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New release notes: ULE fixes, mpsafevfs, NDISulator for x86-64

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binaries, sk(4) ALTQ and jumbo frames on Yukons, cd9660 less chatty,
burncd(8) fixate eject works, mknod(8) deprecated, NOFOO -> NO_FOO,
ppp(8) echo, tcpdrop(8), whois(1) -k.

Modified release note:  In netcat note, provide cross-reference to
nc(1) manpage.

Just another random walk through the commit messages...
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Bruce A. Mah 2005-02-20 07:27:16 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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@ -116,6 +116,15 @@
<para>The loader tunable <varname>debug.mpsafevm</varname> has been
has been enabled by default.</para>
<para>A number of bugs have been fixed in the ULE
scheduler. &merged;</para>
<para>Fine-grained locking to allow much of the VFS stack to run
without the Giant lock has been added. It is currently enabled
by the loader tunable (and sysctl variable)
<varname>debug.mpsafevfs</varname>, which currently defaults to
<literal>0</literal> (disabled).</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<sect3 id="boot">
@ -158,9 +167,17 @@
the kernel configuration when using the &man.ath.4;
driver.</para>
<para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now
supports &windows;/x86-64 binaries on amd64
systems. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.sf.4; driver now has support for device polling
and &man.altq.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.sk.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;.
This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based
interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>Support for 802.11 devices in the &man.wlan.4; has been
greatly overhauled. In addition to architectural changes,
it includes completed 802.11g, WPA, 802.11i, 802.1x,
@ -204,6 +221,12 @@
pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4;
driver.</para>
<para>Information about newly-mounted cd9660 file systems (such
as the presence of Rockridge extensions) is now only printed
if the kernel was booted in verbose mode. This change was
made to reduce the amount of (generally unnecessary) kernel
log messages.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="fs">
@ -223,6 +246,10 @@
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
<para>The &man.burncd.8; utility now allows commands (such as
<command>eject</command>) to take place after fixating a
disk.</para>
<para>The <literal>create</literal> command of the &man.gpt.8;
utility now supports a <option>-f</option> command-line flag to
force creation of a GPT even when there is an MBR record on a
@ -249,6 +276,39 @@
flag to generate a calendar for a specified month in the current
year. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.mknod.8; utility has been marked deprecated.
Device nodes have been managed by the &man.devfs.5; device file
system since &os; 5.0.</para>
<para>For years, &os; has used <filename>Makefile</filename>
variables of the form
<varname>NO<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname> and
<varname>NO_<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname>. For
consistency, those variables using the former naming convention
have been converted to the
<varname>NO_<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname> form. The
file <filename>/usr/share/mk/bsd.compat.mk</filename> has a
complete list of these variables; it also implements some
temporary backward compatability for the old names.</para>
<para>The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an
<option>echo</option> parameter, which allows LCP ECHOs to be
enabled independently of LQR reports. Older versions of
&man.ppp.8; would revert to LCP ECHO mode on negotiation
failure. It is now necessary to specify <command>enable
echo</command> to get this behaviour. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.tcpdrop.8; command, which closes a selected TCP
connection, has been added. It was obtained from
OpenBSD.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag
for querying <hostid role="fqdn">whois.krnic.net</hostid>
(the National Internet Development Agency of Korea)
which hold details of IP address allocations within
Korea. &merged;</para>
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
@ -264,7 +324,8 @@
<application>tzdata2004g</application> release. &merged;</para>
<para>A snapshot of <application>netcat</application> from OpenBSD
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. &merged;</para>
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be
found in the &man.nc.1; manual page. &merged;</para>
<para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the
Eelgrass release to the Feterita release.</para>

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@ -116,6 +116,15 @@
<para>The loader tunable <varname>debug.mpsafevm</varname> has been
has been enabled by default.</para>
<para>A number of bugs have been fixed in the ULE
scheduler. &merged;</para>
<para>Fine-grained locking to allow much of the VFS stack to run
without the Giant lock has been added. It is currently enabled
by the loader tunable (and sysctl variable)
<varname>debug.mpsafevfs</varname>, which currently defaults to
<literal>0</literal> (disabled).</para>
<!-- Above this line, sort kernel changes by manpage/keyword-->
<sect3 id="boot">
@ -158,9 +167,17 @@
the kernel configuration when using the &man.ath.4;
driver.</para>
<para arch="amd64">The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now
supports &windows;/x86-64 binaries on amd64
systems. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.sf.4; driver now has support for device polling
and &man.altq.4;. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.sk.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;.
This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based
interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>Support for 802.11 devices in the &man.wlan.4; has been
greatly overhauled. In addition to architectural changes,
it includes completed 802.11g, WPA, 802.11i, 802.1x,
@ -204,6 +221,12 @@
pc98 platform that there is no need for the older &man.wd.4;
driver.</para>
<para>Information about newly-mounted cd9660 file systems (such
as the presence of Rockridge extensions) is now only printed
if the kernel was booted in verbose mode. This change was
made to reduce the amount of (generally unnecessary) kernel
log messages.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="fs">
@ -223,6 +246,10 @@
<sect2 id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title>
<para>The &man.burncd.8; utility now allows commands (such as
<command>eject</command>) to take place after fixating a
disk.</para>
<para>The <literal>create</literal> command of the &man.gpt.8;
utility now supports a <option>-f</option> command-line flag to
force creation of a GPT even when there is an MBR record on a
@ -249,6 +276,39 @@
flag to generate a calendar for a specified month in the current
year. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.mknod.8; utility has been marked deprecated.
Device nodes have been managed by the &man.devfs.5; device file
system since &os; 5.0.</para>
<para>For years, &os; has used <filename>Makefile</filename>
variables of the form
<varname>NO<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname> and
<varname>NO_<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname>. For
consistency, those variables using the former naming convention
have been converted to the
<varname>NO_<replaceable>FOO</replaceable></varname> form. The
file <filename>/usr/share/mk/bsd.compat.mk</filename> has a
complete list of these variables; it also implements some
temporary backward compatability for the old names.</para>
<para>The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an
<option>echo</option> parameter, which allows LCP ECHOs to be
enabled independently of LQR reports. Older versions of
&man.ppp.8; would revert to LCP ECHO mode on negotiation
failure. It is now necessary to specify <command>enable
echo</command> to get this behaviour. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.tcpdrop.8; command, which closes a selected TCP
connection, has been added. It was obtained from
OpenBSD.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now supports
a <option>-k</option> flag
for querying <hostid role="fqdn">whois.krnic.net</hostid>
(the National Internet Development Agency of Korea)
which hold details of IP address allocations within
Korea. &merged;</para>
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
@ -264,7 +324,8 @@
<application>tzdata2004g</application> release. &merged;</para>
<para>A snapshot of <application>netcat</application> from OpenBSD
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. &merged;</para>
as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be
found in the &man.nc.1; manual page. &merged;</para>
<para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the
Eelgrass release to the Feterita release.</para>