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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000 |
commit | aaaf2f52f2343391b91400ed1d5a4b31c79b604d (patch) | |
tree | 3699fdce8c3e675c92185d7f25e37269c6d328c3 /release/texts | |
parent | 1d2e092aa3b4717a37c7c031dcf3a851dcd5714e (diff) | |
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New release notes: devfs(5) on by default, new PAM modules, fdread(1).
MFCs noted: fxp(4) requires miibus.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/texts')
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 13 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 264a81f..73646cf 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project. devfs(5), which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, has -been largely reworked. devfs(5) is configured into the GENERIC -kernel. +been largely reworked. devfs(5) is now enabled by default, and is +disabled by the NODEVFS kernel option. Write combining for crashdumps has been implemented. This feature is useful when write caching is disabled on both SCSI and IDE disks, @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ generations. This enables the use of binary-only programs like Adobe Acrobat 4 on EV4 and EV5. The fxp(4) driver now requires a "device miibus" entry in the kernel -configuration file. +configuration file. [MERGED] A new NFS hash function (based on the Fowler/Noll/Vo hash algorithm) has been implemented to improve NFS performance by increasing the @@ -988,6 +988,9 @@ PAM support has been added for account management and sessions. Linux PAM has been updated to 0.75. +The following PAM modules have been added: pam_krb5, pam_nologin, +pam_rootok, pam_wheel. + wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a given group. @@ -1104,6 +1107,10 @@ Ukranian language support has been added to the FreeBSD console. The performance of the ELF dynamic linker has been improved. [MERGED] +fdread(1), a program to read data from floppy disks, has been added. +It is designed to provide a means of recovering at least some data +from bad media, and to obviate for a complex invocation of dd(1). + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index b590bdf..09813ff 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet PC-Cards is back. devfs(5), which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, has -been largely reworked. devfs(5) is configured into the GENERIC -kernel. +been largely reworked. devfs(5) is now enabled by default, and is +disabled by the NODEVFS kernel option. Preliminary Cardbus support under NEWCARD has been added. This supports TI113X, TI12XX, TI125X, Ricoh 5C46/5C47, Topic 95/97/100 and @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy. The fxp(4) driver now requires a "device miibus" entry in the kernel -configuration file. +configuration file. [MERGED] A new NFS hash function (based on the Fowler/Noll/Vo hash algorithm) has been implemented to improve NFS performance by increasing the @@ -1091,6 +1091,9 @@ PAM support has been added for account management and sessions. Linux PAM has been updated to 0.75. +The following PAM modules have been added: pam_krb5, pam_nologin, +pam_rootok, pam_wheel. + wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a given group. @@ -1199,6 +1202,10 @@ Ukranian language support has been added to the FreeBSD console. The performance of the ELF dynamic linker has been improved. [MERGED] +fdread(1), a program to read data from floppy disks, has been added. +It is designed to provide a means of recovering at least some data +from bad media, and to obviate for a complex invocation of dd(1). + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- |