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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-14 19:02:19 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-14 19:02:19 +0000 |
commit | 0b586944ea5d4a5f474eecc5df60a4735f24e6bf (patch) | |
tree | b62b391ec828b8168c45407659c9a492ad92b678 /release/doc | |
parent | 758f2a17b15317da33ed530e13fa6526b88662bc (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-0b586944ea5d4a5f474eecc5df60a4735f24e6bf.zip FreeBSD-src-0b586944ea5d4a5f474eecc5df60a4735f24e6bf.tar.gz |
Move bootloader-related changes into a new sect3-level section
underneath the Kernel Changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 92 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 92 |
2 files changed, 98 insertions, 86 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index e279618..c1e6ea6 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -79,27 +79,6 @@ Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE) - was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the - older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting - using DHCP. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround - to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the - first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB - that they can modify. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a - <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each - line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of - booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was - 8K). &merged;</para> - - <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of - booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para> - <para>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 @@ -112,16 +91,6 @@ <para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory - <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily - manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make - this change as seamless as possible.</para> - - <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a - <literal>nullconsole</literal> - console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor - a serial port. &merged;</para> - <para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported @@ -323,11 +292,6 @@ smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread per process is allowed at this time).</para> - <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support - (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading - <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and - modules. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the different consoles.</para> @@ -335,13 +299,6 @@ <para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based display adapters.</para> - <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides - better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not - completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This - boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting, - thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on - a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the <filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD @@ -456,6 +413,55 @@ </sect3> <sect3> + <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + + <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides + better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not + completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This + boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting, + thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on + a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a + <literal>nullconsole</literal> + console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor + a serial port. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support + (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading + <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and + modules. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE) + was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the + older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting + using DHCP. &merged;</para> + + <!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword--> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround + to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the + first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB + that they can modify. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a + <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each + line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was + 8K). &merged;</para> + + <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para> + + <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory + <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily + manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make + this change as seamless as possible.</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3> <title>Network Interface Support</title> <para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports 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 e279618..c1e6ea6 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -79,27 +79,6 @@ Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE) - was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the - older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting - using DHCP. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround - to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the - first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB - that they can modify. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a - <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each - line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> - - <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of - booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was - 8K). &merged;</para> - - <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of - booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para> - <para>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 @@ -112,16 +91,6 @@ <para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory - <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily - manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make - this change as seamless as possible.</para> - - <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a - <literal>nullconsole</literal> - console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor - a serial port. &merged;</para> - <para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported @@ -323,11 +292,6 @@ smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread per process is allowed at this time).</para> - <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support - (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading - <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and - modules. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the different consoles.</para> @@ -335,13 +299,6 @@ <para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based display adapters.</para> - <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides - better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not - completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This - boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting, - thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on - a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para> - <para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the <filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD @@ -456,6 +413,55 @@ </sect3> <sect3> + <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + + <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides + better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not + completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This + boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting, + thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on + a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a + <literal>nullconsole</literal> + console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor + a serial port. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support + (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading + <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and + modules. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE) + was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the + older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting + using DHCP. &merged;</para> + + <!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword--> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround + to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the + first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB + that they can modify. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a + <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each + line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> + + <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was + 8K). &merged;</para> + + <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para> + + <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory + <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily + manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make + this change as seamless as possible.</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3> <title>Network Interface Support</title> <para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports |