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New release notes: Per-interface IP address hash table, network

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devices in /dev, UUCP moved to ports.

MFCs noted:  bge(4).
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Bruce A. Mah 2001-10-01 19:36:21 +00:00
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and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell
PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames
and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as
interrupt moderation.</para>
interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
<para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now
has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a
network interface, and which ones are enabled. &man.ifconfig.8;
has support for querying these capabilities.</para>
<para>Performance with hosts having a large number of IP aliases
has been improved, by replacing the per-interface
<varname>if_inaddr</varname> linear list with a hash table.</para>
<para>Network devices now automatically appear in
<filename>/dev</filename>. Interface hardware ioctls (not
protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The
<varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the
special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
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<para><filename>libgmp</filename> has been superceded by
<filename>libmp</filename>.
<para><application>UUCP</application> has been removed from the
base system, with the exceptions of &man.cu.1; and &man.rmail.8;.
The remainder of <application>UUCP</application> can be found in
the Ports Collection, in <port>net/freebsd-uucp</port>.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>

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and SK-9D41, and the built-in Gigabit Ethernet NICs on Dell
PowerEdge 2550 servers. TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames
and VLAN tag insertion/stripping are supported, as well as
interrupt moderation.</para>
interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
<para>The per-interface <varname>ifnet</varname> structure now
has the ability to indicate a set of capabilities supported by a
network interface, and which ones are enabled. &man.ifconfig.8;
has support for querying these capabilities.</para>
<para>Performance with hosts having a large number of IP aliases
has been improved, by replacing the per-interface
<varname>if_inaddr</varname> linear list with a hash table.</para>
<para>Network devices now automatically appear in
<filename>/dev</filename>. Interface hardware ioctls (not
protocol or routing) can be performed on these devices. The
<varname>SIOCGIFCONF</varname> ioctl may be performed on the
special <filename>/dev/network</filename> node.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -1922,6 +1932,11 @@
<para><filename>libgmp</filename> has been superceded by
<filename>libmp</filename>.
<para><application>UUCP</application> has been removed from the
base system, with the exceptions of &man.cu.1; and &man.rmail.8;.
The remainder of <application>UUCP</application> can be found in
the Ports Collection, in <port>net/freebsd-uucp</port>.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>