Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:24 +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-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r229926 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <201201100801.q0A81O9c096840@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Tue Jan 10 08:01:24 2012 New Revision: 229926 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229926 Log: Add relnotes items: machdep.disable_tsc_calibration tunable, ada(4) kern.cam.ada.write_cache sysctl, geom_map(4) added, readline(3) functions imported into libedit, and lib{md,crypt} SHA-256/-512 support added. Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Tue Jan 10 07:46:35 2012 (r229925) +++ stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Tue Jan 10 08:01:24 2012 (r229926) @@ -587,12 +587,16 @@ supports Sony Playstation 3 using the OtherOS feature available on firmwares 3.15 and earlier.</para> - <para revision="219473">A new &man.loader.8; tunable + <para revision="219473,220577">A new &man.loader.8; tunable <varname>machdep.disable_tsc</varname> has been added. Setting this to a non-zero value disables use of TSC (Time Stamp Counter) by turning off boot-time CPU frequency calibration, DELAY(9) with TSC, and using TSC as a CPU - ticker.</para> + ticker. Another new &man.loader.8; tunable + <varname>machdep.disable_tsc_calibration</varname> allows to + skip TSC frequency calibration only. This is useful when + one wants to use the nominal frequency of the chip in Intel + processors, for example.</para> <para revision="215649">The &os; &man.usb.4; subsystem now supports USB packet filter. This allows to capture packets @@ -798,6 +802,26 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <sect3 id="disks"> <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para revision="220412">The &man.ada.4; driver now supports + write cache control. A new &man.sysctl.8 variable + <varname>kern.cam.ada.write_cache</varname> determines + whether write cache of the &man.ada.4; devices is enabled or + not. Setting to <literal>1</literal> enables and + <literal>0</literal> disables, and <literal>-1</literal> + leaves it the device default. &man.sysctl.8 variables + <varname>kern.cam.ada.<replaceable>N</replaceable>.write_cache</varname> + can override the configuration in a per-device basis (the + default value is <literal>-1</literal>, which means to use + the global setting). Note that the value can be changed at + runtime, but it takes effect only after a device + reset.</para> + + <para revision="220559">The &man.geom.map.4; GEOM class has + been added. This allows to generate multiple geom providers + based on a hard-coded layout of a device with no explicit + partition table such as embedded flash storage. For more + information, see &man.geom.map.4; manual page.</para> + <para revision="218014">The &man.gpart.8; GEOM class now supports the following aliases for the MBR and EBR schemes: <literal>fat32</literal>, <literal>ebr</literal>, @@ -970,6 +994,16 @@ nfsuserd_enable="YES"</programlisting> <literal>half-duplex</literal>, and <literal>loopback</literal>, respectively.</para> + <para revision="220370">&man.readline.3; API set has been + imported into <application>libedit</application>. This is + based on NetBSD's implementation and BSD licensed utilities + now use it instead of GNU + <application>libreadline</application>.</para> + + <para revision="220496,220497"><application>libmd</application> + and <application>libcrypt</application> now support SHA-256 + and SHA-512 algorithm.</para> + <para revision="217642">The &man.netstat.1; utility now does not expose internal scope address representation used in the &os; kernel, which is derived from KAME IPv6 stack, in the results
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