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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index e940af31640f..a213cf303300 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
+ devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
+ different consoles.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@@ -443,6 +447,12 @@
<para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device
miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now supports Intel's loadable
+ microcode to implement receive-side interrupt coalescing and
+ packet bundling, on NICs that support these features. This
+ support can be activated by the use of the
+ <option>link0</option> option to &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
+
<para>The &man.gx.4; driver has been added to support NICs based
on the Intel 82542 and 82543 Gigabit Ethernet controller chips.
Both fiber and copper variants of the cards are supported. Both
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 e940af31640f..a213cf303300 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@
<application>bzip2</application>-compressed kernels and
modules. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The kernel now has support for multiple low-level console
+ devices. The new &man.conscontrol.8; utility helps to manage the
+ different consoles.</para>
+
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@@ -443,6 +447,12 @@
<para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device
miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now supports Intel's loadable
+ microcode to implement receive-side interrupt coalescing and
+ packet bundling, on NICs that support these features. This
+ support can be activated by the use of the
+ <option>link0</option> option to &man.ifconfig.8;.</para>
+
<para>The &man.gx.4; driver has been added to support NICs based
on the Intel 82542 and 82543 Gigabit Ethernet controller chips.
Both fiber and copper variants of the cards are supported. Both