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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-09-29 23:12:33 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-09-29 23:12:33 +0000 |
commit | 7e3aafee75744007734f0c6823c5b30362f52182 (patch) | |
tree | c11fee8ff0dd3ec4833959349b64d53f1def0177 /release | |
parent | dcf059176592d790b3ad1682c6dc7427b36f078a (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-7e3aafee75744007734f0c6823c5b30362f52182.zip FreeBSD-src-7e3aafee75744007734f0c6823c5b30362f52182.tar.gz |
Release notes (and related documentation): ata(4) tagged queuing,
MFC asr(4) driver, update default kernel name, pcn(4) driver,
nullconsole type in i386 boot loader (+MFC), setproctitle(3) moved
to libc (+MFC), chio(1) voltag support, sed(1) -E (+MFC), ln(1) -i
(+MFC), PORTREVISION/PORTEPOCH (+MFC).
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 39 |
3 files changed, 74 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT index b0721b8..0e5cfa1 100644 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL, some PCnet-PCI cards) +pcn0 dyn dyn n/a dyn AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, + PCnet/Home, and HomePNA cards rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet sf0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet sis0 dyn dyn n/a dyn SiS 900/SiS 7016 fast ethernet @@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ ATA controllers: AMD 756 CMD 646 Cypress 82C693 + Cyrex 5530 HighPoint HPT366 HighPoint HPT370 Intel PIIX @@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ ATA controllers: Intel PIIX4 Intel ICH Intel ICH2 + Promise ATA100 OEM chip (pdc20265) Promise Fasttrak-33 Promise Fasttrak-66 Promise Fasttrak-100 @@ -520,6 +524,7 @@ chipsets, including the following: Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) +AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, HomePCI, and HomePNA. SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 88575df..1661f7b 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added. The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers. [MERGED] +The ata(4) driver now has support for tagged queueing. + AlphaServer 1200 ("Tincup") has been tested and works OK. Currently it does not want to boot from CD or floppy but a transplanted disk that was installed on another Alpha works well. [MERGED] @@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS 5.0. The boot loader has been updated. The new default kernel is now -/boot/kernel/kernel.ko. The new default module location is +/boot/kernel/kernel. The new default module location is /boot/kernel/. A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can @@ -112,6 +114,14 @@ The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable. Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED] +The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, +PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. Although these +cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn driver runs +these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to +achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent, +so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver +is still needed to support non-PCI cards. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -227,6 +237,26 @@ bktr(4) driver update to 2.1.5. New tuner types have been added, and improvememts to the KLD module and to memory allocation have been made. [MERGED] +setproctitle(3) has been moved from libutil to libc. [MERGED] + +chio(1) now has the ability to specify elements by volume tag instead +of by their physical location as well as the ability to return an +element to its previous location. + +sed(1) now takes a -E option for extended regular expression +support. [MERGED] + +ln(1) now takes an -i option to request user configuration before +overwriting an existing file. [MERGED] + +Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible) +syntax, which supports the "PORTREVISION" and "PORTEPOCH" variables in +ports collection makefiles. These changes help keep track of changes +in the ports collection entries such as security patches or +FreeBSD-specific updates, which aren't reflected in the original, +third-party software distributions. pkg_version(1) can now compare +these new-style version numbers. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- @@ -347,6 +377,7 @@ chipsets, including the following: NEC Gigabit Ethernet AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) +AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA. SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index abada36..ba272ed 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added. The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers. [MERGED] +The ata(4) driver now has support for tagged queueing. + The ti(4) driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit cards. [MERGED] @@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ controllers with firmware 6.x and later, has been added. The asr(4) driver, which provides support for the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller family, as well as the DPT SmartRAID V and VI families, has -been added. +been added. [MERGED] SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS 5.0. @@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ The xl(4) driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B MiniPCI adapters used on some laptops. [MERGED] The boot loader has been updated. The new default kernel is now -/boot/kernel/kernel.ko. The new default module location is +/boot/kernel/kernel. The new default module location is /boot/kernel/. A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can @@ -133,6 +135,18 @@ The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable. Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED] +The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, +PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. Although these +cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn driver runs +these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to +achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent, +so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver +is still needed to support non-PCI cards. + +The i386 boot loader now has support for a "nullconsole" console type, +for use on systems with neither a video console nor a serial +port. [MERGED] + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -267,6 +281,26 @@ bktr(4) driver update to 2.1.5. New tuner types have been added, and improvememts to the KLD module and to memory allocation have been made. [MERGED] +setproctitle(3) has been moved from libutil to libc. [MERGED] + +chio(1) now has the ability to specify elements by volume tag instead +of by their physical location as well as the ability to return an +element to its previous location. + +sed(1) now takes a -E option for extended regular expression +support. [MERGED] + +ln(1) now takes an -i option to request user configuration before +overwriting an existing file. [MERGED] + +Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible) +syntax, which supports the "PORTREVISION" and "PORTEPOCH" variables in +ports collection makefiles. These changes help keep track of changes +in the ports collection entries such as security patches or +FreeBSD-specific updates, which aren't reflected in the original, +third-party software distributions. pkg_version(1) can now compare +these new-style version numbers. [MERGED] + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- @@ -459,6 +493,7 @@ chipsets, including the following: NEC Gigabit Ethernet AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) +AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA. SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT |