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New release notes: PAE, diskinfo(8), jail(8) -i, jexec(8), jls(8),

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killall(1) -j, mount(8)/umount(8) -F, rtld(1) dynamic mapping and
libmap.conf(5), 1:1 threading.

Modified release notes:  Use wlan(4) manpage hyperlink.
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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for the Physical Address Extensions
(PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors
has been added. This allows the use of up to 64GB of RAM in a
machine, although the amount of memory usable by any single
process (or the &os; kernel) is unchanged. For more
information, see the &man.pae.4; manual page.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -238,7 +245,7 @@
<para>The cm driver now supports IPX. &merged;</para>
<para>A new wlan module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
<para>A new &man.wlan.4; module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
&man.wi.4; driver now uses this facility.</para>
<para arch="i386,alpha,pc98,sparc64">A timing bug in the
@ -406,6 +413,10 @@
directives cancel prior <literal>option</literal> and
<literal>makeoption</literal> directives, respectively.</para>
<para>The &man.diskinfo.8; utility has been added to show
information about a disk device and optionally to run a naive
performance test.</para>
<para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to
&man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para>
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and visible interface than the existing sysctl
variables. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-i</option> flag to
output an identifier for a newly-created jail.</para>
<para>The &man.jexec.8; utility has been added to execute a
command inside an existing jail.</para>
<para>The &man.jls.8; utility has been added to list existing
jails.</para>
<para>&man.kenv.1; has been moved from
<filename>/usr/bin</filename> to <filename>/bin</filename> to
make it available at times during system startup when only the
root filesystem is mounted.</para>
<para>&man.killall.1; now supports a <option>-j</option> option to
kill all processes inside a jail.</para>
<para>The MAKEDEV script is now unnecessary, due to the mandatory
presence of &man.devfs.5;, and has been removed.</para>
@ -495,6 +518,10 @@
SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
<para>&man.mount.8; and &man.umount.8; now accept a
<option>-F</option> option to specify an alternate &man.fstab.5;
file.</para>
<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
@ -536,6 +563,11 @@
stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; now has support for the dynamic mapping of
shared object dependencies. More information can be found in
&man.libmap.conf.5;. This is an optional feature, disabled by
default.</para>
<para>&man.sem.open.3; now correctly handles multiple opens of the
same semaphore; as a result, &man.sem.close.3; no longer crashes
calling programs.</para>
@ -569,6 +601,17 @@
<para>&man.xargs.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to
execute multiple copies of the same utility in parallel.</para>
<para>A 1:1 threading package (where for every pthread in an
application there is one KSE and thread) has been implemented.
Under this model, the kernel handles all thread scheduling
decisions and all signal delivery. This uses some of the common
KSE code, and is a restricted case of the M:N threading work
still in progress. The <filename>libthr</filename> library
implementing the userland portion of this functionality is a
drop-in replacement for the <filename>libc_r</filename> library.
Note that <filename>libthr</filename> is not (at this time)
built by default.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>

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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">Support for the Physical Address Extensions
(PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors
has been added. This allows the use of up to 64GB of RAM in a
machine, although the amount of memory usable by any single
process (or the &os; kernel) is unchanged. For more
information, see the &man.pae.4; manual page.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -238,7 +245,7 @@
<para>The cm driver now supports IPX. &merged;</para>
<para>A new wlan module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
<para>A new &man.wlan.4; module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
&man.wi.4; driver now uses this facility.</para>
<para arch="i386,alpha,pc98,sparc64">A timing bug in the
@ -406,6 +413,10 @@
directives cancel prior <literal>option</literal> and
<literal>makeoption</literal> directives, respectively.</para>
<para>The &man.diskinfo.8; utility has been added to show
information about a disk device and optionally to run a naive
performance test.</para>
<para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to
&man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para>
@ -473,11 +484,23 @@
and visible interface than the existing sysctl
variables. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-i</option> flag to
output an identifier for a newly-created jail.</para>
<para>The &man.jexec.8; utility has been added to execute a
command inside an existing jail.</para>
<para>The &man.jls.8; utility has been added to list existing
jails.</para>
<para>&man.kenv.1; has been moved from
<filename>/usr/bin</filename> to <filename>/bin</filename> to
make it available at times during system startup when only the
root filesystem is mounted.</para>
<para>&man.killall.1; now supports a <option>-j</option> option to
kill all processes inside a jail.</para>
<para>The MAKEDEV script is now unnecessary, due to the mandatory
presence of &man.devfs.5;, and has been removed.</para>
@ -495,6 +518,10 @@
SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
<para>&man.mount.8; and &man.umount.8; now accept a
<option>-F</option> option to specify an alternate &man.fstab.5;
file.</para>
<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
@ -536,6 +563,11 @@
stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; now has support for the dynamic mapping of
shared object dependencies. More information can be found in
&man.libmap.conf.5;. This is an optional feature, disabled by
default.</para>
<para>&man.sem.open.3; now correctly handles multiple opens of the
same semaphore; as a result, &man.sem.close.3; no longer crashes
calling programs.</para>
@ -569,6 +601,17 @@
<para>&man.xargs.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to
execute multiple copies of the same utility in parallel.</para>
<para>A 1:1 threading package (where for every pthread in an
application there is one KSE and thread) has been implemented.
Under this model, the kernel handles all thread scheduling
decisions and all signal delivery. This uses some of the common
KSE code, and is a restricted case of the M:N threading work
still in progress. The <filename>libthr</filename> library
implementing the userland portion of this functionality is a
drop-in replacement for the <filename>libc_r</filename> library.
Note that <filename>libthr</filename> is not (at this time)
built by default.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>