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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-09-13 03:55:31 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-09-13 03:55:31 +0000
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New release notes: sendfile(2) bugfix + MFC.
Modified release notes: newsyslog(8) now uses bzip2(1) by default. Move two TCP-related release notes from the general kernel section to the networking protocols section. Minor wording adjustment in one item, note MFC of the other.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml39
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml39
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 1595dc1..64c9696 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@
SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines,
has been added.</para>
+ <para>A bug in the &man.sendfile.2; system call, in which headers
+ counted against the size of the file to be sent, has been
+ fixed. &merged;</para>
+
<para role="historic">The &man.snp.4; device is no longer static and can now be
compiled as a module. &merged;</para>
@@ -341,20 +345,6 @@
pasting, by default bound to
<keycap>Shift</keycap>-<keycap>Insert</keycap>.</para>
- <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
- manipulated with two sysctl's,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
- been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
- in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
- improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
-
- <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
- limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
- round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
- sysctl.</para>
-
<para role="historic">Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@@ -1134,6 +1124,21 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
changed to 49152&ndash;65535 (the old default was
1024&ndash;5000). This increases the number of concurrent
outgoing connections/streams.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
+ manipulated with two sysctl variables,
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
+ been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
+ in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
+ improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
+ limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
+ round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
+ sysctl. &merged;</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -2878,8 +2883,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.newgrp.1; utility to change to a new group has been
added.</para>
- <para role="historic">&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
- using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now compresses log files
+ using &man.bzip2.1; by default. (The former behavior of using
+ &man.gzip.1; can be specified in
+ <filename>/etc/newsyslog.conf</filename>.)</para>
<para><application>NFS</application> now works over IPv6.</para>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 1595dc1..64c9696 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@
SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines,
has been added.</para>
+ <para>A bug in the &man.sendfile.2; system call, in which headers
+ counted against the size of the file to be sent, has been
+ fixed. &merged;</para>
+
<para role="historic">The &man.snp.4; device is no longer static and can now be
compiled as a module. &merged;</para>
@@ -341,20 +345,6 @@
pasting, by default bound to
<keycap>Shift</keycap>-<keycap>Insert</keycap>.</para>
- <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
- manipulated with two sysctl's,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
- been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
- in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
- improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
-
- <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
- limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
- round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
- sysctl.</para>
-
<para role="historic">Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@@ -1134,6 +1124,21 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
changed to 49152&ndash;65535 (the old default was
1024&ndash;5000). This increases the number of concurrent
outgoing connections/streams.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
+ manipulated with two sysctl variables,
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
+ been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
+ in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
+ improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
+ limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
+ round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
+ sysctl. &merged;</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -2878,8 +2883,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.newgrp.1; utility to change to a new group has been
added.</para>
- <para role="historic">&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
- using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
+ <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now compresses log files
+ using &man.bzip2.1; by default. (The former behavior of using
+ &man.gzip.1; can be specified in
+ <filename>/etc/newsyslog.conf</filename>.)</para>
<para><application>NFS</application> now works over IPv6.</para>
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