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New release notes: cpuset, BTX real mode, gptboot (+MFC), BSD

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ar(1)/ranlib(1), traceroute(8) -a/-A, traceroute6(8) -U.

Updated release note:  tzdata2008a (+MFC).
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Bruce A. Mah 2008-03-15 07:06:12 +00:00
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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para>A new API called <literal>cpuset</literal> has been added
for thread to CPU binding and CPU resource grouping and
assignment. The &man.cpuset.1; userland utility has been added
to allow manipulation of processor sets.</para>
<para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture
facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured
to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or
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<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
<para></para>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The BTX kernel used by the boot
loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real
mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB
devices.</para>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has
been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A
new <command>boot</command> command has been added to
&man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the
required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot
partition if required. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
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<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
<para></para>
<para>BSD-licensed versions of &man.ar.1; and &man.ranlib.1;,
based on <filename>libarchive</filename>, have replaced the GNU
Binutils versions of these utilities.</para>
<para>&man.traceroute.8; now has the ability to print the AS
number for each hop with the new <option>-a</option> switch; a
new <option>-A</option> option allows selecting a particular
WHOIS server.</para>
<para>&man.traceroute6.8; now supports a <option>-U</option> flag
to send probe packets with no upper-layer protocol, rather than
the usual UDP probe packets.</para>
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
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<para>The timezone database has been updated from
the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to
the <application>tzdata2007k</application> release.</para>
the <application>tzdata2008a</application> release. &merged;</para>
</sect2>