New release notes: pcvt(4) gone, pc98 bootable CDROM support

(and bootable CDROM releases), updated NTP manpages.

Modified release notes:  Munged ipfw(4) release note to remove
now-redundant remark about ip6fw going away "in future releases",
noted addition of new ext2fs(5) manpage.
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Bruce A. Mah 2006-05-18 17:45:46 +00:00
parent 7a675f5bde
commit 35c222e1e1
2 changed files with 34 additions and 8 deletions

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<filename>linux_base</filename> port that both supports the
Alpha architecture and is in good working condition.</para>
<para>The pcvt(4) driver, an alternative to &man.syscons.4;,
has been removed, as it had fallen out of sync with the rest
of the kernel.</para>
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both of buffer underflows and
buffer overflows bugs at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
@ -341,6 +345,8 @@
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
<para arch="pc98">A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented
for the pc98 platform.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="proc">
@ -624,9 +630,7 @@
This feature can be re-enabled by using a new sysctl variable
<varname>net.inet6.ip6.mcast_pmtu</varname>. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
The &man.ip6fw.8; packet filter is deprecated and will be removed
in the future releases. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; IP packet filter now supports IPv6. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; now supports substitution of the action
argument with the value obtained from table lookup,
@ -1505,6 +1509,9 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
the <application>&xorg;</application> windowing system
(<filename role="package">x11/xorg</filename>) has been updated
from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0. &merged;</para>
<para arch="pc98">CDROMs produced for the pc98 platform are now
bootable (on systems with support for this feature).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="doc">
@ -1512,7 +1519,13 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages:
&man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;.</para>
&man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.ext2fs.5;,
&man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;.</para>
<para>The manual pages for <application>NTP</application>
have been updated to 4.2.0, to match the version of
code actually included in &os;.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

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<filename>linux_base</filename> port that both supports the
Alpha architecture and is in good working condition.</para>
<para>The pcvt(4) driver, an alternative to &man.syscons.4;,
has been removed, as it had fallen out of sync with the rest
of the kernel.</para>
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both of buffer underflows and
buffer overflows bugs at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
@ -341,6 +345,8 @@
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
<para arch="pc98">A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented
for the pc98 platform.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="proc">
@ -624,9 +630,7 @@
This feature can be re-enabled by using a new sysctl variable
<varname>net.inet6.ip6.mcast_pmtu</varname>. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; IP packet filter now supports IPv6.
The &man.ip6fw.8; packet filter is deprecated and will be removed
in the future releases. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; IP packet filter now supports IPv6. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ipfw.4; now supports substitution of the action
argument with the value obtained from table lookup,
@ -1505,6 +1509,9 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
the <application>&xorg;</application> windowing system
(<filename role="package">x11/xorg</filename>) has been updated
from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0. &merged;</para>
<para arch="pc98">CDROMs produced for the pc98 platform are now
bootable (on systems with support for this feature).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="doc">
@ -1512,7 +1519,13 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting>
<para>Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by
the addition of the following manual pages:
&man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;.</para>
&man.acpi.sony.4;, &man.ext2fs.5;,
&man.snd.mss.4;, &man.snd.t4dwave.4;.</para>
<para>The manual pages for <application>NTP</application>
have been updated to 4.2.0, to match the version of
code actually included in &os;.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>