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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-12 22:07:09 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-12 22:07:09 +0000 |
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 270d1cc..d0d867e 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -386,40 +386,6 @@ <sect3> <title>Network Interface Support</title> - <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the - National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear - FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para> - - <para>The &man.tap.4; driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for - bridged configurations, has been added. This device is - clonable. &merged;</para> - - <para>The &man.ti.4; driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC - 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit - cards. &merged;</para> - - <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B - MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="alpha">The &man.ed.4; driver is now supported.</para> - - <para>The &man.pcn.4; driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, - PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA - adapters, has been added. Although these cards are already - supported by the &man.lnc.4; driver, the &man.pcn.4; driver runs - these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to - achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also - machine-independent, so it will work on both the i386 and Alpha - platforms. The &man.lnc.4; driver is still needed to support non-PCI - cards. &merged;</para> - - <para>Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet - PC-Cards is back. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor - DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently, - this driver is only used on the PC-98 architecture. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via &man.ancontrol.8;. &merged;</para> @@ -431,16 +397,15 @@ mode, settable via the <option>-M</option> option to &man.ancontrol.8;. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386">The &man.el.4; driver can now be loaded as a - module.</para> - - <para>The &man.ray.4; driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator - wireless network cards, has been committed. The operation of - &man.ray.4; interfaces can be modified by - &man.raycontrol.8;. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The &man.bge.4; driver has been added to + support the Broadcom BCM570x family of Gigabit Ethernet + controllers, including the 3Com 3c996-T, the SysKonnect SK-9D21 + 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. &merged;</para> - <para arch="alpha">The &man.fpa.4; driver now supports Digital's - DEFPA FDDI adaptors on the Alpha.</para> + <para arch="alpha">The &man.ed.4; driver is now supported.</para> <para arch="i386">Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the &man.ed.4; driver now require the addition of flag @@ -458,11 +423,26 @@ required in kernel configurations using the &man.ed.4; driver. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The &man.el.4; driver can now be loaded as a + module.</para> + + <para>The &man.faith.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and + clonable.</para> + + <para>Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet + PC-Cards is back. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="alpha">The &man.fpa.4; driver now supports Digital's + DEFPA FDDI adaptors on the Alpha.</para> + <para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.wx.4; driver now supports the Intel PRO1000-F and - PRO1000-T (10/100/1000) adapters. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level + 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This + device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link + and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive + are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not. &merged;</para> <para>Added the &man.nge.4; driver, which supports PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the National Semiconductor DP83820 @@ -472,36 +452,56 @@ AEG320T. This driver supports transmit and receive checksum offloading. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level - 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This - device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link - and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive - are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.pcn.4; driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, + PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA + adapters, has been added. Although these cards are already + supported by the &man.lnc.4; driver, the &man.pcn.4; driver runs + these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to + achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also + machine-independent, so it will work on both the i386 and Alpha + platforms. The &man.lnc.4; driver is still needed to support non-PCI + cards. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports reception of VLAN - tagged frames (on the <quote>Cyclone</quote> or newer - chipsets). &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.ray.4; driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator + wireless network cards, has been committed. The operation of + &man.ray.4; interfaces can be modified by + &man.raycontrol.8;. &merged;</para> + + <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the + National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear + FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para> + + <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor + DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently, + this driver is only used on the PC-98 architecture. &merged;</para> + + <para>The &man.stf.4; device is now clonable.</para> + + <para>The &man.tap.4; driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for + bridged configurations, has been added. This device is + clonable. &merged;</para> + + <para>The &man.ti.4; driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC + 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit + cards. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.ti.4; driver correctly masks VLAN tags. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.txp.4; driver has been added to support NICs based on the 3Com 3XP Typhoon/Sidewinder (3CR990) chipset. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.faith.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and + <para>The &man.vlan.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and clonable.</para> - <para>The &man.stf.4; device is now clonable.</para> + <para>The &man.wx.4; driver now supports the Intel PRO1000-F and + PRO1000-T (10/100/1000) adapters. &merged;</para> - <para>The &man.vlan.4; device is now loadable, unloadable, and - clonable.</para> + <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B + MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386">The &man.bge.4; driver has been added to - support the Broadcom BCM570x family of Gigabit Ethernet - controllers, including the 3Com 3c996-T, the SysKonnect SK-9D21 - 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. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.xl.4; driver now supports reception of VLAN + tagged frames (on the <quote>Cyclone</quote> or newer + chipsets). &merged;</para> <para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a |