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Author SHA1 Message Date
mlaier
a34e895c02 Note that the old firmware modules need to be removed.
Reported by:	Jeremie Le Hen
Suggested by:	Stefan Ehmann
2007-04-01 17:49:27 +00:00
flz
7de308e008 - Add missing subdirectories in BSD.usr.dist mtree file.
- Update hier(7) to reflect latest changes in mtree file.
- Add UPDATING entry following Intel firmwares inclusion.

Submitted by:	mlaier
MFC after:	1 month
2007-03-02 14:56:15 +00:00
ru
c45fdd5d9f Bump the bootstrapping requirements for gensnmptree(1) and remove
a note in UPDATING that tried to work around the build breakage.

Tested by:	jhb
OK'ed by:	njl
2007-03-01 15:42:23 +00:00
bms
30eec96c89 Document removal of addr2ascii/ascii2addr and addition of AF_LINK
support for getnameinfo.
2007-02-28 21:33:40 +00:00
simon
7706232aaa - Use a permanent URL to reference piso's mail.
- Put URL on seperate line to not get very long lines.
2007-02-24 21:59:18 +00:00
bms
7466d6dfe5 Reword addition about MROUTING.
Submitted by:	ru
2007-02-24 21:21:53 +00:00
piso
cb538c93c9 Update my previous note about newbus API breakage mentioning the
__FreeBSD_version bump.
2007-02-24 20:15:04 +00:00
piso
aac40ad798 Note newbus API & ABI breakage. 2007-02-24 19:45:09 +00:00
bms
f7d6019d71 Note that IPv6 multicast forwarding is now dynamically loadable. 2007-02-24 11:41:05 +00:00
njl
ac3a9d22a9 Note problems I had with bsnmpd while updating from an older -current.
There may be better ways to fix/work around these issues but this worked
for me.
2007-02-19 22:49:43 +00:00
bms
8e211e654f Retire most of the classful network behaviour of netstat -r output, for IPv4.
Without -n, we now only print a "network name" without the prefix length
 under the following conditions:
  1) the network address and mask matches a classful network prefix;
  2) getnetbyaddr(3) returns a network name for this network address.

 With -n, we unconditionally print the full unabbreviated CIDR network
 prefix in the form "a.b.c.d/p". 0.0.0.0/0 is still printed as "default".

This change is in preparation for changes such as equal-cost multipath, and
to more generally assist operational deployment of FreeBSD as a modern IPv4
router. There are currently no plans to backport this change.

Discussed on:	freebsd-net
2007-02-14 14:17:01 +00:00
bms
42ce6b97cf Build PIM by default as part of the IPv4 multicast forwarding path.
Make PIM dynamically loadable by using encap_attach_func().
PIM may now be loaded into a GENERIC kernel.

Tested with:	ports/net/pimdd && tcpreplay && wireshark
Reviewed by:	Pavlin Radoslavov
2007-02-10 13:59:13 +00:00
bms
61cc2fad7d Remove support for IPIP tunnels in IPv4 multicast forwarding. XORP has
never used them; with mrouted, their functionality may be replaced by
explicitly configuring gif(4) instances and specifying them with the
'phyint' keyword.

Bump __FreeBSD_version to 700030, and update UPDATING.
A doc update is forthcoming.

Discussed on:	net
Reviewed by:	fenner
MFC after:	3 months
2007-02-07 16:04:13 +00:00
jdp
b84d1808f4 Note the second coming of MSI support in the bge driver. 2006-12-22 03:03:31 +00:00
jdp
a9ea55f6c0 Note that MSI support has been disabled already in the bge driver. 2006-12-15 00:30:37 +00:00
jdp
266ea347bf Add an entry noting that MSI support has been put into the bge
driver.
2006-12-14 23:10:59 +00:00
julian
69b0c3bf57 Note the mashing of the proc structure.. recommend recompiling
kernel modules.
2006-12-06 06:39:47 +00:00
ariff
7b36f6d96b Welcome to Once-a-year Sound Mega-Commit. Enjoy numerous updates and fixes
in every sense.

General
-------

- Multichannel safe, endian safe, format safe
   * Large part of critical pcm filters such as vchan.c, feeder_rate.c,
     feeder_volume.c, feeder_fmt.c and feeder.c has been rewritten so that
     using them does not cause the pcm data to be converted to 16bit little
     endian.
   * Macrosses for accessing pcm data safely are defined within sound.h in
     the form of PCM_READ_* / PCM_WRITE_*
   * Currently, most of them are probably limited for mono/stereo handling,
     but the future addition of true multichannel will be much easier.

- Low latency operation
  * Well, this require lot more works to do not just within sound driver,
    but we're heading towards right direction. Buffer/block sizing within
    channel.c is rewritten to calculate precise allocation for various
    combination of sample/data/rate size. As a result, applying correct
    SNDCTL_DSP_POLICY value will achive expected latency behaviour simmilar
    to what commercial 4front driver do.
  * Signal handling fix. ctrl+c of "cat /dev/zero > /dev/dsp" does not
    result long delay.
  * Eliminate sound truncation if the sound data is too small.
    DIY:
      1) Download / extract
         http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/lowlatency/shortfiles.tar.gz
      2) Do a comparison between "cat state*.au > /dev/dsp" and
         "for x in state*.au ; do cat $x > /dev/dsp ; done"
         - there should be no "perceivable" differences.
    Double close for PR kern/31445.

  CAVEAT: Low latency come with (unbearable) price especially for poorly
          written applications. Applications that trying to act smarter
	  by requesting (wrong) blocksize/blockcount will suffer the most.
	  Fixup samples/patches can be found at:
	  http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/ports/

- Switch minimum/maximum sampling rate limit to "1" and "2016000" (48k * 42)
  due to closer compatibility with 4front driver.
  Discussed with: marcus@ (long time ago?)

- All driver specific sysctls in the form of "hw.snd.pcm%d.*" have been
  moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, notably:
  hw.snd.pcm%d.vchans -> dev.pcm.%d.vchans
  Bump __FreeBSD_version.

Driver specific
---------------

- Ditto for sysctls.

- snd_atiixp, snd_es137x, snd_via8233, snd_hda
  * Numerous cleanups and fixes.
  * _EXPERIMENTAL_ polling mode support using simple callout_* mechanisme.
   This was intended for pure debugging and latency measurement, but proven
   good enough in few unexpected and rare cases (such as problematic shared
   IRQ with GIANT devices - USB). Polling can be enabled/disabled through
   dev.pcm.0.polling. Disabled by default.

- snd_ich
  * Fix possible overflow during speed calibration. Delay final
    initialization (pcm_setstatus) after calibration finished.
    PR: kern/100169
    Tested by: Kevin Overman <oberman@es.net>
  * Inverted EAPD for few Nec VersaPro.
    PR: kern/104715
    Submitted by: KAWATA Masahiko <kawata@mta.biglobe.ne.jp>

Thanks to various people, notably Joel Dahl, Yuriy Tsibizov, Kevin Oberman,
those at #freebsd-azalia @ freenode and others for testing.

Joel Dahl will do the manpage update.
2006-11-26 12:24:06 +00:00
rodrigc
0ccad3551b Mention that the following binaries have been detached
from the build: mount_devfs, mount_ext2fs,
mount_fdescfs, mount_procfs, mount_linprocfs, and mount_std.
2006-11-22 23:01:40 +00:00
jhb
c69b9a59a8 Add a note about the MSI support with details on how to turn MSI off if
things break.
2006-11-15 20:02:20 +00:00
kmacy
9eefcf3161 MUTEX_PROFILING has been generalized to LOCK_PROFILING. We now profile
wait (time waited to acquire) and hold times for *all* kernel locks. If
the architecture has a system synchronized TSC, the profiling code will
use that - thereby minimizing profiling overhead. Large chunks of profiling
code have been moved out of line, the overhead measured on the T1 for when
it is compiled in but not enabled is < 1%.

Approved by: scottl (standing in for mentor rwatson)
Reviewed by: des and jhb
2006-11-11 03:18:07 +00:00
jb
3a250c3e16 Add 'options KSE' to the kernel config DEFAULTS on all arches/machines
except sun4v.

This change makes the transition from a default to an option more
transparent and is an attempt to head off all the compliants that are
likely from people who don't read UPDATING, based on experience with
the io/mem change.

Submitted by:	scottl@
2006-10-26 22:05:25 +00:00
jb
f82c799735 Make KSE a kernel option, turned on by default in all GENERIC
kernel configs except sun4v (which doesn't process signals properly
with KSE).

Reviewed by:	davidxu@
2006-10-26 21:42:22 +00:00
ru
8e1d289818 The ioctl(2) API has changed, and some ioctl command codes too.
Hint users to add "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" to their kernel config
files, so that X.Org and friends still work without recompiling.
2006-09-30 20:01:15 +00:00
bms
24cf9e1f8f Remove mrouted and its utilities from the base system.
They may now be obtained from ports.

Discussed with:	fenner, net@
2006-09-29 10:39:23 +00:00
ru
487dccec72 Belatedly document the size change of "struct x?tcpcb". 2006-09-29 10:14:37 +00:00
bms
631a4a40d0 Note the removal of tcpslice 2006-09-28 13:00:50 +00:00
maxim
bbf95ff2cc o s/IP_FIREWALL_FORWARD/IPFIREWALL_FORWARD/.
PR:		docs/103251
Submitted by:	vd
MFC after:	3 days
2006-09-18 11:24:25 +00:00
sam
68abcd5aeb bump version for libpcap+tcpdump imports 2006-09-04 21:49:31 +00:00
marius
30c9ad00f1 Add a belated entry regarding the removal of lnc(4). 2006-09-02 22:17:15 +00:00
julian
57593a6fa1 Note IPFIREWALL_FOWARD_EXTENDED is now gone.
MFC after:	1 week
2006-08-17 00:41:05 +00:00
jkim
925a5a19d4 Add an entry for enigma(1)/crypt(1) change on 64-bit architectures. 2006-07-26 16:31:10 +00:00
twinterg
3e2c62d319 Extend i4b to support CAPI manager based ISDN controllers (CAPI manager is part of
c4b, CAPI for BSD). This is a preparation to add CAPI for BSD to the source tree.

Approved by:	hm (mentor)
MFC after:	2 weeks
2006-07-09 21:16:06 +00:00
rink
6131479c85 Updated the XBOX kernel to use the new nfe(4) driver obtained from
OpenBSD. This driver seems to give a small performance increase, and
should lead to better maintainability in the future.

The nForce Ethernet-specific hack in sys/i386/xbox/xbox.c is still
required, judging from dev/nfe/if_nfe.c. The condition it hacks will
almost certainly only occur on XBOX-es anyway, so it is best left there.

Approved by:	imp (mentor)
2006-06-27 20:22:32 +00:00
keramida
81ababa611 Note that an old adjkerntz is not really usable after the recent
sysctlbyname() changes, so the new adjkerntz binary should be
used while in single-user mode.

Reviewed by:	ceri, maxim
2006-05-15 15:47:45 +00:00
brueffer
cb713045cb Fix typo. 2006-05-14 20:54:45 +00:00
mlaier
7754a7fbfa Update UPDATING and bump __FreeBSD_version for the ip6fw removal. 2006-05-13 06:08:25 +00:00
marcel
22a2f7851b Belatedly add 2 entries relating to the introduction of scc(4) and
the overhaul of puc(4). On sparc64 people may end up without serial
console if they upgrade without adding scc(4) to their kernel
configuration file.
2006-05-04 03:48:06 +00:00
ru
8fde273627 Fix the "make distribution" example; it should be run from src/. 2006-04-07 11:36:25 +00:00
ru
4427f4be3f Document new world older for world/kernel build options. 2006-03-21 10:10:05 +00:00
imp
410473acf0 Add note about 'audit' group.
Add note about the '_dhcp' user.

While one is expected to run mergemaster -p before installworld, make
a note of the points where this will actively fail due to the addition of
users/groups.
2006-03-10 18:40:31 +00:00
yar
6dff0c5ef2 Revise the names of modules in the recent note on tdfx_linux. 2006-03-09 17:50:01 +00:00
yar
66715ad5a3 Retire NETSMBCRYPTO as a kernel option and make its functionality
enabled by default in NETSMB and smbfs.ko.

With the most of modern SMB providers requiring encryption by
default, there is little sense left in keeping the crypto part
of NETSMB optional at the build time.

This will also return smbfs.ko to its former properties users
are rather accustomed to.

Discussed with:		freebsd-stable, re (scottl)
Not objected by:	bp, tjr (silence)
MFC after:		5 days
2006-03-05 22:52:17 +00:00
yar
0ac62e02bd Take the functionality contained in the former "options TDFX_LINUX"
into a separate module.  Accordingly, convert the option into a device
named similarly.

Note for MFC: Perhaps the option should stay in RELENG_6 for POLA reasons.

Suggested by:	scottl
Reviewed by:	cokane
MFC after:	5 days
2006-03-03 21:37:38 +00:00
yar
8c0ea00a43 Add a quite late 20051014 entry for the changes in module Makefiles,
mainly to stick to the conventional MFC procedure.

Requested by:	Thomas E. Zander <riggs at rrr dot de>
MFC after:	3 days
2006-02-19 01:05:57 +00:00
yar
2001ac98be Record the change in vnone_create_vobject() argument size,
which broke kernel ABI to filesystem modules on i386, where
sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(off_t).
2006-02-01 13:04:52 +00:00
jhb
242ab805a8 Retroactively add a note about the device names in /dev for si(4) changing. 2006-01-31 20:29:04 +00:00
pav
28e993ac26 - Fix typo
Reported by:	neologism/#freenode
2006-01-18 20:36:58 +00:00
julian
471e2b71d1 Note that the size of /boot has blown oout to 140 MBytes unless the
right options are used. Tell how to avoid this.
2006-01-18 19:54:51 +00:00
jasone
d7cf895690 Note that libc's malloc implementation has been replaced.
Approved by:	markm (mentor)
2006-01-13 22:37:48 +00:00