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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-09-03 00:26:24 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-09-03 00:26:24 +0000 |
commit | b70b80c81f9908be396fe9dc3dbe77588b4d0f00 (patch) | |
tree | 6bbf259cdb00b12d3301c5e1557822cfd793f7e0 /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | |
parent | 8998ff49da5aa3f578c902b0a008c930b2ca6dfb (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-b70b80c81f9908be396fe9dc3dbe77588b4d0f00.zip FreeBSD-src-b70b80c81f9908be396fe9dc3dbe77588b4d0f00.tar.gz |
New release notes: ng_l2tp(4) (+MFC), ifconfig(8) promisc (+MFC),
inetd(8) service limitations (+MFC).
MFCs noted: uaudio, daemon(8), tcpd(8).
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 6ea8862..7214d81 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ console. &merged;</para> <para>The uaudio driver, for USB audio devices, has been - added.</para> + added. &merged;</para> <para arch="i386,pc98" role="historic">The &man.umodem.4; driver for USB modems has been added. Support is provided for the 3Com 5605 and @@ -998,6 +998,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> packets into the main IP input processing code, has been added.</para> + <para>A new &man.ng.l2tp.4; netgraph node type, which implements + the encapsulation layer of the L2TP protocol as described in + RFC 2661, has been added. &merged;</para> + <para role="historic">The &man.ng.mppc.4; and &man.ng.bridge.4; node types have been added to the &man.netgraph.4; subsystem. The &man.ng.ether.4; node is now dynamically loadable. @@ -2210,7 +2214,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> &man.daemon.3;, has been added. It detaches itself from its controlling terminal and executes a program specified on the command line. This allows the user to run an arbitrary program - as if it were written to be a daemon.</para> + as if it were written to be a daemon. &merged;</para> <para>&man.devinfo.8;, a simple tool to print the device tree and resource usage by devices, has been added.</para> @@ -2462,6 +2466,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> media by default. Instead it displays it when the <option>-m</option> flag is given. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.ifconfig.8; now has the ability to set promiscuous mode + on an interface, via the new <option>promisc</option> + flag. &merged;</para> + <para role="historic">The syntax of &man.inetd.8;'s support for &man.faithd.8; is now compatible with that of other BSDs. &merged;</para> @@ -2479,6 +2487,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <programlisting>inetd_enable="YES"</programlisting> + <para>&man.inetd.8; now has the capability for limiting the + maximum number of simultaneous invocations of each service from + a single IP address. &merged;</para> + <para role="historic">&man.install.1; has a number of new features, including the <option>-b</option> and <option>-B</option> options for backing up existing target files and the <option>-S</option> option for @@ -3706,7 +3718,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> standard &os; installation (because &man.inetd.8; already incorporates this functionality), this may be useful for &man.inetd.8; replacements such as - <application>xinetd</application>.</para> + <application>xinetd</application>. &merged;</para> <para><application>texinfo</application> has been updated to 4.2. &merged;</para> |