PERFORCE change 171151 for review

Gabor Pali pgj at FreeBSD.org
Sun Nov 29 00:06:17 UTC 2009 

http://p4web.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=171151

Change 171151 by pgj at beehive on 2009/11/29 00:05:24

	IFC

Affected files ...

.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/doc/share/images/articles/releng/branches-releng8.pic#1 branch
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/doc/share/sgml/freebsd.ent#12 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/doc/share/sgml/man-refs.ent#24 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/administration.sgml#10 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/marketing/os-comparison.sgml#2 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/Makefile#3 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/announce.sgml#1 branch
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/pressrelease.sgml#1 branch
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html#2 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/relnotes.sgml#2 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/index.sgml#7 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releng/index.sgml#32 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/hu/administration.sgml#24 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/hu/security/security.sgml#13 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/share/sgml/news.xml#76 integrate
.. //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/share/sgml/release.ent#19 integrate

Differences ...

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/doc/share/sgml/freebsd.ent#12 (text+ko) ====

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- -*- sgml -*-
      DocBook Miscellaneous FreeBSD Entities.
 
-     $FreeBSD: doc/share/sgml/freebsd.ent,v 1.118 2009/09/13 10:05:05 blackend Exp $
+     $FreeBSD: doc/share/sgml/freebsd.ent,v 1.119 2009/11/26 21:24:57 hrs Exp $
 
 This file is now valid XML as well as SGML.  Please do not add CDATA
 attributes or anything else that will prevent this file from being
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@
 <!-- The currently released version of FreeBSD.  This value is used to
      create some links on web sites and such, so do NOT change it until
      it's really release time -->
-<!ENTITY rel.current "7.2">
-<!ENTITY rel.current.date "May 2009">
+<!ENTITY rel.current "8.0">
+<!ENTITY rel.current.date "Nov 2009">
 <!ENTITY rel.current.notes 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel.current;R/notes.html'>
 <!ENTITY rel.current.hardware 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel.current;R/hardware.html'>
 <!ENTITY rel.current.errata 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel.current;R/errata.html'>
 
 <!-- Entities for multiple "latest" versions of FreeBSD -->
-<!ENTITY rel2.current "6.4">
-<!ENTITY rel2.current.date "Nov 2008">
+<!ENTITY rel2.current "7.2">
+<!ENTITY rel2.current.date "May 2009">
 <!ENTITY rel2.current.notes 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel2.current;R/notes.html'>
 <!ENTITY rel2.current.hardware 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel2.current;R/hardware.html'>
 <!ENTITY rel2.current.errata 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/&rel2.current;R/errata.html'>

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/doc/share/sgml/man-refs.ent#24 (text+ko) ====

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
      lexicographical order by the entity (i.e., the dots used in place of
      special characters should not be expanded when comparing).
 
-     $FreeBSD: doc/share/sgml/man-refs.ent,v 1.491 2009/11/25 22:49:59 hrs Exp $
+     $FreeBSD: doc/share/sgml/man-refs.ent,v 1.492 2009/11/26 19:47:35 hrs Exp $
 -->
 
 <!ENTITY man...1 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/[/<manvolnum/1//">
@@ -4349,8 +4349,8 @@
 <!ENTITY man.mdmfs.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mdmfs/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.memcontrol.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/memcontrol/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.mergemaster.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mergemaster/<manvolnum/8//">
+<!ENTITY man.mfiutil.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mfiutil/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.mfs.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mfs/<manvolnum/8//">
-<!ENTITY man.mftutil.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mftutil/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.mixer.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mixer/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.mk-amd-map.8 "<citerefentry/<refentrytitle/mk-amd-map/<manvolnum/8//">
 <!ENTITY man.mkisofs.8 "<citerefentry vendor='ports'/<refentrytitle/mkisofs/<manvolnum/8//">

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/administration.sgml#10 (text+ko) ====

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
-<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/administration.sgml,v 1.30 2009/10/16 18:31:18 keramida Exp $">
+<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/administration.sgml,v 1.31 2009/11/27 18:30:12 brd Exp $">
 <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Project Administration and Management">
 <!ENTITY % navinclude.about "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY % developers SYSTEM "developers.sgml"> %developers;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     <li>Steven Beedle &lt;<a
       href="mailto:steven at zna.com">steven at zna.com</a>&gt;</li>
     <li>Denise Ebery &lt;<a
-      href="mailto:denise at offmyserver.com">denise at offmyserver.com</a>&gt;</li>
+      href="mailto:denise at ixsystems.com">denise at ixsystems.com</a>&gt;</li>
     <li>Deb Goodkin &lt;<a href="mailto:deb at FreeBSD.org">deb at FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;</li>
     <li>&a.jkoshy; &lt;<a href="mailto:jkoshy at FreeBSD.org">jkoshy at FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;</li>
     <li>Dru Lavigne &lt;<a

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/marketing/os-comparison.sgml#2 (text+ko) ====

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [
 <!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
-<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/marketing/os-comparison.sgml,v 1.11 2006/08/19 21:20:37 hrs Exp $">
+<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/marketing/os-comparison.sgml,v 1.12 2009/11/27 19:00:00 brd Exp $">
 <!ENTITY email 'marketing'>
 <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000">
 <!ENTITY % navinclude.about "INCLUDE">
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
   performance and consistency differences between journaled and soft
   updates consistency mechanisms.  This paper is available online from
   <a
-  href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~gnager/papers/usenix2000.ps">http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~gnager/papers/usenix2000.ps</a>.
+  href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/usenix2000.ps">http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/usenix2000.ps</a>.
   This paper also discusses two different journaling implementations
   based on FFS and developed on FreeBSD.  Clearly, FreeBSD is at the
   forefront of filesystem research and this is the source of many of
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 <p>"Soft Updates: A Technique for Eliminating Most Synchronous Writes
   in the Fast Filesystem" by Marshall Kirk McKusick and Gregory
   R. Ganger.<br/> <a
-  href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~gnager/papers/mckusick99.ps">http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~gnager/papers/mckusick99.ps</a>.</p>
+  href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/mckusick99.ps">http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/mckusick99.ps</a>.</p>
 
 <a name="2"></a>
 <h2>Performance Benchmarks</h2>

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/Makefile#3 (text+ko) ====

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/8.0R/Makefile,v 1.2 2009/11/26 01:20:07 hrs Exp $
+# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/8.0R/Makefile,v 1.4 2009/11/27 11:35:05 rwatson Exp $
 
 .if exists(../Makefile.conf)
 .include "../Makefile.conf"
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 .include "../Makefile.inc"
 .endif
 
-#DOCS=	announce.sgml
+DOCS=	announce.sgml
+DOCS+=	pressrelease.sgml
 DOCS+=	relnotes.sgml
 DOCS+=	schedule.sgml
 

==== //depot/projects/docproj_hu/www/en/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html#2 (text+ko) ====

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 2008, 2009 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
 
 <p class="PUBDATE">$FreeBSD: stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
-196375 2009-08-19 03:58:12Z edwin $<br />
+199849 2009-11-26 22:09:37Z hrs $<br />
 </p>
 
 <div class="LEGALNOTICE"><a id="TRADEMARKS" name="TRADEMARKS"></a>
@@ -395,16 +395,14 @@
 to avoid panic (trap 9) at <code class="FUNCTION">map_invalidate_cache_range()</code>
 even if Intel CPU is used. This tunable can be set to <tt class="LITERAL">-1</tt>
 (default), <tt class="LITERAL">0</tt> and <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt>. The <tt
-class="LITERAL">-1</tt> is same as the current behavior, which automatically disable <tt
+class="LITERAL">-1</tt> is same as the current behavior, which automatically disables <tt
 class="LITERAL">CLFLUSH</tt> on Intel CPUs without <tt class="LITERAL">CPUID_SS</tt>
-(this should be occurred on Xen only). You can specify <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt> when
-this panic happened on non-Intel CPUs (such as AMD's). Because disabling <tt
+(this should occurr on Xen only). You can specify <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt> when this
+panic happens on non-Intel CPUs (such as AMD's). Because disabling <tt
 class="LITERAL">CLFLUSH</tt> can reduce performance, you can try with setting <tt
 class="LITERAL">0</tt> on Intel CPUs without <tt class="LITERAL">SS</tt> to use <tt
 class="LITERAL">CLFLUSH</tt> feature.</p>
 
-<p>The FreeBSD newbus subsystem is now MPSAFE.</p>
-
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jail</span>(8)</span></a>
@@ -420,9 +418,9 @@
 options    VIMAGE
 </pre>
 
-<p>Note that an option <tt class="LITERAL">SCTP</tt> in the <tt
-class="FILENAME">GENERIC</tt> kernel is not compatible with the <tt
-class="LITERAL">VIMAGE</tt>. This limitation will be fixed in the next release.</p>
+<p>Note that <tt class="LITERAL">options SCTP</tt> in the <tt
+class="FILENAME">GENERIC</tt> kernel is not compatible with <tt class="LITERAL">options
+VIMAGE</tt>. This limitation will be fixed in the next release.</p>
 
 <p>The vimage is a jail with a virtualized instance of the FreeBSD network stack. It can
 be created by using <a
@@ -437,7 +435,7 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>The vimage has own loopback interface and a separated network stack including the L3
-routing table. Network interfaces on the system can be moved by using <a
+routing tables. Network interfaces on the system can be moved by using <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>
 <code class="OPTION">vnet</code> option between the different vimage jails and outside of
@@ -447,8 +445,10 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=epair&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">epair</span>(4)</span></a>
 pseudo-interface driver has been added to help communication between vimage jails. It
-emulates a pair of back-to-back connected Ethernet interfaces. For example, following
-commands create the interface pair:</p>
+emulates a pair of back-to-back connected Ethernet interfaces. For example, the following
+commands create an interface pair of <a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=epair&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">epair</span>(4)</span></a>:</p>
 
 <pre class="SCREEN">
 <samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> ifconfig epair0 create
@@ -468,19 +468,19 @@
 jails by using <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>
-<code class="OPTION">vnet</code> option. Even after one of an <a
+<code class="OPTION">vnet</code> option as described above. Even after half of an <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=epair&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">epair</span>(4)</span></a> pair is
 moved, the back-to-back connection still valid and can be used for inter-jail
 communication.</p>
 
-<p>Note that the vimage is still considered as an experimental feature.</p>
+<p>Note that vimage is still considered as an experimental feature.</p>
 </li>
 
 <li>
-<p>A jail can have arbitrary named parameters similar to environmental variables and the
-fixed jail parameters in the previous releases have been replaced with them. The jail
-name can be used for identifying the jail in <a
+<p>A jail can now have arbitrary named parameters similar to environmental variables and
+the fixed jail parameters in the previous releases have been replaced with them. The jail
+name can now be used for identifying the jail in <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jexec&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jexec</span>(8)</span></a> and <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=killall&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@
 </li>
 
 <li>
-<p>Multiple addresses of both IPv4 and IPv6 per jail has been supported. It is even
-possible to have jails without an IP address at all, which basically gives one a chrooted
-environment with restricted process view and no networking.</p>
+<p>Multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses per jail are now supported. It is even possible to
+have jails without an IP address at all, which basically gives one a chrooted environment
+with restricted process view and no networking.</p>
 </li>
 
 <li>
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@
 </li>
 
 <li>
-<p>A <tt class="LITERAL">show jails</tt> subcommand in <a
+<p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ddb&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ddb</span>(8)</span></a> has been
-added.</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ddb</span>(8)</span></a> kernel
+debugger now supports a <tt class="LITERAL">show jails</tt> subcommand.</p>
 </li>
 
 <li>
@@ -547,6 +547,19 @@
 the default Linux infrastructure port is <tt
 class="FILENAME">emulators/linux_base-f10</tt> (Fedora 10).</p>
 
+<p>[arm] The FreeBSD/arm now supports mini dump.</p>
+
+<p>[powerpc] The FreeBSD/powerpc now supports kernel core dump.</p>
+
+<p>[amd64, i386] The FreeBSD virtual memory subsystem now supports fully transparent use
+of <b class="APPLICATION">superpages</b> for application memory; application memory pages
+are dynamically promoted to or demoted from superpages without any modification to
+application code. This change offers the benefit of large page sizes such as improved
+virtual memory efficiency and reduced TLB (translation lookaside buffer) misses without
+downsides like application changes and virtual memory inflexibility. This can be enabled
+by setting a loader tunable <code class="VARNAME">vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled</code> to <tt
+class="LITERAL">1</tt> and is enabled by default on amd64.</p>
+
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ddb&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ddb</span>(8)</span></a> kernel
@@ -555,12 +568,13 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The FreeBSD DTrace subsystem now supports a probe for process execution.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] [amd64] The FreeBSD kernel virtual address space has been increased to 6GB.
-This allows subsystems to use larger virtual memory space than before. For example, <a
+This allows subsystems to use larger virtual memory space than before. For example, the
+<a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">zfs</span>(8)</span></a> adaptive
 replacement cache (ARC) requires large kernel memory space to cache file system data, so
 it benefits from the increased address space. Note that the ceiling on the kernel map
-size is now 60% of the size rather than an absolute quantity.</p>
+size is now 60% of the size of physical memory rather than an absolute quantity.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kld&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -591,20 +605,11 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The FreeBSD 32-bit system call translation layer now supports installing 32-bit
 system calls for <tt class="LITERAL">VFS_AIO</tt>.</p>
 
-<p>[7.2R] [amd64, i386] The FreeBSD virtual memory subsystem now supports fully
-transparent use of <b class="APPLICATION">superpages</b> for application memory;
-application memory pages are dynamically promoted to or demoted from superpages without
-any modification to application code. This change offers the benefit of large page sizes
-such as improved virtual memory efficiency and reduced TLB (translation lookaside buffer)
-misses without downsides like application changes and virtual memory inflexibility. This
-is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting a loader tunable <code
-class="VARNAME">vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled</code> to <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt>.</p>
-
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=clock_gettime&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">clock_gettime</span>(2)</span></a>
 and the related system calls now support a clock ID <tt
-class="LITERAL">CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID</tt>, defined in POSIX.</p>
+class="LITERAL">CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID</tt>, as defined in POSIX.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpuset&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -671,7 +676,7 @@
 call now supports <tt class="LITERAL">F_DUP2FD</tt> command. This is equivalent to <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dup&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">dup</span>(2)</span></a>, and
-compatible with Sun Solaris and IBM AIX.</p>
+compatible with the Sun Solaris and the IBM AIX.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The FreeBSD's <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=linux&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -683,8 +688,8 @@
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procstat&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">procstat</span>(1)</span></a>
-utility has been added. This is a process inspection utility which provides both some of
-the missing functionality from <a
+utility has been added. This is a process inspection utility which provides some of the
+missing functionality from <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">procfs</span>(5)</span></a> and
 new functionality for monitoring and debugging specific processes.</p>
@@ -692,8 +697,8 @@
 <p>[7.1R] The client side functionality of <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rpc.lockd</span>(8)</span></a> has
-been implemented in FreeBSD kernel. This implementation provides the correct semantics
-for <a
+been implemented in the FreeBSD kernel. This implementation provides the correct
+semantics for <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=flock&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">flock</span>(2)</span></a> style
 locks which are used by the <a
@@ -727,8 +732,8 @@
 status is returned in a waitable state and <code class="OPTION">WSTOPPED</code> which is
 equivalent to <code class="OPTION">WUNTRACED</code>.</p>
 
-<p>[7.1R] [amd64, i386, sparc64] The FreeBSD kernel now supports initial support of
-binding interrupts to CPUs.</p>
+<p>[7.1R] [amd64, i386, sparc64] The FreeBSD kernel now has initial support of binding
+interrupts to CPUs.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] [amd64, i386] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sched_ule&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -753,12 +758,17 @@
 utility now supports a new <code class="OPTION">-i</code> option to set the volume
 ID.</p>
 
+<p>[arm, powerpc] The <a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">loader</span>(8)</span></a> now
+supports U-Boot support library.</p>
+
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=boot&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">boot</span>(8)</span></a> now
 supports 4-byte volume ID that certain versions of <span
-class="TRADEMARK">Windows</span>&reg; put into the MBR and invoking PXE by pressing F6
-key on some supported BIOSes.</p>
+class="TRADEMARK">Windows</span>&reg; put into the MBR and invoking PXE by pressing the
+F6 key on some supported BIOSes.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] [i386] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=boot&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -800,54 +810,76 @@
 <hr />
 <h4 class="SECT3"><a id="PROC" name="PROC">2.2.2 Hardware Support</a></h4>
 
-<p>The FreeBSD now includes an experimental support for MIPS platform.</p>
+<p>The FreeBSD now includes experimental support for MIPS platform.</p>
+
+<p>Support for RTC on Dallas Semiconductor chips has been improved. The DS133x and DS1553
+are now supported.</p>
+
+<p>[arm] The FreeBSD/arm now supports Feroceon and Sheeva embedded CPU, Marvell Orion
+(88F5281), Kirkwood (88F6281), Discovery Innovation (MV-78100) systems-on-chip CPU.</p>
+
+<p>[powerpc] The FreeBSD/powerpc now supports SMP machines</p>
+
+<p>[powerpc] The FreeBSD/powerpc now supports E500 (Book-E) embedded CPU and Freescale
+PowerQUICCIII MPC85xx system-on-chip (including single and dual-core).</p>
 
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">acpi</span>(4)</span></a>
-subsystem now supports System Resource Affinity Table (SRAT) used to describe affinity
-relationships between CPUs and memory, ACPI 3.0 fields in the MADT including X2APIC
-entries and UIDs for local SAPICs, and ACPI 3.0 flags in the FADT.</p>
+subsystem now supports the System Resource Affinity Table (SRAT) used to describe
+affinity relationships between CPUs and memory, ACPI 3.0 fields in the MADT including
+X2APIC entries and UIDs for local SAPICs, and ACPI 3.0 flags in the FADT.</p>
 
 <p>[powerpc] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpufreq&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cpufreq</span>(4)</span></a> now
-supports PowerPC G5, along with a skeleton SMU driver in order to slew CPU voltage during
-frequency changes.</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cpufreq</span>(4)</span></a>
+framework now supports PowerPC G5, along with a skeleton SMU driver in order to slew CPU
+voltage during frequency changes.</p>
 
 <p>The sec(4) driver has been added to provide support for the integrated security engine
 found in Freescale system-on-chip devices.</p>
 
 <p>The FreeBSD TTY layer has been replaced with a new one which has better support for
 SMP and robust resource handling. A tty now has own mutex and it is expected to improve
-scalability when compared to the old implementation based on Giant lock.</p>
+scalability when compared to the old implementation based on the Giant lock.</p>
 
 <p>[amd64, i386] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uart&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">uart</span>(4)</span></a> is now
-the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the <a
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">uart</span>(4)</span></a> driver
+is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sio&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sio</span>(4)</span></a> driver.
-Note that the device nodes have been renamed with <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/cuau<tt
+Note that the device nodes have been renamed from <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/cuad<tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>N</i></tt></tt> and <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ttyd<tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>N</i></tt></tt> to <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/cuau<tt
 class="REPLACEABLE"><i>N</i></tt></tt> and <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ttyu<tt
 class="REPLACEABLE"><i>N</i></tt></tt>.</p>
 
+<div class="IMPORTANT">
+<blockquote class="IMPORTANT">
+<p><b>Important:</b> Users who are upgrading will need to change their kernel
+configurations and possibly also <tt class="FILENAME">/boot/loader.conf</tt> and <tt
+class="FILENAME">/boot/device.hints</tt>.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</div>
+
 <p>The FreeBSD USB subsystem has been reimplemented to support modern devices and better
-SMP scalability. The new implementation includes Giant-lock-free device drivers, Linux
+SMP scalability. The new implementation includes Giant-lock-free device drivers, a Linux
 compatibility layer, <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=usbconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">usbconfig</span>(8)</span></a>
-utility, full support for split transaction and isochronous transaction, and so on.
-Device node names for USB devices are now in a the form of <tt
-class="FILENAME">/dev/usb/<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>bus</i></tt>.<tt
-class="REPLACEABLE"><i>dev</i></tt>.<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>iface</i></tt>.<tt
+utility, full support for split transaction and isochronous transaction, and more. Device
+node names for USB devices are now in a the form of <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/usb/<tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>bus</i></tt>.<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>dev</i></tt>.<tt
 class="REPLACEABLE"><i>endpoint</i></tt></tt>, and <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/usbctl</tt>
-is the master device node. The name <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ugen0.1</tt> in the
-previous releases has been renamed as <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ugen/0.1.0.0</tt>, for
-example.</p>
+is the master device node. Note that the <a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ugen</span>(4)</span></a> driver
+has nodes for each device as <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ugen<tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>bus</i></tt>.<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>dev</i></tt></tt> for
+backward compatibility.</p>
 
-<p>[7.2R] [sparc64] The FreeBSD now supports Ultra SPARC III (Cheetah) processor
-family.</p>
+<p>[7.2R] [sparc64] FreeBSD now supports Ultra SPARC III (Cheetah) processor family.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -916,7 +948,7 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=u3g&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">u3g</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 for USB based 3G cards and dongles including Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G, Qualcomm
-CDMA MSM, Huawei E220, Novatel U740, Sierra MC875U, and so on has been added. This
+CDMA MSM, Huawei E220, Novatel U740, Sierra MC875U, and more has been added. This
 provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by many 3G USB/PC Card
 modems, and the device is accessed through the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ucom&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -928,11 +960,11 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sched_ule&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sched_ule</span>(4)</span></a>
-scheduler now supports a loader tunable <code
-class="VARNAME">machdep.hyperthreading_enabled</code> as the <a
+scheduler now supports the loader tunable <code
+class="VARNAME">machdep.hyperthreading_enabled</code> just like <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sched_4bsd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sched_4bsd</span>(4)</span></a>
-does. Note that it cannot be modified at run-time.</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sched_4bsd</span>(4)</span></a>.
+Note that it cannot be modified at run-time.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cmx&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -942,10 +974,10 @@
 <p>[7.1R] [sparc64] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kbdmux&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kbdmux</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-has been added. The <a
+now supports sparc64. The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sunkbd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sunkbd</span>(4)</span></a> now
-supports <a
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sunkbd</span>(4)</span></a> driver
+now supports <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atkbd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">atkbd</span>(4)</span></a>
 emulation like <a
@@ -956,8 +988,8 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] An option of the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=puc&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">puc</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-<tt class="LITERAL">PUC_FASTINTR</tt> has been no longer supported.</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">puc</span>(4)</span></a> driver,
+<tt class="LITERAL">PUC_FASTINTR</tt>, is no longer supported.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=psm&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -978,7 +1010,7 @@
 
 <p>The FreeBSD audio subsystem has been improved. The changes include volume per channel,
 high quality fixed-point band-limited SINC sampling rate converter, bit-perfect mode,
-transparent/adaptive virtual channel, and exclusive stream. For more details, see <a
+transparent/adaptive virtual channel, and exclusive stream. For more details, see the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=snd&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">snd</span>(4)</span></a> manual
 page.</p>
@@ -988,21 +1020,22 @@
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">agp</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 now supports Intel G4X series graphics chipsets.</p>
 
-<p>[7.2R] The DRM, a kernel module named Direct Rendering Manager that gives direct
-hardware access to DRI clients, has been updated. Support for AMD/ATI r500, r600, r700,
-and IGP based chips, XGI V3XE/V5/V8, and Intel i915 chipsets has been improved.</p>
+<p>[7.2R] The Direct Rendering Manager (<b class="APPLICATION">DRM</b>), a kernel module
+that gives direct hardware access to DRI clients, has been updated. Support for AMD/ATI
+r500, r600, r700, and IGP based chips, XGI V3XE/V5/V8, and Intel i915 chipsets has been
+improved.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] A new loader tunable <code class="VARNAME">hw.drm.msi</code> has been added to
 control if DRM uses MSI or not. This is set to <tt class="LITERAL">1</tt> (enabled) by
 default.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The snd_au88x0(4) driver for Aureal Vortex 1/2/Advantage PCI has been removed
-because this was broken for a long time.</p>
+because it has been broken for a long time.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=snd_hda&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">snd_hda</span>(4)</span></a>
-driver has been updated. This changes include support for multiple codec per HDA bus,
+driver has been updated. These changes include support for multiple codecs per HDA bus,
 multiple functional groups per codec, multiple audio devices per functional group,
 digital (SPDIF/HDMI) audio input/output, suspend/resume, and part of multichannel
 audio.</p>
@@ -1011,8 +1044,8 @@
 updated driver often provides several PCM devices. This means that in some cases the
 system default audio device no longer corresponds to the users's habitual audio
 connectors. In such cases the default device can be specified in audio applications'
-setup or defined globally via <code class="VARNAME">hw.snd.default_unit sysctl</code>, as
-described in the <a
+setup or defined globally via <code class="VARNAME">hw.snd.default_unit</code> sysctl
+variable, as described in the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sound&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sound</span>(4)</span></a> manual
 page.</p>
@@ -1020,7 +1053,7 @@
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">agp</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-now supports Intel G33 and G45.</p>
+now supports the Intel G33 and G45.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] [i386] The <tt class="FILENAME">dpms(4)</tt> driver has been added to use the
 VESA BIOS for DPMS during suspend and resume.</p>
@@ -1057,7 +1090,7 @@
 
 <ul>
 <li>
-<p>The multicast filter re-programming becomes robust.</p>
+<p>The multicast filter re-programming is now more robust.</p>
 </li>
 
 <li>
@@ -1084,15 +1117,19 @@
 
 <li>
 <p>[7.2R] VLAN hardware tag insertion/stripping support and Tx/Rx checksum offload for
-VLAN frames support have been added. Note that the VLAN hardware assistance is available
+VLAN frames support has been added. Note that the VLAN hardware assistance is available
 only on 82550 or 82551-based controllers.</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>[arm, powerpc] The mge(4) driver has been added to provide support for Marvell Gigabit
+Ethernet controllers found on ARM-based SOCs (Orion, Kirkwood, Discovery), as well as on
+system controllers for PowerPC processors (MV64430, MV6446x).</p>
+
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=miibus&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">miibus</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-now supports Marvell 88E3016.</p>
+now supports the Marvell 88E3016.</p>
 
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1116,6 +1153,10 @@
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">nge</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 has been improved and now works on all platforms.</p>
 
+<p>The tsec(4) driver has been added to provide support for Freescale integrated
+Three-Speed Ethernet Controller (TSEC). This driver also works with the enhanced version
+of the controller (eTSEC).</p>
+
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">uath</span>(4)</span></a> driver
@@ -1155,7 +1196,7 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">axe</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 has been improved in performance by eliminating extra context switches and now supports
-Apple USB Ethernet adapter.</p>
+the Apple USB Ethernet adapter.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bce&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1172,7 +1213,7 @@
 <p>[7.2R] A bug in the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=igb&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">igb</span>(4)</span></a> driver,
-which prevents the loader tunable <code class="VARNAME">hw.igb.ave_latency</code> from
+which prevented the loader tunable <code class="VARNAME">hw.igb.ave_latency</code> from
 working, has been fixed.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
@@ -1188,7 +1229,7 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">msk</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-has been improved. An issue which makes it hang up in a certain condition has been fixed.
+has been improved. An issue which made it hang up in a certain condition has been fixed.
 Hardware MAC statistics support has been added and users can get the information via
 sysctl variables named <code class="VARNAME">dev.msk.<tt
 class="REPLACEABLE"><i>N</i></tt>.stats</code>.</p>
@@ -1209,7 +1250,7 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE"><span
  class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">rl</span>(4)</span></a> driver has been
-improved. It now detects the link status and a bug which prevents it from working on
+improved. It now detects the link status and a bug which prevented it from working on
 systems with more than 4GB memory has been fixed.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] A bug in <a
@@ -1290,11 +1331,6 @@
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hme</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 has been improved.</p>
 
-<p>[7.1R] The <a
-href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ixgbe&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ixgbe</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-has been updated to version 1.6.2 from Intel.</p>
-
 <p>[7.1R] A bug in some of the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=miibus&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">miibus</span>(4)</span></a>
@@ -1346,7 +1382,7 @@
 This is a kernel network dispatch interface which allows device drivers (and other packet
 sources) to direct packets to protocols for directly dispatched or deferred processing.
 The new implementation supports up to one netisr thread per CPU, and several benchmarks
-on SMP machines show substantial performance improvement over the old one.</p>
+on SMP machines show substantial performance improvement over the previous version.</p>
 
 <p>A bug in the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gif&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1374,8 +1410,8 @@
 page.</p>
 
 <p>The IGMPv3 and SSM (Source-Specific Multicast) including IPv6 SSM and MLDv2 have been
-added. Although the old KAME MLDv2 hooks has been replaced with the new implementation,
-the related kernel programming interface is preserved.</p>
+added. Although the old KAME MLDv2 hooks have been replaced with the new implementation,
+the related kernel programming interfaces have been preserved.</p>
 
 <p>The multicast routing code has been improved and the IPv4 and IPv6 support has been
 split.</p>
@@ -1501,14 +1537,14 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bpf&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bpf</span>(4)</span></a> now
 supports an ioctl <tt class="LITERAL">BIOCSETFNR</tt>. This is just like <tt
-class="LITERAL">BIOCSETF</tt> but it does not drop all the packets buffered on the
+class="LITERAL">BIOCSETF</tt>, but it does not drop all the packets buffered on the
 descriptor and reset the statistics.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=if_bridge&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">if_bridge</span>(4)</span></a> now
-allow to limit the number of source MACs that can be behind a bridge interface via <tt
-class="LITERAL">ifmaxaddr</tt> parameter of <a
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">if_bridge</span>(4)</span></a>
+interface can limit the number of source MACs that can be behind a bridge interface via
+<tt class="LITERAL">ifmaxaddr</tt> parameter of <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>.</p>
 
@@ -1529,8 +1565,8 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=enc&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">enc</span>(4)</span></a> now
-supports sysctl variables to control whether the firewalls or <a
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">enc</span>(4)</span></a> interface
+now supports sysctl variables to control whether the firewalls or <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bpf&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">bpf</span>(4)</span></a> will see
 inner and outer headers or just inner or outer headers for incoming and outgoing IPsec
@@ -1548,7 +1584,7 @@
 subsystem that PMTU was broken in those cases when there was a route with a lower MTU
 than the MTU of the outgoing interface, has been fixed.</p>
 
-<p>[7.1R] The netatm subsystem has been removed due to lacking of multiprocessor
+<p>[7.1R] The netatm subsystem has been removed due to lacking multiprocessor
 support.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
@@ -1572,9 +1608,9 @@
 is accepted by certain name servers as well as other popular operating systems' resolver
 library.</p>
 
-<p>[7.1R] A socket option <tt class="LITERAL">TCP_CONGESTION</tt> for TCP socket has been
-added. This is for setting and retrieving the congestion control algorithm. The name used
-is to allow compatibility with Linux.</p>
+<p>[7.1R] A socket option <tt class="LITERAL">TCP_CONGESTION</tt> for TCP sockets has
+been added. This is for setting and retrieving the congestion control algorithm. The name
+used is to allow compatibility with Linux.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rwlock&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1701,19 +1737,19 @@
 file and rebuild the kernel:</p>
 
 <pre class="PROGRAMLISTING">
-device ahci
-device  siis
+device    ahci
+device    siis
 </pre>
 
 <p>The current implementation supports AHCI-compliant controllers and SiliconImage
 SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 controllers. The device node of an ATA drive is <tt
-class="LITERAL">ada</tt> and one of an ATAPI drive is <tt class="LITERAL">cd</tt>.</p>
+class="LITERAL">ada</tt> and an ATAPI drive is <tt class="LITERAL">cd</tt>.</p>
 
 <p>The FreeBSD iSCSI initiator implementation has been improved and supports IPv6.</p>
 
 <p>A userland utility <a
-href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mftutil&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mftutil</span>(8)</span></a> for
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfiutil&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mfiutil</span>(8)</span></a> for
 the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mfi</span>(4)</span></a> devices
@@ -1736,7 +1772,8 @@
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">siis</span>(4)</span></a> driver
 has been added to provide support for SiliconImage SiI3124/3132/3531 SATA2 controllers.
 It supports Serial ATA and ATAPI devices, port multipliers (including FIS-based
-switching), hardware command queues (31 command per port) and Native Command Queuing.</p>
+switching), hardware command queues (31 commands per port) and Native Command
+Queuing.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1806,7 +1843,7 @@
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hptmv&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">hptmv</span>(4)</span></a> driver
-has been updated to version 1.16 from the vendor.</p>
+has been updated to version 1.16 from HighPoint.</p>
 
 <p>[7.2R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mmc&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -1914,6 +1951,16 @@
 <hr />
 <h4 class="SECT3"><a id="FS" name="FS">2.2.5 File Systems</a></h4>
 
+<p>&#8220;dangerously dedicated&#8221; mode for the UFS file system is no longer
+supported.</p>
+
+<div class="IMPORTANT">
+<blockquote class="IMPORTANT">
+<p><b>Important:</b> Such disks will need to be reformatted to work with this
+release.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</div>
+
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gvinum&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gvinum</span>(8)</span></a> now
@@ -1959,7 +2006,8 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount_newnfs&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mount_newnfs</span>(8)</span></a>
 program has also been added. The old, unmaintained NFSv4 client based on an
-implementation at University of Michigan was removed from the FreeBSD source tree.</p>
+implementation from the University of Michigan was removed from the FreeBSD source
+tree.</p>
 
 <p>The FreeBSD NFS subsystem now uses TCP as the default transport.</p>
 
@@ -2037,7 +2085,7 @@
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">awk</span>(1)</span></a> utility
-now supports 64 files. The upper limit was 20 in the prior releases.</p>
+now supports 64 files. The upper limit was 20 in prior releases.</p>
 
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsnmpd&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -2055,7 +2103,7 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cp&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE"><span
  class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">cp</span>(1)</span></a> now use a
 larger buffer if the number of pages of the physical memory on the system is grater than
-32k. This reduces a number of context switches.</p>
+32k. This reduces the number of context switches.</p>
 
 <p>A new BSD-licensed <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cpio&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -2162,6 +2210,11 @@
 name for use by the backup. This is enabled by default.</p>
 
 <p>The <a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gdbserver&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gdbserver</span>(1)</span></a> now
+supports arm and powerpc platforms.</p>
+
+<p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpt&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gpt</span>(8)</span></a> program
 has been removed in favor of <a
@@ -2237,7 +2290,7 @@
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">route</span>(8)</span></a> utility
 now supports <tt class="COMMAND">show</tt>, <tt class="COMMAND">weights</tt>, and <tt
-class="COMMAND">sticky</tt> commands. For more details, see <a
+class="COMMAND">sticky</tt> commands. For more details, see the <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">route</span>(8)</span></a> manual
 page.</p>
@@ -2264,6 +2317,46 @@
 translation relies on the <tt class="LITERAL">AT_EXECPATH</tt> auxinfo supplied by the
 FreeBSD kernel.</p>
 
+<p>It is no longer possible to create UFS filesystems in &#8220;dangerously
+dedicated&#8221; mode using <a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+since this mode is no longer supported.</p>
+
+<p><a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+menus have been simplified to reduce confusion and duplication with other parts of the
+system. The <b class="APPLICATION">Xorg</b> window system should be installed just like
+any other package. Configuration of <b class="APPLICATION">Linux</b> and <b
+class="APPLICATION">OSF/1</b> emulation should be done via kernel rebuilds. Support for
+installation from tape media was removed as it was believed to be broken. Obsolete code
+to support <tt class="LITERAL">OLDCARD</tt> was also removed.</p>
+
+<p><a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+now understands how to use unsliced USB drives as installation source media via <tt
+class="FILENAME">/dev/da<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>X</i></tt><tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>a</i></tt></tt></p>
+
+<p><a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+now recognizes the new <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/ada<tt
+class="REPLACEABLE"><i>X</i></tt></tt> disk devices, if compiled into the kernel.</p>
+
+<p><a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+now uses the <tt class="FILENAME">freebsd-doc-<tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>*</i></tt></tt>
+packages for localized documents.</p>
+
+<p><a
+href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
+now ejects the CDROM after installation if it was used as source media.</p>
+
 <p>The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">traceroute</span>(8)</span></a>
@@ -2708,13 +2801,14 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a> now
-supports display of WPS IE (Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element).</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ifconfig</span>(8)</span></a>
+command now supports display of WPS IE (Wireless Provisioning Services Information
+Element).</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kgdb&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kgdb</span>(1)</span></a> now
-supports an <tt class="COMMAND">add-kld <tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>kld</i></tt></tt>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kgdb</span>(1)</span></a> command
+now supports an <tt class="COMMAND">add-kld <tt class="REPLACEABLE"><i>kld</i></tt></tt>
 command to locate a <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kld&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kld</span>(4)</span></a> and load
@@ -2722,8 +2816,8 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kgdb&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kgdb</span>(1)</span></a> now has
-a shared library backend for kernel files that treats <a
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kgdb</span>(1)</span></a> command
+now has a shared library backend for kernel files that treats <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kld&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">kld</span>(4)</span></a> as shared
 libraries and auto-loading symbols for <a
@@ -2756,8 +2850,8 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdconfig&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mdconfig</span>(8)</span></a> now
-supports a <code class="OPTION">-v</code> (verbose) flag to <code
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mdconfig</span>(8)</span></a>
+command now supports a <code class="OPTION">-v</code> (verbose) flag to <code
 class="OPTION">-l</code> command. It shows size and backing store of all <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=md&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE"><span
  class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">md</span>(4)</span></a> devices at one
@@ -2796,8 +2890,9 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mv&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE"><span
- class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mv</span>(1)</span></a> now support
-POSIX specification when moving a directory to an existing directory across devices.</p>
+ class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">mv</span>(1)</span></a> command now
+support POSIX specification when moving a directory to an existing directory across
+devices.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -2843,8 +2938,8 @@
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=realpath&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">realpath</span>(1)</span></a>
-utility now supports a <code class="OPTION">-q</code> flag to suppress warnings; it now
-also accepts multiple paths on its command line.</p>
+utility now supports a <code class="OPTION">-q</code> flag to suppress warnings and
+accepts multiple paths on its command line.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rfcomm_pppd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -2867,15 +2962,16 @@
 <p>[7.1R] A bug in <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=telnetd&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">telnetd</span>(8)</span></a> that
-it attempts authentication even when <code class="OPTION">-a off</code> option is
-specified has been fixed.</p>
+caused it to attempt authentication even when <code class="OPTION">-a off</code> option
+is specified has been fixed.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
 <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">top</span>(1)</span></a> and <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmstat&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">vmstat</span>(8)</span></a> now
-support <code class="OPTION">-P</code> flag which displays per-CPU statistics.</p>
+<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">vmstat</span>(8)</span></a>
+commands now support <code class="OPTION">-P</code> flag which displays per-CPU
+statistics.</p>
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uuid_enc_le&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
@@ -2902,9 +2998,9 @@
 
 <p>[7.1R] The <a
 href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ypserv&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE">
-<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ypserv</span>(8)</span></a> now
-supports a <code class="OPTION">-P</code> option to specify the port number on which it
-should listen.</p>

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