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New release notes: sendfile(2) bugfix + MFC.

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Modified release notes:  newsyslog(8) now uses bzip2(1) by default.

Move two TCP-related release notes from the general kernel section to
the networking protocols section.  Minor wording adjustment in one
item, note MFC of the other.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-09-13 03:55:31 +00:00
parent 18db09bb8e
commit 69dcc1ae0b
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SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines,
has been added.</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.sendfile.2; system call, in which headers
counted against the size of the file to be sent, has been
fixed. &merged;</para>
<para role="historic">The &man.snp.4; device is no longer static and can now be
compiled as a module. &merged;</para>
@ -341,20 +345,6 @@
pasting, by default bound to
<keycap>Shift</keycap>-<keycap>Insert</keycap>.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
manipulated with two sysctl's,
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
sysctl.</para>
<para role="historic">Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@ -1134,6 +1124,21 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
changed to 49152&ndash;65535 (the old default was
1024&ndash;5000). This increases the number of concurrent
outgoing connections/streams.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
manipulated with two sysctl variables,
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -2878,8 +2883,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.newgrp.1; utility to change to a new group has been
added.</para>
<para role="historic">&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now compresses log files
using &man.bzip2.1; by default. (The former behavior of using
&man.gzip.1; can be specified in
<filename>/etc/newsyslog.conf</filename>.)</para>
<para><application>NFS</application> now works over IPv6.</para>

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SAB82532 serial chip found on many newer Sparc Ultra machines,
has been added.</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.sendfile.2; system call, in which headers
counted against the size of the file to be sent, has been
fixed. &merged;</para>
<para role="historic">The &man.snp.4; device is no longer static and can now be
compiled as a module. &merged;</para>
@ -341,20 +345,6 @@
pasting, by default bound to
<keycap>Shift</keycap>-<keycap>Insert</keycap>.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
manipulated with two sysctl's,
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
sysctl.</para>
<para role="historic">Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@ -1134,6 +1124,21 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
changed to 49152&ndash;65535 (the old default was
1024&ndash;5000). This increases the number of concurrent
outgoing connections/streams.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol's retransmission timer can now be
manipulated with two sysctl variables,
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min</varname> and
<varname>net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop</varname>. The default has
been reduced from one second to 200ms (similar to the Linux default)
in order to better handle hicups over interactive connections and
improve recovery over lossy fast connections such as wireless links.</para>
<para>The &man.tcp.4; protocol now has the ability to dynamically
limit the send-side window to maximize bandwidth and minimize
round trip times. The feature can be enabled via the
<varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>
sysctl. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@ -2878,8 +2883,10 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The &man.newgrp.1; utility to change to a new group has been
added.</para>
<para role="historic">&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to compress log files
using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now compresses log files
using &man.bzip2.1; by default. (The former behavior of using
&man.gzip.1; can be specified in
<filename>/etc/newsyslog.conf</filename>.)</para>
<para><application>NFS</application> now works over IPv6.</para>