Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r186759 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <200901050553.n055rEmL086398@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Mon Jan 5 05:53:14 2009 New Revision: 186759 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186759 Log: - Trim old items. - Fix indent. Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Mon Jan 5 05:14:26 2009 (r186758) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Mon Jan 5 05:53:14 2009 (r186759) @@ -12,342 +12,238 @@ ]> <article> -<articleinfo> - <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> + <articleinfo> + <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> - <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> + <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> - <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> + <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> - <copyright> - <year>2000</year> - <year>2001</year> - <year>2002</year> - <year>2003</year> - <year>2004</year> - <year>2005</year> - <year>2006</year> - <year>2007</year> - <year>2008</year> - <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> - </copyright> - - <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> - &tm-attrib.freebsd; - &tm-attrib.ibm; - &tm-attrib.ieee; - &tm-attrib.intel; - &tm-attrib.sparc; - &tm-attrib.general; - </legalnotice> - - <abstract> - <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary - of the changes made to the &os; base system on the - &release.branch; development line. - This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since - the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os; - kernel and userland. - Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para> - </abstract> -</articleinfo> - -<sect1 id="intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - - <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; - &release.current;. It - describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;. - It also provides some notes on upgrading - from previous versions of &os;.</para> + <copyright> + <year>2000</year> + <year>2001</year> + <year>2002</year> + <year>2003</year> + <year>2004</year> + <year>2005</year> + <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> + <year>2008</year> + <year>2009</year> + <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> + &tm-attrib.freebsd; + &tm-attrib.ibm; + &tm-attrib.ieee; + &tm-attrib.intel; + &tm-attrib.sparc; + &tm-attrib.general; + </legalnotice> + + <abstract> + <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary + of the changes made to the &os; base system on the + &release.branch; development line. + This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since + the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os; + kernel and userland. + Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para> + </abstract> + </articleinfo> + + <sect1 id="intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> + + <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; + &release.current;. It + describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;. + It also provides some notes on upgrading + from previous versions of &os;.</para> <![ %release.type.current [ - <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes - apply represents the latest point along the &release.branch; development - branch since &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, binary - &release.type; distributions along this branch - can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> + <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes + apply represents the latest point along the &release.branch; development + branch since &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, binary + &release.type; distributions along this branch + can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> ]]> <![ %release.type.snapshot [ - <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes - apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development - branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. - Information regarding - pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch - can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> + <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes + apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development + branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. + Information regarding + pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch + can be found at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> ]]> <![ %release.type.release [ - <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a - &release.type; distribution. It can be found at <ulink - url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors. More - information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; - distributions of &os; can be found in the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining - &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; - Handbook</ulink>.</para> + <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a + &release.type; distribution. It can be found at <ulink + url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors. More + information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; + distributions of &os; can be found in the <ulink + url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining + &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink + url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; Handbook</ulink>.</para> ]]> - <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before - installing &os;. The errata document is updated with - <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the - release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains - information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to - documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; - &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="new"> - <title>What's New</title> - - <para>This section describes - the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; - since &release.prev;. - </para> - - <para>Typical release note items - document recent security advisories issued after - &release.prev;, - new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options, - major bug fixes, or contributed software upgrades. They may also - list changes to major ports/packages or release engineering - practices. Clearly the release notes cannot list every single - change made to &os; between releases; this document focuses - primarily on security advisories, user-visible changes, and major - architectural improvements.</para> - - <sect2 id="security"> - <title>Security Advisories</title> - - <para></para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="kernel"> - <title>Kernel Changes</title> - - <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture - facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured - to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or - a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls - this feature.</para> - - <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting - facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a - set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from - within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8; - utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual - page.</para> - - <para>The kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel - dumps. A textdump provides higher-level information via - mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a - simple memory dump. This facility can be used to generate brief - kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but - are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely - synchronized source code. More information can be found in the - &man.textdump.4; manual page.</para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The ULE - scheduler is now the default process scheduler - in <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernels.</para> + <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before + installing &os;. The errata document is updated with + <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the + release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains + information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to + documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; + &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="new"> + <title>What's New</title> + + <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed + features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para> + + <para>Typical release note items document recent security + advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware + support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or + contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to + major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly + the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os; + between releases; this document focuses primarily on security + advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural + improvements.</para> - <sect3 id="boot"> - <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> + <sect2 id="security"> + <title>Security Advisories</title> <para></para> + </sect2> - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The BTX kernel used by the boot - loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real - mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB - devices.</para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has - been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A - new <command>boot</command> command has been added to - &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the - required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot - partition if required.</para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="proc"> - <title>Hardware Support</title> - - <para>The &man.cmx.4; driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040 - PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added.</para> - - <para>The &man.uslcom.4; driver, a driver for Silicon - Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, has been - imported from OpenBSD.</para> - - <sect4 id="mm"> - <title>Multimedia Support</title> - - <para></para> - </sect4> - - <sect4 id="net-if"> - <title>Network Interface Support</title> - - <para>The &man.ale.4; driver has been added to provide support - for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet controllers. - This driver is not enabled in <filename>GENERIC</filename> - kernels for this release.</para> - - <para>The &man.em.4; driver has been split into two drivers - with some common parts. The &man.em.4; driver will continue - to support adapters up to the 82575, as well as new - client/desktop adapters. A new &man.igb.4; driver - will support new server adapters.</para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The &man.wpi.4; driver has - been updated to include a number of stability fixes.</para> - - </sect4> - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="net-proto"> - <title>Network Protocols</title> + <sect2 id="kernel"> + <title>Kernel Changes</title> <para></para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="disks"> - <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <sect3 id="boot"> + <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> - <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes larger than - 2TB in size.</para> + <para></para> + </sect3> - <para>The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 - from Highpoint.</para> + <sect3 id="proc"> + <title>Hardware Support</title> - </sect3> + <para></para> - <sect3 id="fs"> - <title>File Systems</title> + <sect4 id="mm"> + <title>Multimedia Support</title> - <para></para> - </sect3> - </sect2> + <para></para> + </sect4> - <sect2 id="userland"> - <title>Userland Changes</title> + <sect4 id="net-if"> + <title>Network Interface Support</title> - <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility now supports - a <option>-M</option> option to set the mode of a new user's - home directory.</para> - - <para>&man.chflags.1; now supports a <option>-v</option> flag for - verbose output and a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors - with the same semantics as (for example) - &man.chmod.1;.</para> - - <para>The &man.realpath.1; utility now supports - a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also - accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para> - - <para>&man.cron.8; now supports a <option>-m</option> option, - which can help managing cron mails in massive hosting - environment.</para> + <para></para> - <para>&man.ypserv.8; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to - specify the port number on which it should listen.</para> + </sect4> + </sect3> - <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> - <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> + <sect3 id="net-proto"> + <title>Network Protocols</title> - <para></para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contrib"> - <title>Contributed Software</title> + <para></para> - <para><application>AMD</application> has been updated from 6.0.10 - to 6.1.5.</para> + </sect3> - <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from 1 May - 2007 release to the 23 October 2007 release.</para> + <sect3 id="disks"> + <title>Disks and Storage</title> - <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from 1.0.4 - to 1.0.5.</para> + <para></para> - <para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the - Figwort release to the Hydrangea release.</para> + </sect3> - <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from - 4.5p1 to 5.1p1.</para> + <sect3 id="fs"> + <title>File Systems</title> - <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from - 8.14.2 to 8.14.3.</para> + <para></para> + </sect3> + </sect2> - <para>The timezone database has been updated from - the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to - the <application>tzdata2008b</application> release.</para> + <sect2 id="userland"> + <title>Userland Changes</title> - </sect2> + <para></para> - <sect2 id="ports"> - <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> + <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> + <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> - <para></para> + <para></para> + </sect3> + </sect2> - </sect2> + <sect2 id="contrib"> + <title>Contributed Software</title> - <sect2 id="releng"> - <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> + <para></para> + </sect2> - <para>The supported version of - the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment - (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) has been - updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22.</para> + <sect2 id="ports"> + <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> - </sect2> + <para></para> - <sect2 id="doc"> - <title>Documentation</title> + </sect2> - <para></para> - </sect2> -</sect1> + <sect2 id="releng"> + <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> -<sect1 id="upgrade"> - <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> + <para></para> + </sect2> - <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, - binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the - various security branches) are supported using the - &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade procedure will - update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified GENERIC or - SMP kernels distributed as a part of an official &os; release. - The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the host being - upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para> + <sect2 id="doc"> + <title>Documentation</title> - <para>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the - <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main &man.sysinstall.8; - menu on CDROM distribution media. This type of binary upgrade - may be useful on non-&arch.i386;, non-&arch.amd64; machines - or on systems with no Internet connectivity.</para> + <para></para> + </sect2> + </sect1> - <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; - base system from source code) from previous versions are - supported, according to the instructions in - <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> + <sect1 id="upgrade"> + <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> - <important> - <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after - backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration - files.</para> - </important> -</sect1> + <para arch="amd64,i386">Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, binary + upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various + security branches) are supported using the + &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade procedure + will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified + GENERIC or SMP kernels distributed as a part of an official &os; + release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the + host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para> + + <para>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the + <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main + &man.sysinstall.8; menu on CDROM distribution media. This type + of binary upgrade may be useful on non-&arch.i386;, + non-&arch.amd64; machines or on systems with no Internet + connectivity.</para> + + <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; + base system from source code) from previous versions are + supported, according to the instructions in + <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> + + <important> + <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after + backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration + files.</para> + </important> + </sect1> </article>
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