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Also enabled the Service_ModulePostInit/Final service calls now that the
service call allocations have been confirmed.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.54. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_54'

Added 256-colour version of the (high-resolution only) teletext code, and support for teletext when hardware scroll is disabled. Both are required for Tungsten.

Turned off the module init/final service calls, since we still don't have an
allocation for them.
Upped the OS version number to 5.01.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.53. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_53'

Detail:
  * Rejigged documented meaning of device "Location" field so that we can
    fit full PCI locations in.
  * Defined lots of device "Type" values in Hdr:HALDevice.
  * Removed obsolete DMA-related HAL entries in Hdr:HALEntries (no longer
    required by DMAManager 0_15-4_4_2_6, no longer provided by Tungsten HAL
    0.07).
  * OS_Hardware 2 and 3 actually work now.
  * Changed OS_Hardware 4 to take a maximum major version number to match.
  * HAL workspace is now USR mode readable.
  * Service calls issued after module initialisation/finalisation (see
    Docs.ModPostServ).
Admin:
  OS_Hardware tested, service calls not tested.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.52. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_52'

Detail:
  Lots of changes since last version, at least the following:
  * Updated OS timestamp, removed alpha status
  * Negative INKEY OS version changed to &AA
  * GraphicsV is now alocated vector number &2A
  * ROM moved up to &FC000000
  * Max application slot increased to 512 Mbytes (for now)
  * Max size of RMA increased to 256 Mbytes
  * RMA is now first-created dynamic area (so it gets lowest address after
    top of application slot)
  * OS_Memory 10 reimplemeted
  * New OS_ReadSysInfo 6 values 18-22 added
  * OS_ReadSysInfo 8 gains flag bit to indicate soft power-off
  * Misc internal top-bit-set-address fixes
  * *ChangeDynamicArea can take sizes in megabytes or gigabytes
  * Magic word "&off" in R0 passed to OS_Reset powers down if possible
  * Added acceleration: block copy; CLS; text window scroll up; rectangle
    fill
  * Disabled LED flashing in page mode (liable to crash)
  * Masked sprite plot and VDU 5 text avoids reading the screen if possible
  * Framestore made USR mode accessible
  * Fix for VDU 5,127 bug - now relies on font definitions being in extreme
    quarters of memory, rather than bottom half
  * Allocated 64-bit OS_Convert... SWIs
  * IIC errors use allocated error numbers
  * Looks for Dallas RTC before Philips RTC because we're using a Philips
    NVRAM device with the same ID
  * Fix to bug that meant the oscillator in the Dallas RTC wasn't enabled
  * Default mouse type (USB) changed to allocated number
  * Ram disc max size increased to 128 Mbytes (Ursula merge) and made
    cacheable for StrongARMs (not XScale)
  * Branch through zero handler now works in USR mode, by use of a
    trampoline in the system stack to allow PC-relative register storage
  * Address exception handler changed to not use 0 as workspace
  * OS_Memory 13 extended to allow specification of cacheability and access
    privileges
  * Added OS_Memory 16 to return important memory addresses
  * RISCOS_MapInIO() takes cacheable flag in bit 3, access permissions in
    bits 10 and 11, doubly-mapped flag in bit 20, and access permissions
    specified flag in bit 21
  * Bug fix in last version for application abort handlers didn't quite
    work; register shuffle required
  * "Module is not 32-bit compatible" error now reports the module name
  * Default configured language changed from 10 to 11 (now Desktop again)

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.51. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_51'

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.48. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_48'

Ursula. Quite a hairy code merge really, so let's hope it is
worth it to someone. What you get (back after 2 or 3 years):
- much more efficient for largish numbers of DAs (relevance
  to current build = approx 0)
- fancy reason codes to support fast update of
  Switcher bar display (relevance = 0)
- support for clamped maximum area sizes, to avoid address
  space exhaustion with big memory (relevance = 0)
- better implementation of shrinkable DAs, performance
  wise (if lots of DAs, relevance = approx 0)
- support for 'Sparse' DAs. Holey dynamic areas, Batman!
  (relevance, go on someone use the darned things)
Moderately development tested on HAL/32bit ARM9 desktop.
Note the Switcher should be compiled to use the new
reason codes 6&7, for fabled desktop builds.

Also, during this work, so I could see the wood for the
trees, redid some source code clean up, removing pre-Medusa
stuff (like I did about 3 years ago on Ursula, sigh). That's
why loads of source files have changed. The new DA stuff
is confined pretty much to hdr.KernelWS and s.ChangeDyn.

Ta.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.38. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_38'

More stuff. Up to the desktop now; cache on, working keyboard. Some source restructuring to start to make splitting it up into several object files more feasible.

* Added ARM_IMB and ARM_IMBRange SWIs as recommended by ARMv5.
* Some early prototype HAL bits popped in - a lot of source restructuring still
  to come.
* New debug target creates an AIF image with debug information, and translates
  this into an ASCII object file for the 16702B logic analyser.

Version 5.35, 4.79.2.1. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_35-4_79_2_1'

  Added common error cache.
Detail:
  Fixed module header validation code which was broken in 5.22.  This
    shouldn't have caused much of a problem as it was only a bizarre
    check (SWI chunk looked valid but SWI handler was 0) that would
    have failed - but be reported as a valid set of SWI entries.
  Added common error message cache.  Several common errors (Buffer
    overflow; Number not recognised; Bad vector release; and a couple
    of others) are now cached the first time they are translated into
    a block of memory in the system heap.
Admin:
  Tested in Ursula build - cacheing only active in Ursula build - change
    HdrSrc if you want it in your products too.
  Requires HdrSrc 0.94

Version 5.31. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_31'

Details:
  The Kernel will now compile to produce a pure 32-bit system if No26bitCode is
  set to TRUE.
  If No26bitCode is FALSE, then the Kernel will be a standard 26-bit Kernel,
  although some internal changes have taken place to minimise compile
  switches between the two cases. See Docs.32bit for more technical info.

  The hardest part was the flood-fill...

Other changes:
  Pointer shape changes now take place on the next VSync, rather than actually
  WAITING for the VSync. Turning the Hourglass on shouldn't slow your machine
  down by 5% now :)

  Lots of really crusty pre-IOMD code removed.

Admin:
  Tested in 32 and 26-bit forms in a limited desktop build. Basically, this
  will need to see a lot of use to iron out difficulties. I'd like anyone who
  has a non-frozen project to at least attempt using this Kernel.

Version 5.23. Tagged as 'Kernel-5_23'

Version 4.84. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_84'

Version 4.83. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_83'

* Integrated Ursula fast service call dispatch code.
* Added Interruptible32bitModes from Ursula.
* Stopped allowing ROM modules (other than the Kernel/UtilityModule) to write
  to the hardware vectors in 26-bit mode.

Version 4.81. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_81'

Fixed typo in OS_Module 21 code. You wouldn't think you could screw up a mere 12 lines of ARM code would you?

Version 4.80. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_80'

Version 4.79. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_79'

CPU type messages internationalised.
"Unknown OS_PlatformFeatures reason code" internationalised.
RunningOnEmul flag tweaked.
MorrisIDString conditional removed.
New modules added to SWI list at the end of the chain, on grounds that
the first-registered modules are probably more important.
*ChangeDynamicArea moved into UtilityModule from TaskManager.

Version 4.65. Tagged as 'Kernel-4_65'