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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2007-06-02 09:24:39 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2007-06-02 09:24:39 +0000
commit646c671c63633582445dbad5749c623b1b2ca8db (patch)
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parent6d89652bc0f7d0aaa4494c739108f5adc374a1bc (diff)
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New release notes:
- GCC SSP enabled by default - X11BASE change - touch -A - fwip(4) and dcons(4) in GENERIC - FireWire/dcons support in the i386/amd64 loader Modified release notes: - MFCs noted: newly supported ftpd RFCs, lagg(4), mpt(4) changes, snd_atiixp(4) suspend/resume - sa(8) entry moved to the correct place - xorg 7.2 update
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml47
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index f77f036..3e9e3fd 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@
configurations. This change may result in a small performance
increase for some workloads.</para>
+ <para>The dumb console driver (&man.dcons.4;) is now enabled in the
+ <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now provides the <literal>show lock</literal>
command. If the argument has a valid lock class,
this displays various information about the lock and calls a
@@ -530,6 +533,12 @@
the <literal>BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED</literal> kernel option.
&merged;</para>
+ <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] &man.firewire.4; and &man.dcons.4;
+ support has been added to the boot loader. To enable it,
+ <literal>LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT=yes</literal> has to be added
+ to <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename> and the loader be rebuilt.
+ </para>
+
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
<para>[&arch.pc98;] A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented
@@ -688,7 +697,7 @@
This supports ATI IXP 200/300/400 series audio controllers. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.snd.atiixp.4; driver now supports
- suspend and resume features.</para>
+ suspend and resume features. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.snd.cmi.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
@@ -707,7 +716,7 @@
<para>The &man.snd.ich.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.snd.hda.4; driver has been added. It supports
- devices that conform to revision 1.0 of the Intel High Definition
+ devices that conform to revision 1.0 of the Intel High Definition
Audio specification.</para>
<para>The &man.snd.solo.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
@@ -789,6 +798,9 @@
by defining <literal>NO_EM_FASTINTR</literal> kernel option
for debugging purpose.</para>
+ <para>The IP over FireWire (&man.fwip.4;) driver is now enabled in
+ the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
+
<para>The firmware images needed by the &man.ipw.4; driver are now
part of the &os; base system. For the loaded firmware to work the
license at <filename>/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE</filename>
@@ -1033,7 +1045,7 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting>
<para>The &man.lagg.4; driver, ported from OpenBSD and NetBSD,
has been added to support a variety of protocols and algorithms
- for link aggregation, failover, and fault tolerance.</para>
+ for link aggregation, failover, and fault tolerance. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
@@ -1294,10 +1306,10 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting>
state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume
re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status,
- and volume transaction queue depth.</para>
+ and volume transaction queue depth. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver now supports SAS HBA (partially),
- 64-bit PCI, and large data transfer.</para>
+ 64-bit PCI, and large data transfer. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
@@ -1506,7 +1518,10 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
and rudimentary support for RFC2640 (UTF8). The RFC2640 support
is optional and can be enabled using the new <option>-8</option>
flag. More information can be found in the &man.ftpd.8; manual
- page.</para>
+ page. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.gcc.1; SSP (Stack-Smashing Protector) support is now
+ enabled by default.</para>
<para>The &man.gbde.8; utility now supports
<option>-k</option> and <option>-K</option> options
@@ -1831,6 +1846,11 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
function has been added to
allow lookups for a specific version of a given symbol.</para>
+ <para>The &man.sa.8; utility now supports <option>-U</option>
+ and <option>-P</option> flags. They can be used to specify
+ the per-user and per-process summary file location,
+ respectively.</para>
+
<para>A bug in the &man.sed.1; utility which can cause
incorrect calculation of pattern space length in some cases
has been fixed.</para>
@@ -1876,6 +1896,10 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>The &man.top.1; program now supports a <option>-j</option>
flag to display the &man.jail.8; ID for each process. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.touch.1; utility now supports a <option>-A</option>
+ flag that allows the access and modification times of a file be
+ adjusted by a specified value. &merged;</para>
+
<para>The &man.traceroute.8; program now supports
a <option>-D</option> flag, which causes it to display the
differences between the sent and received
@@ -2197,11 +2221,6 @@ mdconfig_md1="-t vnode -f /var/foo.img"</programlisting>
directory argument is given, it will set current
working directory to the first prefix given by the
<command>@cwd</command> command. &merged;</para>
-
- <para>The &man.sa.8; utility now supports <option>-U</option>
- and <option>-P</option> flags. They can be used to specify
- the per-user and per-process summary file location,
- respectively.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="releng">
@@ -2314,7 +2333,11 @@ mdconfig_md1="-t vnode -f /var/foo.img"</programlisting>
<para>The supported version of
the <application>&xorg;</application> windowing system
(<filename role="package">x11/xorg</filename>) has been updated
- from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0. &merged;</para>
+ from 6.8.2 to 7.2.0. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The default value of <varname>X11BASE</varname> has been changed
+ from <filename>/usr/X11R6</filename> to <filename>/usr/local</filename>,
+ the default value of <varname>LOCALBASE</varname>. &merged;</para>
<para>[&arch.pc98;] &os;/pc98 release CDROMs are now
bootable on systems with some supported SCSI adapters.
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