From 86d76f86a8049fb8eb93d6a0647494805a04e6f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:47:12 +0000 Subject: New release notes: Multiple low-level consoles, fxp(4) bundling. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 10 ++++++++++ release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index e940af3..a213cf3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ bzip2-compressed kernels and modules. &merged; + The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console + devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the + different consoles. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -443,6 +447,12 @@ The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a device miibus entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged; + The &man.fxp.4; driver now supports Intel's loadable + microcode to implement receive-side interrupt coalescing and + packet bundling, on NICs that support these features. This + support can be activated by the use of the + option to &man.ifconfig.8;. + The &man.gx.4; driver has been added to support NICs based on the Intel 82542 and 82543 Gigabit Ethernet controller chips. Both fiber and copper variants of the cards are supported. Both 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 e940af3..a213cf3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ bzip2-compressed kernels and modules. &merged; + The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console + devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the + different consoles. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -443,6 +447,12 @@ The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a device miibus entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged; + The &man.fxp.4; driver now supports Intel's loadable + microcode to implement receive-side interrupt coalescing and + packet bundling, on NICs that support these features. This + support can be activated by the use of the + option to &man.ifconfig.8;. + The &man.gx.4; driver has been added to support NICs based on the Intel 82542 and 82543 Gigabit Ethernet controller chips. Both fiber and copper variants of the cards are supported. Both -- cgit v1.1