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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 8241914..d2f64fb 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ have been rewritten to use it. Note that <filename>/etc/remote</filename> and <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> have been updated as well.</para> + <para>The &man.vkbd.4; driver has been added. This driver + provides a software loopback mechanism that can implement + a virtual AT keyboard similar to what the &man.pty.4; driver + does for terminals.</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <para arch="i386,amd64,ia64">The default <varname>HZ</varname> @@ -231,6 +236,10 @@ <sect3 id="proc"> <title>Hardware Support</title> + <para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver, + which supports Sony Notebook Controller on various + Sony laptops has been added.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus &ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para> @@ -320,6 +329,10 @@ &man.fxp.4; driver, to prevent problems with a system panics or is left in the kernel debugger. &merged;</para> + <para>The gx(4) driver has been removed because + it is no longer maintained actively and + the &man.em.4; supports all of the supported hardware.</para> + <para>The &man.hme.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para> <para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now @@ -452,6 +465,9 @@ <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel has been reduced from fifteen seconds to five seconds.</para> + <para>The old vinum(4) subsystem has been removed + in favor of the new &man.geom.4;-based version.</para> + <para arch="pc98">The &man.wd.4; driver has been removed. The &man.ata.4; driver has been found to work well enough on the pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4; @@ -511,7 +527,7 @@ is detected.</para> <para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has - been changed to be machine-indepedent.</para> + been changed to be machine-independent.</para> <para>The <filename>libarchive</filename> library (as well as the &man.tar.1; command that uses it) now has support for reading ISO @@ -532,6 +548,13 @@ &man.lrint.3; and variants, and &man.lround.3; and variants. &merged;</para> + <para>The <filename>libxpg4</filename> library has been removed + because all of the functionality was merged into + <filename>libc</filename> for a long time. + All binaries linked with <filename>libxpg4</filename> + must be recompiled or use &man.libmap.conf.5;. + Note that the &os; base system has no such binaries.</para> + <para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now supports a <option>-n</option> flag to suppress the creation of a <filename>.snap</filename> directory on new file systems. This feature is intended for use @@ -549,6 +572,12 @@ <literal>GEOM_UZIP</literal> &man.geom.4; module, has been added. &merged;</para> + <para>A separate directory has been added for &man.named.8; + dynamic zones which is owned by the bind user + (for creation of the zone journal file). + For more detail, see an example dynamic zone in the sample + &man.named.conf.5;. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process. @@ -598,6 +627,12 @@ removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the command line. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.rm.1; utility now suppresses diagnostic messages + when it attempts to remove a non-existent directory + with the <option>-r</option> and <option>-f</option> options + specified. This behavior is required by + Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3).</para> + <para>An &man.rpmatch.3; library function has been added to check a string for being an affirmative or negative response in the current locale.</para> @@ -610,6 +645,11 @@ <para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support interface has been removed.</para> + <para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions + such as <literal>-</literal>(no padding), + <literal>_</literal>(use space as padding), + and <literal>0</literal>(zero padding).</para> + <para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain @@ -673,6 +713,13 @@ ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting> moused_ums0_flags="-z 4" moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting> + <para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports <varname>tmpmfs_flags</varname> + and <varname>varmfs_flags</varname> variables. + These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility, + to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation, + such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner + for the file system, and so on.</para> + </sect3> </sect2> 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 8241914..d2f64fb 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ have been rewritten to use it. Note that <filename>/etc/remote</filename> and <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> have been updated as well.</para> + <para>The &man.vkbd.4; driver has been added. This driver + provides a software loopback mechanism that can implement + a virtual AT keyboard similar to what the &man.pty.4; driver + does for terminals.</para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <para arch="i386,amd64,ia64">The default <varname>HZ</varname> @@ -231,6 +236,10 @@ <sect3 id="proc"> <title>Hardware Support</title> + <para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver, + which supports Sony Notebook Controller on various + Sony laptops has been added.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus &ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para> @@ -320,6 +329,10 @@ &man.fxp.4; driver, to prevent problems with a system panics or is left in the kernel debugger. &merged;</para> + <para>The gx(4) driver has been removed because + it is no longer maintained actively and + the &man.em.4; supports all of the supported hardware.</para> + <para>The &man.hme.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para> <para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now @@ -452,6 +465,9 @@ <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel has been reduced from fifteen seconds to five seconds.</para> + <para>The old vinum(4) subsystem has been removed + in favor of the new &man.geom.4;-based version.</para> + <para arch="pc98">The &man.wd.4; driver has been removed. The &man.ata.4; driver has been found to work well enough on the pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4; @@ -511,7 +527,7 @@ is detected.</para> <para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has - been changed to be machine-indepedent.</para> + been changed to be machine-independent.</para> <para>The <filename>libarchive</filename> library (as well as the &man.tar.1; command that uses it) now has support for reading ISO @@ -532,6 +548,13 @@ &man.lrint.3; and variants, and &man.lround.3; and variants. &merged;</para> + <para>The <filename>libxpg4</filename> library has been removed + because all of the functionality was merged into + <filename>libc</filename> for a long time. + All binaries linked with <filename>libxpg4</filename> + must be recompiled or use &man.libmap.conf.5;. + Note that the &os; base system has no such binaries.</para> + <para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now supports a <option>-n</option> flag to suppress the creation of a <filename>.snap</filename> directory on new file systems. This feature is intended for use @@ -549,6 +572,12 @@ <literal>GEOM_UZIP</literal> &man.geom.4; module, has been added. &merged;</para> + <para>A separate directory has been added for &man.named.8; + dynamic zones which is owned by the bind user + (for creation of the zone journal file). + For more detail, see an example dynamic zone in the sample + &man.named.conf.5;. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process. @@ -598,6 +627,12 @@ removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the command line. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.rm.1; utility now suppresses diagnostic messages + when it attempts to remove a non-existent directory + with the <option>-r</option> and <option>-f</option> options + specified. This behavior is required by + Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3).</para> + <para>An &man.rpmatch.3; library function has been added to check a string for being an affirmative or negative response in the current locale.</para> @@ -610,6 +645,11 @@ <para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support interface has been removed.</para> + <para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions + such as <literal>-</literal>(no padding), + <literal>_</literal>(use space as padding), + and <literal>0</literal>(zero padding).</para> + <para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain @@ -673,6 +713,13 @@ ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting> moused_ums0_flags="-z 4" moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting> + <para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports <varname>tmpmfs_flags</varname> + and <varname>varmfs_flags</varname> variables. + These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility, + to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation, + such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner + for the file system, and so on.</para> + </sect3> </sect2> |
