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author | Bruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-22 16:06:53 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-03-22 16:06:53 +0000 |
commit | 75ce89ce82260a3110ac2d96d76d7c4516d6b56f (patch) | |
tree | 207f881f9bc33a4d15e23a3b6b34a4965b123d24 /release | |
parent | 60c406ad95c80b17920e836ab21718d54a06d20f (diff) | |
download | src-test2-75ce89ce82260a3110ac2d96d76d7c4516d6b56f.tar.gz src-test2-75ce89ce82260a3110ac2d96d76d7c4516d6b56f.zip |
Notes
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-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 30 |
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 |