From ca9bd723d3819a424be5ce12792478f5b5c3338f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 22:18:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES (+MFC), drm drivers, csplit(1), mk_cmds(1) removal (+MFC), sysinstall(8) multi-volume support (+MFC). Modified release notes: m4 20020426, OpenPAM Cinnamon. Other MFCs noted: CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK. Un-MFC-ed: Emphemeral port range change. --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 33 ++++++++++++++++--- .../en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 33 ++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 8a411772f6e8..067b31c1a4d7 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ The CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK kernel option has been added, which attempts to enable the SSE feature bit on newer Athlon CPUs if the BIOS has forgotten to - enable it. + enable it. &merged; The UltraSPARC platform is now supported by &os;. The following machines are supported to at least some @@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ Ultra 2, Ultra 60, Enterprise 220R, and Enterprise 420R. + On some systems, the BIOS does not activate + the I/O ports and memory of PC devices, thus making them + unusable. The PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES kernel + option forces &os; to enable these devices so that they can be + used. &merged; + @@ -984,7 +990,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent - outgoing connections/streams. &merged; + outgoing connections/streams. @@ -1350,6 +1356,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The ich sound driver now support the SiS 7012 chipset. &merged; + Drivers have been added to support the Direct + Rendering Infrastructure, which can used to provide 3D + acceleration within XFree86. Video + cards supported include the 3Dlabs Oxygen GMX 2000 (gammadrm), + AGP Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 (mgadrm), 3dfx Voodoo + 3/4/5/Banshee (tdfxdrm), AGI ATI Rage 128 (r128drm), and AGP + ATI Radeon (radeondrm). + @@ -1870,6 +1884,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended A number of buffer overflows in &man.config.8; have been fixed. &merged; + A new &man.csplit.1; utility, which splits files based on + context, has been added. + &man.ctags.1; no longer creates a corrupt tags file if the source file used // (C++-style) comments. &merged; @@ -2375,6 +2392,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended /etc/rc.conf to the default options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. &merged; + &man.mk.cmds.1; and the associated + libss have been removed; they have been + unused for quite some time. &merged; + &man.moused.8; now takes a option to control mouse acceleration. &merged; @@ -2776,6 +2797,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended &man.sysinstall.8; no longer mounts the &man.procfs.5; filesystem by default on new installs. + &man.sysinstall.8; now has rudimentary support for + retrieving packages from the correct volume of a multiple-volume + installation (such as a multi-CD distribution). &merged; + &man.syslogd.8; can take a option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged; @@ -3059,7 +3084,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended lukemftpd, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;. - &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 26 April 2002. ncurses has been updated to @@ -3069,7 +3094,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended been updated to 4.1.0. &merged; OpenPAM - (Cineraria release) has been imported, + (Cinnamon release) has been imported, replacing Linux-PAM. diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index 8a411772f6e8..067b31c1a4d7 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ The CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK kernel option has been added, which attempts to enable the SSE feature bit on newer Athlon CPUs if the BIOS has forgotten to - enable it. + enable it. &merged; The UltraSPARC platform is now supported by &os;. The following machines are supported to at least some @@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ Ultra 2, Ultra 60, Enterprise 220R, and Enterprise 420R. + On some systems, the BIOS does not activate + the I/O ports and memory of PC devices, thus making them + unusable. The PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES kernel + option forces &os; to enable these devices so that they can be + used. &merged; + @@ -984,7 +990,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The ephemeral port range used for TCP and UDP has been changed to 49152–65535 (the old default was 1024–5000). This increases the number of concurrent - outgoing connections/streams. &merged; + outgoing connections/streams. @@ -1350,6 +1356,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended The ich sound driver now support the SiS 7012 chipset. &merged; + Drivers have been added to support the Direct + Rendering Infrastructure, which can used to provide 3D + acceleration within XFree86. Video + cards supported include the 3Dlabs Oxygen GMX 2000 (gammadrm), + AGP Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 (mgadrm), 3dfx Voodoo + 3/4/5/Banshee (tdfxdrm), AGI ATI Rage 128 (r128drm), and AGP + ATI Radeon (radeondrm). + @@ -1870,6 +1884,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended A number of buffer overflows in &man.config.8; have been fixed. &merged; + A new &man.csplit.1; utility, which splits files based on + context, has been added. + &man.ctags.1; no longer creates a corrupt tags file if the source file used // (C++-style) comments. &merged; @@ -2375,6 +2392,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended /etc/rc.conf to the default options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. &merged; + &man.mk.cmds.1; and the associated + libss have been removed; they have been + unused for quite some time. &merged; + &man.moused.8; now takes a option to control mouse acceleration. &merged; @@ -2776,6 +2797,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended &man.sysinstall.8; no longer mounts the &man.procfs.5; filesystem by default on new installs. + &man.sysinstall.8; now has rudimentary support for + retrieving packages from the correct volume of a multiple-volume + installation (such as a multi-CD distribution). &merged; + &man.syslogd.8; can take a option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged; @@ -3059,7 +3084,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended lukemftpd, has been imported and is available as &man.lukemftpd.8;. - &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 19 April + &man.m4.1; has been imported from OpenBSD, as of 26 April 2002. ncurses has been updated to @@ -3069,7 +3094,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended been updated to 4.1.0. &merged; OpenPAM - (Cineraria release) has been imported, + (Cinnamon release) has been imported, replacing Linux-PAM.