New release notes: i386 HTT (+MFC) [1], privileged port sysctls,
ata(4) has more SiS support, cd(4) update, rand(3) bugfix [2], srandom(3) better seeding [2], sysinstall(8) can install XFree86 components again. Clues provided by: jhb [1], kris [2]
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<sect3>
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<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
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<para></para>
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<para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for
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HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up
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the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical
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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
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for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
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</sect3>
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fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been
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fixed. &merged;</para>
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<para>It is now possible to specify the range of
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<quote>privileged ports</quote> (TCP and UDP ports that
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require superuser access to &man.bind.2; to). The range is
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now specified with the
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<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedlow</varname> and
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<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl
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variables, defaulting to the traditional UNIX behavior. This
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feature is intended to help network servers bind
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to traditionally privileged ports without requiring superuser
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access. &man.ip.4; has more details.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Disks and Storage</title>
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<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS
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chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
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Notes.)</para>
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<para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4;
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driver. The primary user-visible change is improved
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compatability with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para>
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<para>&man.geom.4; is now mandatory; the
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<literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of
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kernel configuration options.</para>
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administration of <application>Samba</application>
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services. &merged;</para>
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<para>A bug in &man.rand.3; that could cause a sequence to remain
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stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
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remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
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<para>The seeding algorithm used by &man.srandom.3; has been
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strengthened.</para>
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<para arch="sparc64">The sunlabel utility, a program analogous to
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&man.disklabel.8; that works on Sun disk labels, has been
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added.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
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<para></para>
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<para>&man.sysinstall.8; once again supports installing individual
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components of <application>XFree86</application>. Supporting
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changes (not user-visible) generalize the concept of installing
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parts of distributions as packages.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<sect3>
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<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
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<para></para>
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<para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for
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HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up
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the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical
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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
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for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
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</sect3>
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@ -177,11 +181,30 @@
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fast recovery when NewReno was enabled, has been
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fixed. &merged;</para>
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<para>It is now possible to specify the range of
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<quote>privileged ports</quote> (TCP and UDP ports that
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require superuser access to &man.bind.2; to). The range is
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now specified with the
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<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedlow</varname> and
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<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl
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variables, defaulting to the traditional UNIX behavior. This
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feature is intended to help network servers bind
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to traditionally privileged ports without requiring superuser
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access. &man.ip.4; has more details.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Disks and Storage</title>
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<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS
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chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
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Notes.)</para>
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<para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4;
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driver. The primary user-visible change is improved
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compatability with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para>
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<para>&man.geom.4; is now mandatory; the
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<literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of
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kernel configuration options.</para>
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@ -353,6 +376,13 @@
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administration of <application>Samba</application>
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services. &merged;</para>
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<para>A bug in &man.rand.3; that could cause a sequence to remain
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stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
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remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
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<para>The seeding algorithm used by &man.srandom.3; has been
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strengthened.</para>
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<para arch="sparc64">The sunlabel utility, a program analogous to
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&man.disklabel.8; that works on Sun disk labels, has been
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added.</para>
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@ -440,7 +470,11 @@
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<sect2>
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<title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
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<para></para>
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<para>&man.sysinstall.8; once again supports installing individual
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components of <application>XFree86</application>. Supporting
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changes (not user-visible) generalize the concept of installing
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parts of distributions as packages.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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