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| author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-24 17:59:28 +0000 |
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| committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-24 17:59:28 +0000 |
| commit | f0c0074b4370a2f283e61241bb5dcba5df5cfcac (patch) | |
| tree | bda7af14ff40dbfdd441451ae9c489f4d5d96dfa /release | |
| parent | bf2394b8d4529e7354a1dc2e33e39a2e5e3c3036 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-f0c0074b4370a2f283e61241bb5dcba5df5cfcac.zip FreeBSD-src-f0c0074b4370a2f283e61241bb5dcba5df5cfcac.tar.gz | |
Catch up on some release notes: write combining for crash dumps,
bktr(4) update to 2.17, MFC new make(1) variable modifiers, note
the addition of style.perl.7.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 13 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index c0def73..53af246 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ devfs, which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, has been largely reworked. +Write combining for crashdumps has been implemented. This feature +is useful when write caching is disabled on both SCSI and IDE disks, +where large memory dumps could take up to an hour to complete. + +The bktr(4) driver has been updated to 2.17. This fixes bugs in devfs +when unloading and reloading, and syncs with some NetBSD changes. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -334,7 +341,7 @@ and packages should not be affected. [MERGED] make(1) has gained the :C/// (regexp substitution), :L (lowercase), and :U (uppercase) variable modifiers. These were added to reduce the -differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs. +differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs. [MERGED] fsck wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure for fsck(8) to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to @@ -344,6 +351,9 @@ ncurses has been updated to ncurses-5.1-20001009. [MERGED] gperf has been updated to 2.7.2. +style.perl.7, a style guide for Perl code in the FreeBSD base system, +has been added. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index e4b92ab..72302ab 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ TI113X, TI12XX, TI125X, Ricoh 5C46/5C47, Topic 95/97/100 and Cirrus Logic PD683X bridges. 16-bit PC Card support under this is not yet functional. +Write combining for crashdumps has been implemented. This feature +is useful when write caching is disabled on both SCSI and IDE disks, +where large memory dumps could take up to an hour to complete. + +The bktr(4) driver has been updated to 2.17. This fixes bugs in devfs +when unloading and reloading, and syncs with some NetBSD changes. + + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -385,7 +393,7 @@ and packages should not be affected. [MERGED] make(1) has gained the :C/// (regexp substitution), :L (lowercase), and :U (uppercase) variable modifiers. These were added to reduce the -differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs. +differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs. [MERGED] fsck wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure for fsck(8) to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to @@ -395,6 +403,9 @@ ncurses has been updated to ncurses-5.1-20001009. [MERGED] gperf has been updated to 2.7.2. +style.perl.7, a style guide for Perl code in the FreeBSD base system, +has been added. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- |
