Main repository

• Fix corrupted files with USB images due to broken size calculation
• Fix USB image being created without being asked
• Fix VLB SCSI / IDE adapters not working
• Rework large parts of installer
  • Memory leak fixes
  • Agressive & Asynchronous readahead to speed up installation
  • Rewrite UI with new custom minimal text UI library
  • Massively reduced installer size by no longer requiring libdialog/ncurses
  • Reworked lsblk interface, HDD scanning is now much faster
• Add firmware support to linux kernel to support additional SCSI adapters (e.g. Advansys 3550)
• Build process more stabilised and simplified, now buildable with GCC 11+
• Better dependency descriptions
• Fix sysprep xattr requirement for Windows hosts
• Potential improvement on stability for FAST device detection

Driver library (Base)

• Properly distinguish Sil3x12 RAID/NON-RAID drivers
• Fix VIA 686 southbridge AC97 being installed with no actual driver
• Add Silicon Motion SM712 driver
• Fix CAT file warning for SiS 6326
• Update ESS1938 driver
• Add Atheros L1 and L2 PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)
• Add 3c90x/3c920 driver
• Add Atheros AR8151 PCIe NIC driver (NDIS2)
• Move Trident 4DWave to EXTRA driver lib.
• Update OPTi 929 driver
• Remove FA311 driver in favor of generic DP83815x driver
• Add Realtek 8100E-H PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)

Driver Library (Extra)

• Add Trident 4DWave driver with soundfonts
• Add experimental USB 2.0 driver (From NUSB)

Reference images

• Add new 98Lite MICRO + DirectX 8.1 image variant
• Fix DirectX 9 installability for 98Lite MICRO images