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New release notes:

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vkbd(4) added,
	acpi_snc added,
	gx(4) removed,
	old vinum(4) removed,
	libxpg4 removed,
	a separate directory for named(8) dynamic zones added,
	rm(1) SUSv3 conformance,
	strftime(3) GNU extensions added, and
	rc.conf(5) variables: tmpmfs_flags and varmfs_flags.

Update release notes:
	Fix a typo (s/machine-indepedent/machine-independent/).
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Hiroki Sato 2005-03-04 19:52:34 +00:00
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have been rewritten to use it. Note that <filename>/etc/remote</filename>
and <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> have been updated as well.</para>
<para>The &man.vkbd.4; driver has been added. This driver
provides a software loopback mechanism that can implement
a virtual AT keyboard similar to what the &man.pty.4; driver
does for terminals.</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<para arch="i386,amd64,ia64">The default <varname>HZ</varname>
@ -231,6 +236,10 @@
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Hardware Support</title>
<para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver,
which supports Sony Notebook Controller on various
Sony laptops has been added.</para>
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive
some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus
&ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para>
@ -320,6 +329,10 @@
&man.fxp.4; driver, to prevent problems with a system panics
or is left in the kernel debugger. &merged;</para>
<para>The gx(4) driver has been removed because
it is no longer maintained actively and
the &man.em.4; supports all of the supported hardware.</para>
<para>The &man.hme.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
<para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now
@ -452,6 +465,9 @@
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel has been reduced from
fifteen seconds to five seconds.</para>
<para>The old vinum(4) subsystem has been removed
in favor of the new &man.geom.4;-based version.</para>
<para arch="pc98">The &man.wd.4; driver has been removed. The
&man.ata.4; driver has been found to work well enough on the
pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4;
@ -511,7 +527,7 @@
is detected.</para>
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-indepedent.</para>
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
<para>The <filename>libarchive</filename> library (as well as the
&man.tar.1; command that uses it) now has support for reading ISO
@ -532,6 +548,13 @@
&man.lrint.3; and variants, and &man.lround.3; and
variants. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>libxpg4</filename> library has been removed
because all of the functionality was merged into
<filename>libc</filename> for a long time.
All binaries linked with <filename>libxpg4</filename>
must be recompiled or use &man.libmap.conf.5;.
Note that the &os; base system has no such binaries.</para>
<para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now supports a <option>-n</option>
flag to suppress the creation of a <filename>.snap</filename>
directory on new file systems. This feature is intended for use
@ -549,6 +572,12 @@
<literal>GEOM_UZIP</literal> &man.geom.4; module,
has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>A separate directory has been added for &man.named.8;
dynamic zones which is owned by the bind user
(for creation of the zone journal file).
For more detail, see an example dynamic zone in the sample
&man.named.conf.5;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports
a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files
similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process.
@ -598,6 +627,12 @@
removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the
command line. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.rm.1; utility now suppresses diagnostic messages
when it attempts to remove a non-existent directory
with the <option>-r</option> and <option>-f</option> options
specified. This behavior is required by
Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3).</para>
<para>An &man.rpmatch.3; library function has been added to check
a string for being an affirmative or negative response in the
current locale.</para>
@ -610,6 +645,11 @@
<para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support
interface has been removed.</para>
<para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions
such as <literal>-</literal>(no padding),
<literal>_</literal>(use space as padding),
and <literal>0</literal>(zero padding).</para>
<para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain
@ -673,6 +713,13 @@ ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting>
moused_ums0_flags="-z 4"
moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports <varname>tmpmfs_flags</varname>
and <varname>varmfs_flags</varname> variables.
These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility,
to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation,
such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner
for the file system, and so on.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>

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have been rewritten to use it. Note that <filename>/etc/remote</filename>
and <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> have been updated as well.</para>
<para>The &man.vkbd.4; driver has been added. This driver
provides a software loopback mechanism that can implement
a virtual AT keyboard similar to what the &man.pty.4; driver
does for terminals.</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<para arch="i386,amd64,ia64">The default <varname>HZ</varname>
@ -231,6 +236,10 @@
<sect3 id="proc">
<title>Hardware Support</title>
<para arch="i386,amd64">The acpi_snc driver,
which supports Sony Notebook Controller on various
Sony laptops has been added.</para>
<para arch="sparc64">The &man.auxio.4; driver has been to drive
some auxiliary I/O functions found on various SBus/EBus
&ultrasparc; models. &merged;</para>
@ -320,6 +329,10 @@
&man.fxp.4; driver, to prevent problems with a system panics
or is left in the kernel debugger. &merged;</para>
<para>The gx(4) driver has been removed because
it is no longer maintained actively and
the &man.em.4; supports all of the supported hardware.</para>
<para>The &man.hme.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para>
<para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now
@ -452,6 +465,9 @@
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel has been reduced from
fifteen seconds to five seconds.</para>
<para>The old vinum(4) subsystem has been removed
in favor of the new &man.geom.4;-based version.</para>
<para arch="pc98">The &man.wd.4; driver has been removed. The
&man.ata.4; driver has been found to work well enough on the
pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4;
@ -511,7 +527,7 @@
is detected.</para>
<para>The on-disk format of <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> files has
been changed to be machine-indepedent.</para>
been changed to be machine-independent.</para>
<para>The <filename>libarchive</filename> library (as well as the
&man.tar.1; command that uses it) now has support for reading ISO
@ -532,6 +548,13 @@
&man.lrint.3; and variants, and &man.lround.3; and
variants. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>libxpg4</filename> library has been removed
because all of the functionality was merged into
<filename>libc</filename> for a long time.
All binaries linked with <filename>libxpg4</filename>
must be recompiled or use &man.libmap.conf.5;.
Note that the &os; base system has no such binaries.</para>
<para>The &man.newfs.8; utility now supports a <option>-n</option>
flag to suppress the creation of a <filename>.snap</filename>
directory on new file systems. This feature is intended for use
@ -549,6 +572,12 @@
<literal>GEOM_UZIP</literal> &man.geom.4; module,
has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>A separate directory has been added for &man.named.8;
dynamic zones which is owned by the bind user
(for creation of the zone journal file).
For more detail, see an example dynamic zone in the sample
&man.named.conf.5;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports
a <option>-d</option> option to specify an alternate root for log files
similar to <varname>DESTDIR</varname> in the BSD make process.
@ -598,6 +627,12 @@
removing directories or if more than 3 files are listed in the
command line. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.rm.1; utility now suppresses diagnostic messages
when it attempts to remove a non-existent directory
with the <option>-r</option> and <option>-f</option> options
specified. This behavior is required by
Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3).</para>
<para>An &man.rpmatch.3; library function has been added to check
a string for being an affirmative or negative response in the
current locale.</para>
@ -610,6 +645,11 @@
<para>The rune(3) non-standard multibyte and wide character support
interface has been removed.</para>
<para>The &man.strftime.3; function now supports some GNU extensions
such as <literal>-</literal>(no padding),
<literal>_</literal>(use space as padding),
and <literal>0</literal>(zero padding).</para>
<para>The &man.syslog.3; function is now thread-safe. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.syslogd.8; utility now opens an additional domain
@ -673,6 +713,13 @@ ifconfig_net0="inet 10.0.0.1/16"</programlisting>
moused_ums0_flags="-z 4"
moused_ums0_port="/dev/ums0"</programlisting>
<para>&man.rc.conf.5; now supports <varname>tmpmfs_flags</varname>
and <varname>varmfs_flags</varname> variables.
These can be used to pass extra options to the &man.mdmfs.8; utility,
to customize the finer details of the &man.md.4; file system creation,
such as to turn on/off softupdates, to specify a default owner
for the file system, and so on.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>