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Move bootloader-related changes into a new sect3-level section

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underneath the Kernel Changes.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-01-14 19:02:19 +00:00
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Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files
are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
using DHCP. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K). &merged;</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@ -112,16 +91,6 @@
<para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
<filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
this change as seamless as possible.</para>
<para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
<literal>nullconsole</literal>
console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
a serial port. &merged;</para>
<para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a
single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to
the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported
@ -323,11 +292,6 @@
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
(enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
different consoles.</para>
@ -335,13 +299,6 @@
<para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based
display adapters.</para>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the
<filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a
full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD
@ -455,6 +412,55 @@
support is compiled into the kernel. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Bootloader Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
<literal>nullconsole</literal>
console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
a serial port. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
(enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
using DHCP. &merged;</para>
<!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K). &merged;</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
<filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
this change as seamless as possible.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Network Interface Support</title>

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Support for monitoring changes in sockets, pipes, fifos, and files
are present, as well as for signals and processes. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
using DHCP. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K). &merged;</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@ -112,16 +91,6 @@
<para>The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
<filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
this change as seamless as possible.</para>
<para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
<literal>nullconsole</literal>
console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
a serial port. &merged;</para>
<para>Replaced the <literal>PQ_*CACHE</literal> options with a
single <literal>PQ_CACHESIZE</literal> option to be set to
the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still supported
@ -323,11 +292,6 @@
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
(enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
different consoles.</para>
@ -335,13 +299,6 @@
<para arch="alpha">The console driver has gained support for TGA-based
display adapters.</para>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel on the installation CDs is now separated from the
<filename>mfsroot</filename> image. This permits the use of a
full kernel when installing from CD on machines that support CD
@ -455,6 +412,55 @@
support is compiled into the kernel. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Bootloader Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap utility for CDROMs provides
better compatability with some BIOS implementations that do not
completely implement the El Torito bootable CDROM standard. This
boot loader supports <quote>no emulation</quote> mode booting,
thus eliminating the need for an emulated floppy disk image on
a bootable CDROM. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The i386 boot loader now has support for a
<literal>nullconsole</literal>
console type, for use on systems with neither a video console nor
a serial port. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &man.loader.8; now has optional support
(enabled at compile-time, off by default) for loading
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for Intel's Wired for Management 2.0 (PXE)
was added to the &os; boot loader. Due to API differences, the
older PXE versions are not supported. This allow network booting
using DHCP. &merged;</para>
<!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now contains a workaround
to support CDROM booting on certain IBM BIOSs that expect the
first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K). &merged;</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel and modules have been moved to the directory
<filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, so they can be easily
manipulated together. The boot loader has been updated to make
this change as seamless as possible.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Network Interface Support</title>