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New release notes: crypto(4) and related info

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Updated release notes:  Update KSE info and add cross-reference to
kse(2) manpage.

Fix a couple of minor typos while I'm here.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-10-05 17:22:22 +00:00
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<para role="historic">The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been
added. &merged;</para>
<para>A new in-kernel cryptographic framework (see &man.crypto.4;
and &man.crypto.9;) has been imported from OpenBSD. It provides
a consistent interface to hardware and software implementations
of cryptographic algorithms for use by the kernel and access to
cryptographic hardware for user-mode applications.
Hardware device drivers are provided to support hifn-based cards
(&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;).</para>
<para>A new &man.ddb.4; command <command>show pcpu</command> lists
some of the per-CPU data.</para>
@ -469,12 +477,11 @@
<para>The &os; kernel scheduler now supports Kernel-Scheduled
Entities (KSEs), which provides support for multiple threads of
execution per process similar to Schedular Activations. At this
execution per process similar to Scheduler Activations. At this
point, the kernel has most of the changes needed to support
threading. The kernel scheduler can schedule multiple threads per
process, but only on a single CPU at a time. Support for
userland programs to create and utilize multiple threads is not
yet completed.
process, but only on a single CPU at a time. More information
can be found in &man.kse.2;.
<note>
<para>KSE is a work in progress.</para>
@ -3670,7 +3677,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<application>less</application> has been imported.</para>
<para>An XML processing library, named
<filename>libbsdxml</filename> has been added for the benefit
<filename>libbsdxml</filename>, has been added for the benefit
of XML-using utilities in the base system. It is based almost
entirely on an import of <application>expat</application>
1.95.5, but is installed under a different name to avoid

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<para role="historic">The &man.agp.4; driver for AGP devices has been
added. &merged;</para>
<para>A new in-kernel cryptographic framework (see &man.crypto.4;
and &man.crypto.9;) has been imported from OpenBSD. It provides
a consistent interface to hardware and software implementations
of cryptographic algorithms for use by the kernel and access to
cryptographic hardware for user-mode applications.
Hardware device drivers are provided to support hifn-based cards
(&man.hifn.4;) and Broadcom-based cards (&man.ubsec.4;).</para>
<para>A new &man.ddb.4; command <command>show pcpu</command> lists
some of the per-CPU data.</para>
@ -469,12 +477,11 @@
<para>The &os; kernel scheduler now supports Kernel-Scheduled
Entities (KSEs), which provides support for multiple threads of
execution per process similar to Schedular Activations. At this
execution per process similar to Scheduler Activations. At this
point, the kernel has most of the changes needed to support
threading. The kernel scheduler can schedule multiple threads per
process, but only on a single CPU at a time. Support for
userland programs to create and utilize multiple threads is not
yet completed.
process, but only on a single CPU at a time. More information
can be found in &man.kse.2;.
<note>
<para>KSE is a work in progress.</para>
@ -3670,7 +3677,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<application>less</application> has been imported.</para>
<para>An XML processing library, named
<filename>libbsdxml</filename> has been added for the benefit
<filename>libbsdxml</filename>, has been added for the benefit
of XML-using utilities in the base system. It is based almost
entirely on an import of <application>expat</application>
1.95.5, but is installed under a different name to avoid