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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-14 19:02:19 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-14 19:02:19 +0000
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Move bootloader-related changes into a new sect3-level section
underneath the Kernel Changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml92
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml92
2 files changed, 98 insertions, 86 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index e279618..c1e6ea6 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -79,27 +79,6 @@
Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files
are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para>
- <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
- was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
- older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
- using DHCP. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
- to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
- first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
- that they can modify. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
- <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
- line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
- booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
- 8K). &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
- booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
-
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@@ -112,16 +91,6 @@
<para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para>
- <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
- <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
- manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
- this change as seamless as possible.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
- <literal>nullconsole</literal>
- console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
- a serial port. &merged;</para>
-
<para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a
single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to
the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported
@@ -323,11 +292,6 @@
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
- <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
- (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
- <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
- modules. &merged;</para>
-
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
different consoles.</para>
@@ -335,13 +299,6 @@
<para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based
display adapters.</para>
- <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
- better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
- completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
- boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
- thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
- a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
-
<para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the
<filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a
full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD
@@ -456,6 +413,55 @@
</sect3>
<sect3>
+ <title>Bootloader Changes</title>
+
+ <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
+ better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
+ completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
+ boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
+ thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
+ a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
+ <literal>nullconsole</literal>
+ console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
+ a serial port. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
+ (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
+ <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
+ modules. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
+ was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
+ older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
+ using DHCP. &merged;</para>
+
+ <!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
+ to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
+ first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
+ that they can modify. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
+ <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
+ line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
+ booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
+ 8K). &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
+ booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
+ <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
+ manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
+ this change as seamless as possible.</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
<title>Network Interface Support</title>
<para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports
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 e279618..c1e6ea6 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -79,27 +79,6 @@
Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files
are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para>
- <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
- was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
- older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
- using DHCP. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
- to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
- first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
- that they can modify. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
- <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
- line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
- booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
- 8K). &merged;</para>
-
- <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
- booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
-
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@@ -112,16 +91,6 @@
<para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para>
- <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
- <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
- manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
- this change as seamless as possible.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
- <literal>nullconsole</literal>
- console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
- a serial port. &merged;</para>
-
<para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a
single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to
the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported
@@ -323,11 +292,6 @@
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
- <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
- (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
- <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
- modules. &merged;</para>
-
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
different consoles.</para>
@@ -335,13 +299,6 @@
<para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based
display adapters.</para>
- <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
- better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
- completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
- boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
- thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
- a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
-
<para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the
<filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a
full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD
@@ -456,6 +413,55 @@
</sect3>
<sect3>
+ <title>Bootloader Changes</title>
+
+ <para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
+ better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
+ completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
+ boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
+ thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
+ a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
+ <literal>nullconsole</literal>
+ console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
+ a serial port. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
+ (enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
+ <application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
+ modules. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
+ was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
+ older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
+ using DHCP. &merged;</para>
+
+ <!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
+ to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
+ first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
+ that they can modify. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
+ <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
+ line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
+ booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
+ 8K). &merged;</para>
+
+ <para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
+ booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
+ <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
+ manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
+ this change as seamless as possible.</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3>
<title>Network Interface Support</title>
<para>The &man.an.4; driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports
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