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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-14 21:58:49 +0000
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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.TXT13
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT13
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
---------------------------
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