New release notes: DRM update for 20030909, uart(4), ata(4) update

(ATAng), rtld(1) does libmap by default, symorder gone, sysinstall(8)
alternate MTA selection, GCC -pthread gone.
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-09-14 18:20:24 +00:00
parent 5f7e1e2f82
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected.
&merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The DRM kernel modules have been updated from
DRI CVS as of 9 September 2003. Among other changes, this
import includes a newly-ported SiS 300/305/540/630/730
driver.</para>
<para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the
<literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has
been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses.
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for the RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S and RTL8110S PCI
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet controllers.</para>
<para>The &man.uart.4; driver has been added to support various
classes of UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)
devices. It is an analog of the &man.sio.4; driver but
supports a wider range of devices. This driver is necessary
to support serial ports on certain architectures, such as
ia64 and sparc64.</para>
<para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver
now works correctly when the device is configured down.
&merged;</para>
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<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been
committed. One of the more notable changes is that the
&man.ata.4; driver has now out from under the Giant kernel
lock. Note that ATA software RAID systems must now include
<literal>device ataraid</literal> in their kernel
configuration files, as it is no longer automatically implied
by <literal>device atadisk</literal>.</para>
<para>&man.ccd.4; can now operate on raw disks and other
&man.geom.4; providers.</para>
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<para>A bug that &man.rarpd.8; does not recognize removable Ethernet NICs
has been fixed.</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; now includes <quote>libmap</quote>
functionality by default; the <varname>WITH_LIBMAP</varname>
compile knob is unnecessary and has been retired. More
information can be found in &man.libmap.conf.5;.</para>
<para>The symorder utility has been removed. It is unnecessary
now that all kernels use ELF format and there is no a.out format
toolchain.</para>
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now gives the ability to select an
alternate MTA during installation. Currently,
<application>exim</application> and
<application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para>
<para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6
traffic. &merged;</para>
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</note>
</para>
<para>The <application>GCC</application> <option>-pthread</option>
option, which formerly controlled linking of the threading
library, has been removed. This flag is confusing in the
presence of multiple threading libraries (specifically
<filename>libc_r</filename>, <filename>libkse</filename>, and
<filename>libthr</filename>. Ports should use the
<varname>PTHREAD_LIBS</varname> variable to select the correct
threading library.</para>
<para><application>GNU Readline</application> has been updated
from 4.2 to 4.3.</para>

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is no longer needed when only a USB keyboard is connected.
&merged;</para>
<para arch="i386">The DRM kernel modules have been updated from
DRI CVS as of 9 September 2003. Among other changes, this
import includes a newly-ported SiS 300/305/540/630/730
driver.</para>
<para arch="sparc64">A new OFW PCI framework, conditional on the
<literal>OFW_NEWPCI</literal> kernel configuration option, has
been added. This addition improves the handling of PCI busses.
@ -240,6 +245,13 @@
for the RealTek RTL8139C+, RTL8169, RTL8169S and RTL8110S PCI
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet controllers.</para>
<para>The &man.uart.4; driver has been added to support various
classes of UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)
devices. It is an analog of the &man.sio.4; driver but
supports a wider range of devices. This driver is necessary
to support serial ports on certain architectures, such as
ia64 and sparc64.</para>
<para>The suspend/resume support for the &man.wi.4; driver
now works correctly when the device is configured down.
&merged;</para>
@ -290,6 +302,14 @@
<sect3 id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para>A major rework of the &man.ata.4; driver has been
committed. One of the more notable changes is that the
&man.ata.4; driver has now out from under the Giant kernel
lock. Note that ATA software RAID systems must now include
<literal>device ataraid</literal> in their kernel
configuration files, as it is no longer automatically implied
by <literal>device atadisk</literal>.</para>
<para>&man.ccd.4; can now operate on raw disks and other
&man.geom.4; providers.</para>
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<para>A bug that &man.rarpd.8; does not recognize removable Ethernet NICs
has been fixed.</para>
<para>&man.rtld.1; now includes <quote>libmap</quote>
functionality by default; the <varname>WITH_LIBMAP</varname>
compile knob is unnecessary and has been retired. More
information can be found in &man.libmap.conf.5;.</para>
<para>The symorder utility has been removed. It is unnecessary
now that all kernels use ELF format and there is no a.out format
toolchain.</para>
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now gives the ability to select an
alternate MTA during installation. Currently,
<application>exim</application> and
<application>Postfix</application> are supported.</para>
<para>&man.systat.1; now includes displays for IPv6 and ICMPv6
traffic. &merged;</para>
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</note>
</para>
<para>The <application>GCC</application> <option>-pthread</option>
option, which formerly controlled linking of the threading
library, has been removed. This flag is confusing in the
presence of multiple threading libraries (specifically
<filename>libc_r</filename>, <filename>libkse</filename>, and
<filename>libthr</filename>. Ports should use the
<varname>PTHREAD_LIBS</varname> variable to select the correct
threading library.</para>
<para><application>GNU Readline</application> has been updated
from 4.2 to 4.3.</para>