From 65ed101d3ca9a6904711608c3e602218a4cdafc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:02:14 +0000 Subject: New release notes: orm(4), VM out-of-swap fixes, IPv6 update from KAME, isp(4) Fibre Channel update, dump(8) -T doesn't gobble its argument, libfetch authentication callback, libfetch HTTP_USER_AGENT, install(1) -d -C generates a warning, du(1) -I MFCs noted: RFC 1323/1644 back-off. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 42 ++++++++++++++++++---- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 42 ++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 8e60d54..519cab3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ OLDCARD and &man.pccardd.8; now support PCI cards. + An &man.orm.4; device has been added to claim the option + ROMs in the ISA memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from + mistakenly assigned address that conflict with these ROMs. + + The out-of-swap process termination code now begins killing + processes earlier to avoid deadlocks; it now also takes into + account the swap space used by processes when computing the + process sizes. &merged; + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -330,9 +339,8 @@ Network Protocols - Various fixes and improvements to the IPv6 code have been merged in - from the KAME project, including significantly-improved IPSEC - functionality. &merged; + The IPv6 code is now based on a snapshot based on the KAME + Project's IPv6 stack as of 28 May, 2001. &man.accept.filter.9;, a kernel feature to reduce overheads when accepting and reading new connections on listening sockets, @@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ connection in progress if no response has been received by the third SYN segment sent. This behavior tries to work around (very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression - implementations. + implementations. &merged; A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming @@ -495,7 +503,8 @@ attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has been fixed. &merged; - The &man.isp.4; driver has been updated. &merged; + The &man.isp.4; driver is now proactive about discovering + Fibre Channel topology changes. The &man.isp.4; driver now supports target mode for Qlogic SCSI cards, including Ultra2 and Ultra3 and dual bus cards. @@ -821,6 +830,11 @@ &os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when removing a connection from the listen queue. + + OpenSSH now switches to the + user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication + forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race. + Userland Changes @@ -1269,6 +1283,9 @@ &man.dump.8; now supports inheritance of the nodump flag down a hierarchy. &merged; + The to &man.dump.8; no longer swallows + an extra argument. + &man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. &merged; @@ -1321,6 +1338,12 @@ gained the option to restore the old behavior. &merged; + libfetch now has support for an + authentication callback. + + libfetch now has support for a + HTTP_USER_AGENT environment variable. &merged; + &man.atacontrol.8; has been added to control various aspects of the &man.ata.4; driver. @@ -1407,7 +1430,10 @@ existing target files and the option for safe (atomic copy) operation. The (copy) flag is now the default, and the - (debugging) flag has been withdrawn. + (debugging) flag has been withdrawn. + &man.install.1; now issues a warning if + (create directories) and (copy changed files + only) are used together. &man.whois.1; now directs queries for IP addresses to ARIN. @@ -1430,6 +1456,10 @@ The ident protocol support in &man.inetd.8; has been cleaned up and updated. + &man.du.1; now takes a command-line flag + to ignore/skip files and subdirectories matching a specified + shell-glob mask. + Contributed Software 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 8e60d54..519cab3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ OLDCARD and &man.pccardd.8; now support PCI cards. + An &man.orm.4; device has been added to claim the option + ROMs in the ISA memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from + mistakenly assigned address that conflict with these ROMs. + + The out-of-swap process termination code now begins killing + processes earlier to avoid deadlocks; it now also takes into + account the swap space used by processes when computing the + process sizes. &merged; + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -330,9 +339,8 @@ Network Protocols - Various fixes and improvements to the IPv6 code have been merged in - from the KAME project, including significantly-improved IPSEC - functionality. &merged; + The IPv6 code is now based on a snapshot based on the KAME + Project's IPv6 stack as of 28 May, 2001. &man.accept.filter.9;, a kernel feature to reduce overheads when accepting and reading new connections on listening sockets, @@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ connection in progress if no response has been received by the third SYN segment sent. This behavior tries to work around (very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression - implementations. + implementations. &merged; A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming @@ -495,7 +503,8 @@ attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has been fixed. &merged; - The &man.isp.4; driver has been updated. &merged; + The &man.isp.4; driver is now proactive about discovering + Fibre Channel topology changes. The &man.isp.4; driver now supports target mode for Qlogic SCSI cards, including Ultra2 and Ultra3 and dual bus cards. @@ -821,6 +830,11 @@ &os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when removing a connection from the listen queue. + + OpenSSH now switches to the + user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication + forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race. + Userland Changes @@ -1269,6 +1283,9 @@ &man.dump.8; now supports inheritance of the nodump flag down a hierarchy. &merged; + The to &man.dump.8; no longer swallows + an extra argument. + &man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer than 2GB. &merged; @@ -1321,6 +1338,12 @@ gained the option to restore the old behavior. &merged; + libfetch now has support for an + authentication callback. + + libfetch now has support for a + HTTP_USER_AGENT environment variable. &merged; + &man.atacontrol.8; has been added to control various aspects of the &man.ata.4; driver. @@ -1407,7 +1430,10 @@ existing target files and the option for safe (atomic copy) operation. The (copy) flag is now the default, and the - (debugging) flag has been withdrawn. + (debugging) flag has been withdrawn. + &man.install.1; now issues a warning if + (create directories) and (copy changed files + only) are used together. &man.whois.1; now directs queries for IP addresses to ARIN. @@ -1430,6 +1456,10 @@ The ident protocol support in &man.inetd.8; has been cleaned up and updated. + &man.du.1; now takes a command-line flag + to ignore/skip files and subdirectories matching a specified + shell-glob mask. + Contributed Software -- cgit v1.1