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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-07-15 16:38:52 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-07-15 16:38:52 +0000
commit460f6be7f99fa0f787446d20ef9283679509af3a (patch)
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New release notes:
New sysctls: kern.malloc_stats and vm.zone_stats, mpt(4) improvements, ifconfig(8) -k flag, libmemstat(3) added, libpcap updated to v0.9.1, and tcpdump updated to v3.9.1.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml33
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml33
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index a6e787e..44ea71c 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@
<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname>
+ has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc
+ statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
+
+ <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname>
+ has been added. This allows to export &man.uma.9; allocator
+ statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
@@ -157,7 +163,12 @@
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
+ various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
+ state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
+ status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume
+ re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status,
+ and volume transaction queue depth.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="fs">
@@ -176,6 +187,18 @@
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
+ <para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
+ a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
+ potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
+ This sensitive information will not be printed by default.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.libmemstat.3; library has been added.
+ This is for use by debugging and monitoring applications
+ in tracking kernel memory statistics. It provides an
+ abstracted interface to &man.uma.9; and &man.malloc.9;
+ statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables
+ for the allocators.</para>
+
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
@@ -186,7 +209,11 @@
<sect2 id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para><application>libpcap</application> has been updated
+ to v0.9.1 (release).</para>
+
+ <para><application>tcpdump</application> has been updated
+ to v3.9.1 (release).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ports">
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 a6e787e..44ea71c 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@
<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname>
+ has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc
+ statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
+
+ <para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname>
+ has been added. This allows to export &man.uma.9; allocator
+ statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
@@ -157,7 +163,12 @@
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
+ various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
+ state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
+ status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume
+ re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status,
+ and volume transaction queue depth.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="fs">
@@ -176,6 +187,18 @@
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
+ <para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
+ a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
+ potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
+ This sensitive information will not be printed by default.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.libmemstat.3; library has been added.
+ This is for use by debugging and monitoring applications
+ in tracking kernel memory statistics. It provides an
+ abstracted interface to &man.uma.9; and &man.malloc.9;
+ statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables
+ for the allocators.</para>
+
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
@@ -186,7 +209,11 @@
<sect2 id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para><application>libpcap</application> has been updated
+ to v0.9.1 (release).</para>
+
+ <para><application>tcpdump</application> has been updated
+ to v3.9.1 (release).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ports">
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