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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-18 23:23:32 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-18 23:23:32 +0000 |
commit | 160787defa68db5cd86d2f6e58ede94d252298e9 (patch) | |
tree | 05f8a8825c8f0233b00a57cb53a13a063a2dc6e6 /release | |
parent | f5032b44ed645487cb692a766e2d91c042b55c9e (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-160787defa68db5cd86d2f6e58ede94d252298e9.zip FreeBSD-src-160787defa68db5cd86d2f6e58ede94d252298e9.tar.gz |
New release notes: P1003_1B gone, CPU_DISABLE_CMPXCHG, FAST_IPSEC,
ifconfig(8) monitor, ofwdump(8), ping(8) -o, quota(1) -l, tunefs(8)
-a/-l, ugidfw(8).
Modified release notes: se driver replaced by sab driver.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 58 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 58 |
2 files changed, 114 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 1961c83..7a832a3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ mistakenly assigning addresses that conflict with these ROMs. &merged;</para> + <para>The <literal>P1003_1B</literal> kernel option is no longer + used and has been removed.</para> + <para arch="i386,pc98">PECOFF (Win32 Execution file format) support has been added.</para> @@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ <para arch="sparc64">Support has been added for SBus-based devices.</para> - <para arch="sparc64">The se driver, which supports the Siemens + <para arch="sparc64">The sab driver, which supports the Siemens SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines, has been added.</para> @@ -620,6 +623,18 @@ added; this requires the <literal>CPU_ELAN</literal> option in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The <literal>CPU_DISABLE_CMPXCHG</literal> + kernel configuration option has been added. Enabling this + option has been shown to dramatically improve performance on + VMWare client OS installs. + + <note> + <para>This option is not compatible with + <literal>SMP</literal> kernels.</para> + </note> + + </para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -974,6 +989,24 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> in the presence of dynamic attachments and detatchments. Full support for VLANs is also supported. &merged;</para> + <para>A <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> kernel option now allows + the IPsec implementation to use the kernel crypo framework, + along with its support for hardware cryptographic + acceleration. + <note> + <para>The <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> and + <literal>IPSEC</literal> options are mutually + exclusive.</para> + </note> + + <note> + <para>The <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> option is, at the + moment, not compatible with IPv6 or the + <literal>INET6</literal> option.</para> + </note> + + </para> + <para>A &man.gre.4; driver, which can encapsulate IP packets using GRE (RFC 1701) or minimal IP encapsulation for Mobile IP (RFC 2004), has been added.</para> @@ -2550,6 +2583,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> on an interface, via the new <option>promisc</option> flag. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.ifconfig.8; now supports a <literal>monitor</literal> + interface flag, which blocks transmission of packets on that + interface. This feature is useful for mintoring network traffic + without interacting with the network in question.</para> + <para role="historic">The syntax of &man.inetd.8;'s support for &man.faithd.8; is now compatible with that of other BSDs. &merged;</para> @@ -2979,6 +3017,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <option>-s</option> option to output signed decimal shorts, and the <option>-t</option> option to specify output type. &merged;</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.ofwdump.8; utility has been added to + examine the OpenFirmware device tree.</para> + <para><application>PAM</application> support has been added for account management and sessions.</para> @@ -3074,6 +3115,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para role="historic">&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-A</option> option to beep when packets are lost. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-o</option> flag to exit + after receiving a reply.</para> + <para role="historic">Userland &man.ppp.8; has received a number of updates and bug fixes. &merged;</para> @@ -3114,6 +3158,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>&man.pwd.1; now supports the <option>-L</option> flag to print the logical current working directory. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.quota.1; now takes a <option>-l</option> flag to + suppress quote checks on NFS filesystems.</para> + <para>The pseudo-random number generator implemented by &man.rand.3; has been improved to provide less biased results.</para> @@ -3444,6 +3491,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para role="historic">The &man.truncate.1; utility, which truncates or extends the length of files, has been added. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.tunefs.8; now supports the <option>-a</option> and + <option>-l</option> flags to enable and disable the + <literal>FS_ACLS</literal> and <literal>FS_MULTILABEL</literal> + administrative flags on UFS file system.</para> + + <para>A &man.ugidfw.8; utility has been added to manage the + rulesets provided by the <literal>mac_bsdextended</literal> + Mandatory Access Control policy, similar to &man.ipfw.8;.</para> + <para role="historic">Ukrainian language support has been added to the &os; console. &merged;</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 1961c83..7a832a3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ mistakenly assigning addresses that conflict with these ROMs. &merged;</para> + <para>The <literal>P1003_1B</literal> kernel option is no longer + used and has been removed.</para> + <para arch="i386,pc98">PECOFF (Win32 Execution file format) support has been added.</para> @@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ <para arch="sparc64">Support has been added for SBus-based devices.</para> - <para arch="sparc64">The se driver, which supports the Siemens + <para arch="sparc64">The sab driver, which supports the Siemens SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines, has been added.</para> @@ -620,6 +623,18 @@ added; this requires the <literal>CPU_ELAN</literal> option in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The <literal>CPU_DISABLE_CMPXCHG</literal> + kernel configuration option has been added. Enabling this + option has been shown to dramatically improve performance on + VMWare client OS installs. + + <note> + <para>This option is not compatible with + <literal>SMP</literal> kernels.</para> + </note> + + </para> + </sect3> <sect3> @@ -974,6 +989,24 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> in the presence of dynamic attachments and detatchments. Full support for VLANs is also supported. &merged;</para> + <para>A <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> kernel option now allows + the IPsec implementation to use the kernel crypo framework, + along with its support for hardware cryptographic + acceleration. + <note> + <para>The <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> and + <literal>IPSEC</literal> options are mutually + exclusive.</para> + </note> + + <note> + <para>The <literal>FAST_IPSEC</literal> option is, at the + moment, not compatible with IPv6 or the + <literal>INET6</literal> option.</para> + </note> + + </para> + <para>A &man.gre.4; driver, which can encapsulate IP packets using GRE (RFC 1701) or minimal IP encapsulation for Mobile IP (RFC 2004), has been added.</para> @@ -2550,6 +2583,11 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> on an interface, via the new <option>promisc</option> flag. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.ifconfig.8; now supports a <literal>monitor</literal> + interface flag, which blocks transmission of packets on that + interface. This feature is useful for mintoring network traffic + without interacting with the network in question.</para> + <para role="historic">The syntax of &man.inetd.8;'s support for &man.faithd.8; is now compatible with that of other BSDs. &merged;</para> @@ -2979,6 +3017,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <option>-s</option> option to output signed decimal shorts, and the <option>-t</option> option to specify output type. &merged;</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.ofwdump.8; utility has been added to + examine the OpenFirmware device tree.</para> + <para><application>PAM</application> support has been added for account management and sessions.</para> @@ -3074,6 +3115,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para role="historic">&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-A</option> option to beep when packets are lost. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-o</option> flag to exit + after receiving a reply.</para> + <para role="historic">Userland &man.ppp.8; has received a number of updates and bug fixes. &merged;</para> @@ -3114,6 +3158,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para>&man.pwd.1; now supports the <option>-L</option> flag to print the logical current working directory. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.quota.1; now takes a <option>-l</option> flag to + suppress quote checks on NFS filesystems.</para> + <para>The pseudo-random number generator implemented by &man.rand.3; has been improved to provide less biased results.</para> @@ -3444,6 +3491,15 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> <para role="historic">The &man.truncate.1; utility, which truncates or extends the length of files, has been added. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.tunefs.8; now supports the <option>-a</option> and + <option>-l</option> flags to enable and disable the + <literal>FS_ACLS</literal> and <literal>FS_MULTILABEL</literal> + administrative flags on UFS file system.</para> + + <para>A &man.ugidfw.8; utility has been added to manage the + rulesets provided by the <literal>mac_bsdextended</literal> + Mandatory Access Control policy, similar to &man.ipfw.8;.</para> + <para role="historic">Ukrainian language support has been added to the &os; console. &merged;</para> |