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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp index 7f8f62ebd08dc..5b249e2ff830e 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE + FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE -o For information about the layout of the 2.2-RELEASE directory, see +o For information about the layout of the 2.2.1-RELEASE directory, see the ABOUT.TXT file. o For general information about FreeBSD, see README.TXT. @@ -9,11 +9,35 @@ o For general information about FreeBSD, see README.TXT. o For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT files. +2.2.1 is a small incremental fix release to 2.2, primarily aimed at +fixing: + +o Some recently discovered problems with the Adaptec 2940 driver + which could cause instability in very heavily loaded systems (like news + servers). + +o A bug which made the package installer fail from CDROM media. + +o Allow the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B to work in full-duplex mode. + +Since the 2.2.1. release follows 2.2 by just over a week, other +documentation still refers to this release as simply "2.2" since it is +a complete *replacement* for 2.2.0-RELEASE, not simply another point +release following it. + +For even more up-to-date releases along the RELENG_2_2 branch (which +is now proceeding onwards toward release 2.2.5), please install from: + + ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ + +This is a snapshot made of RELENG_2_2 on a daily basis (and containing +all the latest 2.2 fixes as of that date). + 1. What's new since 2.1.7 ------------------------- -Lots of installation bugs fixed, more pc98 changes syncronized, geeze, +Lots of installation bugs fixed, more pc98 changes synchronized, geeze, what else? gdb 4.16 has been merged from -current, most of the third-party source @@ -30,10 +54,12 @@ their `libm' previously. Javier Martin Rueda's `ex' driver has been merged, bringing support for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 network cards. +The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B now works in full-duplex mode. + The `de' driver now recognizes cards using the DE21140A chip, like the popular SMC9332BDT (10/100 Mbit/s) one. -There's now a workaround for the brokeness of the frequently used +There's now a workaround for the brokenness of the frequently used CMD640 PCI IDE chip in the sources, albeit still disabled by default in 2.2. @@ -65,7 +91,10 @@ Support for SNMP-style interface MIBs, including full RFC drivers. /stand/sysinstall moved even more towards becoming a more general -system management tool. +system management tool. You can actually add a new, from-scratch +formatted disk with it now, from partition label to filesystem +creation (though it still doesn't modify your /etc/fstab file to +make it permanent). The syscons and psm drivers now have a new underlying shared keyboard driver, eliminating many of the previously existing problems with @@ -94,7 +123,7 @@ freed area with junk in order to detect semantical problems in programs that use malloc. The `netatalk' implementation of AppleTalk has been integrated into -the sources, most of the integration work courtesy Wistle Communic- +the sources, most of the integration work courtesy Whistle Communic- ations Corp. The mount option `async' allows asynchronous metadata updates on UFS @@ -205,12 +234,12 @@ Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI controllers: - ASUS SC-200 - Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) - NCR cards (all) - Symbios cards (all) - Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F - Tyan S1365 + ASUS SC-200 + Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) + NCR cards (all) + Symbios cards (all) + Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F + Tyan S1365 Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the AMD 53c974 as well). @@ -368,7 +397,7 @@ LAST resort! 3.2. CDROM ---------- -FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE and 2.2-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: +FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE and 2.2-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: Walnut Creek CDROM 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D @@ -489,8 +518,8 @@ Special mention to: Larry Altneu and Wilko Bulte for providing us with Wangtek and Archive QIC-02 tape drives for testing and driver hacking. - CalWeb Internet Services for the loan of a P6/200 machine for - speedy package building. + CalWeb Internet Services for the loan of a P6/200 machine for + speedy package building. Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. |