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New release notes: aac(4) is Giant-free, mac_portacl, mksnap_ffs(8),

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de-pkg-comment.

Modified release notes:  HTT (needs HTT kernel option), ping -M
(supports timestamp requests).
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-03-08 00:14:52 +00:00
parent 34968037b1
commit 0292f391c7
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=111973
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<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
<para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for
HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up
HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels with the
<literal>HTT</literal> kernel option will detect and start up
the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical
processors will be treated like additional physical processors
for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
@ -255,6 +256,10 @@
<sect3>
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>The &man.aac.4; driver now runs free of the Giant kernel
lock. This change has given a nearly 20% performance speedup
on an SMP system running multiple I/O intensive loads.</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS
chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
Notes.)</para>
@ -414,6 +419,17 @@
<para>The &man.libgeom.3; library has been added to allow some
userland access to the &man.geom.4; subsystem.</para>
<para>The mac_portacl MAC policy module has been added. It
provides a simple ACL mechanism to permit users and groups to
bind ports for TCP or UDP, and is intended to be used in
conjunction with the recently-added
<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl.
<para>The &man.mksnap.ffs.8; program has been added to allow
easier creation of FFS snapshots. It is a
SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
@ -439,8 +455,8 @@
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-D</option> flag to set
the <quote>Don't Fragment</quote> bit on outgoing packets.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> flag to use
ICMP mask request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> option to use
ICMP mask request or timestamp request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-z</option> flag to set
the Type of Service bits in outgoing packets.</para>
@ -539,7 +555,12 @@
<sect3>
<title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
<para></para>
<para>The one-line <filename>pkg-comment</filename> files have
been eliminated from each port skeleton; their contents have
been moved into each port's <filename>Makefile</filename>.
This change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the
ports tree. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>

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<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
<para arch="i386">&os; now has rudimentary support for
HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels will detect and start up
HyperThreading (HTT). SMP kernels with the
<literal>HTT</literal> kernel option will detect and start up
the logical processors on HTT-capable machines. The logical
processors will be treated like additional physical processors
for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
@ -255,6 +256,10 @@
<sect3>
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>The &man.aac.4; driver now runs free of the Giant kernel
lock. This change has given a nearly 20% performance speedup
on an SMP system running multiple I/O intensive loads.</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports all known SiS
chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
Notes.)</para>
@ -414,6 +419,17 @@
<para>The &man.libgeom.3; library has been added to allow some
userland access to the &man.geom.4; subsystem.</para>
<para>The mac_portacl MAC policy module has been added. It
provides a simple ACL mechanism to permit users and groups to
bind ports for TCP or UDP, and is intended to be used in
conjunction with the recently-added
<varname>net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh</varname> sysctl.
<para>The &man.mksnap.ffs.8; program has been added to allow
easier creation of FFS snapshots. It is a
SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
@ -439,8 +455,8 @@
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-D</option> flag to set
the <quote>Don't Fragment</quote> bit on outgoing packets.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> flag to use
ICMP mask request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-M</option> option to use
ICMP mask request or timestamp request messages instead of ICMP echo requests.</para>
<para>&man.ping.8; now supports a <option>-z</option> flag to set
the Type of Service bits in outgoing packets.</para>
@ -539,7 +555,12 @@
<sect3>
<title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
<para></para>
<para>The one-line <filename>pkg-comment</filename> files have
been eliminated from each port skeleton; their contents have
been moved into each port's <filename>Makefile</filename>.
This change reduces the disk space and inodes used by the
ports tree. &merged;</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>