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