mirror of
https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/HardenedBSD.git
synced 2024-12-21 08:24:10 +01:00
New release notes:
acpi_thermal(4) passive cooling support, ichsmb(4) unloading bug fixed, smbios(4) support on amd64, hw.apic.enable_extint added, sound(4) improvements, MPSAFE: the bottom half of NFS, snd_als4000(4), snd_cmi(4), snd_via8233(4), snd_via82c686(4), and natm(4), GEOM_ZERO class added, umass(4) PLAY_* commands support, moused(8) -H flag, shared library version bump, and pkg_version(1) -o and -O flags.
This commit is contained in:
Hiroki Sato
parent
34ac5f0f5f
commit
14f9b2291d
Notes:
svn2git
2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=150833
@ -139,14 +139,41 @@
|
||||
<sect3 id="proc">
|
||||
<title>Hardware Support</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.acpi.thermal.4; driver now supports
|
||||
passive cooling.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Support for the PadLock Security Co-processor in VIA C3
|
||||
processors has been added to the &man.crypto.9; subsystem.
|
||||
&merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>A bug which prevents the &man.ichsmb.4; kernel module
|
||||
from unloading has been fixed.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para arch="amd64">The smbios(4) driver support for amd64 has been
|
||||
added.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para arch="i386">A new loader tunable
|
||||
<varname>hw.apic.enable_extint</varname> has been added.
|
||||
This tunable can be used not to mask the ExtINT pin on the first
|
||||
I/O APIC. At least one chipset for Intel Pentium III seems
|
||||
to need this even though all of the pins in the 8259A's are masked.
|
||||
The default is still to mask the ExtINT pin.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect4 id="mm">
|
||||
<title>Multimedia Support</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.sound.4; driver now supports
|
||||
wider range sampling rate, multiple precisions choice,
|
||||
and 24/32 bit PCM format conversion.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.als4000.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.cmi.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.via8233.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.via82c686.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect4>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect4 id="net-if">
|
||||
@ -174,12 +201,19 @@
|
||||
<sect3 id="net-proto">
|
||||
<title>Network Protocols</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="disks">
|
||||
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>A new GEOM class <literal>GEOM_ZERO</literal> has been added.
|
||||
It creates very huge provider (41PB) <filename>/dev/gzero</filename>
|
||||
and mainly for performance testing.
|
||||
On <literal>BIO_READ</literal> request it zero-fills
|
||||
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
|
||||
it does nothing.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
|
||||
various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
|
||||
state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
|
||||
@ -191,12 +225,21 @@
|
||||
added. It uses the &man.crypto.9; framework for hardware acceleration
|
||||
and supports different cryptographic algorithms. See &man.geli.8; for
|
||||
more information. &merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.umass.4; driver now supports
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_MSF</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_TRACK</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_TRACK_REL</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PAUSE</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_12</literal> commands so that
|
||||
the &man.cdcontrol.1; utility can handle USB CD drive.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="fs">
|
||||
<title>File Systems</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>A part of the FreeBSD NFS subsystem (the interface with
|
||||
the protocol stack and callouts) is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
@ -209,6 +252,13 @@
|
||||
<sect2 id="userland">
|
||||
<title>Userland Changes</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Padding of <varname>ai_addrlen</varname>
|
||||
in <varname>struct addrinfo</varname> has been removed,
|
||||
which was originally for the ABI compatibility.
|
||||
For example, this change break the ABI compatibility of
|
||||
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
|
||||
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
|
||||
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
|
||||
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
|
||||
@ -221,6 +271,22 @@
|
||||
statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables
|
||||
for the allocators. &merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.moused.8; now supports an <option>-H</option> flag
|
||||
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
|
||||
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
|
||||
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
|
||||
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
|
||||
libreadline, libregex, libstdc++, libkrb5, libalias, libarchive,
|
||||
libbegemot, libbluetooth, libbsnmp, libbz2, libc_r, libcrypt,
|
||||
libdevstat, libedit, libexpat, libfetch, libftpio, libgpib,
|
||||
libipsec, libkiconv, libmagic, libmp, libncp, libncurses,
|
||||
libnetgraph, libngatm, libopie, libpam, libpthread, libradius,
|
||||
libsdp, libsmb, libtacplus, libthr, libthread_db, libugidfw,
|
||||
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
|
||||
libssh, and libssl.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
|
||||
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -244,7 +310,10 @@
|
||||
<sect2 id="ports">
|
||||
<title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.pkg.version.1; now supports an <option>-o</option>
|
||||
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
|
||||
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
|
||||
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="releng">
|
||||
|
||||
@ -139,14 +139,41 @@
|
||||
<sect3 id="proc">
|
||||
<title>Hardware Support</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.acpi.thermal.4; driver now supports
|
||||
passive cooling.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Support for the PadLock Security Co-processor in VIA C3
|
||||
processors has been added to the &man.crypto.9; subsystem.
|
||||
&merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>A bug which prevents the &man.ichsmb.4; kernel module
|
||||
from unloading has been fixed.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para arch="amd64">The smbios(4) driver support for amd64 has been
|
||||
added.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para arch="i386">A new loader tunable
|
||||
<varname>hw.apic.enable_extint</varname> has been added.
|
||||
This tunable can be used not to mask the ExtINT pin on the first
|
||||
I/O APIC. At least one chipset for Intel Pentium III seems
|
||||
to need this even though all of the pins in the 8259A's are masked.
|
||||
The default is still to mask the ExtINT pin.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect4 id="mm">
|
||||
<title>Multimedia Support</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.sound.4; driver now supports
|
||||
wider range sampling rate, multiple precisions choice,
|
||||
and 24/32 bit PCM format conversion.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.als4000.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.cmi.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.via8233.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.snd.via82c686.4; driver is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect4>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect4 id="net-if">
|
||||
@ -174,12 +201,19 @@
|
||||
<sect3 id="net-proto">
|
||||
<title>Network Protocols</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.natm.4; Native Mode ATM protocol layer is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="disks">
|
||||
<title>Disks and Storage</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>A new GEOM class <literal>GEOM_ZERO</literal> has been added.
|
||||
It creates very huge provider (41PB) <filename>/dev/gzero</filename>
|
||||
and mainly for performance testing.
|
||||
On <literal>BIO_READ</literal> request it zero-fills
|
||||
<varname>bio_data</varname> and on <literal>BIO_WRITE</literal>
|
||||
it does nothing.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.mpt.4; driver has been updated to support
|
||||
various new features such as RAID volume and RAID member
|
||||
state/settings reporting, periodic volume re-synchronization
|
||||
@ -191,12 +225,21 @@
|
||||
added. It uses the &man.crypto.9; framework for hardware acceleration
|
||||
and supports different cryptographic algorithms. See &man.geli.8; for
|
||||
more information. &merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.umass.4; driver now supports
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_MSF</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_TRACK</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_TRACK_REL</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PAUSE</literal>,
|
||||
<literal>PLAY_12</literal> commands so that
|
||||
the &man.cdcontrol.1; utility can handle USB CD drive.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="fs">
|
||||
<title>File Systems</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>A part of the FreeBSD NFS subsystem (the interface with
|
||||
the protocol stack and callouts) is now MPSAFE.</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
@ -209,6 +252,13 @@
|
||||
<sect2 id="userland">
|
||||
<title>Userland Changes</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Padding of <varname>ai_addrlen</varname>
|
||||
in <varname>struct addrinfo</varname> has been removed,
|
||||
which was originally for the ABI compatibility.
|
||||
For example, this change break the ABI compatibility of
|
||||
&man.getaddrinfo.3; function on 64-bit architecture including
|
||||
&os;/alpha, &os;/amd64, &os;/ia64, and &os;/sparc64.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; utility now supports
|
||||
a <option>-k</option> flag to allow printing
|
||||
potentially sensitive keying material to standard output.
|
||||
@ -221,6 +271,22 @@
|
||||
statistics, wrapped around the binary stream sysctl variables
|
||||
for the allocators. &merged;</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The &man.moused.8; now supports an <option>-H</option> flag
|
||||
to enable horizontal virtual scrolling similar to a
|
||||
<option>-V</option> flag for vertical virtual scrolling.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The shared library version number of all libraries have
|
||||
been updated due to some possible ABI changes. The libraries
|
||||
include: snmp_*, libdialog, libg2c, libobjc,
|
||||
libreadline, libregex, libstdc++, libkrb5, libalias, libarchive,
|
||||
libbegemot, libbluetooth, libbsnmp, libbz2, libc_r, libcrypt,
|
||||
libdevstat, libedit, libexpat, libfetch, libftpio, libgpib,
|
||||
libipsec, libkiconv, libmagic, libmp, libncp, libncurses,
|
||||
libnetgraph, libngatm, libopie, libpam, libpthread, libradius,
|
||||
libsdp, libsmb, libtacplus, libthr, libthread_db, libugidfw,
|
||||
libusbhid, libutil, libvgl, libwrap, libypclnt, libm, libcrypto,
|
||||
libssh, and libssl.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect3 id="rc-scripts">
|
||||
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -244,7 +310,10 @@
|
||||
<sect2 id="ports">
|
||||
<title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para></para>
|
||||
<para>The &man.pkg.version.1; now supports an <option>-o</option>
|
||||
flag to show the origin recorded on package generation
|
||||
instead of the package name, and an <option>-O</option> flag
|
||||
to list packages whose registered origin is origin only.</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="releng">
|
||||
|
||||
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
Block a user