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authorsos <sos@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-24 13:11:08 +0000
committersos <sos@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-24 13:11:08 +0000
commit455ca58972eb9773591c5180b86b1cb0c338175e (patch)
treefa9bab327d585201407f621c846243fdb4b77d4f /release
parente08c4a4b4eba3bd7ce697caaf8b517f0ec7f3009 (diff)
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Add a note on the VESA support.
Delete the note on the -b boot option.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
index 5a2f087..ec555b3 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ o ATAPI/IDE CD burner support (BETA).
o ATAPI/IDE tape drive support (BETA).
+o Support for using VESA video modes. It is now possible to select and
+ use the modes provided by the BIOS on modern videocards. This enables
+ fx. 132x60 sized consoles and highres graphics in a generic manner on
+ hardware that supports it. There is also support for running the
+ console in rastermode, which allows XFree86 to run a simple 16color
+ server in 800x600 on othervise unsupported video hardware.
+
o Support for AdvanSys SCSI controllers (8 bit only for now)
o Support for the Compaq QLogic SCSI controller.
@@ -161,14 +168,6 @@ o Responses to multicast ICMP ECHO REQUEST (``ping'') and ADDRESS MASK
REQUEST packets can now be disabled via sysctl. The netstat program
will print out statistics on how many times this happens.
-o It is possible to compile in a font for syscons.
-
-o The bootblocks can set VESA videomode 0x102 (800x600x16) before loading
- the kernel, this allows XFree86 to work in this resolution on most
- moderately recent graphics hardware, including many laptops.
- A set of patches are making their way to -current that allows syscons
- to operate in this mode too; contact phk@FreeBSD.org.
-
o A subtle and seldom bug in ffs has been fixed.
o The VFS name cache has been reworked to be more accountable and efficient.
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