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diff --git a/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD deleted file mode 100644 index 4d564928f914..000000000000 --- a/share/FAQ/RELNOTES.FreeBSD +++ /dev/null @@ -1,624 +0,0 @@ - RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD - Release 2.0 - -1. Technical overview ---------------------- - -FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4 BSD Lite based release -for Intel i386/i486/Pentium (or compatible) based PC's. It is based -primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some -enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation. - -Since our first release of FreeBSD 1.0 some 18 months ago, FreeBSD -has changed almost entirely. A new port from the Berkeley 4.4 code -base was done, which brought the legal status of the system out of the -shadows with the blessing of Novell (new owners of USL and UNIX). The -port to 4.4 has also brought in a host of new features, filesystems -and enhanced driver support. With our new unencumbered code base, we -have every reason to hope that we'll be able to release quality -operating systems without further legal encumbrance for some time to -come! - -FreeBSD 2.0 represents the culmination of almost 2 years of work and -many thousands of man hours put in by an international development team. -We hope you enjoy it! - -Many packages have also been upgraded or added, such as XFree86 3.1, -xview 3.2, elm, nntp, mh, InterViews and dozens of other miscellaneous -utilities have been ported and are now available as add-ons. See the -ports collection (or the package collection) for a complete summary. - -For a list of contributors and a general project description, please see -the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD" which should be bundled with your binary -distribution. - -Also see the "REGISTER.FreeBSD" file for information on registering -with the "Free BSD user counter". This counter is for ALL freely -available variants of BSD, not just FreeBSD, and we urge you to register -yourself with it. - -The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its -being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package -to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that -contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages -provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the -U.S.) exportable European distribution of DES for our non U.S. users also -exists and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ. - -If password security for FreeBSD is all you need, and you have no -requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts (Suns, -DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then FreeBSD's MD5 -based security may be all you require! We feel that our default security -model is more than a match for DES, and without any messy export issues -to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) the U.S., give it a try! - - -1.1 What's new in 2.0? ----------------------- - -4.4 Lite --------- -As previously stated, this release is based entirely on CSRG's -latest (and last) BSD release - 4.4 Lite. This features a number -of improvements over 4.2BSD (Net/2), not least of which are: - -o Legal approval of Novell & U.C. Berkeley. After the settlement - of the longstanding lawsuit between USL/UCB/Novell/BSDI, all - parties were (strongly) encouraged to move to 4.4 Lite in order - to avoid future legal entanglements. The fact that we've now done - so should make this release much more attractive to potential - commercial users. - -o Many new filesystem types, such as stackable filesystems, union - filesystems, "portals", kernfs, a simple log-structured filesystem, a - new version of NFS (NQNFS), etc. While some of these new filesystems - are also rather unpolished and will require significant additional - work to be truly robust, they're a good start. - -o 64bit offsets, allowing filesystems of up to 2^63 bytes in size. - -o Further work towards full POSIX compliance. - -IP multicast support --------------------- -The IP multicast support has been upgraded from the woefully ancient -1.x code in 4.4-Lite to the most current and up-to-date 3.3 release -from Steve D. and Ajit. The non-forwarding code is known to work (for -some limited test cases). The multicast forwarder and user-mode -multicast routing process are known to compile, but have not been -significantly tested (hopefully this will happen before 2.0 release). - -Owner: wollman -Sources involved: sys/netinet, usr.sbin/mrouted - -Loadable Kernel Modules ------------------------ -David Greenman incorporated NetBSD's port of Terry Lambert's loadable -kernel module support. Garrett Wollman wrote the support for loadable -file systems, and Søren Schmidt did the same for loadable execution -classes. - -Owner: core -Sources involved: sys/kern, sbin/modload, sbin/modunload, - usr.bin/modstat - - -Loadable filesystems --------------------- -Most filesystems are now dynamically loadable on demand, with the -exception of the UFS family (FFS, LFS, and MFS). With the exception -of NFS, all such filesystems can be unloaded when all references are -unmounted. To support this functionality, the getvfsbyname(3) -family of functions has been added to the C library and the lsvfs(1) -command provides the same information at the shell level. Be aware of -the following current restrictions: - - - /usr/bin may not reside on a dynamically loaded filesystem. - - There must be a writable /tmp directory available - before filesystems are loaded (moving / to the top of your - /etc/fstab file will accomplish this). - - Some of the more esoteric filesystems simply don't work when loaded - dynamically (though they often don't work "static", either.) - -Owner: wollman -Sources involved: sys/*fs, lkm/*fs, usr.bin/lsvfs, lib/libc/gen - - -S/Key ------ -Since version 1.1.5, FreeBSD has supported the S/Key one time password -scheme. The version used is derived from the logdaemon package of Wietse -Venema. -Some of the features new in 2.0 are: - - New access control table format to impose the use of S/Keys - based on: hostname, ip address, port, username, group id. - - S/Key support can be disabled by not having the access control - table. -The second item explains the absence of skey.access in the installed /etc. -To enable S/Key support, create a file skey.access in /etc and fill it -according to your needs. See also skey.access(5) and the example in -/usr/share/examples/etc/skey.access. - -Owner: pst, guido -Sources involved: lib/libskey, usr.bin/key* (plus patches to others) - - -TCP/IP over parallel (printer) port ------------------------------------ -You can now run TCP/IP over a standard LapLink(tm) cable, if both ends -have an interrupt-driven printerport. The interface is named "lp0" -where '0' is the same as the lpt# unit number. This is not compatible -with PLIP. If you run NFS, try setting MTU to 9180, otherwise leave -it at 1500 unless you have a good reason to change it. Speed varies -with the CPU-type, with up to 70 kbyte/sec having been seen and 50 -kbyte/sec being the norm. - -Owner: phk -Sources involved: isa/lpt.c - - -ProAudioSpectrum SCSI driver ----------------------------- -If you have a PAS board with a CD-ROM, and the MS-DOS driver is called -TSLCDR.SYS, then the "pas" driver should work on your card. You can -attach disks, cdroms and tapes, but due to the nature of the hardware -involved, the transfer rate is limited to < 690 kbyte/sec. For CD-ROM -use, this is generally more than enough. - -Owner: phk -Sources involved: isa/pas.c - - -Adaptec 2742/2842 SCSI driver ------------------------------ -Despite the non-cooperation of Adaptec in providing technical -information, we now have a driver for the AHA-274x and AHA-284x -series SCSI controller family. This driver uses the GPL'd -Linux sequencer code, so until we find an alternative, this -will be part of the kernel that requires source code to be -distributed with it at all times. This shouldn't be a problem -for any of FreeBSD's current users. - -Owner: gibbs -Sources involved: isa/aic7770.c sys/gnu/misc/* - - -Gzip'd binaries ----------------- -We have an experimental implementation for direct execution of gzip'ed -binaries in this release. When enabled, it allows you to simply gzip -your binaries, remove the '.gz' extension and make the file -executable. There is a big speed and memory consumption penalty for -doing this, but for laptop users it may be worthwhile. The maximum -savings are generally around 10 Mb of disk space. - -Owner: phk -Sources involved: kern/imgact_gzip.c kern/inflate.c - - -Diskless booting ----------------- - -Diskless booting in 2.0 is much improved since 1.1.5. The -boot-program is in src/sys/i386/boot/netboot, and can be run from an -MSDOS system or burned into an EPROM. Local swapping is also -possible. WD, SMC, 3COM and Novell ethernet cards are currently -supported. - -Owner: Martin Renters & phk -Sources involved: i386/boot/netboot, sys/nfs/nfs_vfsops.h - - -Device configuration database ------------------------------ -The kernel now keeps better track of which device drivers are active and -where the devices are attached; this information is made available to -user programs via the new sysctl(3) management interface. Current -applications include lsdev(8), which lists the currently configured -devices. In the future, we expect to use this code to automatically -generate a configuration file for you at installation time. - -Owner: wollman -Sources involved: sys/i386, sys/scsi, sys/kern/kern_devconf.c, - sys/sys/devconf.h, usr.sbin/lsdev - - -Kernel management interface ---------------------------- -With 4.4-Lite, we now have a better management interface for the endless -series of kernel variables and parameters which were previously manipulated -by reading and writing /dev/kmem. Many programs have been rewritten to -use this interface, although many old-style programs still remain. Some -variables which were never accessible before are now available through -the sysctl(1) program. In addition to the standard 4.4BSD MIB variables, -we have added support for YP/NIS domains (kern.domainname), controlling -the update daemon (kern.update), retrieving the OS release date -(kern.osreldate), determining the name of the booted kernel (kern.bootfile), -and checking for hardware floating-point support (hw.floatingpoint). -We have also added support to make management queries of devices and -filesystems. - -Owner: core -Sources involved: sys, usr.bin/sysctl - - -iBCS2 support -------------- -FreeBSD now supports running iBCS2 compatible binaries (currently -SCO UNIX 3.2.2 & 3.2.4 and ISC 2.2 COFF format are supported). -The iBCS2 emulator is in its early stages, but it is functional, we -haven't been able to do exhaustive testing (lack of commercial apps), -but almost all of SCO's 3.2.2 binaries are working, so is an old -INFORMIX-2.10 for SCO. Further testing is nessesary to complete this -project. There is also work under way for ELF & XOUT loaders, and -most of the svr4 syscall wrappers have been written. - -Owner: Soren Schmidt (sos) & Sean Eric Fagan (sef) -Sources involved: sys/i386/ibcs2/* + misc kernel changes. - - -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. - -Following is a list of all currently known disk controllers and -ethernet cards known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may -very well work, and we have simply not received any indication of -this. - - -2.1. Disk Controllers - -WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) -WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) -[Note: the new Extended IDE controllers in newer PC's work, although no -extended features are used.] - -Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 2742/2842 series ISA/EISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes -the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - -** Note: You cannot boot from the Soundblaster cards -as they have no on-board BIOS, which is necessary for mapping -the boot device into the system BIOS I/O vectors. -They're perfectly usable for external tapes, CDROMs, etc, -however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card -without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which -is generally indicated by some sort of message when the system -is first powered up or reset. Check your system/board documentation -for more details. - -[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"] -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller - -NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller. - -DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. - -UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - -Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - -Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - -With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including -DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This and the mcd driver (Mitsumi CDROM -interface card) are the only way a CD ROM drive may be currently -attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster -(non-SCSI) CDROM interface, or other "non-SCSI" adapters. The -ProAudio Spectrum SCSI and SoundBlaster SCSI controllers are -supported. - -Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of -memory, due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space of -24 bits. If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it -impossible to do direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is -even true of some EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when -they're configured to emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all* -respects. This problem is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which do -not use DMA), true EISA controllers (like the UltraStor or Adaptec -1742A) and most VLB (local bus) controllers. In the cases where it's -necessary, the system will use "bounce buffers" to talk to the -controller so that you can still use more than 16Mb of memory without -difficulty. - - -2.2. Ethernet cards - -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. - -DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) -DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) - -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 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP - -3Com 3C509 and 3C579 Etherlink III - -Toshiba ethernet cards - -PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also -supported. - -2.3. Misc - -AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. - -Mitsumi (all models) CDROM interface and drive. - -Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI CDROM interface and drive. - -Adlib, Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound -and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. - -FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus, but -support is apparently close to materializing. Details will be posted -as the situation develops. - - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD. ---------------------- - -You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: - -1. FTP/Mail - -You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from -`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site. - -For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file -MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the nearest site -to you netwise. - -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@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message -to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. -Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* -through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST -resort! - - -2. CDROM - -FreeBSD 2.0 may be ordered on CDROM from: - - Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D - Concord CA 94520 - 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax) - -Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com. Their current catalog can -be obtained via ftp as ftp.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog. - -Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada, -or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American -Express, and ship COD to 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. - -Note that Walnut Creek CDROM does NOT provide technical support for FreeBSD, -you need to contact the FreeBSD team for that. Please see section 5 for -more information. - - -4. Preparing for the installation. ----------------------------------- - -1. Floppy Installation - -If you must install from floppy disks, either due to space contraints -on your hard disk or just because you enjoy doing things the hard -way, you must first prepare some floppies for the install. - -You will need either 10 1.44MB floppies or 12 1.2MB floppies to -store just the bindist (binary distribution). These *must* be -formatted using MS-DOS, using either the FORMAT command in MS-DOS -or the File Manager in Microsoft Windows to prepare the floppies -(though factory preformatted floppies will also well well, provided -that they haven't been previously used for something else). - -After you've formatted the floppy disks, you'll need to copy the -files onto them. There are 56 total files for the bindist itself, -plus three small files (CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh) for -the install program to use. ALL of these files must be copies onto -the floppies. Each of the bindist files are named "bindist.??", -where the "??" is replaced by the letter sequence aa through cd. -Copy these files onto the floppies, placing the three small install -files onto the final floppy. The order in which you copy the files -to floppy is not important, but it makes labelling the disks easier -if you go in some sort of alphabetical order. - -After you've done this, the floppy disks are ready for the install -program to use. - -Later on, after you get the binary distribution installed and everything -is going great, the same instructions will apply for the other -distributions, such as the manpages distribution or the XFree86 distribution. -The number of floppies required will, of course, change for bigger or -smaller distributions. - - -2. Hard Disk Installation - -To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition, you should simply -copy the files from the distribution into a directory with the same -name as the distribution. For example, if you are preparing to -install the bindist set, then make a directory on your C: drive named -C:\BINDIST and copy the files there. This will allow the installation -program to find the files automatically. - - -3. QIC/SCSI Tape Installation. - -Installing from tape is probably the easiest method, short of an -on-line install using ftp or installing from a CDROM. The installation -program expects the files to be simply tar'red onto the tape, so after -getting all of the files for distribution you're interested in, simply -tar them onto the tape with something like: - - cd <where the *.?? files are> - tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) . - -from a directory with just the distribution files in it. Make sure -that you remember to put CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh files -in this directory as well! - -If you wish to install multiple *dist releases from one tape, do the -following: - -1. cd to the parent directory of the distributions and put them on tape - like so: - tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) bindist srcdist ... - -2. Install the first distribution on the tape using the tape installation - method as normal. Afterwards, *do not* erase the contents of the temporary - directory. Get a shell with ESC-ESC and cd to the temporary directory - yourself. For each additional *dist you want to load, cd to its - subdirectory and type `sh ./extract.sh'. - - -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. 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. - -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: - - bugs@FreeBSD.org - - -Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: - - questions@FreeBSD.org - -Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have -extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements -to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves! To contact us -on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to: - - hackers@FreeBSD.org - -Since these mailing lists can experience significant amounts of -traffic, if you've got slow or expensive mail access and you're -only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you may -find it preferable to subscribe to: - - announce@FreeBSD.org - - -All but the FreeBSD-bugs groups 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. It would be very difficult, if not -impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but -nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your -name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely -accidental. - - -The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. - -Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. - -The FreeBSD "core" team: - - Andrey A. Chernov - John Dyson - Bruce Evans - David Greenman - Rodney W. Grimes - Jordan K. Hubbard - Poul-Henning Kamp - Rich Murphey - Gary Palmer - Geoff Rehmet - Paul Richards - Soren Schmidt - Andreas Schulz - Jack Vogel - Garrett A. Wollman - - -Special mention to: - - Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without - whose help (and continuing support) this release would never - have been possible. - - Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM - drive. - - The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary. - - Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: - - J.T. Conklin Julian Elischer - Sean Eric Fagan Jeffrey Hsu - Terry Lambert L Jonas Olsson - Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers - Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace - Atsushi Murai Scott Mace - Andrew Moore Nate Williams - - And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. - - -Thanks to everyone, especially those not mentioned, and we sincerely -hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! - - - The FreeBSD Core Team - -$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.22 1995/01/27 23:15:31 jkh Exp $ |