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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 561532a..1d49978 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ <para>A kernel option <varname>ADAPTIVE_GIANT</varname>, which causes the Giant lock to also be treated in an adaptive fashion when adaptive mutexes are enabled, - has been added. This improves performance of SMP machines - and is enabled by default on i386.</para> + has been added. This improves the performance of SMP machines + and is enabled by default on the i386.</para> <para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added to use ACPI-controlled hardware features, such as hot keys and @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ This behavior can be overridden by setting the loader tunable <varname>hint.acpi.0.disabled</varname> to <literal>0</literal>.</para> - <para arch="amd64">The &man.agp.4; driver now supports AMD64 graphics + <para arch="amd64">The &man.agp.4; driver now supports the AMD64 graphics aperture relocation table (GART).</para> <para>The &man.bus.dma.9; interface now supports transparently honoring @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ In addition, a set of sysctls <varname>hw.busdma.*</varname> for &man.bus.dma.9; statistics has been added.</para> - <para>The &man.contigmalloc.9; has been reimplemented + <para>The &man.contigmalloc.9; function has been reimplemented with an algorithm which stands a greatly-improved chance of working despite pressure from running programs. The old algorithm can be used by setting a sysctl <varname>vm.old_contigmalloc</varname>. More details @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ <para>The <varname>hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range</varname> loader tunable has been removed.</para> - <para>&man.jail.2; now supports use of raw sockets from within a jail. + <para>&man.jail.2; now supports the use of raw sockets from within a jail. This feature is disabled by default, and controlled by using the <varname>security.jail.allow_raw_sockets</varname> sysctl.</para> @@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ <para arch="amd64">Loadable kernel modules now work and are enabled in the amd64 build.</para> - <para arch="amd64">A preliminary support for running 32-bit - Linux binaries on amd64. This is enabled with the + <para arch="amd64">Preliminary support for running 32-bit + Linux binaries on amd64 has been added. This feature is enabled with the <literal>COMPAT_LINUX32</literal> kernel option.</para> <para arch="i386">The <devicename>loran</devicename> @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ This feature can be enabled by setting a new sysctl <varname>mac_bsdextended_firstmatch_enabled</varname>.</para> - <para>The &man.mac.bsdextended.4; policy now supports to log + <para>The &man.mac.bsdextended.4; policy can now log failed attempts to syslog's <literal>AUTHPRIV</literal> facility. This feature can be enabled by setting a new sysctl <varname>mac_bsdextended_logging</varname>.</para> @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ <para>A bug in &man.mmap.2; that pages marked as <literal>PROT_NONE</literal> may become readable under certain circumstances, has been fixed. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386,pc98">A new kernel option <literal>MP_WATCHDOG</literal> which + <para arch="i386,pc98">A new kernel option <literal>MP_WATCHDOG</literal> + has been added; it allows one of the logical CPUs on a system to be used as a dedicated watchdog to cause a drop to the debugger and/or generate an NMI to the boot processor if the kernel ceases to respond. @@ -566,8 +567,8 @@ <devicename>stf0</devicename> to stdout.</para> <para>The &os; dynamic and static linker now support Thread Local Storage (TLS), - a <application>GCC</application> feature which allows - to add a <literal>__thread</literal> modifier + a <application>GCC</application> feature which supports + a <literal>__thread</literal> modifier to the declaration of global and static variables. This extra modifier means that the variable's value is thread-local; one thread changing its value will not @@ -831,9 +832,9 @@ This allows &man.natd.8; to be bound to different network interfaces and sharing of load.</para> - <para><literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> has always been + <para><literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> support is now always compiled into the kernel, and the associated kernel compile - options are removed. All of the packet filter subsystems + options have been removed. All of the packet filter subsystems that &os; supports now use the <literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> framework.</para> @@ -1168,9 +1169,9 @@ <para>&man.dump.8; and &man.restore.8; now support a <option>-P</option> option to specify backup methods other than files and tapes. The argument is passed to - a normal &man.sh.1; pipeline with either + a normal &man.sh.1; pipeline with either the <varname>$DUMP_VOLUME</varname> or <varname>$RESTORE_VOLUME</varname> - environment variable, respectively. + environment variable defined, respectively. For more information, see &man.dump.8; and &man.restore.8;.</para> <para>The &man.eeprom.8; utility to display and @@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ not <username>root</username>. This is useful for matching anonymous FTP data traffic with a single &man.ipfw.8; rule with <literal>uid</literal>.</para> - <para>&man.ftw.3; and &man.nftw.3; functions have been implemented. + <para>The &man.ftw.3; and &man.nftw.3; functions have been implemented. These are used to traverse a directory hierarchy.</para> <para>The &man.geom.8; utility for operating on &man.geom.4; classes @@ -1256,12 +1257,13 @@ environment.</para> <para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-l</option> option to - clean the environment. The environment variables are discarded + clean the environment. All environment variables are discarded except for <varname>HOME</varname>, <varname>SHELL</varname>, <varname>PATH</varname>, <varname>TERM</varname>, and - <varname>USER</varname> before running jailed program under - specific user's credentials as the &man.su.1; <option>-l</option> - option does.</para> + <varname>USER</varname> before running the jailed program under + specific user's credentials. This behavior is similar to that + provided by the &man.su.1; <option>-l</option> + option.</para> <para>&man.kgdb.1;, a kernel debugging utility which uses <application>libgdb</application> @@ -1833,10 +1835,10 @@ containing known ports vulnerabilities and report them to the administrator.</para> - <para>&os; now adopts <application>Xorg</application> instead of + <para>&os; now uses <application>Xorg</application> instead of <application>XFree86</application> as the default X Window System. The supported release is <application>Xorg</application> X11R6.7.0. - Note that <application>XFree86</application> is also available in &os; + Note that <application>XFree86</application> is also available in the &os; Ports Collection (<filename role="package">x11/XFree86-4</filename>).</para> </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 561532a..1d49978 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ <para>A kernel option <varname>ADAPTIVE_GIANT</varname>, which causes the Giant lock to also be treated in an adaptive fashion when adaptive mutexes are enabled, - has been added. This improves performance of SMP machines - and is enabled by default on i386.</para> + has been added. This improves the performance of SMP machines + and is enabled by default on the i386.</para> <para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver has been added to use ACPI-controlled hardware features, such as hot keys and @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ This behavior can be overridden by setting the loader tunable <varname>hint.acpi.0.disabled</varname> to <literal>0</literal>.</para> - <para arch="amd64">The &man.agp.4; driver now supports AMD64 graphics + <para arch="amd64">The &man.agp.4; driver now supports the AMD64 graphics aperture relocation table (GART).</para> <para>The &man.bus.dma.9; interface now supports transparently honoring @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ In addition, a set of sysctls <varname>hw.busdma.*</varname> for &man.bus.dma.9; statistics has been added.</para> - <para>The &man.contigmalloc.9; has been reimplemented + <para>The &man.contigmalloc.9; function has been reimplemented with an algorithm which stands a greatly-improved chance of working despite pressure from running programs. The old algorithm can be used by setting a sysctl <varname>vm.old_contigmalloc</varname>. More details @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ <para>The <varname>hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range</varname> loader tunable has been removed.</para> - <para>&man.jail.2; now supports use of raw sockets from within a jail. + <para>&man.jail.2; now supports the use of raw sockets from within a jail. This feature is disabled by default, and controlled by using the <varname>security.jail.allow_raw_sockets</varname> sysctl.</para> @@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ <para arch="amd64">Loadable kernel modules now work and are enabled in the amd64 build.</para> - <para arch="amd64">A preliminary support for running 32-bit - Linux binaries on amd64. This is enabled with the + <para arch="amd64">Preliminary support for running 32-bit + Linux binaries on amd64 has been added. This feature is enabled with the <literal>COMPAT_LINUX32</literal> kernel option.</para> <para arch="i386">The <devicename>loran</devicename> @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ This feature can be enabled by setting a new sysctl <varname>mac_bsdextended_firstmatch_enabled</varname>.</para> - <para>The &man.mac.bsdextended.4; policy now supports to log + <para>The &man.mac.bsdextended.4; policy can now log failed attempts to syslog's <literal>AUTHPRIV</literal> facility. This feature can be enabled by setting a new sysctl <varname>mac_bsdextended_logging</varname>.</para> @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ <para>A bug in &man.mmap.2; that pages marked as <literal>PROT_NONE</literal> may become readable under certain circumstances, has been fixed. &merged;</para> - <para arch="i386,pc98">A new kernel option <literal>MP_WATCHDOG</literal> which + <para arch="i386,pc98">A new kernel option <literal>MP_WATCHDOG</literal> + has been added; it allows one of the logical CPUs on a system to be used as a dedicated watchdog to cause a drop to the debugger and/or generate an NMI to the boot processor if the kernel ceases to respond. @@ -566,8 +567,8 @@ <devicename>stf0</devicename> to stdout.</para> <para>The &os; dynamic and static linker now support Thread Local Storage (TLS), - a <application>GCC</application> feature which allows - to add a <literal>__thread</literal> modifier + a <application>GCC</application> feature which supports + a <literal>__thread</literal> modifier to the declaration of global and static variables. This extra modifier means that the variable's value is thread-local; one thread changing its value will not @@ -831,9 +832,9 @@ This allows &man.natd.8; to be bound to different network interfaces and sharing of load.</para> - <para><literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> has always been + <para><literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> support is now always compiled into the kernel, and the associated kernel compile - options are removed. All of the packet filter subsystems + options have been removed. All of the packet filter subsystems that &os; supports now use the <literal>PFIL_HOOKS</literal> framework.</para> @@ -1168,9 +1169,9 @@ <para>&man.dump.8; and &man.restore.8; now support a <option>-P</option> option to specify backup methods other than files and tapes. The argument is passed to - a normal &man.sh.1; pipeline with either + a normal &man.sh.1; pipeline with either the <varname>$DUMP_VOLUME</varname> or <varname>$RESTORE_VOLUME</varname> - environment variable, respectively. + environment variable defined, respectively. For more information, see &man.dump.8; and &man.restore.8;.</para> <para>The &man.eeprom.8; utility to display and @@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ not <username>root</username>. This is useful for matching anonymous FTP data traffic with a single &man.ipfw.8; rule with <literal>uid</literal>.</para> - <para>&man.ftw.3; and &man.nftw.3; functions have been implemented. + <para>The &man.ftw.3; and &man.nftw.3; functions have been implemented. These are used to traverse a directory hierarchy.</para> <para>The &man.geom.8; utility for operating on &man.geom.4; classes @@ -1256,12 +1257,13 @@ environment.</para> <para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-l</option> option to - clean the environment. The environment variables are discarded + clean the environment. All environment variables are discarded except for <varname>HOME</varname>, <varname>SHELL</varname>, <varname>PATH</varname>, <varname>TERM</varname>, and - <varname>USER</varname> before running jailed program under - specific user's credentials as the &man.su.1; <option>-l</option> - option does.</para> + <varname>USER</varname> before running the jailed program under + specific user's credentials. This behavior is similar to that + provided by the &man.su.1; <option>-l</option> + option.</para> <para>&man.kgdb.1;, a kernel debugging utility which uses <application>libgdb</application> @@ -1833,10 +1835,10 @@ containing known ports vulnerabilities and report them to the administrator.</para> - <para>&os; now adopts <application>Xorg</application> instead of + <para>&os; now uses <application>Xorg</application> instead of <application>XFree86</application> as the default X Window System. The supported release is <application>Xorg</application> X11R6.7.0. - Note that <application>XFree86</application> is also available in &os; + Note that <application>XFree86</application> is also available in the &os; Ports Collection (<filename role="package">x11/XFree86-4</filename>).</para> </sect2> |
