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authorhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-10-02 21:02:37 +0000
committerhrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org>2005-10-02 21:02:37 +0000
commite6d490315ac686c39ae56c71658d8455ba229207 (patch)
treec8a7d0a6a970aba60f7f86b4dbce3b042e5c95b3 /release
parent6037bb20e32cb66cccbfb90fb8b5f3e984b56855 (diff)
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New release notes:
gre(4) IPv6 over GRE support, ipfw IPv6 support, new sysctl net.inet6.ip6.stealth added, g_label now supports Ext2FS and ReiserFS, bsdiff(1) and bspatch(1) added, ping(8) "sweeping ping" support, wcsdup() function added, rc.d/gbde_swap renamed to rc.d/encswap, rc.d/geli and rc.d/geli2 added, and portsnap(8) imported.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml44
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml44
2 files changed, 84 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 d0394ea..1ae9bfc 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -201,7 +201,18 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
- <para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
+ <para>The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation
+ found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
+ The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed
+ in the future releases.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
+
+ <para>The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4.
+ This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable
+ <varname>net.inet6.ip6.stealth</varname>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -214,6 +225,9 @@
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
it does nothing.</para>
+ <para>The <literal>GEOM_LABEL</literal> class now supports
+ Ext2FS and ReiserFS.</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
@@ -259,6 +273,10 @@
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
+ <para>The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities
+ have been added. These are tools for constructing and
+ applying binary patches.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
@@ -275,6 +293,12 @@
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ping.8; utility now supports <quote>a sweeping
+ ping</quote> in which &man.icmp.4; payload of
+ packets being sent is increased with given step.
+ This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues
+ or traffic policing functions in networks.</para>
+
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
@@ -287,10 +311,21 @@
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
libssh, and libssl.</para>
+ <para>The <function>wcsdup()</function> function has been
+ implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU
+ systems.</para>
+
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>The <filename>gbde_swap</filename> script has
+ been removed in favor a new <filename>encswap</filename>
+ script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap
+ encryption.</para>
+
+ <para>The <filename>geli</filename> and <filename>geli2</filename>
+ scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device
+ configuration on boot.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -314,6 +349,11 @@
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.portsnap.8; utility (<filename>sysutils/portsnap</filename>)
+ has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure,
+ easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for
+ users to keep their ports trees up to date.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="releng">
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 d0394ea..1ae9bfc 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -201,7 +201,18 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
- <para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
+ <para>The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation
+ found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
+ The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed
+ in the future releases.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
+
+ <para>The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4.
+ This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable
+ <varname>net.inet6.ip6.stealth</varname>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
@@ -214,6 +225,9 @@
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
it does nothing.</para>
+ <para>The <literal>GEOM_LABEL</literal> class now supports
+ Ext2FS and ReiserFS.</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
@@ -259,6 +273,10 @@
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
+ <para>The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities
+ have been added. These are tools for constructing and
+ applying binary patches.</para>
+
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
@@ -275,6 +293,12 @@
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
+ <para>The &man.ping.8; utility now supports <quote>a sweeping
+ ping</quote> in which &man.icmp.4; payload of
+ packets being sent is increased with given step.
+ This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues
+ or traffic policing functions in networks.</para>
+
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
@@ -287,10 +311,21 @@
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
libssh, and libssl.</para>
+ <para>The <function>wcsdup()</function> function has been
+ implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU
+ systems.</para>
+
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para>The <filename>gbde_swap</filename> script has
+ been removed in favor a new <filename>encswap</filename>
+ script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap
+ encryption.</para>
+
+ <para>The <filename>geli</filename> and <filename>geli2</filename>
+ scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device
+ configuration on boot.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -314,6 +349,11 @@
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
+
+ <para>The &man.portsnap.8; utility (<filename>sysutils/portsnap</filename>)
+ has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure,
+ easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for
+ users to keep their ports trees up to date.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="releng">
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