New release notes: acpi_toshiba(4), acpi_video(4), ubser(4),

FreeBSD/i386 can be compiled with icc, ng_atmllc(4), logins(1), GNU
grep 2.4.2.
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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
<para>The &man.acpi.video.4; driver has been added to provide
control display switching and backlight brightness using the
ACPI Video Extensions.</para>
<para>&man.devfs.5; path rules now work correctly on
directories.</para>
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<para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to
breakage and lack of maintainership.</para>
<para>The &man.ubser.4; device driver has been added to support
BWCT console management serial adapters.</para>
<para>The ULE scheduler is now the default scheduler in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. For the average user,
interactivity is reported to be better in many cases. This
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</note>
</para>
<para arch="i386">It is now possible to compile the &os;/i386
kernel with the Intel C/C++ Compiler (as in the <filename
role="package">lang/icc</filename> port).</para>
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<sect3 id="proc">
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For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and
&man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para>
<para>The &man.ng.atmllc.4; Netgraph node type, which handles
RFC 1483 ATM LLC encapsulation, has been added.</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; NetGraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
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</note>
<para>
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>
<para>&man.mountd.8; now supports the <option>-p</option> option,
which allows users to specify a known port for use
in firewall rulesets.</para>
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conversions of numbers between binary and decimal form) has been
updated from version 20030324 to version 20040118.</para>
<para><application>GNU grep</application> has been updated from
2.4d to 2.4.2.</para>
<para><application>GNU readline</application> 4.3 has been updated
with official patches 001 through 005.</para>

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<sect2 id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para arch="i386">The &man.acpi.toshiba.4; driver has been added
to use Toshiba's Hardware Control Interface to manipulate
certain hardware features on Toshiba laptops.</para>
<para>The &man.acpi.video.4; driver has been added to provide
control display switching and backlight brightness using the
ACPI Video Extensions.</para>
<para>&man.devfs.5; path rules now work correctly on
directories.</para>
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<para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to
breakage and lack of maintainership.</para>
<para>The &man.ubser.4; device driver has been added to support
BWCT console management serial adapters.</para>
<para>The ULE scheduler is now the default scheduler in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. For the average user,
interactivity is reported to be better in many cases. This
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</note>
</para>
<para arch="i386">It is now possible to compile the &os;/i386
kernel with the Intel C/C++ Compiler (as in the <filename
role="package">lang/icc</filename> port).</para>
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<sect3 id="proc">
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For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and
&man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para>
<para>The &man.ng.atmllc.4; Netgraph node type, which handles
RFC 1483 ATM LLC encapsulation, has been added.</para>
<para>The &man.ng.vlan.4; NetGraph node type, which supports
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging has been added. &merged;</para>
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</note>
<para>
<para>The &man.logins.1; utility has been added to display
information about user and system accounts.</para>
<para>&man.mountd.8; now supports the <option>-p</option> option,
which allows users to specify a known port for use
in firewall rulesets.</para>
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conversions of numbers between binary and decimal form) has been
updated from version 20030324 to version 20040118.</para>
<para><application>GNU grep</application> has been updated from
2.4d to 2.4.2.</para>
<para><application>GNU readline</application> 4.3 has been updated
with official patches 001 through 005.</para>