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New release notes: boot loaders support larger filesystem block

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sizes, new sis(4) support, tcpd(8) now built and installed.
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-01-14 03:59:36 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K).</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K.</para>
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the <para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
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these devices. &merged;</para> these devices. &merged;</para>
<para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear SiS 900 and SiS 7016 Fast Ethernet controller chips (for
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. example, as seen on the SiS 635 and 735 motherboard chipsets), as well as the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset (including the NetGear
FA311-TX and FA312-TX) in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.
This device has support for VLANs. &merged;</para> This device has support for VLANs. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
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<application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version <application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version
6.11. &merged;</para> 6.11. &merged;</para>
<para>The contributed version of
<application>tcp_wrappers</application> now includes the
&man.tcpd.8; helper daemon. While not strictly necessary in a
standard &os; installation (because &man.inetd.8; already
incorporates this functionality), this may be useful for
&man.inetd.8; replacements such as
<application>xinetd</application>.</para>
<para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value <para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value
from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl
variable. &merged;</para> variable. &merged;</para>

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<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each <option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel to pause after each
line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para> line of output during the probing phase. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with 16K disk blocks (the old limit was
8K).</para>
<para arch="alpha">The &os; boot loader is now capable of
booting from filesystems with block sizes larger than 8K.</para>
<para>Support for USB devices was added to the <para>Support for USB devices was added to the
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel and to the installation
programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM programs to support USB devices out of the box. Note that SRM
@ -573,8 +580,10 @@
these devices. &merged;</para> these devices. &merged;</para>
<para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the <para>Added support for PCI Ethernet adapters based on the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear SiS 900 and SiS 7016 Fast Ethernet controller chips (for
FA311-TX and FA312-TX, in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver. example, as seen on the SiS 635 and 735 motherboard chipsets), as well as the
National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset (including the NetGear
FA311-TX and FA312-TX) in the form of the &man.sis.4; driver.
This device has support for VLANs. &merged;</para> This device has support for VLANs. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor <para arch="i386">The snc driver for the National Semiconductor
@ -2487,6 +2496,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version <application>tcsh</application> has been updated to version
6.11. &merged;</para> 6.11. &merged;</para>
<para>The contributed version of
<application>tcp_wrappers</application> now includes the
&man.tcpd.8; helper daemon. While not strictly necessary in a
standard &os; installation (because &man.inetd.8; already
incorporates this functionality), this may be useful for
&man.inetd.8; replacements such as
<application>xinetd</application>.</para>
<para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value <para>&man.traceroute.8; now takes its default maximum TTL value
from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl from the <varname>net.inet.ip.ttl</varname> sysctl
variable. &merged;</para> variable. &merged;</para>