svn commit: r251231 - releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes
Hiroki Sato
hrs at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jun 1 21:28:44 UTC 2013
Author: hrs
Date: Sat Jun 1 21:28:43 2013
New Revision: 251231
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/251231
Log:
Update relnotes item:
shm_map(9) and shm_unmap(9) added,
sparc64 loader heap command,
sparc64 zfsboot and zfsloader,
amd64 extended FPU states and AVX,
pcf8563(4) added,
puc(4) Sun 1040 PCI Quad Serial support,
snd_hda(4) updated,
bce(4) IPMI fix,
bge(4) bugfix,
mxge(4) updated to 1.4.55,
ral(4) RT2800/3000 support,
if_bridge(4) duplicate ID issue fixed, linkstate and carp(4) support,
net.link.bridge.* as loader tunables,
IPv6 refcount fixes,
if_lagg(4) lagghash option added,
amr(4) bugfix,
kern.cam.pmp.hide_special sysctl added,
isci(4) bugfix,
NFS over ZFS memory leak fixed,
inetd(8) time handling fixed,
procstat(1) and fstat(1) pathname for shared memory object support,
ps(1) cow keyword added,
zfs(8) send displays transmitted data size, and
ISC BIND updated to 9.6-ESV-R7-P1.
Approved by: re (implicitly)
Modified:
releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/man-refs.ent
Modified: releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sat Jun 1 21:02:26 2013 (r251230)
+++ releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sat Jun 1 21:28:43 2013 (r251231)
@@ -266,14 +266,19 @@
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel to support break-to-debugger
capability.</para>
+ <para revision="236684">The &man.shm.map.9; and
+ &man.shm.unmap.9; functions have been added to allow in-kernel
+ code to map portions of shared memory objects created by
+ &man.shm.open.2; into the kernel's address space.</para>
+
<para revision="235502">A new &man.sysctl.8; variable
<varname>kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic</varname> has been
added. When set to <literal>1</literal>, only one thread runs
uninterruptedly after a system panic and the other CPUs are
stopped. The default value is <literal>0</literal>.</para>
- <para revision="233765,234094">A bug that changes to a mapped
- file with the &man.mmap.2; system call were not flushed
+ <para revision="233765,234094,236150">A bug that changes to a
+ mapped file with the &man.mmap.2; system call were not flushed
properly under certain circumstances has been fixed. If a
process has an NFS-backed file and adds changes to it,
normally the changes are written into the backing store
@@ -294,6 +299,10 @@
prevents a UFS1 filesystem on big endian platforms from
booting.</para>
+ <para revision="235998" arch="sparc64">&os; &man.loader.8; now
+ supports <command>heap</command> to show the heap
+ usage.</para>
+
<para revision="234694">The <application>gptboot</application>
boot block now reads the backup GPT header from the last LBA
only when the primary GPT header and tables are invalid.
@@ -301,6 +310,11 @@
&man.geom.4; providers like <literal>MIRROR</literal> which
use the last LBA for the metadata.</para>
+ <para revision="236077" arch="sparc64">&os;/&arch.sparc64; now
+ supports booting from ZFS via the
+ <filename>zfsboot</filename> boot block and
+ <filename>zfsloader</filename>.</para>
+
<para revision="234680">A bug in the
<application>zfsboot</application> boot block which could
prevent <option>-q</option> option from working has been
@@ -318,6 +332,10 @@
near-call instructions, or a long series of pop and/or
near-return instructions.</para>
+ <para revision="237009" arch="amd64">The extended FPU states
+ for native 64-bit and 32-bit ABIs have been supported. AVX
+ instructions are also enabled on capable CPUs.</para>
+
<para revision="233795" arch="amd64,i386,pc98">The
&man.atkbdc.4; driver now supports a keyboard controller
which has PnP ID <literal>PNP0320</literal>. This can be
@@ -332,12 +350,18 @@
could cause a deadlock in &man.pmcstat.8; utility has been
fixed.</para>
+ <para revision="236079">The &man.pcf8563.4; driver for the NXP
+ (Philips) PCF8563 RTC has been added.</para>
+
<para revision="234151" arch="amd64">The &man.pci.4; driver
now supports mapping between MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt)
and HyperTransport interrupt messages on HyperTransport to PCI
bus briges. This change improves handling of MSIs on AMD
CPUs.</para>
+ <para revision="236651">The &man.puc.4; driver now supports
+ Sun 1040 PCI Quad Serial.</para>
+
<para revision="233065" arch="amd64,i386">The &man.uart.4;
driver now supports Intel AMT Serial Port for Remote
Keyboard and Text (KT) Redirection (Serial Over LAN) on
@@ -360,7 +384,13 @@
<sect4 id="mm">
<title>Multimedia Support</title>
- <para></para>
+ <para revision="236750,236753">The &man.snd.hda.4; driver
+ has been updated. It now supports and provides HDMI, new
+ volume control, automatic recording source selection,
+ runtime reconfiguration, more then 4 PCM devices on a
+ controller, multichannel recording, additional
+ playback/record streams, higher bandwidth, and more
+ informative device names.</para>
</sect4>
<sect4 id="net-if">
@@ -376,6 +406,11 @@
driver has been fixed. It could prevent jumbo frame
configuration from working.</para>
+ <para revision="236217">A bug in &man.bce.4; which could
+ prevent IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
+ from working when the interface is down has been
+ fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="235819">The &man.bce.4; network driver now
supports remote PHYs, which allow the controller to perform
MDIO type accesses to a remote transceiver by using message
@@ -394,6 +429,9 @@
controller has been fixed. It reported only the number of
discarded packets.</para>
+ <para revision="236219">A bug in &man.bge.4; which could
+ make the device stop working has been fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="233744" arch="amd64,i386,pc98">&man.cas.4;,
&man.gem.4;, and &man.hme.4; drivers have been added to
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
@@ -415,11 +453,17 @@
chipsets, and Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100/130
devices.</para>
+ <para revision="236416">The &man.mxge.4; driver has been
+ updated to firmware version 1.4.55 from Myricom.</para>
+
<para revision="235666">A bug in &man.ixgbe.4; network
driver has been fixed. It could cause a packet loss in
TCP communication when TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) is
enabled.</para>
+ <para revision="236008">The &man.ral.4; network driver now
+ supports Ralink RT2800 and RT3000 chipsets.</para>
+
<para revision="233490">A bug in the &man.re.4; and
&man.rl.4; network drivers which could cause a problem on
RTL8139 family has been fixed.</para>
@@ -457,6 +501,19 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
+ <para revision="r236056">The &man.if.bridge.4; pseudo network
+ interface driver now supports multiple bridges in the same
+ STP domain. It used the same MAC address as the bridge ID
+ for all bridges on the system.</para>
+
+ <para revision="236058">The &man.if.bridge.4; now supports
+ link state change notification and works with &man.carp.4;
+ protocol.</para>
+
+ <para revision="236072">The <varname>net.link.bridge</varname>
+ &man.sysctl.8; variables can be set in &man.loader.8; and/or
+ &man.loader.conf.5; now.</para>
+
<para revision="233085">The default number of the bridge
forwarding cache entries of the &man.if.bridge.4; pseudo
network interface driver has been increased from
@@ -484,11 +541,22 @@
FIBs. One can use &man.setfib.1; to select a different
routing table for IPv6.</para>
+ <para revision="236609,236611,236827">A bug in reference
+ counting of IPv6 interface routes has been fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="233605">A bug which could cause a system panic
in multicast routing in kernel with <option>VIMAGE</option>
kernel option has been fixed. This option is disabled in
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
+ <para revision="236057">The &man.lagg.4; pseudo network
+ driver now allows to set which layers are used for the load
+ balance hash calculation. It can be set in
+ <command>ifconfig lagghash</command> option in a
+ comma-separated list. The default value is <option>lagghash
+ l2,l3,l4</option>. For more detail, see &man.ifconfig.8;
+ manual page.</para>
+
<para revision="234682">A bug in the &man.ng.patch.4;
&man.netgraph.4; node which could cause a system panic has
been fixed.</para>
@@ -527,6 +595,9 @@
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
+ <para revision="236319">A bug in the &man.amr.4; driver which
+ could cause data corruption has been fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="234912">The &man.ata.4; driver now creates
symbolic links for backward compatibility when
<option>ATA_CAM</option> kernel option is enabled. In a
@@ -547,7 +618,14 @@
is enabled or not. This option is disabled in
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
- <para revision="232942">The &man.cam.4; driver now uses
+ <para revision="236766">A new &man.sysctl.8; variable
+ <varname>kern.cam.pmp.hide_special</varname> has been added.
+ This controls whether special PMP ports such as PMP (Port
+ MultiPlier) configuration or SEMB (SATA Enclosure Management
+ Bridge) will be exposed or hidden. The default value is
+ <literal>1</literal> (hidden).</para>
+
+ <para revision="232942,236804">The &man.cam.4; driver now uses
<literal>READ CAPACITY(16)</literal> SCSI command to get
device information by default when possible. This enables
to detect whether Logical Block Provisioning (also known as
@@ -560,9 +638,9 @@
<literal>BIO_DELETE</literal> requests handled as a single
<literal>TRIM</literal> request.</para>
- <para revision="235086">The &man.da.4; now supports Olympus
- FE-210 camera, LG UP3S MP3 player, and Laser MP3-2GA13
- MP3.</para>
+ <para revision="235086,236654">The &man.umass.4; driver now
+ supports Olympus FE-210 camera, LG UP3S MP3 player, Laser
+ MP3-2GA13 MP3, and Garmin GPS devices.</para>
<para revision="232554">The &man.isci.4; driver now supports
Intel C600 Serial Attached SCSI controllers with chip IDs from
@@ -573,6 +651,11 @@
CAPACITY(16)</literal> SCSI command for an SATA device has
been fixed.</para>
+ <para revision="236264">A bug in &man.isci.4; driver which
+ could prevent <application>smartctl</application>
+ (<filename>sysutils/smartmontools</filename> in the Ports
+ Collection) from working.</para>
+
<para revision="235625">The &man.mfi.4; driver now supports
LSI MegaRAID SAS cards named "Drake Skinny" and
"ThunderBolt". This includes Dell PERC H810/H800/H710/H700
@@ -621,6 +704,12 @@
fixed. They could cause stale name cache entries on an NFS
client.</para>
+ <para revision="236147">A memory leak when a ZFS volume is
+ exported via the &os; NFS (<application>newnfs</application>)
+ server has been fixed. Note that
+ <application>oldnfs</application> is used as the default NFS
+ implementation in <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
+
<para revision="233327">&os; NFS subsystem now supports a
timeout parameter on positive name cache entries on the NFS
client side. <literal>nametimeo</literal> mount option has
@@ -705,6 +794,10 @@
profiling data for the &man.gprof.1; utility with a filename
including the process ID.</para>
+ <para revision="236875">A bug in the &man.inetd.8; daemon which
+ could cause wrong accounting for elapsed time has been
+ fixed.</para>
+
<para revision="235888">The &man.lastcomm.1; utility now
supports <option>+<replaceable>format</replaceable></option>
option to specify &man.strftime.3; format for process start
@@ -746,6 +839,14 @@
displays <varname>osreldate</varname> in binary information
for a process.</para>
+ <para revision="236699">The &man.procstat.1; and &man.fstat.1;
+ utilities now shows pathname associated with a shared memory
+ object.</para>
+
+ <para revision="236306">The &man.ps.1; utility now supports
+ <option>cow</option> keyword to show the number of
+ copy-on-write faults in a process.</para>
+
<para revision="234534">A bug in the &man.remquo.3; functions
where the quotient did not always have the correct sign when
the remainder was 0, and another bug that the remainder and
@@ -782,12 +883,17 @@
allows to not request current values from the device, but only
receive changes.</para>
- <para revision="233862"><command>zfs list -t snapshot</command>
- command has been improved dramatically in performance.</para>
-
- <para revision="233862"><command>zfs get</command> command now
- supports <option>-t
- <replaceable>datatype</replaceable></option> option.</para>
+ <para revision="233862">The &man.zfs.8; <command>list -t
+ snapshot</command> command has been improved dramatically in
+ performance.</para>
+
+ <para revision="233862">The &man.zfs.8; <command>get</command>
+ command now supports <option>-t
+ <replaceable>datatype</replaceable></option> option.</para>
+
+ <para revision="235952">The &man.zfs.8; <command>send</command>
+ command now reports transmitted data size in bytes when
+ <option>-v</option> flag is specified.</para>
<sect3 id="rcd-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
@@ -810,8 +916,8 @@
<sect2 id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title>
- <para revision="233915"><application>ISC BIND</application> has
- been updated to 9.6-ESV-R6.</para>
+ <para revision="236590"><application>ISC BIND</application> has
+ been updated to 9.6-ESV-R7-P1.</para>
<para revision="232635"><application>TENEX C shell</application>
(&man.tcsh.1;) has been updated to version 6.18.01.</para>
Modified: releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/man-refs.ent
==============================================================================
--- releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/man-refs.ent Sat Jun 1 21:02:26 2013 (r251230)
+++ releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/man-refs.ent Sat Jun 1 21:28:43 2013 (r251231)
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
<!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
+<!ENTITY man.shm.open.2 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>shm_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+
<!ENTITY man.rad.bind.to.3 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>rad_bind_to</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
<!ENTITY man.libusb.get.max.iso.packet.size.3 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libusb_get_max_iso_packet_size</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+<!ENTITY man.pcf8563.4 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pcf8563</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+
<!ENTITY man.boot.config.5 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>boot.config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+
+<!ENTITY man.shm.map.9 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>shm_map</refentrytitle><manvolnum>9</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+<!ENTITY man.shm.unmap.9 "<citerefentry><refentrytitle>shm_unmap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>9</manvolnum></citerefentry>">
+
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