 K6 core removed (486 core used in this case as it's actuall
y faster)
98.01.04 v2.6403.350 New p5/k5/486/6x86 cores
98.01.03 v2.6403.345 Limited checking of exitrc5.now file to once every
3 seconds
98.01.03 v2.6403.340 Checkpoint files re-written immediately after blocks
finished
98.01.03 v2.6403.340 keyserver port can now be explictly specified when using
http
98.01.03 v2.6403.340 PutBufferOutput() no longer returns error if Update()
fails. Only actual buffer updating problems result in a
returned error.
97.12.31 v2.6403.340 Random prefix changes cause ini file to be rewritten
sooner
97.12.31 v2.6403.340 Firemodes 2/3 now default to rc5proxy23.distributed.net
97.12.31 v2.6403.340 Fixed exit problem that occasionally caused blocks to be
lost
97.12.25 v2.6403.335 Fixed issue that some clients don't read their checkpoint
files
97.12.19 v2.6403.330 StrongArm/RiscOS changes
97.12.17 v2.6403.325 PPC/Linux changes for core selection
97.12.16 v2.6403.320 Fixed date field in mail messages
97.12.15 v2.6403.310 Fixed "-ini" command line option not working
97.12.15 v2.6403.305 New Random number generator added (with much longer
periodicity)
97.12.15 v2.6403.305 Fixed problem with sharing 6401 buffers (lost
email/cpu/ver info)
97.12.08 v2.6403.290 Fixed problems caused by buffers of size 0
97.12.08 v2.6403.285 Increased network pause for Solaris clients
97.12.08 v2.6403.280 Fixed issue with blocks being re-retrieved from
buff-in.rc5
2.6402
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97.12.04 v2.6402.275 Added 5 second pause in MT clients when quitting to allow
child threads to quit.
97.12.02 v2.6402.270 Client will now 'pause' when a 'pause' file is detected
(configure with "-pausefile filename" on command line,
or pausefile=fn in ini)
97.12.02 v2.6402.270 Small message on x86 clients when autodetecting CPU
indicating that it's only a guess
97.12.01 v2.6402.270 Build "fraction" added to logfile/mail logs
97.12.01 v2.6402.270 "The proxy says" messages not printed when network
errors occur to prevent logfile overflow
97.12.01 v2.6402.270 Random blocks now use (prior prefix) + 1 to avoid
generating blocks that have been checked
97.12.01 v2.6402.265 Added Y2K support to print routines
97.11.29 v2.6402.260 Fixed support for multiple CPU's on non-windows machines
97.11.26 2.6402 Released
2.6401
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* note that 2.6401 clients were released with various combinations
of these changes.
97.11.26 Tightened up -test routines
97.11.25 Buffer files now retain information on cpu/os/build of client
that cracked the block
97.11.24 K6 Core was slower in 11.10 update. Rolled back to pre-11/10
97.11.24 Misc Internal cleanups
97.11.12 Added numcpu autodetect under Win32
97.11.12 Added client support for better http proxy communications
97.11.11 Added "Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive" to http-proxy headers
97.11.10 Faster PPC/X86 cores
97.11.8 Added "-noexitfilecheck" option (noexitfilecheck=1 in ini file)
97.11.8 Added "-nettimeout" option (nettimeout=xxx in ini file)
97.11.7 "-1" returned on kill/break
97.10.31 Added "-until HHMM"
97.10.31 Increased mt support to 16 processors
97.10.31 Added 1/10 second pause on error in network get routine
97.10.31 RAS functions dynamically loaded in Win32 client
97.10.30 Added -lurk ("lurk=1" in ini) to detect modem connection win32/win95
 -lurkonly ("lurkonly=1" in ini) to only connect when modem connection
is detected
97.10.29 Combined win32 console and win95 hidden clients into one
Added "-hide" option for win95. INI setting: "win95hidden=1"
No longer appears in task list when hidden
97.10.28 Added support for other items in the INI file.
"runoffline=1", "runbuffers=1", "in=filename", "out=filename",
"percentoff=1", "frequent=1", "nofallback=1", "quiet=1",
"nodisk=1", "cktime=nnn"
97.10.28 Fixed mail bug. No mail was sent when logging was off
97.10.28 Client will now quit when 'exitrc5.now' file is found
97.10.28 Fixed -runbuffers problem
97.10.27 Changed default directory for buffers to be same as executable
97.10.27 Added -quiet option
97.10.27 Added shutdown mechanism to clients
97.10.27 Removed 'sleep' in network routines
97.10.26 Update is forced when user types "U", exit on "X" (win32 os2 dos)
97.10.25 Amiga/m68k port made
97.10.25 Fixed "-out" and "-l"
97.10.22 modified to attack RC5-32/12/8 (64-bit)
2.0051
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97.10.10 x86 Cores multithread-safe
97.10.10 New K6 core
97.10.10 Ability to set input/output thresholds independently
97.10.10 Email id added to logs and mail subject line
97.10.10 Fixed overlapping % meters at startup with partially done blocks
97.10.10 niceness 0 is now even lower priority in Win32 version
97.10.9 Added -nodisk and -forceunlock options
97.10.9 Fixed http proxy userid/password encoding (hopefully)
2.005
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97.10.5 Added support for userid/password http proxy firewalls
97.10.4 Multithreading extended to unix clients using pthreads
97.10.1 Added -frequent option to make best use of intermittent connections.
97.9.29 Checkpointing added (5 minute intervals)
97.9.25 Windows multithreaded client
97.9.25 Divide by zero problem fixed (blocks ending in 0000001)
97.9.23 Corrections to speed calculations throughout
97.9.19 Whenever network access is required, both a fetch & flush occur,
This should synchronize/minimize network connections.
97.9.18 Added mailing of logs
97.9.17 "Network::" errors no longer logged to disk
97.9.17 Added -ini, -in, and -out command line overrides
97.9.11 'Total completed' information added to logs
97.9.10 Added command line options for all current INI file settings
97.9.10 Added command line options -benchmark2, -runoffline, -runbuffers
v2 Build 4 (2.004)
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problems with -update resolved
automatic core selection added to Win32 & OS/2 clients
problems with automatically fetching new blocks resolved

v2 Build 3 (2.003)
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new, faster checking cores for more processors
changes in networking code to allow for more http proxy support
preferred keyserver can now be specified when doing http
network timeouts increased
improved block buffering code
maximum block count increased
buffer files explictly placed in exe directory on win32

v2 Build 2 (2.002)
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97.8.05 shadow count variable
97.8.05 hour timout saves work
97.8.05 timing output problem
97.8.05 *break* text in win32
97.8.05 help message fixed
97.8.05 fetch and flush counts return
97.8.05 flush core dump fixed
97.8.05 fclose in Ini

v2 Build 1 (2.001)
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97.6.26 OS/CPU additions to cputypes.h
97.6.26 partial block restart notify (the R)
97.6.26 break works during -test
97.6.26 buffer lock timeout fixed
97.6.26 default email now rc5@distributed.net
97.6.26 -update option = fetch+flush
97.6.26 rename files to be 8.3 filename compliant
97.6.26 zero extra email to help email mangling problem
97.6.26 strncpy lengths fixed to insure terminated strings
97.6.26 ini file location specification via RC5INI environment variable
97.6.26 random keys if client can't connect
97.6.26 partial block rates are now correct
97.6.26 time in hh:mm:ss
97.6.26 rewrote firewall support
97.6.26 fseeks() for ANSI compliance
97.6.26 flush checks count before opening connection
97.6.26 negative run times fixed
97.6.26 buffer count reporting
97.6.26 times in benchmark also fixed
97.6.26 3 nice levels
97.6.26 logging to file
97.6.26 error messages more clear
97.6.26 new autobuff and iniread code - memory leak fixed
97.6.26 new faster ANSI C and ASM cores
97.6.26 httpd fixed - checked under CERN and WinProxy
97.6.26 proxy hunting now works