From a3252aff952a808385f5747a84b0bc3b0f731472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:03:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: md(4)/mdconfig(8) updates, ray(4) added, finger(1) and .publickey, fix gcc typo, ancontrol(8)/wicontrol(8) fixes, rdist(1) retired, Kerberos IV -> 1.0.5, ppp(8) tcpmssfixup. --- release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT | 2 ++ release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT index 335834d90feb..c7d19775120c 100644 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -967,6 +967,8 @@ PCI and ISA adapters are all supported. Cisco Systems Aironet 340 Series (includes 340, 341, and 342 models) 11Mbps 802.11 wireless NIC +Webgear Aviator 2.4GHz wireless adapters + Toshiba Mobile HDD MEHDD20A (Type II) FAX-Modem/PC-Card diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT index 2ca44b3267b9..792536cbf7ad 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. +md(4), the memory disk device, has had the functionality of vn(4) +incorporated into it. md(4) devices can now be configured by +mdconfig(8). + +The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network +cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be +modified by raycontrol(8). [MERGED] + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -381,6 +389,8 @@ they started. finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED] +finger(1) now has support for a .publickey file. + nsswitch support has been merged from NetBSD. By creating an nsswitch.conf(5) file, FreeBSD can be configured so that various databases such as passwd(5) and group(5) can be looked up using flat @@ -518,7 +528,7 @@ indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED] sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new dialog support functions. [MERGED] -gcc has been updated to 2.96. +gcc has been updated to 2.95.3. Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from the controlling tty), fsck_ffs will now output a line indicating the @@ -537,6 +547,17 @@ enhancements. [MERGED] pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their dependencies, has been added. +If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start +with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface. + +rdist(1) has been retired. + +Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5. + +ppp(8) has gained the tcpmssfixup option, which adjusts outgoing TCP +SYN packets so that the maximum receive segment size is no larger than +allowed by the interface MTU. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 3829fa451349..1464170f4427 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ PECOFF (WIN32 Execution file format) support has been added. kernfs(5) is obsolete and has been retired. +md(4), the memory disk device, has had the functionality of vn(4) +incorporated into it. md(4) devices can now be configured by +mdconfig(8). + +The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network +cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be +modified by raycontrol(8). [MERGED] + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -461,6 +469,8 @@ they started. finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED] +finger(1) now has support for a .publickey file. + nsswitch support has been merged from NetBSD. By creating an nsswitch.conf(5) file, FreeBSD can be configured so that various databases such as passwd(5) and group(5) can be looked up using flat @@ -594,7 +604,7 @@ indent(1) has gained some new formatting options. [MERGED] sysinstall now uses some more intuitive defaults thanks to some new dialog support functions. [MERGED] -gcc has been updated to 2.96. +gcc has been updated to 2.95.3. Shortly after the receipt of a SIGINFO signal (normally control-T from the controlling tty), fsck_ffs will now output a line indicating the @@ -616,6 +626,17 @@ enhancements. [MERGED] pkg_update(1), a utility to update installed packages and update their dependencies, has been added. +If the first argument fo ancontrol(8) or wicontrol(8) doesn't start +with a "-", it is assumed to be an interface. + +rdist(1) has been retired. + +Kerberos IV has been updated to 1.0.5. + +ppp(8) has gained the tcpmssfixup option, which adjusts outgoing TCP +SYN packets so that the maximum receive segment size is no larger than +allowed by the interface MTU. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- @@ -1164,6 +1185,8 @@ PCI and ISA adapters are all supported. Cisco Systems Aironet 340 Series (includes 340, 341, and 342 models) 11Mbps 802.11 wireless NIC +Webgear Aviator 2.4GHz wireless adapters. + AcerISDN P10 ISA PnP (experimental) Asuscom ISDNlink 128K ISA AVM A1