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New release notes: OFW_NEWPCI, IP_ONESBCAST, ffsinfo(8).

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Modified release notes:  Tweak rl(4) note and note MFC.
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-08-21 17:52:08 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected.
&merged;</para>
<para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the
<literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has
been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses.
One user-visible change is that the enumeration of devices is
closer to &solaris; (as a result of this change, the numbering
of devices may change if more than one unit of a device type is
present). The <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel
configuration is enabled by default in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
<para arch="amd64,alpha,i386,ia64,pc98">The &man.puc.4;,
PCI Universal Communications driver now supports
to connect parallel ports to the &man.ppc.4; driver.</para>
@ -221,8 +231,8 @@
support IDT77252 based ATM interfaces.</para>
<para>The &man.rl.4; driver now has support for the RealTek
8139C+ Fast Ethernet chipset and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit
Ethernet chip.</para>
8139C+ Fast Ethernet chip and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit
Ethernet chip. &merged;</para>
<para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver
now works correctly when the device is configured down.
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<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>An <literal>IP_ONESBCAST</literal> option has been added
to enable undirected &man.ip.4; broadcasts to be sent to
specific network interfaces.</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support comma-separated address lists
(such as <literal>1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8/30, 9.10.11.12/22</literal>),
and allow spaces after commas to make lists of addresses more readable.
@ -341,6 +355,9 @@
polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option>
option.</para>
<para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand
UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para>
<para>The &man.iasl.8; utility, a compiler/decompiler for ACPI
Source Language (ASL) and ACPI Machine language (AML), has been
added.</para>

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is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected.
&merged;</para>
<para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the
<literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has
been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses.
One user-visible change is that the enumeration of devices is
closer to &solaris; (as a result of this change, the numbering
of devices may change if more than one unit of a device type is
present). The <literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel
configuration is enabled by default in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
<para arch="amd64,alpha,i386,ia64,pc98">The &man.puc.4;,
PCI Universal Communications driver now supports
to connect parallel ports to the &man.ppc.4; driver.</para>
@ -221,8 +231,8 @@
support IDT77252 based ATM interfaces.</para>
<para>The &man.rl.4; driver now has support for the RealTek
8139C+ Fast Ethernet chipset and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit
Ethernet chip.</para>
8139C+ Fast Ethernet chip and the RealTek 8169 Gigabit
Ethernet chip. &merged;</para>
<para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver
now works correctly when the device is configured down.
@ -235,6 +245,10 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>An <literal>IP_ONESBCAST</literal> option has been added
to enable undirected &man.ip.4; broadcasts to be sent to
specific network interfaces.</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support comma-separated address lists
(such as <literal>1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8/30, 9.10.11.12/22</literal>),
and allow spaces after commas to make lists of addresses more readable.
@ -341,6 +355,9 @@
polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option>
option.</para>
<para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand
UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para>
<para>The &man.iasl.8; utility, a compiler/decompiler for ACPI
Source Language (ASL) and ACPI Machine language (AML), has been
added.</para>