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author | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-02 14:53:28 +0000 |
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committer | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-02 14:53:28 +0000 |
commit | b93d36449d6fde60fa737733dba9c068e761cfa4 (patch) | |
tree | 1619489e0ea0adddc88d47f962905a22f32231ba /release | |
parent | f3b63523834c22169a1f74b2c2429b08a7736ee5 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-b93d36449d6fde60fa737733dba9c068e761cfa4.zip FreeBSD-src-b93d36449d6fde60fa737733dba9c068e761cfa4.tar.gz |
New release notes:
hwpmc(4) and pmcstat(8) profiling support for dynamically-loaded
objects, and pmcstat(8) network logging support added[1].
Fix incorrect entries:
gmirror/graid3 uses parallel I/O request for synchronization now.
The parallel I/O request itself has been already supported[2].
Spotted by: jkoshy[1] and pjd[2]
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 11 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index b15cf31..053508d 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ The sysctl variable <varname>debug.gdbcons</varname> can be used to turn on/off this functionality.</para> + <para>&man.hwpmc.4; and &man.pmcstat.8; now support profiling + of dynamically loaded kernel modules and + <function>dlopen()</function>'ed shared objects. + &man.pmcstat.8; can now log over a network socket + to a remote host.</para> + <para>The &man.random.4; entropy device driver is now MPSAFE.</para> <para>The <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> signal queuing has been @@ -671,7 +677,8 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> <literal>BROKEN</literal>.</para> <para>The <literal>GEOM_MIRROR</literal> and <literal>GEOM_RAID3</literal> - classes now support parallel I/O request handling. New sysctl variables + classes now use parallel I/O request for synchronization + to improve the performance. New sysctl variables <varname>kern.geom.mirror.sync_requests</varname> and <varname>kern.geom.raid3.sync_requests</varname> define how many parallel I/O requests should be used. @@ -680,7 +687,7 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> <varname>kern.geom.mirror.syncs_per_sec</varname>, <varname>kern.geom.raid3.reqs_per_sync</varname>, and <varname>kern.geom.raid3.syncs_per_sec</varname> - have been removed.</para> + are deprecated and have been removed.</para> <para>A new GEOM class <literal>GEOM_ZERO</literal> has been added. It creates very huge provider (41PB) <filename>/dev/gzero</filename> 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 b15cf31..053508d 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ The sysctl variable <varname>debug.gdbcons</varname> can be used to turn on/off this functionality.</para> + <para>&man.hwpmc.4; and &man.pmcstat.8; now support profiling + of dynamically loaded kernel modules and + <function>dlopen()</function>'ed shared objects. + &man.pmcstat.8; can now log over a network socket + to a remote host.</para> + <para>The &man.random.4; entropy device driver is now MPSAFE.</para> <para>The <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> signal queuing has been @@ -671,7 +677,8 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> <literal>BROKEN</literal>.</para> <para>The <literal>GEOM_MIRROR</literal> and <literal>GEOM_RAID3</literal> - classes now support parallel I/O request handling. New sysctl variables + classes now use parallel I/O request for synchronization + to improve the performance. New sysctl variables <varname>kern.geom.mirror.sync_requests</varname> and <varname>kern.geom.raid3.sync_requests</varname> define how many parallel I/O requests should be used. @@ -680,7 +687,7 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> <varname>kern.geom.mirror.syncs_per_sec</varname>, <varname>kern.geom.raid3.reqs_per_sync</varname>, and <varname>kern.geom.raid3.syncs_per_sec</varname> - have been removed.</para> + are deprecated and have been removed.</para> <para>A new GEOM class <literal>GEOM_ZERO</literal> has been added. It creates very huge provider (41PB) <filename>/dev/gzero</filename> |