diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 3075d7ae9f83..b4cbaf54a36a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ flag to force the kernel to pause after each line of output during the probing phase. &merged; + The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was + 8K). + + The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. + Support for USB devices was added to the GENERIC kernel and to the installation programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM @@ -573,8 +580,10 @@ these devices. &merged; Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the - National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear - FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. + SiS 900 and SiS 7016 Fast Ethernet controller chips (for + example, as seen on the SiS 635 and 735 motherboard chipsets), as well as the + National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset (including the NetGear + FA311-TX and FA312-TX) in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. This device has support for VLANs. &merged; The snc driver for the National Semiconductor @@ -2487,6 +2496,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended tcsh has been updated to version 6.11. &merged; + The contributed version of + tcp_wrappers now includes the + &man.tcpd.8; helper daemon. While not strictly necessary in a + standard &os; installation (because &man.inetd.8; already + incorporates this functionality), this may be useful for + &man.inetd.8; replacements such as + xinetd. + &man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value from the net.inet.ip.ttl sysctl variable. &merged; 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 3075d7ae9f83..b4cbaf54a36a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ flag to force the kernel to pause after each line of output during the probing phase. &merged; + The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was + 8K). + + The &os; boot loader is now capable of + booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K. + Support for USB devices was added to the GENERIC kernel and to the installation programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM @@ -573,8 +580,10 @@ these devices. &merged; Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the - National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear - FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. + SiS 900 and SiS 7016 Fast Ethernet controller chips (for + example, as seen on the SiS 635 and 735 motherboard chipsets), as well as the + National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset (including the NetGear + FA311-TX and FA312-TX) in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. This device has support for VLANs. &merged; The snc driver for the National Semiconductor @@ -2487,6 +2496,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended tcsh has been updated to version 6.11. &merged; + The contributed version of + tcp_wrappers now includes the + &man.tcpd.8; helper daemon. While not strictly necessary in a + standard &os; installation (because &man.inetd.8; already + incorporates this functionality), this may be useful for + &man.inetd.8; replacements such as + xinetd. + &man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value from the net.inet.ip.ttl sysctl variable. &merged;