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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 eed15ba..a1ece78 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ <para>The kernel's file descriptor allocation code has been updated, and is now derived from similar code in OpenBSD.</para> + <para arch="sparc64">On &os;/sparc64 <varname>time_t</varname> + has been changed from a 32-bit value to a 64-bit value. + + <note> + <para>Since this change is not backward-compatible, + any programs which are built on the older system using + the 32-bit <varname>time_t</varname> as well as + call system-routines for handling + <varname>time_t</varname> values, will have to be recompiled. + More detail information and notice on upgrading from + the source can be found in + <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING.64BTT</filename>.</para> + </note> + </para> + <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <sect3 id="proc"> @@ -232,6 +247,9 @@ driver has been removed due to breakage. Its functionality has been subsumed into the &man.en.4; driver.</para> + <para>A short hiccup in the &man.em.4; during parameter + reconfiguration, has been fixed. &merged;</para> + <para arch="i386">The lmc (LAN Media Corp. PCI WAN adapter) driver has been removed due to breakage and lack of maintainership.</para> @@ -246,6 +264,9 @@ For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and &man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para> + <para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; NetGraph node type, which supports + IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para> + <para>Several bugs related to multicast and promiscuous mode handling in the &man.sk.4; driver have been fixed.</para> @@ -295,7 +316,6 @@ for authenticating TCP sessions. &man.setkey.8; now includes support for the TCP-MD5 class of security associations. &merged;</para> - </sect3> <sect3 id="disks"> @@ -306,6 +326,8 @@ work better, and some problems with timeouts should be resolved.</para> + <para>The &man.umass.4; driver now supports the missing + ATAPI MMC commands and handles the timeout properly.</para> </sect3> <sect3 id="fs"> @@ -339,6 +361,16 @@ if the server requires it; this may eventually become an option to &man.mount.smbfs.8;.</para> + <para>A support for gbde-enabled swap devices has been added. + When <varname>gbde_swap_enable</varname> is specified + in &man.rc.conf.5;, a swap device named + <filename>/dev/foo.bde</filename> in &man.fstab.5; + is automatically attached at boot time with the device + <filename>/dev/foo</filename> and a random key, which + generated by computing the MD5 checksum of 512 bytes read + from <filename>/dev/random</filename>. + Note that this prevents recovery of kernel dumps.</para> + </sect3> <sect3 id="mm"> @@ -412,11 +444,18 @@ </note> <para> + <para>&man.mountd.8; now supports the <option>-p</option> option, + which allows users to specify a known port for use + in firewall rulesets.</para> + <para>&man.newfs.8; and &man.mdmfs.8; now support a <option>-l</option> flag to enable them to set the MAC multilabel flag on new filesystems without requiring the use of &man.tunefs.8;.</para> + <para>&man.nologin.8; now support reporting login attempts via + &man.syslogd.8;.</para> + <para>A bugfix has been applied to NSS support, which fixes problems when using third-party NSS modules (such as <filename role="package">net/nss_ldap</filename>) and groups with large @@ -507,6 +546,31 @@ </para> + <para><application>pf</application>, OpenBSD's packet filter as of + OpenBSD 3.4 has been imported into &os; source tree and installed + by default. A new user <username>proxy</username>, and two new + groups <username>authpf</username> and <username>proxy</username>, + which <application>pf</application> needs are added as well. + + <note> + <para>On upgrading from the source, these user accounts must be + added in advance. And, the <varname>NO_PF</varname> variable + in <filename>make.conf</filename> can be used to prevent + <application>pf</application> from building.</para> + </note> + + <para>Several userland utilities of OpenBSD's + <application>pf</application> have been imported. + <filename>libexec/ftp-proxy</filename> is an ftp proxy for + <application>pf</application>, + <filename>sbin/pfctl</filename> is an equivalent to + <filename>sbin/ipf</filename>, + <filename>sbin/pflogd</filename> + is a daemon logging packets via <literal>if_pflog</literal> + in pcap format, and + <filename>usr.sbin/authpf</filename> is an authentication shell + to modify pf rulesets.</para> + <para><application>routed</application> has been updated from release 2.22 to release 2.27 from rhyolite.com. Note that for users relying on RIP's MD5 authentication feature, @@ -522,8 +586,14 @@ <sect2 id="ports"> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> - <para></para> - + <para>The <literal>SIZE</literal> attribute for distfiles + which can be used for checking file size before fetching, + has been added and enabled by default. + <varname>DISABLE_SIZE</varname> is a user control knob + to disable the distfile size checking. This is especially + useful on old &os; versions which didn't have &man.fetch.1; + support for this, and for some FTP proxies which always + report incorrect or bogus size.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> |
