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| author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-18 23:45:31 +0000 |
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| committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-18 23:45:31 +0000 |
| commit | b40382e95c61a527d4825efed712f4564f1caa5c (patch) | |
| tree | cb6793feb6d568594dcc89ee71ddb6f6fb32cbca | |
| parent | e614f73122a45f02554ee6a9304d3a3952a47384 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-b40382e95c61a527d4825efed712f4564f1caa5c.zip FreeBSD-src-b40382e95c61a527d4825efed712f4564f1caa5c.tar.gz | |
ObCommit from BSDCon: Update SMPng note and add an entry for devfs,
which hopefully reflect something of what grog and phk presented in their
talks.
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 11 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 369debf..fb8b284 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ The ti(4) driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit cards. [MERGED] SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS -5.0. +5.0. One of the main features of SMPng ("SMP Next Generation") is to +allow more processes to run in kernel, without the need for spin locks +that can dramatically reduce the efficiency of multiple processors. +Interrupt handlers now have contexts associated with them that allow +them to be blocked, which reduces the need to lock out interrupts. The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory /boot/kernel, so they can be easily manipulated together. The boot loader has been @@ -145,6 +149,10 @@ The ahc(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED] ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project. +devfs, which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built +automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, +has been largely reworked. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 5b41eda..eee473a 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ controller family, as well as the DPT SmartRAID V and VI families, has been added. [MERGED] SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS -5.0. +5.0. One of the main features of SMPng ("SMP Next Generation") is to +allow more processes to run in kernel, without the need for spin locks +that can dramatically reduce the efficiency of multiple processors. +Interrupt handlers now have contexts associated with them that allow +them to be blocked, which reduces the need to lock out interrupts. The xl(4) driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. [MERGED] @@ -173,6 +177,11 @@ isdn4bsd has been updated to version 0.96.00 Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet PC-Cards is back. [MERGED] +devfs, which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built +automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, +has been largely reworked. + + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- |
