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authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-03-22 16:06:53 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-03-22 16:06:53 +0000
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Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml30
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml30
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index d0095fa584e1..b2d4f1d91ed6 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@
<para>Linker sets are now self-contained; &man.gensetdefs.8; is
unnecessary and has been removed.</para>
- <para>Numerous SMP-friendly changes have been made to the kernel's
- mbuf allocator.</para>
-
<para>Network device cloning has been implemented, and the
&man.gif.4; device has been modified to take advantage of it.
Thus, instead of specifying how many &man.gif.4; interfaces are
@@ -336,7 +333,7 @@
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
- <varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
+ <varname>vm.idlezero_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported
to the symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been
@@ -347,9 +344,9 @@
processes) no longer lock up the machine for long periods of
time. &merged;</para>
- <para>The kernel is now aware of the concept that there are
- smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
- per process is allowed at this time).</para>
+ <para>The Kernel-Scheduled Entity project has made changes to the
+ kernel scheduler to more efficiently handle multi-threaded
+ programs.</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage
@@ -402,15 +399,13 @@
<para arch="i386">Support for the 80386 processor has been
removed from the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, as this
code seriously pessimizes performance on other IA32
- processors.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
+ processors.
+ The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
to support the 80386 processor is now mutually exclusive with
support for other IA32 processors; this should slightly
improve performance on the 80386 due to the elimination of
- runtime processor type checks.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
+ runtime processor type checks.
+ Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
still be built by changing the cpu options in the kernel
configuration file to only include
<literal>I386_CPU</literal>.</para>
@@ -797,7 +792,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
now RST TCP connections in the <literal>SYN_SENT</literal>
state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl.</para>
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl. &merged;</para>
<para>IP multicast now works on VLAN devices. Several other
bugs in the VLAN code have also been fixed.</para>
@@ -1002,6 +997,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
corruption problems on systems using the VIA 82C686B
Southbridge chip. &merged;</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The CAM error recovery code has been updated.</para>
<para>The &man.cd.4; driver now has support for write
@@ -1067,6 +1063,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">The &man.twe.4; 3ware ATA RAID driver has
added. &merged;</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The &man.vinum.4; volume manager has received some bug
fixes and enhancements.</para>
@@ -1095,6 +1092,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot</filename>.</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>Softupdates for FFS have received some bug fixes and
enhancements.</para>
@@ -1112,7 +1110,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a
loadable character conversion routine. The
<filename role="package">sysutils/cd9660_unicode</filename>
- port contains a set of common conversions.</para>
+ port contains a set of common conversions. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.kernfs.5; is obsolete and has been retired.</para>
@@ -1324,7 +1322,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
network interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ifpi.4; driver for supporting the AVM
- Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added.</para>
+ Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ihfc.4; driver for supporting Cologne Chip
Designs HFC devices under
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index d0095fa584e1..b2d4f1d91ed6 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@
<para>Linker sets are now self-contained; &man.gensetdefs.8; is
unnecessary and has been removed.</para>
- <para>Numerous SMP-friendly changes have been made to the kernel's
- mbuf allocator.</para>
-
<para>Network device cloning has been implemented, and the
&man.gif.4; device has been modified to take advantage of it.
Thus, instead of specifying how many &man.gif.4; interfaces are
@@ -336,7 +333,7 @@
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
<para>Idle zeroing of pages can be enabled with the
- <varname>vm.zeroidle_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
+ <varname>vm.idlezero_enable</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
<para arch="i386">The load addresses of kernels are now exported
to the symbol table and various hard-coded constants have been
@@ -347,9 +344,9 @@
processes) no longer lock up the machine for long periods of
time. &merged;</para>
- <para>The kernel is now aware of the concept that there are
- smaller units of scheduling than a process (but only one thread
- per process is allowed at this time).</para>
+ <para>The Kernel-Scheduled Entity project has made changes to the
+ kernel scheduler to more efficiently handle multi-threaded
+ programs.</para>
<para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage
@@ -402,15 +399,13 @@
<para arch="i386">Support for the 80386 processor has been
removed from the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, as this
code seriously pessimizes performance on other IA32
- processors.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
+ processors.
+ The <literal>I386_CPU</literal> kernel option
to support the 80386 processor is now mutually exclusive with
support for other IA32 processors; this should slightly
improve performance on the 80386 due to the elimination of
- runtime processor type checks.</para>
-
- <para arch="i386">Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
+ runtime processor type checks.
+ Custom kernels that will run on the 80386 can
still be built by changing the cpu options in the kernel
configuration file to only include
<literal>I386_CPU</literal>.</para>
@@ -797,7 +792,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
now RST TCP connections in the <literal>SYN_SENT</literal>
state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
controlled by the
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl.</para>
+ <varname>net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst</varname> sysctl. &merged;</para>
<para>IP multicast now works on VLAN devices. Several other
bugs in the VLAN code have also been fixed.</para>
@@ -1002,6 +997,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
corruption problems on systems using the VIA 82C686B
Southbridge chip. &merged;</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The CAM error recovery code has been updated.</para>
<para>The &man.cd.4; driver now has support for write
@@ -1067,6 +1063,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para arch="i386">The &man.twe.4; 3ware ATA RAID driver has
added. &merged;</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>The &man.vinum.4; volume manager has received some bug
fixes and enhancements.</para>
@@ -1095,6 +1092,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
Details can be found in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot</filename>.</para>
+<!-- The following note needs to be made more specific or eliminated. -->
<para>Softupdates for FFS have received some bug fixes and
enhancements.</para>
@@ -1112,7 +1110,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a
loadable character conversion routine. The
<filename role="package">sysutils/cd9660_unicode</filename>
- port contains a set of common conversions.</para>
+ port contains a set of common conversions. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.kernfs.5; is obsolete and has been retired.</para>
@@ -1324,7 +1322,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
network interfaces. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ifpi.4; driver for supporting the AVM
- Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added.</para>
+ Fritz!Card PCI version 2 controller has been added. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.ihfc.4; driver for supporting Cologne Chip
Designs HFC devices under