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<h2>What's new in release 4.2</h2>
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<p>Release date: &nbsp; <i>(still under development)</i>
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<ul>
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<li>Refer to the <a href="hercrnot.html#4.2">Release notes</a> web page
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for a current summary of upcoming changes.
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<p>Release date: &nbsp; 8 July 2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; (Official: <a href="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion/releases">Release_4.2</a>)
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<ul>
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<li> Load-and-Zero-Rightmost-Byte Facility
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<li> Load/Store-on-Condition Facility 2
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<li> Full PFPO instruction support
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<li> Fix AR/SR/AGR/SRG instructions Condition Code bug
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<li> Improved CKSM, MVST, CLST, SRST instruction performance
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<li> Optimized CLCL instruction bugfix
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<li> CSST instruction fix
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<li> TCPIP X'75' instruction support
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<li> Improved internal instruction count accuracy
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<li> New Diagnose F09 (enhanced F08) instruction
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<li> Fix long standing occasional crash in CCKD logic
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<li> Fix Shared Devices slow disconnect
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<li> CKD dasd suffixed Read Count bug fix
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<li> CCKD64 support
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<li> QETH/OSA devices HSCH/CSCH instruction fix
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<li> QETH/OSA multiple IP address support
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<li> Various QETH/OSA fixes
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<li> Linux sockdev syn flooding fix
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<li> Minor LCS Checksum / TCP Segmentation Offload fixes
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<li> CTCT device support reinstated
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<li> Tape autoinit fix
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<li> 3590 Tape C2 Medium Sense CCW fix
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<li> Various 3270 terminal handling fixes
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<li> Automatic tn3270 IND$FILE efficiency
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<li> Enhanced VMFPLC2 utility
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<li> dasdpdsu utility fix
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<li> Breakpoint/Stepping optional ASID parameter
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<li> New PANOPT statement/command
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<li> Linux crash dump support (no more machine checks)
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<li> Many various overall reliability, stability and documentation improvements
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</ul>
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Refer to the <a href="hercrnot.html#4.2">Release notes</a> web page
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for more detailed information regarding various changes in this release.
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‎html/hercrnot.html

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<h2>Release notes for SDL Hyperion 4.2 <small> &nbsp; (under development) </small></h2>
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<h2>Release notes for <a href="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion/releases">SDL Hyperion 4.2</a></h2>
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<dt>Partial implementation of PFPO (Perform Floating Point Operation) instruction
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<dt>PFPO (Perform Floating Point Operation) instruction
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Thanks to a recent contribution by one of our users, Hercules now has a partial
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Thanks to hard work of one of our developers, Hercules now has a <i>complete</i>
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implementation of the PFPO (Perform Floating Point Operation) instruction.
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(Previously we had no implementation at all.)
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<i>(previously we had no implementation at all!)</i>
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The current implementation is only a partial implementation and does not yet fully
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conform to the Principles of Operation, but it is better than what we had (which
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was nothing). Efforts are currently under way to finish the current implementation
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to make it fully compliant to the published architecture, but the effort has not
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been completed yet, so it might not execute properly under certain situations.
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Hopefully it should execute well enough under most common situations however.
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Efforts are currently under way to develop a formal runtest PFPO instruction
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verification test for the current implementation to prove that it fully complies
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with the published architecture, but the effort has not been completed yet.
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Nevertheless, the current implementation is <i>believed</i> to fully comply
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with the Principles of Operation even though we can't yet prove that.
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<dt>VMFPLC2 VM/CMS tape utility enhanced
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<dt>Enhanced VMFPLC2 VM/CMS tape utility
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<dt>System/370/390 Vector Facility has been disabled again
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<dt>System/370/390 Vector Facility has been re-disabled
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<dt>Breakpoint/Stepping commands optional ASID parameter
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<dt>Optional ASID parameter added to breakpoint/stepping commands
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The <code>b</code> (breakpoint) and <code>s</code> (stepping) commands
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now support an optional <b><code>asid</code></b> (<b>A</b>ddress <b>S</b>pace
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<b>ID</b>entifier) parameter. If specified, the breakpoint or stepping
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will only occur if the instruction being executed is <i>both</i> within
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will only occur if the instructions being executed are <i>both</i> within
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the specified address range <i><u>and</u></i> are being executed by the
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specified address space. The breakpoint or stepping will <i>not</i>
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occur for any other address spaces even if they are within the specified
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address range.
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specified address space. If specified, the breakpoint or stepping will
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<i>not</i> occur for any other address spaces even if the instructions are
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within the specified address range. If the optional ASID is not specified,
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breakpoints or steppings occurs normally as before (i.e. if the instruction
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being executed is within the specified range).
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for the <code>b</code> and/or <code>s</code> commands (i.e. "help b", "help s", etc).
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Release 4.2 introduces a new configuration file option called
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that controls how emulated device files are displayed. The <code>NAMEONLY</code>
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<u><code>FULLPATH</code></u> displays the device file's full path like before.
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that controls how emulated device files are displayed on the screen. The
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<code>NAMEONLY</code> option will display only the emulated device file's
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base filename, whereas <code>FULLPATH</code> displays the device file's
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full path like before.
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<dt>New Diagnose F09 instruction
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Release 4.2 introduces a new Diagnose F09 instruction that is essentially
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an enhanced version of the existing Diagnose F08 instruction providing
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access to Hercules's internal instruction counter. For detailed usage
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information please refer to the
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final comment</a> in GitHub Issue #211:
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<a href="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion/issues/211">
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"Diagnose F08 Improvement"</a>.
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