From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 08:01:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333EE106566B; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6928FC14; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0A81OK7096843; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:24 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q0A81O9c096840; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:24 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201201100801.q0A81O9c096840@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:24 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r229926 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:01:25 -0000 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. - A new &man.loader.8; tunable + A new &man.loader.8; tunable machdep.disable_tsc 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. + ticker. Another new &man.loader.8; tunable + machdep.disable_tsc_calibration 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. 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 Disks and Storage + The &man.ada.4; driver now supports + write cache control. A new &man.sysctl.8 variable + kern.cam.ada.write_cache determines + whether write cache of the &man.ada.4; devices is enabled or + not. Setting to 1 enables and + 0 disables, and -1 + leaves it the device default. &man.sysctl.8 variables + kern.cam.ada.N.write_cache + can override the configuration in a per-device basis (the + default value is -1, 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. + + 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. + The &man.gpart.8; GEOM class now supports the following aliases for the MBR and EBR schemes: fat32, ebr, @@ -970,6 +994,16 @@ nfsuserd_enable="YES" half-duplex, and loopback, respectively. + &man.readline.3; API set has been + imported into libedit. This is + based on NetBSD's implementation and BSD licensed utilities + now use it instead of GNU + libreadline. + + libmd + and libcrypt now support SHA-256 + and SHA-512 algorithm. + 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