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author | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-07-15 16:38:52 +0000 |
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committer | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-07-15 16:38:52 +0000 |
commit | 460f6be7f99fa0f787446d20ef9283679509af3a (patch) | |
tree | 2448c24bc8bd606c2661b98d30bbf2a482ee7b3d /release | |
parent | aa37760f809392faa1730c6e4048827ce441060d (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-460f6be7f99fa0f787446d20ef9283679509af3a.zip FreeBSD-src-460f6be7f99fa0f787446d20ef9283679509af3a.tar.gz |
New release notes:
New sysctls: kern.malloc_stats and vm.zone_stats,
mpt(4) improvements,
ifconfig(8) -k flag,
libmemstat(3) added,
libpcap updated to v0.9.1, and
tcpdump updated to v3.9.1.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 33 |
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index a6e787e..44ea71c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> - <para></para> + <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname> + has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc + statistics via a binary structure stream.</para> + + <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname> + has been added. This allows to export &man.uma.9; allocator + statistics via a binary structure stream.</para> <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> @@ -157,7 +163,12 @@ <sect3 id="disks"> <title>Disks and Storage</title> - <para></para> + <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support + various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member + state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization + status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume + re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status, + and volume transaction queue depth.</para> </sect3> <sect3 id="fs"> @@ -176,6 +187,18 @@ <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports + a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing + potentially sensitive keying material to standard output. + This sensitive information will not be printed by default.</para> + + <para>The &man.libmemstat.3; library has been added. + This is for use by debugging and monitoring applications + in tracking kernel memory statistics. It provides an + abstracted interface to &man.uma.9; and &man.malloc.9; + statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables + for the allocators.</para> + <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> @@ -186,7 +209,11 @@ <sect2 id="contrib"> <title>Contributed Software</title> - <para></para> + <para><application>libpcap</application> has been updated + to v0.9.1 (release).</para> + + <para><application>tcpdump</application> has been updated + to v3.9.1 (release).</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="ports"> 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 a6e787e..44ea71c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> - <para></para> + <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname> + has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc + statistics via a binary structure stream.</para> + + <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname> + has been added. This allows to export &man.uma.9; allocator + statistics via a binary structure stream.</para> <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> @@ -157,7 +163,12 @@ <sect3 id="disks"> <title>Disks and Storage</title> - <para></para> + <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support + various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member + state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization + status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume + re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status, + and volume transaction queue depth.</para> </sect3> <sect3 id="fs"> @@ -176,6 +187,18 @@ <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports + a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing + potentially sensitive keying material to standard output. + This sensitive information will not be printed by default.</para> + + <para>The &man.libmemstat.3; library has been added. + This is for use by debugging and monitoring applications + in tracking kernel memory statistics. It provides an + abstracted interface to &man.uma.9; and &man.malloc.9; + statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables + for the allocators.</para> + <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> @@ -186,7 +209,11 @@ <sect2 id="contrib"> <title>Contributed Software</title> - <para></para> + <para><application>libpcap</application> has been updated + to v0.9.1 (release).</para> + + <para><application>tcpdump</application> has been updated + to v3.9.1 (release).</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="ports"> |