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.
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.
"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.
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.
SA-04:15, and BIND update (8.3.1->9.3.0).
Update release notes:
update a list of network interfaces which support polling(4), and
fix a typo (s/lukemftp/lukemftpd/).
- Add "Hardware Support" section and move device driver-related
items there.
- Move "Multimedia Support" and "Network Interface Support" into
the "Hardware Support" section as sub-sections.
- Move Netgraph-related items to "Network Protocols".
For translators: many items are moved but the contents
are not changed.
PREEMPTION kernel option added,
ucycom(4) for Cypress CY7C637xx and CY7C640/1xx families
of USB to RS232 bridges added,
debug.witness_* tunable renamed to debug.witness.*,
vge(4) for VIA VT6122 gigabit ethernet chip added, and
mkuzip(8) for GEOM_UZIP added.
Update release notes:
remove %include.historic; section for now,
4BSD is the default schedular now, and
update links to sound(4)-related manual pages.