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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-03 22:18:30 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-03 22:18:30 +0000 |
commit | 6f82abb03965cd18e244d00e71d698ab588bb4f2 (patch) | |
tree | 24334e61bd234c9968194f8191873578adc4cdc0 /release | |
parent | b187b4614074a352788adbb99557c8ca688051ca (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-6f82abb03965cd18e244d00e71d698ab588bb4f2.zip FreeBSD-src-6f82abb03965cd18e244d00e71d698ab588bb4f2.tar.gz |
New release notes: PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES (+MFC), drm drivers,
csplit(1), mk_cmds(1) removal (+MFC), sysinstall(8) multi-volume
support (+MFC).
Modified release notes: m4 20020426, OpenPAM Cinnamon.
Other MFCs noted: CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK.
Un-MFC-ed: Emphemeral port range change.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 33 |
2 files changed, 58 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 8a41177..067b31c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ <para arch="i386">The <literal>CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK</literal> kernel option has been added, which attempts to enable the SSE feature bit on newer Athlon CPUs if the BIOS has forgotten to - enable it.</para> + enable it. &merged;</para> <para arch="sparc64">The UltraSPARC platform is now supported by &os;. The following machines are supported to at least some @@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ Ultra 2, Ultra 60, Enterprise 220R, and Enterprise 420R.</para> + <para arch="i386">On some systems, the BIOS does not activate + the I/O ports and memory of PC devices, thus making them + unusable. The <literal>PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES</literal> kernel + option forces &os; to enable these devices so that they can be + used. &merged;</para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -984,7 +990,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent - outgoing connections/streams. &merged;</para> + outgoing connections/streams.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1350,6 +1356,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para arch="i386">The ich sound driver now support the SiS 7012 chipset. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">Drivers have been added to support the Direct + Rendering Infrastructure, which can used to provide 3D + acceleration within <application>XFree86</application>. Video + cards supported include the 3Dlabs Oxygen GMX 2000 (gammadrm), + AGP Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 (mgadrm), 3dfx Voodoo + 3/4/5/Banshee (tdfxdrm), AGI ATI Rage 128 (r128drm), and AGP + ATI Radeon (radeondrm).</para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1870,6 +1884,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>A number of buffer overflows in &man.config.8; have been fixed. &merged;</para> + <para>A new &man.csplit.1; utility, which splits files based on + context, has been added.</para> + <para>&man.ctags.1; no longer creates a corrupt tags file if the source file used <literal>//</literal> (C++-style) comments. &merged;</para> @@ -2375,6 +2392,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> to the default options in <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename>. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.mk.cmds.1; and the associated + <filename>libss</filename> have been removed; they have been + unused for quite some time. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.moused.8; now takes a <option>-a</option> option to control mouse acceleration. &merged;</para> @@ -2776,6 +2797,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>&man.sysinstall.8; no longer mounts the &man.procfs.5; filesystem by default on new installs.</para> + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now has rudimentary support for + retrieving packages from the correct volume of a multiple-volume + installation (such as a multi-CD distribution). &merged;</para> + <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para> @@ -3059,7 +3084,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>lukemftpd</application>, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;.</para> - <para>&man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + <para>&man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 26 April 2002.</para> <para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated to @@ -3069,7 +3094,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> been updated to 4.1.0. &merged;</para> <para><application>OpenPAM</application> - (<quote>Cineraria</quote> release) has been imported, + (<quote>Cinnamon</quote> release) has been imported, replacing <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</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 8a41177..067b31c 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ <para arch="i386">The <literal>CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK</literal> kernel option has been added, which attempts to enable the SSE feature bit on newer Athlon CPUs if the BIOS has forgotten to - enable it.</para> + enable it. &merged;</para> <para arch="sparc64">The UltraSPARC platform is now supported by &os;. The following machines are supported to at least some @@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ Ultra 2, Ultra 60, Enterprise 220R, and Enterprise 420R.</para> + <para arch="i386">On some systems, the BIOS does not activate + the I/O ports and memory of PC devices, thus making them + unusable. The <literal>PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES</literal> kernel + option forces &os; to enable these devices so that they can be + used. &merged;</para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -984,7 +990,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent - outgoing connections/streams. &merged;</para> + outgoing connections/streams.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1350,6 +1356,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para arch="i386">The ich sound driver now support the SiS 7012 chipset. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">Drivers have been added to support the Direct + Rendering Infrastructure, which can used to provide 3D + acceleration within <application>XFree86</application>. Video + cards supported include the 3Dlabs Oxygen GMX 2000 (gammadrm), + AGP Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 (mgadrm), 3dfx Voodoo + 3/4/5/Banshee (tdfxdrm), AGI ATI Rage 128 (r128drm), and AGP + ATI Radeon (radeondrm).</para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1870,6 +1884,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>A number of buffer overflows in &man.config.8; have been fixed. &merged;</para> + <para>A new &man.csplit.1; utility, which splits files based on + context, has been added.</para> + <para>&man.ctags.1; no longer creates a corrupt tags file if the source file used <literal>//</literal> (C++-style) comments. &merged;</para> @@ -2375,6 +2392,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> to the default options in <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename>. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.mk.cmds.1; and the associated + <filename>libss</filename> have been removed; they have been + unused for quite some time. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.moused.8; now takes a <option>-a</option> option to control mouse acceleration. &merged;</para> @@ -2776,6 +2797,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>&man.sysinstall.8; no longer mounts the &man.procfs.5; filesystem by default on new installs.</para> + <para>&man.sysinstall.8; now has rudimentary support for + retrieving packages from the correct volume of a multiple-volume + installation (such as a multi-CD distribution). &merged;</para> + <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para> @@ -3059,7 +3084,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <application>lukemftpd</application>, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;.</para> - <para>&man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + <para>&man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 26 April 2002.</para> <para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated to @@ -3069,7 +3094,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> been updated to 4.1.0. &merged;</para> <para><application>OpenPAM</application> - (<quote>Cineraria</quote> release) has been imported, + (<quote>Cinnamon</quote> release) has been imported, replacing <application>Linux-PAM</application>.</para> |