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-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index dba404a..50f8c9b 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -944,8 +944,13 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
integrated from the TrustedBSD Project. More details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.acls</filename>.</para>
- <para>The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been
- changed to improve its speed on large filesystems. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS
+ (<literal>dirprefs</literal>) has been changed. Rather than
+ scattering directory blocks across a disk, it attempts to group
+ related directory blocks together. Operations traversing large
+ directory hierarchies, such as the &os; Ports tree, have shown
+ marked speedups. This change is transparent and automatic for
+ new directories. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added.
The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8;
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 dba404a..50f8c9b 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -944,8 +944,13 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
integrated from the TrustedBSD Project. More details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.acls</filename>.</para>
- <para>The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been
- changed to improve its speed on large filesystems. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS
+ (<literal>dirprefs</literal>) has been changed. Rather than
+ scattering directory blocks across a disk, it attempts to group
+ related directory blocks together. Operations traversing large
+ directory hierarchies, such as the &os; Ports tree, have shown
+ marked speedups. This change is transparent and automatic for
+ new directories. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added.
The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8;
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