New release notes: MADV_PROTECT, vpd(4), DIRECTIO,

pcspeaker.ko/atspeaker.ko -> speaker.ko, pkg_info(1) -b, pkg_info(1)
-Q, removal of obsolete upgrade mechanisms.

2 files changed, 70 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index b21de02..934d558 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
 
     <para>Linux emulation mode now supports IPv6.</para>
 
+    <para>&man.madvise.2; now supports a
+      <literal>MADV_PROTECT</literal> behavior, which informs the
+      virtual memory system that a process is critical and should not
+      be killed when swap space has been exhausted.  The process must
+      be owned by the superuser.</para>
+
     <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
 
     <para>A second process scheduler, designed to be a general purpose
@@ -207,6 +213,10 @@
 	feature was sponsored by DARPA and Network Associates
 	Laboratories.</para>
 
+      <para arch="i386">A new &man.vpd.4; driver has been added to
+        read hardware information from the Vital Product Data structure
+        on IBM ThinkPad machines.</para>
+
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 id="boot">
@@ -363,6 +373,14 @@
     <sect3 id="fs">
       <title>Filesystems</title>
 
+      <para>A new <literal>DIRECTIO</literal> kernel option enables
+	support for read operations that bypass the buffer cache and
+	put data directly into a userland buffer.  This feature
+	requires that the <literal>O_DIRECT</literal> flag is set on
+	the file descriptor and that both the offset and length for
+	the read operation are multiples of the physical media sector
+	size. &merged;</para>
+
       <para>NETNCP and Netware Filesystem Support (nwfs) are once
 	again working.</para>
 
@@ -380,7 +398,10 @@
     <sect3 id="mm">
       <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 
-      <para></para>
+      <para arch="i386">The <filename>atspeaker.ko</filename> and
+        <filename>pcspeaker.ko</filename> modules for the
+        &man.speaker.4; device have been renamed
+        <filename>speaker.ko</filename>.</para>
     </sect3>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -683,6 +704,15 @@
       change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports
       tree. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now honors the <varname>BLOCKSIZE</varname>
+      environment variable in its output when the <option>-b</option>
+      flag is given.</para>
+
+    <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now implements a <option>-Q</option>
+      option, which is similar to the <option>-q</option>
+      <quote>quiet</quote> option except that it prefixes the output
+      with the package name.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="releng">
@@ -702,6 +732,10 @@
     <para>The supported release of <application>XFree86</application>
       has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version
+      upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been
+      removed.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="doc">
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 b21de02..934d558 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
 
     <para>Linux emulation mode now supports IPv6.</para>
 
+    <para>&man.madvise.2; now supports a
+      <literal>MADV_PROTECT</literal> behavior, which informs the
+      virtual memory system that a process is critical and should not
+      be killed when swap space has been exhausted.  The process must
+      be owned by the superuser.</para>
+
     <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
 
     <para>A second process scheduler, designed to be a general purpose
@@ -207,6 +213,10 @@
 	feature was sponsored by DARPA and Network Associates
 	Laboratories.</para>
 
+      <para arch="i386">A new &man.vpd.4; driver has been added to
+        read hardware information from the Vital Product Data structure
+        on IBM ThinkPad machines.</para>
+
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 id="boot">
@@ -363,6 +373,14 @@
     <sect3 id="fs">
       <title>Filesystems</title>
 
+      <para>A new <literal>DIRECTIO</literal> kernel option enables
+	support for read operations that bypass the buffer cache and
+	put data directly into a userland buffer.  This feature
+	requires that the <literal>O_DIRECT</literal> flag is set on
+	the file descriptor and that both the offset and length for
+	the read operation are multiples of the physical media sector
+	size. &merged;</para>
+
       <para>NETNCP and Netware Filesystem Support (nwfs) are once
 	again working.</para>
 
@@ -380,7 +398,10 @@
     <sect3 id="mm">
       <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 
-      <para></para>
+      <para arch="i386">The <filename>atspeaker.ko</filename> and
+        <filename>pcspeaker.ko</filename> modules for the
+        &man.speaker.4; device have been renamed
+        <filename>speaker.ko</filename>.</para>
     </sect3>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -683,6 +704,15 @@
       change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports
       tree. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now honors the <varname>BLOCKSIZE</varname>
+      environment variable in its output when the <option>-b</option>
+      flag is given.</para>
+
+    <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now implements a <option>-Q</option>
+      option, which is similar to the <option>-q</option>
+      <quote>quiet</quote> option except that it prefixes the output
+      with the package name.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="releng">
@@ -702,6 +732,10 @@
     <para>The supported release of <application>XFree86</application>
       has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version
+      upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been
+      removed.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="doc">