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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-15 07:06:12 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-15 07:06:12 +0000 |
commit | 85bfbe10074c58ec4c9cb861fdbec84bce1489c5 (patch) | |
tree | 9671aeb2e88dfb64c08bfa7be5a2319d926a11e5 /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes | |
parent | be829c21fb7329f289c63583b58ae9b5e00c60ba (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-85bfbe10074c58ec4c9cb861fdbec84bce1489c5.zip FreeBSD-src-85bfbe10074c58ec4c9cb861fdbec84bce1489c5.tar.gz |
New release notes: cpuset, BTX real mode, gptboot (+MFC), BSD
ar(1)/ranlib(1), traceroute(8) -a/-A, traceroute6(8) -U.
Updated release note: tzdata2008a (+MFC).
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes')
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1 files changed, 29 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 017be8b..b6682f1 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> + <para>A new API called <literal>cpuset</literal> has been added + for thread to CPU binding and CPU resource grouping and + assignment. The &man.cpuset.1; userland utility has been added + to allow manipulation of processor sets.</para> + <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or @@ -165,7 +170,17 @@ <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> - <para></para> + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The BTX kernel used by the boot + loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real + mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB + devices.</para> + + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has + been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A + new <command>boot</command> command has been added to + &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the + required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot + partition if required. &merged;</para> </sect3> @@ -216,7 +231,18 @@ <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> - <para></para> + <para>BSD-licensed versions of &man.ar.1; and &man.ranlib.1;, + based on <filename>libarchive</filename>, have replaced the GNU + Binutils versions of these utilities.</para> + + <para>&man.traceroute.8; now has the ability to print the AS + number for each hop with the new <option>-a</option> switch; a + new <option>-A</option> option allows selecting a particular + WHOIS server.</para> + + <para>&man.traceroute6.8; now supports a <option>-U</option> flag + to send probe packets with no upper-layer protocol, rather than + the usual UDP probe packets.</para> <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> @@ -255,7 +281,7 @@ <para>The timezone database has been updated from the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to - the <application>tzdata2007k</application> release.</para> + the <application>tzdata2008a</application> release. &merged;</para> </sect2> |