From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 22:00:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCF31065670; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CCDA8FC18; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6NM0KY9029141; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o6NM0K3L029139; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201007232200.o6NM0K3L029139@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r210435 - stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:00:20 -0000 Author: hrs Date: Fri Jul 23 22:00:19 2010 New Revision: 210435 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/210435 Log: Sort entries. Cosmetic changes only. Modified: stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Fri Jul 23 21:51:41 2010 (r210434) +++ stable/8/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Fri Jul 23 22:00:19 2010 (r210435) @@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ - The default &man.devfs.5; rules now expose the upper 256 - of &man.pty.4; device nodes. - A new kernel thread called deadlock resolver has been added. This can be used to detect possible deadlock by using information of thread state and @@ -252,6 +249,9 @@ kernel configuration file and recompilation of the kernel. + The default &man.devfs.5; rules now expose the upper 256 + of &man.pty.4; device nodes. + Two commands to enable/disable read-ahead have been added to &man.fcntl.2; system call: @@ -287,6 +287,17 @@ INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE has been added to GENERIC kernel by default. + A bug in the &man.sched.4bsd.4; scheduler that the + timestamp for the sleeping operation is not cleaned up on the + wakeup has been fixed. + + A race condition in the &man.sched.4bsd.4; scheduler has + been fixed. + + A bug in the &man.sched.ule.4; scheduler which prevented + process usage (%CPU) from working correctly + has been fixed. + New SDT (Statically Defined Tracing) probes such as ones for opencrypto and vnet have been added to &os; &man.dtrace.1; subsystem. @@ -299,26 +310,15 @@ &os; now supports UltraSPARC IV, IV+, and SPARC64 V CPUs. - A bug in the &man.tty.4; driver that - TIOCSTI did not work has been fixed. This - affects applications like &man.mail.1;. - - A bug in the &man.sched.4bsd.4; scheduler that the - timestamp for the sleeping operation is not cleaned up on the - wakeup has been fixed. - - A race condition in the &man.sched.4bsd.4; scheduler has - been fixed. - - A bug in the &man.sched.ule.4; scheduler which prevented - process usage (%CPU) from working correctly - has been fixed. - The &man.syscons.4; driver has been improved. The history buffer can be fully saved/restored in the VESA mode switching via a loader tunable hint.sc.0.vesa_mode. + A bug in the &man.tty.4; driver that + TIOCSTI did not work has been fixed. This + affects applications like &man.mail.1;. + An x86 real mode emulator based on OpenBSD's x86emu implementation has been added to improve real mode BIOS call support on both &arch.i386; and &arch.amd64;. @@ -355,17 +355,17 @@ The &man.loader.8; program now supports U-Boot storage. + The algorithm the &man.loader.8; uses has + been improved to choose a memory range for its heap when + using a range above 1MB. This fixes a symptom that the + loader fails to load a kernel. + A kernel environment variable vfs.root.mountfrom now supports multiple elements for root file system in a space-separated list. Each list element will be tried in order and the first available one will be mounted. - The algorithm the &man.loader.8; uses has - been improved to choose a memory range for its heap when - using a range above 1MB. This fixes a symptom that the - loader fails to load a kernel. - The zfsloader has been added. This is a separate &man.zfs.8; enabled loader. Note that a ZFS bootcode (zfsboot or @@ -402,6 +402,25 @@ JBus to PCIe bridge (called as Fire) found in the Sun Fire V215/V245 and Sun Ultra 25/45 machines. + The &man.smu.4; driver now provides + thermal management and monitoring features. This allows fan + control and thermal monitoring on SMU-based Apple G5 + machines, as well as an &man.led.4; interface to control the + sleep LED. + + The &man.tnt4882.4; driver for IEEE-488 (GPIB) bus now + supports National Instruments TNT5004 chip. + + The &man.uart.4; driver now supports NetMos NM9865 + family of Serial/Parallel ports. + + The &man.uep.4; driver for USB onscreen touch panel + from eGalax has been added. This driver is supported by + x11-drivers/xf86-input-egalax. + + A bug in the &man.uftdi.4; driver that can allow to send + a zero length packet has been fixed. + The &man.usb.4; subsystem now reports &man.devd.8; notify events with the device properties instead of attach events. The following is an @@ -418,21 +437,6 @@ action "/path/to/command -flag"; }; - The &man.smu.4; driver now provides - thermal management and monitoring features. This allows fan - control and thermal monitoring on SMU-based Apple G5 - machines, as well as an &man.led.4; interface to control the - sleep LED. - - The &man.tnt4882.4; driver for IEEE-488 (GPIB) bus now - supports National Instruments TNT5004 chip. - - The &man.uart.4; driver now supports NetMos NM9865 - family of Serial/Parallel ports. - - A bug in the &man.uftdi.4; driver that can allow to send - a zero length packet has been fixed. - Multimedia Support @@ -457,10 +461,6 @@ operation via software upmix done by &man.sound.4;. Note that stereo stream is no longer duplicated to all ports. - - The &man.uep.4; driver for USB onscreen touch panel - from eGalax has been added. This driver is supported by - x11-drivers/xf86-input-egalax. @@ -520,12 +520,12 @@ src/usr.sbin/cxgbtool but not compilied by default. - The et(4) driver now supports MSI and Tx checksum - offloading of IPv4, TCP, and UDP. - The &man.em.4; driver has been updated to version 7.0.0. + The et(4) driver now supports MSI and Tx checksum + offloading of IPv4, TCP, and UDP. + The &man.fxp.4; driver now exports the hardware MAC statistics via sysctl variables. @@ -881,18 +881,22 @@ &man.cam.3; to wait, while CD drive loads disk, instead of immediately return error status. - - The &man.cam.4; ATA transport layer now supports - Power-Up In Stand-by (PUIS). The PUIS is a configuration of - SATA or PATA drives to prevent them from automatic spin-up - when power is applied. A typical application is staggered - spin-up. - - The &man.cam.4; ATA transport layer now supports - negotiating and enabling additional SATA features such as - device initiated power management, Automatic Partial to - Slumber mode transition, and DMA auto-activation. + + The &man.cam.4; ATA transport layer now supports + Power-Up In Stand-by (PUIS). The PUIS is a configuration of + SATA or PATA drives to prevent them from automatic spin-up + when power is applied. A typical application is staggered + spin-up. + + + + The &man.cam.4; ATA transport layer now supports + negotiating and enabling additional SATA features such as + device initiated power management, Automatic Partial to + Slumber mode transition, and DMA auto-activation. + + A livelock issue of the &man.ciss.4; driver under a high load has been fixed.