From 23d35cbc1908b99622df6edfd41c22ef37237433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:46:09 +0000 Subject: MFP4: First errata items for 5.1-RELEASE. --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml index 50afad3..3db3d25 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ]]> + No advisories. ]]> @@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ ]]> + The RAIDframe disk driver described in &man.raid.4; is + non-functional for this release. + + ACPI seems to make some i386 machines unstable. Turning off + ACPI support may help solve some of these problems; see an item + in . ]]> @@ -142,7 +147,43 @@ ]]> + &man.ipfw.4; should work correctly on strict-alignment + 64-bit architectures such as alpha and sparc64. + + The release notes should have stated that the + libthr library is built by default for the + i386 platform. + + &os; &release.prev; includes some new boot loader scripts + designed to make booting &os; with different options easier. + This may help diagnose bootstrapping problems. These scripts + build on the existing Forth-based boot loader scripts (thus, + /boot/loader.conf and other existing loader + configuration files still apply). They are only installed by + default for new binary installs on i386 machines. The new + scripts present a boot-time menu that controls how &os; is + booted, and include options to turn off ACPI, a safe + mode boot, single-user booting, and verbose booting. + Safe mode booting can be particularly useful when + compatibility with a system's hardware is uncertain, and sets + the following kernel tunable variables: + + hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 # disable ACPI (i386 only) +hw.ata.ata_dma=0 # disable IDE DMA +hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 # disable ATAPI/IDE DMA +hw.ata.wc=0 # disable IDE disk write cache +hw.eisa_slots=0 # disable probing for EISA devices + + For new installs on i386 architecture machines, + &man.sysinstall.8; will try to determine if ACPI was disabled + via the new boot loader scripts mentioned above, and if so, + ask if this change should be made permanent. + + The release notes should have mentioned that work on the + following features was sponsored by the Defense Advanced + Research Projects Agency (DARPA): OpenPAM, NSS support, PAE + support, various MAC framework updates, the GEOM disk geometry + system. ]]> -- cgit v1.1