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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-04 17:20:33 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-12-04 17:20:33 +0000 |
commit | 4ad5ac9832d4055bfe7d6f43810d22db1486a6a5 (patch) | |
tree | 3a9f24fd894f2740f98d3dd6985161c18cb991e0 /release | |
parent | e16d92f4dfef299b10a8f2cb74aacacac2c630a3 (diff) | |
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Back out the part of the previous commit that dealt with network device
polling (it isn't in CURRENT yet, as pointed out by rwatson).
New release note: TCP stalls fixed.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 17 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 163b3f4..6aeb2d5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -592,18 +592,6 @@ protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The <varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para> - - <para arch="i386">Selected network drivers now implement a - semi-polling mode, which makes systems much more resilient to - attacks and overloads. To enable polling, the following options - are required in a kernel configuration file: - - <programlisting>options DEVICE_POLLING -options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> - - The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable will - then activate polling mode. The devices initially supporting - polling are &man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, and &man.sis.4;. &merged;</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -940,6 +928,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The virtual memory subsystem now backs UFS directory memory requirements by default (this behavior is controlled via the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable. &merged;</para> + + <para>A bug in the TCP implementation, which could cause + connections to stall if a sender saw a zero-sized window, has + been corrected. &merged;</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1346,7 +1338,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> involving the <literal>UseLogin yes</literal> setting, has been closed (note that the default for this setting is <literal>UseLogin no</literal>). &merged;</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> 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 163b3f4..6aeb2d5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -592,18 +592,6 @@ protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The <varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para> - - <para arch="i386">Selected network drivers now implement a - semi-polling mode, which makes systems much more resilient to - attacks and overloads. To enable polling, the following options - are required in a kernel configuration file: - - <programlisting>options DEVICE_POLLING -options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> - - The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable will - then activate polling mode. The devices initially supporting - polling are &man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, and &man.sis.4;. &merged;</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -940,6 +928,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The virtual memory subsystem now backs UFS directory memory requirements by default (this behavior is controlled via the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable. &merged;</para> + + <para>A bug in the TCP implementation, which could cause + connections to stall if a sender saw a zero-sized window, has + been corrected. &merged;</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1346,7 +1338,6 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> involving the <literal>UseLogin yes</literal> setting, has been closed (note that the default for this setting is <literal>UseLogin no</literal>). &merged;</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> |