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that they can modify. &merged;</para> that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel will 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>Support for USB devices was added to the <para>Support for USB devices was added to the
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<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the <para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
<varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para> <varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels has been exported to the <para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported to the
symbol table and various hard-coded constants removed so that symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been removed so that
utilities such as &man.ps.1; can work with kernels compiled at utilities such as &man.ps.1; can work with kernels compiled at
different addresses. &merged;</para> different addresses. &merged;</para>
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
securelevel.</para> securelevel.</para>
<para arch="alpha">A <varname>MAXMEM</varname> kernel option, <para arch="alpha">A <varname>MAXMEM</varname> kernel option,
along with the <varname>hw.physmem</varname> environment, can be along with the <varname>hw.physmem</varname> environment variable, can be
used to artificially reduce the memory size of a machine for used to artificially reduce the memory size of a machine for
testing (or other purposes). &merged;</para> testing (or other purposes). &merged;</para>
@ -342,7 +342,8 @@
<varname>MAXTSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLDSIZ</varname>, <varname>MAXTSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLDSIZ</varname>,
<varname>MAXDSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLSSIZ</varname>, <varname>MAXDSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLSSIZ</varname>,
<varname>MAXSSIZ</varname>, and <varname>SGROWSIZ</varname> are <varname>MAXSSIZ</varname>, and <varname>SGROWSIZ</varname> are
all loader tunables. &merged;</para> all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>,
<varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para>
<para>The system load average computation now adds some jitter to <para>The system load average computation now adds some jitter to
the timing of samples, in order to avoid synchronization with the timing of samples, in order to avoid synchronization with
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interrupt moderation. &merged;</para> interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.de.4; driver now performs round-robin arbitration <para>The &man.de.4; driver now performs round-robin arbitration
between transmit and receive unit of the 21143, instead of between the transmit and receive units of the 21143, instead of
giving priority to the receive unit. This gives a 10&ndash;15% giving priority to the receive unit. This gives a 10&ndash;15%
performance improvement in the forwarding rate under heavy performance improvement in the forwarding rate under heavy
load. &merged;</para> load. &merged;</para>
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<para arch="i386">The sbni driver, for supporting the Granch <para arch="i386">The sbni driver, for supporting the Granch
SBNI12 series of ISA and PCI point-to-point communications SBNI12 series of ISA and PCI point-to-point communications
interfaces, has been added. &merged;</para> interfaces, has been added. The <port>sysutil/sbniconfig</port>
port in the &os; Ports Collection can be used for configuring
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 National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
@ -597,7 +600,7 @@
checksum offloading for NICs implementing this feature, such as checksum offloading for NICs implementing this feature, such as
the 3C905B, 3C905C, and 3C980C. &merged;</para> the 3C905B, 3C905C, and 3C980C. &merged;</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.xl.4; driver, related to stats overflow <para>A bug in the &man.xl.4; driver, related to statistics overflow
interrupt handling, was causing slowdowns at medium to high interrupt handling, was causing slowdowns at medium to high
packet rates; this has been fixed. &merged;</para> packet rates; this has been fixed. &merged;</para>
@ -844,7 +847,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
CD-R drives, which are supported by &man.cdrecord.1; (a part of CD-R drives, which are supported by &man.cdrecord.1; (a part of
<port>sysutils/cdrtools</port> in the Ports Collection. &merged;</para> <port>sysutils/cdrtools</port> in the Ports Collection. &merged;</para>
<para>The ciss driver, for devices utilizing the Common <para arch="i386">The ciss driver, for devices utilizing the Common
Interface for SCSI-3 Support, has been added. This driver Interface for SCSI-3 Support, has been added. This driver
supports the Compaq SmartRAID 5* family of RAID controllers supports the Compaq SmartRAID 5* family of RAID controllers
(5300, 532, 5i). &merged;</para> (5300, 532, 5i). &merged;</para>
@ -972,7 +975,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added. <para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added.
The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8; The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8;
can be used to work with SMB shares. Note that can be used to work with SMB shares. Note that
&man.mount.smbfs.8; will automatically load the smbfs &man.mount.smbfs.8; will automatically load the <filename>smbfs.ko</filename>
module into the kernel, even if <literal>LIBMCHAIN</literal> and module into the kernel, even if <literal>LIBMCHAIN</literal> and
<literal>LIBICONV</literal> were not compiled into the kernel. <literal>LIBICONV</literal> were not compiled into the kernel.
&merged;</para> &merged;</para>
@ -1004,7 +1007,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
always supported). &merged;</para> always supported). &merged;</para>
<para>A number of bugs in the filesystem code, discovered <para>A number of bugs in the filesystem code, discovered
through the use of a filesystem test tool, have been fixed. through the use of the <application>fsx</application> filesystem test tool, have been fixed.
Under certain circumstances (primarily related to use of NFS), Under certain circumstances (primarily related to use of NFS),
these bugs could cause data corruption or kernel panics. &merged;</para> these bugs could cause data corruption or kernel panics. &merged;</para>
@ -1926,7 +1929,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The default number of cylinders per group in &man.newfs.8; <para>The default number of cylinders per group in &man.newfs.8;
is now computed to be the maximum allowable given the current is now computed to be the maximum allowable given the current
filesystem parameters. It can be overridden with the filesystem parameters. It can be overridden with the
<option>-c</option>. Formerly, the default was fixed at 16. This <option>-c</option> option. Formerly, the default was fixed at 16. This
change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced
fragmentation. &merged;</para> fragmentation. &merged;</para>
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output. &merged;</para> output. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.syslogd.8; now has the ability to bind to a specific <para>&man.syslogd.8; now has the ability to bind to a specific
address--as opposed to using every available one--via the address (as opposed to using every available one) via the
<option>-b</option> option. &merged;</para> <option>-b</option> option. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.tail.1; now has the ability to work on files longer <para>&man.tail.1; now has the ability to work on files longer

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that they can modify. &merged;</para> that they can modify. &merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a <para arch="i386">The &os; boot loader now supports a
<option>-p</option> flag to force the kernel will 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>Support for USB devices was added to the <para>Support for USB devices was added to the
@ -282,8 +282,8 @@
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the <para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
<varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para> <varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels has been exported to the <para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported to the
symbol table and various hard-coded constants removed so that symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been removed so that
utilities such as &man.ps.1; can work with kernels compiled at utilities such as &man.ps.1; can work with kernels compiled at
different addresses. &merged;</para> different addresses. &merged;</para>
@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
securelevel.</para> securelevel.</para>
<para arch="alpha">A <varname>MAXMEM</varname> kernel option, <para arch="alpha">A <varname>MAXMEM</varname> kernel option,
along with the <varname>hw.physmem</varname> environment, can be along with the <varname>hw.physmem</varname> environment variable, can be
used to artificially reduce the memory size of a machine for used to artificially reduce the memory size of a machine for
testing (or other purposes). &merged;</para> testing (or other purposes). &merged;</para>
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<varname>MAXTSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLDSIZ</varname>, <varname>MAXTSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLDSIZ</varname>,
<varname>MAXDSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLSSIZ</varname>, <varname>MAXDSIZ</varname>, <varname>DFLSSIZ</varname>,
<varname>MAXSSIZ</varname>, and <varname>SGROWSIZ</varname> are <varname>MAXSSIZ</varname>, and <varname>SGROWSIZ</varname> are
all loader tunables. &merged;</para> all loader tunables (<varname>kern.maxtsiz</varname>,
<varname>kern.maxdfldsiz</varname>, etc.). &merged;</para>
<para>The system load average computation now adds some jitter to <para>The system load average computation now adds some jitter to
the timing of samples, in order to avoid synchronization with the timing of samples, in order to avoid synchronization with
@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
interrupt moderation. &merged;</para> interrupt moderation. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.de.4; driver now performs round-robin arbitration <para>The &man.de.4; driver now performs round-robin arbitration
between transmit and receive unit of the 21143, instead of between the transmit and receive units of the 21143, instead of
giving priority to the receive unit. This gives a 10&ndash;15% giving priority to the receive unit. This gives a 10&ndash;15%
performance improvement in the forwarding rate under heavy performance improvement in the forwarding rate under heavy
load. &merged;</para> load. &merged;</para>
@ -557,7 +558,9 @@
<para arch="i386">The sbni driver, for supporting the Granch <para arch="i386">The sbni driver, for supporting the Granch
SBNI12 series of ISA and PCI point-to-point communications SBNI12 series of ISA and PCI point-to-point communications
interfaces, has been added. &merged;</para> interfaces, has been added. The <port>sysutil/sbniconfig</port>
port in the &os; Ports Collection can be used for configuring
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 National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset, including the NetGear
@ -597,7 +600,7 @@
checksum offloading for NICs implementing this feature, such as checksum offloading for NICs implementing this feature, such as
the 3C905B, 3C905C, and 3C980C. &merged;</para> the 3C905B, 3C905C, and 3C980C. &merged;</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.xl.4; driver, related to stats overflow <para>A bug in the &man.xl.4; driver, related to statistics overflow
interrupt handling, was causing slowdowns at medium to high interrupt handling, was causing slowdowns at medium to high
packet rates; this has been fixed. &merged;</para> packet rates; this has been fixed. &merged;</para>
@ -844,7 +847,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
CD-R drives, which are supported by &man.cdrecord.1; (a part of CD-R drives, which are supported by &man.cdrecord.1; (a part of
<port>sysutils/cdrtools</port> in the Ports Collection. &merged;</para> <port>sysutils/cdrtools</port> in the Ports Collection. &merged;</para>
<para>The ciss driver, for devices utilizing the Common <para arch="i386">The ciss driver, for devices utilizing the Common
Interface for SCSI-3 Support, has been added. This driver Interface for SCSI-3 Support, has been added. This driver
supports the Compaq SmartRAID 5* family of RAID controllers supports the Compaq SmartRAID 5* family of RAID controllers
(5300, 532, 5i). &merged;</para> (5300, 532, 5i). &merged;</para>
@ -972,7 +975,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added. <para arch="i386">smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added.
The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8; The userland programs &man.smbutil.1; and &man.mount.smbfs.8;
can be used to work with SMB shares. Note that can be used to work with SMB shares. Note that
&man.mount.smbfs.8; will automatically load the smbfs &man.mount.smbfs.8; will automatically load the <filename>smbfs.ko</filename>
module into the kernel, even if <literal>LIBMCHAIN</literal> and module into the kernel, even if <literal>LIBMCHAIN</literal> and
<literal>LIBICONV</literal> were not compiled into the kernel. <literal>LIBICONV</literal> were not compiled into the kernel.
&merged;</para> &merged;</para>
@ -1004,7 +1007,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
always supported). &merged;</para> always supported). &merged;</para>
<para>A number of bugs in the filesystem code, discovered <para>A number of bugs in the filesystem code, discovered
through the use of a filesystem test tool, have been fixed. through the use of the <application>fsx</application> filesystem test tool, have been fixed.
Under certain circumstances (primarily related to use of NFS), Under certain circumstances (primarily related to use of NFS),
these bugs could cause data corruption or kernel panics. &merged;</para> these bugs could cause data corruption or kernel panics. &merged;</para>
@ -1926,7 +1929,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The default number of cylinders per group in &man.newfs.8; <para>The default number of cylinders per group in &man.newfs.8;
is now computed to be the maximum allowable given the current is now computed to be the maximum allowable given the current
filesystem parameters. It can be overridden with the filesystem parameters. It can be overridden with the
<option>-c</option>. Formerly, the default was fixed at 16. This <option>-c</option> option. Formerly, the default was fixed at 16. This
change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced
fragmentation. &merged;</para> fragmentation. &merged;</para>
@ -2177,7 +2180,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
output. &merged;</para> output. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.syslogd.8; now has the ability to bind to a specific <para>&man.syslogd.8; now has the ability to bind to a specific
address--as opposed to using every available one--via the address (as opposed to using every available one) via the
<option>-b</option> option. &merged;</para> <option>-b</option> option. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.tail.1; now has the ability to work on files longer <para>&man.tail.1; now has the ability to work on files longer