diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index a8904ceb36f6..7c2d3db01628 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ The loader tunable debug.mpsafevm has been has been enabled by default. + A number of bugs have been fixed in the ULE + scheduler. &merged; + + 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) + debug.mpsafevfs, which currently defaults to + 0 (disabled). + @@ -158,9 +167,17 @@ the kernel configuration when using the &man.ath.4; driver. + The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now + supports &windows;/x86-64 binaries on amd64 + systems. &merged; + The &man.sf.4; driver now has support for device polling and &man.altq.4;. &merged; + The &man.sk.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;. + This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based + interfaces. &merged; + 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. + 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. + @@ -223,6 +246,10 @@ Userland Changes + The &man.burncd.8; utility now allows commands (such as + eject) to take place after fixating a + disk. + The create command of the &man.gpt.8; utility now supports a 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; + 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. + + For years, &os; has used Makefile + variables of the form + NOFOO and + NO_FOO. For + consistency, those variables using the former naming convention + have been converted to the + NO_FOO form. The + file /usr/share/mk/bsd.compat.mk has a + complete list of these variables; it also implements some + temporary backward compatability for the old names. + + The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an + 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 enable + echo to get this behaviour. &merged; + + The &man.tcpdrop.8; command, which closes a selected TCP + connection, has been added. It was obtained from + OpenBSD. + + &man.whois.1; now supports + a flag + for querying whois.krnic.net + (the National Internet Development Agency of Korea) + which hold details of IP address allocations within + Korea. &merged; + <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts @@ -264,7 +324,8 @@ tzdata2004g release. &merged; A snapshot of netcat from OpenBSD - as of 4 February 2005 has been added. &merged; + as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be + found in the &man.nc.1; manual page. &merged; OpenPAM has been updated from the Eelgrass release to the Feterita release. diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index a8904ceb36f6..7c2d3db01628 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ The loader tunable debug.mpsafevm has been has been enabled by default. + A number of bugs have been fixed in the ULE + scheduler. &merged; + + 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) + debug.mpsafevfs, which currently defaults to + 0 (disabled). + @@ -158,9 +167,17 @@ the kernel configuration when using the &man.ath.4; driver. + The &man.ndis.4; device driver wrapper now + supports &windows;/x86-64 binaries on amd64 + systems. &merged; + The &man.sf.4; driver now has support for device polling and &man.altq.4;. &merged; + The &man.sk.4; driver now has support for &man.altq.4;. + This driver also now supports jumbo frames on Yukon-based + interfaces. &merged; + 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. + 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. + @@ -223,6 +246,10 @@ Userland Changes + The &man.burncd.8; utility now allows commands (such as + eject) to take place after fixating a + disk. + The create command of the &man.gpt.8; utility now supports a 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; + 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. + + For years, &os; has used Makefile + variables of the form + NOFOO and + NO_FOO. For + consistency, those variables using the former naming convention + have been converted to the + NO_FOO form. The + file /usr/share/mk/bsd.compat.mk has a + complete list of these variables; it also implements some + temporary backward compatability for the old names. + + The &man.ppp.8; program now implements an + 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 enable + echo to get this behaviour. &merged; + + The &man.tcpdrop.8; command, which closes a selected TCP + connection, has been added. It was obtained from + OpenBSD. + + &man.whois.1; now supports + a flag + for querying whois.krnic.net + (the National Internet Development Agency of Korea) + which hold details of IP address allocations within + Korea. &merged; + <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts @@ -264,7 +324,8 @@ tzdata2004g release. &merged; A snapshot of netcat from OpenBSD - as of 4 February 2005 has been added. &merged; + as of 4 February 2005 has been added. More information can be + found in the &man.nc.1; manual page. &merged; OpenPAM has been updated from the Eelgrass release to the Feterita release.