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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-10 14:49:44 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-10 14:49:44 +0000
commitef6b6a406ef460f456b975203ac5e94782716296 (patch)
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parent120490c1a53b9a5e5df4f242c0ea5afd571503e5 (diff)
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New release notes: i386 boot loader corruption fix, my(4) ALTQ
support, geli(8) data authentication and option flag change, MFCs noted: du(1) -n, getent(1). Updated release notes: OpenBSM 1.0a6, new manpage (device_get_sysctl(9)).
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml24
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml24
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index bc83d37..202fc17 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@
<para arch="pc98">A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented
for the pc98 platform.</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">A bug in the i386 boot loader, which could
+ cause filesystem corruption if
+ a <filename>nextboot.conf</filename> file was used and landed
+ after cylinder 1023, has been fixed.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3 id="proc">
@@ -557,6 +563,8 @@
<para>The &man.my.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.my.4; driver now supports &man.altq.4;</para>
+
<para arch="i386,amd64">The &man.myri10ge.4; driver,
which supports Myricom Myri10GE 10 Gigabit Ethernet
adapters, has been added. For more details, see
@@ -880,6 +888,13 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_load="YES"
geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_type="da1s3a:geli_keyfile0"
geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
+ <para>&man.geli.8; is now able to perform data integrity
+ verification (data authentication) of encrypted data stored on
+ disk. Note that the encryption algorithm is now specified to
+ the &man.geli.8; control program using the <option>-e</option>
+ option; the <option>-a</option> option is now used to specify
+ the authentication algorithm</para>
+
<para>The &man.umass.4; driver now supports
<literal>PLAY_MSF</literal>,
<literal>PLAY_TRACK</literal>,
@@ -915,7 +930,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
been updated to a snapshot from DRI CVS as of 20051202. &merged;</para>
<para>TrustedBSD <application>OpenBSM</application>,
- version 1.0 alpha 5, an implementation of the documented Sun Basic
+ version 1.0 alpha 6, an implementation of the documented Sun Basic
Security Module (BSM) Audit API and file format, as well as local
extensions to support the Mac OS X and FreeBSD operating systems
has been added. This also includes command line tools for audit
@@ -984,7 +999,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>The &man.du.1; program now supports a <option>-n</option>
flag, which causes it to ignore files and directories with
- the <literal>nodump</literal> flag set.</para>
+ the <literal>nodump</literal> flag set. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.find.1; program now supports <option>-Btime</option>
and other related primaries, which can be used to create expressions
@@ -1006,7 +1021,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>The &man.getent.1; utility has been imported from NetBSD.
It retrieves and displays information from an administrative
database (such as <filename>hosts</filename>) using the lookup
- order specified in &man.nsswitch.conf.5;.</para>
+ order specified in &man.nsswitch.conf.5;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.gpt.8; utility now supports setting GPT partition labels.</para>
@@ -1571,7 +1586,8 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages:
- &man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.ext2fs.5;,
+ &man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.device.get.sysctl.9;,
+ &man.ext2fs.5;,
&man.mca.8;,
&man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;,
&man.sysctl.9;.</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 bc83d37..202fc17 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@
<para arch="pc98">A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented
for the pc98 platform.</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">A bug in the i386 boot loader, which could
+ cause filesystem corruption if
+ a <filename>nextboot.conf</filename> file was used and landed
+ after cylinder 1023, has been fixed.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3 id="proc">
@@ -557,6 +563,8 @@
<para>The &man.my.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.my.4; driver now supports &man.altq.4;</para>
+
<para arch="i386,amd64">The &man.myri10ge.4; driver,
which supports Myricom Myri10GE 10 Gigabit Ethernet
adapters, has been added. For more details, see
@@ -880,6 +888,13 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_load="YES"
geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_type="da1s3a:geli_keyfile0"
geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
+ <para>&man.geli.8; is now able to perform data integrity
+ verification (data authentication) of encrypted data stored on
+ disk. Note that the encryption algorithm is now specified to
+ the &man.geli.8; control program using the <option>-e</option>
+ option; the <option>-a</option> option is now used to specify
+ the authentication algorithm</para>
+
<para>The &man.umass.4; driver now supports
<literal>PLAY_MSF</literal>,
<literal>PLAY_TRACK</literal>,
@@ -915,7 +930,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
been updated to a snapshot from DRI CVS as of 20051202. &merged;</para>
<para>TrustedBSD <application>OpenBSM</application>,
- version 1.0 alpha 5, an implementation of the documented Sun Basic
+ version 1.0 alpha 6, an implementation of the documented Sun Basic
Security Module (BSM) Audit API and file format, as well as local
extensions to support the Mac OS X and FreeBSD operating systems
has been added. This also includes command line tools for audit
@@ -984,7 +999,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>The &man.du.1; program now supports a <option>-n</option>
flag, which causes it to ignore files and directories with
- the <literal>nodump</literal> flag set.</para>
+ the <literal>nodump</literal> flag set. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.find.1; program now supports <option>-Btime</option>
and other related primaries, which can be used to create expressions
@@ -1006,7 +1021,7 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>The &man.getent.1; utility has been imported from NetBSD.
It retrieves and displays information from an administrative
database (such as <filename>hosts</filename>) using the lookup
- order specified in &man.nsswitch.conf.5;.</para>
+ order specified in &man.nsswitch.conf.5;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.gpt.8; utility now supports setting GPT partition labels.</para>
@@ -1571,7 +1586,8 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages:
- &man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.ext2fs.5;,
+ &man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.device.get.sysctl.9;,
+ &man.ext2fs.5;,
&man.mca.8;,
&man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;,
&man.sysctl.9;.</para>
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