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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-01 19:09:54 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-01 19:09:54 +0000 |
commit | a990f2014d8c702f0e0eb2129a185d138ae620bb (patch) | |
tree | f068614c4f415f272905baf359c8f0868a7d6815 /release | |
parent | 66868073ad1cb9b5e5dd5f7c7b8a14627aa0a8c6 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a990f2014d8c702f0e0eb2129a185d138ae620bb.zip FreeBSD-src-a990f2014d8c702f0e0eb2129a185d138ae620bb.tar.gz |
New release notes: ata(4) support for Promise SATA devices, CAM
supports huge devices, iir(4) update.
Other changes: Add some <replaceable></replaceable> tags where
appropriate.
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, 52 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index f13f251..b95d5ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para> <para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the - default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a + default location for modules on &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>) is no longer a part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>. Third-party modules should be placed in <filename>/boot/modules</filename>. <note> - <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to + <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> are likely to panic and should be used with extreme caution.</para> </note> </para> @@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware Notes.)</para> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports the Promise SATA150 + TX2 and TX4 Serial ATA/150 controllers.</para> + + <para>The CAM layer now has support for devices with more than + 2<superscript>32</superscript> blocks. (Assuming 512-byte + blocks, this means support for devices larger than 2TB.) + + <note> + <para>For users upgrading across this change, note that all + userland applications that talk to &man.pass.4; or + &man.xpt.4; devices must be recompiled. Examples of such + programs are &man.camcontrol.8; in the base system, + the <filename role="port">sysutils/cdrtools</filename> + port, and the + <filename role="port">multimedia/xmms</filename>port.</para> + </note> + + </para> + <para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4; driver. The primary user-visible change is improved compatibility with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para> @@ -393,6 +412,10 @@ <literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of kernel configuration options.</para> + <para>The &man.iir.4; driver has been updated; this update is + believed to fix problems detecting attached disks during + installation.</para> + <para>A bug in the &man.mly.4; driver that caused hangs has been corrected.</para> @@ -865,7 +888,7 @@ has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para> <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version - upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been + upgrades from &os; 2.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and from &os; 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> have been removed.</para> </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 f13f251..b95d5ea 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para> <para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the - default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a + default location for modules on &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>) is no longer a part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>. Third-party modules should be placed in <filename>/boot/modules</filename>. <note> - <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to + <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> are likely to panic and should be used with extreme caution.</para> </note> </para> @@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware Notes.)</para> + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports the Promise SATA150 + TX2 and TX4 Serial ATA/150 controllers.</para> + + <para>The CAM layer now has support for devices with more than + 2<superscript>32</superscript> blocks. (Assuming 512-byte + blocks, this means support for devices larger than 2TB.) + + <note> + <para>For users upgrading across this change, note that all + userland applications that talk to &man.pass.4; or + &man.xpt.4; devices must be recompiled. Examples of such + programs are &man.camcontrol.8; in the base system, + the <filename role="port">sysutils/cdrtools</filename> + port, and the + <filename role="port">multimedia/xmms</filename>port.</para> + </note> + + </para> + <para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4; driver. The primary user-visible change is improved compatibility with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para> @@ -393,6 +412,10 @@ <literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of kernel configuration options.</para> + <para>The &man.iir.4; driver has been updated; this update is + believed to fix problems detecting attached disks during + installation.</para> + <para>A bug in the &man.mly.4; driver that caused hangs has been corrected.</para> @@ -865,7 +888,7 @@ has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para> <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version - upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been + upgrades from &os; 2.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and from &os; 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> have been removed.</para> </sect2> |