svn commit: r54636 - in head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R: relnotes share/xml

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Oct 27 15:46:50 UTC 2020


Author: gjb
Date: Tue Oct 27 15:46:49 2020
New Revision: 54636
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/54636

Log:
  Release notes documentation:
  
  - r327082: certctl(8) utility added.
  - r352741: mps(4) removed from 32-bit powerpc GENERIC kernel.
  - r354060: create tap(4)/tun(4) /dev devices when renamed.
  - r357078: showmount(8) long options support.
  - r357568: fsck_msdosfs(8) several updates.
  - r358803: ctau(4) and cx(4) deprecated in 13.x.
  - r358970: cxgbe(4) 1.24.12.0.
  - r359694: RFC6598 support in ipfw(4).
  - r359697: allow ng_nat(4) to attach to ethernet interface.
  - r359739: syslogd(8) property-based filters.
  - r361044: ubsec(4) deprecated in 13.x.
  - r362687: sed(1) '-f -' reads commands from stdin(4).
  - r363037: libifconfig bridge(4) status reporting.
  - r363441: hostapd(8) and wpa_supplicant(8) 802.11 enhancements.
  - r363712: ixl(4) enabled for powerpc64.
  - r363876: ixl(4) 1.11.29.
  - r364002: machdep.kdb_on_nmi is gone; machdep.panic_on_nmi changed.
  - r364003: APEI support.
  - r364115: sesutil(8) 'show' subcommand.
  - r364334: bhyve(8) support for additional AHCI parameters.
  - r364334: showmount(8) group list fix.
  - r364431: apm(4) deprecated in 13.x.
  - r364431: ufm(4) deprecated in 13.x.
  - r364883: linux_mounts_enable rc.conf(5) variable.
  - r365381: ena(4) 2.2.0.
  - r365540: devd(8) event notification type change for resume.
  - r365670: 801.11n and 802.11ac updates.
  - r365702: virtio_blk(4) TRIM support.
  - misc:
    - linux jails
  
  Sponsored by:	Rubicon Communications, LLC (netgate.com)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/relnotes/relnotes.xml
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/share/xml/sponsor.ent

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/relnotes/relnotes.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/relnotes/relnotes.xml	Mon Oct 26 19:48:25 2020	(r54635)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/relnotes/relnotes.xml	Tue Oct 27 15:46:49 2020	(r54636)
@@ -509,15 +509,56 @@
     <sect2 xml:id="userland-config">
       <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title>
 
-      <para> </para>
+      <para revision="364883" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">A new
+	&man.rc.conf.5; variable has been added,
+	<literal>linux_mounts_enable</literal>, which controls if
+	&linux;-specific filesystems are mounted in
+	<filename class="directory">/compat/linux</filename> if
+	<literal>linux_enable</literal> is set to
+	<literal>YES</literal>.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365540">The &man.devd.8; utility has been
+	updated to change the default &man.syslogd.8; notification for
+	resume from <literal>kern</literal> to
+	<literal>kernel</literal>.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs">
       <title>Userland Application Changes</title>
 
+      <para revision="353134">The &man.cron.8; utility has been
+	updated to support two new flags in &man.crontab.5;,
+	<literal>-n</literal> and <literal>-q</literal>, which
+	suppress mail on successful runs and suppress logging of
+	command execution, respectively.</para>
+
       <para revision="355520">The &man.dd.1; utility has been updated
 	to include new operands:</para>
 
+      <para revision="357568">The &man.fsck.msdosfs.8; utility has
+	been updated to include a variety of enhancements, including
+	reducing the memory footprint, a new flag,
+	<literal>-M</literal>, which disables the use of &man.mmap.2;,
+	and others.</para>
+
+      <para revision="357078">The &man.showmount.8; utility has been
+	updated to implement support for long options.</para>
+
+      <para revision="357082">The &man.certctl.8; utility has been
+	added.</para>
+
+      <para revision="359739">The &man.syslogd.8; utility has been
+	updated to add property-based filters.</para>
+
+      <para revision="362602">The &man.mountd.8; utility has been
+	updated to fix incorrect group listing under certain
+	conditions when <literal>-maproot</literal> or
+	<literal>-mapall</literal> is used for exports.</para>
+
+      <para revision="362687">The &man.sed.1; utility has been updated
+	to read commands from &man.stdin.4; when <quote><literal>-f
+	  -</literal></quote> is specified.</para>
+
       <itemizedlist>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para><literal>conv=fsync</literal></para>
@@ -541,6 +582,21 @@
       </itemizedlist>
 
       <para>See &man.dd.1; for usage details.</para>
+
+      <para revision="363441">The &man.hostapd.8; and
+	&man.wpa.supplicant.8; utilities have been updated to support
+	802.11n, 802.11w, 802.11ac, and 802.11ax.</para>
+
+      <para revision="364115">The &man.sesutil.8; utility has been
+	updated to include a <literal>show</literal> subcommand
+	to print output in a user-friendly way.</para>
+
+      <para revision="364334">The &man.bhyve.8; utility has been
+	updated to support setting additional
+	<acronym>AHCI</acronym> controller parameters.</para>
+
+      <para>The &man.jail.8; utility has been updated to allow
+	running &linux; in a jailed environment.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib">
@@ -645,7 +701,9 @@
     <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries">
       <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title>
 
-      <para> </para>
+      <para revision="363037">The <literal>ifconfig</literal> library
+	has been updated to report the status of a &man.bridge.4;
+	interface, similarly to &man.lagg.4;.</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -665,6 +723,19 @@
 	<literal>security.bsd.allow_read_dir</literal>, which when set
 	to <literal>1</literal> will restore the previous
 	behavior.</para>
+
+      <para revision="363712">The &man.ixl.4; driver has now been
+	enabled by default for &os;/&arch.powerpc64;.</para>
+
+      <para revision="364002">The
+	<literal>machdep.kdb_on_nmi</literal> &man.sysctl.8; has been
+	removed.  The <literal>machdep.panic_on_nmi</literal>
+	&man.sysctl.8; tunable has changed to directly enter the
+	debugger.</para>
+
+      <para revision="364003" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">Support
+	for <acronym>APEI</acronym> (<acronym>ACPI</acronym> Platform
+	Error Interfaces) has been added.</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -677,7 +748,18 @@
     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device">
       <title>Device Drivers</title>
 
-      <para> </para>
+      <para revision="361044">The &man.ubsec.4; driver has been marked
+	as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para>
+
+      <para revision="364431">The &man.ufm.4; driver has been marked
+	as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365542">The &man.apm.4; driver has been marked
+	as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365542" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The
+	&man.ctau.4; and &man.cx.4; drivers have been marked as
+	deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -690,7 +772,13 @@
     <sect2 xml:id="storage-general">
       <title>General Storage</title>
 
-      <para> </para>
+      <para revision="352741">The &man.mps.4; driver has been removed
+	from the 32-bit <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel
+	configuration.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365702" contrib="sponsor"
+	sponsor="&klara;">The &man.virtio.blk.4; driver has been
+	updated to support <acronym>TRIM</acronym>.</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -716,7 +804,33 @@
     <sect2 xml:id="network-general">
       <title>General Network</title>
 
-      <para> </para>
+      <para revision="354060">The &man.tap.4; and &man.tun.4; devices
+	have been updated to create <filename
+	  class="directory">/dev</filename> aliases when they are
+	renamed.</para>
+
+      <para revision="358970" contrib="sponsor"
+	sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated
+	to version 1.24.12.0.</para>
+
+      <para revision="359694">The &man.ipfw.4; driver has been updated
+	to support RFC6598/Carrier Grade NAT subnets.</para>
+
+      <para revision="359697">The &man.ng.nat.4; driver has been
+	updated to allow attaching to an ethernet interface.</para>
+
+      <para revision="363876" contrib="sponsor"
+	sponsor="&intelcorp;">The &man.ixl.4; driver has been updated
+	to version 1.11.29.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365381" contrib="sponsor"
+	sponsor="&amazon;">The &man.ena.4; driver has been updated to
+	version 2.2.0.</para>
+
+      <para revision="365670" contrib="sponsor"
+	sponsor="&netgate;">Updates to the wireless networking stack
+	and various drivers have been introduced to provide better
+	802.11n and 802.11ac support.</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/share/xml/sponsor.ent
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/share/xml/sponsor.ent	Mon Oct 26 19:48:25 2020	(r54635)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/share/xml/sponsor.ent	Tue Oct 27 15:46:49 2020	(r54636)
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY abt		"ABT Systems, Ltd.">
 <!ENTITY afrl		"AFRL">
+<!ENTITY amazon		"Amazon, Inc.">
 
 <!ENTITY cavium		"Cavium">
 <!ENTITY chelsio	"Chelsio Communications">


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