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Add [MERGED] tag things to some items in the kernel section that should

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have had them, but didn't.

While I'm here, do some general cleanup, including typo fixes, some
rewrites, and consolidation of some related entries.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-03-22 16:06:53 +00:00
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@ -321,9 +321,6 @@
<para>Linker sets are now self-contained; &man.gensetdefs.8; is
unnecessary and has been removed.</para>
<para>Numerous SMP-friendly changes have been made to the kernel's
mbuf allocator.</para>
<para>Network device cloning has been implemented, and the
&man.gif.4; device has been modified to take advantage of it.
Thus, instead of specifying how many &man.gif.4; interfaces are
@ -336,7 +333,7 @@
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
<varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<varname>vm.idlezero_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported
to the symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been
@ -347,9 +344,9 @@
processes) no longer lock up the machine for long periods of
time. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel is now aware of the concept that there are
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
<para>The Kernel-Scheduled Entity project has made changes to the
kernel scheduler to more efficiently handle multi-threaded
programs.</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage
@ -402,15 +399,13 @@
<para arch="i386">Support for the 80386 processor has been
removed from the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, as this
code seriously pessimizes performance on other IA32
processors.</para>
<para arch="i386">The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
processors.
The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
to support the 80386 processor is now mutually exclusive with
support for other IA32 processors; this should slightly
improve performance on the 80386 due to the elimination of
runtime processor type checks.</para>
<para arch="i386">Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
runtime processor type checks.
Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
still be built by changing the cpu options in the kernel
configuration file to only include
<literal>I386_CPU</literal>.</para>
@ -797,7 +792,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
now RST TCP connections in the <literal>SYN_SENT</literal>
state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl.</para>
<varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl. &merged;</para>
<para>IP multicast now works on VLAN devices. Several other
bugs in the VLAN code have also been fixed.</para>
@ -1002,6 +997,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
corruption problems on systems using the VIA 82C686B
Southbridge chip. &merged;</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The CAM error recovery code has been updated.</para>
<para>The &man.cd.4; driver now has support for write
@ -1067,6 +1063,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">The &man.twe.4; 3ware ATA RAID driver has
added. &merged;</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The &man.vinum.4; volume manager has received some bug
fixes and enhancements.</para>
@ -1095,6 +1092,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot</filename>.</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>Softupdates for FFS have received some bug fixes and
enhancements.</para>
@ -1112,7 +1110,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a
loadable character conversion routine. The
<filename role="package">sysutils/cd9660_unicode</filename>
port contains a set of common conversions.</para>
port contains a set of common conversions. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.kernfs.5; is obsolete and has been retired.</para>
@ -1324,7 +1322,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
network interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ifpi.4; driver for supporting the AVM
Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added.</para>
Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ihfc.4; driver for supporting Cologne Chip
Designs HFC devices under

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@ -321,9 +321,6 @@
<para>Linker sets are now self-contained; &man.gensetdefs.8; is
unnecessary and has been removed.</para>
<para>Numerous SMP-friendly changes have been made to the kernel's
mbuf allocator.</para>
<para>Network device cloning has been implemented, and the
&man.gif.4; device has been modified to take advantage of it.
Thus, instead of specifying how many &man.gif.4; interfaces are
@ -336,7 +333,7 @@
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
<varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<varname>vm.idlezero_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported
to the symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been
@ -347,9 +344,9 @@
processes) no longer lock up the machine for long periods of
time. &merged;</para>
<para>The kernel is now aware of the concept that there are
smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
per process is allowed at this time).</para>
<para>The Kernel-Scheduled Entity project has made changes to the
kernel scheduler to more efficiently handle multi-threaded
programs.</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage
@ -402,15 +399,13 @@
<para arch="i386">Support for the 80386 processor has been
removed from the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, as this
code seriously pessimizes performance on other IA32
processors.</para>
<para arch="i386">The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
processors.
The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
to support the 80386 processor is now mutually exclusive with
support for other IA32 processors; this should slightly
improve performance on the 80386 due to the elimination of
runtime processor type checks.</para>
<para arch="i386">Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
runtime processor type checks.
Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
still be built by changing the cpu options in the kernel
configuration file to only include
<literal>I386_CPU</literal>.</para>
@ -797,7 +792,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
now RST TCP connections in the <literal>SYN_SENT</literal>
state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl.</para>
<varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl. &merged;</para>
<para>IP multicast now works on VLAN devices. Several other
bugs in the VLAN code have also been fixed.</para>
@ -1002,6 +997,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
corruption problems on systems using the VIA 82C686B
Southbridge chip. &merged;</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The CAM error recovery code has been updated.</para>
<para>The &man.cd.4; driver now has support for write
@ -1067,6 +1063,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">The &man.twe.4; 3ware ATA RAID driver has
added. &merged;</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The &man.vinum.4; volume manager has received some bug
fixes and enhancements.</para>
@ -1095,6 +1092,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot</filename>.</para>
<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>Softupdates for FFS have received some bug fixes and
enhancements.</para>
@ -1112,7 +1110,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a
loadable character conversion routine. The
<filename role="package">sysutils/cd9660_unicode</filename>
port contains a set of common conversions.</para>
port contains a set of common conversions. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.kernfs.5; is obsolete and has been retired.</para>
@ -1324,7 +1322,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
network interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ifpi.4; driver for supporting the AVM
Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added.</para>
Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ihfc.4; driver for supporting Cologne Chip
Designs HFC devices under