Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:10:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-releng@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r191523 - releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <200904261810.n3QIA7J9090755@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Sun Apr 26 18:10:07 2009 New Revision: 191523 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191523 Log: Update release note: type of shm_segsz in struct shmid_ds to size_t from int, AltiVec support on powerpc, INTx disabled when MSI/MSIX enabled, sysctl leaf node now has an MPSAFE flag, hw.drm.msi tunable added, ale(4) in GENERIC on amd64 and i386, ata-raid(4) initial support for DDF metadata, cam(4) kern.cam.cd.retry_count sysctl, ciss(4) max device openings count fix, btpand(8) for NAP, GN, PANU profiles of bluetooth added, and improve description of the fetch(1) If-Modified-Since support. Approved by: re (implicit) Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Sun Apr 26 16:56:03 2009 (r191522) +++ releng/7.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Sun Apr 26 18:10:07 2009 (r191523) @@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ <literal>KTR_CALLOUT</literal> class to note when a callout routine finishes executing.</para> + <para>Types of variables used to track amount of allocated + System V shared memory from <literal>int</literal> to + <literal>size_t</literal>. This makes it possible to use more + than 2 GB shared memory segments on 64-bit architectures. + Please note the new BUGS section in &man.shmctl.2; and + <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> for limitations of this + temporal solution.</para> + <para>The &os; 32-bit system call translation layer now supports installing 32-bit system calls for <literal>VFS_AIO</literal>.</para> @@ -307,6 +315,9 @@ <para>The &man.acpi.asus.4; driver now supports Asus A8Sr notebooks.</para> + <para arch="powerpc">Support for the AltiVec, a floating point + and integer SIMD instruction set has been added.</para> + <para>The &man.cpuctl.4; driver, which provides a special device <filename>/dev/cpuctl</filename> as an interface to the system CPU and functionality to retrieve CPUID @@ -327,6 +338,13 @@ added to force this behavior by setting it to non-zero.</para> + <para>In the &man.pci.4; subsystem INTx is now disabled when + MSI/MSIX is enabled. This change fixes interrupt storm + related issues.</para> + + <para>A &man.sysctl.3; leaf node has a flag to tag itself as + MPSAFE now.</para> + <sect4 id="mm"> <title>Multimedia Support</title> @@ -339,6 +357,10 @@ chips, XGI V3XE/V5/V8, and Intel i915 chipsets has been improved.</para> + <para>A new loader tunable <varname>hw.drm.msi</varname> + which controls if DRM uses MSI or not. This is set to + <literal>1</literal> (enabled) by default.</para> + <para>The snd_au88x0(4) driver for Aureal Vortex 1/2/Advantage PCI has been removed because this was broken for a long time.</para> @@ -362,6 +384,13 @@ <sect4 id="net-if"> <title>Network Interface Support</title> + <para arch="amd64,i386">The &man.ale.4; driver are now + included in the <filename>GENERIC</filename> + kernel.</para> + + <para>The &man.ath.hal.4;, Atheros Hardware Access Layer, + has been updated to the open source version.</para> + <para>The &man.axe.4; driver has been improved in performance by eliminating extra context switch and now supports Apple USB Ethernet adapter.</para> @@ -481,6 +510,25 @@ <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports Marvell PATA M88SX6121.</para> + <para>The &man.ataraid.4; driver now has an initial support + for DDF metadata found on Adaptec HostRAID controllers. + Note that spares and rebuilds are not supported yet.</para> + + <para>The &man.cam.4; SCSI subsystem now supports a sysctl + variable <varname>kern.cam.cd.retry_count</varname>. This + controls the number of retries for the CD media. When + trying to read scratched or damaged CDs and DVDs, the + default mechanism is sub-optimal, and programs like + <application>ddrescue</application> do much better if you + turn off the retries entirely since their algorithms do it + by themselves. This value is set to <literal>4</literal> + (for a total 5 attempts) by default. Setting to 0 turns off + all retry attempts.</para> + + <para>A bug in the &man.ciss.4; driver which caused low + <quote>max device openings</quote> count that has led + to poor performance has been fixed.</para> + <para>An issue in the &man.gvinum.8; with access permissions to underlying disks used by a gvinum plex has been fixed. If the plex is a raid5 plex and is being written to, parity data might @@ -539,6 +587,11 @@ invoked from <filename>/rescue</filename>, has been fixed.</para> + <para>The &man.btpand.8; daemon from NetBSD has been added. + This daemon provides support for Bluetooth Network Access + Point (NAP), Group Ad-hoc Network (GN) and Personal Area + Network User (PANU) profiles.</para> + <para>The &man.config.8; utility now supports multiple <varname>makeoption</varname> lines.</para> @@ -564,7 +617,11 @@ <para>The &man.fetch.1; utility now supports an <option>-i</option> flag which supports If-Modified-Since HTTP - request.</para> + 1.1 request. If specified it will cause the file to be + downloaded only if it is more recent than the mtime of the + file. Also, <application>libfetch</application> now accepts + the mtime in the url structure and a flag to indicate when + this behavior is desired.</para> <para>The &man.fsck.8; utility now supports a <option>-D</option> flag for damaged recovery mode, which
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