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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 - 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 3.0-RELEASE ---------------------------------- -All changes described here are unique to the 3.0 branch unless -specifically marked as [MERGED] features. - -1.1. KERNEL CHANGES -------------------- - -Added driver support for fast ethernet adapters based on the -RealTek 8129/8139 and Accton MPX 5030/5038 chips, including the -SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX. - -Added driver support for Lite-On PNIC-based fast ethernet cards -including the LinkSys LNE100TX, NetGear FA310TX Rev. D1 and -Matrox FastNIC 10/100. - -Added driver support for fast ethernet adapters based on the -Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 chips. - -Added driver support for fast ethernet adapters based on the -Winbond W89C840F chip. - -Added driver support for fast ethernet adapters based on the -VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" chips. - -Added driver support for pocket ethernet adapters based on the -RealTek RTL 8002 chip. - -Added driver support for fast ethernet adapters based on the -ASIX Electronics AX88140A chip. - -Integrated isdn4bsd from the isdn4bsd project group into the -regular system. - - -1.2. SECURITY FIXES -------------------- - -1.3. USERLAND CHANGES ---------------------- - -When using ipfw(8) with the syntax of the first synopsis line from the -man page (i. e., with a rules file), it can now optionally be run through -a preprocessor (m4, cpp) so it's possible to use symbolic names and other -constructs that make maintenance easier. - - -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) - 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) - -2.2. Ethernet cards -------------------- -Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards - -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 - -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) - -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 - -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 - -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. - -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 PCI and EISA -(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL - -3Com 3c980 Fast Etherlink XL server 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. - -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 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. - -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 3.0-RELEASE and 2.2.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: - - Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D - 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 ``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. -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 -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! - -[ 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 |