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New release notes: i386 interrupt/SMP handling, RFC 3484 source

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address selection, UDF_ICONV, lost+found 0700

MFCs noted:  amr(4) crashdump support, libalias and Cisco Skiny
Station.

Updated release notes:  GCC 3.3.3 20031106, lukemftp 20031111.

Deleted release note:  PCI interrupt routing on i386 UP (presumed to
be subsumed or replaced by above i386 interrupt/SMP changes).
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<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Platform-Specific Hardware Support</title>
<para arch="i386">PCI interrupts are always routed on i386 UP
machines, which may improve the usability of some PCI devices
(particularly on laptops).</para>
<para arch="i386">Large changes have been made to the i386
machine-dependent code to improve interrupt routing and
handling, as well as SMP support. Two major user-visible
changes are that SMP kernels can run on UP systems and that
SMP functionality is now enabled by default in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. Also, the
<literal>options APIC_IO</literal> kernel option has been
replaced by <literal>device apic</literal>.</para>
<para arch="i386">An integer overflow that could cause kernel
panics on PAE machines of certain large memory sizes has been
@ -425,12 +430,16 @@
Applications using this API have been updated
accordingly.</para>
<para>Support for the source address selection part of RFC 3484
has been added. The &man.ip6addrctl.8; utility can be used to
configure the address selection policy.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>The &man.amr.4; driver now has system crashdump support.</para>
<para>The &man.amr.4; driver now has system crashdump support. &merged;</para>
<para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been
committed. One of the more notable changes is that the
@ -476,10 +485,11 @@
<title>File Systems</title>
<para>Multi-byte character conversion with the cd9660, msdosfs,
and ntfs filesystems is now supported by including the
ntfs, and udf filesystems is now supported by including the
<literal>CD9660_ICONV</literal>,
<literal>MSDOSFS_ICONV</literal>, and
<literal>NTFS_ICONV</literal> kernel options,
<literal>MSDOSFS_ICONV</literal>,
<literal>NTFS_ICONV</literal>, and
<literal>UDF_ICONV</literal> kernel options,
respectively.</para>
<para>Some off-by-one errors in the smbfs that prevented it from
@ -525,6 +535,10 @@
polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option>
option.</para>
<para>The default mode for the <filename>lost+found</filename>
directory of &man.fsck.8; is now <literal>0700</literal> instead
of <literal>01777</literal>. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand
UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para>
@ -548,7 +562,7 @@
&man.natd.8;, and &man.ppp.8; now support Cisco Skinny Station protocol,
which is the protocol used by Cisco IP phones to talk to Cisco Call
Managers. Note that currently having the Call Manager behind
the NAT gateway is not supported.</para>
the NAT gateway is not supported. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>libcipher</filename> DES cryptography library
has been removed. All of its functionality is provided by the
@ -668,7 +682,7 @@
to 8.3.6.</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
3.3.1-release.
a 3.3.3 post-release snapshot from 6 November 2003.
<note>
<para>Previous versions of <application>GCC</application>
@ -703,7 +717,7 @@
updated from 3.0.1rc11 to 3.0.1rc12.</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from
1.6beta2 to a 30 June 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>
1.6beta2 to a 11 November 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>
<para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the
<quote>Dianthus</quote> release to the

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<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Platform-Specific Hardware Support</title>
<para arch="i386">PCI interrupts are always routed on i386 UP
machines, which may improve the usability of some PCI devices
(particularly on laptops).</para>
<para arch="i386">Large changes have been made to the i386
machine-dependent code to improve interrupt routing and
handling, as well as SMP support. Two major user-visible
changes are that SMP kernels can run on UP systems and that
SMP functionality is now enabled by default in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. Also, the
<literal>options APIC_IO</literal> kernel option has been
replaced by <literal>device apic</literal>.</para>
<para arch="i386">An integer overflow that could cause kernel
panics on PAE machines of certain large memory sizes has been
@ -425,12 +430,16 @@
Applications using this API have been updated
accordingly.</para>
<para>Support for the source address selection part of RFC 3484
has been added. The &man.ip6addrctl.8; utility can be used to
configure the address selection policy.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>The &man.amr.4; driver now has system crashdump support.</para>
<para>The &man.amr.4; driver now has system crashdump support. &merged;</para>
<para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been
committed. One of the more notable changes is that the
@ -476,10 +485,11 @@
<title>File Systems</title>
<para>Multi-byte character conversion with the cd9660, msdosfs,
and ntfs filesystems is now supported by including the
ntfs, and udf filesystems is now supported by including the
<literal>CD9660_ICONV</literal>,
<literal>MSDOSFS_ICONV</literal>, and
<literal>NTFS_ICONV</literal> kernel options,
<literal>MSDOSFS_ICONV</literal>,
<literal>NTFS_ICONV</literal>, and
<literal>UDF_ICONV</literal> kernel options,
respectively.</para>
<para>Some off-by-one errors in the smbfs that prevented it from
@ -525,6 +535,10 @@
polling interval can be controlled with the <option>-i</option>
option.</para>
<para>The default mode for the <filename>lost+found</filename>
directory of &man.fsck.8; is now <literal>0700</literal> instead
of <literal>01777</literal>. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ffsinfo.8; utility has been updated to understand
UFS2 filesystems and has been re-enabled.</para>
@ -548,7 +562,7 @@
&man.natd.8;, and &man.ppp.8; now support Cisco Skinny Station protocol,
which is the protocol used by Cisco IP phones to talk to Cisco Call
Managers. Note that currently having the Call Manager behind
the NAT gateway is not supported.</para>
the NAT gateway is not supported. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>libcipher</filename> DES cryptography library
has been removed. All of its functionality is provided by the
@ -668,7 +682,7 @@
to 8.3.6.</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
3.3.1-release.
a 3.3.3 post-release snapshot from 6 November 2003.
<note>
<para>Previous versions of <application>GCC</application>
@ -703,7 +717,7 @@
updated from 3.0.1rc11 to 3.0.1rc12.</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from
1.6beta2 to a 30 June 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>
1.6beta2 to a 11 November 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>
<para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the
<quote>Dianthus</quote> release to the