docs updates for 1.94

committer: ml1050 <ml1050> 1137999714 +0000

NEWS

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ User visible changes for UPX
 
 [ UNSTABLE BETA VERSION - please see README.1ST for some more info ]
 
-Changes in 1.94 beta (XX XXX 2005):
+Changes in 1.94 beta (XX XXX 2006):
   * UNSTABLE BETA VERSION - DO NOT USE EXCEPT FOR TESTING
   * arm/pe: new executable format (ARM executables running on WinCE)
+  * support for mach/ppc32
+  * support for linux elf/ppc32
+  * support for linux elf/amd64
+  * win32/pe: hopefully working "load config" support for .exes
 
 Changes in 1.93 beta (07 Feb 2005):
   * vmlinuz/386: fixes to support more kernels

README

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
                     The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
-          Copyright (c) 1996-2005 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
+          Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
                        http://upx.sourceforge.net
 
 
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ The main news since 1.25 are:
     shell-to-memory decompression ("linux/sh386")
   - support for playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
   - lots of new bugs ;-) take care
+  - support for arm/WinCE ("arm/pe") exes
+  - support for mach/ppc32
+  - support for Linux elf/ppc32
+  - support for Linux elf/amd64
 
 
 WELCOME
@@ -129,8 +133,8 @@ THE FUTURE
 COPYRIGHT
 =========
 
-Copyright (C) 1996-2005 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
+Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
-Copyright (C) 1996-2005 Laszlo Molnar
+Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Laszlo Molnar
 
 This program may be used freely, and you are welcome to
 redistribute it under certain conditions.

README.1ST

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ will be called version 2.00.
 
 The main news since 1.25 are:
   - slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
-  - new options for compression tuining (e.g. `--brute')
+  - new options for compression tuning (e.g. `--brute')
   - support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
   - support for Linux kernel building  ("vmlinux/386")
   - direct Linux ELF-to-memory decompression ("linux/elf386") and
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ The main news since 1.25 are:
   - support for playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
   - lots of new bugs ;-) take care
   - support for arm/WinCE ("arm/pe") exes
-
+  - support for mach/ppc32
+  - support for Linux elf/ppc32
+  - support for Linux elf/amd64

README.SRC

@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ If you want to modify the stub sources you'll also need
 
   - Linux (for the linux/386 stubs)
 
+  - Other cross compilers targeted at the following architectures:
+       - powerpc-750-linux-gnu
+       - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+       - arm-wince-pe
+
+  - ASM5900 - a MIPS R3000 assembler
 
 Misc. notes
 -----------

TODO

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-UPX TODO list. Last updated 2005-02-08.
+UPX TODO list. Last updated 2006-01-21.
 
 
 IMPORTANT PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE FIXED SOON:
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ IMPORTANT PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE FIXED SOON:
 
 OTHER:
 
-- rewrite linker.cpp to allow arbitrary length section names
-
 - check all <const_cast> to make sure they are not invalid
 
 - throwNotCompressible() is not a real error, so make the output nicer
@@ -110,8 +108,6 @@ FORMAT WIN32/PE
 2 - easy - mfx + ml) new switch(es) : do not compress resource types x,y,z
     or resource names a,b,c
 
-3 - medium - ml) rebuild exports
-
 3 - difficult) don't compress the BSS section and other holes.
 
 4 - medium - ml) fix when objectalign < 0x1000

doc/loader.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ loads of cryptic comments like `__PERELOC2__'.
 
 If you look at the C++ source files, however you can notice that these
 comment strings (without the leading and trailing underscores) are used
-in the following way (they are all 8 character length strings):
+in the following way:
 
     addLoader("PEMAIN20",
               ih.entry ? "PEDOJUMP" : "PERETURN",

doc/upx.pod

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ B<upx> S<[ I<command> ]> S<[ I<options> ]> I<filename>...
 =head1 ABSTRACT
 
             The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
-  Copyright (c) 1996-2005 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
+  Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
                http://upx.sourceforge.net
 
 
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ B<UPX> is a versatile executable packer with the following features:
       * vmlinuz/386     [bootable Linux kernel]
       * watcom/le (supporting DOS4G, PMODE/W, DOS32a and CauseWay)
       * win32/pe
+      * arm/pe
+      * linux/elfamd64
+      * linux/elfppc32
+      * mach/elfppc32
 
   - portable: UPX is written in portable endian-neutral C++
 
@@ -730,7 +734,7 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
 
 
 
-=head2 NOTES FOR RTM32/PE
+=head2 NOTES FOR RTM32/PE and ARM/PE
 
 Same as win32/pe.