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New release notes: PAE, diskinfo(8), jail(8) -i, jexec(8), jls(8),
killall(1) -j, mount(8)/umount(8) -F, rtld(1) dynamic mapping and libmap.conf(5), 1:1 threading. Modified release notes: Use wlan(4) manpage hyperlink.
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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
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for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
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<para arch="i386">Support for the Physical Address Extensions
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(PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors
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has been added. This allows the use of up to 64GB of RAM in a
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machine, although the amount of memory usable by any single
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process (or the &os; kernel) is unchanged. For more
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information, see the &man.pae.4; manual page.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<para>The cm driver now supports IPX. &merged;</para>
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<para>A new wlan module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
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<para>A new &man.wlan.4; module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
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&man.wi.4; driver now uses this facility.</para>
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<para arch="i386,alpha,pc98,sparc64">A timing bug in the
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directives cancel prior <literal>option</literal> and
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<literal>makeoption</literal> directives, respectively.</para>
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<para>The &man.diskinfo.8; utility has been added to show
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information about a disk device and optionally to run a naive
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performance test.</para>
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<para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to
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&man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para>
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and visible interface than the existing sysctl
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variables. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-i</option> flag to
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output an identifier for a newly-created jail.</para>
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<para>The &man.jexec.8; utility has been added to execute a
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command inside an existing jail.</para>
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<para>The &man.jls.8; utility has been added to list existing
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jails.</para>
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<para>&man.kenv.1; has been moved from
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<filename>/usr/bin</filename> to <filename>/bin</filename> to
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make it available at times during system startup when only the
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root filesystem is mounted.</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; now supports a <option>-j</option> option to
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kill all processes inside a jail.</para>
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<para>The MAKEDEV script is now unnecessary, due to the mandatory
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presence of &man.devfs.5;, and has been removed.</para>
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SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
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members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
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<para>&man.mount.8; and &man.umount.8; now accept a
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<option>-F</option> option to specify an alternate &man.fstab.5;
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file.</para>
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<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
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avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
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must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
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stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
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remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
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<para>&man.rtld.1; now has support for the dynamic mapping of
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shared object dependencies. More information can be found in
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&man.libmap.conf.5;. This is an optional feature, disabled by
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default.</para>
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<para>&man.sem.open.3; now correctly handles multiple opens of the
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same semaphore; as a result, &man.sem.close.3; no longer crashes
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calling programs.</para>
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<para>&man.xargs.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to
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execute multiple copies of the same utility in parallel.</para>
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<para>A 1:1 threading package (where for every pthread in an
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application there is one KSE and thread) has been implemented.
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Under this model, the kernel handles all thread scheduling
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decisions and all signal delivery. This uses some of the common
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KSE code, and is a restricted case of the M:N threading work
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still in progress. The <filename>libthr</filename> library
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implementing the userland portion of this functionality is a
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drop-in replacement for the <filename>libc_r</filename> library.
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Note that <filename>libthr</filename> is not (at this time)
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built by default.</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>Contributed Software</title>
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processors will be treated like additional physical processors
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for the purposes of process scheduling. &merged;</para>
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<para arch="i386">Support for the Physical Address Extensions
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(PAE) capability on Intel Pentium Pro and higher processors
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has been added. This allows the use of up to 64GB of RAM in a
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machine, although the amount of memory usable by any single
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process (or the &os; kernel) is unchanged. For more
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information, see the &man.pae.4; manual page.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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@ -238,7 +245,7 @@
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<para>The cm driver now supports IPX. &merged;</para>
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<para>A new wlan module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
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<para>A new &man.wlan.4; module provides 802.11 link-layer support. The
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&man.wi.4; driver now uses this facility.</para>
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<para arch="i386,alpha,pc98,sparc64">A timing bug in the
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@ -406,6 +413,10 @@
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directives cancel prior <literal>option</literal> and
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<literal>makeoption</literal> directives, respectively.</para>
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<para>The &man.diskinfo.8; utility has been added to show
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information about a disk device and optionally to run a naive
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performance test.</para>
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<para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to
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&man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para>
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@ -473,11 +484,23 @@
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and visible interface than the existing sysctl
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variables. &merged;</para>
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<para>&man.jail.8; now supports a <option>-i</option> flag to
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output an identifier for a newly-created jail.</para>
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<para>The &man.jexec.8; utility has been added to execute a
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command inside an existing jail.</para>
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<para>The &man.jls.8; utility has been added to list existing
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jails.</para>
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<para>&man.kenv.1; has been moved from
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<filename>/usr/bin</filename> to <filename>/bin</filename> to
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make it available at times during system startup when only the
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root filesystem is mounted.</para>
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<para>&man.killall.1; now supports a <option>-j</option> option to
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kill all processes inside a jail.</para>
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<para>The MAKEDEV script is now unnecessary, due to the mandatory
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presence of &man.devfs.5;, and has been removed.</para>
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@ -495,6 +518,10 @@
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SUID-<username>root</username> executable designed for use by
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members of the <groupname>operator</groupname>group.</para>
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<para>&man.mount.8; and &man.umount.8; now accept a
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<option>-F</option> option to specify an alternate &man.fstab.5;
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file.</para>
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<para>&man.mount.nfs.8; now supports a <option>-c</option> flag to
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avoid doing a &man.connect.2; for UDP mount points. This option
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must be used if the server does not reply to requests from the
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@ -536,6 +563,11 @@
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stuck at <literal>0</literal> has been fixed. (&man.rand.3;
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remains unsuitable for all but trivial uses.)</para>
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<para>&man.rtld.1; now has support for the dynamic mapping of
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shared object dependencies. More information can be found in
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&man.libmap.conf.5;. This is an optional feature, disabled by
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default.</para>
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<para>&man.sem.open.3; now correctly handles multiple opens of the
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same semaphore; as a result, &man.sem.close.3; no longer crashes
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calling programs.</para>
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@ -569,6 +601,17 @@
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<para>&man.xargs.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to
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execute multiple copies of the same utility in parallel.</para>
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<para>A 1:1 threading package (where for every pthread in an
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application there is one KSE and thread) has been implemented.
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Under this model, the kernel handles all thread scheduling
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decisions and all signal delivery. This uses some of the common
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KSE code, and is a restricted case of the M:N threading work
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still in progress. The <filename>libthr</filename> library
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implementing the userland portion of this functionality is a
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drop-in replacement for the <filename>libc_r</filename> library.
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Note that <filename>libthr</filename> is not (at this time)
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built by default.</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>Contributed Software</title>
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