diff options
author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-02-21 23:34:41 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-02-21 23:34:41 +0000 |
commit | 009031a18977424fbee250184ea0806d7d1953e2 (patch) | |
tree | e3b506247f9618a1092040fa251736bf8f5e4ef8 /release/doc | |
parent | 8f9640b59b8e96419f4a29f1d543688c4725ad15 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-009031a18977424fbee250184ea0806d7d1953e2.zip FreeBSD-src-009031a18977424fbee250184ea0806d7d1953e2.tar.gz |
New release notes: i386 HTT (+MFC) [1], privileged port sysctls,
ata(4) has more SiS support, cd(4) update, rand(3) bugfix [2],
srandom(3) better seeding [2], sysinstall(8) can install XFree86
components again.
Clues provided by: jhb [1], kris [2]
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 38 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 38 |
2 files changed, 72 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 791cc19..8d0ad8c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ <sect3> <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> - <para></para> + <para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for + HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up + the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical + processors will be treated like additional physical processors + for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para> </sect3> @@ -177,11 +181,30 @@ fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been fixed. &merged;</para> + <para>It is now possible to specify the range of + <quote>privileged ports</quote> (TCP and UDP ports that + require superuser access to &man.bind.2; to). The range is + now specified with the + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedlow</varname> and + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl + variables, defaulting to the traditional UNIX behavior. This + feature is intended to help network servers bind + to traditionally privileged ports without requiring superuser + access. &man.ip.4; has more details.</para> + </sect3> <sect3> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS + chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware + Notes.)</para> + + <para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4; + driver. The primary user-visible change is improved + compatability with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para> + <para>&man.geom.4; is now mandatory; the <literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of kernel configuration options.</para> @@ -353,6 +376,13 @@ administration of <application>Samba</application> services. &merged;</para> + <para>A bug in &man.rand.3; that could cause a sequence to remain + stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3; + remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para> + + <para>The seeding algorithm used by &man.srandom.3; has been + strengthened.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The sunlabel utility, a program analogous to &man.disklabel.8; that works on Sun disk labels, has been added.</para> @@ -440,7 +470,11 @@ <sect2> <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> - <para></para> + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; once again supports installing individual + components of <application>XFree86</application>. Supporting + changes (not user-visible) generalize the concept of installing + parts of distributions as packages.</para> + </sect2> <sect2> 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 791cc19..8d0ad8c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ <sect3> <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> - <para></para> + <para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for + HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up + the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical + processors will be treated like additional physical processors + for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para> </sect3> @@ -177,11 +181,30 @@ fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been fixed. &merged;</para> + <para>It is now possible to specify the range of + <quote>privileged ports</quote> (TCP and UDP ports that + require superuser access to &man.bind.2; to). The range is + now specified with the + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedlow</varname> and + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl + variables, defaulting to the traditional UNIX behavior. This + feature is intended to help network servers bind + to traditionally privileged ports without requiring superuser + access. &man.ip.4; has more details.</para> + </sect3> <sect3> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS + chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware + Notes.)</para> + + <para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4; + driver. The primary user-visible change is improved + compatability with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para> + <para>&man.geom.4; is now mandatory; the <literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of kernel configuration options.</para> @@ -353,6 +376,13 @@ administration of <application>Samba</application> services. &merged;</para> + <para>A bug in &man.rand.3; that could cause a sequence to remain + stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3; + remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para> + + <para>The seeding algorithm used by &man.srandom.3; has been + strengthened.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The sunlabel utility, a program analogous to &man.disklabel.8; that works on Sun disk labels, has been added.</para> @@ -440,7 +470,11 @@ <sect2> <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> - <para></para> + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; once again supports installing individual + components of <application>XFree86</application>. Supporting + changes (not user-visible) generalize the concept of installing + parts of distributions as packages.</para> + </sect2> <sect2> |