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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-29 23:12:33 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-29 23:12:33 +0000
commit7e3aafee75744007734f0c6823c5b30362f52182 (patch)
treec11fee8ff0dd3ec4833959349b64d53f1def0177 /release
parentdcf059176592d790b3ad1682c6dc7427b36f078a (diff)
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Release notes (and related documentation): ata(4) tagged queuing,
MFC asr(4) driver, update default kernel name, pcn(4) driver, nullconsole type in i386 boot loader (+MFC), setproctitle(3) moved to libc (+MFC), chio(1) voltag support, sed(1) -E (+MFC), ln(1) -i (+MFC), PORTREVISION/PORTEPOCH (+MFC).
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT5
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT33
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT39
3 files changed, 74 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
index b0721b8..0e5cfa1 100644
--- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks
lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards
(Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL,
some PCnet-PCI cards)
+pcn0 dyn dyn n/a dyn AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+,
+ PCnet/Home, and HomePNA cards
rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet
sf0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet
sis0 dyn dyn n/a dyn SiS 900/SiS 7016 fast ethernet
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ ATA controllers:
AMD 756
CMD 646
Cypress 82C693
+ Cyrex 5530
HighPoint HPT366
HighPoint HPT370
Intel PIIX
@@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ ATA controllers:
Intel PIIX4
Intel ICH
Intel ICH2
+ Promise ATA100 OEM chip (pdc20265)
Promise Fasttrak-33
Promise Fasttrak-66
Promise Fasttrak-100
@@ -520,6 +524,7 @@ chipsets, including the following:
Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, HomePCI, and HomePNA.
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
index 88575df..1661f7b 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added.
The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers. [MERGED]
+The ata(4) driver now has support for tagged queueing.
+
AlphaServer 1200 ("Tincup") has been tested and works OK. Currently it does
not want to boot from CD or floppy but a transplanted disk that was
installed on another Alpha works well. [MERGED]
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS
5.0.
The boot loader has been updated. The new default kernel is now
-/boot/kernel/kernel.ko. The new default module location is
+/boot/kernel/kernel. The new default module location is
/boot/kernel/.
A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can
@@ -112,6 +114,14 @@ The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the
netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED]
+The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+,
+PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. Although these
+cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn driver runs
+these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
+achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent,
+so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver
+is still needed to support non-PCI cards.
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@@ -227,6 +237,26 @@ bktr(4) driver update to 2.1.5. New tuner types have been added,
and improvememts to the KLD module and to memory allocation have been
made. [MERGED]
+setproctitle(3) has been moved from libutil to libc. [MERGED]
+
+chio(1) now has the ability to specify elements by volume tag instead
+of by their physical location as well as the ability to return an
+element to its previous location.
+
+sed(1) now takes a -E option for extended regular expression
+support. [MERGED]
+
+ln(1) now takes an -i option to request user configuration before
+overwriting an existing file. [MERGED]
+
+Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible)
+syntax, which supports the "PORTREVISION" and "PORTEPOCH" variables in
+ports collection makefiles. These changes help keep track of changes
+in the ports collection entries such as security patches or
+FreeBSD-specific updates, which aren't reflected in the original,
+third-party software distributions. pkg_version(1) can now compare
+these new-style version numbers. [MERGED]
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
@@ -347,6 +377,7 @@ chipsets, including the following:
NEC Gigabit Ethernet
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA.
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
index abada36..ba272ed 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added.
The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers. [MERGED]
+The ata(4) driver now has support for tagged queueing.
+
The ti(4) driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit
Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit cards. [MERGED]
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ controllers with firmware 6.x and later, has been added.
The asr(4) driver, which provides support for the Adaptec SCSI RAID
controller family, as well as the DPT SmartRAID V and VI families, has
-been added.
+been added. [MERGED]
SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS
5.0.
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ The xl(4) driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B MiniPCI
adapters used on some laptops. [MERGED]
The boot loader has been updated. The new default kernel is now
-/boot/kernel/kernel.ko. The new default module location is
+/boot/kernel/kernel. The new default module location is
/boot/kernel/.
A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can
@@ -133,6 +135,18 @@ The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the
netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED]
+The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+,
+PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. Although these
+cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn driver runs
+these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
+achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent,
+so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver
+is still needed to support non-PCI cards.
+
+The i386 boot loader now has support for a "nullconsole" console type,
+for use on systems with neither a video console nor a serial
+port. [MERGED]
+
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@@ -267,6 +281,26 @@ bktr(4) driver update to 2.1.5. New tuner types have been added,
and improvememts to the KLD module and to memory allocation have been
made. [MERGED]
+setproctitle(3) has been moved from libutil to libc. [MERGED]
+
+chio(1) now has the ability to specify elements by volume tag instead
+of by their physical location as well as the ability to return an
+element to its previous location.
+
+sed(1) now takes a -E option for extended regular expression
+support. [MERGED]
+
+ln(1) now takes an -i option to request user configuration before
+overwriting an existing file. [MERGED]
+
+Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible)
+syntax, which supports the "PORTREVISION" and "PORTEPOCH" variables in
+ports collection makefiles. These changes help keep track of changes
+in the ports collection entries such as security patches or
+FreeBSD-specific updates, which aren't reflected in the original,
+third-party software distributions. pkg_version(1) can now compare
+these new-style version numbers. [MERGED]
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
@@ -459,6 +493,7 @@ chipsets, including the following:
NEC Gigabit Ethernet
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA.
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
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