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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-21 14:56:10 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-21 14:56:10 +0000
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Move pccard release note entries into their own sect3 section (as was done
for 4.4-RELEASE), eliminate one entry that was superceded by another.
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@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@
<para arch="alpha">Support for threads under Linux emulation has been
added.</para>
- <para arch="i386">The pccard driver and &man.pccardc.8; now support multiple
- <quote>beep types</quote> upon card insertion and removal. &merged;</para>
-
<para>A number of cleanups and enhancements have been applied to
the PCI subsystem.
<filename>/usr/share/misc/pci_vendors</filename> now contains a
@@ -191,9 +188,6 @@
files will attempt to minimize the cache effects of reading and
writing. &merged;</para>
- <para><literal>OLDCARD</literal> and &man.pccardd.8; now support
- PCI cards.</para>
-
<para>An &man.orm.4; device has been added to claim the option
ROMs in the ISA memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from
mistakenly assigning addresses that conflict with these ROMs. &merged;</para>
@@ -248,29 +242,6 @@
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
<varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
- <para>On many modern hosts, PCCARD devices can be configured to
- route their interrupts via either the ISA or PCI interrupt paths.
- The &man.pcic.4; driver has been updated to support both interrupt
- paths (formerly, only routing via ISA was supported). &merged; In most
- cases, configuration of PCMCIA devices in laptops is simpler and
- more flexible. In addition, various Cardbus bridge PCI cards
- (such as those used by Orinoco PCI NICs) are now supported. Some
- hosts may experience problems, such as hangs or panics, with PCI
- interrupt routing; they can frequently be made to work by forcing
- the older-style ISA interrupt routing. The following lines,
- placed in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>, may fix the
- problem:</para>
-
- <programlisting>hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
-hw.pcic.irq="0"</programlisting>
-
- <para>When installing &os; on such a system, typing the following
- lines to the boot loader may be helpful in starting up &os; for
- the first time:<para>
-
- <screen><prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"</userinput>
-<prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.irq="0"</userinput></screen>
-
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@@ -753,6 +724,36 @@ hw.pcic.irq="0"</programlisting>
</sect3>
<sect3>
+ <title>PCCARD Support</title>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The pccard driver and &man.pccardc.8; now support multiple
+ <quote>beep types</quote> upon card insertion and removal. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>On many modern hosts, PCCARD devices can be configured to
+ route their interrupts via either the ISA or PCI interrupt paths.
+ The &man.pcic.4; driver has been updated to support both interrupt
+ paths (formerly, only routing via ISA was supported). &merged; In most
+ cases, configuration of PCMCIA devices in laptops is simpler and
+ more flexible. In addition, various Cardbus bridge PCI cards
+ (such as those used by Orinoco PCI NICs) are now supported. Some
+ hosts may experience problems, such as hangs or panics, with PCI
+ interrupt routing; they can frequently be made to work by forcing
+ the older-style ISA interrupt routing. The following lines,
+ placed in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>, may fix the
+ problem:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
+ hw.pcic.irq="0"</programlisting>
+
+ <para>When installing &os; on such a system, typing the following
+ lines to the boot loader may be helpful in starting up &os; for
+ the first time:<para>
+
+ <screen><prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"</userinput>
+<prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.irq="0"</userinput></screen>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
<title>Multimedia Support</title>
<para arch="i386">The &man.pcm.4; driver now supports the ESS Solo 1,
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