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author | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-22 10:34:40 +0000 |
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committer | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-22 10:34:40 +0000 |
commit | a986ceef8da1f3c7f37ca981d799c33b3e6ae3f2 (patch) | |
tree | 2b960080f0726be773d2f51e5aa4b520f1b25d15 | |
parent | 606d160676db9afabb3d0d2f714c6174c3d6826b (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a986ceef8da1f3c7f37ca981d799c33b3e6ae3f2.zip FreeBSD-src-a986ceef8da1f3c7f37ca981d799c33b3e6ae3f2.tar.gz |
New release notes:
32MB memory allocation for legacy PCI bridges,
pbio(4), and
vge(4) polling support.
MFC:
IPv6 MTU feedback disabled.
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 21 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index fe6eaf8..0d2e249 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ notably &man.mac.biba.4;, &man.mac.mls.4;, &man.mac.stub.4;, and &man.mac.test.4;.</para> + <para arch="i386">Memory allocation for legacy PCI bridges has + been limited to the top 32MB of RAM. Many older, legacy bridges + only allow allocation from this range and this only applies + to devices which don't have their memory assigned by the BIOS. + This change fixes the <quote>bad Vcc</quote> error of CardBus + bridges (&man.pccbb.4;). &merged;</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <sect3 id="boot"> @@ -180,7 +187,7 @@ <sect3 id="proc"> <title>Hardware Support</title> - + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus &ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para> @@ -200,6 +207,11 @@ <para>The pcii driver has been added to support GPIB-PCIIA IEEE-488 cards.</para> + <para arch="i386">The &man.pbio.4; driver, + which supports direct access to + the Intel 8255A programmable peripheral interface (PPI) + chip running in mode 0 (simple I/O) has been added.</para> + <para>The &man.psm.4; driver now has improved support for Synaptics Touchpad users. It now has better tracking of slow-speed movement and now has support for various extra @@ -281,6 +293,9 @@ This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based interfaces. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling + (&man.polling.4;).</para> + <para>Support for 802.11 devices in the &man.wlan.4; has been greatly overhauled. In addition to architectural changes, it includes completed 802.11g, WPA, 802.11i, 802.1x, @@ -297,7 +312,7 @@ <title>Network Protocols</title> <para>The MTU feedback in IPv6 has been disabled when the sender writes - data that must be fragmented.</para> + data that must be fragmented. &merged;</para> <para>&man.ipfw.8; now supports classification and tagging of the &man.altq.4;, packets via a divert socket, @@ -377,7 +392,7 @@ &man.libautofs.3; have been added.</para> <para>A kernel panic in the NFS server has been fixed. More - details can be found in errata note + details can be found in errata note <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs.asc">FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs</ulink>. &merged;</para> diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index fe6eaf8..0d2e249 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ notably &man.mac.biba.4;, &man.mac.mls.4;, &man.mac.stub.4;, and &man.mac.test.4;.</para> + <para arch="i386">Memory allocation for legacy PCI bridges has + been limited to the top 32MB of RAM. Many older, legacy bridges + only allow allocation from this range and this only applies + to devices which don't have their memory assigned by the BIOS. + This change fixes the <quote>bad Vcc</quote> error of CardBus + bridges (&man.pccbb.4;). &merged;</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <sect3 id="boot"> @@ -180,7 +187,7 @@ <sect3 id="proc"> <title>Hardware Support</title> - + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus &ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para> @@ -200,6 +207,11 @@ <para>The pcii driver has been added to support GPIB-PCIIA IEEE-488 cards.</para> + <para arch="i386">The &man.pbio.4; driver, + which supports direct access to + the Intel 8255A programmable peripheral interface (PPI) + chip running in mode 0 (simple I/O) has been added.</para> + <para>The &man.psm.4; driver now has improved support for Synaptics Touchpad users. It now has better tracking of slow-speed movement and now has support for various extra @@ -281,6 +293,9 @@ This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based interfaces. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling + (&man.polling.4;).</para> + <para>Support for 802.11 devices in the &man.wlan.4; has been greatly overhauled. In addition to architectural changes, it includes completed 802.11g, WPA, 802.11i, 802.1x, @@ -297,7 +312,7 @@ <title>Network Protocols</title> <para>The MTU feedback in IPv6 has been disabled when the sender writes - data that must be fragmented.</para> + data that must be fragmented. &merged;</para> <para>&man.ipfw.8; now supports classification and tagging of the &man.altq.4;, packets via a divert socket, @@ -377,7 +392,7 @@ &man.libautofs.3; have been added.</para> <para>A kernel panic in the NFS server has been fixed. More - details can be found in errata note + details can be found in errata note <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs.asc">FreeBSD-EN-05:01.nfs</ulink>. &merged;</para> |