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@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ Welcome to the latest 2.2 SNAPSHOT releases of /- _ `-/ '
FreeBSD! These 2.2 snapshots are done periodically (/\/ \ \ /\
along the way to 2.2-RELEASE (which is slated / / | ` \
for release in late summer of '96) as test releases O O ) / |
and `early access' to new features of the system `-^--'`< '
for those developers who have an interest in co- (_.) _ ) /
developing or testing them with us. `.___/` /
and to provide early access to new 2.2 features `-^--'`< '
for those developers or hobbiests who have an (_.) _ ) /
interest in knowing more about what we're up to. `.___/` /
`-----' /
Feedback or offers to help with anything <----. __ / __ \
you see in this release are most welcome <----|====O)))==) \) /====
and should be sent to one of the approp- <----' `--' `.__,' \
riate mailing lists (see notes below). | |
\ / /\
______( (_ / \______/
,' ,-----' |
`--{__________)
Please also note that these SNAP releases are ______( (_ / \______/
EXPERIMENTAL in nature and not intended for the ,' ,-----' |
casual user or in production environments! `--{__________)
What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite

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RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD
Release 2.1
FreeBSD Release 2.2-960426-SNAP
1. Technical overview
0. What's new since 2.2-960323-SNAP?
------------------------------------
Early support for APM (automated power management) and PCCARD
(formerly PCMCIA) features of laptops. Many PCCARD devices
are supported, from modems to ethernet cards to SCSI adaptors.
Adaptec AIC7850 support has been added.
Various VM system enhancements and a few bugs fixed (gzip'd binaries
now work again).
The system installation tool has been revamped with slightly different
menu behavior.
1. What's New since 2.1.0-RELEASE?
----------------------------------
The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI ethernet card is now supported.
The 3COM 3C590 and 3C595 ethernet cards are now supported.
The ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570i high-speed serial card is now supported.
The Linux emulation is now good enough to run the Linux version of
Netscape, with JAVA support (as well as a number of other Linux
utilities).
The Matrox Meteor frame grabber card is better supported.
It is now possible to burn CDROMs using the Plasmon or HP 4080i
CDR drives (see `wormcontrol(1)').
The pipe code has been substantially sped up, as have some components
of the VM system.
A /dev/random device (and associated "pool of entropy") has been added
for applications which require more unpredicatable sequences of random
numbers for security. See the random(4) man page for more info.
Early NFS v3 support (not enabled by default).
An early implementation of the Device Filesystem (devfs) is available
(see mount_devfs). Device switch tables are now also dynamically built.
Early IPX routing support.
2. Technical overview
---------------------
FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4 BSD Lite based release
@ -21,13 +69,13 @@ subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet
(100Mbit) adapters, improved support for the Adaptec 2940 (WIDE and
narrow) and 3940 SCSI adaptors along with many hundreds of bug fixes.
We've also taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to
We've taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to
heart and have attempted to provide what we hope is a more sane and
easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this
(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome!
In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported
software collection with over 350 commonly sought-after programs. The
software collection with over 390 commonly sought-after programs. The
list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages,
editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection
requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas"
@ -72,10 +120,12 @@ requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts
FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our
default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any
messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside)
the U.S., give it a try!
the U.S., give it a try! This snapshot also includes support for
mixed password files - either DES or MD5 passwords will be accepted,
making it easier to transition from one scheme to the other.
2. Supported Configurations
3. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus
@ -89,7 +139,7 @@ currently known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may also
work, but we have simply not received any confirmation of this.
2.1. Disk Controllers
3.1. Disk Controllers
---------------------
WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
@ -149,7 +199,7 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
quality!).
2.2. Ethernet cards
3.2. Ethernet cards
-------------------
Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards
@ -159,12 +209,12 @@ based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported.
DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???)
DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???)
DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
Fujitsu FMV-181 and FMV-182
Intel EtherExpress
Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability)
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
@ -179,7 +229,7 @@ Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA) Etherlink III
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590 & 3C595 (PCI) Etherlink III
Toshiba ethernet cards
@ -191,12 +241,13 @@ still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any
takers?
2.3. Misc
3.3. Misc
---------
AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial.
BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ.
@ -213,12 +264,12 @@ FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
3. Obtaining FreeBSD
4. Obtaining FreeBSD
--------------------
You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
1. FTP/Mail
4.1. FTP/Mail
You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site.
@ -238,9 +289,9 @@ megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute
LAST resort!
2. CDROM
4.2. CDROM
FreeBSD 2.1 may be ordered on CDROM from:
FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE and these 2.2 SNAPSHOT CDs may be ordered on CDROM from:
Walnut Creek CDROM
4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
@ -251,11 +302,12 @@ Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp as:
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog.
Cost per CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription. With a
subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are
released. Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped
and you may cancel your subscription at any time without further
obligation.
Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription.
FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP CDs are $29.95 or $14.95 with a FreeBSD-SNAP subscription
(-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely seperate). With a
subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are released.
Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may cancel
your subscription at any time without further obligation.
Walnut Creek CDROM also sells a full line of FreeBSD related
merchandise such as T-shirts ($14.95, available in "child", Large and
@ -343,22 +395,76 @@ The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley.
Bill Jolitz, for his initial work with 386BSD.
The FreeBSD Core Team
(in alphabetical order by first name):
(in alphabetical order by last name):
Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org>
Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org>
Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>
Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Jörg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>
John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org>
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>
David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org>
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>
Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org>
Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org>
Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>
Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>
Jörg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>
The FreeBSD Development Team, excluding core team members
(in alphabetical order by last name):
Torsten Blum <torstenb@FreeBSD.org>
Gary Clark II <gclarkii@FreeBSD.org>
Adam David <adam@FreeBSD.org>
Peter Dufault <dufault@FreeBSD.org>
Frank Durda IV <uhclem@FreeBSD.org>
Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>
Sean Eric Fagan <sef@FreeBSD.org>
Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org>
Bill Fenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>
John Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org>
Lars Fredriksen <lars@freeBSD.org>
Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org>
Thomas Graichen <graichen@FreeBSD.org>
Rod Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>
Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org>
Ugen J.S. Antsilevich <ugen@FreeBSD.org>
Gary Jennejohn <gj@FreeBSD.org>
L Jonas Olsson <ljo@FreeBSD.org>
Eric L. Hernes <erich@FreeBSD.org>
Scott Mace <smace@FreeBSD.org>
Atsushi Murai <amurai@FreeBSD.org>
Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
Andras Olah <olah@FreeBSD.org>
Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>
Joshua Peck Macdonald <jmacd@FreeBSD.org>
John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org>
Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>
Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>
Geoff Rehmet <csgr@FreeBSD.org>
Martin Renters <martin@FreeBSD.org>
Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org>
Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org>
Dima Ruban <dima@FreeBSD.org>
Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
Andreas Schulz <ats@FreeBSD.org>
Karl Strickland <karl@FreeBSD.org>
Paul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org>
Guido van Rooij <guido@FreeBSD.org>
Steven Wallace <swallace@FreeBSD.org>
Nate Williams <nate@FreeBSD.org>
Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org>
Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers:
Coranth Gryphon Dave Rivers
John Hay Kaleb S. Keithley
Michael Smith Terry Lambert
David Dawes
Special mention to:
@ -368,26 +474,19 @@ Special mention to:
Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM
drive.
Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers:
Chuck Robey for his donation of a floppy tape streamer for
testing.
Atsushi Murai Coranth Gryphon
Dave Rivers Frank Durda IV
Guido van Rooij Jeffrey Hsu
John Hay Julian Elischer
Kaleb S. Keithley Michael Smith
Nate Williams Peter Dufault
Peter Wemm Rod Grimes
Scott Mace Stefan Esser
Steven Wallace Terry Lambert
Wolfram Schneider
Larry Altneu and Wilko Bulte for providing us with Wangtek
and Archive QIC-02 tape drives for testing and driver hacking.
And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
world without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
The FreeBSD Core Team
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