Delete two release notes related to the kern.elf*.can_exec_dyn that
seemed to cancel each other out.
Consolidate two notes related to BPF JIT.
Delete note about fixing CHECKSUM.MD5 bug; no released versions of
FreeBSD shipped with it.
to userland. Move all of the items in the Kernel contrib section to
the top-level contrib section.
All of the moved items are unchanged with respect to their actual
contents.
memberships, linsysfs(5), cached(8), nsswitch.conf now statically
loaded.
Modified release notes: Note that XFS support is RO, libarchive(3)
extended attributes, don't use entity for usbd(8) removal note.
New manpages noted: mca(8), sysctl(9).
Submitted by: Rong-En Fan grafan at gmail dot com
Pointy hat to: Thunderbird, for a too-small default font size
Not ready for reading glasses yet: bmah
in HEAD's release notes, even though the issues involved were applied
(and fixed). Copy their descriptions from one of the RELENG_*
branches (RELENG_5 in this case).
SA-06:08 and SA-06:09 were not applicable to code on HEAD and thus not
mentioned.
"sweeping" ping(8), sh(1) built-in times.
I uncovered these in a sweep of items that need to be merged to
the 5.4 release notes. It's possible that all of these items
should have been in the 6.1 release notes (not confirmed).
This note is a candidate for the 6.1-RELEASE errata notes (the code
change was previously merged to RELENG_6_1 but this note is appearing
too late to be merged).
hwpmc(4) and pmcstat(8) profiling support for dynamically-loaded
objects, and pmcstat(8) network logging support added[1].
Fix incorrect entries:
gmirror/graid3 uses parallel I/O request for synchronization now.
The parallel I/O request itself has been already supported[2].
Spotted by: jkoshy[1] and pjd[2]
kbdmux(4) GENERIC support currently in amd64 and i386 only[1],
uart(4) GENERIC support currently not in pc98[1],
speaker(4) on amd64 entry needs arch="amd64"[2],
hptmv(4) update entry needs arch="amd64,i386"[2], and
OpenSSH 4.3p1 import has not been merged yet[2].
Spotted by: nyan[1] and delphij[2]
file descriptor handling bug fixed,
support for copying console messages to remote gdb(1),
kbdmux(4) now in GENERIC by default,
scc(4) for generic serial devices added,
net.inet.ip.portrange.reserved[high|low] for IPv6,
ata(4) USB mass storage class support,
gmirror kernel crash dump support,
gmirror and graid3 parallel I/O request support,
mfi(4) for LSI MegaRAID SAS controller family added,
getfacl(1) -q option added,
gvinum(8) resetconfig sub-command support,
libarchive(3) tp format support removed,
libarchive(3) POSIX.1e EA support added,
libc symbol map added,
libm symbol map added,
ls(1) -U option added,
mdconfig(8) XML device listing support,
mdconfig(8) -u option now supports comma-separated multiple devices,
BIND9 DNS resolver library imported,
strtonum(3) from OpenBSD,
rc.d/ike removed,
GNU Readline library updated to 5.1,
OpenSSH updated to 4.3p1,
hostapd updated to 0.4.8,
WPA supplicant updated to 0.4.8,
zlib updated to 1.2.3,
pkg_add(1) -F option added,
portsnap(1) HTTP_PROXY_AUTH handling bug fixed,
"make showconfig" in src/Makefile added, and
/etc/src.conf added.
acpi(4) HPET time counter support,
acpi_ibm(4) fan control support,
ddb(4) show lock,
ddb(4) show sleepq,
firmware(9) added,
random(4) MPSAFE,
new sysctl kern.sigqueue.queue_sigchild,
brandinfo BI_CAN_EXEC_DYN flag,
new sysctl kern.forcesigexit,
RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for kernel's malloc(9),
security.mac.biba.interfaces_equal for mac_biba,
POSIX_TIMERS support updated to 200112L,
initial support for POSIX message queue,
Xbox support,
DEFAULTS kernel configuration files for each arch,
cardbus(4) /dev/cardbus%d.cis device node added,
ce(4) for Cronyx Tau-PCI/32 added,
ipmi(4), OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
driver added,
kbdmux(4) integrated into syscons(4) and kbd,
uart(4) now in GENERIC kernel,
uart(4) LOM and RSC support,
snd_atiixp(4) added and suspend/resume support,
snd_solo(4) MPSAFE,
speaker(4) amd64 support,
uaudio(4) 24/32 bit audio support,
ath(4) updated to version 0.9.16.16,
bge(4) Jumbo frame support, big-endian arch support, MPSAFE,
em(4) updated to version 3.2.18, big-endian arch support,
performance improvement, suspend/resume support,
iwi(4) big-endian arch support,
le(4) for AMD Am7900 LANCE added,
myri10ge(4) for Myricom Myri10GE adapter added,
nve(4) updated to version 1.0-0310,
ti(4) big-endian arch support,
ufoma(4) for FOMA 3G mobile phone in Japan added,
vgapci(4) stub driver added,
arp(8) retransmission algorithm revised,
new sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_permanent_modify,
support for -i <if> with -d -a,
an experimental BPF Just-In-Time compiler added,
if_bridge(4) span ports support added,
if_bridge(4) RFC 3378 EtherIP support,
ipfw(4) now supports action argument substitution from table lookup,
ng_bpf(4) BPF Just-In-Time compiler support,
bug related to NFS over TCP reconnection fixed,
IPV6_V6ONLY now works for UDP,
amr(4) performance improvement, ioctl support for MegaRaid Tools,
ata(4) DMA for kernel dump and dumping to ataraid(4) devices,
ataraid(4) now supports JMicron ATA RAID metadata,
gmirror and graid3 disconnect_on_failure sysctls added,
g_md.ko renamed to geom_md.ko,
mpt(4) SAS HBA and 64-bit PCI support,
twa(4) updated to 9.3.0.1,
geli(8) now allows loading keyfiles before root file system is mounted,
initial support for SGI's XFS added,
ACPI-CA updated to 20051021,
DRM updated to 20051202,
TrustedBSD OpenBSM version 1.0 alpha 5 imported,
bsnmpd(1) Host Resources MIB in RFC 2790 support,
config(8) "nocpu" directive added,
config(8) now reads DEFAULT if any before the specified config file,
csh(1) NLS catalog support,
csup(1), CVSup-compatible client written in C imported,
devd(8) -f option,
ftpd(8) change related to PID file creation,
gbde(8) -k and -K option,
gpt(8) GPT partition label setting support,
gvinum(8) now supports to move a subdisk between drives,
GSS-API version 2 (RFC2743 and RFC2744) implemented,
jail(8) -J option,
kdump(1) -H and -s option,
kgdb(1) -w option,
libarchive(3) tp format support,
ln(1) -F option,
locate(1) -I option,
mdmfs(8) -P and -E option,
mergemaster(8) -A option,
mount(8) "nodev" option removed,
netstat(1) IPsec protocol stats support,
periodic(8) daily gmirror, graid3, gstripe, gconcat support,
pkill(1) -I option,
rfcomm_pppd(8) -c servicename support,
rtld(1) ELF symbol versioning support,
sh(1) "times" built-in command support,
truss(1) -s option,
truss(1) now works on FreeBSD/ppc,
usbd(8) removed in favor of devd(8),
xargs(1) -r option,
rc.d/auditd added,
rc.d/bluetooth, rc.d/hcsecd, rc.d/sdpd added,
rc.d/ftpd added,
rc.d/hostapd added,
rc.d/netif ipv4_addrs_<ifn> support,
rc.d/rcconf.sh removed and early_late_divider variable added,
rc.initdiskless now uses tar(1) instead of pax(1),
rc.d/pccard removed,
rc.d/ppp-user added (renamed from ppp),
removable_interfaces variable removed,
bsnmpd updated from 1.11 to 1.12,
pkg_add(1) -P option,
pkg_add(1) and pkg_create(1) -K option,
pkg_create(1) -x, -E, and -G options,
local_startup directory now evaluated by rcorder(8) with
scripts in the base system,
suffix of startup scripts removed,
variables "ldconfig_local_dirs" and "ldconfig_local32_dirs" added,
@cwd in pkg-plist now allows no directory argument, and
CHECKSUM.MD5's checksum in CHECKSUM.MD5 problem fixed.
New release notes: BIND 9.3.2 (+MFC), IPFilter 4.1.10, tzdata2005r (+MFC).
Deleted release notes: libpcap and tcpdump updates (these updates
were actually a part of 6.0-RELEASE and therefore aren't "new"
anymore).
gre(4) IPv6 over GRE support,
ipfw IPv6 support,
new sysctl net.inet6.ip6.stealth added,
g_label now supports Ext2FS and ReiserFS,
bsdiff(1) and bspatch(1) added,
ping(8) "sweeping ping" support,
wcsdup() function added,
rc.d/gbde_swap renamed to rc.d/encswap,
rc.d/geli and rc.d/geli2 added, and
portsnap(8) imported.
- VIA PadLock support + merge
- dc, my, pcn, sf MPSAFE + merge
- de, ed, ste MPSAFE
- de converted to busdma(9)
- el removed
- geli(8) committed + merge
- libmemstat(9) merge
MFC after: 3 days
New sysctls: kern.malloc_stats and vm.zone_stats,
mpt(4) improvements,
ifconfig(8) -k flag,
libmemstat(3) added,
libpcap updated to v0.9.1, and
tcpdump updated to v3.9.1.
- Remove following files since their contents are merged into
relnotes/common/new.sgml years ago.
relnotes/common/artheader.sgml
relnotes/common/intro.sgml
relnotes/common/upgrading.sgml
Approved by: re (hrs)
1.5 -> 1.7 hardware/common/artheader.sgml
1.269 -> 1.281 hardware/common/dev.sgml
Update a Japanese override of dev-auto.sgml.
Approved by: re (hrs)
Based on work by: Ryusuke Suzuki <ryusuke at nucl.sci.hokudai.ac.jp>
hostapd v0.3.9,
sendmail OSTYPE(freebsd6) support,
WPA Supplicant v0.3.9, and
new manual pages: bus_space(9) and pmap_page_init(9).
Approved by: re (implicitly)
security.jail.getfsstatroot_only
--> security.jail.enforce_statfs renamed,
struct ifnet change,
acpi_ibm(4) improved,
atkbdc(4) cleanup,
arkbdc(4), syscons(4), and so on, enabled by default on sparc64,
hwpmc(4) MI support,
ng_tcpmss(4) added, and
rexecd(8) removed.
Approved by: re (implicitly)
ichsmb(4) kernel module available,
ifconfig(8) now supports if_bridge(4),
link state change notification sent to /dev/devctl,
_dhcp user/group added,
NetBSD specific rc.d scripts removed,
OpenBSD dhclient imported,
hostapd v0.3.7 imported,
WPA Supplicant v0.3.8 imported, and
pkg_create(1) -R flag added.
Update release notes:
Move "sendmail 8.13.4 import" to the userland changes section.
FreeBSD/i386 and /amd64 always use the local APIC timer even
on an UP system,
vm.blacklist tunable added,
ipfw now supports IPv4 only rule,
struct netent and getnetbyaddr(3) POSIX conformance and
the ABI breakage on 64-bit platforms, and
GNU GCC 3.4.2-prerelease --> 3.4.4.
Update release notes:
more machine-specific optimized version of math functions.
hwpmc(4) and associated library/userland utilities,
ipw(4), iwi(4), ral(4), and ural(4) wireless LAN drivers,
ipfw(4) and dummynet(4) now supports IPv6,
net.link.tap.user_open sysctl for tap(4),
LOCAL_CREDS and LOCAL_CONNWAIT options for unix(4),
twa(4) driver update,
machine-specific optimized functions for AMD64.
getserv{ent,byname,byport} MPSAFE,
mixer(8) -S option,
C99 functions: roundl(), lroundl(), llroundl(), truncl(), and floorl(),
syslogd(8) -S option,
rc.d/bsnmpd startup script, and
manual pages of ataraid(4), sched_4bsd(4), and sched_ule(4) added.
debug.mpsafevm=1 by default on sparc64,
ixgb(4) MPSAFE,
core dump of natd(8) w/ -reverse fixed,
libarchive zip support improved, and
rexecd(8) root login problem fixed.
pictured here. We might want to show a real CDROM layout here.
Also clarify that whatever's in the floppies/ directory is primarily
useful to users who actually need to boot from floppy to start an
installation.
disk names.
"Approximately three...floppies" is kind of weird to me, so substitute
"several" here instead. We already mention that a floppy disk set
requires three disks elsewhere, so we're not really losing any
content.
pgrep(1) and pkill(1) -S, -F, -i, -j, and -o option, and
ps(1) -o jid.
Update release notes:
Use &man.acpi.fujitsu.4; entity, and
s/Rockridge/RockRidge/.
For both KDE and GNOME notes, fix upgrading instructions and point
users to the Web pages for these respective projects. [1]
Discussed with: marcus [1]
release documentation snapshots, force URLS_ABSOLUTE. This
allows us to relocate HTML renderings anywhere without worrying
about breaking relative links to pages on the Web site. This can
happen when we use &base; as part of a URL.
I wonder if we should do this for all release documentation builds,
but I'm not quite sure what all the cases are.
MFCs noted: tcpdrop(8).
Updated release notes: Mention ath_rate_sample rate control module,
libthr stack size update, Xorg 6.8.2.
Fixed a minor grammo in introduction, also adjust wording in pointers
to snapshots.
snapshots, instead point them at a Web page on the main FreeBSD
site that gives more information on the monthly (RE-created) snapshots
plus pointers to the jp.freebsd.org and se.freebsd.org snapshots.
jail(8) security.jail.chflags_allowed sysctl,
zs driver removed,
ng_ipfw(4) added,
ips(4) crash dump support,
getaddrinfo(3) DNS query order changed,
powerd(8) added, and
RFC derived manual pages replaced.
Update release notes:
acpi_throttle and acpi_perf merged into acpi and
can be disabled via device hints, and
some rewording due to zs driver removal in the entry which
explains uart(4) has been enabled by default on FreeBSD/sparc64.
and example script which can translate some repeated device
entities. With -o <file> option it can be used to update
translated list of entities (skip translated ones).
Obtained from: The FreeBSD Russian Documentation Project
ddb(4) "show alllocks" command,
fix reading config files with a line without a newline character,
TCP RST handling improved and net.inet.tcp.insecure_rst sysctl,
lpd(8) data file check, and
syslogd(8) ":" and "%" characters in hostname.
MFC:
ipfw with debug.mpsafenet=1.
Beastie boot menu disabled,
acpi(4) turns ACPI and PCI devices off or to a lower
power state in suspend,
acpi_ibm driver added,
ed(4) ALTQ support,
ipfw(4) ucred-based rules can be used with debug.mpsafenet=1,
TCP-MD5 implementation in KAME IPv4 IPsec,
ftpd(8) 212 and 213 status code support,
gvinum checkparity/rebuildparity/setstate subcommand support,
periodic(8) security report now includes blocked packet
counts by pf(4),
ppp(8) NAS-IP-Address/NAS-Identifier options,
pppd(8) incorrect CBCP response fix, and
rescue(8) now includes BSD tar.
Update release notes:
rc.conf(5) network interface renaming support (MFC), and
markup fix in the entry of systat(1) IPv6 support.
pc98).
(While here, remove mention of 80386 custom kernels since support for the
80386 has been removed from CURRENT.)
Feedback from: bde, des, imp, jhb
"Userland Changes" section. I'm pretty sure this is all my
fault...only a native English^H^H^H^H^H^H^HAmerican speaker could mess
it up this badly.
No content changes.
vkbd(4) added,
acpi_snc added,
gx(4) removed,
old vinum(4) removed,
libxpg4 removed,
a separate directory for named(8) dynamic zones added,
rm(1) SUSv3 conformance,
strftime(3) GNU extensions added, and
rc.conf(5) variables: tmpmfs_flags and varmfs_flags.
Update release notes:
Fix a typo (s/machine-indepedent/machine-independent/).
increased for libpthread and libc_r, new math functions (+MFC),
rtld(1) LD_LIBMAP (+MFC), telnet(1) +port number.
MFCs noted: gshsec(8), fsck(8) -n (also fixed a mistake...mentioned
the wrong program before), mkuzip(8), Heimdal 0.6.3, OpenSSL 0.9.7e
Also mentioned that upgrades to -CURRENT are only possible from 5.3 or
newer.
12 MB to run). These technically reflect 5.3-RELEASE figures,
but are probably closer to reality than the older numbers (8MB / 7MB).
While here, s/megs/MB/ to consistify our terminology.
PR: docs/77304
Submitted by: Ramiro Aceves
MFCs noted: TCP random ephemeral port rate limiting, syslogd(8)
logpriv (with a few grammar fixes), tail -f,
Other changes: Minor grammar fixes to rc.conf interface renaming and
rc.d/moused notes.
options SYSCTL_DEBUG,
loader menu option to set hint.atkbd.0.flags=1,
device snd_audiocs for CS4231 audio controller,
bge(4) altq(4) support,
hptmv(4) added,
rm(1) -I option,
interface name change in rc.conf, and
rc.d/moused multiple device support.
device driver cleanup to use the generic tty(4) interface,
ipdivert kernel loadable module,
rune(3) multibyte/wide chatacter support removed,
xargs -I option POSIX conformance,
GNU readline 4.3->5.0, and
pkg_version(1) -q option.
New release notes: EN-05:01.nfs (+MFC), EN-05:02.sk (+MFC),
EN-05:03.ipi (+MFC).
To be consistent with other documentation, the release documentation
will henceforth include the one-word keyword (e.g. "fetch", "procfs"
above) in the names of advisories and errata.
support, hme(4) MPSAFE (+MFC), random port number allocation fix,
IPX/SPX locking, gshsec(8), dump(8) -n, some ipfw(8) abbreviated
options deprecated, libarchive ISO and ZIP support, rpmatch(3),
telnet(1)/telnetd(8) -S, manpage cleanup.
MFCs noted: cd9660 less chatty,
Modified release notes: Fix typo (s/icss/ichss/) [1], add missing
"driver" in a couple of notes.
Submitted by: njl [1]
binaries, sk(4) ALTQ and jumbo frames on Yukons, cd9660 less chatty,
burncd(8) fixate eject works, mknod(8) deprecated, NOFOO -> NO_FOO,
ppp(8) echo, tcpdrop(8), whois(1) -k.
Modified release note: In netcat note, provide cross-reference to
nc(1) manpage.
Just another random walk through the commit messages...
modules, wlan(4) overhaul with particular mention of the wlan_wep
module, amr(4) PAE-safe (+MFC), matcd(4) removed, wd(4) removed for
pc98, ifconfig(8) reorg and update.
Culled from random skimming of HEAD commit messages.
Somewhat belatedly bump copyright date while here.
altq(4) (+MFC), ongoing locking work in the network stack, TCP RST
bugfix (+MFC), SACK bugfixes (+MFC), RFC 1644 T/TCP support removed,
gpt(8) create -f (+MFC), NO_NIS (+MFC), ncal(1) -m (+MFC).
These items mostly come from commit logs for November 2004.
