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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-27 16:45:42 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-27 16:45:42 +0000 |
commit | abb7ac93e8a9d79fde61954466cf395342875d55 (patch) | |
tree | 301ae54f359b4f6c0f0f5f39fd728df2863ae9e9 /release | |
parent | 23d33d6992600d5234885b1f9283c13adff4a3f8 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-abb7ac93e8a9d79fde61954466cf395342875d55.zip FreeBSD-src-abb7ac93e8a9d79fde61954466cf395342875d55.tar.gz |
New release notes: RLIMIT_VMEM, zero-copy support, SA-02:28,
OpenSSH 3.3p1, pkg_version(1) rewrite.
MFC noted: sed(1) -i.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 32 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 32 |
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 40a15c4..71a1f39 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ enables interfaces and functionality intended for use during correctness and regression testing.</para> + <para><literal>RLIMIT_VMEM</literal> support has been added. This + feature defines a new resource limit that covers a process's + entire virtual memory space, including &man.mmap.2; space. This + limit can be configured in &man.login.conf.5; via the new + <varname>vmemoryuse</varname> variable.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">Support has been added for SBus-based devices.</para> @@ -847,6 +853,16 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> network drivers (specifically &man.dc.4; and &man.sis.4;) has been enhanced by the elimination of unnecessary buffer copies. &merged;</para> + + <para><quote>Zero copy</quote> support has been added to the + networking stack. This feature can eliminate a copy of + network data between the kernel and userland, which is one of + the more significant bottlenecks in network throughput. + The send-side code should work with almost any network + adapter, while the receive-side code requires a network + adapter with an MTU of at least one memory page size (for + example, jumbo frames on Gigabit Ethernet). For more + information, see &man.zero.copy.9;.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1862,6 +1878,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:27</ulink>). &merged;</para> + <para>A buffer overflow in the resolver, which could be exploited + by a malicious domain name server or an attacker forging DNS + messages, has been fixed. See security advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:28.resolv.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:28</ulink> + for more details.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="userland"> @@ -2856,7 +2877,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> extended regular expression support. &merged;</para> <para>&man.sed.1; now takes a <option>-i</option> option to enable - in-place editing of files.</para> + in-place editing of files. &merged;</para> <para role="historic">&man.send-pr.1; now takes a <option>-a</option> option to include a file into the <literal>Fix:</literal> section of a @@ -3531,6 +3552,12 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> </itemizedlist> </para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated to + 3.3p1. This version adds a <quote>privilege + separation</quote> feature, which uses unprivileged + processes to contain and restrict the effects of future + compromises or programming errors.</para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> can now authenticate using <application>OPIE</application> passwords.</para> @@ -3773,6 +3800,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> to limit its operation to ports/packages matching a given string. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.pkg.version.1;, formerly a Perl script, has been + rewritten in C.</para> + <para role="historic">Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible) syntax, which supports the <varname>PORTREVISION</varname> and 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 40a15c4..71a1f39 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -287,6 +287,12 @@ enables interfaces and functionality intended for use during correctness and regression testing.</para> + <para><literal>RLIMIT_VMEM</literal> support has been added. This + feature defines a new resource limit that covers a process's + entire virtual memory space, including &man.mmap.2; space. This + limit can be configured in &man.login.conf.5; via the new + <varname>vmemoryuse</varname> variable.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">Support has been added for SBus-based devices.</para> @@ -847,6 +853,16 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> network drivers (specifically &man.dc.4; and &man.sis.4;) has been enhanced by the elimination of unnecessary buffer copies. &merged;</para> + + <para><quote>Zero copy</quote> support has been added to the + networking stack. This feature can eliminate a copy of + network data between the kernel and userland, which is one of + the more significant bottlenecks in network throughput. + The send-side code should work with almost any network + adapter, while the receive-side code requires a network + adapter with an MTU of at least one memory page size (for + example, jumbo frames on Gigabit Ethernet). For more + information, see &man.zero.copy.9;.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1862,6 +1878,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:27</ulink>). &merged;</para> + <para>A buffer overflow in the resolver, which could be exploited + by a malicious domain name server or an attacker forging DNS + messages, has been fixed. See security advisory <ulink + url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:28.resolv.asc">FreeBSD-SA-02:28</ulink> + for more details.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="userland"> @@ -2856,7 +2877,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> extended regular expression support. &merged;</para> <para>&man.sed.1; now takes a <option>-i</option> option to enable - in-place editing of files.</para> + in-place editing of files. &merged;</para> <para role="historic">&man.send-pr.1; now takes a <option>-a</option> option to include a file into the <literal>Fix:</literal> section of a @@ -3531,6 +3552,12 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> </itemizedlist> </para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated to + 3.3p1. This version adds a <quote>privilege + separation</quote> feature, which uses unprivileged + processes to contain and restrict the effects of future + compromises or programming errors.</para> + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> can now authenticate using <application>OPIE</application> passwords.</para> @@ -3773,6 +3800,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> to limit its operation to ports/packages matching a given string. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.pkg.version.1;, formerly a Perl script, has been + rewritten in C.</para> + <para role="historic">Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible) syntax, which supports the <varname>PORTREVISION</varname> and |