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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index b21de02..934d558 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ <para>Linux emulation mode now supports IPv6.</para> + <para>&man.madvise.2; now supports a + <literal>MADV_PROTECT</literal> behavior, which informs the + virtual memory system that a process is critical and should not + be killed when swap space has been exhausted. The process must + be owned by the superuser.</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <para>A second process scheduler, designed to be a general purpose @@ -207,6 +213,10 @@ feature was sponsored by DARPA and Network Associates Laboratories.</para> + <para arch="i386">A new &man.vpd.4; driver has been added to + read hardware information from the Vital Product Data structure + on IBM ThinkPad machines.</para> + </sect3> <sect3 id="boot"> @@ -363,6 +373,14 @@ <sect3 id="fs"> <title>Filesystems</title> + <para>A new <literal>DIRECTIO</literal> kernel option enables + support for read operations that bypass the buffer cache and + put data directly into a userland buffer. This feature + requires that the <literal>O_DIRECT</literal> flag is set on + the file descriptor and that both the offset and length for + the read operation are multiples of the physical media sector + size. &merged;</para> + <para>NETNCP and Netware Filesystem Support (nwfs) are once again working.</para> @@ -380,7 +398,10 @@ <sect3 id="mm"> <title>Multimedia Support</title> - <para></para> + <para arch="i386">The <filename>atspeaker.ko</filename> and + <filename>pcspeaker.ko</filename> modules for the + &man.speaker.4; device have been renamed + <filename>speaker.ko</filename>.</para> </sect3> </sect2> @@ -683,6 +704,15 @@ change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports tree. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now honors the <varname>BLOCKSIZE</varname> + environment variable in its output when the <option>-b</option> + flag is given.</para> + + <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now implements a <option>-Q</option> + option, which is similar to the <option>-q</option> + <quote>quiet</quote> option except that it prefixes the output + with the package name.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> @@ -702,6 +732,10 @@ <para>The supported release of <application>XFree86</application> has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para> + <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version + upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been + removed.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="doc"> 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 b21de02..934d558 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ <para>Linux emulation mode now supports IPv6.</para> + <para>&man.madvise.2; now supports a + <literal>MADV_PROTECT</literal> behavior, which informs the + virtual memory system that a process is critical and should not + be killed when swap space has been exhausted. The process must + be owned by the superuser.</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <para>A second process scheduler, designed to be a general purpose @@ -207,6 +213,10 @@ feature was sponsored by DARPA and Network Associates Laboratories.</para> + <para arch="i386">A new &man.vpd.4; driver has been added to + read hardware information from the Vital Product Data structure + on IBM ThinkPad machines.</para> + </sect3> <sect3 id="boot"> @@ -363,6 +373,14 @@ <sect3 id="fs"> <title>Filesystems</title> + <para>A new <literal>DIRECTIO</literal> kernel option enables + support for read operations that bypass the buffer cache and + put data directly into a userland buffer. This feature + requires that the <literal>O_DIRECT</literal> flag is set on + the file descriptor and that both the offset and length for + the read operation are multiples of the physical media sector + size. &merged;</para> + <para>NETNCP and Netware Filesystem Support (nwfs) are once again working.</para> @@ -380,7 +398,10 @@ <sect3 id="mm"> <title>Multimedia Support</title> - <para></para> + <para arch="i386">The <filename>atspeaker.ko</filename> and + <filename>pcspeaker.ko</filename> modules for the + &man.speaker.4; device have been renamed + <filename>speaker.ko</filename>.</para> </sect3> </sect2> @@ -683,6 +704,15 @@ change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the ports tree. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now honors the <varname>BLOCKSIZE</varname> + environment variable in its output when the <option>-b</option> + flag is given.</para> + + <para>&man.pkg.info.1; now implements a <option>-Q</option> + option, which is similar to the <option>-q</option> + <quote>quiet</quote> option except that it prefixes the output + with the package name.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> @@ -702,6 +732,10 @@ <para>The supported release of <application>XFree86</application> has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para> + <para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version + upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been + removed.</para> + </sect2> <sect2 id="doc"> |