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FreeBSD 2.0 --- RELEASE Version , ,
FreeBSD 2.0.5 --- RELEASE Version , ,
----------------------------------------- /( )`
\ \___ / |
Welcome to the first public release of FreeBSD 2.0 /- _ `-/ '
first public snapshot of our new 4.4BSD Lite based (/\/ \ \ /\
operating system environment. Our installation / / | ` \
procedure has been completely revamped, and should O O ) / |
now be much easier for both the novice and `-^--'`< '
experienced user alike. We've also gone to some (_.) _ ) /
care to make the process of installing the `.___/` /
subsequent bindist and other miscellaneous `-----' /
distributions considerably more seamless <----. __ / __ \
as well as offering a greater variety <----|====O)))==) \) /====
of installation methods and options. <----' `--' `.__,' \
| |
We hope you'll find this new process as enjoyable \ / /\
to use as it was to write! (No, really, it ______( (_ / \______/
was! :-) ,' ,-----' |
Welcome to the 2.0.5 release of FreeBSD! 2.0.5 is /- _ `-/ '
an interim release of FreeBSD, filling a much needed (/\/ \ \ /\
gap during the period between 2.0R (which was / / | ` \
released in Nov 94) and 2.1R, which will be O O ) / |
released in late July of '95. FreeBSD 2.0.5 `-^--'`< '
contains many substantial improvements from 2.0R, (_.) _ ) /
not least of which is greater stability (by `.___/` /
a considerable margin), dozens of new `-----' /
features and a greatly enhanced <----. __ / __ \
installation program. See the release <----|====O)))==) \) /====
notes for more details on what's new in <----' `--' `.__,' \
FreeBSD 2.0.5! | |
\ / /\
______( (_ / \______/
,' ,-----' |
`--{__________)
Disclaimer: Please note that despite numerous
safeguards, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE DISK
with this installation! Please do not proceed unless you've
adequately backed up any important data first! We really mean it!
If any errors occur during this installation, you can see them
by toggling over to the alternate screen. Type ALT-F2 to switch
to the debugging screen and ALT-F1 to switch back to the install screen.
The debugging output on the second screen may be very valuable to us in
understanding your bug report, so please be sure to take note of it when
reporting any failures in the installation! Thanks!
You may also wish to read the TROUBLESHOOTING document in _advance_
and perhaps save yourself from making those sorts of errors in
the first place! :-)
What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite
for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NextGen "x86" based PC hardware. It works
with a very wide variety of PC peripherals and configurations and can
be used for everything software development to Internet Service
Provision; the busiest site on the Internet, ftp.cdrom.com, is a
FreeBSD machine!
Menus and scrolling output windows may be traversed with the arrow,
PageUp/PageDown and TAB keys. To suspend the installation at any point,
hit ESC twice. If you've ever dealt with a DOS installation before, then
you'll probably know how to deal with this.
This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run such a
system, plus full source code for everything. With the source
distribution installed you can literally recompile the entire system
from scratch with one command, making it ideal for students,
researchers or folks who simply want to see how it all works.
For a more complete description of what's new in this release, please
see the release notes.
A large collection of 3rd party ported software (the "ports
collection") is also provided to make it easier for you to obtain and
install all your favorite traditional UNIX utilities for FreeBSD.
Over 270 ports, comprising everything from the EMACS editor to the
lisp language, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive operating
system that rivals that of many large workstations for general utility
and power.
For more documentation on this system, it is recommended that you purchase
the 4.4BSD Document Set from O'Reilly Associates and the USENIX Association.
ISBN 1-56592-082-1 We have no connection with O'Reilly, we're just
satisfied customers!
Have fun, and please let us know of any problems you encounter with
this release!
For more documentation on this system, it is recommended that you
purchase the 4.4BSD Document Set from O'Reilly Associates and the
USENIX Association, ISBN 1-56592-082-1. We have no connection with
O'Reilly, we're just satisfied customers!
Comments should be sent to:
You may also wish to read the HARDWARE GUIDE *before* proceeding any
further with the installation. Configuring PC hardware for anything
other than DOS/Windows (which don't actually make very significant
demands on the hardware) is actually quite a bit harder than it looks,
and if you think you understand PCs then you clearly haven't been
using them for long enough! :) This guide will give you some tips on
how to configure your hardware and what symptoms to watch for in case
of trouble. This guide is available in the Documentation menu of the
FreeBSD boot floppy.
DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against accidental
loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE DISK
with this installation! Please do not proceed to the final FreeBSD
installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any important
data first! We really mean it!
Technical comments on this release should be sent to:
hackers@FreeBSD.org
Bug reports should be sent using the `send-pr' utility, if you
were able to get the system installed, otherwise to:
Bug reports should be sent using the `send-pr' command, if you were
able to get the system installed, otherwise to:
bugs@FreeBSD.org
And general questions to:
Please be sure to indicate WHICH VERSION of FreeBSD you're running in
any bug reports!
General questions should be sent to:
questions@FreeBSD.org
Please have patience if your questions are not answered right away -
this is an especially busy time for us, and our volunteer resources
are often strained to the limit (if not somewhat past!).
are often strained to the limit! Bug reports submitted with the
send-pr command are logged and tracked in our bugs database, and
you'll be kept informed of any changes in status during the life of
the bug (or feature request).
Thanks!
Our WEB site, http://www.freebsd.org, is also a very good source for
updated information and provides a number of advanced documentation
facilities. You may use the BSDI version of Netscape for browsing the
World Wide Web directly from FreeBSD.
The FreeBSD Project
You may also wish to look in /usr/share/FAQ and /usr/share/doc for
further information on the system.
Thanks for reading all of this, and we sincerely hope you enjoy this
release of FreeBSD!
Jordan Hubbard,
for The FreeBSD Project

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/*ATTENTION*/These changes are by no means comprehensive, but they flag areas
/*ATTENTION*/I am certain need an update of some sort.
/*ATTENTION*/Frank Durda IV 25-May-95
RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD
Release 2.0.5
@ -13,6 +10,40 @@ for Intel i386/i486/Pentium (or compatible) based PC's. It is based
primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some
enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation.
Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 some 8 months ago, the performance,
feature set, and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically. The
largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM-file buffer
cache that not only increases performance, but reduces FreeBSD's
memory footprint, making a 4MB configuration a more acceptible
minimum. Other enhancements include full NIS client and server
support, transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, an improved SCSI
subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet
(100Mbit) adapters and many hundreds of bug fixes.
We've also taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to
heart and have attempted to provide what we hope is a more sane and
easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this
(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome!
In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported
software collection with some 270 commonly sought-after programs. The
list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages,
editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection
requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas"
to their original sources. This makes it much easier for us to update
ports, and greatly reduces the disk space demands made by the older
1.0 ports collection. To compile a port, you simply change to the
directory of the program you wish to install, type make and let the
system do the rest. The full original distribution for each port you
build is retrieved dynamically off of CDROM or a local ftp site, so
you only need enough disk space to build the ports you want. Each
port is also provided as a pre-compiled "package" which can be
installed with a simple command (pkg_add) for those who do not wish to
compile their own ports from source. See the file:
/usr/share/FAQ/Text/ports.FAQ
for a more complete description of the ports collection.
Since our first release of FreeBSD 1.0 nearly two years ago, FreeBSD
has changed almost entirely. A new port from the Berkeley 4.4 code
base was done, which brought the legal status of the system out of the
@ -23,15 +54,10 @@ have every reason to hope that we'll be able to release quality
operating systems without further legal encumbrance for some time to
come!
FreeBSD 2.0.5 represents the culmination of over two years of work and
many thousands of man hours put in by an international development team.
FreeBSD 2.0.5 represents the culmination of 2 years of work and many
thousands of man hours put in by an international development team.
We hope you enjoy it!
Many packages have also been upgraded or added, such as XFree86 3.1,
xview 3.2, elm, nntp, mh, InterViews and dozens of other miscellaneous
utilities have been ported and are now available as add-ons. See the
ports collection (or the package collection) for a complete summary.
For a list of contributors and a general project description, please see
the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD" which should be bundled with your binary
distribution.
@ -50,133 +76,89 @@ U.S.) exportable European distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also
exists and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ.
If password security for FreeBSD is all you need, and you have no
requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts (Suns,
DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then FreeBSD's MD5
based security may be all you require! We feel that our default security
model is more than a match for DES, and without any messy export issues
to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) the U.S., give it a try!
requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts
(Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then
FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our
default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any
messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside)
the U.S., give it a try!
1.1 What's new in 2.0.5?
----------------------
/*ATTENTION*/Some things here might want to be deleted, or you might want to
/*ATTENTION*/mention when things are new, eg 4.4 Lite (new for 2.0)
/*ATTENTION*/Disk slicing, Sony CD-ROM support, AHA2940, NCR SCSI, etc.
4.4 Lite
--------
As previously stated, this release is based entirely on CSRG's
latest (and last) BSD release - 4.4 Lite. This features a number
of improvements over 4.2BSD (Net/2), not least of which are:
The following features were added or substantially improved between
the release of 2.0 and this 2.0.5 release. In order to facilitate
better communication, the person, or persons, responsible for each
enhancement is noted. Any questions regarding the new functionality
should be directed to them first.
o Legal approval of Novell & U.C. Berkeley. After the settlement
of the longstanding lawsuit between USL/UCB/Novell/BSDI, all
parties were (strongly) encouraged to move to 4.4 Lite in order
to avoid future legal entanglements. The fact that we've now done
so should make this release much more attractive to potential
commercial users.
KERNEL:
o Many new filesystem types, such as stackable filesystems, union
filesystems, "portals", kernfs, a simple log-structured filesystem, a
new version of NFS (NQNFS), etc. While some of these new filesystems
are also rather unpolished and will require significant additional
work to be truly robust, they're a good start.
Merged VM-File Buffer Cache
---------------------------
A merged VM/buffer cache design greatly enhances overall system
performance and makes it possible to do a number of more optimal
memory allocation strategies that were not possible before.
o 64bit offsets, allowing filesystems of up to 2^63 bytes in size.
Owner: David Greenman (davidg@FreeBSD.org) and
John Dyson (dyson@implode.root.com)
o Further work towards full POSIX compliance.
IP multicast support
--------------------
The IP multicast support has been upgraded from the woefully ancient
1.x code in 4.4-Lite to the most current and up-to-date 3.3 release
from Steve D. and Ajit. The non-forwarding code is known to work (for
some limited test cases). The multicast forwarder and user-mode
multicast routing process are known to compile, but have not been
significantly tested (hopefully this will happen before 2.0 release).
/*ATTENTION*/Above statement should be out of date.
Network PCB hash optimization
-----------------------------
For systems with a great number of active TCP connections (WEB and ftp
servers, for example), this greatly speeds up the lookup time required
to match an incoming packet up to its associated connection.
Owner: wollman
Sources involved: sys/netinet, usr.sbin/mrouted
Owner: David Greenman (davidg@FreeBSD.org)
Loadable Kernel Modules
Hard Wired SCSI Devices
-----------------------
David Greenman incorporated NetBSD's port of Terry Lambert's loadable
kernel module support. Garrett Wollman wrote the support for loadable
file systems, and Søren Schmidt did the same for loadable execution
classes.
Prior to 2.0.5, FreeBSD performed dynamic assignment of unit numbers
to SCSI devices as they were probed, allowing a SCSI device failure to
possibly change unit number assignment and prevent filesystems on
still functioning disks from mounting. Hard wiring allows static
allocation of unit numbers (and hence device names) to scsi devices
based on SCSI ID and bus. SCSI configuration occurs in the kernel
config file. Samples of the configuration syntax can be found in the
scsi(4) man page or the LINT kernel config file.
Owner: core
Sources involved: sys/kern, sbin/modload, sbin/modunload,
usr.bin/modstat
Owner: Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com)
Sources involved: sys/scsi/* usr.sbin/config/*
Loadable filesystems
--------------------
Most filesystems are now dynamically loadable on demand, with the
exception of the UFS family (FFS, LFS, and MFS). With the exception
of NFS, all such filesystems can be unloaded when all references are
unmounted. To support this functionality, the getvfsbyname(3)
family of functions has been added to the C library and the lsvfs(1)
command provides the same information at the shell level. Be aware of
the following current restrictions:
Slice Support
-------------
FreeBSD now supports a "slice" abstraction which makes it more
completely interoperable with other operating system partitions. This
support will eventually allow FreeBSD to inhabit DOS extended
partitions.
- /usr/bin may not reside on a dynamically loaded filesystem.
- There must be a writable /tmp directory available
before filesystems are loaded (moving / to the top of your
/etc/fstab file will accomplish this).
- Some of the more esoteric filesystems simply don't work when loaded
dynamically (though they often don't work "static", either.)
Owner: wollman
Sources involved: sys/*fs, lkm/*fs, usr.bin/lsvfs, lib/libc/gen
Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: sys/disklabel.h sys/diskslice.h sys/dkbad.h
kern/subr_diskslice.c kern/subr_dkbad.c
i386/isa/diskslice_machdep.c
i386/isa/wd.c scsi/sd.c dev/vn/vn.c
S/Key
-----
Since version 1.1.5, FreeBSD has supported the S/Key one time password
scheme. The version used is derived from the logdaemon package of Wietse
Venema.
/*ATTENTION*/The following statement may need updating.
Some of the features new in 2.0 are:
- New access control table format to impose the use of S/Keys
based on: hostname, ip address, port, username, group id.
- S/Key support can be disabled by not having the access control
table.
The second item explains the absence of skey.access in the installed /etc.
To enable S/Key support, create a file skey.access in /etc and fill it
according to your needs. See also skey.access(5) and the example in
/usr/share/examples/etc/skey.access.
NEW DEVICE SUPPORT:
Owner: pst, guido
Sources involved: lib/libskey, usr.bin/key* (plus patches to others)
SCSI and CDROM Devices
TCP/IP over parallel (printer) port
-----------------------------------
You can now run TCP/IP over a standard LapLink(tm) cable, if both ends
have an interrupt-driven printerport. The interface is named "lp0"
where '0' is the same as the lpt# unit number. This is not compatible
with PLIP. If you run NFS, try setting MTU to 9180, otherwise leave
it at 1500 unless you have a good reason to change it. Speed varies
with the CPU-type, with up to 70 kbyte/sec having been seen and 50
kbyte/sec being the norm.
Owner: phk
Sources involved: isa/lpt.c
/*ATTENTION*/This seemed like a valid item for the "new" list:
/*ATTENTION*/
Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) CD-ROM driver (new with 2.0.5)
Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) CD-ROM driver
---------------------------------------------
The Matsushita/Panasonic CR-562 and CR-563 drives are now supported
when connected to a Sound Blaster or 100% compatible host adapter.
Up to four host adapters are supported for a total of 16 CD-ROM drives.
The audio functions are supported with the Karoke variable speed playback.
when connected to a Sound Blaster or 100% compatible host adapter. Up
to four host adapters are supported for a total of 16 CD-ROM drives.
The audio functions are supported with the Karoke variable speed
playback.
Owner: Frank Durda IV bsdmail@nemesis.lonestar.org
Sources involved: isa/matcd
ProAudioSpectrum SCSI driver
----------------------------
If you have a PAS board with a CD-ROM, and the MS-DOS driver is called
@ -188,96 +170,216 @@ use, this is generally more than enough.
Owner: phk
Sources involved: isa/pas.c
/*ATTENTION*/You might want to rephrase the "non-cooperation" statement
/*ATTENTION*/below.
Adaptec 2742/2842 SCSI driver
-----------------------------
Despite the non-cooperation of Adaptec in providing technical
information, we now have a driver for the AHA-274x and AHA-284x
series SCSI controller family. This driver uses the GPL'd
Linux sequencer code, so until we find an alternative, this
will be part of the kernel that requires source code to be
distributed with it at all times. This shouldn't be a problem
for any of FreeBSD's current users.
The original 274x/284x driver has evolved considerably since the 2.0
release. We now offer full support for the 2940 series as well as the
Wide models of these cards. The arbitration bug (as well as many
others) that caused the driver problems with fast devices has been
corrected and there is even experimental tagged queuing support
(kernel option "AHC_TAGENABLE"). John Aycock has also released the
sequencer code under a "Berkeley style" copyright making the driver
entirely clean of the GPL.
Owner: gibbs
Sources involved: isa/aic7770.c sys/gnu/misc/*
Owner: Justin Gibbs (gibbs@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: isa/aic7770.c pci/aic7870.c i386/scsi/*
sys/dev/aic7xxx/*
Gzip'd binaries
----------------
We have an experimental implementation for direct execution of gzip'ed
binaries in this release. When enabled, it allows you to simply gzip
your binaries, remove the '.gz' extension and make the file
executable. There is a big speed and memory consumption penalty for
doing this, but for laptop users it may be worthwhile. The maximum
savings are generally around 10 Mb of disk space.
NCR5380/NCR53400 SCSI ("ProAudio Spectrum") driver
--------------------------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Serge Vakulenko (vak@cronyx.ru)
Sources involved: isa/ncr5380.c
Owner: phk
Sources involved: kern/imgact_gzip.c kern/inflate.c
Sony CDROM driver
-----------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Mikael Hybsch (micke@dynas.se)
Sources involved: isa/scd.c
Serial Devices
SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board Driver
-----------------------------------------------
Owner: Andrey Chernov (ache@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: isa/rc.c isa/rcreg.h
Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board Driver
-------------------------------------
Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org)
Submitted by: Andrew Werple (andrew@werple.apana.org.au) and
Heikki Suonsivu (hsu@cs.hut.fi)
Obtained from: NetBSD
Sources involved: isa/cy.c
Cronyx/Sigma sync/async serial driver
-------------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Serge Vakulenko
Sources involved: isa/cronyx.c
Networking
Diskless booting
----------------
/*ATTENTION*/This statement may need updating.
Diskless booting in 2.0 is much improved since 1.1.5. The
boot-program is in src/sys/i386/boot/netboot, and can be run from an
MSDOS system or burned into an EPROM. Local swapping is also
possible. WD, SMC, 3COM and Novell ethernet cards are currently
supported.
Owner: Martin Renters & phk
Sources involved: i386/boot/netboot, sys/nfs/nfs_vfsops.h
Diskless booting in 2.0.5 is much improved. The boot-program is in
src/sys/i386/boot/netboot, and can be run from an MSDOS system or
burned into an EPROM. Local swapping is also possible. WD, SMC, 3COM
and Novell ethernet cards are currently supported.
Device configuration database
-----------------------------
The kernel now keeps better track of which device drivers are active and
where the devices are attached; this information is made available to
user programs via the new sysctl(3) management interface. Current
applications include lsdev(8), which lists the currently configured
devices. In the future, we expect to use this code to automatically
generate a configuration file for you at installation time.
Owner: wollman
Sources involved: sys/i386, sys/scsi, sys/kern/kern_devconf.c,
sys/sys/devconf.h, usr.sbin/lsdev
Kernel management interface
---------------------------
With 4.4-Lite, we now have a better management interface for the endless
series of kernel variables and parameters which were previously manipulated
by reading and writing /dev/kmem. Many programs have been rewritten to
use this interface, although many old-style programs still remain. Some
variables which were never accessible before are now available through
the sysctl(1) program. In addition to the standard 4.4BSD MIB variables,
we have added support for YP/NIS domains (kern.domainname), controlling
the update daemon (kern.update), retrieving the OS release date
(kern.osreldate), determining the name of the booted kernel (kern.bootfile),
and checking for hardware floating-point support (hw.floatingpoint).
We have also added support to make management queries of devices and
filesystems.
DEC DC21140 Fast Ethernet driver
--------------------------------
This driver any of the numerous NICs using the DC21140 chipset including
the 100Mb DEC DE-500-XA and SMC 9332.
Owner: core
Sources involved: sys, usr.bin/sysctl
Submitted by: Matt Thomas (thomas@lkg.dec.com)
Sources involved: pci/if_de.c pci/dc21040.h
iBCS2 support
DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) driver
-----------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Matt Thomas (thomas@lkg.dec.com)
Sources involved: pci/if_pdq.c pci/pdq.c pci/pdq_os.h pci/pdqreg.h
3Com 3c505 NIC driver
---------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Dean Huxley (dean@fsa.ca)
Obtained from: NetBSD
Sources involved: isa/if_eg.c
Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs driver
-------------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: M.S. (seki@sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp)
Sources involved: isa/if_fe.c
Intel EtherExpress driver
-------------------------
Owner: Rodney W. Grimes (rgrimes@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: isa/if_ix.c isa/if_ixreg.h
3Com 3c589 driver
-----------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: "HOSOKAWA Tatsumi" (hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp),
Seiji Murata (seiji@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp) and
Noriyuki Takahashi (hor@aecl.ntt.jp)
Sources involved: isa/if_zp.c
IBM Credit Card Adapter driver
------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: "HOSOKAWA Tatsumi" (hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp),
Sources involved: isa/pcic.c isa/pcic.h
EDSS1 and 1TR6 ISDN interface driver
------------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Dietmar Friede (dfriede@drnhh.neuhaus.de) and
Juergen Krause (jkr@saarlink.de)
Sources involved: gnu/isdn/*
Miscellaneous Drivers
Joystick driver
---------------
Owner: Jean-Marc Zucconi (jmz@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: isa/joy.c
National Instruments "LabPC" driver
-----------------------------------
Owner: Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com)
Sources involved: isa/labpc.c
WD7000 driver
-------------
FreeBSD now supports running iBCS2 compatible binaries (currently
SCO UNIX 3.2.2 & 3.2.4 and ISC 2.2 COFF format are supported).
The iBCS2 emulator is in its early stages, but it is functional, we
haven't been able to do exhaustive testing (lack of commercial apps),
but almost all of SCO's 3.2.2 binaries are working, so is an old
INFORMIX-2.10 for SCO. Further testing is nessesary to complete this
project. There is also work under way for ELF & XOUT loaders, and
most of the svr4 syscall wrappers have been written.
Owner: Olof Johansson (offe@ludd.luth.se)
Pcvt Console driver
-------------------
Owner: Joerg Wunsch (joerg@FreeBSD.org)
Submitted by: Hellmuth Michaelis (hm@altona.hamburg.com)
Sources involved: isa/pcvt/*
BSD-audio emulator for VAT driver
---------------------------------
Owner: Amancio Hasty (ahasty@FreeBSD.org) and
Paul Traina (pst@FreeBSD.org)
Sources involved: isa/sound/vat_audio.c isa/sound/vat_audioio.h
National Instruments AT-GPIB and AT-GPIB/TNT GPIB driver
--------------------------------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Fred Cawthorne (fcawth@delphi.umd.edu)
Sources involved: isa/gpib.c isa/gpib.h isa/gpibreg.h
Genius GS-4500 hand scanner driver
----------------------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Gunther Schadow (gusw@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de)
Sources involved: isa/gsc.c isa/gscreg.h
CORTEX-I Frame Grabber
----------------------
Owner: core
Submitted by: Paul S. LaFollette, Jr. (
Sources involved: isa/ctx.c isa/ctxreg.h
Video Spigot video capture card
-------------------------------
Owner: Jim Lowe
1.2 Experimental features
---------------------------------------------
The unionfs and LFS file systems are known to be severely broken in
2.0.5. This is in part due to old bugs that we haven't had time to
resolve yet and the need to update these file systems to deal with the
new VM system. We hope to address these issues in a later release of
FreeBSD.
FreeBSD now supports running iBCS2 compatible binaries (currently SCO
UNIX 3.2.2 & 3.2.4 and ISC 2.2 COFF format are supported). The iBCS2
emulator is in its early stages, but it is functional, we haven't been
able to do exhaustive testing (lack of commercial apps), but almost
all of SCO's 3.2.2 binaries are working, so is an old INFORMIX-2.10
for SCO. Further testing is nessesary to complete this project. There
is also work under way for ELF & XOUT loaders, and most of the svr4
syscall wrappers have been written.
/*ATTENTION*/One of many inconsistent spellings of Sorens name.
Owner: Soren Schmidt (sos) & Sean Eric Fagan (sef)
Sources involved: sys/i386/ibcs2/* + misc kernel changes.
=======
2. Supported Configurations
@ -289,10 +391,9 @@ based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
also provided.
Following is a list of all currently known disk controllers and
ethernet cards known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may
very well work, and we have simply not received any indication of
this.
Following is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards currently
known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may very well work, and
we have simply not received any indication of this.
2.1. Disk Controllers
@ -301,11 +402,12 @@ WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
[Note: the new Extended IDE controllers in newer PC's work, although no
extended features are used.]
WD7000
Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
Adaptec 2742/2842 series ISA/EISA SCSI controllers
Adaptec 274X/284X/2940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI controllers
Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes
the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
@ -326,6 +428,7 @@ Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller.
Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller
NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller.
NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller.
DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
@ -335,9 +438,6 @@ Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
/*ATTENTION*/I reworked the following statement to reflect the
/*ATTENTION*/Matsushita and Sony support:
With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including
DAT) and CD ROM drives.
@ -350,17 +450,17 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
Note: Drives with IDE interfaces are not supported at this time.
Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of
memory, due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space of
24 bits. If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it
memory, due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space
of 24 bits. If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it
impossible to do direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is
even true of some EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when
they're configured to emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all*
respects. This problem is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which do
not use DMA), true EISA controllers (like the UltraStor or Adaptec
1742A) and most VLB (local bus) controllers. In the cases where it's
necessary, the system will use "bounce buffers" to talk to the
controller so that you can still use more than 16Mb of memory without
difficulty.
respects. This problem is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which
do not use DMA), true EISA controllers (like the UltraStor, Adaptec
1742A or Adaptec 2742) and most VLB (local bus) controllers. In the
cases where it's necessary, the system will use "bounce buffers" to
talk to the controller so that you can still use more than 16Mb of
memory without difficulty.
2.2. Ethernet cards
@ -371,6 +471,12 @@ based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported.
DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???)
DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs
Intel EtherExpress
Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
@ -381,15 +487,18 @@ Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
3Com 3c505
3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
3Com 3C509 and 3C579 Etherlink III
3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA) Etherlink III
Toshiba ethernet cards
PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also
supported.
2.3. Misc
AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
@ -398,14 +507,16 @@ ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ.
Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
Mitsumi (all models) CDROM interface and drive.
SoundBlaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI CDROM interface and drive.
SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI CDROM interface and drive.
/*ATTENTION*/Since we list mitsumi here too, I've included Matsushita
/*ATTENTION*/here also.
Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) CDROM interface and drive.
Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
@ -424,7 +535,7 @@ You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
1. FTP/Mail
You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site.
`ftp.freebsd.org' - the offical FreeBSD release site.
For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file
MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the nearest site
@ -448,138 +559,55 @@ FreeBSD 2.0.5 may be ordered on CDROM from:
Concord CA 94520
1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax)
Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com. Their current catalog can
be obtained via ftp as ftp.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog.
Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp as:
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog.
/*ATTENTION*/Verify pricing, phone numbers and addressing.
Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada,
or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American
Express, and ship COD to the United States. California residents please
add 8.25% sales tax.
Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US,
Canada, or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard,
American Express, and ship COD within the United States. California
residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an
unconditional return policy.
Note that Walnut Creek CDROM does NOT provide technical support for FreeBSD,
you need to contact the FreeBSD team for that. Please see section 5 for
more information.
4. Preparing for the installation.
----------------------------------
1. Floppy Installation
If you must install from floppy disks, either due to space contraints
on your hard disk or just because you enjoy doing things the hard
way, you must first prepare some floppies for the install.
/*ATTENTION*/Verify floppy and file counts listed below:
You will need either 10 1.44MB floppies or 12 1.2MB floppies to
store just the bindist (binary distribution). These *must* be
formatted using MS-DOS, using either the FORMAT command in MS-DOS
or the File Manager in Microsoft Windows to prepare the floppies
(though factory preformatted floppies will also well well, provided
that they haven't been previously used for something else).
After you've formatted the floppy disks, you'll need to copy the
files onto them. There are 56 total files for the bindist itself,
plus three small files (CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh) for
the install program to use. ALL of these files must be copies onto
the floppies. Each of the bindist files are named "bindist.??",
where the "??" is replaced by the letter sequence aa through cd.
Copy these files onto the floppies, placing the three small install
files onto the final floppy. The order in which you copy the files
to floppy is not important, but it makes labelling the disks easier
if you go in some sort of alphabetical order.
After you've done this, the floppy disks are ready for the install
program to use.
Later on, after you get the binary distribution installed and everything
is going great, the same instructions will apply for the other
distributions, such as the manpages distribution or the XFree86 distribution.
The number of floppies required will, of course, change for bigger or
smaller distributions.
2. Hard Disk Installation
To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition, you should simply
copy the files from the distribution into a directory with the same
name as the distribution. For example, if you are preparing to
install the bindist set, then make a directory on your C: drive named
C:\BINDIST and copy the files there. This will allow the installation
program to find the files automatically.
3. QIC/SCSI Tape Installation.
Installing from tape is probably the easiest method, short of an
on-line install using ftp or installing from a CDROM. The installation
program expects the files to be simply tar'red onto the tape, so after
getting all of the files for distribution you're interested in, simply
tar them onto the tape with something like:
cd <where the *.?? files are>
tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) .
from a directory with just the distribution files in it. Make sure
that you remember to put CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh files
in this directory as well!
If you wish to install multiple *dist releases from one tape, do the
following:
1. cd to the parent directory of the distributions and put them on tape
like so:
tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) bindist srcdist ...
2. Install the first distribution on the tape using the tape installation
method as normal. Afterwards, *do not* erase the contents of the temporary
directory. Get a shell with ESC-ESC and cd to the temporary directory
yourself. For each additional *dist you want to load, cd to its
subdirectory and type `sh ./extract.sh'.
5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code.
Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always
valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find
(preferably with a fix attached if you can!).
The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with internet
mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command. Bug reports will be
dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can be sure
that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as
possible.
The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with
internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command. Bug reports
will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can
be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon
as possible.
If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to
submit a bug report, you can try to send it to:
/*ATTENTION*/These addresses have changed (ie freebsd-bugs, etc)
/*ATTENTION*/according to MajorDomo on 1-Mar-95
freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
bugs@FreeBSD.org
Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to:
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
questions@FreeBSD.org
Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements
to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves! To contact us
on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to:
freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
hackers@FreeBSD.org
Since these mailing lists can experience significant amounts of
traffic, if you have slow or expensive mail access and you are
only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you may
find it preferable to subscribe to:
freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
announce@FreeBSD.org
All but the freebsd-bugs groups can be freely joined by anyone wishing
@ -605,50 +633,47 @@ accidental.
The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley.
Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD.
Bill Jolitz, for his initial work with 386BSD.
/*ATTENTION*/The Core list here doesn't match the Core list in
/*ATTENTION*/CONTRIB.FreeBSD
The FreeBSD "core" team:
Andrey A. Chernov
John Dyson
Bruce Evans
David Greenman
Rodney W. Grimes
Jordan K. Hubbard
Poul-Henning Kamp
Rich Murphey
Gary Palmer
Geoff Rehmet
Paul Richards
Soren Schmidt
Andreas Schulz
Jack Vogel
Garrett A. Wollman
The FreeBSD Core Team
(in alphabetical order by first name):
Andreas Schulz <ats@FreeBSD.org>
Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org>
Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org>
Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>
Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Geoff Rehmet <csgr@FreeBSD.org>
Jack Vogel <jackv@FreeBSD.org>
John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org>
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org>
Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>
Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org>
Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>
Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org>
Special mention to:
Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without
whose help (and continuing support) this release would never
have been possible.
Walnut Creek CDROM, without whose help (and continuing support)
this release would never have been possible.
Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM
drive.
The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary.
Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers:
/*ATTENTION*/This list may need updating or may not match CONTRIB.FreeBSD
J.T. Conklin Julian Elischer
Frank Durda IV Peter Dufault
Sean Eric Fagan Jeffrey Hsu
Terry Lambert L Jonas Olsson
Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers
Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace
Atsushi Murai Scott Mace
Andrew Moore Nate Williams
Nate Williams
And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
@ -659,4 +684,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
The FreeBSD Core Team
$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.1 1995/03/21 20:19:19 jkh Exp $
$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.2 1995/05/28 02:48:07 jkh Exp $