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New release notes: swap_pager changes, ng_atmpif(4).

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Modified release notes:  locale(1) -m, -march=pentium4 re-enabled.
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<para>The swap pager has been revamped. Among user-visible
changes are a change in the layout policy (from fixed-width
striping to a round-robin across devices) for better I/O
throughput, the elimination of compile-time limits on the number
of swap devices, and a reduction in memory overheads.</para>
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Platform-Specific Hardware Support</title>
@ -248,6 +254,10 @@
rules</quote>. More details can be found in &man.ipfw.8;.
&merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.atmpif.4; NetGraph node type has been added.
It emulates a HARP physical interface, and allows one
to run the HARP ATM stack without real hardware.</para>
<para>To reduce information leakage, IPv4 packets no longer have
a <varname>ip_id</varname> field set unless fragmentation is
being done.</para>
@ -351,7 +361,8 @@
threading library is now built by default.</para>
<para>The &man.locale.1; utility has been re-implemented and is
now POSIX-compliant.</para>
now POSIX-compliant. A new <option>-m</option> option shows all
available codesets.</para>
<para>The &man.mount.8; utility now supports to display the filesystem
ID for each file system in addition to the normal information
@ -404,7 +415,17 @@
to 8.3.6.</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
3.3.1-prerelease (a 11 July 2003 snapshot).</para>
3.3.1-prerelease (a 11 July 2003 snapshot).
<note>
<para>Previous versions of <application>GCC</application>
generated incorrect code when
<literal>-march=pentium4</literal> optimization was
enabled. This problem is believed to have been fixed with
this upgrade, and the earlier workaround for the case of
<literal>CPUTYPE=p4</literal> has been removed.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from
1.6beta2 to a 30 June 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>

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<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<para>The swap pager has been revamped. Among user-visible
changes are a change in the layout policy (from fixed-width
striping to a round-robin across devices) for better I/O
throughput, the elimination of compile-time limits on the number
of swap devices, and a reduction in memory overheads.</para>
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Platform-Specific Hardware Support</title>
@ -248,6 +254,10 @@
rules</quote>. More details can be found in &man.ipfw.8;.
&merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ng.atmpif.4; NetGraph node type has been added.
It emulates a HARP physical interface, and allows one
to run the HARP ATM stack without real hardware.</para>
<para>To reduce information leakage, IPv4 packets no longer have
a <varname>ip_id</varname> field set unless fragmentation is
being done.</para>
@ -351,7 +361,8 @@
threading library is now built by default.</para>
<para>The &man.locale.1; utility has been re-implemented and is
now POSIX-compliant.</para>
now POSIX-compliant. A new <option>-m</option> option shows all
available codesets.</para>
<para>The &man.mount.8; utility now supports to display the filesystem
ID for each file system in addition to the normal information
@ -404,7 +415,17 @@
to 8.3.6.</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated from 3.2.2 to
3.3.1-prerelease (a 11 July 2003 snapshot).</para>
3.3.1-prerelease (a 11 July 2003 snapshot).
<note>
<para>Previous versions of <application>GCC</application>
generated incorrect code when
<literal>-march=pentium4</literal> optimization was
enabled. This problem is believed to have been fixed with
this upgrade, and the earlier workaround for the case of
<literal>CPUTYPE=p4</literal> has been removed.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para><application>lukemftp</application> has been updated from
1.6beta2 to a 30 June 2003 snapshot from NetBSD.</para>