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Various wording nits (hopefully resulting in net improvements) to the

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Bruce A. Mah 2006-06-19 02:55:27 +00:00
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for a sleep queue associated with that wait channel.</para>
<para><filename>DEFAULTS</filename> kernel configuration files
for each platform have been added. &merged;</para>
for each platform have been added. These files contain
directives that are implicitly included in all kernel
configurations, and generally include basic, mandatory
functionality for each platform. &merged;</para>
<para>A bug in file descriptor handling such that simple
<para>A bug in file descriptor handling such that a simple
<literal>close(0); dup(fd)</literal> sequence does not return
descriptor <literal>0</literal> in some cases, has been fixed.</para>
<para>The &man.firmware.9; subsystem has been added. This allows
<para>The &man.firmware.9; subsystem has been added. This
subsystem provides a mechanism
to load binary data into the kernel via a specially crafted module.
&merged;</para>
@ -252,7 +256,7 @@
<para>&man.hwpmc.4; and &man.pmcstat.8; now support profiling
of dynamically loaded kernel modules and
<function>dlopen()</function>'ed shared objects.
shared objects loaded with &man.dlopen.3;.
&man.pmcstat.8; can now log over a network socket
to a remote host.</para>
@ -268,27 +272,27 @@
<para>The <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> signal queuing has been
added. For each child process whose status has been changed,
a SIGCHLD instance is queued. If the signal is still pending,
a <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> instance is queued. If the signal is still pending,
and the process changed status several times, the signal information
is updated to reflect the latest process status.
There is a loader tunable <varname>kern.sigqueue.queue_sigchild</varname>
which can control the behavior, setting it to zero disables the
<literal>SIGCHLD</literal> queuing feature.</para>
<para arch="amd64,i386">Instead of dumping the whole physical
memory, the kernel now defaults to dump only pages that are
actively mapped into kvm. A new sysctl variable
<varname>debug.minidump</varname>
<para arch="amd64,i386">Instead of including all of physical
memory in a kernel crash dump, the kernel now defaults to dumping only pages that are
actively mapped into kernel virtual memory. A new
<varname>debug.minidump</varname> sysctl variable
can be used to turn off this behavior when set to zero.</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname>
has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc
has been added. This allows exporting of kernel malloc
statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.forcesigexit</varname>
has been added. This forces a process
to sigexit if a trap signal is being held by the current thread or
ignored by the current process and is enabled by default.</para>
ignored by the current process. It is enabled by default.</para>
<para arch="alpha">Support for Linux emulation on the Alpha
platform has been removed, due to the lack of a
@ -299,9 +303,9 @@
has been removed, as it had fallen out of sync with the rest
of the kernel.</para>
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both of buffer underflows and
buffer overflows bugs at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for the kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both buffer underflows and
overflows at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
and prints backtraces from where memory was allocated and from where
it was freed. For more details, see the &man.redzone.9; manual page.</para>
@ -310,7 +314,7 @@
<literal>biba/equal(equal-equal)</literal>, has been added.
This is useful where programs such as &man.dhclient.8; and &man.ppp.8;.
which initialize network interfaces do not have any labeling support.
This variable is set as <literal>0</literal>(disabled) by default.
This variable is set as <literal>0</literal> (disabled) by default.
&merged;</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname>
@ -339,9 +343,10 @@
<para>An experimental support for POSIX message queue has been
implemented.</para>
<para>The support for Xbox, whose architecture is nearly identical
has been added. For details of the latest development,
see <ulink url="http://xbox-bsd.nl"></ulink>.</para>
<para>&os; now runs on the Xbox, whose architecture is nearly identical
to the i386. For details of the latest development,
see <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/xbox.html"></ulink>
and <ulink url="http://xbox-bsd.nl"></ulink>.</para>
<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>

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for a sleep queue associated with that wait channel.</para>
<para><filename>DEFAULTS</filename> kernel configuration files
for each platform have been added. &merged;</para>
for each platform have been added. These files contain
directives that are implicitly included in all kernel
configurations, and generally include basic, mandatory
functionality for each platform. &merged;</para>
<para>A bug in file descriptor handling such that simple
<para>A bug in file descriptor handling such that a simple
<literal>close(0); dup(fd)</literal> sequence does not return
descriptor <literal>0</literal> in some cases, has been fixed.</para>
<para>The &man.firmware.9; subsystem has been added. This allows
<para>The &man.firmware.9; subsystem has been added. This
subsystem provides a mechanism
to load binary data into the kernel via a specially crafted module.
&merged;</para>
@ -252,7 +256,7 @@
<para>&man.hwpmc.4; and &man.pmcstat.8; now support profiling
of dynamically loaded kernel modules and
<function>dlopen()</function>'ed shared objects.
shared objects loaded with &man.dlopen.3;.
&man.pmcstat.8; can now log over a network socket
to a remote host.</para>
@ -268,27 +272,27 @@
<para>The <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> signal queuing has been
added. For each child process whose status has been changed,
a SIGCHLD instance is queued. If the signal is still pending,
a <literal>SIGCHLD</literal> instance is queued. If the signal is still pending,
and the process changed status several times, the signal information
is updated to reflect the latest process status.
There is a loader tunable <varname>kern.sigqueue.queue_sigchild</varname>
which can control the behavior, setting it to zero disables the
<literal>SIGCHLD</literal> queuing feature.</para>
<para arch="amd64,i386">Instead of dumping the whole physical
memory, the kernel now defaults to dump only pages that are
actively mapped into kvm. A new sysctl variable
<varname>debug.minidump</varname>
<para arch="amd64,i386">Instead of including all of physical
memory in a kernel crash dump, the kernel now defaults to dumping only pages that are
actively mapped into kernel virtual memory. A new
<varname>debug.minidump</varname> sysctl variable
can be used to turn off this behavior when set to zero.</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.malloc_stats</varname>
has been added. This allows to export kernel malloc
has been added. This allows exporting of kernel malloc
statistics via a binary structure stream.</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>kern.forcesigexit</varname>
has been added. This forces a process
to sigexit if a trap signal is being held by the current thread or
ignored by the current process and is enabled by default.</para>
ignored by the current process. It is enabled by default.</para>
<para arch="alpha">Support for Linux emulation on the Alpha
platform has been removed, due to the lack of a
@ -299,9 +303,9 @@
has been removed, as it had fallen out of sync with the rest
of the kernel.</para>
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both of buffer underflows and
buffer overflows bugs at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
<para>RedZone, a buffer corruption protection for the kernel &man.malloc.9;
facility has been implemented. This detects both buffer underflows and
overflows at runtime on &man.free.9; and &man.realloc.9;,
and prints backtraces from where memory was allocated and from where
it was freed. For more details, see the &man.redzone.9; manual page.</para>
@ -310,7 +314,7 @@
<literal>biba/equal(equal-equal)</literal>, has been added.
This is useful where programs such as &man.dhclient.8; and &man.ppp.8;.
which initialize network interfaces do not have any labeling support.
This variable is set as <literal>0</literal>(disabled) by default.
This variable is set as <literal>0</literal> (disabled) by default.
&merged;</para>
<para>A new sysctl variable <varname>vm.zone_stats</varname>
@ -339,9 +343,10 @@
<para>An experimental support for POSIX message queue has been
implemented.</para>
<para>The support for Xbox, whose architecture is nearly identical
has been added. For details of the latest development,
see <ulink url="http://xbox-bsd.nl"></ulink>.</para>
<para>&os; now runs on the Xbox, whose architecture is nearly identical
to the i386. For details of the latest development,
see <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/xbox.html"></ulink>
and <ulink url="http://xbox-bsd.nl"></ulink>.</para>
<sect3 id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>