From owner-svn-src-stable-7@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 05:53:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956C41065672; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 +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 80FA48FC0C; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n055rElc086399; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n055rEmL086398; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200901050553.n055rEmL086398@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 05:53:14 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r186759 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 7-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:53:15 -0000 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 @@ ]>
- - &os; &release.current; Release Notes + + &os; &release.current; Release Notes - The &os; Project + The &os; Project - $FreeBSD$ + $FreeBSD$ - - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - The &os; Documentation Project - - - - &tm-attrib.freebsd; - &tm-attrib.ibm; - &tm-attrib.ieee; - &tm-attrib.intel; - &tm-attrib.sparc; - &tm-attrib.general; - - - - 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. - - - - - Introduction - - 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;. + + 2000 + 2001 + 2002 + 2003 + 2004 + 2005 + 2006 + 2007 + 2008 + 2009 + The &os; Documentation Project + + + + &tm-attrib.freebsd; + &tm-attrib.ibm; + &tm-attrib.ieee; + &tm-attrib.intel; + &tm-attrib.sparc; + &tm-attrib.general; + + + + 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. + + + + + Introduction + + 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;. 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 . + 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 . ]]> 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 . + 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 . ]]> This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a - &release.type; distribution. It can be found at or any of its mirrors. More - information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; - distributions of &os; can be found in the Obtaining - &os; appendix to the &os; - Handbook. + This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a + &release.type; distribution. It can be found at or any of its mirrors. More + information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; + distributions of &os; can be found in the Obtaining + &os; appendix to the &os; Handbook. ]]> - All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before - installing &os;. The errata document is updated with - late-breaking 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. - - - - - What's New - - This section describes - the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; - since &release.prev;. - - - 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. - - - Security Advisories - - - - - - Kernel Changes - - 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 capture command controls - this feature. - - 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. - - 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. - - [&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The ULE - scheduler is now the default process scheduler - in GENERIC kernels. + All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before + installing &os;. The errata document is updated with + late-breaking 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. + + + + What's New + + This section describes the most user-visible new or changed + features in &os; since &release.prev;. + + 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. - - Boot Loader Changes + + Security Advisories + - [&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. - - [&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has - been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A - new boot 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. - - - - - Hardware Support - - The &man.cmx.4; driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040 - PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added. - - The &man.uslcom.4; driver, a driver for Silicon - Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, has been - imported from OpenBSD. - - - Multimedia Support - - - - - - Network Interface Support - - 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 GENERIC - kernels for this release. - - 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. - - [&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The &man.wpi.4; driver has - been updated to include a number of stability fixes. - - - - - - Network Protocols + + Kernel Changes - - - - Disks and Storage + + Boot Loader Changes - The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes larger than - 2TB in size. + + - The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 - from Highpoint. + + Hardware Support - + - - File Systems + + Multimedia Support - - - + + - - Userland Changes + + Network Interface Support - The &man.adduser.8; utility now supports - a option to set the mode of a new user's - home directory. - - &man.chflags.1; now supports a flag for - verbose output and a flag to ignore errors - with the same semantics as (for example) - &man.chmod.1;. - - The &man.realpath.1; utility now supports - a flag to suppress warnings; it now also - accepts multiple paths on its command line. - - &man.cron.8; now supports a option, - which can help managing cron mails in massive hosting - environment. + - &man.ypserv.8; now supports a option to - specify the port number on which it should listen. + + - - <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts + + Network Protocols - - - - - - Contributed Software + - AMD has been updated from 6.0.10 - to 6.1.5. + - awk has been updated from 1 May - 2007 release to the 23 October 2007 release. + + Disks and Storage - bzip2 has been updated from 1.0.4 - to 1.0.5. + - OpenPAM has been updated from the - Figwort release to the Hydrangea release. + - OpenSSH has been updated from - 4.5p1 to 5.1p1. + + File Systems - sendmail has been updated from - 8.14.2 to 8.14.3. + + + - The timezone database has been updated from - the tzdata2007h release to - the tzdata2008b release. + + Userland Changes - + - - Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure + + <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts - + + + - + + Contributed Software - - Release Engineering and Integration + + - The supported version of - the GNOME desktop environment - (x11/gnome2) has been - updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22. + + Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure - + - - Documentation + - - - + + Release Engineering and Integration - - Upgrading from previous releases of &os; + + - [&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. + + Documentation - An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the - Upgrade 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. + + + - Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; - base system from source code) from previous versions are - supported, according to the instructions in - /usr/src/UPDATING. + + Upgrading from previous releases of &os; - - Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after - backing up all data and configuration - files. - - + 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. + + An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the + Upgrade 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. + + Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; + base system from source code) from previous versions are + supported, according to the instructions in + /usr/src/UPDATING. + + + Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after + backing up all data and configuration + files. + +