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New release notes: ata(4) support for Promise SATA devices, CAM

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supports huge devices, iir(4) update.

Other changes:  Add some <replaceable></replaceable> tags where
appropriate.
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-05-01 19:09:54 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the
default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a
default location for modules on &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>) is no longer a
part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>.
Third-party modules should be placed in
<filename>/boot/modules</filename>.
<note>
<para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to
<para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> are likely to
panic and should be used with extreme caution.</para>
</note>
</para>
@ -385,6 +385,25 @@
chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
Notes.)</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports the Promise SATA150
TX2 and TX4 Serial ATA/150 controllers.</para>
<para>The CAM layer now has support for devices with more than
2<superscript>32</superscript> blocks. (Assuming 512-byte
blocks, this means support for devices larger than 2TB.)
<note>
<para>For users upgrading across this change, note that all
userland applications that talk to &man.pass.4; or
&man.xpt.4; devices must be recompiled. Examples of such
programs are &man.camcontrol.8; in the base system,
the <filename role="port">sysutils/cdrtools</filename>
port, and the
<filename role="port">multimedia/xmms</filename>port.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4;
driver. The primary user-visible change is improved
compatibility with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para>
@ -393,6 +412,10 @@
<literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of
kernel configuration options.</para>
<para>The &man.iir.4; driver has been updated; this update is
believed to fix problems detecting attached disks during
installation.</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.mly.4; driver that caused hangs has been
corrected.</para>
@ -865,7 +888,7 @@
has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para>
<para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version
upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been
upgrades from &os; 2.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and from &os; 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> have been
removed.</para>
</sect2>

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booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the
default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a
default location for modules on &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>) is no longer a
part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>.
Third-party modules should be placed in
<filename>/boot/modules</filename>.
<note>
<para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to
<para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> are likely to
panic and should be used with extreme caution.</para>
</note>
</para>
@ -385,6 +385,25 @@
chipsets. (More details can be found in the Hardware
Notes.)</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports the Promise SATA150
TX2 and TX4 Serial ATA/150 controllers.</para>
<para>The CAM layer now has support for devices with more than
2<superscript>32</superscript> blocks. (Assuming 512-byte
blocks, this means support for devices larger than 2TB.)
<note>
<para>For users upgrading across this change, note that all
userland applications that talk to &man.pass.4; or
&man.xpt.4; devices must be recompiled. Examples of such
programs are &man.camcontrol.8; in the base system,
the <filename role="port">sysutils/cdrtools</filename>
port, and the
<filename role="port">multimedia/xmms</filename>port.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>A number of changes have been made to the &man.cd.4;
driver. The primary user-visible change is improved
compatibility with ATAPI/USB/Firewire CDROM drives.</para>
@ -393,6 +412,10 @@
<literal>NO_GEOM</literal> has been removed from the set of
kernel configuration options.</para>
<para>The &man.iir.4; driver has been updated; this update is
believed to fix problems detecting attached disks during
installation.</para>
<para>A bug in the &man.mly.4; driver that caused hangs has been
corrected.</para>
@ -865,7 +888,7 @@
has been updated to 4.3.0. &merged;</para>
<para>Several upgrade mechanisms designed to permit major version
upgrades from &os; 2.X to 3.X and from &os; 3.X to 4.X have been
upgrades from &os; 2.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and from &os; 3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> to 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> have been
removed.</para>
</sect2>