[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes update MD "whatis" to closer to what 1.6 provides

[lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/390460010d54
branches:  trunk
changeset: 533725:390460010d54
user:      lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000

description:
update MD "whatis" to closer to what 1.6 provides

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/acorn32/whatis   |  10 +++++++++-
 distrib/notes/alpha/whatis     |  38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 distrib/notes/amiga/whatis     |  22 +++++++++++++---------
 distrib/notes/atari/whatis     |  10 +++-------
 distrib/notes/hp300/whatis     |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis   |   7 ++++---
 distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis     |   7 ++++---
 distrib/notes/i386/whatis      |   9 ++++-----
 distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis    |  14 ++------------
 distrib/notes/mmeye/whatis     |   7 ++++---
 distrib/notes/mvme68k/whatis   |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/news68k/whatis   |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/next68k/whatis   |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/pc532/whatis     |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/pmax/whatis      |  13 +++++--------
 distrib/notes/sandpoint/whatis |  10 +++++++++-
 distrib/notes/shark/whatis     |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/sparc/whatis     |  15 +++++++--------
 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis   |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/sun3/whatis      |   4 ++--
 distrib/notes/vax/whatis       |  30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 distrib/notes/x68k/whatis      |   4 ++--
 22 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)

diffs (truncated from 469 to 300 lines):

diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/acorn32/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/acorn32/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/acorn32/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.1 2001/10/14 14:08:04 bjh21 Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.2 2002/07/08 14:42:47 lukem Exp $
 .
+This is the fourth major release of
+.Nx
+for the \*M ,
+although it was known as
+.Nx Ns /arm32
+prior to
+.Nx 1.6 .
+.Pp
 .Nx \*V
 on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
 .Nx
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/alpha/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/alpha/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/alpha/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.8 2002/06/29 09:33:10 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.9 2002/07/08 14:42:47 lukem Exp $
 .
 There have been many \*M-specific enhancements since the
-1.4 release.
+.Nx 1.5
+release.
 These include:
 .(bullet
-The following new system types are supported:
-.(bullet -compact
-API UP1000 (AMD 751-based) EV6 systems
+Working Loadable Kernel Modules (LKMs)
+.It
+IEEE 754 floating point completion code.
+.It
+PowerStorm 4d20 graphics card support.
 .It
-264DP, XP1000, DS10, DS20, API UP2000 and other Tsunami-based EV6 systems
+Multiprocessor support for the following systems:
+.(bullet -compact
+AlphaServer 1200
 .It
-DECpc AXP 150 (Jensen)
-.bullet)
-.It
-Ability to boot off RAIDframe RAID-1 (mirrored) FFS partitions.
+AlphaServer 4100
 .It
-Ability to boot off LFS partitions.
+DEC/Alpha Processor, Inc. DP264
 .It
-.Xr ddb 4
-traceback code added.
+DEC/Alpha Processor, Inc. UP2000
+.It
+DEC/Alpha Processor, Inc. UP2000+
 .It
-Emulate user program use of BWX instructions on CPUs which don't
-support them.
-Handle unaligned accesses caused by BWX instructions.
+API CS20
 .It
-Improved TGA graphics support, accelerating the text mode and adding
-support for the: 8bpp TGA2, and 32bpp ZLXp-E2 and -E3.
+Compaq DS20
+.It
+.bullet)
 .bullet)
 .Pp
 .Nx
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/amiga/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/amiga/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.15 2000/10/29 14:08:05 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.16 2002/07/08 14:42:48 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the seventh major release of
+This is the eighth major release of
 .Nx
 for the Amiga and DraCo line of computers.
 .Pp
 New port-specific features include:
 .(bullet
-Support Amiga partition tables that fake more than one sector per
-file system block (for Adosfs), and partition tables on media with more
-than 512 bytes per sector.
+Two stage boot loader capable of loading ELF or a.out as well as
+compressed kernels.
+.It
+New device driver support:
+.(bullet -compact
+ZEUS ISDN-link and Individual Computers ISDN surfer
 .It
-PCMCIA support.
+BSC ISDN MAster II
+.It
+Repulse audio board
 .It
-Recognize
-.Tn Linux
-ext2fs partitions.
+Toccata driver (experimental)
 .bullet)
+.bullet)
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/atari/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/atari/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/atari/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.12 2002/06/29 09:46:39 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.13 2002/07/08 14:42:48 lukem Exp $
 .
 The \*M release was imported into
 .Nx
 in in March 1995.
-The first official release was
+The first formal release was
 .Nx 1.1 .
 About a year later,
 .Nx 1.2
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
 .Nx 1.4
 was released a couple of years later, and added support for various
 devices.
+.Nx 1.5 was released in late 2000. and add
 And now,
 .Nx \*V
 is emerging!
-.Pp
-New port-specific features include:
-.(bullet
-Support for ESS Technology Solo-1 PCI Soundcard on the Hades.
-.bullet)
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/hp300/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hp300/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.7 2000/10/14 22:27:42 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.8 2002/07/08 14:42:48 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the sixth major release of
+This is the seventh major release of
 .Nx
 for the HP 9000/300 series of computers.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcmips/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.8 2002/06/29 22:37:40 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.9 2002/07/08 14:42:48 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the second official release of
+This is the second formal release of
 .Nx*M .
 .Pp
 .Nx*M
 brings the
-NetBSD operating system to
+.Nx
+operating system to
 MIPS based
 .Tn "Windows CE"
 PDA machines.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/hpcsh/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.2 2002/06/29 22:41:54 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.3 2002/07/08 14:42:49 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the non-official release of
+This is the first formal release of
 .Nx*M .
 .Pp
 .Nx*M
 brings the
-NetBSD operating system to
+.Nx
+operating system to
 Hitachi SH-3/4 based
 .Tn "Windows CE"
 PDA machines.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/i386/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/i386/whatis Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/i386/whatis Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.15 2001/05/20 23:29:58 jhawk Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.16 2002/07/08 14:42:49 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the eighth major release of
+This is the ninth major release of
 .Nx
 for the \*M.
 .Pp
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 .Pp
 Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
 .(bullet
-Migration to the ELF binary format from a.out.
-You can still use your pre-1.5 a.out applications, though.
+Support for booting off RAIDframe RAID-1 mirrors
 .It
-Preliminary support for MCA (MicroChannel Architecture)
+Increase the maximum number of partitions per disklabel from 8 to 16.
 .bullet)
 .Pp
 .Nx \*V
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis       Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mac68k/whatis       Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.16 2002/06/29 23:54:06 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.17 2002/07/08 14:42:49 lukem Exp $
 .
 .Nx \*V
-is the sixth major release of
+is the seventh major release of
 .Nx
 for the \*A-based Macintosh.
 .Pp
-For the \*M port,
-.Nx \*V
-brings a number of improvements:
-.(bullet
-Serial console support on the Quadra 900/950.
-.It
-wscons integration.
-.bullet)
-.Pp
 There is still a lot of work to be done and help is welcomed.
-Please jump in!
 .Nx \*V
 on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
 .Nx*M
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/mmeye/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/mmeye/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mmeye/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.1 2002/06/15 21:31:37 itojun Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.2 2002/07/08 14:42:49 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the non-official release of
+This is a non formal release of
 .Nx*M .
 .Pp
 .Nx*M
 brings the
-NetBSD operating system to
+.Nx
+operating system to
 Brains mmEye systems, which uses
 Hitachi SH-3 CPU.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/mvme68k/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/mvme68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/mvme68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.6 2000/10/14 22:27:43 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.7 2002/07/08 14:42:50 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the fifth major release of
+This is the sixth major release of
 .Nx
 for the \*M series of boards.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/news68k/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/news68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/news68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.4 2000/10/29 14:08:08 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.5 2002/07/08 14:42:50 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the first major release of
+This is the second major release of
 .Nx
 for the Sony's \*M based
 .Dq "NET WORK STATION"
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/next68k/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/next68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/next68k/whatis      Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.3 2000/10/14 22:27:44 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.4 2002/07/08 14:42:50 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the second major release of
+This is the third major release of
 .Nx
 for the NeXT series of computers.
diff -r eb522a0bdad1 -r 390460010d54 distrib/notes/pc532/whatis
--- a/distrib/notes/pc532/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:39:53 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/pc532/whatis        Mon Jul 08 14:42:47 2002 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.8 2002/06/30 12:15:13 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.9 2002/07/08 14:42:50 lukem Exp $
 .
-This is the sixth major release of
+This is the seventh major release of
 .Nx*M .
 .Pp