From 1db55c25283f4e4167b5e249eadd1b3bbc269e59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hiroki Sato Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:02:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes: gre(4) IPv6 over GRE support, ipfw IPv6 support, new sysctl net.inet6.ip6.stealth added, g_label now supports Ext2FS and ReiserFS, bsdiff(1) and bspatch(1) added, ping(8) "sweeping ping" support, wcsdup() function added, rc.d/gbde_swap renamed to rc.d/encswap, rc.d/geli and rc.d/geli2 added, and portsnap(8) imported. --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++- .../en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index d0394ea2568..1ae9bfc1bfa 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -201,7 +201,18 @@ Network Protocols - The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE. + The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation + found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE. + + The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6. + The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed + in the future releases. + + The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE. + + The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4. + This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable + net.inet6.ip6.stealth. @@ -214,6 +225,9 @@ bio_data and on BIO_WRITE it does nothing. + The GEOM_LABEL class now supports + Ext2FS and ReiserFS. + The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization @@ -259,6 +273,10 @@ &man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including &os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64. + The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities + have been added. These are tools for constructing and + applying binary patches. + The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports a flag to allow printing potentially sensitive keying material to standard output. @@ -275,6 +293,12 @@ to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a flag for vertical virtual scrolling. + The &man.ping.8; utility now supports a sweeping + ping in which &man.icmp.4; payload of + packets being sent is increased with given step. + This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues + or traffic policing functions in networks. + The shared library version number of all libraries have been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc, @@ -287,10 +311,21 @@ libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto, libssh, and libssl. + The wcsdup() function has been + implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU + systems. + <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts - + The gbde_swap script has + been removed in favor a new encswap + script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap + encryption. + + The geli and geli2 + scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device + configuration on boot. @@ -314,6 +349,11 @@ flag to show the origin recorded on package generation instead of the package name, and an flag to list packages whose registered origin is origin only. + + The &man.portsnap.8; utility (sysutils/portsnap) + has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure, + easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for + users to keep their ports trees up to date. 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 d0394ea2568..1ae9bfc1bfa 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -201,7 +201,18 @@ Network Protocols - The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE. + The &man.gre.4; driver, which is for GRE encapsulation + found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702 now supports IPv6 over GRE. + + The &man.ipfw.4;, IP packet filter now supports IPv6. + The &man.ip6fw.8; is deprecated and will be removed + in the future releases. + + The &man.natm.4;, Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE. + + The stealth forwarding now supports IPv6 as well as IPv4. + This behavior can be controlled by using a new sysctl variable + net.inet6.ip6.stealth. @@ -214,6 +225,9 @@ bio_data and on BIO_WRITE it does nothing. + The GEOM_LABEL class now supports + Ext2FS and ReiserFS. + The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization @@ -259,6 +273,10 @@ &man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including &os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64. + The &man.bsdiff.1; and &man.bspatch.1; utilities + have been added. These are tools for constructing and + applying binary patches. + The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports a flag to allow printing potentially sensitive keying material to standard output. @@ -275,6 +293,12 @@ to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a flag for vertical virtual scrolling. + The &man.ping.8; utility now supports a sweeping + ping in which &man.icmp.4; payload of + packets being sent is increased with given step. + This is useful for testing problematic channels, MTU issues + or traffic policing functions in networks. + The shared library version number of all libraries have been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc, @@ -287,10 +311,21 @@ libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto, libssh, and libssl. + The wcsdup() function has been + implemented. This function is popular in Microsoft and GNU + systems. + <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts - + The gbde_swap script has + been removed in favor a new encswap + script which also supports &man.geli.8; for swap + encryption. + + The geli and geli2 + scripts has been added for &man.geli.8; device + configuration on boot. @@ -314,6 +349,11 @@ flag to show the origin recorded on package generation instead of the package name, and an flag to list packages whose registered origin is origin only. + + The &man.portsnap.8; utility (sysutils/portsnap) + has been added into the &os; base system. This is a secure, + easy to use, fast, lightweight, and generally good way for + users to keep their ports trees up to date.