FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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IBM, AIX, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are @@ -114,22 +114,14 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"

ARM - Superpages status page for further details. [r254918]

2.2.3. Boot Loader Changes

[amd64,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 FreeBSD from USB - devices.

[amd64,i386] A new gptboot(8) boot - loader has been added to support booting from a GPT labeled - disk. A new boot command has been added to - gpart(8), which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the - required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot - partition if required.

2.2.4. Hardware Support

The cmx(4) driver, a driver for Omnikey + Superpages status page for further details. [r254918]

2.2.3. Hardware Support

The cmx(4) driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040 PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added.

The syscons(4) driver now supports the Colemak keyboard layout.

The uslcom(4) driver, a driver for Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, - has been imported from OpenBSD.

2.2.4.1. Multimedia Support

Support for version 2.0 of the USB + has been imported from OpenBSD.

2.2.3.1. Multimedia Support

Support for version 2.0 of the USB Audio reference design has been added. New devices should support higher bandwidth, increased sampling frequency and - wider dynamic range. [r240609]

2.2.4.2. Network Interface Support

The ale(4) driver has been added to provide support + wider dynamic range. [r240609]

2.2.3.2. Network Interface Support

The ale(4) driver has been added to provide support for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet controllers.

The em(4) driver has been split into two drivers with some common parts. The em(4) driver will continue @@ -168,7 +160,7 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"

Netmap - Project. [r227614]

2.2.5. Network Protocols

carp(4) has been rewritten to make + Project. [r227614]

2.2.4. Network Protocols

carp(4) has been rewritten to make addresses more sane from the viewpoint of routing daemons such as quagga/zebra. It also brings support for a single redundant address on the subnet (carpdev), switching state with @@ -183,7 +175,7 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"

[r240233]

Support for up to 65536 routing tables has been introduced. [r250700]

Support for setting/matching differentiated services codepoints (DSCP) in IP header has - been added to ipfw(8). [r248552]

2.2.6. Disks and Storage

The aac(4) driver now supports volumes + been added to ipfw(8). [r248552]

2.2.5. Disks and Storage

The aac(4) driver now supports volumes larger than 2TB in size.

The ata(4) driver now supports a spindown command for disks; after a configurable amount of time, if no requests have been received for a disk, the disk will be spun down @@ -194,13 +186,13 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"

nvmexpress.org. [r240616]

2.2.7. File Systems

A new kernel-based iSCSI target and + see nvmexpress.org. [r240616]

2.2.6. File Systems

A new kernel-based iSCSI target and initiator has been added. [r255570]

UFS filesystems can now be enlarged with growfs(8) while mounted read-write. This is especially useful for virtual machines, allowing the addition of more harddrive space without interruption of service. [r243246]

A state of the art FUSE implementation is now part of the base system. It allows the use of nearly - all fusefs file systems. [r241519]

2.2.7.1. ZFS

bsdinstall(8) now supports installing + all fusefs file systems. [r241519]

2.2.6.1. ZFS

bsdinstall(8) now supports installing ZFS on the root file system. It includes a single configuration menu that allows you to select all of the required details, including which drives to use, what ZFS