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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-04 21:42:25 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-04 21:42:25 +0000 |
commit | 29ebde295058c21420f7d91de4e7e21d0257fb5a (patch) | |
tree | 50c2af14566b8396ed519893b143f23b05bf5957 | |
parent | f2332be5f1aea18fe855332c7d362b667236b59a (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-29ebde295058c21420f7d91de4e7e21d0257fb5a.zip FreeBSD-src-29ebde295058c21420f7d91de4e7e21d0257fb5a.tar.gz |
New release notes: mutex(9) profiling, ucom/uplcom/uvscom, boot2 -n,
diskpart(8) went bye-bye, newfs(8) anachronisms removed.
Updated release notes: More functionality for ata(4), new tzdata
import.
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 35 |
2 files changed, 64 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 9e5d2ac..3d3f8f5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>, <varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para> + <para>&man.mutex.9; profiling code has been added, enabled by the + <literal>MUTEX_PROFILING</literal> kernel configuration option. + It enables the <varname>debug.mutex.prof.*</varname> hierarchy + of sysctl variables.</para> + <para arch="i386">The <literal>NCPU</literal>, <literal>NAPIC</literal>, <literal>NBUS</literal>, and <literal>NINTR</literal> kernel configuration options, for configuring SMP kernels, have been @@ -284,6 +289,12 @@ for supported scanners. The HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C and 6300C are known to be working. &merged;</para> + <para>The ucom device driver has been added, to support USB + modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look + like a tty. The related uplcom and uvscom drivers provide specific + support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC + Slipper U VS-10U, respectively.</para> + <para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel configuration option has been removed.</para> @@ -477,6 +488,10 @@ <sect3> <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + <para arch="i386"><filename>boot2</filename> now supports a + <option>-n</option> to disallow boot interruption by + keypresses. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not completely implement the El @@ -988,8 +1003,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a wider variety of SiS chipsets, as listed in the Hardware Notes. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for rebuilding - failed drives in a RAID1 configuration, under control of + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for creating, + deleting, querying, and rebuilding ATA RAIDs under control of &man.atacontrol.8;. &merged;</para> <para>The BurnProof(TM) feature, for applicable ATAPI CD-ROM @@ -1799,6 +1814,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.diskpart.8; has been declared obsolete, and has been + removed.</para> + <para>&man.dmesg.8; now has a <option>-a</option> option to show the entire message buffer, including &man.syslogd.8; records and <filename>/dev/console</filename> output. &merged;</para> @@ -2054,6 +2072,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> easier to manipulate the kernel module search path. &merged;</para> + <para>ktrdump, a utility to dump the ktr trace buffer from + userland, has been added.</para> + <para>&man.last.1; now implements a <option>-d</option> that provides a <quote>snapshot</quote> of who was logged in at a particular date and time. &merged;</para> @@ -2270,6 +2291,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> performance, at the expense of some wasted disk space. &merged;</para> + <para>A number of archaic features of &man.newfs.8; have been + removed; these implement tuning features that are essentially + useless on modern hard disks. These features were controlled by + the <option>-O</option>, <option>-d</option>, + <option>-k</option>, <option>-l</option>, <option>-n</option>, + <option>-p</option>, <option>-r</option>, <option>-t</option>, + and <option>-x</option> flags.</para> + <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para> @@ -2880,7 +2909,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> variable. &merged;</para> <para>The timezone database has been updated to the - <filename>tzdata2001d</filename> release. &merged;</para> + <filename>tzdata2002c</filename> release. &merged;</para> <sect4> <title>CVS</title> 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 9e5d2ac..3d3f8f5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>, <varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para> + <para>&man.mutex.9; profiling code has been added, enabled by the + <literal>MUTEX_PROFILING</literal> kernel configuration option. + It enables the <varname>debug.mutex.prof.*</varname> hierarchy + of sysctl variables.</para> + <para arch="i386">The <literal>NCPU</literal>, <literal>NAPIC</literal>, <literal>NBUS</literal>, and <literal>NINTR</literal> kernel configuration options, for configuring SMP kernels, have been @@ -284,6 +289,12 @@ for supported scanners. The HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C and 6300C are known to be working. &merged;</para> + <para>The ucom device driver has been added, to support USB + modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look + like a tty. The related uplcom and uvscom drivers provide specific + support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC + Slipper U VS-10U, respectively.</para> + <para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel configuration option has been removed.</para> @@ -477,6 +488,10 @@ <sect3> <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + <para arch="i386"><filename>boot2</filename> now supports a + <option>-n</option> to disallow boot interruption by + keypresses. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not completely implement the El @@ -988,8 +1003,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a wider variety of SiS chipsets, as listed in the Hardware Notes. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for rebuilding - failed drives in a RAID1 configuration, under control of + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for creating, + deleting, querying, and rebuilding ATA RAIDs under control of &man.atacontrol.8;. &merged;</para> <para>The BurnProof(TM) feature, for applicable ATAPI CD-ROM @@ -1799,6 +1814,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.diskpart.8; has been declared obsolete, and has been + removed.</para> + <para>&man.dmesg.8; now has a <option>-a</option> option to show the entire message buffer, including &man.syslogd.8; records and <filename>/dev/console</filename> output. &merged;</para> @@ -2054,6 +2072,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> easier to manipulate the kernel module search path. &merged;</para> + <para>ktrdump, a utility to dump the ktr trace buffer from + userland, has been added.</para> + <para>&man.last.1; now implements a <option>-d</option> that provides a <quote>snapshot</quote> of who was logged in at a particular date and time. &merged;</para> @@ -2270,6 +2291,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> performance, at the expense of some wasted disk space. &merged;</para> + <para>A number of archaic features of &man.newfs.8; have been + removed; these implement tuning features that are essentially + useless on modern hard disks. These features were controlled by + the <option>-O</option>, <option>-d</option>, + <option>-k</option>, <option>-l</option>, <option>-n</option>, + <option>-p</option>, <option>-r</option>, <option>-t</option>, + and <option>-x</option> flags.</para> + <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para> @@ -2880,7 +2909,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> variable. &merged;</para> <para>The timezone database has been updated to the - <filename>tzdata2001d</filename> release. &merged;</para> + <filename>tzdata2002c</filename> release. &merged;</para> <sect4> <title>CVS</title> |