X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=5aad9440a06112eb34bb89a82f8bd46fb2910640;hb=372145ed24d6fbbcdab2ff50f0d75a7bbf73e31f;hp=96559ab5c34307f3b10e964dfd4ce67b465ae4cc;hpb=66321daeda387e7fe76ac7ebfa04a44fc85e905d;p=mono.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 96559ab5c34..5aad9440a06 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ create cross platform applications. It is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime. +The Mono project is part of the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/) + [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/mono/mono?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) 1. [Compilation and Installation](#compilation-and-installation) @@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ See the man pages for mono(1), mcs(1) and monodis(1) for further details. Directory Roadmap ================= +* `acceptance-tests/` - Optional third party test suites used to validate Mono against a wider range of test cases. + * `data/` - Configuration files installed as part of the Mono runtime. * `docs/` - Technical documents about the Mono runtime. @@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ while `mono-sgen` uses the Simple Generational GC. * `--with-gc=[included, boehm, none]` - Selects the default Boehm garbage collector engine to use. - * *included*: (*slighty modified Boehm GC*) This is the default + * *included*: (*slightly modified Boehm GC*) This is the default value for the Boehm GC, and it's the most feature complete, it will allow Mono to use typed allocations and support the debugger. @@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ Disables the inclusion of a garbage collector. * This defaults to `included`. +* `--with-cooperative-gc` + + * If you pass this flag the Mono runtime is configured to only use + the cooperative mode of the garbage collector. If you do not pass + this flag, then you can control at runtime the use of the + cooperative GC mode by setting the `MONO_ENABLE_COOP` flag. + * `--with-tls=__thread,pthread` * Controls how Mono should access thread local storage, @@ -419,8 +430,10 @@ cycle. multiple CPUs to do its work. This helps performance on multi-CPU machines as the work is divided across CPUS. - * This option is not currently the default as we have -not done much testing with Mono. + * This option is not currently the default on OSX +as it runs into issues there. + + * This option only applies to the Boehm GC. * `--enable-dtrace` @@ -496,3 +509,15 @@ to do at all), first edit `.gitmodules` to point to the new location, then: The desired output diff is a change in `.gitmodules` to reflect the change in the remote URL, and a change in / where you see the desired change in the commit hash. + +License +======= + +See the LICENSE file for licensing information, and the PATENTS.TXT +file for information about Microsoft's patent grant. + +Mono Trademark Use Policy +======= + +The use of trademarks and logos for Mono can be found [here] (http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/legal/mono-tm). +