From c15c9f81c7862e97e7f7797c3fb8d79213ca7ff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 09:24:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: - GCC SSP enabled by default - X11BASE change - touch -A - fwip(4) and dcons(4) in GENERIC - FireWire/dcons support in the i386/amd64 loader Modified release notes: - MFCs noted: newly supported ftpd RFCs, lagg(4), mpt(4) changes, snd_atiixp(4) suspend/resume - sa(8) entry moved to the correct place - xorg 7.2 update --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 47 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index f77f03648209..3e9e3fd18abc 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ configurations. This change may result in a small performance increase for some workloads.</para> + <para>The dumb console driver (&man.dcons.4;) is now enabled in the + <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para> + <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now provides the <literal>show lock</literal> command. If the argument has a valid lock class, this displays various information about the lock and calls a @@ -530,6 +533,12 @@ the <literal>BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED</literal> kernel option. &merged;</para> + <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] &man.firewire.4; and &man.dcons.4; + support has been added to the boot loader. To enable it, + <literal>LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT=yes</literal> has to be added + to <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename> and the loader be rebuilt. + </para> + <!-- Above this line, order boot loader changes by keyword--> <para>[&arch.pc98;] A bootable CDROM loader has been implemented @@ -688,7 +697,7 @@ This supports ATI IXP 200/300/400 series audio controllers. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.snd.atiixp.4; driver now supports - suspend and resume features.</para> + suspend and resume features. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.snd.cmi.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para> @@ -707,7 +716,7 @@ <para>The &man.snd.ich.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.snd.hda.4; driver has been added. It supports - devices that conform to revision 1.0 of the Intel High Definition + devices that conform to revision 1.0 of the Intel High Definition Audio specification.</para> <para>The &man.snd.solo.4; driver is now MPSAFE. &merged;</para> @@ -789,6 +798,9 @@ by defining <literal>NO_EM_FASTINTR</literal> kernel option for debugging purpose.</para> + <para>The IP over FireWire (&man.fwip.4;) driver is now enabled in + the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para> + <para>The firmware images needed by the &man.ipw.4; driver are now part of the &os; base system. For the loaded firmware to work the license at <filename>/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE</filename> @@ -1033,7 +1045,7 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> <para>The &man.lagg.4; driver, ported from OpenBSD and NetBSD, has been added to support a variety of protocols and algorithms - for link aggregation, failover, and fault tolerance.</para> + for link aggregation, failover, and fault tolerance. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para> @@ -1294,10 +1306,10 @@ pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any</programlisting> state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization status reporting, and sysctl variables for volume re-synchronization rate, volume member write cache status, - and volume transaction queue depth.</para> + and volume transaction queue depth. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver now supports SAS HBA (partially), - 64-bit PCI, and large data transfer.</para> + 64-bit PCI, and large data transfer. &merged;</para> <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para> @@ -1506,7 +1518,10 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting> and rudimentary support for RFC2640 (UTF8). The RFC2640 support is optional and can be enabled using the new <option>-8</option> flag. More information can be found in the &man.ftpd.8; manual - page.</para> + page. &merged;</para> + + <para>The &man.gcc.1; SSP (Stack-Smashing Protector) support is now + enabled by default.</para> <para>The &man.gbde.8; utility now supports <option>-k</option> and <option>-K</option> options @@ -1831,6 +1846,11 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting> function has been added to allow lookups for a specific version of a given symbol.</para> + <para>The &man.sa.8; utility now supports <option>-U</option> + and <option>-P</option> flags. They can be used to specify + the per-user and per-process summary file location, + respectively.</para> + <para>A bug in the &man.sed.1; utility which can cause incorrect calculation of pattern space length in some cases has been fixed.</para> @@ -1876,6 +1896,10 @@ geli_da1s3a_keyfile0_name="/boot/keys/da1s3a.key"</programlisting> <para>The &man.top.1; program now supports a <option>-j</option> flag to display the &man.jail.8; ID for each process. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.touch.1; utility now supports a <option>-A</option> + flag that allows the access and modification times of a file be + adjusted by a specified value. &merged;</para> + <para>The &man.traceroute.8; program now supports a <option>-D</option> flag, which causes it to display the differences between the sent and received @@ -2197,11 +2221,6 @@ mdconfig_md1="-t vnode -f /var/foo.img"</programlisting> directory argument is given, it will set current working directory to the first prefix given by the <command>@cwd</command> command. &merged;</para> - - <para>The &man.sa.8; utility now supports <option>-U</option> - and <option>-P</option> flags. They can be used to specify - the per-user and per-process summary file location, - respectively.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="releng"> @@ -2314,7 +2333,11 @@ mdconfig_md1="-t vnode -f /var/foo.img"</programlisting> <para>The supported version of the <application>&xorg;</application> windowing system (<filename role="package">x11/xorg</filename>) has been updated - from 6.8.2 to 6.9.0. &merged;</para> + from 6.8.2 to 7.2.0. &merged;</para> + + <para>The default value of <varname>X11BASE</varname> has been changed + from <filename>/usr/X11R6</filename> to <filename>/usr/local</filename>, + the default value of <varname>LOCALBASE</varname>. &merged;</para> <para>[&arch.pc98;] &os;/pc98 release CDROMs are now bootable on systems with some supported SCSI adapters.