Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:33:57 +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: r186763 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata Message-ID: <200901050833.n058Xvxf089555@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Mon Jan 5 08:33:56 2009 New Revision: 186763 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186763 Log: Add missing items in relnotes as Errata items: - jme(4), age(4), malo(4), bm(4), et(4), and glxsb(4). - multiple routing table support. Spotted by: weongyo and yongari Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Mon Jan 5 06:02:17 2009 (r186762) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Mon Jan 5 08:33:56 2009 (r186763) @@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ em0@pci0:0:25:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0 check the fourth column. If that says <literal>chip=0x10a78086</literal> (or one of the other two IDs given above) you will have the adapter's name change.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="late-news"> + <title>Late-Breaking News and Corrections</title> <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have mentioned changes that the &man.ae.4; driver has been added to provide support @@ -213,12 +217,129 @@ em0@pci0:0:25:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0 </listitem> </itemizedlist> - </sect1> + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the &man.jme.4; driver has been added to + provide support for PCIe adapters based on JMicron JMC250 + gigabit Ethernet and JMC260 fast Ethernet controllers.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the &man.age.4; driver has been added to + provide support for Attansic/Atheros L1 gigabit Ethernet + controller.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the &man.malo.4; driver has been added to + provide support for Marvell Libertas 88W8335 based PCI network + adapters.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the bm(4) driver has been added to + provide support for Apple Big Mac (BMAC) Ethernet controller, + found on various Apple G3 models.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the et(4) driver has been added to + provide support for Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet + controller.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned changes that the &man.glxsb.4; driver has been added + to provide support for the Security Block in AMD Geode LX + processors.</para> + + <para>[20090105] The Release Notes for 7.1-RELEASE should have + mentioned that &os; now supports multiple routing tables. To + enable this, the following steps are needed:</para> - <sect1 id="late-news"> - <title>Late-Breaking News and Corrections</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Add the following kernel configuration option and + rebuild the kernel. The <literal>2</literal> is the + number of FIB (the maximum value is 16).</para> + + <programlisting>options ROUTETABLES=2</programlisting> + + <para>The procedure for rebuilding the &os; kernel is + described in the <ulink + url="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html#AEN30408">&os; + Handbook</ulink>.</para> + + <para>This number can be modified on boot time. To do so, add + the following to <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> and + reboot the system:</para> - <para>No news.</para> - </sect1> + <programlisting>net.fibs=6</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Set a loader tunable <varname>net.my_fibnum</varname> if + needed. This means the default number of routing tables. + If not specified, <literal>0</literal> will be used.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Set a loader tunable + <varname>net.add_addr_allfibs</varname> if needed. This + enables to add routes to all FIBs for new interfaces by + default. When this is set to <literal>0</literal>, it will + only allocate routes on interface changes for the FIB of the + caller when adding a new set of addresses to an interface. + Note that this tunable is set to <literal>1</literal> by + default.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>To select one of the FIBs, the new &man.setfib.1; utility + can be used. This set an associated FIB with the process. For + example:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; setfib -3 ping target.example.com</screen> + + <para>The FIB #3 will be used for the &man.ping.8; command.</para> + + <para>The FIB which the packet will be associated with will be + determined in the following rules:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>All packets which have a FIB associated with them will + use the FIB. If not, FIB #0 will be used.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>A packet received on an interface for forwarding uses + FIB #0.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>A TCP listen socket associated with an FIB will generate + accept sockets which are associated with the same FIB.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>A packet generated in response to other packet uses the + FIB associated with the packet being responded to.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>A packet generated on tunnel interfaces such as + &man.gif.4; and &man.tun.4; will be encapsulated using the + FIB of the process which set up the tunnel.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Routing messages will be associated with the process's + FIB.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>Also, the &man.ipfw.8; now supports an action rule + <literal>setfib</literal>. The following action:</para> + + <programlisting>setfib <replaceable>fibnum</replaceable></programlisting> + + <para>will make the matched packet use the FIB specified in + <replaceable>fibnum</replaceable>. The rule processing + continues at the next rule.</para> + </sect1> </article>
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