New release notes: orm(4), VM out-of-swap fixes, IPv6 update from

KAME, isp(4) Fibre Channel update, dump(8) -T doesn't gobble its
argument, libfetch authentication callback, libfetch HTTP_USER_AGENT,
install(1) -d -C generates a warning, du(1) -I

MFCs noted:  RFC 1323/1644 back-off.
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Bruce A. Mah 2001-06-14 17:02:14 +00:00
parent d15c5f56b6
commit 36fccbcea4
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=78220
2 changed files with 72 additions and 12 deletions

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<para><literal>OLDCARD</literal> and &man.pccardd.8; now support
PCI cards.</para>
<para>An &man.orm.4; device has been added to claim the option
ROMs in the ISA memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from
mistakenly assigned address that conflict with these ROMs.</para>
<para>The out-of-swap process termination code now begins killing
processes earlier to avoid deadlocks; it now also takes into
account the swap space used by processes when computing the
process sizes. &merged;</para>
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@ -330,9 +339,8 @@
<sect3>
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>Various fixes and improvements to the IPv6 code have been merged in
from the KAME project, including significantly-improved IPSEC
functionality. &merged;</para>
<para>The IPv6 code is now based on a snapshot based on the KAME
Project's IPv6 stack as of 28 May, 2001.</para>
<para>&man.accept.filter.9;, a kernel feature to reduce overheads
when accepting and reading new connections on listening sockets,
@ -384,7 +392,7 @@
connection in progress if no response has been received by the
third SYN segment sent. This behavior tries to work around
(very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression
implementations.</para>
implementations. &merged;</para>
<para>A new sysctl <literal>net.inet.ip.check_interface</literal>,
which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming
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attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has
been fixed. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver has been updated. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver is now proactive about discovering
Fibre Channel topology changes.</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver now supports target mode for Qlogic
SCSI cards, including Ultra2 and Ultra3 and dual bus cards.</para>
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<para>&os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to
SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when
removing a connection from the listen queue.</para>
<para><application>OpenSSH</application> now switches to the
user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication
forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
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<para>&man.dump.8; now supports inheritance of the
<literal>nodump</literal> flag down a hierarchy. &merged;</para>
<para>The <option>-T</option> to &man.dump.8; no longer swallows
an extra argument.</para>
<para>&man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer
than 2GB. &merged;</para>
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gained the <option>-U</option> option to restore the old
behavior. &merged;</para>
<para><filename>libfetch</filename> now has support for an
authentication callback.
<para><filename>libfetch</filename> now has support for a
<varname>HTTP_USER_AGENT</varname> environment variable. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.atacontrol.8; has been added to control various aspects
of the &man.ata.4; driver.</para>
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existing target files and the <option>-S</option> option for
<quote>safe</quote> (atomic copy) operation. The
<option>-c</option> (copy) flag is now the default, and the
<option>-D</option> (debugging) flag has been withdrawn.</para>
<option>-D</option> (debugging) flag has been withdrawn.
&man.install.1; now issues a warning if <option>-d</option>
(create directories) and <option>-C</option> (copy changed files
only) are used together.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now directs queries for IP addresses to
ARIN.</para>
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<para>The <literal>ident</literal> protocol support in &man.inetd.8; has
been cleaned up and updated.</para>
<para>&man.du.1; now takes a <option>-I</option> command-line flag
to ignore/skip files and subdirectories matching a specified
shell-glob mask.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>

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<para><literal>OLDCARD</literal> and &man.pccardd.8; now support
PCI cards.</para>
<para>An &man.orm.4; device has been added to claim the option
ROMs in the ISA memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from
mistakenly assigned address that conflict with these ROMs.</para>
<para>The out-of-swap process termination code now begins killing
processes earlier to avoid deadlocks; it now also takes into
account the swap space used by processes when computing the
process sizes. &merged;</para>
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
@ -330,9 +339,8 @@
<sect3>
<title>Network Protocols</title>
<para>Various fixes and improvements to the IPv6 code have been merged in
from the KAME project, including significantly-improved IPSEC
functionality. &merged;</para>
<para>The IPv6 code is now based on a snapshot based on the KAME
Project's IPv6 stack as of 28 May, 2001.</para>
<para>&man.accept.filter.9;, a kernel feature to reduce overheads
when accepting and reading new connections on listening sockets,
@ -384,7 +392,7 @@
connection in progress if no response has been received by the
third SYN segment sent. This behavior tries to work around
(very old) terminal servers with buggy VJ header compression
implementations.</para>
implementations. &merged;</para>
<para>A new sysctl <literal>net.inet.ip.check_interface</literal>,
which is on by default, causes IP to verify that an incoming
@ -495,7 +503,8 @@
attach when connected to a SCSI card driven by &man.isp.4; has
been fixed. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver has been updated. &merged;</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver is now proactive about discovering
Fibre Channel topology changes.</para>
<para>The &man.isp.4; driver now supports target mode for Qlogic
SCSI cards, including Ultra2 and Ultra3 and dual bus cards.</para>
@ -821,6 +830,11 @@
<para>&os;'s TCP implementation has been made more resistant to
SYN floods, by eliminating the RST segment normally sent when
removing a connection from the listen queue.</para>
<para><application>OpenSSH</application> now switches to the
user's UID before attempting to unlink the authentication
forwarding file, nullifying the effects of a race.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Userland Changes</title>
@ -1269,6 +1283,9 @@
<para>&man.dump.8; now supports inheritance of the
<literal>nodump</literal> flag down a hierarchy. &merged;</para>
<para>The <option>-T</option> to &man.dump.8; no longer swallows
an extra argument.</para>
<para>&man.split.1; now has the ability to split a file longer
than 2GB. &merged;</para>
@ -1321,6 +1338,12 @@
gained the <option>-U</option> option to restore the old
behavior. &merged;</para>
<para><filename>libfetch</filename> now has support for an
authentication callback.
<para><filename>libfetch</filename> now has support for a
<varname>HTTP_USER_AGENT</varname> environment variable. &merged;</para>
<para>&man.atacontrol.8; has been added to control various aspects
of the &man.ata.4; driver.</para>
@ -1407,7 +1430,10 @@
existing target files and the <option>-S</option> option for
<quote>safe</quote> (atomic copy) operation. The
<option>-c</option> (copy) flag is now the default, and the
<option>-D</option> (debugging) flag has been withdrawn.</para>
<option>-D</option> (debugging) flag has been withdrawn.
&man.install.1; now issues a warning if <option>-d</option>
(create directories) and <option>-C</option> (copy changed files
only) are used together.</para>
<para>&man.whois.1; now directs queries for IP addresses to
ARIN.</para>
@ -1430,6 +1456,10 @@
<para>The <literal>ident</literal> protocol support in &man.inetd.8; has
been cleaned up and updated.</para>
<para>&man.du.1; now takes a <option>-I</option> command-line flag
to ignore/skip files and subdirectories matching a specified
shell-glob mask.</para>
<sect3>
<title>Contributed Software</title>