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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-07-09 17:26:10 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-07-09 17:26:10 +0000
commita9a2668bf2dea09c72c2e42e5d504e3230c15ce3 (patch)
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New release notes:
amd64/i386 ELF kernel crash dump, snd_csa(4) suspend/resume support, ste(4) ALTQ support, address family check of routing table added, env(1) -v, -S, and -P options added, libkvm crash dump support improvement: ELF format, >4GB on 32-bit arch, and PAE, $jail_<name>_flags for rc.d/jail added, and new manual pages: central(4), clkbrd(4), creator(4), ebus(4), eeprom(4), fhc(4), machfb(4), ofw.console(4), openfirm(4), openprom(4), rtc(4), and sbus(4). Update release notes: Use &man.ofw.console.4;. Approved by: re (implicitly)
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml50
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml50
2 files changed, 92 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index f4ecbc7..f34a092 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@
and threads currently holding sleep mutexes (and spin mutexes for
the current thread). &merged;</para>
+ <para arch="amd64,i386">The kernel crash dump format has been changed to
+ ELF to support large memory (more than 4GB) environment.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ichsmb.4; driver is now available as a loadable
kernel module.</para>
@@ -533,7 +536,7 @@
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.uart.4; driver is now enabled in
the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, and is now the
- default driver for serial ports. The ofw_console and
+ default driver for serial ports. The &man.ofw.console.4; and
&man.sab.4; drivers are now disabled in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. &merged;</para>
@@ -556,6 +559,9 @@
controller found on &ultrasparc;
workstations. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.snd.csa.4; driver now supports
+ suspend and resume operation.</para>
+
<para>The &man.uaudio.4; driver now has some added
functionality, including volume control on more inputs and
recording capability on some devices. &merged;</para>
@@ -651,6 +657,8 @@
This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based
interfaces. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.ste.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;.</para>
+
<para>The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling
(&man.polling.4;).</para>
@@ -751,6 +759,13 @@
<para>The &man.sppp.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
+ <para>The &os; routing table now requires gateways for routes
+ to be of the same address family as the route itself.
+ The &man.route.8; utility now rejects a combination of different
+ address families. For example:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0</screen>
+
<para>The new sysctl <varname>net.link.tap.user_open</varname>
has been implemented. This allows unprivileged access to
&man.tap.4; device nodes based on file system permissions.</para>
@@ -930,6 +945,19 @@
<option>-h</option> flag, which supports changing flags on
symbolic links.</para>
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-v</option>
+ flag to write the command to standard error before it is executed.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-S
+ <replaceable>string</replaceable></option>
+ option to split the <replaceable>string</replaceable> and pass them to
+ the command as the command-line arguments.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-P
+ <replaceable>altpath</replaceable></option>
+ option to set the command search path used to look for
+ the command.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the <literal>212</literal>
and <literal>213</literal> status codes for directory
and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> was used in
@@ -1008,6 +1036,11 @@
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
+ <para>The <application>libkvm</application> now supports
+ ELF crash dump on amd64 and i386 platforms,
+ large crash dump (more than 4GB) in 32-bit platforms,
+ and PAE crash dump on i386 platform.</para>
+
<para>The &man.mixer.8; utility now supports the <option>-S</option>
option. This is the same as the <option>-s</option> option
but does not output mixing field separators.</para>
@@ -1294,6 +1327,10 @@
<para>The <filename>rc.d/bsnmpd</filename> startup script
for &man.bsnmpd.1; has been added.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>rc.d/jail</filename> startup script
+ now supports <varname>jail_<replaceable>name</replaceable>_flags</varname>
+ variable which allows to specify &man.jail.8; flags.</para>
+
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names
at boot time. &merged; For example:</para>
@@ -1582,10 +1619,15 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages: &man.ataraid.4;,
&man.bus.space.9;,
+ &man.central.4;, &man.clkbrd.4;, &man.creator.4;,
&man.devfs.conf.5, &man.devfs.rules.5,
- &man.pmap.page.init.9;,
- &man.pthread.atfork.3;,
- &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;,
+ &man.ebus.4;, &man.eeprom.4;,
+ &man.fhc.4;,
+ &man.machfb.4;,
+ &man.ofw.console.4;, &man.openfirm.4;, &man.openprom.4;,
+ &man.pmap.page.init.9;, &man.pthread.atfork.3;,
+ &man.rtc.4;,
+ &man.sbus.4;, &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;,
&man.snd.neomagic.4;, &man.snd.via8233.4;, &man.snd.via82c686.4;,
and &man.snd.vibes.4;.</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 f4ecbc7..f34a092 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@
and threads currently holding sleep mutexes (and spin mutexes for
the current thread). &merged;</para>
+ <para arch="amd64,i386">The kernel crash dump format has been changed to
+ ELF to support large memory (more than 4GB) environment.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ichsmb.4; driver is now available as a loadable
kernel module.</para>
@@ -533,7 +536,7 @@
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.uart.4; driver is now enabled in
the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, and is now the
- default driver for serial ports. The ofw_console and
+ default driver for serial ports. The &man.ofw.console.4; and
&man.sab.4; drivers are now disabled in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. &merged;</para>
@@ -556,6 +559,9 @@
controller found on &ultrasparc;
workstations. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.snd.csa.4; driver now supports
+ suspend and resume operation.</para>
+
<para>The &man.uaudio.4; driver now has some added
functionality, including volume control on more inputs and
recording capability on some devices. &merged;</para>
@@ -651,6 +657,8 @@
This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based
interfaces. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.ste.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;.</para>
+
<para>The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling
(&man.polling.4;).</para>
@@ -751,6 +759,13 @@
<para>The &man.sppp.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
+ <para>The &os; routing table now requires gateways for routes
+ to be of the same address family as the route itself.
+ The &man.route.8; utility now rejects a combination of different
+ address families. For example:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0</screen>
+
<para>The new sysctl <varname>net.link.tap.user_open</varname>
has been implemented. This allows unprivileged access to
&man.tap.4; device nodes based on file system permissions.</para>
@@ -930,6 +945,19 @@
<option>-h</option> flag, which supports changing flags on
symbolic links.</para>
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-v</option>
+ flag to write the command to standard error before it is executed.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-S
+ <replaceable>string</replaceable></option>
+ option to split the <replaceable>string</replaceable> and pass them to
+ the command as the command-line arguments.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports a <option>-P
+ <replaceable>altpath</replaceable></option>
+ option to set the command search path used to look for
+ the command.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the <literal>212</literal>
and <literal>213</literal> status codes for directory
and file status correctly (<literal>211</literal> was used in
@@ -1008,6 +1036,11 @@
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
+ <para>The <application>libkvm</application> now supports
+ ELF crash dump on amd64 and i386 platforms,
+ large crash dump (more than 4GB) in 32-bit platforms,
+ and PAE crash dump on i386 platform.</para>
+
<para>The &man.mixer.8; utility now supports the <option>-S</option>
option. This is the same as the <option>-s</option> option
but does not output mixing field separators.</para>
@@ -1294,6 +1327,10 @@
<para>The <filename>rc.d/bsnmpd</filename> startup script
for &man.bsnmpd.1; has been added.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>rc.d/jail</filename> startup script
+ now supports <varname>jail_<replaceable>name</replaceable>_flags</varname>
+ variable which allows to specify &man.jail.8; flags.</para>
+
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names
at boot time. &merged; For example:</para>
@@ -1582,10 +1619,15 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages: &man.ataraid.4;,
&man.bus.space.9;,
+ &man.central.4;, &man.clkbrd.4;, &man.creator.4;,
&man.devfs.conf.5, &man.devfs.rules.5,
- &man.pmap.page.init.9;,
- &man.pthread.atfork.3;,
- &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;,
+ &man.ebus.4;, &man.eeprom.4;,
+ &man.fhc.4;,
+ &man.machfb.4;,
+ &man.ofw.console.4;, &man.openfirm.4;, &man.openprom.4;,
+ &man.pmap.page.init.9;, &man.pthread.atfork.3;,
+ &man.rtc.4;,
+ &man.sbus.4;, &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;,
&man.snd.neomagic.4;, &man.snd.via8233.4;, &man.snd.via82c686.4;,
and &man.snd.vibes.4;.</para>
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