Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:29:05 +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: r229792 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <201201072029.q07KT5Bm055365@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Sat Jan 7 20:29:05 2012 New Revision: 229792 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229792 Log: Add relnotes items: PT_GNU_STACK and kern.elf{32,64}.nxstack sysctls in ELF imgact, FreeBSD/powerpc PS3 support added, re(4) TSO support added, re(4) RTL8169[CDE] jumbo frame panic fixed, source address selection in unbound sockets fixed, ifconfig(8) fdx/flow/hdx/loop aliases added, sed(1) -i race fixed, sh(1) EXIT trap fixed, sh(1) %builtin keyword removed, dialog to 1.1-20110707 and description about key operation change. 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 Sat Jan 7 20:23:05 2012 (r229791) +++ stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml Sat Jan 7 20:29:05 2012 (r229792) @@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ <sect2 id="kernel"> <title>Kernel Changes</title> + <para revision="217152" arch="amd64,i386">&os; ELF image + activator now supports <literal>PT_GNU_STACK</literal> program + header. This is disabled by default. New &man.sysctl.8; + variables <varname>kern.elf32.nxstack</varname> and + <varname>kern.elf64.nxstack</varname> allow to enable + <literal>PT_GNU_STACK</literal> for the specified ABIs + (e.g. <literal>elf32</literal> for 32-bit ABI).</para> + <sect3 id="boot"> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> @@ -193,6 +201,10 @@ <sect3 id="proc"> <title>Hardware Support</title> + <para revision="217044" arch="powerpc">&os;/powerpc now + supports Sony Playstation 3 using the OtherOS feature + available on firmwares 3.15 and earlier.</para> + <sect4 id="mm"> <title>Multimedia Support</title> @@ -209,6 +221,17 @@ <para revision="216828">A rdcphy(4) driver for RDC Semiconductor R6040 10/100 PHY has been added.</para> + <para revision="217246">The &man.re.4; driver now supports + TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload) on RealTek RTL8168/8111 C + or later controllers. Note that this is disabled by + default on some old devices because broken frames can be + sent under certain conditions.</para> + + <para revision="217296">A bug in the &man.re.4; driver has + been fixed. It could cause a panic when receiving a jumbo + frame on an RTL8169C, 8169D, or 8169E controller-based + network interface.</para> + <para revision="216650">A bug in &man.vlan.4; pseudo interface han been fixed. It could have a random interface identifier in an automatically configured IPv6 link-local @@ -233,7 +256,10 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <sect3 id="net-proto"> <title>Network Protocols</title> - <para></para> + <para revision="217169">A bug in &os; TCP/IP network stack has + been fixed. The source address selection could not being + performed when multicast options were present but without an + interface being specified.</para> </sect3> <sect3 id="disks"> @@ -274,6 +300,14 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para revision="217013">The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now + supports <literal>fdx</literal>, <literal>flow</literal>, + <literal>hdx</literal>, and <literal>loop</literal> keywords + as aliases of <literal>full-duplex</literal>, + <literal>flowcontrol</literal>, + <literal>half-duplex</literal>, + and <literal>loopback</literal>, respectively.</para> + <para revision="216823">A &man.poweroff.8; utility has been added. This is equivalent to:</para> @@ -288,6 +322,11 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile or a <literal>-z loadfltr</literal> option was specified when the filter was created.</para> + <para revision="217133">A race condition in the &man.sed.1; + utility has been fixed. When an <option>-i</option> option is + specified, it could cause a short time window with no file + with the original file name.</para> + <para revision="216629">The &man.sh.1; program now supports <command>kill</command> as a built-in command. This allows specifying <literal>%<replaceable>job</replaceable></literal> @@ -296,6 +335,18 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <literal>2</literal> instead of <literal>1</literal> if an fatal error occurs as other built-in commands do.</para> + <para revision="217176">A bug in the &man.sh.1; program has been + fixed for POSIX conformance. It could return an wrong exit + status when an <command>exit</command> command with no + parameter is specified in the <literal>EXIT trap</literal> + handler.</para> + + <para revision="217206"><literal>%builtin</literal> keyword + support in <varname>$PATH</varname> variable has been removed + in the &man.sh.1; program. All built-in commands are always + found before looking up directories in + <varname>$PATH</varname>.</para> + <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> @@ -306,7 +357,8 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <sect2 id="contrib"> <title>Contributed Software</title> - <para></para> + <para revision="224014"><literal>dialog</literal> has been + updated to version 1.1-20110707.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="ports"> @@ -363,8 +415,23 @@ wpi0: wpi_rx_intr: bus_dmamap_load faile <sect2> <title id="upgrade-pitfalls">User-visible incompatibilities</title> - <para>This section describes notable incompatibilities which - your should know before upgrading your system.</para> + <para>This section describes notable incompatibilities which you + might want to know before upgrading your system.</para> + + <sect3> + <title>Update of <literal>dialog</literal></title> + + <para>The <literal>dialog</literal> library is used in &os; + new installer and &os; Ports Collection to display a dialog + window and allow users to select various options. Note that + it is updated in &release.current; and there is several + differences in the key operation which might confuse users + who are familiar with releases prior to &release.current;. + For example, pushing enter key in a check list window is no + longer able to be used to check an item. The new version + consistently supports space bar for selecting an item and + enter key for OK/Cancel selection.</para> + </sect3> </sect2> </sect1> </article>
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