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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