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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-01 16:29:21 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-01 16:29:21 +0000
commitf4d302bf29fc0d2a69dc32b99efa0e678f035081 (patch)
treee6bc520519a4f0711e758e7262a33bf21a103afe /release
parent18d829816a2677997213825136db215b5be7a1a1 (diff)
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New release notes: lge(4) driver (and update hardware compatability
list from manpage), RANDOM_IP_ID, msdos->msdosfs, chown(8) doesn't use "." for a delimiter anymore.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml14
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml14
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml29
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml29
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml14
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml29
6 files changed, 111 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
index cea3b54..3de824d 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -960,8 +960,6 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
-
<para>Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
(&man.ste.4; driver)
<itemizedlist>
@@ -1482,6 +1480,18 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+ <para arch="i386">Gigabit Ethernet cards based on the Level 1
+ LXT1001 NetCellerator controller (&man.lge.4; driver)
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>D-Link DGE=500SX</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
index cea3b54..3de824d 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
@@ -960,8 +960,6 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
-
<para>Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
(&man.ste.4; driver)
<itemizedlist>
@@ -1482,6 +1480,18 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+ <para arch="i386">Gigabit Ethernet cards based on the Level 1
+ LXT1001 NetCellerator controller (&man.lge.4; driver)
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>D-Link DGE=500SX</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 6ab1aec..b2c9a3f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@
FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC and Addtron
AEG320T.</para>
+ <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
+ 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
+ device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
+ and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive
+ are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -391,6 +397,14 @@
<para>&man.ip6fw.8; now has the ability to use a preprocessor
and use the <option>-q</option> (quiet) flag when reading from a
file. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>A new <literal>options RANDOM_IP_ID</literal> kernel
+ option causes the ID field of IP packets to be randomized. This
+ closes a minor information leak which allows a remote observer
+ to determine the rate at which the machine is generating
+ packets, since the default behaviour is to increment a counter
+ for each packet sent.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -541,10 +555,13 @@
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been
added. &merged;</para>
- <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, portal, umap, and
- union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs, fifofs, nullfs,
- portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where applicable, modules and
- mount_* programs have been renamed.</para>
+ <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, msdos, portal,
+ umap, and union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs,
+ fifofs, msdosfs, nullfs, portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where
+ applicable, modules and mount_* programs have been
+ renamed. Compatability <quote>glue</quote> has been added to
+ &man.mount.8; so that <literal>msdos</literal> filesystem
+ entries in &man.fstab.5; will work without changes.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1341,6 +1358,10 @@
<para>&man.chown.8; now correctly follows symbolic links named as
command line arguments if run without <option>-R</option>.</para>
+ <para>&man.chown.8; no longer takes <literal>.</literal> as a
+ user/group delimeter. This change was made to support usernames
+ containing a <literal>.</literal>.</para>
+
<para>&man.chmod.1; now supports a <option>-h</option> for
changing the mode of a symbolic link.</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 6ab1aec..b2c9a3f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@
FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC and Addtron
AEG320T.</para>
+ <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
+ 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
+ device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
+ and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive
+ are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -391,6 +397,14 @@
<para>&man.ip6fw.8; now has the ability to use a preprocessor
and use the <option>-q</option> (quiet) flag when reading from a
file. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>A new <literal>options RANDOM_IP_ID</literal> kernel
+ option causes the ID field of IP packets to be randomized. This
+ closes a minor information leak which allows a remote observer
+ to determine the rate at which the machine is generating
+ packets, since the default behaviour is to increment a counter
+ for each packet sent.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -541,10 +555,13 @@
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been
added. &merged;</para>
- <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, portal, umap, and
- union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs, fifofs, nullfs,
- portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where applicable, modules and
- mount_* programs have been renamed.</para>
+ <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, msdos, portal,
+ umap, and union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs,
+ fifofs, msdosfs, nullfs, portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where
+ applicable, modules and mount_* programs have been
+ renamed. Compatability <quote>glue</quote> has been added to
+ &man.mount.8; so that <literal>msdos</literal> filesystem
+ entries in &man.fstab.5; will work without changes.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1341,6 +1358,10 @@
<para>&man.chown.8; now correctly follows symbolic links named as
command line arguments if run without <option>-R</option>.</para>
+ <para>&man.chown.8; no longer takes <literal>.</literal> as a
+ user/group delimeter. This change was made to support usernames
+ containing a <literal>.</literal>.</para>
+
<para>&man.chmod.1; now supports a <option>-h</option> for
changing the mode of a symbolic link.</para>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
index cea3b54..3de824d 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
@@ -960,8 +960,6 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
-
<para>Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
(&man.ste.4; driver)
<itemizedlist>
@@ -1482,6 +1480,18 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+ <para arch="i386">Gigabit Ethernet cards based on the Level 1
+ LXT1001 NetCellerator controller (&man.lge.4; driver)
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>D-Link DGE=500SX</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>SMC TigerCard 1000 (SMC9462SX)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 6ab1aec..b2c9a3f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@
FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC and Addtron
AEG320T.</para>
+ <para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
+ 1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
+ device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
+ and Addtron. Jumbograms and TCP/IP checksum offload on receive
+ are supported, although hardware VLAN filtering is not.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -391,6 +397,14 @@
<para>&man.ip6fw.8; now has the ability to use a preprocessor
and use the <option>-q</option> (quiet) flag when reading from a
file. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>A new <literal>options RANDOM_IP_ID</literal> kernel
+ option causes the ID field of IP packets to be randomized. This
+ closes a minor information leak which allows a remote observer
+ to determine the rate at which the machine is generating
+ packets, since the default behaviour is to increment a counter
+ for each packet sent.</para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -541,10 +555,13 @@
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been
added. &merged;</para>
- <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, portal, umap, and
- union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs, fifofs, nullfs,
- portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where applicable, modules and
- mount_* programs have been renamed.</para>
+ <para>For consistency, the fdesc, fifo, null, msdos, portal,
+ umap, and union filesystems have been renamed to fdescfs,
+ fifofs, msdosfs, nullfs, portalfs, umapfs, and unionfs. Where
+ applicable, modules and mount_* programs have been
+ renamed. Compatability <quote>glue</quote> has been added to
+ &man.mount.8; so that <literal>msdos</literal> filesystem
+ entries in &man.fstab.5; will work without changes.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1341,6 +1358,10 @@
<para>&man.chown.8; now correctly follows symbolic links named as
command line arguments if run without <option>-R</option>.</para>
+ <para>&man.chown.8; no longer takes <literal>.</literal> as a
+ user/group delimeter. This change was made to support usernames
+ containing a <literal>.</literal>.</para>
+
<para>&man.chmod.1; now supports a <option>-h</option> for
changing the mode of a symbolic link.</para>
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