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diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index 0409864..0000000 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1713 +0,0 @@ - RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD Release 5.0-SNAP - (alpha Architecture) - -This is a 5.0-CURRENT release SNAPshot of FreeBSD, an active -development branch which will produce its first release in late -2001. Those features which have also been back-ported to -the 4.x-stable branch (the next release for which will be 4.3) -are marked [MERGED]. - -Any installation failures or crashes should be reported by using the -send-pr command (those preferring a Web-based interface can also see -http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html). - -For information about FreeBSD and the layout of the 5.0-RELEASE -directory (especially if you're installing from floppies!), see -ABOUT.TXT. For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and -HARDWARE.TXT files. - -For the latest of these 5.0-current snapshots, you should always see: - - ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD - -If you wish to get the latest post-4.x-RELEASE technology. - -Table of contents: ------------------- -1. What's new since the 4.0/5.0 branch - 1.1 KERNEL CHANGES - 1.2 SECURITY FIXES - 1.3 USERLAND CHANGES - -2. Supported Configurations - 2.1 Disk Controllers - 2.2 Ethernet cards - 2.3 FDDI - 2.4 ATM - 2.5 Misc - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD - 3.1 FTP/Mail - 3.2 CDROM - -4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD - -5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code - -6. Acknowledgments - - -1. What's new since the 4.0/5.0 branch --------------------------------------- -All changes described here are unique to the 5.0 branch unless -specifically marked as [MERGED] features. - - -1.1. KERNEL CHANGES -------------------- - -A new event notification facility called kqueue was added to the -FreeBSD kernel. This is a new interface which is able to replace -poll/select, offering improved performance, as well as the ability -to report many different types of events. Support for monitoring -changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files are present, as well as -for signals and processes. [MERGED] - -Support for named extended attributes was added to the FreeBSD kernel. -This allows the kernel, and appropriately privileged userland -processes, to tag files and directories with attribute data. Extended -attributes were added to support the TrustedBSD Project, in particular -ACLs, capability data, and mandatory access control labels (see -/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.extattr for details). - -POSIX.1b Shared Memory Objects are now supported. The implementation -uses regular files, but automatically enables the MAP_NOSYNC flag -when they are mmap(2)ed. [MERGED] - -Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the National Semiconductor -DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear FA312-TX. - -Due to a licensing change, softupdates have been integrated into the -main portion of the kernel source tree. As a consequence, softupdates -are now available with the GENERIC kernel. [MERGED] - -When running with softupdates, statfs(2) and df(1) will track the -number of blocks and files that are committed to being freed. - -ipfilter has been updated to 3.4.16. [MERGED] - -The tap driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for bridged -configurations, has been added. [MERGED] - -accept_filters, a kernel feature to reduce overheads when accepting -and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added. -[MERGED] - -The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers. In -addition, it now supports the ServerWorks ROSB4 ATA33 chipset, the CMD -648 ATA66 and CMD 649 ATA100 chipsets, and the Cyrix 5530. [MERGED] - -To provide more flexible configuration, the various options for the -ata(4) driver are now boot loader tunables, rather than kernel -configure-time options. [MERGED] - -The ata(4) driver now has support for tagged queuing, which is -enabled by the hw.ata.tags loader tunable. [MERGED] - -The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA "pseudo" RAID controllers as -the Promise Fasttrak and HighPoint HPT370 controllers. [MERGED] - -AlphaServer 1200 ("Tincup") has been tested and works OK. Currently it does -not want to boot from CD or floppy but a transplanted disk that was -installed on another Alpha works well. [MERGED] - -The ti(4) driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit -Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit cards. [MERGED] - -SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from BSD/OS -5.0. One of the main features of SMPng ("SMP Next Generation") is to -allow more processes to run in kernel, without the need for spin locks -that can dramatically reduce the efficiency of multiple processors. -Interrupt handlers now have contexts associated with them that allow -them to be blocked, which reduces the need to lock out interrupts. - -SMP support for the Alpha is now operational. - -The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory /boot/kernel, -so they can be easily manipulated together. The boot loader has been -updated to make this change as seamless as possible. - -A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can -be found in /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot. - -Softupdates for FFS have received some bug fixes and enhancements. - -A bug in FFS that could cause superblock corruption on very large -filesystems has been corrected. [MERGED] - -The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the -netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable. -Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED] - -The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, -PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. -Although these cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn -driver runs these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to -achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent, -so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver -is still needed to support non-PCI cards. [MERGED] - -The ed(4) driver is now also supported on the Alpha. - -A bug in the ed(4) driver that could cause panics with very short -packets and BPF or bridging active has been fixed. - -The pcm(4) driver now supports the ESS Solo 1, Maestro-1, Maestro-2, -and Maestro-2e; Forte Media fm801, ESS Maestro-2e, and VIA -Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some -other updates. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster 8 and -Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver. A driver for -the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added. A driver for -the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED] - -A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has been added, however due to -licensing restrictions, it cannot be compiled into the kernel. -[MERGED] To use this driver, add the following line to -/boot/loader.conf: - - snd_maestro3_load="YES" - -Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be -set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still -supported for backwards compatibility. [MERGED] - -The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are -improved compatibility with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with -AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance improvements. -Some bugs were also fixed, including a rare hang on Ultra2/U160 -controllers. [MERGED] - -ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project. - -devfs(5), which allows entries in the /dev directory to be built -automatically and supports more flexible attachment of devices, has -been largely reworked. devfs(5) is now enabled by default, and is -disabled by the NODEVFS kernel option. - -Write combining for crashdumps has been implemented. This feature -is useful when write caching is disabled on both SCSI and IDE disks, -where large memory dumps could take up to an hour to complete. [MERGED] - -The bktr(4) driver has been updated to 2.15. New tuner types have -been added, and improvements to the KLD module and to memory -allocation have been made. [MERGED] - -The bktr(4) driver has been updated to 2.17. This fixes bugs in devfs -when unloading and reloading, and syncs with some NetBSD -changes. [MERGED] - -The bktr(4) driver has been updated to 2.18. This adds support for -new Hauppauge Model 44xxx WinTV Cards (the ones with no audio mux). - -Extremely large swap areas (>67 GB) no longer panic the system. - -The Inode Filesystem (IFS) has been added; more information can be -found in /usr/src/sys/ufs/ifs/README. - -The cd(4) driver now has support for write operations. This allows -writing to DVD-RAM, PD and similar drives that probe as CD devices. -Note that change affects only random-access writeable devices, not -sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are -supported by cdrecord. [MERGED] - -The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a loadable -character conversion routine. The sysutils/cd9660_unicode port -contains a set of common conversions. [MERGED] - -Support for threads under Linux emulation has been added. - -The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent -Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). [MERGED] - -A new netgraph node type ng_one2many(4) for multiplexing and -demultiplexing packets over multiple links has been added. [MERGED] - -The DEC3000-series support has been removed from the mfsroot floppy image -so that it fits on a 1.44Mbyte floppy again. As DEC3000 is currently -only usable diskless this should not cause any problems. - -For the same reason SLIP has been removed from the mfsroot image as well. - -Support for AlphaServer 2100A ('Lynx') has been added. - -netgraph(4) has received some updates. - -sbufs, null-terminated string data structures, and their associated -support routines, have been added to the kernel. Details are in -sbuf(9). - -The vinum(4) volume manager has received some bug fixes and enhancements. - -ICMP ECHO and TSTAMP replies are now rate limited. TCP RSTs generated -due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by -separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own -description. - -ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections in the -SYN_SENT state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as -controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED] - -TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED] - -TCP now supports the NewReno modification to the TCP Fast Recovery -algorithm. This behavior can be controlled via the -net.inet.tcp.newreno sysctl variable. [MERGED] - -TCP now uses a more aggressive timeout for initial SYN segments; this -allows initial connection attempts to be dropped much faster. [MERGED] - -The TCP_COMPAT_42 kernel option has been removed. - -A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, -causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface -that has an address matching the packet's destination address. [MERGED] - -PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. - -kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. - -md(4), the memory disk device, has had the functionality of vn(4) -incorporated into it. md(4) devices can now be configured by -mdconfig(8). vn(4) has been removed. - -The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network -cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be -modified by raycontrol(8). [MERGED] - -FDDI networking using Digital Equipment DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters is now -supported. - -A new API has been added for sound cards with hardware volume -control. - -A new sysctl 'net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface' to controls the -suppression of logging when ARP replies arrive on the wrong -interface. [MERGED] - -A bug in the NFS client that caused bogus access times with -O_EXCL|O_CREAT opens was fixed. [MERGED] - -Client-side NFS locks have been implemented. - -The bug that made certain CDROM drives fail to attach when connected -to a SCSI card driven by 'isp' has been fixed. [MERGED] - -Condition variables have now been implemented in the FreeBSD kernel. -See condvar(9) for more details. - -The "make buildkernel" target now gets the name of the -configuration(s) to build from the KERNCONF variable, not KERNEL. It -is no longer required, in some cases, for a "buildworld" to precede a -"buildkernel". (The buildworld is still required when upgrading across -major releases, across binutil upgrades and when config changes -version.) - -The API UP1100 mainboard has been verified to work OK. - -bridge(4) and dummynet(4) have received some enhancements and bug fixes. - -The API CS20 1U high server has been verified to work OK. - -ipfw(8) has a new feature ("me") that allows for packet matching on -interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED] - -The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED] - -The isp(4) driver now supports target mode for Qlogic SCSI cards, -including Ultra2 and Ultra3 and dual bus cards. - -The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. [MERGED] - -The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm. -It harvests entropy from a variety of interrupt sources, including the -console devices, Ethernet and point-to-point network interfaces, and -mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now -periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy. - -Kernel code has been added that allows older generation Alpha CPUs -(EV4 and EV5) to emulate instructions of the newer Alpha CPU -generations. This enables the use of binary-only programs like Adobe -Acrobat 4 on EV4 and EV5. - -The fxp(4) driver now requires a "device miibus" entry in the kernel -configuration file. [MERGED] - -A new NFS hash function (based on the Fowler/Noll/Vo hash algorithm) -has been implemented to improve NFS performance by increasing the -efficiency of the nfsnode hash tables. [MERGED] - -The syscons(4) driver now supports keyboard-controlled pasting, by -default bound to Shift-Insert. - -Support for file system Access Control Lists (ACLs) has been -introduced, allowing more fine-grained control of discretionary access -control on files and directories. This support was integrated from -the TrustedBSD Project. More details can be found in -/usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.acls. - -The CAM error recovery code has been updated. - -The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been changed to -improve its speed on large filesystems. - -The wx(4) driver now supports the Intel PRO1000-F and PRO1000-T -(10/100/1000) adapters. [MERGED] - -The labpc(4) driver has been removed due to bitrot. - -Added support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the National -Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 gigabit ethernet controller chips, -including the D-Link DGE-500T, SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX), -Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC and Addtron AEG320T. - -The USER_LDT kernel option is now activated by default. - -A new digi(4) driver has been added to support PCI Xr-based and ISA -Xem Digiboard cards. A new digictl program is (mainly) used to -re-initialise cards that have external port modules attached such as -the PC/Xem. - - -1.2. SECURITY FIXES -------------------- - -sysinstall(8) now allows the user to select one of three "security -profiles" at install-time. These profiles enable different levels of -system security by enabling or disabling various system services in -rc.conf(5) on new installs. [MERGED] - -A bug in which malformed ELF executable images can hang the system has -been fixed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:41). [MERGED] - -A security hole in Linux emulation was fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-00:42). [MERGED] - -rlogind(8), rshd(8), and fingerd(8) are now disabled by default in -/etc/inetd.conf. This only affects new installations. [MERGED] - -String-handling library calls in many programs were fixed to reduce -the possibility of buffer overflow-related exploits. [MERGED] - -TCP now uses stronger randomness in choosing its initial sequence -numbers (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:52). [MERGED] - -Several buffer overflows in tcpdump(1) were corrected (see security -advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:61). [MERGED] - -A security hole in top(1) was corrected (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-00:62). [MERGED] - -A potential security hole caused by an off-by-one-error in -gethostbyname(3) has been fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-00:63). [MERGED] - -A potential buffer overflow in the ncurses(3X) library, which could -cause arbitrary code to be run from within systat(1), has been corrected -(see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:68). [MERGED] - -A vulnerability in telnetd(8) that could cause it to consume large -amounts of server resources has been fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-00:69). [MERGED] - -The "nat deny_incoming" command in ppp(8) now works correctly (see -security advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:70). [MERGED] - -A vulnerability in csh(1)/tcsh(1) temporary files that could allow -overwriting of arbitrary user-writable files has been closed (see -security advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:76). [MERGED] - -The ssh(1) binary is no longer SUID root by default. - -Some fixes were applied to the Kerberos IV implementation related to -environment variables, a possible buffer overrun, and overwriting -ticket files. [MERGED] - -telnet(1) now does a better job of sanitizing its environment. [MERGED] - -Several vulnerabilities in procfs(4) were fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-00:77). [MERGED] - -A bug in OpenSSH in which a server was unable to disable ssh-agent or -X11 forwarding was fixed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:01). -[MERGED] - -A bug in ipfw(8) and ipfw6(8) in which inbound TCP segments could -incorrectly be treated as being part of an "established" connection -has been fixed (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:08). [MERGED] - -A bug in crontab(8) that could allow users to read any file on the -system in valid crontab(5) syntax has been fixed (see security -advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:09). [MERGED] - -A vulnerability in inetd(8) that could allow read-access to the -initial 16 bytes of wheel-accessible files has been fixed (see -security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:11). [MERGED] - -A bug in periodic(8) that used insecure temporary files has been -corrected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:12). [MERGED] - -A bug in sort(1) in which an attacker might be able to cause it to -abort processing has been fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-01:13). [MERGED] - -To fix a remotely-exploitable buffer overflow, BIND has been updated -to 8.2.3 (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:18). [MERGED] - -OpenSSH now has code to prevent (instead of just mitigating through -connection limits) an attack that can lead to guessing the server key -(not host key) by regenerating the server key when an RSA failure is -detected (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:24). [MERGED] - -A number of programs have had output formatting strings corrected so -as to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities. [MERGED] - -A number of programs that use temporary files now do so more -securely. [MERGED] - -A bug in ICMP that could cause an attacker to disrupt TCP and UDP -"sessions" has been corrected. [MERGED] - -A bug in timed(8), which caused it to crash if sent certain malformed -packets, has been corrected (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-01:28). [MERGED] - -A bug in rwhod(8), which caused it to crash if sent certain malformed -packets, has been corrected (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-01:29). [MERGED] - -A security hole in FreeBSD's FFS and EXT2FS implementations, which -allowed a race condition that could cause users to have unauthorized -access to data, has been fixed (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-01:30). [MERGED] - -A remotely-exploitable vulnerability in ntpd(8) has been closed (see -security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:31). [MERGED] - -A security hole in IPFilter's fragment cache has been closed (see -security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:32). [MERGED] - -Buffer overflows in glob(3), which could cause arbitrary code to be -run on an FTP server, have been closed. In addition, to prevent some -forms of DOS attacks, glob(3) now allows specification of a limit on -the number of pathname matches it will return. ftpd(8) now uses this -feature (see security advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:33). [MERGED] - -Initial sequence numbers in TCP are more thoroughly randomized, using -an algorithm obtained from OpenBSD (see security advisory -FreeBSD-SA-01:39). [MERGED] - - -1.3. USERLAND CHANGES ---------------------- - -cdcontrol(1) now supports a "cdid" command, which calculates and -displays the CD serial number, using the same algorithm used by the CDDB -database. [MERGED] - -mtree(8) now includes support for a file listing pathnames to be excluded -when creating and verifying prototypes. This makes it easier to use -mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED] - -OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED] - -OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations, -activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. [MERGED] - -The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.1.0, which provides support for the -SSH2 protocol, including DSA keys. Therefore, OpenSSH users in the US -no longer need to rely on the restrictively-licensed RSAREF toolkit -which is required to handle RSA keys. OpenSSH 2.1 interoperates well -with other SSH2 clients and servers, including the ssh2 port. See -http://www.openssh.com for more details. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH can now authenticate using OPIE passwords in SSH1 mode. -Support is not yet available in SSH2 mode. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.2.0. ssh-add(1) and ssh-agent(1) can now -handle DSA keys. An sftp server interoperable with ssh.com clients -and others has been added. scp(1) can now handle files >2GB. -Interoperability with other ssh2 clients/servers has been improved. A -new feature to limit the number of outstanding unauthenticated ssh -connections in sshd has been added. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.3.0. This version adds support for the -Rijndael encryption algorithm. [MERGED] - -PAM support for OpenSSH has been added. - -A long-standing bug in SSH, which sometimes resulted in a dropped -session when an X11-forwarded client was closed, was fixed. - -Kerberos compatability has been added to OpenSSH. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH has been modified to be more resistant to traffic analysis by -requiring that "non-echoed" characters are still echoed back in a null -packet, as well as by padding passwords sent so as not to hint at -password lengths. [MERGED] - -OpenSSH now has a "VersionAddendum" configuration setting for sshd(8) -to allow changing the part of the OpenSSH version string after the -main version number. - -OpenSSH has been updated to version 2.9, which adds two new programs, -sftp(1) and ssh-keyscan(1). Among the various enhancements: The -default protocol is now v2, rekeying of existing SSH sessions is now -supported, and an experimental SOCKS4 proxy has been added to the -ssh(1) client. - -Support for USB devices was added to the GENERIC kernel and to the -installation programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that -SRM does not support USB devices at the moment, so you must still use -an AT keyboard if you are not using a serial console. [MERGED] - -The csh(1) shell has been replaced by tcsh(1), although it can still -be run as csh(1). tcsh has been updated to version 6.10. [MERGED] - -The more(1) command has been replaced by less(1), although it can still -be run as more(1). [MERGED] - -ls(1) can produce colorized listings with the -G flag (and appropriate -terminal support). [MERGED] - -sendmail upgraded from version 8.9.3 to version 8.11.3. Important changes -include: new default file locations (see -/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README); newaliases is limited to root and -trusted users; STARTTLS encryption; and the MSA port (587) is turned on by -default. See /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more -information. [MERGED] - -mail.local(8) is no longer installed as a set-user-id binary. If you are -using a /etc/mail/sendmail.cf from the default sendmail.cf included with -FreeBSD any time after 3.1.0, you are fine. If you are using a -hand-configured sendmail.cf and mail.local for delivery, check to make sure -the F=S flag is set on the Mlocal line. Those with .mc files who need to -add the flag can do so by adding the following line to their your .mc file -and regenerating the sendmail.cf file: - MODIFY_MAILER_FLAGS(`LOCAL', `+S')dnl -Note that FEATURE(`local_lmtp') already does this. [MERGED] - -The default /etc/mail/sendmail.cf disables the SMTP EXPN and VRFY -commands. [MERGED] - -vacation(1) has been updated to use the version included with -sendmail. [MERGED] - -The sendmail(8) configuration building tools are installed in -/usr/share/sendmail/cf/. [MERGED] - -New make.conf options: SENDMAIL_MC and SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC. See -/etc/defaults/make.conf for more information. [MERGED] - -The Makefile in /etc/mail now supports: the new SENDMAIL_MC make.conf -option; the ability to build .cf files from .mc files; generalized map -rebuilding; rebuilding the aliases file; and the ability to stop, start, -and restart sendmail. [MERGED] - -sysinstall(8) now properly preserves /etc/mail during a binary -upgrade. [MERGED] - -awk has been upgraded from gawk-3.0.4 to gawk-3.0.6. This fixes a number -of non-critical bugs and includes a few performance tweaks. [MERGED] - -routed(8) has been updated to version 2.22. [MERGED] - -The truncate(1) utility, which truncates or extends the length -of files, has been added. [MERGED] - -syslogd(8) can take a -n option to disable DNS queries for every -request. [MERGED] - -kenv(1), a command to dump the kernel environment, has been added. -[MERGED] - -The behavior of periodic(8) is now controlled by /etc/defaults/periodic.conf -and /etc/periodic.conf. [MERGED] - -logger(1) can now send messages directly to a remote syslog. [MERGED] - -which(1) is now a C program, rather than a Perl script. - -killall(1) is now a C program, rather than a Perl script. As a -result, killall's -m option now uses the regular expression syntax of -regex(3), rather than that of perl(1). [MERGED] - -killall(1) now allows non-root users to kill SUID root processes that -they started. - -finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the -finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED] - -finger(1) now has support for a .pubkey file. - -nsswitch support has been merged from NetBSD. By creating an -nsswitch.conf(5) file, FreeBSD can be configured so that various -databases such as passwd(5) and group(5) can be looked up using flat -files, NIS, or Hesiod. The old hosts.conf(5) file is no longer used. - -sshd X11Forwarding is now turned on by default on server (any risk is -to the client, where it is already disabled by default). - -RSA Security has waived all patent rights to the RSA algorithm (two -weeks before the patent was due to expire). As a result, the native -OpenSSL implementation of the RSA algorithm is now activated by -default, and the rsaref port and librsaUSA are no longer -required for USA residents. [MERGED] - -sshd is now enabled by default on new installs. [MERGED] - -perl has been updated to version 5.6.0. - -Binutils have been upgraded to 2.10.1. [MERGED] - -libreadline has been upgraded to 4.2. - -The ifconfig(8) command can set the link-layer address of an interface. -[MERGED] - -ifconfig(8) can now accept addresses in slash/CIDR notation. [MERGED] - -setproctitle(3) has been moved from libutil to libc. [MERGED] - -chio(1) now has the ability to specify elements by volume tag instead -of by their physical location as well as the ability to return an -element to its previous location. [MERGED] - -sed(1) now takes a -E option for extended regular expression -support. [MERGED] - -ln(1) now takes an -i option to request user confirmation before -overwriting an existing file. [MERGED] - -ln(1) now takes a -h option to avoid following a target that is a -link, with a -n option for compatability with other implementations. [MERGED] - -Version numbers of installed packages have a new (backward-compatible) -syntax, which supports the "PORTREVISION" and "PORTEPOCH" variables in -ports collection makefiles. These changes help keep track of changes -in the ports collection entries such as security patches or -FreeBSD-specific updates, which aren't reflected in the original, -third-party software distributions. pkg_version(1) can now compare -these new-style version numbers. [MERGED] - -CVS has been updated to 1.11. [MERGED] - -libpcap has been updated to 0.6.2. - -tcpdump has been updated to 3.6.2. - -User-land ppp(8) has received a number of updates and bug fixes. [MERGED] - -To improve performance and disk utilization, the "ports skeletons" in -the FreeBSD Ports Collection have been restructured. Installed ports -and packages should not be affected. [MERGED] - -make(1) has gained the :C/// (regexp substitution), :L (lowercase), -and :U (uppercase) variable modifiers. These were added to reduce the -differences between the FreeBSD and OpenBSD/NetBSD make programs. [MERGED] - -Bugs in make(1), among which include broken null suffix behavior, bad -assumptions about current directory permissions, and potential buffer -overflows, have been fixed. [MERGED] - -fsck wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure -for fsck(8) to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to -mount(8) and mount_*(8)). - -The behavior of fsck(8) when dealing with various passes (a la -/etc/fstab) has been modified to accomodate multiple-disk filesystems. - -ncurses has been updated to ncurses-5.2-20010512. - -gperf has been updated to 2.7.2. [MERGED] - -style.perl.7, a style guide for Perl code in the FreeBSD base system, -has been added. - -The ISC library from the BIND distribution is now built as -libisc. [MERGED] - -The "in use" percentage metric displayed by netstat(1) now really -reflects the percentage of network mbufs used. [MERGED] - -netstat(1) now has a -W flag that tells it not to truncate addresses, -even if they're too long for the column they're printed in. [MERGED] - -netstat(1) now keeps track of input and output packets on a -per-address basis for each interface. [MERGED] - -sockstat(1) now has -c and -l flags for listing connected and -listening sockets, respectively. [MERGED] - -mergemaster(8) has gained some new features, has been cleaned up -somewhat, and is now more cross-platform friendly. - -mergemaster(8) now sources an /etc/mergemaster.rc file and also -prompts the user to run recommended commands (such as "newaliases") as -needed. [MERGED] - -The compiler chain now uses the FSF-supplied C/C++ runtime -initialization code. This change brings about better compatibility -with code generated from the various egcs and gcc ports, as well as -the stock public FSF source. [MERGED] - -The threads library has gained some signal handling changes, bug -fixes, and performance enhancements (including zero system call thread -switching). gdb(1) thread support has been updated to match these -changes. [MERGED] - -chflags(1) has moved from /usr/bin to /bin. - -Use of the CSMG_* macros no longer require inclusion of <sys/param.h>. - -IP Filter is now supported by the rc.conf(5) boot-time configuration -and initialization. [MERGED] - -The lastlogin(1) utility, which prints the last login time of each -user, has been imported from NetBSD. [MERGED] - -newfs(8) now implements write combining, which can make creation of -new filesystems up to seven times faster. [MERGED] - -newfs(8) now takes a -U option to enable softupdates on a new filesystem. - -The default number of cylinders per group in newfs(8) is now 22, up from 16. - -A number of buffer overflows in config(8) have been fixed. [MERGED] - -pwd(1) can now double as realpath(1), a program to resolve pathnames -to their underlying physical paths. [MERGED] - -file(1) has been contribify-ed, and updated to version 3.35. - -stty(1) now has support for an "erase2" control character, so that -both "delete" and "backspace" can be used to erase characters. [MERGED] - -The ibcs2(8), linux(8), osf1(8), and svr4(8) scripts, whose sole -purpose was to load emulation kernel modules, have been removed. The -kernel module system will automatically load them as needed to fulfill -dependencies. - -top(1) will now use the full width of its tty. - -groff(1) and its related utilities have been updated to FSF version -1.17. This import brings in a new mdoc(7) macro package, which -removes many of the limitations of its predecessor. [MERGED] - -A number of cleanups and enhancements have been applied to the PCI -subsystem. /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors now contains a vendor/device -database, which can be used by pciconf(8). - -indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED] - -sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new -dialog support functions. [MERGED] - -The default root partition in sysinstall is now 100MB on the i386 and -120MB on the alpha. - -gcc has been updated to 2.95.3. [MERGED] - -Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from -the controlling tty), fsck_ffs will now output a line indicating the -current phase number and progress information relevant to the current -phase. [MERGED] - -fsck(8) and fsck_ffs(8) now support background filesystem checks to -mounted FFS filesystems with the -B option (softupdates must be -enabled on these filesystems). The -F flag now determines whether a -specified filesystem needs foreground checking. - -fsck(8) now has support for foreground (-F) and background (-B) -checks. Traditionally, fsck(8) is invoked before the filesystems are -mounted and all checks are done to completion at that time. If -background checking is available, fsck(8) is invoked twice. It is -first invoked at the traditional time, before the filesystems are -mounted, with the -F flag to do checking on all the filesystems that -cannot do background checking. It is then invoked a second time, -after the system has completed going multiuser, with the -B flag to do -checking on all the filesystems that can do background checking. -Unlike the foreground checking, the background checking is started -asynchonously so that other system activity can proceed even on the -filesystems that are being checked. - -Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, -lpr(1), lpd(8), syslogd(8), and logger(1) are now all IPv6-capable. -[MERGED] - -rm(1) -v now displays the entire pathname of a file being -removed. [MERGED] - -lpr(1), lpq(1), and lpd(8) have received a few minor -enhancements. [MERGED] - -pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their -dependencies, has been added. [MERGED] - -pkg_info(1) now supports globbing against names of installed packages. -The -G option disables this behavior, and the -x option causes regular -expression matching instead of shell globbing. [MERGED] - -If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start -with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface. - -rdist(1) has been retired. - -Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5. [MERGED] - -Heimdal has been updated to 0.3e. [MERGED] - -ppp(8) has gained the tcpmssfixup option, which adjusts outgoing TCP -SYN packets so that the maximum receive segment size is no larger than -allowed by the interface MTU. - -libcrypt and libdescrypt have been unified to provide a configurable -password authentication hash library. Both the md5 and des hash methods -are provided unless the des hash is specifically compiled out. - -passwd(1) and pw(8) now select the passwd hash algorithm at run time. See -the "passwd_format" attribute in /etc/login.conf. - -In preparation for meeting SUSv2/POSIX <sys/select.h> requirements, -'struct selinfo' and related functions have been moved to -<sys/selinfo.h>. - -gcc now uses a unified libgcc rather than a separate one for threaded -and non-threaded programs. /usr/lib/libgcc_r.a can be removed. [MERGED] - -syslogd(8) now supports a "LOG_CONSOLE" facility (disabled by -default), which can be used to log /dev/console output. [MERGED] - -rpcgen now uses /usr/bin/cpp (as on NetBSD), not /usr/libexec/cpp. - -Boot-time syscons configuration was moved to a machine-independent -rc.syscons. [MERGED] - -burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default -behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to -take a list of image files from a filename was also added; '-' can be -used as a filename for stdin. [MERGED] - -dmesg(8) now has a -a option to show the entire message buffer, -including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED] - -In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, the ConnectionsPerPeriod parameter has been -deprecated in favor of MaxStartups. [MERGED] - -cdcontrol(1) now uses the CDROM environment variable to pick a default -device. [MERGED] - -sysctl(8) now supports a -N option to print out variable names only. - -All packages and ports now contain an "origin" directive, which makes -it easier for programs like pkg_version(1) to determine the directory -from which a package was built. [MERGED] - -sysinstall(8) now lives in /usr/sbin, which simplifies the installation -process. The sysinstall(8) manpage is also installed in a more -consistent fashion now. - -config(8) is now better about converting various warnings that should -have been errors into actual fatal errors with an exit code. This -ensures that that 'make buildkernel' doesn't quietly ignore them and -build a bogus kernel without a human to read the errors. [MERGED] - -pkg_create(1) and pkg_add(1) can now work with packages that have -been compressed using bzip2(1). pkg_add(1) will use the -PACKAGEROOT environment variable to determine a mirror site for new -packages. [MERGED] - -pkg_info(1) can now accept a -g flag for verifying an installed -package against its recorded checksums (to see if it's been modified -post-installation). Naturally, this mechanism is only as secure as -the contents of /var/db/pkg if it's to be used for auditing -purposes. [MERGED] - -pkg_version(1) now has a version number comparison routine that -corresponds to the Porters Handbook. It also has a -t option for -testing address comparisons. [MERGED] - -libc is now thread-safe by default; libc_r contains only thread functions. - -find(1) now takes the -empty flag, which returns true if a file or -directory is empty. [MERGED] - -find(1) now takes the -iname and -ipath primaries for case-insensitive -matches, and the -regexp and -iregexp primaries for regular-expression -matches. The -E flag now enables extended regular -expressions. [MERGED] - -find(1) now has the -anewer, -cnewer, -mnewer, -okdir, and --newer[acm][acmt] primaries for comparisons of file timestamps. [MERGED] - -tftpd(8) now takes the -c and -C options, which allow the server to -chroot(2) based on the IP address of the connecting client. tftp(1) -and tftpd(8) can now transfer files larger than 65535 blocks. [MERGED] - -vidcontrol(1) now accepts a -g parameter to select custom text -geometry in the VESA_800x600 raster text mode. [MERGED] - -ldconfig(8) now checks directory ownerships and permissions for -greater security; these checks can be disabled with the -i -flag. [MERGED] - -The rfork_thread(3) library call has been added as a helper function -to rfork(2). Using this function should avoid the need to implement -complex stack swap code. [MERGED] - -Significant additions have been made to internationalization support; -FreeBSD now has complete locale support for the LC_MONETARY, -LC_NUMERIC, and LC_MESSAGES categories. A number of applications have -been updated to take advantage of this support. - -A compat4x distribution has been added for compatibility with FreeBSD -4-STABLE. - -The compat3x distribution has been updated to include libraries -present in FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE. [MERGED] - -savecore(8) now supports a -k option to prevent clearing a crash dump -after saving it. It also attempts to avoid writing large stretches of -zeros to crash dump files to save space and time. [MERGED] - -When requested to delete multiple packages, pkg_delete(1) will now -attempt to remove them in dependency order rather than the order -specified on the command line. [MERGED] - -pkg_delete(1) now can perform glob/regexp matching of package names. -In addition, it supports the -a option for removing all packages and -the -i option for rm(1)-style interactive confirmation. [MERGED] - -tar(1) now supports the TAR_RSH variable, principally to enable the -use of ssh(1) as a transport. [MERGED] - -disklabel(8) now supports partition sizes expressed in kilobytes, -megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors. [MERGED] - -The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been -improved to provide less biased results. - -login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM -modules. [MERGED] - -PAM support has been added for account management and sessions. - -Linux PAM has been updated to 0.75. - -The following PAM modules have been added: pam_krb5, pam_nologin, -pam_rootok, pam_wheel. - -wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a -given group. - -The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of -processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as -OpenSSL. [MERGED] - -The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now -ssh, rather than rsh. [MERGED] - -bc has been updated from 1.04 to 1.06. [MERGED] - -ipfstat(8) now supports the -t option to turn on a top(1)-like -display. [MERGED] - -The dreaded 'going nowhere without my init' bug that manifested itself -while installing on hardware that had labeled disks connected (e.g. -with Tru64 on it) has been fixed. [MERGED] - -pkg_sign(1) and pkg_check(1) have been added to digitally sign and -verify the signatures on binary package files. [MERGED] - -/usr/src/share/examples/BSD_daemon/ now contains a scalable Beastie -graphic. [MERGED] - -dump(8) now supports inheritance of the "nodump" flag down a -hierarchy. [MERGED] - -The ISC DHCP client has been updated to 2.0pl5. [MERGED] - -split(1) now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. [MERGED] - -tail(1) now has the ability to work on files longer than 2GB. [MERGED] - -units(1) has received some updates and bugfixes. [MERGED] - -As part of an ongoing process, many manual pages were improved, both -in terms of their formatting markup and in their content. [MERGED] - -pkg_create(1) now records dependencies in dependency order rather than -in the order specified on the command line. This improves the -functioning of "pkg_add -r". [MERGED] - -"lprm -" now works for remote printer queues. [MERGED] - -ftpd(8) now supports a -r flag for read-only mode and a -E flag to -disable EPSV. It also has some fixes to reduce information leakage -and the ability to specify compile-time port ranges. [MERGED] - -ping(8) now supports a -m option to set the TTL of outgoing -packets. [MERGED] - -A version of Transport Independent RPC (TI-RPC) has been imported. - -rpcbind(8) has replaced portmap(8). - -NFS now works over IPv6. - -lockd has been imported from NetBSD. - -rc(8) now has an framework for handling dependencies between -rc.conf(5) variables. [MERGED] - -rc(8) now deletes all non-directory files in /var/run and -/var/spool/lock at boot time. - -The setfacl(1) and getfacl(1) commands have been added to manage -file system Access Control Lists. - -ee(1) editor has been updated to 1.4.2. - -The default TCP port range used by libfetch for passive FTP retrievals -has changed; this affects the behavior of fetch(1), which has gained the --U option to restore the old behavior. [MERGED] - -atacontrol(8) has been added to control various aspects of the ata(4) -driver. - -libcrypt now has support for Blowfish password hashing. - -The functions from libposix1e have been integrated into libc. - -GNATS has been updated to 3.113. [MERGED] - -BSDPAN, a collection of modules that provides tighter integration of -Perl into the FreeBSD Ports Collection, has been added. - -vidcontrol(1) now allows the user to omit the font size specification -when loading a font, and has some better error-handling. - -ip6fw(8) now has the ability to use a preprocessor and use the -q (quiet) -flag when reading from a file. [MERGED] - -devinfo, a simple tool to print the device tree and resource usage by -devices, has been added. - -A new kernel option, "options REGRESSION", enables interfaces and -functionality intended for use during correctness and regression -testing. - -fmtcheck(3), a function for checking consistency of format string -arguments, has been added. - -nl(1), a line numbering filter program, has been added. - -c89(1) has been converted from a shell script to a binary executable, -fixing some minor bugs. - -pax(1) has received a number of enhancements, including cpio(1) -functionality, tar compatability enhancements, and a number of bug -fixes. - -Ukranian language support has been added to the FreeBSD console. - -The performance of the ELF dynamic linker has been improved. [MERGED] - -fdread(1), a program to read data from floppy disks, has been added. -It is designed to provide a means of recovering at least some data -from bad media, and to obviate for a complex invocation of dd(1). - -xargs(1) now supports a -J replstr option that allows the user to tell -xargs to insert the data read from standard input at a specific point -in the command line arguments rather than at the end. - -apmd(8) now supports monitoring of the battery state via the -apm_battery configuration directive. - -telnet(1) now does autologin and encryption by default; a new -y -option turns off encryption. - -The Forth Inspired Command Language used in the boot loader has been -updated to 2.05. - - -2. Supported Configurations ---------------------------- - -For an extensive overview of supported Alpha machines/mainboards please refer -to the HARDWARE.TXT file. - -2.1. Disk Controllers ---------------------- -IDE -ATA - -Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. - -AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). - -BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: - -[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] - -BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: - BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D -BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: - BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, - BT-540CF -BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: - BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, - BT-542B -BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: - BT-742A, BT-542B - -AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also -supported. - -DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and -SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V -is not yet supported. - -AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family RAID controllers: - MegaRAID Series 418 - MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 (Series 428) - MegaRAID Enterprise 1300 (Series 434) - MegaRAID Enterprise 1400 (Series 438) - MegaRAID Enterprise 1500 (Series 467) - MegaRAID Enterprise 1600 (Series 471) - MegaRAID Elite 1500 (Series 467) - MegaRAID Elite 1600 (Series 493) - MegaRAID Express 100 (Series 466WS) - MegaRAID Express 200 (Series 466) - MegaRAID Express 300 (Series 490) - MegaRAID Express 500 (Series 475) - Dell PERC - Dell PERC 2/SC - Dell PERC 2/DC - Dell PERC 3/DCL - HP NetRAID-1si - HP NetRAID-3si - HP Embedded NetRAID -Booting from these controllers is supported, but not possible due to -SRM limitations. - -Mylex DAC960 and DAC1100 RAID controllers with 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x -firmware: - DAC960P - DAC960PD - DAC960PDU - DAC960PL - DAC960PJ - DAC960PG - AcceleRAID 150 - AcceleRAID 250 - eXtremeRAID 1100 -This list includes controllers sold by Digital/Compaq in Alpha systems -in the StorageWorks family, eg. KZPSC, KZPAC. Booting from these -controllers is supported when recognised by SRM (typically Digital/ -Compaq models only, and only in systems where they are supported). -EISA adapters are not supported. - -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, -53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: - ASUS SC-200 - Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) - Diamond FirePort (all) - NCR cards (all) - Symbios cards (all) - Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F - Tyan S1365 - -Qlogic Controllers and variants: - Qlogic 1020, 1040 SCSI and Ultra SCSI host adapters - Qlogic 1240 dual Ultra SCSI controllers - Qlogic 1080 Ultra2 LVD and 1280 Dual Ultra2 LVD controllers - Qlogic 12160 Ultra3 LVD controllers - Qlogic 2100 and Qlogic 2200 Fibre Channel SCSI controllers - Performance Technology SBS440 ISP1000 variants - Performance Technology SBS450 ISP1040 variants - Performance Technology SBS470 ISP2100 variants - Antares Microsystems P-0033 ISP2100 variants - -With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, -tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor -target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands -are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW -writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. - -The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: -(cd) SCSI interface -(acd) ATAPI IDE interface - -2.2. Ethernet cards -------------------- - -Adaptec Duralink PCI Fast Ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec -AIC-6915 Fast Ethernet controller chip, including the following: - ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter - -Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards - -Alteon Networks PCI Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 -chipsets, including the following: - Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and 2) - 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2) - Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) - Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet - DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000 - NEC Gigabit Ethernet - Farallon PN9000SX - Asante PCI 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - Asante GigaNIX1000T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - -AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) -AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, -PCnet/Home, and HomePNA. - -SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, -WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT -based clones. SMC Elite Ultra. SMC Etherpower II. - -RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs including the following: - Allied Telesyn AT2550 - Allied Telesyn AT2500TX - Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139) - NDC Communications NE100TX-E - OvisLink LEF-8129TX - OvisLink LEF-8139TX - Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100 - KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet - Accton "Cheetah" EN1207D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone) - SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX - -Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC Fast Ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX - NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1 - Matrox FastNIC 10/100 - Kingston KNE110TX - -Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 Fast Ethernet NICs - Accton EN1217 (98715A) - Adico AE310TX (98715A) - Compex RL100-TX - CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A) - CNet Pro120B (98715) - NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A) - SVEC PN102TX (98713) - -Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 Fast Ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2 - -Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet NICs including the following: - Trendware TE100-PCIE - -VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" Fast Ethernet -NICs including the following: - Hawking Technologies PN102TX - D-Link DFE-530TX - AOpen/Acer ALN-320 - -Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs - -National Semiconductor DP83815 Fast Ethernet NICs including the following: - NetGear FA311-TX - NetGear FA312-TX - -National Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 Gigabit Ethernet NICs including -the following: - D-Link DGE-500T - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9462TX) - Asante FriendlyNet GigaNIC 1000TA and 1000TPC - Addtron AEG320T - -Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs including -the following: - D-Link DFE-550TX - -SysKonnect SK-984x PCI Gigabit Ethernet cards including the following: - SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port - SK-9842 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port - SK-9843 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port - SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port - SK-9821 1000baseT copper, single port - SK-9822 1000baseT copper, dual port - -Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: - Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port - Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP - Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC - Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP - Racore 8165 10/100baseTX - Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality - -ADMtek Inc. AL981-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs -ADMtek Inc. AN985-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs -ADMtek Inc. AN986-based USB Ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys USB100TX - Billionton USB100 - Melco Inc. LUA-TX - D-Link DSB-650TX - SMC 2202USB - -CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB Ethernet NICs including the following: - CATC Netmate - CATC Netmate II - Belkin F5U111 - -Kawasaki LSI KU5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet NICs including -the following: - LinkSys USB10T - Entrega NET-USB-E45 - Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter - 3Com 3c19250 - ADS Technologies USB-10BT - ATen UC10T - Netgear EA101 - D-Link DSB-650 - SMC 2102USB - SMC 2104USB - Corega USB-T - -ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs, including the following: - Alfa Inc. GFC2204 - CNet Pro110B - -DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) -DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) -DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc) - -DEC/Intel 21143 based Fast Ethernet NICs, including the following: - DEC DE500-BA - Compaq Presario 7900 series built-in Ethernet - D-Link DFE-570TX - Kingston KNE100TX - LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 Instant GigaDrive built-in Ethernet - -Davicom DM9100 and DM9102 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs, including the -following: - Jaton Corporation XpressNet - -Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A - -HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A). - -Intel EtherExpress 16 -Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 -Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet - -Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) -Isolink 4110 (8 bit) - -Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 Ethernet interface. - -PCI network cards emulating the NE2000: RealTek 8029, NetVin 5000, -Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926. - -3Com 3C501 cards - -3Com 3C503 Etherlink II - -3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ - -3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP - -3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI -(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL - -3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter - -3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter - -Toshiba Ethernet cards - -Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs, including: - IBM Etherjet ISA - -Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're -still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any -takers? - - -2.3. FDDI ---------- - -Digital Equipment DEFPA PCI adapters are supported., - - -2.4. ATM --------- - - o ATM Host Interfaces - - FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters - - Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM PCI Adapters - - o ATM Signaling Protocols - - The ATM Forum UNI 3.1 signaling protocol - - The ATM Forum UNI 3.0 signaling protocol - - The ATM Forum ILMI address registration - - FORE Systems' proprietary SPANS signaling protocol - - Permanent Virtual Channels (PVCs) - - o IETF "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" model - - RFC 1483, "Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5" - - RFC 1577, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" - - RFC 1626, "Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5" - - RFC 1755, "ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM" - - RFC 2225, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" - - RFC 2334, "Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)" - - Internet Draft draft-ietf-ion-scsp-atmarp-00.txt, - "A Distributed ATMARP Service Using SCSP" - - o ATM Sockets interface - - -2.5. Misc ---------- - -AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. -ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial. - -Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported) -Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported) - -Comtrol Rocketport card. - -Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. - -STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. - -SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. -SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards. - -Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64, -ONboard 4/16 and Brumby. - -Specialix SI/XIO/SX ISA, PCI serial expansion cards/modules. - -Advance Asound 100, 110 and Logic ALS120 -Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/462x/428x -ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370/1371 -ESS ES1868, ES1869, ES1879 and ES1888 -ESS Maestro-1, Maestro-2, and Maestro-2E -ForteMedia fm801 -Gravis UltraSound MAX/PnP -MSS/WSS Compatible DSPs -NeoMagic 256AV/ZX -OPTi 931/82C931 -SoundBlaster, Soundblaster Pro, Soundblaster AWE-32, Soundblaster AWE-64 -Trident 4DWave DX/NX -VIA Technologies VT82C686A -Yamaha DS1 and DS1e -(newpcm driver) - -Connectix QuickCam -Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber -Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber -Cortex1 frame grabber -Hauppauge Wincast/TV boards (PCI) -STB TV PCI -Intel Smart Video Recorder III -Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 / Bt878 chip. - -HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives. - -PS/2 mice - -Standard PC Joystick - -X-10 power controllers - -GPIB and Transputer drivers. - -Genius and Mustek hand scanners. - -Xilinx XC6200 based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with -the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com) - -Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver. - -Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 ISA standard speed -(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes -(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the -ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with -an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with -the same driver. - -Aironet 4500/4800 series 802.11 wireless adapters. The PCI and ISA -models are supported for the Alpha architecture. - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD --------------------- - -You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: - -3.1. FTP/Mail -------------- - -You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from -`ftp.FreeBSD.org' - the official FreeBSD release site. - -For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file -MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in -networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are always welcome! -Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to -become an official mirror site. - -If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic mail is your -only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to -`ftpmail@ftpmail.vix.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message -to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism. -Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of -megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute -LAST resort! - - -3.2. CDROM ----------- - -FreeBSD 4.x-RELEASE and 3.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: - - BSDi / Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D - Concord CA 94520 - USA - +1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX) - -Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com. -Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from: - - ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog - -Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription. -FreeBSD SNAPshot CDs, when available, are $39.95 or $14.95 with a -FreeBSD-SNAP subscription (-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely -separate). With a subscription, you will automatically receive updates as -they are released. Your credit card will be billed when each disk is -shipped and you may cancel your subscription at any time without further -obligation. - -Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico -and $9.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American -Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United -States. California residents please add 8.25% sales tax. - -Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an -unconditional return policy. - - -4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD ----------------------------------------------- - -If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, most likely -it's 3.0 and there may be some issues affecting you, depending -of course on your chosen method of upgrading. There are two popular -ways of upgrading FreeBSD distributions: - - o Using sources, via /usr/src - o Using sysinstall's (binary) upgrade option. - -Please read the UPGRADE.TXT file for more information, preferably -before beginning an upgrade. - - -5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. ------------------------------------------------------------ -Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always -valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find -(preferably with a fix attached, if you can!). - -The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with -Internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command or use the CGI -script at http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html. Bug reports -will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can -be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon -as possible. Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site -in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports -and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to -watch out for. - -If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to -submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: - - freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org - -Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move -even onto a totally different system. We much prefer if you could use -this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem -reports. However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether -the problem might have already been fixed since. - - -Otherwise, for any questions or tech support issues, please send mail to: - - freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org - - -If you're tracking the -current development efforts, you should -definitely join the -current mailing list, in order to keep abreast -of recent developments and changes that may affect the way you -use and maintain the system: - - freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org - - -Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have -extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired -enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves! To -contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send -mail to: - - freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org - - -Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant* -amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and -are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you -may find it preferable to subscribe instead to: - - freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org - - -All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing -to do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword -`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This -will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing -archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at -special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo -and ask about them! - - -6. Acknowledgments ------------------- - -FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not -thousands, of individuals from around the world who have worked very -hard to bring you this release. For a complete list of FreeBSD -project staffers, please see: - - http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/staff.html - -or, if you've loaded the doc distribution: - - file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html - -Special thanks also go to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers -all over the world, without whom this release simply would not have been -possible. - - The FreeBSD Project - -$FreeBSD$ |
