[src/netbsd-1-6]: src/distrib/notes/common First pass on changes between rele...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/c79bb42b8924
branches:  netbsd-1-6
changeset: 531061:c79bb42b8924
user:      jmc <jmc%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Jan 04 06:32:22 2004 +0000

description:
First pass on changes between releases and bringing docs up to date for 1.6.2

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/main |  350 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 343 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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diff -r 27abe9fa647d -r c79bb42b8924 distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Sun Jan 04 06:25:31 2004 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Sun Jan 04 06:32:22 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.179.2.29 2003/10/21 04:06:17 jmc Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.179.2.30 2004/01/04 06:32:22 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -381,16 +381,16 @@
 possible, it's likely that
 .Nx
 wouldn't exist.
-.Ss Upgrade path to NetBSD 1.6
+.Ss Upgrade path to NetBSD 1.6.2
 If you are not installing your system ``from scratch'' but instead
 are going to upgrade an existing system already running
 .Nx
 you need to know which versions you can upgrade with
-.Nx 1.6 .
+.Nx 1.6.2 .
 .Pp
-.Nx 1.6
+.Nx 1.6.2
 is an upgrade of
-.Nx 1.5.3
+.Nx 1.6.1
 and earlier major and patch releases of
 .Nx .
 .Pp
@@ -428,6 +428,344 @@
 and vice versa.
 ..
 .if \n[FOR_RELEASE] \{\
+.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 1.6.1 and 1.6.2 Releases
+.Pp
+The
+.Nx 1.6.2
+release
+provides numerous significant functional enhancements, including
+support for many new devices, integration of hundreds of bug fixes,
+patches and updates to kernel subsystems, and many user-land enhancements.
+The result of these improvements is a stable operating system fit for
+production use that rivals most commercially available systems.
+.Pp
+It is impossible to completely summarize over nine months of
+development that went into the
+.Nx 1.6.2
+release.
+Some highlights include:
+.
+.Ss2 Kernel
+.
+.(bullet
+With
+.Xr pciide 4 ,
+make Promise controllers do DMA with large disks
+requiring 48-bit LBA drives.
+.It
+Add error detection when running low on swap, to improve     
+stability in low-memory situations.
+.It
+Support for more SiS controllers were added to 
+.Xr pciide 4 .
+.It
+Support for the new PowerBook G4 12-inch added.
+.It
+.Xr mlx 4
+stability improved.  
+.It
+Support for ICH5 added to 
+.Xr pciide 4 .
+.It
+A long-standing stability problem with the original Sun4c sparc
+systems (SS1, SS1+, and IPC) has been found and fixed.  Some
+optimizations done for these systems as well.
+.It
+Sun3, Sun3x, and Sun2 may now boot from tape files, through
+addition of seek support for tape files.
+.It
+The USERCONF option has been added to the i386 kernels; see
+.Xr userconf 4
+for more information. 
+.It
+Hardware random number generator support for Intel 865 and 875P  
+chipsets added.
+.It
+Fix
+.Xr wdc 4
+to work with pre-ATA drives.
+.It
+Shared libraries and other files mapped executable now count as
+TEXT pages for vm-usage purposes.  This should allow for more
+appropriate handling of these pages compared to other normal file
+buffer pages.
+.It
+General support for multi-function pcmcia cards has been fixed.
+.It
+Various fixes to linux emulation have been added.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Networking
+.
+.(bullet
+.Xr rtk 4
+multicast problem fixed.
+.It
+.Xr fxp 4
+support yet a few more chip variants.
+.It
+.Xr tulip 4
+driver fixed so that the DEC Alpha PWS no longer panics.
+.It
+Path MTU discovery black-hole detection has been added.
+.It
+.Xr bce 4
+driver added for Broadcom BCM4401 chipset, as seen in recent
+Dell laptops.
+.It
+A workaround has been added for a race condition in the networking
+code which could corrupt the callout data structure.
+.It
+Various networking stack fixes for IPv4, IPv6 and IPSEC.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Security
+.
+.(bullet
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 System administration and user tools
+.  
+.(bullet
+Possible crash in 
+.Xr vi 1
+triggered by an error was fixed.
+.It
+XFree86 upgraded to version 4.3.0 for those architectures which use
+XFree86 version 4.
+.It
+.Xr scsictl 8
+now supports a few new commands.
+.It
+BIND has been upgraded to version 8.3.7. 
+.It
+DHCP has been upgraded to version 3.0.1rc11 with various fixes.
+.It
+CVS has been upgraded to version 1.11.10.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Miscellaneous
+.
+.(bullet
+At least one problem causing sysinst to crash has been fixed, and
+a progress bar has been added as an option to monitor the progress
+of the extraction of the install sets.
+.It
+Package tools upgraded to version 20030918.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Pp
+And of course there have also been innumerable bug fixes and other
+miscellaneous enhancements.
+You can look for this trend to continue.
+.
+.Ss2 \*M specific
+.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 1.6 and 1.6.1 Releases
+.Pp
+The
+.Nx 1.6.1
+release
+provides numerous significant functional enhancements, including
+support for many new devices, integration of hundreds of bug fixes,
+patches and updates to kernel subsystems, and many user-land enhancements.
+The result of these improvements is a stable operating system fit for
+production use that rivals most commercially available systems.
+.Pp
+It is impossible to completely summarize over seven months of
+development that went into the
+.Nx 1.6.1
+release.
+Some highlights include:
+.
+.Ss2 Kernel
+.
+.(bullet
+Hardware random number support for some Intel chipsets has been added.
+.It
+Support for additional Adaptec RAID controllers has been added to 
+.Xr aac 4 .
+.It
+A number of bugs in the VM system have been fixed.
+.It
+Bug fixes to 
+.Xr audio 4 , 
+.Xr dpt 4 , 
+.Xr eap 4 , 
+.Xr emuxki 4 , 
+.Xr iop 4 , 
+.Xr siop 4
+and
+.Xr umass 4 .
+.It
+Some Linux compatibility bugs have been fixed.
+.It
+A number of USB bugs have been fixed.
+.It
+acorn32 and acorn26 module recognition overhauled; APDL IDE
+should now work.
+.It
+.Xr pciide 4
+support has been extended to support Promise
+Ultra133TX2, Promise Ultra133TX2v2, HighPoint HPT372, Ultra/133
+on VIA VT8233A, and the VIA VT8235. 
+.It
+Many changes to the arm architecture support, mostly triggered
+by evbarm port infrastructure changes.
+.It
+Amiga boot handling has been modified to better handle certain
+machine configurations.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Networking
+.
+.(bullet
+IPv6 fixes to various tools.
+.It
+Bug fixes to the 
+.Xr tlp 4
+and 
+.Xr xi 4 
+drivers.
+.It
+Enhancements to the 
+.Xr pcn 4
+driver.
+.It
+.Xr rtk 4
+now supports Planex FNW-3603 cardbus ethernet card.
+.It
+.Xr ex 4
+multicast handling has been fixed.
+.It
+.Xr wi 4
+now supports Netgear MA401RA card.
+.It
+.Xr wm 4
+now supports more chip variants.
+.It
+.Xr aue 4
+now supports SMC 2206USB/ETH EZ Connect adapter.
+.It
+.Xr sip 4
+now has some Tx interrupt mitigation code, and improved
+support for 64-bit DP83820 cards.
+.It
+The 
+.Xr fxp 4  
+driver has been improved for better support of
+certain i82558 revisions, and has been fixed to recognize
+some more chips.
+.It
+IPFilter has been upgraded to version 3.4.29.  Please note
+that this requires a synchronized upgrade of kernel and the
+ipf user programs to work properly.
+.It
+Support for Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet devices has been added by
+the addition of the 
+.Xr bge 4
+driver.
+.It
+Some IPsec bugs have been fixed (from KAME).
+.It
+Some 
+.Xr ftpd 8 
+interoperability bugs have been fixed.
+.It
+.Xr mopd 8
+fixes to make the program load correctly.
+.It
+A number of 
+.Xr pppoe 4 
+bugs have been fixed.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 File system
+.
+.(bullet
+A number of FFS and NFS bugs have been fixed.
+.It
+Several fixes to 
+.Xr ffs 4
+soft dependencies handling have been incorporated.
+.It
+Some NFSv3 fixes have been applied to 
+.Xr amd 8 .
+.It
+Some 
+.Xr fsck 8 
+bugs have been fixed.