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New release notes: Linksys Fast Ethernet cards and ed(4) driver flags,

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new API for hardware volume control, VESA S3 framebuffer driver, logging
of wrong-interface ARP replies sysctl, NFS client bug fixed, BurnProof(TM)
for ATAPI drives, IPFW works with ECN bits, ihfc(4), itjc(4),
<sys/selinfo.h>, pthread_* strong references, unified libgcc, SSH bug
with X11 forwarding fixed, syslogd(8) and LOG_CONSOLE, rpcgen use of
/usr/bin/cpp, rc.syscons, burncd(8) -m and -l, dmesg(a).

MFCs noted:  aac(4), OpenSSH 2.3.0.
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@ -227,6 +227,17 @@ modified by raycontrol(8). [MERGED]
FDDI networking using Digital Equipment DEFPA PCI FDDI adapters is now
supported.
A new API has been added for sound cards with hardware volume
control.
A new sysctl 'net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface' to controls the
supression of logging when ARP replies arrive on the wrong
interface. [MERGED]
A bug in the NFS client that caused bogus access times with
O_EXCL|O_CREAT opens was fixed. [MERGED]
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -316,10 +327,13 @@ new feature to limit the number of outstanding unauthenticated ssh
connections in sshd has been added. [MERGED]
OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.3.0. This version adds support for the
Rijndael encryption algorithm.
Rijndael encryption algorithm. [MERGED]
PAM support for OpenSSH has been added.
A long-standing bug in SSH, which sometimes resulted in a dropped
session when an X11-forwarded client was closed, was fixed.
Support for USB devices was added to the GENERIC kernel and to the
installation programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that
SRM does not support USB devices at the moment, so you must still use
@ -391,7 +405,7 @@ they started.
finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the
finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED]
finger(1) now has support for a .publickey file.
finger(1) now has support for a .pubkey file.
nsswitch support has been merged from NetBSD. By creating an
nsswitch.conf(5) file, FreeBSD can be configured so that various
@ -567,6 +581,32 @@ are provided unless the des hash is specifically compiled out.
passwd(1) and pw(8) now select the passwd hash algorithm at run time. See
the "passwd_format" attribute in /etc/login.conf.
In preparation for meeting SUSv2/POSIX <sys/select.h> requirements,
'struct selinfo' and related functions have been moved to
<sys/selinfo.h>.
Changes were made to force strong references to several pthread_*
functions which are weakly referenced to by libgcc.a. [MERGED]
gcc now uses a unified libgcc rather than a separate one fro threaded
and non-threaded programs. This provides threaded programs with the
needed exception frame symbols. [MERGED]
syslogd(8) now supports a "LOG_CONSOLE" facility. [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.
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
take a list of image files from a filename was also added; '-' can be
used as a filename for stdin.
dmesg(8) now has a -a option to show the entire message buffer,
including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------

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@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ A filesystem snapshot capability has been added to FFS. Details can
be found in /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot.
Support for the Adaptec FSA family of PCI-SCSI RAID controllers has
been added, in the form of the aac(4) driver.
been added, in the form of the aac(4) driver. [MERGED]
The ng_mppc(4) and ng_bridge(4) node types have been added to the
netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable.
@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
isdn4bsd has been updated to version 0.96.00
The ihfc(4) driver for supporting Cologne Chip Designs HFC devices
under isdn4bsd has been added.
The itjc(4) driver for supporting NETjet-S / Teles PCI-TJ under
isdn4bsd has been added.
Support for Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A based Ethernet PC-Cards is back.
[MERGED]
@ -285,6 +291,24 @@ The ray(4) driver, which supports the Webgear Aviator wireless network
cards, has been committed. The operation of ray(4) interfaces can be
modified by raycontrol(8). [MERGED]
Linksys Fast Ethernet PCCARD cards supported by the ed driver now
require the addition of flag 0x80000 to their config line in
pccard.conf(5). This flag is not optional. These Linksys cards will
not be recognized without it.
A new API has been added for sound cards with hardware volume
control.
The VESA S3 linear framebuffer driver has been added.
A new sysctl 'net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface' to controls the
supression of logging when ARP replies arrive on the wrong
interface. [MERGED]
A bug in the NFS client that caused bogus access times with
O_EXCL|O_CREAT opens was fixed. [MERGED]
1.2. SECURITY FIXES
-------------------
@ -375,10 +399,13 @@ new feature to limit the number of outstanding unauthenticated ssh
connections in sshd has been added. [MERGED]
OpenSSH has been upgraded to 2.3.0. This version adds support for the
Rijndael encryption algorithm.
Rijndael encryption algorithm. [MERGED]
PAM support for OpenSSH has been added.
A long-standing bug in SSH, which sometimes resulted in a dropped
session when an X11-forwarded client was closed, was fixed.
Support for USB devices was added to the GENERIC kernel and to the
installation programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that
an AT keyboard must still be used during the initial install, but it
@ -469,7 +496,7 @@ they started.
finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the
finger.conf(5) file. [MERGED]
finger(1) now has support for a .publickey file.
finger(1) now has support for a .pubkey file.
nsswitch support has been merged from NetBSD. By creating an
nsswitch.conf(5) file, FreeBSD can be configured so that various
@ -644,6 +671,32 @@ are provided unless the des hash is specifically compiled out.
passwd(1) and pw(8) now select the passwd hash algorithm at run time. See
the "passwd_format" attribute in /etc/login.conf.
In preparation for meeting SUSv2/POSIX <sys/select.h> requirements,
'struct selinfo' and related functions have been moved to
<sys/selinfo.h>.
Changes were made to force strong references to several pthread_*
functions which are weakly referenced to by libgcc.a. [MERGED]
gcc now uses a unified libgcc rather than a separate one fro threaded
and non-threaded programs. This provides threaded programs with the
needed exception frame symbols. [MERGED]
syslogd(8) now supports a "LOG_CONSOLE" facility. [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.
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
take a list of image files from a filename was also added; '-' can be
used as a filename for stdin.
dmesg(8) now has a -a option to show the entire message buffer,
including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------