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<p><b>Date:</b> Wed Mar 25 04:24:34 PST 1998<br>
<b>From:</b> "Jordan K. Hubbard" &lt;jkh@time.cdrom.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2.2.6 RELEASE now available from ftp.freebsd.org (and some mirrors)</p>
<p>As always, it's my great pleasure to announce the release of
FreeBSD 2.2.6, our latest release on the 2.2-stable branch and the
result of over 4 months of work since 2.2.5 was released. See the <a
href="notes.html">release notes</a> for a list of significant changes
since the previous release.</p>
<p>FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE is available on <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp.freebsd.org</A> and
various <A HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">FTP mirror sites</A>
throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from <a
href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>, from where it
will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff
of interest to the programmer and general user alike.</p>
<p>The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or via the WEB page at:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD">http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Walnut Creek CDROM<br>
4041 Pike Lane, #F<br>
Concord CA, 94520 USA<br>
Phone: +1 925 674-0783<br>
Fax: +1 925 674-0821<br>
Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234<br>
Email: <a href="info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</a><br>
WWW: <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from <A
HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror sites</A> in Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan,
Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa,
Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK (among other countries :).
Please check your regional mirrors first by going to:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>ftp://ftp.&lt;yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or
later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the
following locations. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, please get
secure (DES) and eBones (Kerberos) from one of the following foreign
distribution sites:</p>
<dl>
<dt>South Africa</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a><br>
<a href="ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a></p></dd>
<dt>Brazil</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a></p></dd>
<dt>Finland</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt">ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt</a></p></dd>
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<pre>
The file
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
ERRATA.TXT</a> contains post-release ERRATA for 2.2.6 and should always
be considered the definitive place to look *first* before reporting
a problem with this release. This file will also be periodically
updated as new issues are reported so even if you've checked this
file recently, check it again before filing a bug report. Any
changes to this file are also automatically emailed to:
freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
For 2.2.6 security advisories, see:
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>
For the latest information.
---- Security Advisories:
Current active security advisories for 2.2.5: None
---- System Update Information:
o Root mountpoint change which affects those upgrading via "make world"
or a FreeBSD 2.2.6 upgrade.
Fix: 2.2.6 introduces a change in the naming of the device from
which the root filesystem is mounted. This change affects all systems,
however user intervention is only required for systems undergoing an
upgrade installation.
Previously, the root filesystem was always mounted from the
compatability slice, while other partitions on the same disk were
mounted from their true slice. This might, for example, have resulted
in an /etc/fstab file like:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2f /local0 ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2e /usr ufs rw 1 1
For FreeBSD 2.2.6 and later, this format changes so that the device for
'/' is consistent with others, ie.
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/wd0s2a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2f /local0 ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2e /usr ufs rw 1 1
If /etc/fstab is not updated manually in this case, the system will
issue a warning message whenever / is mounted (normally at startup)
indicating the change that must be made. In addition, trouble may be
experienced if the root filesystem is not correctly unmounted, whereby
the root filesystem will not be marked clean at the next reboot.
This change should be made as soon as the upgraded system has been
successfully rebooted.
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================================================================
RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE VERSION
================================================================
What's new since 2.2.5
----------------------
Kernel features:
o Added support for SMC EtherPower II 10/100 Fast Ethernet card
(aka SMC9432TX based on SMC83c170 EPIC chip).
o Added support for DPT SCSI RAID controllers (see LINT).
o New Plug and Play (PnP) support that allows you to (re)configure
PnP devices. Also support modems being detected by the PnP
part and automatically attached.
o Alternate sound driver (/sys/i386/isa/snd) from Luigi Rizzo;
it does not yet support MIDI (for that, use the old sound
driver) but it does have much better support for PNP sound
cards and is much easier to configure (only one device).
See /sys/i386/conf/LINT for more info.
o Better Linux emulation (applications like RealVideo 5.0 for
Linux now work).
o Added support for ATAPI floppy drives (LS-120)
o The psm, mse and sysmouse drivers are improved to provide
better mouse support. moused(8) has been modified to support
various mice with a ``wheel''. It also automatically
recognizes mice which support the PnP COM device standard so
that the user is no longer required to supply a mouse protocol
type on the command line.
Userland features:
o popen() library call now uses and offers bidirectional pipes.
o Added support for parallel makes in /usr/src (-j n works
now with world target, particularly useful with SMP
machines).
o tcpdump(1) utility enhanced
o Support for ldconfig -R (remove) added.
o Various bugfixes and enhancements to pthread support.
o calendar(1) program brought more up-to-date.
o KerberosIV updated to latest version.
o Various curses(3) bugs fixed.
o Various IEEE754 conformance changes to libm(3).
o Much cleanup and general improvements to the documentation.
o Various improvements to the NIS code.
Security issues:
o Fixed /dev/io and mmap security holes.
o Better protection against "LAND attacks"
o Various buffer overruns detected and extra checks added.
o Pentium "F00F bug" is detected and a work-around installed to
prevent hangs.
o srandomdev() support merged from -current and utilities updated
to use it.
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<html>
&header;
<p><b>Date:</b> Wed Mar 25 04:24:34 PST 1998<br>
<b>From:</b> "Jordan K. Hubbard" &lt;jkh@time.cdrom.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2.2.6 RELEASE now available from ftp.freebsd.org (and some mirrors)</p>
<p>As always, it's my great pleasure to announce the release of
FreeBSD 2.2.6, our latest release on the 2.2-stable branch and the
result of over 4 months of work since 2.2.5 was released. See the <a
href="notes.html">release notes</a> for a list of significant changes
since the previous release.</p>
<p>FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE is available on <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp.freebsd.org</A> and
various <A HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">FTP mirror sites</A>
throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from <a
href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>, from where it
will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff
of interest to the programmer and general user alike.</p>
<p>The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or via the WEB page at:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD">http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Walnut Creek CDROM<br>
4041 Pike Lane, #F<br>
Concord CA, 94520 USA<br>
Phone: +1 925 674-0783<br>
Fax: +1 925 674-0821<br>
Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234<br>
Email: <a href="info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</a><br>
WWW: <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from <A
HREF="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror sites</A> in Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan,
Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa,
Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK (among other countries :).
Please check your regional mirrors first by going to:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>ftp://ftp.&lt;yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The latest versions of export-restricted code for FreeBSD (2.0C or
later) (eBones and secure) are also being made available at the
following locations. If you are outside the U.S. or Canada, please get
secure (DES) and eBones (Kerberos) from one of the following foreign
distribution sites:</p>
<dl>
<dt>South Africa</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a><br>
<a href="ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a></p></dd>
<dt>Brazil</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD</a></p></dd>
<dt>Finland</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt">ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt</a></p></dd>
</dl>
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<html>
&header;
<pre>
The file
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ERRATA.TXT">
ERRATA.TXT</a> contains post-release ERRATA for 2.2.6 and should always
be considered the definitive place to look *first* before reporting
a problem with this release. This file will also be periodically
updated as new issues are reported so even if you've checked this
file recently, check it again before filing a bug report. Any
changes to this file are also automatically emailed to:
freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
For 2.2.6 security advisories, see:
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>
For the latest information.
---- Security Advisories:
Current active security advisories for 2.2.5: None
---- System Update Information:
o Root mountpoint change which affects those upgrading via "make world"
or a FreeBSD 2.2.6 upgrade.
Fix: 2.2.6 introduces a change in the naming of the device from
which the root filesystem is mounted. This change affects all systems,
however user intervention is only required for systems undergoing an
upgrade installation.
Previously, the root filesystem was always mounted from the
compatability slice, while other partitions on the same disk were
mounted from their true slice. This might, for example, have resulted
in an /etc/fstab file like:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2f /local0 ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2e /usr ufs rw 1 1
For FreeBSD 2.2.6 and later, this format changes so that the device for
'/' is consistent with others, ie.
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/wd0s2a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2f /local0 ufs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0s2e /usr ufs rw 1 1
If /etc/fstab is not updated manually in this case, the system will
issue a warning message whenever / is mounted (normally at startup)
indicating the change that must be made. In addition, trouble may be
experienced if the root filesystem is not correctly unmounted, whereby
the root filesystem will not be marked clean at the next reboot.
This change should be made as soon as the upgraded system has been
successfully rebooted.
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<pre>
================================================================
RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE VERSION
================================================================
What's new since 2.2.5
----------------------
Kernel features:
o Added support for SMC EtherPower II 10/100 Fast Ethernet card
(aka SMC9432TX based on SMC83c170 EPIC chip).
o Added support for DPT SCSI RAID controllers (see LINT).
o New Plug and Play (PnP) support that allows you to (re)configure
PnP devices. Also support modems being detected by the PnP
part and automatically attached.
o Alternate sound driver (/sys/i386/isa/snd) from Luigi Rizzo;
it does not yet support MIDI (for that, use the old sound
driver) but it does have much better support for PNP sound
cards and is much easier to configure (only one device).
See /sys/i386/conf/LINT for more info.
o Better Linux emulation (applications like RealVideo 5.0 for
Linux now work).
o Added support for ATAPI floppy drives (LS-120)
o The psm, mse and sysmouse drivers are improved to provide
better mouse support. moused(8) has been modified to support
various mice with a ``wheel''. It also automatically
recognizes mice which support the PnP COM device standard so
that the user is no longer required to supply a mouse protocol
type on the command line.
Userland features:
o popen() library call now uses and offers bidirectional pipes.
o Added support for parallel makes in /usr/src (-j n works
now with world target, particularly useful with SMP
machines).
o tcpdump(1) utility enhanced
o Support for ldconfig -R (remove) added.
o Various bugfixes and enhancements to pthread support.
o calendar(1) program brought more up-to-date.
o KerberosIV updated to latest version.
o Various curses(3) bugs fixed.
o Various IEEE754 conformance changes to libm(3).
o Much cleanup and general improvements to the documentation.
o Various improvements to the NIS code.
Security issues:
o Fixed /dev/io and mmap security holes.
o Better protection against "LAND attacks"
o Various buffer overruns detected and extra checks added.
o Pentium "F00F bug" is detected and a work-around installed to
prevent hangs.
o srandomdev() support merged from -current and utilities updated
to use it.
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