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diff --git a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT index b33df2c47eb7b..12cc86284841b 100644 --- a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -1,25 +1,21 @@ RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD Release 3.0-SNAP + FreeBSD Release 3.1-RELEASE -This is a 3.0-CURRENT release SNAPshot of FreeBSD, currently -on its way to the next release after 3.0-RELEASE, which was -released on October 16th, 1998. +Welcome to 3.1-RELEASE, a full follow-on to the 3.0-RELEASE +released November 1998 and which marked the beginning of the +3.0-STABLE branch. In the 4 months since 3.0 was released, many +hundreds of bug fixes and general enhancements were made to the +system. Please see relevant details below. Any installation failures or crashes should be reported by using the send-pr command (those preferring a WEB based interface can also see http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html). -For information about FreeBSD and the layout of the 3.0-RELEASE +For information about FreeBSD and the layout of the 3.1-RELEASE directory (especially if you're installing from floppies!), see ABOUT.TXT. For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT files. -For the latest of these 3.0-current snapshots, you should always see: - - ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD - -If you wish to get the latest post-3.0-RELEASE technology. - Table of contents: ------------------ 1. What's new since 3.0-RELEASE @@ -45,8 +41,6 @@ Table of contents: 1. What's new since 3.0-RELEASE --------------------------------- -All changes described here are unique to the 3.0 branch unless -specifically marked as [MERGED] features. 1.1. KERNEL CHANGES ------------------- @@ -84,6 +78,11 @@ Phillips I2C/SMBUS support. Initial support for USB devices (some keyboards, mice). +The lpt driver is now deprecated. Please use ppbus with the ppc driver +instead (see the ppc(4) and ppbus(4) man pages for details). At some +point before the next release, the old lpt driver will be removed and +the nlpt driver will be renamed to lpt. + 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- @@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F Tyan S1365 - QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B and 2100 SCSI and Fibre Channel Adapters DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. @@ -432,10 +430,10 @@ LAST resort! 3.2. CDROM ---------- -FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE and 2.2.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: +FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D + 4041 Pike Lane, Suite F Concord CA 94520 1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX) @@ -474,29 +472,22 @@ FreeBSD distributions: o Using sysinstall's (binary) upgrade option. In the case of using sources, there are simply two targets you need to -be aware of: The standard ``world'' target, which will upgrade a 2.x -system to 3.0, or the ``aout-to-elf'' target, which will both upgrade -and convert the system to ELF binary format. +be aware of: The standard ``upgrade'' target, which will upgrade a 2.x +or 3.0 system to 3.1 and the ``world'' target, which will take an +already upgraded system and keep it in sync with whatever changes have +happened since the initial upgrade. + In the case of using the binary upgrade option, the system will go -straight to 3.0/ELF but also populate the /<basepath>/lib/aout +straight to 3.1/ELF but also populate the /<basepath>/lib/aout directories for backwards compatibility with older binaries. In either case, going to ELF will mean that you'll have somewhat smaller binaries and access to a lot more compiler goodies which have been already been ported to other ELF environments (our older and somewhat crufty a.out format being largely unsupported by most other -software projects), but on the downside you'll also have access to far -fewer ports and packages since many of those have not been adapted to -ELF yet. This will occur in time, but those who wish to retain access -to the greatest number of packages and 3rd-party binaries should -probably stick with a.out. - -The kernel is also still in a.out format at this time so that older -LKMs and library interfaces can continue to work, but a full -transition to ELF will occur at some point after 3.0-RELEASE. Those -wishing to generate dynamic kernel components should therefore use the -newer KLD mechanism rather than the older LKM format - the LKM format -is not long for this world and will soon be unsupported! +software projects). Those who wish to retain access to the older +a.out dynamic executables should be sure and install the compat22 +distribution. [ other important upgrading notes should go here] |