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New release notes: CMI8338/8738, CS4281 sound driver, ISO-9660 Unicode,

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ida crashdumps, login exports PAM environment variables, wall -g,
make.conf CPUTYPE, CVS_RSH default now ssh.

Updated release notes:  ahc(4) updates, ICMP and TCP RSTs, random(4),

MFCs noted:  rc.syscons.
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release/texts/alpha/RELNOTES.TXT
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@ -144,14 +144,18 @@ Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver. [MERGED]
A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
supported for backwards compatibility. [MERGED]
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
improved compatability with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
improvements. [MERGED]
ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ Note that change affects only random-access writeable devices, not
sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are
supported by cdrecord. [MERGED]
The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a loadable
character conversion routine. The sysutils/cd9660_unicode port
contains a set of common conversions. [MERGED]
Support for threads under Linux emulation has been added.
The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent
@ -217,8 +225,9 @@ due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by
separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own
description.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections in the
SYN_SENT state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED]
TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
@ -274,6 +283,14 @@ interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. [MERGED]
The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm.
It harvests entropy from a variety of interrupt sources, including the
console devices, Ethernet and point-to-point network interfaces, and
mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now
periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy.
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -389,8 +406,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
@ -696,7 +712,7 @@ default), which can be used to log /dev/console output. [MERGED]
rpcgen now uses /usr/bin/cpp (as on NetBSD), not /usr/libexec/cpp.
Boot-time syscons configuration was moved to a machine-independent
rc.syscons.
rc.syscons. [MERGED]
burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
@ -709,9 +725,6 @@ including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, the ConnectionsPerPeriod parameter has been
deprecated in favor of MaxStartups. [MERGED]
Entropy from the random(4) device is now periodically saved to files
in /var/db/entropy.
cdcontrol(1) now uses the CDROM environment variable to pick a default
device. [MERGED]
@ -798,6 +811,19 @@ megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
improved to provide less biased results.
login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
modules. [MERGED]
wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
given group.
The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
OpenSSL.
The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
ssh, rather than rsh.
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------

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release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT
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@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver. [MERGED]
8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
@ -179,7 +180,10 @@ for configuring SMP kernels, have been removed. NCPU is now set to a
maximum of 16, and the other, aforementioned options are now dynamic.
[MERGED]
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
improved compatability with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
improvements. [MERGED]
ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
@ -251,6 +255,10 @@ Note that change affects only random-access writeable devices, not
sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are
supported by cdrecord. [MERGED]
The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a loadable
character conversion routine. The sysutils/cd9660_unicode port
contains a set of common conversions. [MERGED]
The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). [MERGED]
@ -287,8 +295,9 @@ due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by
separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own
description.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl.
ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections in the
SYN_SENT state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED]
TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
@ -353,6 +362,14 @@ interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. [MERGED]
The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm.
It harvests entropy from a variety of interrupt sources, including the
console devices, Ethernet and point-to-point network interfaces, and
mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now
periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy.
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -468,8 +485,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
@ -793,7 +809,7 @@ default), which can be used to log /dev/console output. [MERGED]
rpcgen now uses /usr/bin/cpp (as on NetBSD), not /usr/libexec/cpp.
Boot-time syscons configuration was moved to a machine-independent
rc.syscons.
rc.syscons. [MERGED]
burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
@ -806,9 +822,6 @@ including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, the ConnectionsPerPeriod parameter has been
deprecated in favor of MaxStartups. [MERGED]
Entropy from the random(4) device is now periodically saved to files
in /var/db/entropy.
cdcontrol(1) now uses the CDROM environment variable to pick a default
device. [MERGED]
@ -895,6 +908,19 @@ megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
improved to provide less biased results.
login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
modules. [MERGED]
wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
given group.
The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
OpenSSL.
The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
ssh, rather than rsh.
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------