svn commit: r186759 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes

Hiroki Sato hrs at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jan 5 05:53:15 UTC 2009


Author: hrs
Date: Mon Jan  5 05:53:14 2009
New Revision: 186759
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186759

Log:
  - Trim old items.
  - Fix indent.

Modified:
  stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml

Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
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 ]>
 
 <article>
-<articleinfo>
-  <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
+  <articleinfo>
+    <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
 
-  <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor>
+    <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor>
 
-  <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
+    <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
 
-  <copyright>
-    <year>2000</year>
-    <year>2001</year>
-    <year>2002</year>
-    <year>2003</year>
-    <year>2004</year>
-    <year>2005</year>
-    <year>2006</year>
-    <year>2007</year>
-    <year>2008</year>
-    <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
-  </copyright>
-
-  <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
-    &tm-attrib.freebsd;
-    &tm-attrib.ibm;
-    &tm-attrib.ieee;
-    &tm-attrib.intel;
-    &tm-attrib.sparc;
-    &tm-attrib.general;
-  </legalnotice>
-
-  <abstract>
-    <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary
-      of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
-      &release.branch; development line.
-      This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since
-      the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os;
-      kernel and userland.
-      Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para>
-  </abstract>
-</articleinfo>
-
-<sect1 id="intro">
-  <title>Introduction</title>
-
-  <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
-    &release.current;.  It
-    describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;.
-    It also provides some notes on upgrading
-    from previous versions of &os;.</para>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2000</year>
+      <year>2001</year>
+      <year>2002</year>
+      <year>2003</year>
+      <year>2004</year>
+      <year>2005</year>
+      <year>2006</year>
+      <year>2007</year>
+      <year>2008</year>
+      <year>2009</year>
+      <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
+    </copyright>
+
+    <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
+      &tm-attrib.freebsd;
+      &tm-attrib.ibm;
+      &tm-attrib.ieee;
+      &tm-attrib.intel;
+      &tm-attrib.sparc;
+      &tm-attrib.general;
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    <abstract>
+      <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary
+	of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
+	&release.branch; development line.
+	This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since
+	the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os;
+	kernel and userland.
+	Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para>
+    </abstract>
+  </articleinfo>
+
+  <sect1 id="intro">
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+
+    <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
+      &release.current;.  It
+      describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;.
+      It also provides some notes on upgrading
+      from previous versions of &os;.</para>
 
 <![ %release.type.current [
 
-  <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
-    apply represents the latest point along the &release.branch; development
-    branch since &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built, binary
-    &release.type; distributions along this branch
-    can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
+    <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
+      apply represents the latest point along the &release.branch; development
+      branch since &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built, binary
+      &release.type; distributions along this branch
+      can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
 
 ]]>
 
 <![ %release.type.snapshot [
 
-  <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
-    apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
-    branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;.
-    Information regarding
-    pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch
-    can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
+    <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
+      apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
+      branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;.
+      Information regarding
+      pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch
+      can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
 
 ]]>
 
 <![ %release.type.release [
 
-  <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a
-    &release.type; distribution.  It can be found at <ulink
-    url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors.  More
-    information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type;
-    distributions of &os; can be found in the <ulink
-    url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
-    &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink
-    url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os;
-    Handbook</ulink>.</para>
+    <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a
+      &release.type; distribution.  It can be found at <ulink
+      url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors.  More
+      information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type;
+      distributions of &os; can be found in the <ulink
+      url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
+      &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink
+      url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; Handbook</ulink>.</para>
 
 ]]>
 
-  <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before
-    installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
-    <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
-    release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
-    information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to
-    documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
-    &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1 id="new">
-  <title>What's New</title>
-
-  <para>This section describes
-    the most user-visible new or changed features in &os;
-    since &release.prev;.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>Typical release note items
-    document recent security advisories issued after
-    &release.prev;,
-    new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options,
-    major bug fixes, or contributed software upgrades.  They may also
-    list changes to major ports/packages or release engineering
-    practices.  Clearly the release notes cannot list every single
-    change made to &os; between releases; this document focuses
-    primarily on security advisories, user-visible changes, and major
-    architectural improvements.</para>
-
-  <sect2 id="security">
-    <title>Security Advisories</title>
-
-    <para></para>
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2 id="kernel">
-    <title>Kernel Changes</title>
-
-    <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture
-      facility.  Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured
-      to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or
-      a textdump.  The new <command>capture</command> command controls
-      this feature.</para>
-
-    <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting
-      facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a
-      set of &man.ddb.4; commands.  These commands can be managed from
-      within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8;
-      utility.  More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual
-      page.</para>
-
-    <para>The kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel
-      dumps.  A textdump provides higher-level information via
-      mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a
-      simple memory dump.  This facility can be used to generate brief
-      kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but
-      are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely
-      synchronized source code.  More information can be found in the
-      &man.textdump.4; manual page.</para>
-
-    <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The ULE
-      scheduler is now the default process scheduler
-      in <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernels.</para>
+    <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before
+      installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
+      <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
+      release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
+      information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to
+      documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
+      &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="new">
+    <title>What's New</title>
+
+    <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed
+      features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para>
+
+    <para>Typical release note items document recent security
+      advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
+      support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
+      contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
+      major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
+      the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
+      between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
+      advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
+      improvements.</para>
 
-    <sect3 id="boot">
-      <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
+    <sect2 id="security">
+      <title>Security Advisories</title>
 
       <para></para>
+    </sect2>
 
-      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The BTX kernel used by the boot
-	loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real
-	mode.  This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB
-	devices.</para>
-
-      <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has
-        been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk.  A
-        new <command>boot</command> command has been added to
-        &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the
-        required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot
-        partition if required.</para>
-
-    </sect3>
-
-    <sect3 id="proc">
-      <title>Hardware Support</title>
-
-      <para>The &man.cmx.4; driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040
-        PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added.</para>
-
-      <para>The &man.uslcom.4; driver, a driver for Silicon
-        Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, has been
-        imported from OpenBSD.</para>
-
-      <sect4 id="mm">
-	<title>Multimedia Support</title>
-
-	<para></para>
-      </sect4>
-
-      <sect4 id="net-if">
-	<title>Network Interface Support</title>
-
-	<para>The &man.ale.4; driver has been added to provide support
-	  for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet controllers.
-	  This driver is not enabled in <filename>GENERIC</filename>
-	  kernels for this release.</para>
-
-	<para>The &man.em.4; driver has been split into two drivers
-	  with some common parts.  The &man.em.4; driver will continue
-	  to support adapters up to the 82575, as well as new
-	  client/desktop adapters.  A new &man.igb.4; driver
-	  will support new server adapters.</para>
-
-	<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The &man.wpi.4; driver has
-	  been updated to include a number of stability fixes.</para>
-
-      </sect4>
-    </sect3>
-
-    <sect3 id="net-proto">
-      <title>Network Protocols</title>
+    <sect2 id="kernel">
+      <title>Kernel Changes</title>
 
       <para></para>
 
-    </sect3>
-
-    <sect3 id="disks">
-      <title>Disks and Storage</title>
+      <sect3 id="boot">
+	<title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 
-      <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes larger than
-        2TB in size.</para>
+	<para></para>
+      </sect3>
 
-      <para>The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2
-        from Highpoint.</para>
+      <sect3 id="proc">
+	<title>Hardware Support</title>
 
-    </sect3>
+	<para></para>
 
-    <sect3 id="fs">
-      <title>File Systems</title>
+	<sect4 id="mm">
+	  <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 
-      <para></para>
-    </sect3>
-  </sect2>
+	  <para></para>
+	</sect4>
 
-  <sect2 id="userland">
-    <title>Userland Changes</title>
+	<sect4 id="net-if">
+	  <title>Network Interface Support</title>
 
-    <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility now supports
-      a <option>-M</option> option to set the mode of a new user's
-      home directory.</para>
-
-    <para>&man.chflags.1; now supports a <option>-v</option> flag for
-      verbose output and a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors
-      with the same semantics as (for example)
-      &man.chmod.1;.</para>
-
-    <para>The &man.realpath.1; utility now supports
-      a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also
-      accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para>
-
-    <para>&man.cron.8; now supports a <option>-m</option> option,
-      which can help managing cron mails in massive hosting
-      environment.</para>
+	  <para></para>
 
-    <para>&man.ypserv.8; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to
-      specify the port number on which it should listen.</para>
+	</sect4>
+      </sect3>
 
-    <sect3 id="rc-scripts">
-      <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
+      <sect3 id="net-proto">
+	<title>Network Protocols</title>
 
-      <para></para>
-    </sect3>
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2 id="contrib">
-    <title>Contributed Software</title>
+	<para></para>
 
-    <para><application>AMD</application> has been updated from 6.0.10
-      to 6.1.5.</para>
+      </sect3>
 
-    <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from 1 May
-      2007 release to the 23 October 2007 release.</para>
+      <sect3 id="disks">
+	<title>Disks and Storage</title>
 
-    <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from 1.0.4
-      to 1.0.5.</para>
+	<para></para>
 
-    <para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the
-      Figwort release to the Hydrangea release.</para>
+      </sect3>
 
-    <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from
-      4.5p1 to 5.1p1.</para>
+      <sect3 id="fs">
+	<title>File Systems</title>
 
-    <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from
-      8.14.2 to 8.14.3.</para>
+	<para></para>
+      </sect3>
+    </sect2>
 
-    <para>The timezone database has been updated from
-      the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to
-      the <application>tzdata2008b</application> release.</para>
+    <sect2 id="userland">
+      <title>Userland Changes</title>
 
-  </sect2>
+      <para></para>
 
-  <sect2 id="ports">
-    <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
+      <sect3 id="rc-scripts">
+	<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
 
-    <para></para>
+	<para></para>
+      </sect3>
+    </sect2>
 
-  </sect2>
+    <sect2 id="contrib">
+      <title>Contributed Software</title>
 
-  <sect2 id="releng">
-    <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
+      <para></para>
+    </sect2>
 
-    <para>The supported version of
-      the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment
-      (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) has been
-      updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22.</para>
+    <sect2 id="ports">
+      <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
 
-  </sect2>
+      <para></para>
 
-  <sect2 id="doc">
-    <title>Documentation</title>
+    </sect2>
 
-    <para></para>
-  </sect2>
-</sect1>
+    <sect2 id="releng">
+      <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 
-<sect1 id="upgrade">
-  <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title>
+      <para></para>
+    </sect2>
 
-  <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE,
-    binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the
-    various security branches) are supported using the
-    &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade procedure will
-    update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified GENERIC or
-    SMP kernels distributed as a part of an official &os; release.
-    The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the host being
-    upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
+    <sect2 id="doc">
+      <title>Documentation</title>
 
-  <para>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the
-    <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main &man.sysinstall.8;
-    menu on CDROM distribution media.  This type of binary upgrade
-    may be useful on non-&arch.i386;, non-&arch.amd64; machines
-    or on systems with no Internet connectivity.</para>
+      <para></para>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
 
-  <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
-    base system from source code) from previous versions are
-    supported, according to the instructions in
-    <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
+  <sect1 id="upgrade">
+    <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title>
 
-  <important>
-    <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after
-      backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration
-      files.</para>
-  </important>
-</sect1>
+    <para arch="amd64,i386">Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, binary
+      upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various
+      security branches) are supported using the
+      &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade procedure
+      will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified
+      GENERIC or SMP kernels distributed as a part of an official &os;
+      release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the
+      host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
+
+    <para>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the
+      <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main
+      &man.sysinstall.8; menu on CDROM distribution media.  This type
+      of binary upgrade may be useful on non-&arch.i386;,
+      non-&arch.amd64; machines or on systems with no Internet
+      connectivity.</para>
+
+    <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
+      base system from source code) from previous versions are
+      supported, according to the instructions in
+      <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
+
+    <important>
+      <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after
+	backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration
+	files.</para>
+    </important>
+  </sect1>
 </article>


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