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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000
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New release notes: devfs(5) on by default, new PAM modules, fdread(1).
MFCs noted: fxp(4) requires miibus.
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@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
<para>&man.devfs.5;, which allows entries in the
<filename>/dev</filename> directory to be built automatically and
supports more flexible attachment of devices, has been largely
- reworked. &man.devfs.5; is now configured into the
- <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
+ reworked. &man.devfs.5; is now enabled by default and can be
+ disabled by the <literal>NODEVFS</literal> kernel option.</para>
<para arch="i386">Preliminary Cardbus support under NEWCARD has been added.
This code supports the TI113X, TI12XX, TI125X, Ricoh 5C46/5C47, Topic
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
fixed. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device
- miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file.</para>
+ 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>
@@ -1227,6 +1227,12 @@
<para>The performance of the ELF dynamic linker &man.rtld.1; has
been improved. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.fdread.1;, a program to read data from floppy disks,
+ has been added. It is a counterpart to &man.fdwrite.1; and is
+ designed to provide a means of recovering at least some data from
+ bad media, and to obviate for a complex invocation of
+ &man.dd.1;.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>
@@ -1342,6 +1348,12 @@
<para><application>PAM</application> support for
<application>OpenSSH</application> has been added.</para>
+ <para>The following <application>PAM</application> modules
+ have been added: <filename>pam_krb5</filename>,
+ <filename>pam_nologin</filename>,
+ <filename>pam_rootok</filename>,
+ <filename>pam_wheel</filename>
+
<para>A long-standing bug in <application>OpenSSH</application>,
which sometimes resulted in a dropped session when an
X11-forwarded client was closed, was fixed.</para>
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