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+1998-10-25  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* src/thread-packets.c: Fixed closing #endif comment.
+
+	* src/generic-stub.c: Fixed closing #endif comment.
+
+1998-10-23  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* src/hal_common.c: Removed. We can't use weak default functions
+	when they may conflict with strong functions in the library.
+
+1998-10-23  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/generic-stub.h: Added __interruptible_control.
+
+1998-10-23  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+        PR 17460, PR 17913
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Let HAL exception support require Kernel
+	exception support.
+
+1998-10-21  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+        PR 17842
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Let HAL GDB thread support require Kernel
+	GDB thread support.
+
+1998-10-20  Jesper Skov  <jskov@lassi.cygnus.co.uk>
+        PR 17460
+
+ 	* src/hal_common.c: Added. Includes a weak handle_exception
+ 	definition.
+
+1998-10-20  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+        PR 17885, 17880, 17841
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Don't allow GDB stubs to be configured
+	for SIMs or MN10300.
+
+1998-10-19  Jesper Skov  <jskov@lassi.cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* src/thread-packets.c: Sync'd with libstub source.
+
+1998-10-16  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h (CYGNUM_HAL_COMMON_INTERRUPTS_STACK_SIZE):
+	Added new configuration option for interrupt stack size.
+
+Thu Oct 15 21:25:55 1998  Jonathan Larmour  <jlarmour@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: 
+	Make CYGFUN_HAL_COMMON_KERNEL_SUPPORT require the kernel, as it
+	is enabling this is eCos-kernel specific, and relies on 
+	configuration options defined only in the kernel
+	Required for PR 17229
+
+1998-10-15  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h (CYGDBG_HAL_DEBUG_GDB_BREAK_SUPPORT):
+	Added config option.
+
+1998-10-14  Nick Garnett  <nickg@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Move some configury from kernel.h to here. Particularly the
+	support for GDB stubs.
+
+	* tests/cache.c: 
+	* tests/context.c: 
+	* tests/intr.c: 
+	* tests/PKGconf.mak:
+	New directory of HAL-only test programs. Currently contains some
+	very basic test programs.
+
+	* include/generic-stub.h:
+	* include/dbg-threads-api.h:
+	* src/generic-stub.c:
+	* src/thread-packets.c: 
+	* src/thread-pkts.h: 
+	* src/stubrom/PKGconf.mak: 
+	* src/stubrom/stubrom.c: 
+	Moved these files here from kernel.
+
+1998-10-08  Gary Thomas  <gthomas@penang.cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: 
+	Add support for new architecture.
+
+1998-09-23  Nick Garnett  <nickg@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Switched TX39 over to using CYGMON from GDB stubs.
+
+Tue Sep 15 19:13:04 1998  David Moore  <dsm@keema.cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Cleaned up comments.
+
+Mon Sep 14 11:08:26 1998  Jesper Skov  <jskov@lassi.cygnus.co.uk>
+        PR 17230
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Added IMP_HAL_COMMON_INTERRUPTS_CHAIN
+	option.
+
+1998-09-14  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Fixed typo in description.
+
+1998-09-12  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Sort out exception handling options (PR 16953)
+	Added missing descriptions (PR 17184)
+
+Tue Sep  8 17:16:39 1998  Hugo Tyson  <hmt@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: 
+	Elide some spurious redefines of CYG_HAL_MN10300_STDEVAL1 and
+	CYG_HAL_MN10300_SIM within ifdefs conditioned on same.
+
+1998-09-03  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	CYGPKG_HAL_COMMON is now a component, not a package.
+
+1998-09-02  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Moved target and platform specific configuration data to
+	the appropriate packages.
+	
+	Symbols identifying the target hardware should be just defined,
+	not given a value, as per the coding standards.
+
+Mon Aug 31 09:16:08 1998  Jesper Skov  <jskov@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h: Added INIT_PRIORITY default setting for
+	powerpc.
+
+1998-08-28  Bart Veer  <bartv@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Added configuration data.
+
+1998-08-20  Nick Garnett  <nickg@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Moved definition of CYG_KERNEL_USE_INIT_PRIORITY here from
+	kernel.h.
+
+1998-08-18  Nick Garnett  <nickg@cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* include/pkgconf/hal.h:
+	Created this file to contain HAL config options.
+
+//===========================================================================
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