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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-08 00:14:52 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-08 00:14:52 +0000 |
commit | fce59a0982c18f8a6c8226fc77024a70b185cd46 (patch) | |
tree | 827ad0d219d3e50147198c94df9c11db340e625f /release | |
parent | 9c654a63e65d1236e9e812cd0d11b05e98385da6 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-fce59a0982c18f8a6c8226fc77024a70b185cd46.zip FreeBSD-src-fce59a0982c18f8a6c8226fc77024a70b185cd46.tar.gz |
New release notes: aac(4) is Giant-free, mac_portacl, mksnap_ffs(8),
de-pkg-comment.
Modified release notes: HTT (needs HTT kernel option), ping -M
(supports timestamp requests).
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 29 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 29 |
2 files changed, 50 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 7a02d2d..4f805ca 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> <para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for - HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up + HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels with the + <literal>HTT</literal> kernel option will detect and start up the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical processors will be treated like additional physical processors for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para> @@ -255,6 +256,10 @@ <sect3> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now runs free of the Giant kernel + lock. This change has given a nearly 20% performance speedup + on an SMP system running multiple I/O intensive loads.</para> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware Notes.)</para> @@ -414,6 +419,17 @@ <para>The &man.libgeom.3; library has been added to allow some userland access to the &man.geom.4; subsystem.</para> + <para>The mac_portacl MAC policy module has been added. It + provides a simple ACL mechanism to permit users and groups to + bind ports for TCP or UDP, and is intended to be used in + conjunction with the recently-added + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl. + + <para>The &man.mksnap.ffs.8; program has been added to allow + easier creation of FFS snapshots. It is a + SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by + members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para> + <para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the @@ -439,8 +455,8 @@ <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-D</option> flag to set the <quote>Don't Fragment</quote> bit on outgoing packets.</para> - <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> flag to use - ICMP mask request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para> + <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> option to use + ICMP mask request or timestamp request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para> <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-z</option> flag to set the Type of Service bits in outgoing packets.</para> @@ -539,7 +555,12 @@ <sect3> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> - <para></para> + <para>The one-line <filename>pkg-comment</filename> files have + been eliminated from each port skeleton; their contents have + been moved into each port's <filename>Makefile</filename>. + This change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the + ports tree. &merged;</para> + </sect3> </sect2> 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 7a02d2d..4f805ca 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title> <para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for - HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up + HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels with the + <literal>HTT</literal> kernel option will detect and start up the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical processors will be treated like additional physical processors for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para> @@ -255,6 +256,10 @@ <sect3> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now runs free of the Giant kernel + lock. This change has given a nearly 20% performance speedup + on an SMP system running multiple I/O intensive loads.</para> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware Notes.)</para> @@ -414,6 +419,17 @@ <para>The &man.libgeom.3; library has been added to allow some userland access to the &man.geom.4; subsystem.</para> + <para>The mac_portacl MAC policy module has been added. It + provides a simple ACL mechanism to permit users and groups to + bind ports for TCP or UDP, and is intended to be used in + conjunction with the recently-added + <varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl. + + <para>The &man.mksnap.ffs.8; program has been added to allow + easier creation of FFS snapshots. It is a + SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by + members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para> + <para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the @@ -439,8 +455,8 @@ <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-D</option> flag to set the <quote>Don't Fragment</quote> bit on outgoing packets.</para> - <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> flag to use - ICMP mask request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para> + <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> option to use + ICMP mask request or timestamp request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para> <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-z</option> flag to set the Type of Service bits in outgoing packets.</para> @@ -539,7 +555,12 @@ <sect3> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> - <para></para> + <para>The one-line <filename>pkg-comment</filename> files have + been eliminated from each port skeleton; their contents have + been moved into each port's <filename>Makefile</filename>. + This change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the + ports tree. &merged;</para> + </sect3> </sect2> |