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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2016-03-24 21:03:16 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2016-03-24 21:03:16 +0000
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- Update relnotes items:
last reboot now works again, mv(1) return value has been fixed, mkimg(1) dynamic VHD format fixed, pw(8) userdel/usermod -y option, watchdogd(8) -x option added, rc.firewall now uses ipfw tables when firewall_type="SIMPLE", imxwdt driver fixed, uart(4) PPS polarity fixed, user(4) dev.uart.pps_mode added, uftdi(4) new ioctls to read/write eeprom, legacy ata(4) drivers removed. Approved by: re (implicit)
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@@ -195,11 +195,26 @@
Additionally, &man.jail.8; will run a shell within the target
jail when run no commands are specified.</para>
+ <para revision="286952">The &man.last.1; utility now supports
+ <literal>reboot</literal> as a pseudo-user name which prints
+ all system reboot entries (<literal>SHUTDOWN_TIME</literal>
+ and <literal>BOOT_TIME</literal> records). This was
+ accidentally removed as of &os; 9.0.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287027">The &man.mv.1; utility now returns
+ <literal>1</literal> instead of <literal>64</literal>
+ when more than two arguments are specified and
+ the target is not a valid directory.</para>
+
<para revision="287122">The &man.mkimg.1; utility has been
updated to include support for <literal>NTFS</literal>
filesystems in both <acronym>MBR</acronym> and
<acronym>GPT</acronym> partitioning schemes.</para>
+ <para revision="287122">A bug in the &man.mkimg.1; utility
+ which prevented dynamic VHD format from working with QEMU
+ has been fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="287746">The &man.pciconf.8; utility has been
updated to use the PCI ID database from the <filename
role="package">misc/pciids</filename> package, if present,
@@ -217,6 +232,10 @@
<varname>nfs_server_managegids</varname> to
<literal>YES</literal>.</para>
+ <para revision="287084"><command>userdel</command> and
+ <command>usermod</command> subcommand of the &man.pw.8; utility
+ now supports a <option>-y</option> flag.</para>
+
<para revision="292462" contrib="sponsor"
sponsor="&dellinc;">The resolver library has been updated to
reload <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> if the
@@ -227,6 +246,11 @@
been added to the &man.reboot.8; utility, allowing the root
filesystem to be mounted from a temporary source filesystem
without requiring a full system reboot.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287080">The &man.watchdogd.8; daemon now supports
+ a <option>-x <replaceable>exit_timeout</replaceable></option>
+ option to specify the timeout period in seconds to
+ leave in effect when the program exits.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib">
@@ -289,6 +313,11 @@
&man.rc.8; script has been updated to wait for network
interfaces that attach late in the boot process, such as some
<acronym>USB</acronym> network cards.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287091">Firewall rules set by
+ <literal>firewall_type="SIMPLE"</literal> now uses
+ &man.ipfw.4; <command>tables</command> for addresses to be
+ blocked.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic">
@@ -353,11 +382,6 @@
sponsor="&ff;">A bug which could prevent a loader
tunable <varname>kern.racct.enable</varname> from working
has been fixed.</para>
-
- <para revision="287037">The &man.uart.4; driver has been
- updated to allow tuning pulses per second captured in the
- CTS line during runtime, whereas previously only the DCD line
- could be used without rebuilding the kernel.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -370,12 +394,43 @@
<sect2 xml:id="drivers-device">
<title>Device Drivers</title>
- <para>&nbsp;</para>
+ <para revision="287079" arch="arm">The <literal>imxwdt</literal>
+ driver, which supports Freescale i.MX watchdog, has been
+ fixed.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287037">A bug in the &man.uart.4; driver which
+ could cause a polarity reversal of PPS (Pulse Per Second)
+ capture events has been fixed. The trailing edge of a
+ positive PPS pulse and the leading edge of the next pulse were
+ used as "assert" and "clear" event respectively.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287037">The &man.uart.4; driver now supports
+ runtime configuration of PPS signal source captured by the
+ driver via <varname>dev.uart.pps_mode</varname> and
+ <varname>dev.uart.<replaceable>0</replaceable>.pps_mode</varname>
+ sysctl variables. The values <literal>0</literal>,
+ <literal>1</literal>, and <literal>2</literal> correspond to
+ disabled, capturing pulses on the CTS line,
+ and capturing pulses on the DCD line, respectively.
+ The default value is <literal>2</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para revision="287035">The &man.uftdi.4; driver now supports
+ <varname>UFTDIIOC_READ_EEPROM</varname>,
+ <varname>UFTDIIOC_WRITE_EEPROM</varname>,
+ and <varname>UFTDIIOC_ERASE_EEPROM</varname>
+ &man.ioctl.2; to
+ read/write serial EEPROM attached to the controller chip.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage">
<title>Storage Drivers</title>
+ <para revision="280451">Legacy &man.ata.4; drivers such as
+ <literal>ataahci</literal>, <literal>ataadaptec</literal>,
+ and <literal>mv_sata</literal> have been removed in favor of
+ the new drivers such as &man.ahci.4;, &man.siis.4;, and
+ &man.mvs.4;.</para>
+
<para revision="288732" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The
<acronym>CTL</acronym> High Availability implementation has
been rewritten.</para>
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