in every sense.
General
-------
- Multichannel safe, endian safe, format safe
* Large part of critical pcm filters such as vchan.c, feeder_rate.c,
feeder_volume.c, feeder_fmt.c and feeder.c has been rewritten so that
using them does not cause the pcm data to be converted to 16bit little
endian.
* Macrosses for accessing pcm data safely are defined within sound.h in
the form of PCM_READ_* / PCM_WRITE_*
* Currently, most of them are probably limited for mono/stereo handling,
but the future addition of true multichannel will be much easier.
- Low latency operation
* Well, this require lot more works to do not just within sound driver,
but we're heading towards right direction. Buffer/block sizing within
channel.c is rewritten to calculate precise allocation for various
combination of sample/data/rate size. As a result, applying correct
SNDCTL_DSP_POLICY value will achive expected latency behaviour simmilar
to what commercial 4front driver do.
* Signal handling fix. ctrl+c of "cat /dev/zero > /dev/dsp" does not
result long delay.
* Eliminate sound truncation if the sound data is too small.
DIY:
1) Download / extract
http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/lowlatency/shortfiles.tar.gz
2) Do a comparison between "cat state*.au > /dev/dsp" and
"for x in state*.au ; do cat $x > /dev/dsp ; done"
- there should be no "perceivable" differences.
Double close for PR kern/31445.
CAVEAT: Low latency come with (unbearable) price especially for poorly
written applications. Applications that trying to act smarter
by requesting (wrong) blocksize/blockcount will suffer the most.
Fixup samples/patches can be found at:
http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/ports/
- Switch minimum/maximum sampling rate limit to "1" and "2016000" (48k * 42)
due to closer compatibility with 4front driver.
Discussed with: marcus@ (long time ago?)
- All driver specific sysctls in the form of "hw.snd.pcm%d.*" have been
moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, notably:
hw.snd.pcm%d.vchans -> dev.pcm.%d.vchans
Bump __FreeBSD_version.
Driver specific
---------------
- Ditto for sysctls.
- snd_atiixp, snd_es137x, snd_via8233, snd_hda
* Numerous cleanups and fixes.
* _EXPERIMENTAL_ polling mode support using simple callout_* mechanisme.
This was intended for pure debugging and latency measurement, but proven
good enough in few unexpected and rare cases (such as problematic shared
IRQ with GIANT devices - USB). Polling can be enabled/disabled through
dev.pcm.0.polling. Disabled by default.
- snd_ich
* Fix possible overflow during speed calibration. Delay final
initialization (pcm_setstatus) after calibration finished.
PR: kern/100169
Tested by: Kevin Overman <oberman@es.net>
* Inverted EAPD for few Nec VersaPro.
PR: kern/104715
Submitted by: KAWATA Masahiko <kawata@mta.biglobe.ne.jp>
Thanks to various people, notably Joel Dahl, Yuriy Tsibizov, Kevin Oberman,
those at #freebsd-azalia @ freenode and others for testing.
Joel Dahl will do the manpage update.
wait (time waited to acquire) and hold times for *all* kernel locks. If
the architecture has a system synchronized TSC, the profiling code will
use that - thereby minimizing profiling overhead. Large chunks of profiling
code have been moved out of line, the overhead measured on the T1 for when
it is compiled in but not enabled is < 1%.
Approved by: scottl (standing in for mentor rwatson)
Reviewed by: des and jhb
except sun4v.
This change makes the transition from a default to an option more
transparent and is an attempt to head off all the compliants that are
likely from people who don't read UPDATING, based on experience with
the io/mem change.
Submitted by: scottl@
OpenBSD. This driver seems to give a small performance increase, and
should lead to better maintainability in the future.
The nForce Ethernet-specific hack in sys/i386/xbox/xbox.c is still
required, judging from dev/nfe/if_nfe.c. The condition it hacks will
almost certainly only occur on XBOX-es anyway, so it is best left there.
Approved by: imp (mentor)
Add note about the '_dhcp' user.
While one is expected to run mergemaster -p before installworld, make
a note of the points where this will actively fail due to the addition of
users/groups.
enabled by default in NETSMB and smbfs.ko.
With the most of modern SMB providers requiring encryption by
default, there is little sense left in keeping the crypto part
of NETSMB optional at the build time.
This will also return smbfs.ko to its former properties users
are rather accustomed to.
Discussed with: freebsd-stable, re (scottl)
Not objected by: bp, tjr (silence)
MFC after: 5 days
into a separate module. Accordingly, convert the option into a device
named similarly.
Note for MFC: Perhaps the option should stay in RELENG_6 for POLA reasons.
Suggested by: scottl
Reviewed by: cokane
MFC after: 5 days
replacement and has additional features which make it superior.
Discussed on: -arch
Reviewed by: thompsa
X-MFC-after: never (RELENG_6 as transition period)
- removes obsolete files/dirs or libraries.
- works in interactive (default) and batch mode
- respects DISTDIR
- documented in UPDATING and build(7)
The head of the file ObsoleteFiles.inc contains instructions how to add
obsolete files/dirs/libs to the list. Obviously one should add obsolete
files to this list, when he removes a file/dir/lib from the basesystem.
Additionally add check-old target:
- allows re@ to check if a file on the obsolete list resurfaces
Design goals:
- allows full control by the user (default interactive mode)
- possibility of scripted removal of obsolete files (batch mode)
- opt-in removal of files (explicit list of files)
- seperate removal of libs (2 delete targets)
Important design decissions:
- structured list of files to remove instead of a plain text file:
* allows to remove additional files if a NO_foo knob is specified
without the need to change the targets (no NO_foo knob is respected
yet)
- not using mtree like NetBSD does:
* mtree doesn't has an interactive mode
Discussed on: arch (long ago), current (this year)
Additional input from: re (hrs)
Approved by: mentor (joerg)
ifconfig_DEFAULT variable. Unlike pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT
applies to all interfaces that do not specify an ifconfig_<ifn>
variable rather than just those listed in removable_interfaces.
- Correct the list of interfaces when network_interfaces and
removable_interfaces are both set by including removable_interfaces
in the list of canidates.
- When listing dhcp interfaces, include those with other ifconfig
options so nat works.
Approved by: re (network interface startup blanket)
support 4->6 upgrades, this is moot. Most 4.x installations even,
have things compatible with 5 at thsi point, but some don't, so I'll
leave it in the branch...
submitted by: kevlo
clock time to uptime because wall clock time may go backwards.
This is a change in the API which will impact SNMP agents who are using
ifi_epoch to set RFC2233's ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. None are know to
exist today. This will not impact applications that are using the
<index, epoch> tuple to verify interface uniqueness except that it
eliminates a race which could lead to a false assumption of uniqueness.
Because this is a behavior change, bump __FreeBSD_version.
Discussed with: re (jhb, scottl)
MFC after: 3 days
Pointed out by: pkh (way back at EuroBSDCon)
Pointy hat: brooks
PAGE_SIZE.
Unlike originator of the PR suggests retain MAXSHELLCMDLEN definition
(he has been proposing to replace it with PAGE_SIZE everywhere), not only
this reduced the diff significantly, but prevents code obfuscation and also
allows to increase/decrease this parameter easily if needed.
PR: kern/64196
Submitted by: Magnus Bäckström <b@etek.chalmers.se>
People wishing to see prior changes are encouraged to look at the
UPDATING file on the RELENG_5 branch. Document when RELENG_5 was
branched, as well as the 5.3 release date, as shown in the CVS logs
for newvers.sh.
This change should not be MFC'd.
Noticed by: Matteo Riondato (and ru)
A complete rationale and discussion is given in this message
and the resulting discussion:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4177C8AD.6060706
Note that this commit removes only the functional part of T/TCP
from the tcp_* related functions in the kernel. Other features
introduced with RFC1644 are left intact (socket layer changes,
sendmsg(2) on connection oriented protocols) and are meant to
be reused by a simpler and less intrusive reimplemention of the
previous T/TCP functionality.
Discussed on: -arch
People have a tendency to add things to libmap.conf and forget about them
(as we've seen in the mailing lists before).
The compat4x port should be used instead.
/lib/{libm,libreadline}
/usr/lib/{libhistory,libopie,libpcap}
in preparation for doing the same thing to RELENG_5. HUGE amounts of
help for determining what to bump provided by kris.
Discussed on: freebsd-current
Approved by: re (not required for commit but something like this should be)
passing along socket information. This is required to work around a LOR with
the socket code which results in an easy reproducible hard lockup with
debug.mpsafenet=1. This commit does *not* fix the LOR, but enables us to do
so later. The missing piece is to turn the filter locking into a leaf lock
and will follow in a seperate (later) commit.
This will hopefully be MT5'ed in order to fix the problem for RELENG_5 in
forseeable future.
Suggested by: rwatson
A lot of work by: csjp (he'd be even more helpful w/o mentor-reviews ;)
Reviewed by: rwatson, csjp
Tested by: -pf, -ipfw, LINT, csjp and myself
MFC after: 3 days
LOR IDs: 14 - 17 (not fixed yet)
by default when named is enabled. Also, improve our default directory
layout by creating /var/named/etc/namedb/{master|slave} directories,
and use the former for the generated localhost* files.
Rather than using pax to copy device entries, mount devfs in the
chroot directory.
There may be some corner cases where things need to be adjusted,
but overall this structure has been well tested on a production
network, and should serve the needs of the vast majority of users.
UPDATING has instructions on how to do the conversion for those
with existing configurations.
complete backout as the ntpd_sync_on_start etc/rc.conf tunable is still
present, though the default is now NO (was YES). Since we're no longer
syncing time at startup by default when ntpd is enabled (as was the case
24hrs ago), remove UPDATING entry pointing out that ntpd(1) -g is slower
than ntpdate(1).
Hopefully ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" can be made the default for -CURRENT
after 5.3 is cut. At the very least, this should be set to YES when a
user requests to have ntpd enabled via sysinstall(1).
Requested by: many
calls to ntpd -g. ntpd is noticably slower than ntpdate, but is also more
accurate. This removes the nasty hackery in rc.d/ntpdate that would parse
out ntp servers from /etc/ntp.conf (ntpd knows how to read its own config
file). By default, ntpd *will* sync with its listed time servers. To
turn this off so that ntpd does not sync, ntpd_sync_on_start="NO" can be
added to /etc/rc.conf. If ntpd is not enabled (the default), then time is
not synced on startup. ntpdate's use has been depreciated by the ntpd
authors for quite some time so this change shouldn't be unexpected.
Suggested by: des
Approved by: roberto (resident ntp guru)
make kernel. Update the compatibility slice section. Note about
updating devices in the kernel config file. MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX changes
and mention the port alternative to COMPAT4X=yes. Fix copyright.
This should be MFC'd.
time the interface counters were zeroed, currently the time if_attach()
was called. It is indentended to be a valid value for RFC2233's
ifCounterDiscontinuityTime and to make it easier for applications to
verify that the interface they find at a given index is the one that was
there last time they looked.
An if_epoch "compatability" macro has not been created as ifi_epoch has
never been a member of struct ifnet.
Approved by: andre, bms, wollman
compile option. All FreeBSD packet filters now use the PFIL_HOOKS API and
thus it becomes a standard part of the network stack.
If no hooks are connected the entire packet filter hooks section and related
activities are jumped over. This removes any performance impact if no hooks
are active.
Both OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD have integrated PFIL_HOOKS permanently as well.
to have multiple commands for that.
Use relative paths into the src tree consistantly in the instructions.
Fix minor nits that have crept into things.
# is preseedrandom still necessary?
the time being. Also add a note that says we are going to remove the
band-aides for 4.early -> 6.0 after 5.3-RELEASE so people get used to
the idea, even though it has been planned since before 5.0 was
released.
requires a recompile of netgraph users.
Also change the size of a field in the bluetooth code
that was waiting for the next change that needed recompiles so
it could piggyback its way in.
Submitted by: jdp, maksim
MFC after: 2 days
o Separate out local (ports) scripts that use rc.d, and the old style
startup/shutdown scripts and execute them separately. On startup the
rc.d style scripts are executed first and then the old-style scripts.
On shutdown, exactly the reverse happens.
o The rc.d ports scripts should now behave more like base system scripts.
Scripts ending in .sh will be sourced into the current shell, while the
rest will be executed in a subshell. Previously, all ports scripts,
regardless of the .sh suffix, were executed in a subshell.
o The parent script, /etc/rc.d/localpkg, passes its command line arguments
straight to the rc.d ports scripts. This means they should now honor
faststop and faststart commands as well. Old style scripts, should not see
any differences. They will still get either a start or stop command.
o The initial phrase shown during shutdown has been changed to use
"local packages" instead of "daemon processes" to be more inline with the
phrase used during local package startup. The phrases are also used only for
old-style ports script startup/shutdown, whereas previously they were being
used for both rc.d and old-style scripts. This should make startup/shutdown
output a bit less ugly.
Discussed with: portmgr
Has Reservations: eik
o __FreeBSD_version bumped to 502122
o Alpha console initialization requires the same sio(4) hints as on
other platforms. Options NO_SIO and DEV_SC removed.
o KDB framework: Added KDB and GDB; Renamed WITNESS_DDB, DDB_TRACE
DDB_UNATTENDED. Removed GDB_REMOTE_CHAT and DDB_NOKLDSYM.
again. This user/group is not required for install* targets, hence do not
add them to CHECK_UIDS/CHECK_GIDS in Makefile.inc1 (no need to annoy
people).
Discussed-on: -current
success and a proper errno value on failure. This makes it
consistent with cv_timedwait(), and paves the way for the
introduction of functions such as sema_timedwait_sig() which can
fail in multiple ways.
Bump __FreeBSD_version and add a note to UPDATING.
Approved by: scottl (ips driver), arch
2. Document that this means that kernel modules must be rebuilt.
3. While I'm here, fix my sorting error in callout.h
Requested by: many [1], scottl [2], bde [3]
merges, debug.mpsafenet will no longer be safe to use, and that it should
be turned off (which is the default). I will commit a follow-up message
to UPDATING (and post to freebsd-current) when it's safe to turn it on,
with a description of under what circumstances it is safe to use.
only. This is a MAJOR incompatible change for the sparc64 platform,
but will not effect FreeBSD on other architectures.
Reviewed by: imp for UPDATING, freebsd-sparc for the change itself.
statfs changes: you must have COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in your kernel
config file. Everything else is documented procedure and will
not save your ass if you don't have the option.
if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit. if_xname is the name of the interface
and if_dname/unit are the driver name and instance.
This change paves the way for interface renaming and enhanced pseudo
device creation and configuration symantics.
Approved By: re (in principle)
Reviewed By: njl, imp
Tested On: i386, amd64, sparc64
Obtained From: NetBSD (if_xname)
attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests.
Approved by: jake (mentor)
Reported by: Apple Product Security <product-security@apple.com>
when your userland is older tahn your kernel and Makefile.inc1 therefore
thinks that you don't need to rebuild groff, when in fact you do. This
workaround is to set OSRELDATE to 500110 before building, but only if you
have a new enough Makefile.inc1.
I've confirmed this on my laptop, which was suffering from this problem.
Since it only hits power users, we'll naively assume that such users are
smart enough to read UPDATING.
All functionality from the previous system has been preserved, and
users should still customize their system boot with the familiar
methods, rc.conf, rc.conf.local, rc.firewall, sysctl.conf, etc.
Users who have customized versions of scripts that have been removed
should take great care when upgrading, since the compatibility code
that used those old scripts has also been removed.
NODEVFS option has been removed and DEVFS thereby made standard.
This makes all references to MAKEDEV obsolete, and the should
be removed when convenient.
from "unix" back to "local". Add some compat stuff so both
ways work for some time.
Reviewed by: phk
Approved by: imp (UPDATING)
Requested by: iedowse, lukem@netbsd.org
you are going to get hurt badly if you try to do an update from
sources. Make a note of this. While 'experts' could install it in
less space, I think 30MB is a good number.
the updating from stable section, and remove the kludge-o-rounds that
are in there.
Sometimes make world is safe, sometimes not. Let's document the safe
way to deal.
upgrader needs to do about it.
Also, greatly expand the the upgrading from -stable part of this file.
It appears that you need new boot blocks to ensure that the right
kernel is booted single user.
wasn't April 4, but Feb 17th). Update the updating proceedure to use
the new mergemaster -p flag. Add a footnote telling users how to cope
if their mergemaster doesn't have a -p flag.
give the correct workaround for compat library problem
give a better acpi workaround.
Also include note about TARGET_ARCH.
DO NOT COMMIT TO THIS FILE UNLESS YOU ARE IMP.
