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New release notes: Kernel message buffer via sysctl and dmesg(8),

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new processor detection, better TCP memory usage, netstat(1) -z.
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<option>create</option> option should be used when another device
instance is desired.</para>
<para>The kernel message buffer is now accessible by the
(machine-independent) <varname>kern.msgbuf</varname> sysctl
variable; &man.dmesg.8; no longer needs to be SGID
<groupname>kmem</groupname>.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
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<para arch="alpha">SMP support for the alpha is now operational.</para>
<para arch="i386">Detection for new processors, such as the
FC-PGA2 Pentium III (Tualatin), Transmeta Crusoe, and Transmeta
Crusoe LongRun, has been added.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
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(very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression
implementations. &merged;</para>
<para>The TCP implementation no longer requires the
allocation of a TCP template structure for each connection; this
should reduce the buffer usage on large systems handling many
connections.</para>
<para>A new sysctl <literal>net.inet.ip.check_interface</literal>,
which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming
packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the
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<para>&man.netstat.1; now keeps track of input and output packets
on a per-address basis for each interface. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.netstat.1; now has a <option>-z</option> flag to reset
statistics.</para>
<para>&man.sockstat.1; now has <option>-c</option> and
<option>-l</option> flags for listing connected and listening
sockets, respectively. &merged;</para>

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<option>create</option> option should be used when another device
instance is desired.</para>
<para>The kernel message buffer is now accessible by the
(machine-independent) <varname>kern.msgbuf</varname> sysctl
variable; &man.dmesg.8; no longer needs to be SGID
<groupname>kmem</groupname>.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@ -253,6 +258,10 @@
<para arch="alpha">SMP support for the alpha is now operational.</para>
<para arch="i386">Detection for new processors, such as the
FC-PGA2 Pentium III (Tualatin), Transmeta Crusoe, and Transmeta
Crusoe LongRun, has been added.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -407,6 +416,11 @@
(very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression
implementations. &merged;</para>
<para>The TCP implementation no longer requires the
allocation of a TCP template structure for each connection; this
should reduce the buffer usage on large systems handling many
connections.</para>
<para>A new sysctl <literal>net.inet.ip.check_interface</literal>,
which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming
packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the
@ -1017,6 +1031,9 @@
<para>&man.netstat.1; now keeps track of input and output packets
on a per-address basis for each interface. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.netstat.1; now has a <option>-z</option> flag to reset
statistics.</para>
<para>&man.sockstat.1; now has <option>-c</option> and
<option>-l</option> flags for listing connected and listening
sockets, respectively. &merged;</para>