diff options
author | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-06 18:01:05 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-06 18:01:05 +0000 |
commit | 918fbceba9fce73315cf2bdbe1f4b330464a992b (patch) | |
tree | 96355e7b23447bcdc8f9f40f4678760e8615e4f2 /release | |
parent | 43ce98d3ad73a07219f69a41c4d7cd265ef7ca92 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-918fbceba9fce73315cf2bdbe1f4b330464a992b.zip FreeBSD-src-918fbceba9fce73315cf2bdbe1f4b330464a992b.tar.gz |
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.sgml | 56 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 56 |
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> |