From a9a2668bf2dea09c72c2e42e5d504e3230c15ce3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hrs Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 17:26:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: amd64/i386 ELF kernel crash dump, snd_csa(4) suspend/resume support, ste(4) ALTQ support, address family check of routing table added, env(1) -v, -S, and -P options added, libkvm crash dump support improvement: ELF format, >4GB on 32-bit arch, and PAE, $jail__flags for rc.d/jail added, and new manual pages: central(4), clkbrd(4), creator(4), ebus(4), eeprom(4), fhc(4), machfb(4), ofw.console(4), openfirm(4), openprom(4), rtc(4), and sbus(4). Update release notes: Use &man.ofw.console.4;. Approved by: re (implicitly) --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 50 +++++++++++++++++-- .../en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 50 +++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index f4ecbc7f65dd..f34a092688ad 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ and threads currently holding sleep mutexes (and spin mutexes for the current thread). &merged; + The kernel crash dump format has been changed to + ELF to support large memory (more than 4GB) environment. + The &man.ichsmb.4; driver is now available as a loadable kernel module. @@ -533,7 +536,7 @@ The &man.uart.4; driver is now enabled in the GENERIC kernel, and is now the - default driver for serial ports. The ofw_console and + default driver for serial ports. The &man.ofw.console.4; and &man.sab.4; drivers are now disabled in the GENERIC kernel. &merged; @@ -556,6 +559,9 @@ controller found on &ultrasparc; workstations. &merged; + The &man.snd.csa.4; driver now supports + suspend and resume operation. + The &man.uaudio.4; driver now has some added functionality, including volume control on more inputs and recording capability on some devices. &merged; @@ -651,6 +657,8 @@ This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based interfaces. &merged; + The &man.ste.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;. + The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling (&man.polling.4;). @@ -751,6 +759,13 @@ The &man.sppp.4; driver is now MPSAFE. + The &os; routing table now requires gateways for routes + to be of the same address family as the route itself. + The &man.route.8; utility now rejects a combination of different + address families. For example: + + &prompt.root; route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0 + The new sysctl net.link.tap.user_open has been implemented. This allows unprivileged access to &man.tap.4; device nodes based on file system permissions. @@ -930,6 +945,19 @@ flag, which supports changing flags on symbolic links. + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + flag to write the command to standard error before it is executed. + + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + option to split the string and pass them to + the command as the command-line arguments. + + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + option to set the command search path used to look for + the command. + The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the 212 and 213 status codes for directory and file status correctly (211 was used in @@ -1008,6 +1036,11 @@ The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files has been changed to be machine-independent. + The libkvm now supports + ELF crash dump on amd64 and i386 platforms, + large crash dump (more than 4GB) in 32-bit platforms, + and PAE crash dump on i386 platform. + The &man.mixer.8; utility now supports the option. This is the same as the option but does not output mixing field separators. @@ -1294,6 +1327,10 @@ The rc.d/bsnmpd startup script for &man.bsnmpd.1; has been added. + The rc.d/jail startup script + now supports jail_name_flags + variable which allows to specify &man.jail.8; flags. + &man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names at boot time. &merged; For example: @@ -1582,10 +1619,15 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0" Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by the addition of the following manual pages: &man.ataraid.4;, &man.bus.space.9;, + &man.central.4;, &man.clkbrd.4;, &man.creator.4;, &man.devfs.conf.5, &man.devfs.rules.5, - &man.pmap.page.init.9;, - &man.pthread.atfork.3;, - &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;, + &man.ebus.4;, &man.eeprom.4;, + &man.fhc.4;, + &man.machfb.4;, + &man.ofw.console.4;, &man.openfirm.4;, &man.openprom.4;, + &man.pmap.page.init.9;, &man.pthread.atfork.3;, + &man.rtc.4;, + &man.sbus.4;, &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;, &man.snd.neomagic.4;, &man.snd.via8233.4;, &man.snd.via82c686.4;, and &man.snd.vibes.4;. 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 f4ecbc7f65dd..f34a092688ad 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ and threads currently holding sleep mutexes (and spin mutexes for the current thread). &merged; + The kernel crash dump format has been changed to + ELF to support large memory (more than 4GB) environment. + The &man.ichsmb.4; driver is now available as a loadable kernel module. @@ -533,7 +536,7 @@ The &man.uart.4; driver is now enabled in the GENERIC kernel, and is now the - default driver for serial ports. The ofw_console and + default driver for serial ports. The &man.ofw.console.4; and &man.sab.4; drivers are now disabled in the GENERIC kernel. &merged; @@ -556,6 +559,9 @@ controller found on &ultrasparc; workstations. &merged; + The &man.snd.csa.4; driver now supports + suspend and resume operation. + The &man.uaudio.4; driver now has some added functionality, including volume control on more inputs and recording capability on some devices. &merged; @@ -651,6 +657,8 @@ This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based interfaces. &merged; + The &man.ste.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;. + The &man.vge.4; driver now has support for device polling (&man.polling.4;). @@ -751,6 +759,13 @@ The &man.sppp.4; driver is now MPSAFE. + The &os; routing table now requires gateways for routes + to be of the same address family as the route itself. + The &man.route.8; utility now rejects a combination of different + address families. For example: + + &prompt.root; route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0 + The new sysctl net.link.tap.user_open has been implemented. This allows unprivileged access to &man.tap.4; device nodes based on file system permissions. @@ -930,6 +945,19 @@ flag, which supports changing flags on symbolic links. + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + flag to write the command to standard error before it is executed. + + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + option to split the string and pass them to + the command as the command-line arguments. + + The &man.env.1; program now supports a + option to set the command search path used to look for + the command. + The &man.ftpd.8; program now uses the 212 and 213 status codes for directory and file status correctly (211 was used in @@ -1008,6 +1036,11 @@ The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files has been changed to be machine-independent. + The libkvm now supports + ELF crash dump on amd64 and i386 platforms, + large crash dump (more than 4GB) in 32-bit platforms, + and PAE crash dump on i386 platform. + The &man.mixer.8; utility now supports the option. This is the same as the option but does not output mixing field separators. @@ -1294,6 +1327,10 @@ The rc.d/bsnmpd startup script for &man.bsnmpd.1; has been added. + The rc.d/jail startup script + now supports jail_name_flags + variable which allows to specify &man.jail.8; flags. + &man.rc.conf.5; now supports changes of network interface names at boot time. &merged; For example: @@ -1582,10 +1619,15 @@ moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0" Documentation of existing functionality has been improved by the addition of the following manual pages: &man.ataraid.4;, &man.bus.space.9;, + &man.central.4;, &man.clkbrd.4;, &man.creator.4;, &man.devfs.conf.5, &man.devfs.rules.5, - &man.pmap.page.init.9;, - &man.pthread.atfork.3;, - &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;, + &man.ebus.4;, &man.eeprom.4;, + &man.fhc.4;, + &man.machfb.4;, + &man.ofw.console.4;, &man.openfirm.4;, &man.openprom.4;, + &man.pmap.page.init.9;, &man.pthread.atfork.3;, + &man.rtc.4;, + &man.sbus.4;, &man.sched.4bsd.4;, &man.sched.ule.4;, &man.snd.fm801.4;, &man.snd.neomagic.4;, &man.snd.via8233.4;, &man.snd.via82c686.4;, and &man.snd.vibes.4;.