New release notes: SCHED_ULE default, cdboot buggy BIOS workaround,

dc(4) sparc64/OFW fix, sk(4) multicast fix, IPsec bugfix, ata(4)
bugfixes, GEOM fix, NFSv4 panic fix, NSS large groups fix, CVS
security fix.

Most (but not all) of these are 5.2-RELEASE errata items.
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bmah 2004-01-25 06:23:10 +00:00
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<para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to <para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to
breakage and lack of maintainership.</para> breakage and lack of maintainership.</para>
<para>The ULE scheduler is now the default scheduler in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<sect3 id="proc"> <sect3 id="proc">
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<filename>/boot/boot0sio</filename> as the argument to the <filename>/boot/boot0sio</filename> as the argument to the
<option>-b</option> option.</para> <option>-b</option> option.</para>
<para arch="i386"><filename>cdboot</filename> now works around a
BIOS problem observed on some systems when booting from USB
CDROM drives.</para>
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword--> <!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
</sect3> </sect3>
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<sect3 id="net-if"> <sect3 id="net-if">
<title>Network Interface Support</title> <title>Network Interface Support</title>
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.dc.4; driver now supports sparc64
Davicom cards that store their MAC address in
OpenFirmware.</para>
<para arch="i386,pc98">The hea (Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM adapter) <para arch="i386,pc98">The hea (Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM adapter)
driver has been removed due to breakage. Its functionality driver has been removed due to breakage. Its functionality
has been subsumed into the &man.en.4; driver.</para> has been subsumed into the &man.en.4; driver.</para>
@ -168,11 +179,20 @@
FreeBSD. For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and FreeBSD. For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and
&man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para> &man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para>
<para>Several bugs related to multicast and promiscuous mode
handling in the &man.sk.4; driver have been fixed.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto"> <sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title> <title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
could cause erratic behavior or kernel panics after flushing
the Security Policy Database (SPD).</para>
<para>The following TCP features are now enabled by default: RFC <para>The following TCP features are now enabled by default: RFC
3042 (Limited Retransmit), RFC 3390 (increased initial 3042 (Limited Retransmit), RFC 3390 (increased initial
congestion window sizes), TCP bandwidth-delay product congestion window sizes), TCP bandwidth-delay product
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<sect3 id="disks"> <sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title> <title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para></para> <para>A number of bugs in the &man.ata.4; driver have been
fixed. Most notably, master/slave device detection should
work better, and some problems with timeouts should be
resolved.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 id="fs"> <sect3 id="fs">
<title>File Systems</title> <title>File Systems</title>
<para></para> <para>A bug in GEOM that could result in I/O hangs in some rare
cases has been fixed.</para>
<para>A panic in the NFSv4 client has been fixed; this occurred
when attempting operations against an NFSv3/NFSv2-only
server.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
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print only the action and comment for each rule, thus omitting print only the action and comment for each rule, thus omitting
the rule body.</para> the rule body.</para>
<para>A bugfix has been applied to NSS support, which fixes
problems when using third-party NSS modules (such as <filename
role="package">net/nss_ldap</filename>) and groups with large
membership lists.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 id="contrib"> <sect2 id="contrib">
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<para>The <application>ACPI-CA</application> code has been updated <para>The <application>ACPI-CA</application> code has been updated
from the 20030619 snapshot to the 20031203 snapshot.</para> from the 20030619 snapshot to the 20031203 snapshot.</para>
<para>Two security fixes for <application>CVS</application> (one
related to pserver operation and the other dealing with
malformed module requests) have been backported from later
versions.</para>
<para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from
3.6.1p1 to 3.7.1p2.</para> 3.6.1p1 to 3.7.1p2.</para>

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<para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to <para arch="i386">The loran (Loran-C receiver) driver has been removed due to
breakage and lack of maintainership.</para> breakage and lack of maintainership.</para>
<para>The ULE scheduler is now the default scheduler in the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword--> <!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<sect3 id="proc"> <sect3 id="proc">
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<filename>/boot/boot0sio</filename> as the argument to the <filename>/boot/boot0sio</filename> as the argument to the
<option>-b</option> option.</para> <option>-b</option> option.</para>
<para arch="i386"><filename>cdboot</filename> now works around a
BIOS problem observed on some systems when booting from USB
CDROM drives.</para>
<!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword--> <!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword-->
</sect3> </sect3>
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<sect3 id="net-if"> <sect3 id="net-if">
<title>Network Interface Support</title> <title>Network Interface Support</title>
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.dc.4; driver now supports sparc64
Davicom cards that store their MAC address in
OpenFirmware.</para>
<para arch="i386,pc98">The hea (Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM adapter) <para arch="i386,pc98">The hea (Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM adapter)
driver has been removed due to breakage. Its functionality driver has been removed due to breakage. Its functionality
has been subsumed into the &man.en.4; driver.</para> has been subsumed into the &man.en.4; driver.</para>
@ -168,11 +179,20 @@
FreeBSD. For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and FreeBSD. For more information, see the &man.ndis.4; and
&man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para> &man.ndiscvt.8; manual pages.</para>
<para>Several bugs related to multicast and promiscuous mode
handling in the &man.sk.4; driver have been fixed.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 id="net-proto"> <sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title> <title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>Some bugs in the IPsec implementation from the KAME
Project have been fixed. These bugs were related to freeing
memory objects before all references to them were removed, and
could cause erratic behavior or kernel panics after flushing
the Security Policy Database (SPD).</para>
<para>The following TCP features are now enabled by default: RFC <para>The following TCP features are now enabled by default: RFC
3042 (Limited Retransmit), RFC 3390 (increased initial 3042 (Limited Retransmit), RFC 3390 (increased initial
congestion window sizes), TCP bandwidth-delay product congestion window sizes), TCP bandwidth-delay product
@ -193,14 +213,22 @@
<sect3 id="disks"> <sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title> <title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para></para> <para>A number of bugs in the &man.ata.4; driver have been
fixed. Most notably, master/slave device detection should
work better, and some problems with timeouts should be
resolved.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 id="fs"> <sect3 id="fs">
<title>File Systems</title> <title>File Systems</title>
<para></para> <para>A bug in GEOM that could result in I/O hangs in some rare
cases has been fixed.</para>
<para>A panic in the NFSv4 client has been fixed; this occurred
when attempting operations against an NFSv3/NFSv2-only
server.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
@ -225,6 +253,11 @@
print only the action and comment for each rule, thus omitting print only the action and comment for each rule, thus omitting
the rule body.</para> the rule body.</para>
<para>A bugfix has been applied to NSS support, which fixes
problems when using third-party NSS modules (such as <filename
role="package">net/nss_ldap</filename>) and groups with large
membership lists.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 id="contrib"> <sect2 id="contrib">
@ -233,6 +266,11 @@
<para>The <application>ACPI-CA</application> code has been updated <para>The <application>ACPI-CA</application> code has been updated
from the 20030619 snapshot to the 20031203 snapshot.</para> from the 20030619 snapshot to the 20031203 snapshot.</para>
<para>Two security fixes for <application>CVS</application> (one
related to pserver operation and the other dealing with
malformed module requests) have been backported from later
versions.</para>
<para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from
3.6.1p1 to 3.7.1p2.</para> 3.6.1p1 to 3.7.1p2.</para>