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New release notes: boot loader -p for i386, maxusers autosizing,

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burncd(8) for VCDs/SVCDs, newfs(8) new 16K/2K block/frag defaults,
watch(8) -f.

Updated release note: sis(4) VAN and note its MFC done a long time
ago.
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Bruce A. Mah 2001-12-13 21:18:56 +00:00
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first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel will pause after each
line of output during the probing phase.</para>
<para>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
@ -259,6 +263,13 @@
tunables and can be overridden at boot-time. The
<varname>hz</varname> parameter is also now a tunable. &merged;</para>
<para>Specifying a value of <literal>0</literal> for the
<varname>maxusers</varname> kernel configuration parameter will
now cause an appropriate value to be calculated at boot-time
(between 32 and 512, depending on the amount of memory present).
This value is now the default for all
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernels. &merged;</para>
<para>It is now possible to hardwire kernel environment variables (such
as tuneables) at compile-time using &man.config.8;'s
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
@ -547,7 +558,8 @@
<para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para>
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. &merged;
This device has support for VLANs.</para>
<para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently,
@ -1380,6 +1392,8 @@
<para>&man.burncd.8; now supports Disk At Once (DAO) mode,
selectable via the <option>-d</option> flag.</para>
<para>&man.burncd.8; now has the ability to write VCDs/SVCDs.</para>
<para>&man.c89.1; has been converted from a shell script to a
binary executable, fixing some minor bugs. &merged;</para>
@ -1847,6 +1861,12 @@
change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced
fragmentation. &merged;</para>
<para>The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created
by &man.newfs.8; are now 16384 and 2048 bytes, respectively (the
old defaults were 8192 and 1024 bytes). This change generally
provides increased performance, at the expense of some wasted disk
space.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to ability to compress
log files using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
@ -2161,6 +2181,9 @@
<para>&man.wall.1; now supports a <option>-g</option> flag to
write a message to all users of a given group. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.watch.8; now takes a <option>-f</option> option to
specify a &man.snp.4; device to use.</para>
<para>&man.which.1; is now a C program, rather than a Perl
script.</para>

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first sector of the emulated floppy to contain a valid MS-DOS BPB
that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel will pause after each
line of output during the probing phase.</para>
<para>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
@ -259,6 +263,13 @@
tunables and can be overridden at boot-time. The
<varname>hz</varname> parameter is also now a tunable. &merged;</para>
<para>Specifying a value of <literal>0</literal> for the
<varname>maxusers</varname> kernel configuration parameter will
now cause an appropriate value to be calculated at boot-time
(between 32 and 512, depending on the amount of memory present).
This value is now the default for all
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernels. &merged;</para>
<para>It is now possible to hardwire kernel environment variables (such
as tuneables) at compile-time using &man.config.8;'s
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
@ -547,7 +558,8 @@
<para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.</para>
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. &merged;
This device has support for VLANs.</para>
<para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
DP8393X (SONIC) Ethernet controller has been added. Currently,
@ -1380,6 +1392,8 @@
<para>&man.burncd.8; now supports Disk At Once (DAO) mode,
selectable via the <option>-d</option> flag.</para>
<para>&man.burncd.8; now has the ability to write VCDs/SVCDs.</para>
<para>&man.c89.1; has been converted from a shell script to a
binary executable, fixing some minor bugs. &merged;</para>
@ -1847,6 +1861,12 @@
change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced
fragmentation. &merged;</para>
<para>The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created
by &man.newfs.8; are now 16384 and 2048 bytes, respectively (the
old defaults were 8192 and 1024 bytes). This change generally
provides increased performance, at the expense of some wasted disk
space.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now has the ability to ability to compress
log files using &man.bzip2.1;. &merged;</para>
@ -2161,6 +2181,9 @@
<para>&man.wall.1; now supports a <option>-g</option> flag to
write a message to all users of a given group. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.watch.8; now takes a <option>-f</option> option to
specify a &man.snp.4; device to use.</para>
<para>&man.which.1; is now a C program, rather than a Perl
script.</para>