Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:03:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-releng@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r218444 - releng/8.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <201102081503.p18F3DVj050785@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Tue Feb 8 15:03:13 2011 New Revision: 218444 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218444 Log: Add more relnotes items for 8.2R: new sysctls: vm.kmem_map_size, vm.kmem_map_free, GPT support improved, ipfw0 interface panic due to multicast traffic injection fixed, lagg(4) net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all knob added, linprocfs(5) /proc/$$/environment support, ZFS now allows offlining log devices, gpart(8) -F option added, gaprt(8) more GPT attributes, mount(8) "rw" flags in -p option's output fixed, ncal(1) -A -B -C added, ntpd(8) SHM ref clock driver enabled, ruptime(1) hostname length extended, and tr(1) [=]=] regexp class fixed Approved by: re (implicit) Modified: releng/8.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Modified: releng/8.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- releng/8.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Tue Feb 8 14:26:14 2011 (r218443) +++ releng/8.2/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Tue Feb 8 15:03:13 2011 (r218444) @@ -186,14 +186,18 @@ displays the list of all created cdev's, consisting of devfs node name and struct cdev address.</para> - <para revision="213554,213556,213560">The following sysctl - variables are also now loader tunables: + <para revision="213554,213556,213560">The following + &man.sysctl.8; variables are also now loader tunables: <varname>vm.kmem_size</varname>, <varname>vm.kmem_size_max</varname>, and <varname>vm.kmem_size_min</varname>, <varname>debug.kdb.stop_cpus</varname>, <varname>debug.trace_on_panic</varname>, and - <varname>kern.sync_on_panic</varname>.</para> + <varname>kern.sync_on_panic</varname>. Also, new + &man.sysctl.8; variables <varname>vm.kmem_map_size</varname> + for the current kmem map size and + <varname>vm.kmem_map_free</varname> for largest contiguous + free range in kmem map have been added.</para> <para revision="212427">The &os; &man.memguard.9; framework has been improved to make it able to detect use-after-free of @@ -203,6 +207,10 @@ <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> + <para revision="213994">&os; now fully supports GPT (GUID + Partition Table). Checksums of primary header and primary + partition table are verified properly now.</para> + <para revision="212717">The &man.pxeboot.8; now uses NFS version 3 instead of version 2 by default.</para> </sect3> @@ -402,6 +410,9 @@ the &man.ipfw.4; packet filter subsystem has been changed. It no longer accepts a packet.</para> + <para revision="214108">A possible panic in the &man.ipfw.4; + pseudo interface for logging has been fixed.</para> + <para revision="209691">IPsec flow distribution has been improved for more parallel processing.</para> @@ -415,6 +426,12 @@ <varname>net.inet6.ip6.use_defaultzone=1</varname> has been fixed.</para> + <para revision="214111">The &man.lagg.4; interface now + supports a sysctl variable + <varname>net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all</varname>. This + controls whether to accept input packets on any link in a + failover lagg.</para> + <para revision="209843">A new &man.netgraph.4; node &man.ng.patch.4; has been added. This performs data modification of packets passing through. Modifications are @@ -507,6 +524,10 @@ <sect3 id="fs"> <title>File Systems</title> + <para revision="214050">The &man.linprocfs.5; Linux process + file system now supports + <filename>proc/$$/environment</filename>.</para> + <para revision="212716">The &os; NFS client now supports a kernel environment variable <varname>boot.nfsroot.nfshandlelen</varname>. This lets the @@ -523,6 +544,10 @@ related OpenSolaris Bug IDs are 6826241, 6869229, 6918420, and 6917066.</para> + <para revision="214013">The ZFS now supports offlining of log + devices. The related OpenSolaris Bug IDs are 6599442, + 6726045, and 6803605.</para> + <para revision="212672">Performance improvements for the ZFS have been imported from OpenSolaris. They include cachin of ACL permission checks, faster handling of &man.stat.2;, @@ -557,8 +582,8 @@ 6821170, 6822816, 6824006, 6824062, 6824968, 6826466, 6826468, 6826469, 6826470, 6826471, 6826472, 6827260, 6830237, 6833162, 6833711, 6833999, 6834217, 6836714, - 6836714, 6836768, 6838062, 6838344, 6841321, 6843069, - 6843235, 6843235, 6844069, 6844069, 6844900, 6847229, + 6836714, 6836768, 6838062, 6838344, 6841321, 6843014, + 6843069, 6843235, 6844069, 6844069, 6844900, 6847229, 6848242, 6856634, 6857012, 6857012, 6857012, 6861983, 6862984, 6863610, 6870564, 6870564, 6880764, 6882227, 6892298, 6898245, 6906110, 6906946, 6939941, 6950219, @@ -611,6 +636,19 @@ given geom/provider names with and without <filename>/dev/</filename> prefix.</para> + <para revision="213684">The &man.gpart.8; utility now supports + an <option>-F</option> option for <command>force</command> + subcommand. This option force destroying of the partition + table even if it is not empty.</para> + + <para revision="213994">The &man.gpart.8; utility now supports + <literal>GPT_ENT_ATTR_BOOTME</literal>, + <literal>GPT_ENT_ATTR_BOOTONCE</literal>, and + <literal>GPT_ENT_ATTR_BOOTFAILED</literal> attributes in GPT. + The attribute keywords in the command line are + <literal>bootme</literal>, <literal>bootonce</literal>, and + <literal>bootfailed</literal> respectively.</para> + <para revision="213049">The &man.hastd.8; utility now supports <literal>SIGHUP</literal> for reloading the configuration file. When <literal>SIGTERM</literal> or @@ -630,11 +668,32 @@ &man.tar.1; utility now support LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) compression format.</para> + <para revision="213978">The <option>-p</option> option in the + &man.mount.8; utility now displays <literal>rw</literal> mount + option correctly as in the &man.fstab.5; format.</para> + + <para revision="213889">The &man.ncal.1; utility has been + updated. The option <option>-b</option> has been replaced + with <option>-C</option> and <option>-B + <replaceable>number</replaceable></option>. Options + <option>-3</option> to show previous, this and next month, and + <option>-A <replaceable>number</replaceable></option> to show + months after this month have been added. The option + <option>-m <replaceable>N</replaceable> + <replaceable>YYYY</replaceable></option> now prints only the + month, not the whole year.</para> + <para revision="211699">The &man.newsyslog.8; utility now supports an <option>-S <replaceable>pidfile</replaceable></option> option to override the default &man.syslogd.8; PID file.</para> + <para revision="213980">The &man.ntpd.8; utility is now compiled + with shared memory reference clock driver. For exmaple, GPS + devices can be used as source of precise time via <filename + role="ports">astro/gpsd</filename> in the Ports + Collection.</para> + <para revision="212848">An off-by-one error in the &man.pax.1; utility when ustar file name is too long has been fixed.</para> @@ -665,6 +724,9 @@ <option>-M <replaceable>freq</replaceable></option> to control the minimum and maximum frequency, respectively.</para> + <para revision="213825">The &man.ruptime.1; utility now displays + hostnames longer than 12 characters.</para> + <para revision="210616">A bug in the &man.sh.1; program has been fixed. A <literal>SIGINT</literal> signal is now passed through from a child process if the shell is interactive and @@ -688,6 +750,10 @@ utilities have been improved for better interoperability and they now supports RFC 1350, 2347, 2348, 2349, and 3617.</para> + <para revision="213899">A bug in <literal>[=]=]</literal> + equivalent class handling in the &man.tr.1; utility has been + fixed.</para> + <para revision="210566">The &man.uname.1; utility now supports an <option>-o</option> flag as a synonym for the <option>-s</option> flag for compatibility with other
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