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New release notes: ahc(4) bugfixes, FNV NFS hash, syscons(4) keyboard

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paste, glob(3) limits, ping(8) -m.
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Bruce A. Mah 2001-03-21 19:04:31 +00:00
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@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ supported for backwards compatibility. [MERGED]
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
improved compatibility with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
improvements. [MERGED]
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance improvements.
Some bugs were also fixed, including a rare hang on Ultra2/U160
controllers. [MERGED]
ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
@ -311,6 +312,13 @@ Acrobat 4 on EV4 and EV5.
The fxp(4) driver now requires a "device miibus" entry in the kernel
configuration file.
A new NFS hash function (based on the Fowler/Noll/Vo hash algorithm)
has been implemented to improve NFS performance by increasing the
efficiency of the nfsnode hash tables. [MERGED]
The syscons(4) driver now supports keyboard-controlled pasting, by
default bound to Shift-Insert.
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -419,6 +427,10 @@ A bug in rwhod(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:29). [MERGED]
To prevent some forms of DOS attacks, glob(3) allows specification of
a limit on the number of pathname matches it will return. ftpd(8) now
uses this feature. [MERGED]
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@ -900,6 +912,8 @@ ftpd(8) now supports a -r flag for read-only mode and a -E flag to
disable EPSV. It also has some fixes to reduce information leakage
and the ability to specify compile-time port ranges. [MERGED]
ping(8) now supports a -m option to set the TTL of outgoing packets.
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------

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@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ maximum of 16, and the other, aforementioned options are now dynamic.
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
improved compatibility with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
improvements. [MERGED]
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance improvements.
Some bugs were also fixed, including a rare hang on Ultra2/U160
controllers. [MERGED]
ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
@ -385,6 +386,13 @@ periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy.
The fxp(4) driver now requires a "device miibus" entry in the kernel
configuration file.
A new NFS hash function (based on the Fowler/Noll/Vo hash algorithm)
has been implemented to improve NFS performance by increasing the
efficiency of the nfsnode hash tables. [MERGED]
The syscons(4) driver now supports keyboard-controlled pasting, by
default bound to Shift-Insert.
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -493,6 +501,10 @@ A bug in rwhod(8), which caused it to crash if send certain malformed
packets, has been corrected (see security advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:29). [MERGED]
To prevent some forms of DOS attacks, glob(3) allows specification of
a limit on the number of pathname matches it will return. ftpd(8) now
uses this feature. [MERGED]
1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
---------------------
@ -988,6 +1000,8 @@ ftpd(8) now supports a -r flag for read-only mode and a -E flag to
disable EPSV. It also has some fixes to reduce information leakage
and the ability to specify compile-time port ranges. [MERGED]
ping(8) now supports a -m option to set the TTL of outgoing packets.
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------