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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-26 21:24:00 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-26 21:24:00 +0000
commit20f763cd5b45645e6f562a97813ef6077d7e7755 (patch)
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Documentation update.
Remove a duplicate entry for ahc0 in hardware.hlp (closes PR # docs/2282), a few additions all over the place while i was at it. Tried to add as much of the important highlights for the new features in 2.2 into the release notes. I still think that many things are missing here, so folks, if you imported something great that's in 2.2 but not in 2.1.X, please review this section and send us your additions! Submitted by: seki@sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp (for the ahc0 dup)
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp10
-rw-r--r--release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp69
2 files changed, 70 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
index c936215..d2e63f4 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.13 1996/12/14 18:08:46 joerg Exp $
+ardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.14 1996/12/17 00:53:33 nate Exp $
Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller
wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller
ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller
-ahc0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Adaptec 294x PCI SCSI controller
bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller
uha0 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f
aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x SCSI controller
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ ed1 300 5 dyn d8000 Same as ed0
eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505
ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509
fe0 300 dyn n/a n/a Allied-Telesis AT1700, RE2000 and
- Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards.
+ Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards.
fxp0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B
ie0 360 7 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100;
3Com 3C507; NI5210
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks
2 and EtherWorks 3
lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards
(Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)
-vx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c590 / 3c595
+vx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c59x / 3c9xx
ze0 300 5 dyn d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor
PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
zp0 300 10 dyn d8000 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III
@@ -230,6 +229,9 @@ when the field is active.
To finish configuring a driver, press 'Q'.
+Note that PCI and EISA devices can be probed reliably, therefore are
+not shown in the table above, nor can be changed using UserConfig.
+
3. LINT - other possible configurations
-- ------------------------------------
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
index aa0b099..d5add39 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Updated support for ethernet adaptors which use the DEC DC21X4X chipset.
Support for HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A)
-The 3COM 3c590 / 3c595 drivers have improved considerably.
+The 3COM 3c590 / 3c595 drivers have improved considerably, and also
+includes support for EISA and 3c90x devices now.
You need only change your kernel settings *once* now, on initial startup
from the floppy. They will be preserved on the subsequently installed
@@ -49,6 +50,53 @@ Support for SNMP-style interface MIBs, including full RFC
1650-compliant MIBs for the `de' (DEC 21x4x) and `ed' (SMC/WD/Novell)
drivers.
+/stand/sysinstall moved even more towards a system management tool.
+
+The syscons and psm drivers now have a new underlying shared keyboard
+driver, eliminating many of the previously existing problems with
+their mutual interaction.
+
+2.2 is the first release that includes full CD-R support for the
+Plasmon RF41xx, HP4020i, and Philips CDD2000 drives. The driver is
+still under development (in particular to extend its usability for
+other devices), but it has been proved to be stable by now.
+
+Support for NFSv3 clients and servers went into the 2.2 sources
+shortly after branching off the 2.0.5/2.1.X tree. There are also
+other options available with NFS, like the ability to turn an NFSv2
+server into asychronous write mode (which is in violation of the
+specs, but has precedents e.g. in SGI Irix).
+
+The mount option `async' allows asynchronous metadata updates on UFS
+file systems, something that is the default e.g. on Linux' ext2fs.
+This speeds up many i-node intensive filesystem operations (like
+rm -r) at the cost of an increased risk in case of a system crash.
+The installation itself makes use of this feature, and could be
+drastically accelerated by this. (A bindist-only installation from a
+SCSI CD-ROM can now complete in less than 5 minutes on a fast
+machine!)
+
+The ATAPI CD-ROM support is now reported to work for quite an
+impressive number of drives. In other words, all the drives that
+basically adhere to the ATAPI standard are likely to work.
+
+There are many new drivers available in the kernel, too many to keep
+them in mind. Tekram supplied a driver for their DC390 and DC390T
+controllers. These controllers are based on the AMD 53c974, and the
+driver is also able to handle other SCSI controllers based on that
+chip. Of course, with Tekram being generous enough to support the
+FreeBSD project with their driver, we'd like to encourage you to buy
+their product. The `ed' and `lnc' drivers now support auto-config-
+uration for the respective PCI ethernet cards, including many NE2000
+clones and the AMD PCnet chips. The SDL RISCom N2 support is new, as
+well as the PCI version of the Cyclades driver.
+
+Support for APM BIOSes is now in a much better shape.
+
+The manual section 9 has been started, describing `official' kernel
+programming interfaces. We are still seeking volunteers to document
+interfaces here!
+
2. Technical overview
---------------------
@@ -173,7 +221,8 @@ Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller.
Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller
Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller
-NCR 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI controllers:
+SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI
+controllers:
ASUS SC-200
Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants)
NCR cards (all)
@@ -181,6 +230,9 @@ NCR 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI controllers:
Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F
Tyan S1365
+Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
+AMD 53c974 as well).
+
NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller.
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
@@ -226,7 +278,7 @@ DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
-HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A)
+HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A).
Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability)
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
@@ -244,7 +296,8 @@ Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
-3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590 & 3C595 (PCI) Etherlink III
+3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905 PCI and EISA
+(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
Toshiba ethernet cards
@@ -380,6 +433,12 @@ submit a bug report, you can try to send it to:
bugs@FreeBSD.org
+Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move
+even onto a totally different system. We much prefer if you could use
+this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem
+reports. However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether
+the problem might have already been fixed since.
+
Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to:
@@ -540,4 +599,4 @@ We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
The FreeBSD Core Team
-$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.27 1996/11/29 04:55:47 jkh Exp $
+$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.28 1996/12/15 18:14:35 jkh Exp $
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