configure FreeBSD so that various databases such as passwd and group can be
looked up using flat files, NIS, or Hesiod.
= Hesiod has been added to libc (see hesiod(3)).
= A library routine for parsing nsswitch.conf and invoking callback
functions as specified has been added to libc (see nsdispatch(3)).
= The following C library functions have been modified to use nsdispatch:
. getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid
. getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid
. getusershell
. getaddrinfo
. gethostbyname, gethostbyname2, gethostbyaddr
. getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr
. getipnodebyname, getipnodebyaddr, getnodebyname, getnodebyaddr
= host.conf has been removed from src/etc. rc.network has been modified
to warn that host.conf is no longer used at boot time. In addition, if
there is a host.conf but no nsswitch.conf, the latter is created at boot
time from the former.
Obtained from: NetBSD
on Alpha, primarily in the storage adapter area. Things like
Soundblaster-attached CDs, WD7000 etc for example. Try to get RELNOTES
for alpha to reflect reality a bit more.
alpha: tap driver, accept_filters, ata support for ATA100,
routed update to 2.22, truncate(1), syslogd(8) -n option, kenv(1),
periodic(8) controlled by periodic.conf, logger(1) support for
remote syslogs.
i386: tap driver, accept_filters, ata support for ATA100,
routed update to 2.22, truncate(1), syslogd(8) -n option, kenv(1),
periodic(8) controlled by periodic.conf, boot98cfg(8),
logger(1) support for remote syslogs.
PR: 20628
Submitted by: bmah@cisco.com (Bruce A. Mah)
Reviewed by: nik
Beyond changes to the build system, this includes fixing up the sample
freebsd.mc configuration for changes in defaults and syntax, removing
outdated documentation, and updating the release notes.
1. Correct FTP site for 4.0-stable snapshots and delete sentence
fragment immediately following.
[ not applicable to HEAD ]
2. Add FDDI section to table of contents (see #5 below) and add
one line of whitespace.
3. In userland section, document csh->tcsh, more->less, and
colorized ls.
4. In Ethernet section, do:
s/gigabit ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet/
s/fast ethernet/Fast Ethernet/
s/ethernet/Ethernet/
5. Pull DEC DEFPA/DEFEA *FDDI* cards out of the *Ethernet* section
and into their own second-level section.
6. Add missing period in section header in ATM section.
7. Tweak upgrading sectio with some new text, not sure if this is
much better though.
8. Add a blurb about the -stable mailing list.
[ changed to -current list in HEAD ]
PR: 20015
Submitted by: Bruce A. Mah <bmah@cisco.com>
- Add a note about supporting USB out of the box during installs and
beyond.
- Add a note about the changes to the i386 bootstrap to work around the
1024 cylinder problem. Note that boot0 is now 2 sectors long.
Reminded by: kkenn
controller chip. This chip is currently being used on the NetGear
FA312-TX adapter, which I guess is a replacement for the FA310-TX
(PNIC-based).
I added support for this chip by modifying the sis driver since
the SiS 900 and the NS DP83815 have almost the same programming
interface (the RX filter programming and PHY access methods are
different, but the general configuration, DMA scheme and register
layout are identical).
I would have had this done a lot sooner, but getting the damn MAC
address out of the EEPROM proved to be more complicated than expected.
