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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1995-05-28 18:56:01 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1995-05-28 18:56:01 +0000
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Added name cache optimization, Ontrack, bad144, 3c505, and removed pas.c
-rw-r--r--share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD69
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
index 30646bc..bf5fd93 100644
--- a/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
+++ b/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ to match an incoming packet up to its associated connection.
Owner: David Greenman (davidg@FreeBSD.org)
+Name cache optimization
+-----------------------
+The name-cache would cache all files of the same name to the same bucket,
+which would put for instance all ".." entries in the same bucket. We added
+the parent directory version to frustrate the hash, and improved the
+management of the cache in various other ways while we were at it.
+
+Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org)
+ David GreenMan (davidg@FreeBSD.org)
+
+
+Less restrictive swap-spaces
+----------------------------
+The need to compile the names of the swap devices into the kernel has been
+removed. Now swapon will accept any block devices, up to the maximum
+number of swap devices configured in the kernel.
+
+Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org)
+ David GreenMan (davidg@FreeBSD.org)
+
+
Hard Wired SCSI Devices
-----------------------
Prior to 2.0.5, FreeBSD performed dynamic assignment of unit numbers
@@ -133,8 +154,7 @@ Slice Support
-------------
FreeBSD now supports a "slice" abstraction which makes it more
completely interoperable with other operating system partitions. This
-support will eventually allow FreeBSD to inhabit DOS extended
-partitions.
+support will allow FreeBSD to inhabit DOS extended partitions.
Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: sys/disklabel.h sys/diskslice.h sys/dkbad.h
@@ -143,6 +163,25 @@ Sources involved: sys/disklabel.h sys/diskslice.h sys/dkbad.h
i386/isa/wd.c scsi/sd.c dev/vn/vn.c
+Support for Ontrack Disk Manager Version 6.0
+--------------------------------------------
+Support has been added for disks which use Ontrack Disk Manager.
+The fdisk program does NOT know about it however, so make all changes
+using the install program on the boot.flp or using Disk Managers tool.
+
+Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org)
+
+
+Bad144 is back and working
+--------------------------
+Bad144 works again, though the semantics are slightly different than
+before in that the bad-spots are kept relative to the slice rather
+than absolute on the disk.
+
+Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org)
+ Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org)
+
+
NEW DEVICE SUPPORT:
SCSI and CDROM Devices
@@ -159,18 +198,6 @@ Owner: Frank Durda IV bsdmail@nemesis.lonestar.org
Sources involved: isa/matcd
-ProAudioSpectrum SCSI driver
-----------------------------
-If you have a PAS board with a CD-ROM, and the MS-DOS driver is called
-TSLCDR.SYS, then the "pas" driver should work on your card. You can
-attach disks, cdroms and tapes, but due to the nature of the hardware
-involved, the transfer rate is limited to < 690 kbyte/sec. For CD-ROM
-use, this is generally more than enough.
-
-Owner: phk
-Sources involved: isa/pas.c
-
-
Adaptec 2742/2842/2940 SCSI driver
-----------------------------
The original 274x/284x driver has evolved considerably since the 2.0
@@ -253,8 +280,8 @@ Submitted by: Matt Thomas (thomas@lkg.dec.com)
Sources involved: pci/if_pdq.c pci/pdq.c pci/pdq_os.h pci/pdqreg.h
-3Com 3c505 NIC driver
----------------------
+3Com 3c505 (Etherlink/+) NIC driver
+-----------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Dean Huxley (dean@fsa.ca)
Obtained from: NetBSD
@@ -399,9 +426,9 @@ we have simply not received any indication of this.
WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
-[Note: the new Extended IDE controllers in newer PC's work, although no
-extended features are used.]
WD7000
+IDE
+ATA
Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
@@ -447,7 +474,7 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) proprietary interface
(scd) Sony proprietary interface
-Note: Drives with IDE interfaces are not supported at this time.
+Note: CD-Drives with IDE interfaces are not supported at this time.
Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of
memory, due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space
@@ -487,7 +514,7 @@ Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
-3Com 3c505
+3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
@@ -684,4 +711,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
The FreeBSD Core Team
-$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.4 1995/05/28 09:10:44 jkh Exp $
+$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.5 1995/05/28 18:32:01 gibbs Exp $
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