diff options
author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-08-21 17:52:08 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-08-21 17:52:08 +0000 |
commit | b822306fe07fbe8b43edef64b3b0ca76b9d90ffc (patch) | |
tree | 01e279bb261f33c0aa7251860553436b35a71443 /release | |
parent | b0e392e66c25c1e68b509469d03dcccc5922f55b (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-b822306fe07fbe8b43edef64b3b0ca76b9d90ffc.zip FreeBSD-src-b822306fe07fbe8b43edef64b3b0ca76b9d90ffc.tar.gz |
New release notes: OFW_NEWPCI, IP_ONESBCAST, ffsinfo(8).
Modified release notes: Tweak rl(4) note and note MFC.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 21 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 0a208eb..37156bc 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected. &merged;</para> + <para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the + <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has + been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses. + One user-visible change is that the enumeration of devices is + closer to &solaris; (as a result of this change, the numbering + of devices may change if more than one unit of a device type is + present). The <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel + configuration is enabled by default in the + <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para> + <para arch="amd64,alpha,i386,ia64,pc98">The &man.puc.4;, PCI Universal Communications driver now supports to connect parallel ports to the &man.ppc.4; driver.</para> @@ -221,8 +231,8 @@ support IDT77252 based ATM interfaces.</para> <para>The &man.rl.4; driver now has support for the RealTek - 8139C+ Fast Ethernet chipset and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit - Ethernet chip.</para> + 8139C+ Fast Ethernet chip and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit + Ethernet chip. &merged;</para> <para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver now works correctly when the device is configured down. @@ -235,6 +245,10 @@ <sect3 id="net-proto"> <title>Network Protocols</title> + <para>An <literal>IP_ONESBCAST</literal> option has been added + to enable undirected &man.ip.4; broadcasts to be sent to + specific network interfaces.</para> + <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support comma-separated address lists (such as <literal>1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8/30, 9.10.11.12/22</literal>), and allow spaces after commas to make lists of addresses more readable. @@ -341,6 +355,9 @@ polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option> option.</para> + <para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand + UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para> + <para>The &man.iasl.8; utility, a compiler/decompiler for ACPI Source Language (ASL) and ACPI Machine language (AML), has been added.</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 0a208eb..37156bc 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected. &merged;</para> + <para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the + <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has + been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses. + One user-visible change is that the enumeration of devices is + closer to &solaris; (as a result of this change, the numbering + of devices may change if more than one unit of a device type is + present). The <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel + configuration is enabled by default in the + <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para> + <para arch="amd64,alpha,i386,ia64,pc98">The &man.puc.4;, PCI Universal Communications driver now supports to connect parallel ports to the &man.ppc.4; driver.</para> @@ -221,8 +231,8 @@ support IDT77252 based ATM interfaces.</para> <para>The &man.rl.4; driver now has support for the RealTek - 8139C+ Fast Ethernet chipset and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit - Ethernet chip.</para> + 8139C+ Fast Ethernet chip and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit + Ethernet chip. &merged;</para> <para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver now works correctly when the device is configured down. @@ -235,6 +245,10 @@ <sect3 id="net-proto"> <title>Network Protocols</title> + <para>An <literal>IP_ONESBCAST</literal> option has been added + to enable undirected &man.ip.4; broadcasts to be sent to + specific network interfaces.</para> + <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support comma-separated address lists (such as <literal>1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8/30, 9.10.11.12/22</literal>), and allow spaces after commas to make lists of addresses more readable. @@ -341,6 +355,9 @@ polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option> option.</para> + <para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand + UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para> + <para>The &man.iasl.8; utility, a compiler/decompiler for ACPI Source Language (ASL) and ACPI Machine language (AML), has been added.</para> |