diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 657175e3152..e11c850a05f 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ re-initialise cards that have external port modules attached such as the PC/Xem. + The O_DIRECT flag has been added to + &man.open.2; and &man.fcntl.2;. Specifying this flag for open + files will attempt to minimize the cache effects of reading and + writing. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -360,6 +365,9 @@ The TCP_COMPAT_42 kernel option has been removed. + TCP now has RFC 1323 extensions enabled by default in + &man.rc.conf.5;. &merged; + A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the @@ -373,6 +381,9 @@ &man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP segments. &merged; + &man.ipfw.8; now has a flag to prevent + the display of dynamic firewall rules. + &man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some enhancements and bug fixes. @@ -525,8 +536,8 @@ The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been changed to improve its speed on large filesystems. - smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added. - + smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been + added. &merged; @@ -859,6 +870,12 @@ behavior, bad assumptions about current directory permissions, and potential buffer overflows, have been fixed. &merged; + The &os; Makefile infrastructure now + supports the WARNS directive from NetBSD. This + directive controls the addition of compiler warning flags to + CFLAGS in a relatively compiler-neutral + manner. + &man.fsck.8; wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure for &man.fsck.8; to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to &man.mount.8;). @@ -984,7 +1001,9 @@ checking on all the filesystems that can do background checking. Unlike the foreground checking, the background checking is started asynchronously so that other system activity can proceed even on - the filesystems that are being checked. + the filesystems that are being checked. Boot-time enabling of + this feature is controlled by the + background_fsck option in &man.rc.conf.5;. Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, &man.lpr.1;, &man.lpd.8;, &man.syslogd.8;, and @@ -1185,6 +1204,9 @@ &man.ping.8; now supports a option to set the TTL of outgoing packets. &merged; + &man.ping.8; now supports a option to + beep when packets are lost. + A version of Transport Independent RPC (TI-RPC) has been imported. @@ -1223,6 +1245,11 @@ specification when loading a font, and has some better error-handling. + &man.vidcontrol.1; now supports a to + take a snapshot of a &man.syscons.4; video buffer. These + snapshots can be manipulated by some of the + scr2* utilities in the Ports Collection. + devinfo, a simple tool to print the device tree and resource usage by devices, has been added. @@ -1264,6 +1291,13 @@ &man.telnet.1; now does autologin and encryption by default; a new option turns off encryption. + &man.telnet.1; now supports a flag to + allow connections to UNIX-domain (AF_UNIX) + sockets. + + The default stripe size in &man.vinum.8; has been changed + from 256KB to 279KB, to spread out superblocks more evenly between + stripes. Contributed Software @@ -1429,7 +1463,7 @@ OpenSSL OpenSSL has been upgraded to - 0.9.6. &merged; + 0.9.6a. OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations, activated by the new 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 657175e3152..e11c850a05f 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ re-initialise cards that have external port modules attached such as the PC/Xem. + The O_DIRECT flag has been added to + &man.open.2; and &man.fcntl.2;. Specifying this flag for open + files will attempt to minimize the cache effects of reading and + writing. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -360,6 +365,9 @@ The TCP_COMPAT_42 kernel option has been removed. + TCP now has RFC 1323 extensions enabled by default in + &man.rc.conf.5;. &merged; + A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the @@ -373,6 +381,9 @@ &man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP segments. &merged; + &man.ipfw.8; now has a flag to prevent + the display of dynamic firewall rules. + &man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some enhancements and bug fixes. @@ -525,8 +536,8 @@ The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been changed to improve its speed on large filesystems. - smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added. - + smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been + added. &merged; @@ -859,6 +870,12 @@ behavior, bad assumptions about current directory permissions, and potential buffer overflows, have been fixed. &merged; + The &os; Makefile infrastructure now + supports the WARNS directive from NetBSD. This + directive controls the addition of compiler warning flags to + CFLAGS in a relatively compiler-neutral + manner. + &man.fsck.8; wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure for &man.fsck.8; to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to &man.mount.8;). @@ -984,7 +1001,9 @@ checking on all the filesystems that can do background checking. Unlike the foreground checking, the background checking is started asynchronously so that other system activity can proceed even on - the filesystems that are being checked. + the filesystems that are being checked. Boot-time enabling of + this feature is controlled by the + background_fsck option in &man.rc.conf.5;. Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, &man.lpr.1;, &man.lpd.8;, &man.syslogd.8;, and @@ -1185,6 +1204,9 @@ &man.ping.8; now supports a option to set the TTL of outgoing packets. &merged; + &man.ping.8; now supports a option to + beep when packets are lost. + A version of Transport Independent RPC (TI-RPC) has been imported. @@ -1223,6 +1245,11 @@ specification when loading a font, and has some better error-handling. + &man.vidcontrol.1; now supports a to + take a snapshot of a &man.syscons.4; video buffer. These + snapshots can be manipulated by some of the + scr2* utilities in the Ports Collection. + devinfo, a simple tool to print the device tree and resource usage by devices, has been added. @@ -1264,6 +1291,13 @@ &man.telnet.1; now does autologin and encryption by default; a new option turns off encryption. + &man.telnet.1; now supports a flag to + allow connections to UNIX-domain (AF_UNIX) + sockets. + + The default stripe size in &man.vinum.8; has been changed + from 256KB to 279KB, to spread out superblocks more evenly between + stripes. Contributed Software @@ -1429,7 +1463,7 @@ OpenSSL OpenSSL has been upgraded to - 0.9.6. &merged; + 0.9.6a. OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations, activated by the new diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index 657175e3152..e11c850a05f 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ re-initialise cards that have external port modules attached such as the PC/Xem. + The O_DIRECT flag has been added to + &man.open.2; and &man.fcntl.2;. Specifying this flag for open + files will attempt to minimize the cache effects of reading and + writing. + Processor/Motherboard Support @@ -360,6 +365,9 @@ The TCP_COMPAT_42 kernel option has been removed. + TCP now has RFC 1323 extensions enabled by default in + &man.rc.conf.5;. &merged; + A new sysctl net.inet.ip.check_interface, which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming packet arrives on an interface that has an address matching the @@ -373,6 +381,9 @@ &man.ipfw.8; now filters correctly in the presence of ECN bits in TCP segments. &merged; + &man.ipfw.8; now has a flag to prevent + the display of dynamic firewall rules. + &man.bridge.4; and &man.dummynet.4; have received some enhancements and bug fixes. @@ -525,8 +536,8 @@ The directory layout preference algorithm for FFS has been changed to improve its speed on large filesystems. - smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been added. - + smbfs (CIFS) support in kernel has been + added. &merged; @@ -859,6 +870,12 @@ behavior, bad assumptions about current directory permissions, and potential buffer overflows, have been fixed. &merged; + The &os; Makefile infrastructure now + supports the WARNS directive from NetBSD. This + directive controls the addition of compiler warning flags to + CFLAGS in a relatively compiler-neutral + manner. + &man.fsck.8; wrappers have been imported; this feature provides infrastructure for &man.fsck.8; to work on different types of filesystems (analogous to &man.mount.8;). @@ -984,7 +1001,9 @@ checking on all the filesystems that can do background checking. Unlike the foreground checking, the background checking is started asynchronously so that other system activity can proceed even on - the filesystems that are being checked. + the filesystems that are being checked. Boot-time enabling of + this feature is controlled by the + background_fsck option in &man.rc.conf.5;. Catching up with most other network utilities in the base system, &man.lpr.1;, &man.lpd.8;, &man.syslogd.8;, and @@ -1185,6 +1204,9 @@ &man.ping.8; now supports a option to set the TTL of outgoing packets. &merged; + &man.ping.8; now supports a option to + beep when packets are lost. + A version of Transport Independent RPC (TI-RPC) has been imported. @@ -1223,6 +1245,11 @@ specification when loading a font, and has some better error-handling. + &man.vidcontrol.1; now supports a to + take a snapshot of a &man.syscons.4; video buffer. These + snapshots can be manipulated by some of the + scr2* utilities in the Ports Collection. + devinfo, a simple tool to print the device tree and resource usage by devices, has been added. @@ -1264,6 +1291,13 @@ &man.telnet.1; now does autologin and encryption by default; a new option turns off encryption. + &man.telnet.1; now supports a flag to + allow connections to UNIX-domain (AF_UNIX) + sockets. + + The default stripe size in &man.vinum.8; has been changed + from 256KB to 279KB, to spread out superblocks more evenly between + stripes. Contributed Software @@ -1429,7 +1463,7 @@ OpenSSL OpenSSL has been upgraded to - 0.9.6. &merged; + 0.9.6a. OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations, activated by the new