New release notes: iir driver (submitted by msmith), dumpdev loader tunable

(submitted by sobomax).

4 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
index 87de9ca..5965ff3 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -657,6 +657,18 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
 
+    <para arch="i386">Intel Integrated RAID Controllers (iir driver)
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>Intel RAID Controller SRCMR</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>ICP Vortex SCSI RAID controllers (all Wide/Ultra160,
+	  32-bit/64-bit PCI models)</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </para>
+
     <para>With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is
     provided for SCSI-I, SCSI-II, and SCSI-III peripherals, including
     hard disks, optical disks, tape drives (including DAT, 8mm
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 87de9ca..5965ff3 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
@@ -657,6 +657,18 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </para>
 
+    <para arch="i386">Intel Integrated RAID Controllers (iir driver)
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>Intel RAID Controller SRCMR</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>ICP Vortex SCSI RAID controllers (all Wide/Ultra160,
+	  32-bit/64-bit PCI models)</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </para>
+
     <para>With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is
     provided for SCSI-I, SCSI-II, and SCSI-III peripherals, including
     hard disks, optical disks, tape drives (including DAT, 8mm
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 37ff214..15c478e 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@
     and installed with debugging kernels will now occupy more space on
     disk than they did previously. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>The kernel dump device can now be set via the
+    <varname>dumpdev</varname> loader tunable.  As a result, it is now
+    possible to obtain crash dumps from panics during the late stages
+    of kernel initialization (before the system enters into
+    single-user mode).</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
 
@@ -916,6 +922,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
       <para>The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. &merged;</para>
 
+      <para arch="i386">The iir driver has been added to support the
+      Intel Integrated RAID controllers, as well as prior ICP Vortex
+      controllers.</para>
+
       <para arch="alpha">A bug that made certain CDROM drives fail to
       attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has
       been fixed. &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 37ff214..15c478e 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@
     and installed with debugging kernels will now occupy more space on
     disk than they did previously. &merged;</para>
 
+    <para>The kernel dump device can now be set via the
+    <varname>dumpdev</varname> loader tunable.  As a result, it is now
+    possible to obtain crash dumps from panics during the late stages
+    of kernel initialization (before the system enters into
+    single-user mode).</para>
+
     <sect3>
       <title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
 
@@ -916,6 +922,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
       <para>The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. &merged;</para>
 
+      <para arch="i386">The iir driver has been added to support the
+      Intel Integrated RAID controllers, as well as prior ICP Vortex
+      controllers.</para>
+
       <para arch="alpha">A bug that made certain CDROM drives fail to
       attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has
       been fixed. &merged;</para>