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New release notes: mutex(9) profiling, ucom/uplcom/uvscom, boot2 -n,

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diskpart(8) went bye-bye, newfs(8) anachronisms removed.

Updated release notes:  More functionality for ata(4), new tzdata
import.
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all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>,
<varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para>
<para>&man.mutex.9; profiling code has been added, enabled by the
<literal>MUTEX_PROFILING</literal> kernel configuration option.
It enables the <varname>debug.mutex.prof.*</varname> hierarchy
of sysctl variables.</para>
<para arch="i386">The <literal>NCPU</literal>, <literal>NAPIC</literal>,
<literal>NBUS</literal>, and <literal>NINTR</literal> kernel
configuration options, for configuring SMP kernels, have been
@ -284,6 +289,12 @@
for supported scanners. The HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C and 6300C
are known to be working. &merged;</para>
<para>The ucom device driver has been added, to support USB
modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look
like a tty. The related uplcom and uvscom drivers provide specific
support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
Slipper U VS-10U, respectively.</para>
<para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel
configuration option has been removed.</para>
@ -477,6 +488,10 @@
<sect3>
<title>Bootloader Changes</title>
<para arch="i386"><filename>boot2</filename> now supports a
<option>-n</option> to disallow boot interruption by
keypresses. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap
utility for CDROMs provides better compatability with some
BIOS implementations that do not completely implement the El
@ -988,8 +1003,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a wider variety of SiS
chipsets, as listed in the Hardware Notes. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for rebuilding
failed drives in a RAID1 configuration, under control of
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for creating,
deleting, querying, and rebuilding ATA RAIDs under control of
&man.atacontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
<para>The BurnProof(TM) feature, for applicable ATAPI CD-ROM
@ -1799,6 +1814,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to
sectors. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.diskpart.8; has been declared obsolete, and has been
removed.</para>
<para>&man.dmesg.8; now has a <option>-a</option> option to show
the entire message buffer, including &man.syslogd.8; records and
<filename>/dev/console</filename> output. &merged;</para>
@ -2054,6 +2072,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
easier to manipulate the kernel module search
path. &merged;</para>
<para>ktrdump, a utility to dump the ktr trace buffer from
userland, has been added.</para>
<para>&man.last.1; now implements a <option>-d</option> that
provides a <quote>snapshot</quote> of who was logged in at a
particular date and time. &merged;</para>
@ -2270,6 +2291,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
performance, at the expense of some wasted disk
space. &merged;</para>
<para>A number of archaic features of &man.newfs.8; have been
removed; these implement tuning features that are essentially
useless on modern hard disks. These features were controlled by
the <option>-O</option>, <option>-d</option>,
<option>-k</option>, <option>-l</option>, <option>-n</option>,
<option>-p</option>, <option>-r</option>, <option>-t</option>,
and <option>-x</option> flags.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
@ -2880,7 +2909,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
variable. &merged;</para>
<para>The timezone database has been updated to the
<filename>tzdata2001d</filename> release. &merged;</para>
<filename>tzdata2002c</filename> release. &merged;</para>
<sect4>
<title>CVS</title>

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all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>,
<varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para>
<para>&man.mutex.9; profiling code has been added, enabled by the
<literal>MUTEX_PROFILING</literal> kernel configuration option.
It enables the <varname>debug.mutex.prof.*</varname> hierarchy
of sysctl variables.</para>
<para arch="i386">The <literal>NCPU</literal>, <literal>NAPIC</literal>,
<literal>NBUS</literal>, and <literal>NINTR</literal> kernel
configuration options, for configuring SMP kernels, have been
@ -284,6 +289,12 @@
for supported scanners. The HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C and 6300C
are known to be working. &merged;</para>
<para>The ucom device driver has been added, to support USB
modems, serial devices, and other programs that need to look
like a tty. The related uplcom and uvscom drivers provide specific
support for the Prolific PL-2303 serial adapter and the SUNTAC
Slipper U VS-10U, respectively.</para>
<para>To increase security, the <literal>UCONSOLE</literal> kernel
configuration option has been removed.</para>
@ -477,6 +488,10 @@
<sect3>
<title>Bootloader Changes</title>
<para arch="i386"><filename>boot2</filename> now supports a
<option>-n</option> to disallow boot interruption by
keypresses. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">A new <filename>cdboot</filename> bootstrap
utility for CDROMs provides better compatability with some
BIOS implementations that do not completely implement the El
@ -988,8 +1003,8 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a wider variety of SiS
chipsets, as listed in the Hardware Notes. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for rebuilding
failed drives in a RAID1 configuration, under control of
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now has support for creating,
deleting, querying, and rebuilding ATA RAIDs under control of
&man.atacontrol.8;. &merged;</para>
<para>The BurnProof(TM) feature, for applicable ATAPI CD-ROM
@ -1799,6 +1814,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to
sectors. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.diskpart.8; has been declared obsolete, and has been
removed.</para>
<para>&man.dmesg.8; now has a <option>-a</option> option to show
the entire message buffer, including &man.syslogd.8; records and
<filename>/dev/console</filename> output. &merged;</para>
@ -2054,6 +2072,9 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
easier to manipulate the kernel module search
path. &merged;</para>
<para>ktrdump, a utility to dump the ktr trace buffer from
userland, has been added.</para>
<para>&man.last.1; now implements a <option>-d</option> that
provides a <quote>snapshot</quote> of who was logged in at a
particular date and time. &merged;</para>
@ -2270,6 +2291,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
performance, at the expense of some wasted disk
space. &merged;</para>
<para>A number of archaic features of &man.newfs.8; have been
removed; these implement tuning features that are essentially
useless on modern hard disks. These features were controlled by
the <option>-O</option>, <option>-d</option>,
<option>-k</option>, <option>-l</option>, <option>-n</option>,
<option>-p</option>, <option>-r</option>, <option>-t</option>,
and <option>-x</option> flags.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
@ -2880,7 +2909,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
variable. &merged;</para>
<para>The timezone database has been updated to the
<filename>tzdata2001d</filename> release. &merged;</para>
<filename>tzdata2002c</filename> release. &merged;</para>
<sect4>
<title>CVS</title>