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and installed with debugging kernels will now occupy more space on
disk than they did previously. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The kernel dump device can now be set via the
+ <varname>dumpdev</varname> loader tunable. As a result, it is now
+ possible to obtain crash dumps from panics during the late stages
+ of kernel initialization (before the system enters into
+ single-user mode).</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@@ -916,6 +922,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. &merged;</para>
+ <para arch="i386">The iir driver has been added to support the
+ Intel Integrated RAID controllers, as well as prior ICP Vortex
+ controllers.</para>
+
<para arch="alpha">A bug that made certain CDROM drives fail to
attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has
been fixed. &merged;</para>
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