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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-03-06 18:01:05 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-03-06 18:01:05 +0000
commit918fbceba9fce73315cf2bdbe1f4b330464a992b (patch)
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New release notes:
Beastie boot menu disabled, acpi(4) turns ACPI and PCI devices off or to a lower power state in suspend, acpi_ibm driver added, ed(4) ALTQ support, ipfw(4) ucred-based rules can be used with debug.mpsafenet=1, TCP-MD5 implementation in KAME IPv4 IPsec, ftpd(8) 212 and 213 status code support, gvinum checkparity/rebuildparity/setstate subcommand support, periodic(8) security report now includes blocked packet counts by pf(4), ppp(8) NAS-IP-Address/NAS-Identifier options, pppd(8) incorrect CBCP response fix, and rescue(8) now includes BSD tar. Update release notes: rc.conf(5) network interface renaming support (MFC), and markup fix in the entry of systat(1) IPv6 support.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml56
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml56
2 files changed, 108 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index b9b903f..2ed4120 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@
has been added. This setting allows USB keyboards to work
if no PS/2 keyboard is attached.</para>
+ <para>The beastie boot menu has been disabled by default.</para>
+
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
</sect3>
@@ -236,6 +238,16 @@
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Hardware Support</title>
+ <para arch="i386,amd64">The &man.acpi.4; driver now turns
+ the ACPI and PCI devices off or to a lower power state
+ in suspend, and back on again in resume.
+ This behavior can be disabled by
+ setting <varname>debug.acpi.do_powerstate</varname> and
+ <varname>hw.pci.do_powerstate</varname> sysctls.</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_ibm driver for IBM laptops
+ has been added.</para>
+
<para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver,
which supports the Sony Notebook Controller on various
Sony laptops has been added.</para>
@@ -321,6 +333,9 @@
<para>The &man.dc.4; driver now supports the &man.altq.4; framework.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ed.4; driver now supports the &man.altq.4;
+ framework. &merged;</para>
+
<para>In the &man.em.4; driver, hardware support for VLAN
tagging is now disabled by default due to some interactions
between this feature and promiscuous mode. &merged;</para>
@@ -387,6 +402,12 @@
install <literal>divert</literal> rules and &man.natd.8;
will return the error message <quote>protocol not supported</quote>.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ipfw.4; can work with
+ <varname>debug.mpsafenet</varname>=<literal>1</literal>
+ (this tunable is <literal>1</literal> by default)
+ when the <literal>gid</literal>, <literal>jail</literal>,
+ and/or <literal>uid</literal> rule options are used.</para>
+
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now supports classification and tagging
of &man.altq.4; packets via a divert socket,
as well as the TCP data length.</para>
@@ -424,6 +445,9 @@
extension has been considered a defective one in
a recent Internet Draft.</para>
+ <para>The KAME IPv4 IPsec implementation integrated
+ in &os; now supports TCP-MD5. &merged;</para>
+
<para>Random ephemeral port number allocation has led to some
problems with port reuse at high connection rates. This
feature is now disabled during periods of high connection
@@ -519,11 +543,23 @@
<command>eject</command>) to take place after fixating a
disk.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses <literal>212</literal>
+ and <literal>213</literal> status code for directory
+ and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> is used in
+ the previous versions). This behavior is described in RFC 959.
+ &merged;</para>
+
<para>The <literal>create</literal> command of the &man.gpt.8;
utility now supports a <option>-f</option> command-line flag to
force creation of a GPT even when there is an MBR record on a
disk. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The gvinum(8) utility now supports
+ <command>checkparity</command>,
+ <command>rebuildparity</command>, and
+ <command>setstate</command>
+ subcommands. &merged;</para>
+
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility has been restructured. It is
now more modular and flexible with respect to supporting
interface-specific functionality. The 802.11 support has been
@@ -632,6 +668,9 @@
complete list of these variables; it also implements some
temporary backward compatibility for the old names.</para>
+ <para>The &man.periodic.8; security output now supports to display
+ information about blocked packet counts by &man.pf.4;. &merged;</para>
+
<para>The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an
<option>echo</option> parameter, which allows LCP ECHOs to be
enabled independently of LQR reports. Older versions of
@@ -639,6 +678,19 @@
failure. It is now necessary to specify <command>enable
echo</command> to get this behavior. &merged;</para>
+ <para><option>disable NAS-IP-Address</option> and
+ <option>disable NAS-Identifier</option> options
+ which support pre-RFC 2865 RADIUS servers
+ have been added to the &man.ppp.8; program.</para>
+
+ <para>Two bugs in the &man.pppd.8; program has been fixed.
+ They may result in an incorrect CBCP response
+ which violates the Microsoft PPP Callback Control Protocol
+ section 3.2.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.rescue.8; utilities in the <filename>/rescue</filename>
+ directory now includes &man.bsdtar.1; instead of GNU tar.</para>
+
<para>The &man.rm.1; utility now supports an <option>-I</option>
option that asks for confirmation (once) if recursively
removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the
@@ -678,7 +730,7 @@
local denial-of-service attack. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.systat.1; <option>-netstat</option> display is now
- IPv6-aware. &merged;<para>
+ IPv6-aware. &merged;</para>
<para>The <option>-f</option> option of &man.tail.1; utility
now supports more than one file at a time. &merged;</para>
@@ -713,7 +765,7 @@
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names
- at boot time. For example:</para>
+ at boot time. &merged; For example:</para>
<programlisting>ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0"
ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting>
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 b9b903f..2ed4120 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@
has been added. This setting allows USB keyboards to work
if no PS/2 keyboard is attached.</para>
+ <para>The beastie boot menu has been disabled by default.</para>
+
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
</sect3>
@@ -236,6 +238,16 @@
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Hardware Support</title>
+ <para arch="i386,amd64">The &man.acpi.4; driver now turns
+ the ACPI and PCI devices off or to a lower power state
+ in suspend, and back on again in resume.
+ This behavior can be disabled by
+ setting <varname>debug.acpi.do_powerstate</varname> and
+ <varname>hw.pci.do_powerstate</varname> sysctls.</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_ibm driver for IBM laptops
+ has been added.</para>
+
<para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver,
which supports the Sony Notebook Controller on various
Sony laptops has been added.</para>
@@ -321,6 +333,9 @@
<para>The &man.dc.4; driver now supports the &man.altq.4; framework.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ed.4; driver now supports the &man.altq.4;
+ framework. &merged;</para>
+
<para>In the &man.em.4; driver, hardware support for VLAN
tagging is now disabled by default due to some interactions
between this feature and promiscuous mode. &merged;</para>
@@ -387,6 +402,12 @@
install <literal>divert</literal> rules and &man.natd.8;
will return the error message <quote>protocol not supported</quote>.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ipfw.4; can work with
+ <varname>debug.mpsafenet</varname>=<literal>1</literal>
+ (this tunable is <literal>1</literal> by default)
+ when the <literal>gid</literal>, <literal>jail</literal>,
+ and/or <literal>uid</literal> rule options are used.</para>
+
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now supports classification and tagging
of &man.altq.4; packets via a divert socket,
as well as the TCP data length.</para>
@@ -424,6 +445,9 @@
extension has been considered a defective one in
a recent Internet Draft.</para>
+ <para>The KAME IPv4 IPsec implementation integrated
+ in &os; now supports TCP-MD5. &merged;</para>
+
<para>Random ephemeral port number allocation has led to some
problems with port reuse at high connection rates. This
feature is now disabled during periods of high connection
@@ -519,11 +543,23 @@
<command>eject</command>) to take place after fixating a
disk.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses <literal>212</literal>
+ and <literal>213</literal> status code for directory
+ and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> is used in
+ the previous versions). This behavior is described in RFC 959.
+ &merged;</para>
+
<para>The <literal>create</literal> command of the &man.gpt.8;
utility now supports a <option>-f</option> command-line flag to
force creation of a GPT even when there is an MBR record on a
disk. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The gvinum(8) utility now supports
+ <command>checkparity</command>,
+ <command>rebuildparity</command>, and
+ <command>setstate</command>
+ subcommands. &merged;</para>
+
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility has been restructured. It is
now more modular and flexible with respect to supporting
interface-specific functionality. The 802.11 support has been
@@ -632,6 +668,9 @@
complete list of these variables; it also implements some
temporary backward compatibility for the old names.</para>
+ <para>The &man.periodic.8; security output now supports to display
+ information about blocked packet counts by &man.pf.4;. &merged;</para>
+
<para>The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an
<option>echo</option> parameter, which allows LCP ECHOs to be
enabled independently of LQR reports. Older versions of
@@ -639,6 +678,19 @@
failure. It is now necessary to specify <command>enable
echo</command> to get this behavior. &merged;</para>
+ <para><option>disable NAS-IP-Address</option> and
+ <option>disable NAS-Identifier</option> options
+ which support pre-RFC 2865 RADIUS servers
+ have been added to the &man.ppp.8; program.</para>
+
+ <para>Two bugs in the &man.pppd.8; program has been fixed.
+ They may result in an incorrect CBCP response
+ which violates the Microsoft PPP Callback Control Protocol
+ section 3.2.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.rescue.8; utilities in the <filename>/rescue</filename>
+ directory now includes &man.bsdtar.1; instead of GNU tar.</para>
+
<para>The &man.rm.1; utility now supports an <option>-I</option>
option that asks for confirmation (once) if recursively
removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the
@@ -678,7 +730,7 @@
local denial-of-service attack. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.systat.1; <option>-netstat</option> display is now
- IPv6-aware. &merged;<para>
+ IPv6-aware. &merged;</para>
<para>The <option>-f</option> option of &man.tail.1; utility
now supports more than one file at a time. &merged;</para>
@@ -713,7 +765,7 @@
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names
- at boot time. For example:</para>
+ at boot time. &merged; For example:</para>
<programlisting>ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0"
ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting>
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