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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2004-03-20 06:14:55 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2004-03-20 06:14:55 +0000
commitfa02a4906b6cf6a9c17392caf09be55909c86313 (patch)
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parent71c20a9d3f5a265e2e22741fab0179e238f99cc1 (diff)
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New release note:
xl(4) hardware TX checksum disabled, uart(4) hw.uart.{console,dbgport} environment variable support.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml9
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml9
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 5a8cf8a..6a5ffbd 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@
This is currently non-functional, and would require some amount of work
to make it work under the &man.geom.4; API in 5-CURRENT.</para>
+ <para arch="alpha,amd64,i386">For the &man.uart.4; device
+ <varname>hw.uart.console</varname> and
+ <varname>hw.uart.dbgport</varname> environment variables
+ have been added. They can be used to select a serial console and
+ debug port respectively, as well as the attributes.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ubser.4; device driver has been added to support
BWCT console management serial adapters.</para>
@@ -321,6 +327,9 @@
support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
+ <para>The hardware TX checksum support of the &man.xl.4; driver
+ has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
+ the transmission rate.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
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 5a8cf8a..6a5ffbd 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@
This is currently non-functional, and would require some amount of work
to make it work under the &man.geom.4; API in 5-CURRENT.</para>
+ <para arch="alpha,amd64,i386">For the &man.uart.4; device
+ <varname>hw.uart.console</varname> and
+ <varname>hw.uart.dbgport</varname> environment variables
+ have been added. They can be used to select a serial console and
+ debug port respectively, as well as the attributes.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ubser.4; device driver has been added to support
BWCT console management serial adapters.</para>
@@ -321,6 +327,9 @@
support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Davicom DM9601
chipset.</para>
+ <para>The hardware TX checksum support of the &man.xl.4; driver
+ has been disabled as it does not work correctly and slows down
+ the transmission rate.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto">
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