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| author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-09-04 09:16:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-09-04 09:16:07 +0000 |
| commit | c9da0e5adbc8931a571eabdecbaed9971077956d (patch) | |
| tree | 736d7637144baea3b13cda11cdd1651103af8ac0 /release | |
| parent | e6ec0509abed64eeefbb09303030f04c6d9e56a7 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index a0f00b285ced..000000000000 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,744 +0,0 @@ -Table of Contents ------------------ -0. Document Conventions -1. Default Configuration (GENERIC kernel) -2. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings -3. LINT - other possible configurations -4. Supported Hardware - -See TROUBLE.TXT for Q&A on known hardware problems. - -========================================================================= - -0. Document Conventions --- -------------------- - -We have `underlined' text which represents user input with `-' symbols -throughout this document to differentiate it from the machine output. - -1. Default (GENERIC) Configuration --- ------------------------------- - -The following table contains a list of all of the devices that are -present in the GENERIC kernel. This is the essential part of the -operating system that is placed in your root partition during the -installation process. A compressed version of the GENERIC kernel is -also used on the installation floppy diskette and DOS boot image. - -The table describes the various parameters used by the driver to -communicate with the hardware in your system. There are four -parameters in the table, though not all are used by each and every -device: - - Port The starting I/O port used by the device, shown in hexadecimal. - - IOMem The lowest (or starting) memory address used by the device, - also shown in hexadecimal. - - IRQ The interrupt the device uses to alert the driver to an event, - given in decimal. - - DRQ The DMA (direct memory access) channel the device uses to move - data to and from main memory, also given in decimal. - -If an entry in the table has `n/a' for a value then it means that the -parameter in question does not apply to that device. A value of `dyn' -means that the correct value should be determined automatically by the -kernel when the system boots and that you don't need to worry about -it. - -If an entry is marked with an *, it means that support is currently -not available for it but should be back as soon as someone converts -the driver to work within the new 3.0 framework. - -FreeBSD GENERIC kernel: - - Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description - ---- --- --- ----- --------------------------------- -fdc0 3f0 6 2 n/a Floppy disk controller -wdc0 1f0 14 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller -wdc1 170 15 n/a n/a IDE/MFM/RLL disk controller - -adv0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Narrow SCSI controllers -adw0 n/a n/a n/a n/a AdvanSys Wide SCSI controllers -ncr0 n/a n/a n/a n/a NCR PCI SCSI controller -bt0 330 dyn dyn dyn Buslogic SCSI controller -uha0* 330 dyn 6 dyn Ultrastore 14f -aha0 330 dyn 5 dyn Adaptec 154x/1535 SCSI controller -ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller -ahc0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller -aic0* 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI - controller -isp0 dyn dyn dyn dyn QLogic 10X0, 2100 SCSI/FC controllers -dpt n/a n/a n/a n/a DPT RAID SCSI controllers. - -wt0 300 5 1 dyn Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36 - -psm0 60 12 n/a n/a PS/2 Mouse - -mcd0 300 10 n/a n/a Mitsumi CD-ROM -matcd0 230 n/a n/a n/a Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM -scd0 230 n/a n/a n/a Sony CD-ROM - -sio0 3f8 4 n/a n/a Serial Port 0 (COM1) -sio1 2f8 3 n/a n/a Serial Port 1 (COM2) - -ppc0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Parallel Port Chipset - -al0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ADMtek AL981 PCI based cards -ax0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ASIX AX88140A PCI based cards -de0 n/a n/a n/a n/a DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards - (including 21140 100bT cards) -ed0 280 10 dyn d8000 WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 & - NE2000; 3Com 3C503; HP PC Lan+ -eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505 -ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509 -ex0 dyn dyn dyn n/a Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 cards -fe0 300 dyn n/a n/a Allied-Telesyn AT1700, RE2000 and - Fujitsu FMV-180 series cards. -fxp0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B -ie0 300 10 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; - 3Com 3C507; NI5210; - Intel EtherExpress (8/16,16[TP]) cards -le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks - 2 and EtherWorks 3 -lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards - (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL, - some PCnet-PCI cards) -mx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Macronix 98713/15/25 PCI based cards -pn0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Lite-On PNIC PCI based cards -rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet -sf0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet -tl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn TI TNET100 'ThunderLAN' cards. -wb0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Winbond W89C840F PCI based cards. -vr0 dyn dyn n/a dyn VIA VT3043/VT86C100A PCI based cards. -vx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c59x ((Fast) Etherlink III) -xl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn 3Com 3c900, 3c905, 3c905B, 3c905C, - 3c980, 3cSOHO100 ((Fast) Etherlink XL) -cs0 0x300 dyn n/a n/a Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based - cards. -ze0 300 5 n/a d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor - PCMCIA Ethernet Controller -zp0 300 10 n/a d8000 3Com 3c589 Etherlink III - PCMCIA Ethernet Controller ---- End of table --- - - -If the hardware in your computer is not set to the same settings as -those shown in the table and the item in conflict is not marked 'dyn', -you will have to either reconfigure your hardware or use UserConfig -to reconfigure the kernel to match the way your hardware is currently set -(see the next section). - -If the settings do not match, the kernel may be unable to locate -or reliably access the devices in your system. - - -2. Using UserConfig to change FreeBSD kernel settings --- -------------------------------------------------- - -The FreeBSD kernel on the install floppy contains drivers for every -piece of hardware that could conceivably be used to install the rest -of the system with. Unfortunately, PC hardware being what it is, some -of these devices can be difficult to detect accurately, and for some, -the process of detecting another can cause irreversible confusion. - -To make this process easier, FreeBSD provides UserConfig. With this -UserConfig, the user can configure and disable device drivers before -the kernel is loaded, avoiding potential conflicts, and eliminating -the need to reconfigure hardware to suit the default driver settings. - -Once FreeBSD is installed, it will remember the changes made using -UserConfig, so that they only need be made once. - -It is important to disable drivers that are not relevant to a system -in order to minimize the possibility of interference, which can cause -problems that are difficult to track down. - -UserConfig features a command line interface for users with serial -consoles or a need to type commands, and a full screen 'visual' -interface, which provides point-and-shoot configuration functionality. - -Here is a sample UserConfig screen shot in 'visual' mode: - ----Active Drivers---------------------------10 Conflicts------Dev---IRQ--Port-- - Storage : (Collapsed) - Network : - NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed0 5 0x280 - NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters CONF ed1 5 0x300 - Communications : (Collapsed) - Input : (Collapsed) - Multimedia : ----Inactive Drivers-------------------------------------------Dev-------------- - Storage : - Network : (Collapsed) - Communications : - Input : - Multimedia : - PCI : - ----Parameters-for-device-ed0--------------------------------------------------- - Port address : 0x280 Memory address : 0xd8000 - IRQ number : 5 Memory size : 0x2000 - Flags : 0x0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - IO Port address (Hexadecimal, 0x1-0x2000) - [TAB] Change fields [Q] Save device parameters - - - The screen is divided into four sections : - - - Active Drivers. Listed here are the device drivers that are currently - enabled, and their basic parameters. - - Inactive Drivers. These drivers are present, but are disabled. - - Parameter edit field. This area is used for editing driver parameters. - - Help area. Keystroke help is displayed here. - -One of the Active and Inactive lists is always in use, and the current -entry in the list will be shown with a highlight bar. If there are -more entries in a list than can be shown, it will scroll. The bar can -be moved up and down using the cursor keys, and moved between lists -with the TAB key. - -Drivers in the Active list may be marked "CONF". This indicates that -one or more of their parameters conflicts with another device, and -indicates a potential for problems. The total number of conflicts is -displayed at the top of the screen. - -As a general rule, conflicts should be avoided, either by disabling -conflicting devices that are not present in the system, or by altering -their configuration so that they match the installed hardware. - -In the list areas, drivers are grouped by their basic function. -Groups can be 'Collapsed' to simplify the display (this is the default -state for all groups). If a group is collapsed, it will be shown with -'(Collapsed)' in the list, as above. To Expand a Collapsed group, -position the highlight bar over the group heading and press Enter. To -Collapse it again, repeat the process. - -When a device driver in the Active list is highlighted, its full -parameters are displayed in the Parameter edit area. Note that not -all drivers use all possible parameters, and some hardware supported -by drivers may not use all the parameters the driver supports. - -To disable a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is in, -highlight the driver and press Del. The driver will move to its group -in the Inactive list. (If the group is collapsed or off the screen, -you may not see the driver in its new location.) - -To enable a driver, go to the Inactive list, Expand the group it is -in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The highlight will move to -the Active list, and the driver you have just enabled will be -highlighted, ready to be configured. - -To configure a driver, go to the Active list, Expand the group it is -in, highlight the driver and press Enter. The cursor will move to the -Parameter edit area, and the device's parameters may be edited. - -While editing parameters, the TAB and cursor keys can be used to move -between fields. Most numeric values (except IRQ) are entered in -hexadecimal, as indicated by the '0x' at the beginning of the field. -The allowable values for a given field are show in the Key Help area -when the field is active. - -To finish configuring a driver, press 'Q'. - -Note that PCI and EISA devices can be probed reliably, therefore they -are not shown in the table above nor can their settings be changed -using UserConfig. PCI drivers may be seen in the "PCI Devices" section -in the Active Devices list, if you wish to check for their presence. - - -3. LINT - other possible configurations --- ------------------------------------ - -The following drivers are not in the GENERIC kernel but remain -available to those who do not mind compiling a custom kernel (see -section 6 of FreeBSD.FAQ). The LINT configuration file -(/sys/i386/conf/LINT) also contains prototype entries for just about -every device supported by FreeBSD and is a good general reference. - -The device names and a short description of each are listed below. The port -numbers, etc, are not meaningful here since you will need to compile a -custom kernel to gain access to these devices anyway and can thus -adjust the addresses to match the hardware in your computer in the process. -The LINT file contains prototype entries for all of the below which you -can easily cut-and-paste into your own file (or simply copy LINT and edit -it to taste): - -ctx: Cortex-I frame grabber -cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async -cy: Cyclades high-speed serial driver -el: 3Com 3C501 -fea: DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI adapter -fpa: DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter -gp: National Instruments AT-GPIB and AT-GPIB/TNT board -gsc: Genius GS-4500 hand scanner -gus: Gravis Ultrasound - Ultrasound, Ultrasound 16, Ultrasound MAX -gusxvi: Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit PCM -hea: Efficient ENI-155p ATM PCI adapter -hfa: FORE PCA-200E ATM PCI adapter -joy: Joystick -labpc: National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ -meteor: Matrox Meteor frame-grabber card -bktr: Brooktree Bt848 / Bt878 based frame-grabber cards. -mpu: Roland MPU-401 stand-alone card -mse: Microsoft, Logitech, ATI bus mouse ports -mss: Microsoft Sound System -nic: Dr Neuhaus NICCY 3008, 3009 & 5000 ISDN cards -opl: Yamaha OPL-2 and OPL-3 FM - SB, SB Pro, SB 16, ProAudioSpectrum -pas: ProAudioSpectrum PCM and MIDI -pca: PCM audio ("/dev/audio") through your PC speaker -pcm: PCM audio on most modern ISA audio codecs -psm: PS/2 mouse port -rc: RISCom/8 multiport card -rdp: RealTek RTL 8002 Pocket Ethernet adapter -sb: SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum -sbmidi: SoundBlaster 16 MIDI interface -sbxvi: SoundBlaster 16 -si: Specialix SI/XIO/SX (old and enhanced ISA, PCI, EISA) serial -spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board -uart: Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI -wds: Western Digital WD7000 IDE - ---- end of list --- - - -4. Supported Hardware --- ------------------ - -FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus -based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the -386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive -configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is -also provided. - -What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with -FreeBSD. Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet -received confirmation of this. - - -4.1. Disk Controllers ----- ---------------- - -WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) -WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) -IDE -ATA - -Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series -EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. - -AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). - -BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: - -[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] - -BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: - BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D -BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: - BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, - BT-540CF -BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: - BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, - BT-542B -BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: - BT-742A, BT-542B - -AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also -supported. - -DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and -SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V -is not yet supported. - -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, -53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: - ASUS SC-200 - Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) - Diamond FirePort (all) - NCR cards (all) - Symbios cards (all) - 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. - -With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, -tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor -target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands -are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW -writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. - -The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: -(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and - SoundBlaster SCSI) -(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary - interface (562/563 models) -(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface - -The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are -NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: - - Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the - AMD 53c974 as well). - - NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. - - UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - - Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - - Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - - WD7000 SCSI controller. - - Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) - Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers - Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x - and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - - [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and - UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on - when or if they will be completed. ] - -Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: - - Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight) - - (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) - -4.2. Network cards ----- ------------- - -Adaptec Duralink PCI fast ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec -AIC-6915 fast ethernet controller chip, including the following: - ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter - -Allied-Telesyn AT1700 and RE2000 cards - -Alteon Networks PCI gigabit ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 -chipsets, including the following: - Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and 2) - 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2) - Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) - Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet - DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000 - NEC Gigabit Ethernet - -AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) - -SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, -WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT -based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported. - -RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet NICs including the following: - Allied Telesyn AT2550 - Allied Telesyn AT2500TX - Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139) - NDC Communications NE100TX-E - OvisLink LEF-8129TX - OvisLink LEF-8139TX - Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100 - KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet - Accton "Cheetah" EN1027D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone?) - SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX - -Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC fast ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX - NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1 - Matrox FastNIC 10/100 - Kingston KNE110TX - -Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 fast ethernet NICs - NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A) - CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A) - CNet Pro120B (98715) - SVEC PN102TX (98713) - -Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 fast ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2 - -Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet NICs including the following: - Trendware TE100-PCIE - -VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" fast ethernet -NICs including the following: - Hawking Technologies PN102TX - D-Link DFE-530TX - -Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI fast ethernet NICs including -the following: - D-Link DFE-550TX - -SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit ethernet cards including the following: - SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port - SK-9842 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port - SK-9843 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port - SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port - -Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: - Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port - Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP - Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC - Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP - Racore 8165 10/100baseTX - Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality - -ADMtek AL981-based PCI fast ethernet NICs - -ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs, including the following: - Alfa Inc. GFC2204 - CNet Pro110B - -DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) -DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) -DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc) -DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs - -Efficient ENI-155p ATM PCI - -FORE PCA-200E ATM PCI - -Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A - -HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A). - -Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability) -Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 -Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet - -Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) -Isolink 4110 (8 bit) - -Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface. -PCI network cards emulating the NE2000: RealTek 8029, NetVin 5000, -Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926. - -3Com 3C501 cards - -3Com 3C503 Etherlink II - -3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ - -3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP - -3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI -and EISA (Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL - -3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter - -3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter - -Toshiba ethernet cards - -PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also -supported. - -Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're -still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any -takers? - - -4.3. USB ----- --- - -A range of USB peripherals are supported. Owing to the generic nature -of most USB devices, with some exceptions any device of a given class -will be supported even if not explicitly listed here. - -USB keyboards. - -USB mice. - -USB printers and USB to parallel printer conversion cables. - -USB hubs. - - -Motherboards chipsets: - -ALi Aladdin-V. - -Intel 82371SB (PIIX3). -Intel 82371AB and EB chipsets (PIIX4). - -NEC uPD 9210 Host Controller. - -VIA 83C572 USB Host Controller - -and any other UHCI or OHCI compliant motherboard chipset (no exceptions -known). - - -PCI plug-in USB host controllers: - -ADS Electronics PCI plug-in card (2 ports). - -Entrega PCI plug-in card (4 ports). - - -Specific devices reported to be working: - -Agiler Mouse 29UO. - -Andromeda hub. - -Apple iMac mouse. -Apple iMac keyboard. - -ATen parallel printer adapter. - -Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter. -Belkin Mouse. - -BTC BTC7935 keyboard with mouse port. - -Cherry G81-3504 keyboard. - -Chic mouse. - -Cypress mouse. - -Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter. - -Genius Niche mouse. - -Iomega USB Zip 100Mb. - -Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box. - -Logitech M2452 keyboard. -Logitech wheel mouse (3 buttons). -Logitech PS/2 / USB mouse (3 buttons). - -MacAlly mouse (3 buttons). -MacAlly self powered hub (4 ports). - -Microsoft IntelliMouse (3 buttons). -Microsoft keyboard. - -NEC hub. - -Trust Ami Mouse (3 buttons). - - -4.4. ISDN (European DSS1 [Q.921/Q.931] protocol) ----- ------------------------------------------- - -Asuscom I-IN100-ST-DV (experimental, may work) -Asuscom ISDNlink 128K PnP - -AVM A1 -AVM Fritz!Card classic -AVM Fritz!Card PnP -AVM Fritz!Card PCI -AVM Fritz!Card PCMCIA - -Creatix ISDN-S0/8 -Creatix ISDN-S0/16 -Creatix ISDN-S0 PnP - -Dr.Neuhaus Niccy 1008 -Dr.Neuhaus Niccy 1016 -Dr.Neuhaus Niccy GO@ (ISA PnP) - -Dynalink IS64PH (no longer maintained) - -ELSA 1000pro ISA -ELSA 1000pro PCI -ELSA PCC-16 - -ITK ix1 micro -ITK ix1 micro PnP - -Sagem Cybermod (ISA PnP, may work) - -Sedlbauer Win Speed - -Siemens I-Surf 2.0 - -Stollmann Tina-pp (under development) - -Teles S0/8 -Teles S0/16 -Teles S0/16.3 (the "c" Versions - like 16.3c - are unsupported !) -Teles S0 PnP (experimental, may work) - -3Com/USRobotics Sportster ISDN TA intern (non-PnP version) - - -4.5. Misc ----- ---- - -AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. -ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial. - -Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported) -Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported) - -Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. - -STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. - -SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. -SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards. - -Specialix SI/XIO/SX multiport serial cards, with both the older -SIHOST2.x and the new "enhanced" (transputer based, aka JET) host cards. -ISA, EISA and PCI are supported. - -Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64, -ONboard 4/16 and Brumby. - -Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound -and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. - -Connectix QuickCam -Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber -Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber -Cortex1 frame grabber -Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 and Bt878 chip. - -HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives. - -Bus mice - -PS/2 mice - -Standard PC Joystick - -X-10 power controllers - -GPIB and Transputer drivers. - -Genius and Mustek hand scanners. - -Floppy tape drives (some rather old models only, driver rather stale) - -Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed -(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes -(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the -ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with -an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with -the same driver. - -FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. diff --git a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index b90ce95fdaf7..000000000000 --- a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,655 +0,0 @@ - RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD Release 3.3-RELEASE - -Welcome to 3.3-RELEASE, a full follow-on to 3.2-RELEASE released -May 1999. In the months since 3.2 was released, many bug fixes and -general enhancements have been 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 3.3-RELEASE -directory (especially if you're installing from floppies!), see -ABOUT.TXT. For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and -HARDWARE.TXT files. - -Table of contents: ------------------- -1. What's new since 3.2-RELEASE - 1.1 KERNEL CHANGES - 1.2 SECURITY FIXES - 1.3 USERLAND CHANGES - -2. Supported Configurations - 2.1 Disk Controllers - 2.2 Ethernet cards - 2.3 ATM - 2.4 Misc - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD - 3.1 FTP/Mail - 3.2 CDROM - -4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD - -5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code -6. Acknowledgements - - -1. What's new since 3.2-RELEASE ---------------------------------- - -1.1. KERNEL CHANGES -------------------- - -Linux mode has undergone significant bug fixes and improvements. - -The Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf) is enabled by default. This is to allow -DHCP supported installs. - -Alpha timecounter code has been improved. - -The al and rl drivers have been ported to the Alpha. - -The i386 bootstrap has been enhanced for some problematic systems. - -Driver support has been added for IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network -adapters based on the Lucent Hermes chipset, including the Lucent -WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout. Both 2Mbps and -6Mbps Turbo adapters are supported. [MERGED] - -Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based -on the ADMtek Inc. AL981 Comet chipset. - -Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based -on the LC82C115 'PNIC II' chipset. - -Driver support has been added for the Compaq Smart Raid family of -RAID controllers. - -USB support has been improved. - -Major updates to the Vinum volume manager have been incorporated. - -Driver support for a number of Realtek and Avance Asound audio cards -has been added. - -A number of NFS problems have been fixed. - -Driver support has been added for SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit -ethernet adapters. - -Driver support has been added for Adaptec Duralink PCI ethernet adapters -based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet controller. - -Driver support for M-systems DiskOnChip products integrated. - -Driver support has been added for the 3Com 3c905C-TX. - -APM support has been improved. - -1.2. SECURITY FIXES -------------------- - -(none yet logged) - -1.3. USERLAND CHANGES ---------------------- - -The support environment for Linux mode has finally been updated. The -linux_lib and linux_devel ports are replaced by resp. linux_base and -linux_devtools. These new ports are based on Red Hat 5.2 packages -and include support for both glibc2 and libc5 based applications. - -Sysinstall now contains DHCP client support. - -TCP Wrapper support in inetd(8) is now controlled with command-line -options and dgram services may be wrapped in addition to previously -wrapped service types. Please see the manpage for details, since inetd -run without command-line options will do no wrapping. - -ISC's DHCP client has been upgraded to version 2.0. - -Bison, the GNU parser generator, has been upgraded to version 1.28. - -A Gcc optimiser bug has been fixed that prevented compiling the XFree86 -client libraries on the Alpha. - -Advanced Power Management monitor daemon, apmd(8), has been imported. -This allow user to select the APM events to be handled from userland -and specify the commands for a given event, allowing APM behaviour to -be configured flexibly. Please see the manpage for details. - - -2. Supported Configurations ---------------------------- -FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus -based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the -386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive -configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is -also provided. - -What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with -FreeBSD. Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet -received confirmation of this. - - -2.1. Disk Controllers ---------------------- -WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) -WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) -IDE -ATA - -Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series -EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. - -AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). - -BusLogic MultiMaster controllers: - -[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ] - -BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters: - BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D -BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters: - BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, - BT-540CF -BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters: - BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, - BT-542B -BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters: - BT-742A, BT-542B - -AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also -supported. - -DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and -SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V -is not yet supported. - -SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, -53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: - ASUS SC-200 - Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) - Diamond FirePort (all) - NCR cards (all) - Symbios cards (all) - Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F - Tyan S1365 - - -QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B, 1080 and 1240 SCSI Host Adapters. -QLogic 2100 Fibre Channel Adapters (private loop only). - -DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. - -With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, -tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor -target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands -are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW -writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. - -The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: -(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and - SoundBlaster SCSI) -(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary - interface (562/563 models) -(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface - -The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are -NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: - - Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the - AMD 53c974 as well). - - NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. - - UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - - Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - - Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - - WD7000 SCSI controller. - - Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) - Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers - Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x - and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - - [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and - UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on - when or if they will be completed. ] - -Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: - - Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight) - - (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) - -2.2. Ethernet cards -------------------- - -Adaptec Duralink PCI fast ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec -AIC-6915 fast ethernet controller chip, including the following: - ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter - ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter - -Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards - -Alteon Networks PCI gigabit ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 -chipsets, including the following: - Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and 2) - 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2) - Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) - Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet - DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000 - NEC Gigabit Ethernet - -AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) - -SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, -WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT -based clones. SMC Elite Ultra. SMC Etherpower II. - -RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet NICs including the following: - Allied Telesyn AT2550 - Allied Telesyn AT2500TX - Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139) - NDC Communications NE100TX-E - OvisLink LEF-8129TX - OvisLink LEF-8139TX - Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100 - KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet - Accton "Cheetah" EN1027D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone?) - SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX - -Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC fast ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX - NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1 - Matrox FastNIC 10/100 - Kingston KNE110TX - -Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 fast ethernet NICs - NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A) - CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A) - CNet Pro120B (98715) - SVEC PN102TX (98713) - -Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 fast ethernet NICs including the following: - LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2 - -Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet NICs including the following: - Trendware TE100-PCIE - -VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" fast ethernet -NICs including the following: - Hawking Technologies PN102TX - D-Link DFE530TX - -SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit ethernet cards including the following: - SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port - SK-9842 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port - SK-9843 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port - SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port - -Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: - Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port - Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP - Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC - Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP - Racore 8165 10/100baseTX - Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality - -ADMtek Inc. AL981-based PCI fast ethernet NICs - -ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs, including the following: - Alfa Inc. GFC2204 - CNet Pro110B - -DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) -DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) -DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc) -DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs - -Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A - -HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A). - -Intel EtherExpress 16 -Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 -Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet - -Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) -Isolink 4110 (8 bit) - -Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface. - -PCI network cards emulating the NE2000: RealTek 8029, NetVin 5000, -Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926. - -3Com 3C501 cards - -3Com 3C503 Etherlink II - -3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ - -3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP - -3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI -and EISA (Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL - -3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter - -3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter - -Toshiba ethernet cards - -Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs, including: - IBM Etherjet ISA - -PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also -supported. - -Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're -still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any -takers? - -2.3 ATM -------- - - o ATM Host Interfaces - - FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters - - Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM PCI Adapters - - o ATM Signalling Protocols - - The ATM Forum UNI 3.1 signalling protocol - - The ATM Forum UNI 3.0 signalling protocol - - The ATM Forum ILMI address registration - - FORE Systems's proprietary SPANS signalling protocol - - Permanent Virtual Channels (PVCs) - - o IETF "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" model - - RFC 1483, "Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5" - - RFC 1577, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" - - RFC 1626, "Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5" - - RFC 1755, "ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM" - - RFC 2225, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" - - RFC 2334, "Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)" - - Internet Draft draft-ietf-ion-scsp-atmarp-00.txt, - "A Distributed ATMARP Service Using SCSP" - - o ATM Sockets interface - -2.4. Misc ---------- - -AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. -ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial. - -Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported) -Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) -Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported) - -Comtrol Rocketport card. - -Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. - -STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. - -SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. -SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards. - -Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64, -ONboard 4/16 and Brumby. - -Specialix SI/XIO/SX ISA, EISA and PCI serial expansion cards/modules. - -Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound -and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. (snd driver) - -Most ISA audio codecs manufactured by Crystal Semiconductors, OPTi, Creative -Labs, Avance, Yamaha and ENSONIQ. (pcm driver) - -Connectix QuickCam -Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber -Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber -Cortex1 frame grabber -Hauppauge Wincast/TV boards (PCI) -STB TV PCI -Intel Smart Video Recorder III -Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 / Bt878 chip. - -HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives. - -PS/2 mice - -Standard PC Joystick - -X-10 power controllers - -GPIB and Transputer drivers. - -Genius and Mustek hand scanners. - -Xilinx XC6200 based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with -the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com) - -Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver. - -Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed -(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes -(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the -ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with -an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with -the same driver. - -FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD --------------------- - -You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: - -3.1. FTP/Mail -------------- - -You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from -`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site. - -For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file -MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in -networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are always welcome! -Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to -become an official mirror site. - -If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic mail is your -only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to -`ftpmail@ftpmail.vix.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message -to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism. -Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of -megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute -LAST resort! - - -3.2. CDROM ----------- - -FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: - - Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite F - Concord CA 94520 - 1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX) - -Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com. -Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from: - - ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog - -Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription. -FreeBSD SNAPshot CDs, when available, are $39.95 or $14.95 with a -FreeBSD-SNAP subscription (-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely -separate). With a subscription, you will automatically receive updates as -they are released. Your credit card will be billed when each disk is -shipped and you may cancel your subscription at any time without further -obligation. - -Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico -and $9.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American -Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United -States. California residents please add 8.25% sales tax. - -Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an -unconditional return policy. - - -4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD ----------------------------------------------- - -If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, most likely -it's 2.2.x or 2.1.x (in some lesser number of cases) and some of the -following issues may affect you, depending of course on your chosen -method of upgrading. There are two popular ways of upgrading -FreeBSD distributions: - - o Using sources, via /usr/src - 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 ``upgrade'' target, which will upgrade a 2.x -or 3.0 system to 3.3 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 3.3/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). Those who wish to retain access to the older -a.out dynamic executables should be sure and install the compat22 -distribution. Notice that the a.out libraries won't be accessible -until the system is rebooted, which may cause trouble with certain -a.out packages. - -Also, do not use install disks or sysinstall from previous versions, -as version 3.1 introduced a new bootstrapping procedure, requiring -new boot blocks to be installed (because of elf kernels), and version -3.2 has further modifications to the bootstrapping procedure. - -[ other important upgrading notes should go here] - - -5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. ------------------------------------------------------------ -Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always -valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find -(preferably with a fix attached, if you can!). - -The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with -Internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command or use the CGI -script at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. Bug reports -will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can -be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon -as possible. Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site -in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports -and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to -watch out for. - -If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to -submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: - - freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org - -Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move -even onto a totally different system. We much prefer if you could use -this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem -reports. However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether -the problem might have already been fixed since. - - -Otherwise, for any questions or tech support issues, please send mail to: - - freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org - - -Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have -extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired -enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves! To -contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send -mail to: - - freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org - - -Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant* -amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and -are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you -may find it preferable to subscribe instead to: - - freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org - - -All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing -to do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword -`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This -will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing -archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at -special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo -and ask about them! - - -6. Acknowledgements -------------------- - -FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not -hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very -hard to bring you this release. For a complete list of FreeBSD -project staffers, please see: - - http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff.html - -or, if you've loaded the doc distribution: - - file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html - - -Special mention to: - - The donors listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/donors.html - - Justin M. Seger <jseger@freebsd.org> for almost single-handedly - converting the ports collection to ELF. - - Doug Rabson <dfr@freebsd.org> and John Birrell <jb@freebsd.org> - for making FreeBSD/alpha happen and to the NetBSD project for - substantial indirect aid. - - Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org> for the new kernel module system - (with substantial aid from Doug Rabson). - - And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the - world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible. - -We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! - - The FreeBSD Project diff --git a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT index ab863beb0106..a0f00b285ced 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ scd0 230 n/a n/a n/a Sony CD-ROM sio0 3f8 4 n/a n/a Serial Port 0 (COM1) sio1 2f8 3 n/a n/a Serial Port 1 (COM2) -lpt0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Printer Port 0 -lpt1 dyn dyn n/a n/a Printer Port 1 +ppc0 dyn 7 n/a n/a Parallel Port Chipset al0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ADMtek AL981 PCI based cards ax0 dyn dyn n/a dyn ASIX AX88140A PCI based cards @@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ mx0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Macronix 98713/15/25 PCI based cards pn0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Lite-On PNIC PCI based cards rl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn RealTek 8129/8139 fast ethernet sf0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet -ste0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Sundance ST201 fast ethernet tl0 dyn dyn n/a dyn TI TNET100 'ThunderLAN' cards. wb0 dyn dyn n/a dyn Winbond W89C840F PCI based cards. vr0 dyn dyn n/a dyn VIA VT3043/VT86C100A PCI based cards. @@ -280,20 +278,21 @@ gus: Gravis Ultrasound - Ultrasound, Ultrasound 16, Ultrasound MAX gusxvi: Gravis Ultrasound 16-bit PCM hea: Efficient ENI-155p ATM PCI adapter hfa: FORE PCA-200E ATM PCI adapter -isic: isdn4bsd Siemens ISDN Chipset driver joy: Joystick labpc: National Instrument's Lab-PC and Lab-PC+ meteor: Matrox Meteor frame-grabber card -bktr: Brooktree Bt848 / Bt 878 based frame-grabber cards. +bktr: Brooktree Bt848 / Bt878 based frame-grabber cards. mpu: Roland MPU-401 stand-alone card mse: Microsoft, Logitech, ATI bus mouse ports mss: Microsoft Sound System +nic: Dr Neuhaus NICCY 3008, 3009 & 5000 ISDN cards opl: Yamaha OPL-2 and OPL-3 FM - SB, SB Pro, SB 16, ProAudioSpectrum pas: ProAudioSpectrum PCM and MIDI pca: PCM audio ("/dev/audio") through your PC speaker pcm: PCM audio on most modern ISA audio codecs psm: PS/2 mouse port rc: RISCom/8 multiport card +rdp: RealTek RTL 8002 Pocket Ethernet adapter sb: SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum sbmidi: SoundBlaster 16 MIDI interface sbxvi: SoundBlaster 16 @@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(acd) ATAPI IDE interface +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: diff --git a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT index 144229198f17..b90ce95fdaf7 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -1,30 +1,23 @@ RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD Release 4.0-SNAP + FreeBSD Release 3.3-RELEASE -This is a 4.0-CURRENT release SNAPshot of FreeBSD, an active -development branch which is not expected to produce a release for -some time. This line of development branched from the 3.x line -on January 20, 1999; that branch will see continuing releases and -some features of 4.0 will be back-ported. +Welcome to 3.3-RELEASE, a full follow-on to 3.2-RELEASE released +May 1999. In the months since 3.2 was released, many bug fixes and +general enhancements have been 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 +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 4.0-RELEASE +For information about FreeBSD and the layout of the 3.3-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 4.0-current snapshots, you should always see: - - ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD - -If you wish to get the latest post-3.x-RELEASE technology. - Table of contents: ------------------ -1. What's new since the 3.1/4.0 branch +1. What's new since 3.2-RELEASE 1.1 KERNEL CHANGES 1.2 SECURITY FIXES 1.3 USERLAND CHANGES @@ -45,24 +38,22 @@ Table of contents: 6. Acknowledgements -1. What's new since the 3.1/4.0 branch --------------------------------------- -All changes described here are unique to the 4.0 branch unless -specifically marked as [MERGED] features. +1. What's new since 3.2-RELEASE +--------------------------------- 1.1. KERNEL CHANGES ------------------- -The VM system's anonymous storage subsystem (the ``swap pager'') has -been completely revamped. +Linux mode has undergone significant bug fixes and improvements. -An emulator for SVR4 binaries has been added. +The Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf) is enabled by default. This is to allow +DHCP supported installs. -Support has been added for direct access to NTFS filesystems. +Alpha timecounter code has been improved. -Driver support has been added for PCI gigabit ethernet adapters -based on the Alteon Networks Tigon 1 and Tigon 2 chipsets, including -the Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3c985 and Netgear GA620. [MERGED] +The al and rl drivers have been ported to the Alpha. + +The i386 bootstrap has been enhanced for some problematic systems. Driver support has been added for IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network adapters based on the Lucent Hermes chipset, including the Lucent @@ -70,9 +61,22 @@ WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout. Both 2Mbps and 6Mbps Turbo adapters are supported. [MERGED] Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based -on the ADMtek Inc. AL981 Comet chipset. [MERGED] +on the ADMtek Inc. AL981 Comet chipset. + +Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based +on the LC82C115 'PNIC II' chipset. + +Driver support has been added for the Compaq Smart Raid family of +RAID controllers. + +USB support has been improved. + +Major updates to the Vinum volume manager have been incorporated. -Support has been added for the Rise mP6 processor. [MERGED] +Driver support for a number of Realtek and Avance Asound audio cards +has been added. + +A number of NFS problems have been fixed. Driver support has been added for SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit ethernet adapters. @@ -80,37 +84,43 @@ ethernet adapters. Driver support has been added for Adaptec Duralink PCI ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec AIC-6915 fast ethernet controller. -Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet adapters based on -the Sundance Technologies ST201 controller, including the D-Link DFE-550TX. +Driver support for M-systems DiskOnChip products integrated. + +Driver support has been added for the 3Com 3c905C-TX. -Driver support has been added for the 3Com 3c905C-TX. [MERGED] +APM support has been improved. 1.2. SECURITY FIXES ------------------- -A new jail(2) system call and admin command (jail(8)) have been added for -additional flexibility in creating secure process execution environments. +(none yet logged) 1.3. USERLAND CHANGES --------------------- -The base C/C++ compiler has been upgraded from GCC 2.7.2 to EGCS 1.1.2. -This gives users full ISO C++ support. +The support environment for Linux mode has finally been updated. The +linux_lib and linux_devel ports are replaced by resp. linux_base and +linux_devtools. These new ports are based on Red Hat 5.2 packages +and include support for both glibc2 and libc5 based applications. + +Sysinstall now contains DHCP client support. -The timezone database has been updated to catch all of the recent changes -in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central and South America. -The timezone data files now contain a magic number allowing for easy -identification. +TCP Wrapper support in inetd(8) is now controlled with command-line +options and dgram services may be wrapped in addition to previously +wrapped service types. Please see the manpage for details, since inetd +run without command-line options will do no wrapping. -The f77 emulation via f2c has been updated to a current version. +ISC's DHCP client has been upgraded to version 2.0. -The Internet Software Consortium's DHCP client has been added to the -base system. +Bison, the GNU parser generator, has been upgraded to version 1.28. -Groff/troff/eqn has been updated to version 1.11. +A Gcc optimiser bug has been fixed that prevented compiling the XFree86 +client libraries on the Alpha. -Gdb has been updated to version 4.18 and is now part of the standard -release for FreeBSD/alpha. +Advanced Power Management monitor daemon, apmd(8), has been imported. +This allow user to select the APM events to be handled from userland +and specify the commands for a given event, allowing APM behaviour to +be configured flexibly. Please see the manpage for details. 2. Supported Configurations @@ -193,7 +203,7 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface (562/563 models) (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) -(acd) ATAPI IDE interface +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: @@ -287,18 +297,14 @@ Winbond W89C840F fast ethernet NICs including the following: VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" fast ethernet NICs including the following: Hawking Technologies PN102TX - D-Link DFE-530TX - -Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI fast ethernet NICs including -the following: - D-Link DFE-550TX + D-Link DFE530TX SysKonnect SK-984x PCI gigabit ethernet cards including the following: SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port SK-9842 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port SK-9843 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port - + Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP @@ -484,10 +490,10 @@ LAST resort! 3.2. CDROM ---------- -FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE and 2.2.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: +FreeBSD 3.3-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) @@ -517,14 +523,40 @@ unconditional return policy. ---------------------------------------------- If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, most likely -it's 3.0 and some of the following issues may affect you, depending -of course on your chosen method of upgrading. There are two popular -ways of upgrading FreeBSD distributions: +it's 2.2.x or 2.1.x (in some lesser number of cases) and some of the +following issues may affect you, depending of course on your chosen +method of upgrading. There are two popular ways of upgrading +FreeBSD distributions: o Using sources, via /usr/src o Using sysinstall's (binary) upgrade option. -[insert other notes here] +In the case of using sources, there are simply two targets you need to +be aware of: The standard ``upgrade'' target, which will upgrade a 2.x +or 3.0 system to 3.3 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 3.3/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). Those who wish to retain access to the older +a.out dynamic executables should be sure and install the compat22 +distribution. Notice that the a.out libraries won't be accessible +until the system is rebooted, which may cause trouble with certain +a.out packages. + +Also, do not use install disks or sysinstall from previous versions, +as version 3.1 introduced a new bootstrapping procedure, requiring +new boot blocks to be installed (because of elf kernels), and version +3.2 has further modifications to the bootstrapping procedure. + +[ other important upgrading notes should go here] 5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. |