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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-27 19:47:14 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-27 19:47:14 +0000
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MFCs noted: crypto(4).
Other changes: Add uftdi(4) to supported ucom(4) drivers, update Cardbus items [1], ACPI CA 20021118 update, update a.out toolchain note, remove Perl wrapper reference and downgrade a warning to a note. Submitted by: imp [1] Approved by: re (implicitly)
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml36
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml36
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index c24588c..52e0c08 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
of cryptographic algorithms for use by the kernel and access to
cryptographic hardware for user-mode applications.
Hardware device drivers are provided to support hifn-based cards
- (&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;).</para>
+ (&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;). &merged;</para>
<para>A new &man.ddb.4; command <command>show pcpu</command> lists
some of the per-CPU data.</para>
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@
<para>The &man.ucom.4; device driver has been added, to support USB
modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look
- like a tty. The related &man.uplcom.4; and &man.uvscom.4; drivers provide specific
- support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
+ like a tty. The related &man.uftdi.4;, &man.uplcom.4;, &man.uvscom.4; drivers provide specific
+ support for FTDI serial adapters, the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
Slipper U VS-10U, respectively. &merged;</para>
<para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel
@@ -1615,12 +1615,13 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<screen role="historic"><prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"</userinput>
<prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.irq="0"</userinput></screen>
- <para arch="i386">Preliminary Cardbus support under NEWCARD has
- been added. This code supports the TI113X, TI12XX, TI125X,
- Ricoh 5C46/5C47, Topic 95/97/100 and Cirrus Logic PD683X
- bridges. 16-bit PC Card support is not yet functional.</para>
+ <para arch="i386">Preliminary CardBus support with NEWCARD has
+ been added. This code supports both 32-bit and 16-bit cards.
+ All CardBus bridges are supported, as well as the TI-1030
+ PCMCIA-PCI bridge. Other PCMCIA-PCI bridges and ISA bridges
+ aren't supported yet.</para>
- <para arch="i386">NEWCARD is now the default pccard/cardbus
+ <para arch="i386">NEWCARD is now the default PCCARD/CardBus
system in the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1708,7 +1709,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
(ACPI), a multi-vendor standard for configuration and power
management, has been added. This functionality has been
provided by the <application>Intel ACPI Component
- Architecture</application> project, as of the ACPI CA 20020815
+ Architecture</application> project, as of the ACPI CA 20021118
snapshot. Some backward compatability for applications using
the older APM standard has been provided.</para>
@@ -2228,13 +2229,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
- <para>Support for &man.a.out.5; format executables in the compiler
- toolchain has been largely removed.
- <note>
- <para>This is a work in progress. Eventually, &man.a.out.5;
- support will resurface in a series of ports/packages.</para>
- </note>
- </para>
+ <para>Support for creating &man.a.out.5; format executables with
+ the base system compiler toolchain has been removed.</para>
<para role="historic">If the first argument to &man.ancontrol.8; or
&man.wicontrol.8; doesn't start with a <literal>-</literal>, it
@@ -3945,15 +3941,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Perl, many utilities have been
rewritten as shell scripts or C programs (specific notes are
made for each affected utility).
- <filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename> is now a
- <quote>wrapper</quote> program, so that programs expecting to
- find a Perl interpreter there will
- be able to function correctly.
- <warning>
+ <note>
<para>The Perl removal and
package integration work is ongoing.</para>
- </warning>
+ </note>
</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 c24588c..52e0c08 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
of cryptographic algorithms for use by the kernel and access to
cryptographic hardware for user-mode applications.
Hardware device drivers are provided to support hifn-based cards
- (&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;).</para>
+ (&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;). &merged;</para>
<para>A new &man.ddb.4; command <command>show pcpu</command> lists
some of the per-CPU data.</para>
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@
<para>The &man.ucom.4; device driver has been added, to support USB
modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look
- like a tty. The related &man.uplcom.4; and &man.uvscom.4; drivers provide specific
- support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
+ like a tty. The related &man.uftdi.4;, &man.uplcom.4;, &man.uvscom.4; drivers provide specific
+ support for FTDI serial adapters, the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
Slipper U VS-10U, respectively. &merged;</para>
<para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel
@@ -1615,12 +1615,13 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<screen role="historic"><prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"</userinput>
<prompt>ok</prompt> <userinput>set hw.pcic.irq="0"</userinput></screen>
- <para arch="i386">Preliminary Cardbus support under NEWCARD has
- been added. This code supports the TI113X, TI12XX, TI125X,
- Ricoh 5C46/5C47, Topic 95/97/100 and Cirrus Logic PD683X
- bridges. 16-bit PC Card support is not yet functional.</para>
+ <para arch="i386">Preliminary CardBus support with NEWCARD has
+ been added. This code supports both 32-bit and 16-bit cards.
+ All CardBus bridges are supported, as well as the TI-1030
+ PCMCIA-PCI bridge. Other PCMCIA-PCI bridges and ISA bridges
+ aren't supported yet.</para>
- <para arch="i386">NEWCARD is now the default pccard/cardbus
+ <para arch="i386">NEWCARD is now the default PCCARD/CardBus
system in the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1708,7 +1709,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
(ACPI), a multi-vendor standard for configuration and power
management, has been added. This functionality has been
provided by the <application>Intel ACPI Component
- Architecture</application> project, as of the ACPI CA 20020815
+ Architecture</application> project, as of the ACPI CA 20021118
snapshot. Some backward compatability for applications using
the older APM standard has been provided.</para>
@@ -2228,13 +2229,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
- <para>Support for &man.a.out.5; format executables in the compiler
- toolchain has been largely removed.
- <note>
- <para>This is a work in progress. Eventually, &man.a.out.5;
- support will resurface in a series of ports/packages.</para>
- </note>
- </para>
+ <para>Support for creating &man.a.out.5; format executables with
+ the base system compiler toolchain has been removed.</para>
<para role="historic">If the first argument to &man.ancontrol.8; or
&man.wicontrol.8; doesn't start with a <literal>-</literal>, it
@@ -3945,15 +3941,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Perl, many utilities have been
rewritten as shell scripts or C programs (specific notes are
made for each affected utility).
- <filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename> is now a
- <quote>wrapper</quote> program, so that programs expecting to
- find a Perl interpreter there will
- be able to function correctly.
- <warning>
+ <note>
<para>The Perl removal and
package integration work is ongoing.</para>
- </warning>
+ </note>
</para>
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