Release note deleted: sysinstall newfs blocksize parameters on

alpha.

MFCs noted:  Bootloaders support larger filesystem block sizes.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index b4cbaf5..e279618 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
 
     <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
     booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
-    8K).</para>
+    8K). &merged;</para>
 
     <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
-    booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K.</para>
+    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
@@ -2207,17 +2207,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
     auto-sized partitions can now also recover the space that becomes
     available when other partitions are deleted. &merged;</para>
 
-    <para arch="alpha">Filesystems created from within
-    &man.sysinstall.8; continue to use the old default block and
-    fragment sizes of 8192 and 1024 bytes respectively, overriding the
-    &man.newfs.8; defaults.  The &man.newfs.8; default parameters were
-    changed in &os; &release.current; (see the <link
-    linkend="newfs-block-frag-sizes">corresponding release note</link>
-    in this document), but the &arch; bootstrap code assumes a block
-    size of 8192 bytes for the root filesystem.  This change ensures
-    that the parameters for the root filesystem are set correctly for
-    new installs. &merged;</para>
-
     <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to
     disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para>
 
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 b4cbaf5..e279618 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
 
     <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
     booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
-    8K).</para>
+    8K). &merged;</para>
 
     <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
-    booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K.</para>
+    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
@@ -2207,17 +2207,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
     auto-sized partitions can now also recover the space that becomes
     available when other partitions are deleted. &merged;</para>
 
-    <para arch="alpha">Filesystems created from within
-    &man.sysinstall.8; continue to use the old default block and
-    fragment sizes of 8192 and 1024 bytes respectively, overriding the
-    &man.newfs.8; defaults.  The &man.newfs.8; default parameters were
-    changed in &os; &release.current; (see the <link
-    linkend="newfs-block-frag-sizes">corresponding release note</link>
-    in this document), but the &arch; bootstrap code assumes a block
-    size of 8192 bytes for the root filesystem.  This change ensures
-    that the parameters for the root filesystem are set correctly for
-    new installs. &merged;</para>
-
     <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to
     disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para>