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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-01 19:36:21 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-01 19:36:21 +0000 |
commit | aaf9fd46b108ad3b7018487c3810c62630918e44 (patch) | |
tree | 35d33c1c73750f7193c6506cdfc2534ba8a15450 | |
parent | 88dd97daaf06f57b5c2719d1f9e6513129cbe689 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-aaf9fd46b108ad3b7018487c3810c62630918e44.zip FreeBSD-src-aaf9fd46b108ad3b7018487c3810c62630918e44.tar.gz |
New release notes: Per-interface IP address hash table, network
devices in /dev, UUCP moved to ports.
MFCs noted: bge(4).
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 17 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 17b71de..6d155a5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -441,12 +441,22 @@ and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as - interrupt moderation.</para> + interrupt moderation. &merged;</para> <para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a network interface, and which ones are enabled. &man.ifconfig.8; has support for querying these capabilities.</para> + + <para>Performance with hosts having a large number of IP aliases + has been improved, by replacing the per-interface + <varname>if_inaddr</varname> linear list with a hash table.</para> + + <para>Network devices now automatically appear in + <filename>/dev</filename>. Interface hardware ioctls (not + protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The + <varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the + special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1922,6 +1932,11 @@ <para><filename>libgmp</filename> has been superceded by <filename>libmp</filename>. + <para><application>UUCP</application> has been removed from the + base system, with the exceptions of &man.cu.1; and &man.rmail.8;. + The remainder of <application>UUCP</application> can be found in + the Ports Collection, in <port>net/freebsd-uucp</port>.</para> + <sect3> <title>Contributed Software</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 17b71de..6d155a5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -441,12 +441,22 @@ and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as - interrupt moderation.</para> + interrupt moderation. &merged;</para> <para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a network interface, and which ones are enabled. &man.ifconfig.8; has support for querying these capabilities.</para> + + <para>Performance with hosts having a large number of IP aliases + has been improved, by replacing the per-interface + <varname>if_inaddr</varname> linear list with a hash table.</para> + + <para>Network devices now automatically appear in + <filename>/dev</filename>. Interface hardware ioctls (not + protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The + <varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the + special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1922,6 +1932,11 @@ <para><filename>libgmp</filename> has been superceded by <filename>libmp</filename>. + <para><application>UUCP</application> has been removed from the + base system, with the exceptions of &man.cu.1; and &man.rmail.8;. + The remainder of <application>UUCP</application> can be found in + the Ports Collection, in <port>net/freebsd-uucp</port>.</para> + <sect3> <title>Contributed Software</title> |