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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-09-14 18:20:24 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-09-14 18:20:24 +0000 |
commit | 4b89f38d2e819883e012f22dbe91bb83bdc2081b (patch) | |
tree | 788a5ba06650f69ae8a63983061ca7d8c4bd812a /release | |
parent | 1e67669fc678cb5c933c19561297b335dc433150 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-4b89f38d2e819883e012f22dbe91bb83bdc2081b.zip FreeBSD-src-4b89f38d2e819883e012f22dbe91bb83bdc2081b.tar.gz |
New release notes: DRM update for 20030909, uart(4), ata(4) update
(ATAng), rtld(1) does libmap by default, symorder gone, sysinstall(8)
alternate MTA selection, GCC -pthread gone.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 43 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 43 |
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 72cbe91..6311a4c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The DRM kernel modules have been updated from + DRI CVS as of 9 September 2003. Among other changes, this + import includes a newly-ported SiS 300/305/540/630/730 + driver.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses. @@ -240,6 +245,13 @@ for the RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S and RTL8110S PCI Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet controllers.</para> + <para>The &man.uart.4; driver has been added to support various + classes of UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) + devices. It is an analog of the &man.sio.4; driver but + supports a wider range of devices. This driver is necessary + to support serial ports on certain architectures, such as + ia64 and sparc64.</para> + <para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver now works correctly when the device is configured down. &merged;</para> @@ -290,6 +302,14 @@ <sect3 id="disks"> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been + committed. One of the more notable changes is that the + &man.ata.4; driver has now out from under the Giant kernel + lock. Note that ATA software RAID systems must now include + <literal>device ataraid</literal> in their kernel + configuration files, as it is no longer automatically implied + by <literal>device atadisk</literal>.</para> + <para>&man.ccd.4; can now operate on raw disks and other &man.geom.4; providers.</para> @@ -418,6 +438,20 @@ <para>A bug that &man.rarpd.8; does not recognize removable Ethernet NICs has been fixed.</para> + <para>&man.rtld.1; now includes <quote>libmap</quote> + functionality by default; the <varname>WITH_LIBMAP</varname> + compile knob is unnecessary and has been retired. More + information can be found in &man.libmap.conf.5;.</para> + + <para>The symorder utility has been removed. It is unnecessary + now that all kernels use ELF format and there is no a.out format + toolchain.</para> + + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now gives the ability to select an + alternate MTA during installation. Currently, + <application>exim</application> and + <application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para> + <para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6 traffic. &merged;</para> @@ -472,6 +506,15 @@ </note> </para> + <para>The <application>GCC</application> <option>-pthread</option> + option, which formerly controlled linking of the threading + library, has been removed. This flag is confusing in the + presence of multiple threading libraries (specifically + <filename>libc_r</filename>, <filename>libkse</filename>, and + <filename>libthr</filename>. Ports should use the + <varname>PTHREAD_LIBS</varname> variable to select the correct + threading library.</para> + <para><application>GNU Readline</application> has been updated from 4.2 to 4.3.</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 72cbe91..6311a4c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The DRM kernel modules have been updated from + DRI CVS as of 9 September 2003. Among other changes, this + import includes a newly-ported SiS 300/305/540/630/730 + driver.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses. @@ -240,6 +245,13 @@ for the RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S and RTL8110S PCI Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet controllers.</para> + <para>The &man.uart.4; driver has been added to support various + classes of UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) + devices. It is an analog of the &man.sio.4; driver but + supports a wider range of devices. This driver is necessary + to support serial ports on certain architectures, such as + ia64 and sparc64.</para> + <para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver now works correctly when the device is configured down. &merged;</para> @@ -290,6 +302,14 @@ <sect3 id="disks"> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been + committed. One of the more notable changes is that the + &man.ata.4; driver has now out from under the Giant kernel + lock. Note that ATA software RAID systems must now include + <literal>device ataraid</literal> in their kernel + configuration files, as it is no longer automatically implied + by <literal>device atadisk</literal>.</para> + <para>&man.ccd.4; can now operate on raw disks and other &man.geom.4; providers.</para> @@ -418,6 +438,20 @@ <para>A bug that &man.rarpd.8; does not recognize removable Ethernet NICs has been fixed.</para> + <para>&man.rtld.1; now includes <quote>libmap</quote> + functionality by default; the <varname>WITH_LIBMAP</varname> + compile knob is unnecessary and has been retired. More + information can be found in &man.libmap.conf.5;.</para> + + <para>The symorder utility has been removed. It is unnecessary + now that all kernels use ELF format and there is no a.out format + toolchain.</para> + + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now gives the ability to select an + alternate MTA during installation. Currently, + <application>exim</application> and + <application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para> + <para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6 traffic. &merged;</para> @@ -472,6 +506,15 @@ </note> </para> + <para>The <application>GCC</application> <option>-pthread</option> + option, which formerly controlled linking of the threading + library, has been removed. This flag is confusing in the + presence of multiple threading libraries (specifically + <filename>libc_r</filename>, <filename>libkse</filename>, and + <filename>libthr</filename>. Ports should use the + <varname>PTHREAD_LIBS</varname> variable to select the correct + threading library.</para> + <para><application>GNU Readline</application> has been updated from 4.2 to 4.3.</para> |