From 46af12259c53384c6e84b528ef056066bcffc6f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:09:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the usual release info for 2.2.7. --- data/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile | 3 + data/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml | 130 +++++++++ data/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml | 51 ++++ data/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml | 439 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ data/releases/Makefile | 4 +- en/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile | 3 + en/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml | 130 +++++++++ en/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml | 51 ++++ en/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml | 439 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ en/releases/Makefile | 4 +- 10 files changed, 1250 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 data/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile create mode 100644 data/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml create mode 100644 data/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml create mode 100644 data/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml create mode 100644 en/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile create mode 100644 en/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml create mode 100644 en/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml create mode 100644 en/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml diff --git a/data/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile b/data/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6aaa9ea536 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +DOCS= announce.sgml notes.sgml errata.sgml + +.include "../../web.mk" diff --git a/data/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml b/data/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f23d5a3a2c --- /dev/null +++ b/data/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + +&header; + +

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:36:25 -0700
+From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
+Subject:FreeBSD 2.2.7 is now released!

+ +

It is my usual pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.2.7, our +latest release along the 2.2-stable branch. Those folks who are still +running 2.1.x and wish to upgrade to 2.2 technology are encouraged to +do so as 2.2.7 has reached a more than equivalent level of stability +in all of our tests. A number of problems with 2.2.6 have also been +fixed (see the release notes for more +information).

+ +

FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE is available on ftp.freebsd.org and +various FTP mirror sites +throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from +Walnut Creek CDROM, from where it +will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff +of interest to programmers and general users alike.

+ +

IMPORTANT NOTE: All of the profits from the sales of this CD set +go to support the FreeBSD Project!

+ +

Like many businesses in the field of high-tech, Walnut Creek CDROM has +realized that in order to make any product for an emerging market +grow, you have to make a significant investment in such growth, even +if it means abandoning short-term profits. Walnut Creek CDROM is the +only CDROM vendor who currently does anything like this and it's +certainly my hope that you will help support the project by buying (or +getting someone else to buy :) one of their CDs. Thanks!

+ +

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

Or via the WEB page at:

+ +
+

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

+ +

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

Or via the WEB page at:

+ +
+

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

+ +
+

Walnut Creek CDROM
+4041 Pike Lane, #F
+Concord CA, 94520 USA
+Phone: +1 925 674-0783
+Fax: +1 925 674-0821
+Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234
+Email: info@cdrom.com
+WWW: http://www.cdrom.com/

+
+ +

If you are in Japan, please refer to +Pacific HiTech for information on ordering a localized (or the english) +version of the 2.2.7 product. Pacific HiTech is now an affiliate of +Walnut Creek CDROM for Japanese sales of FreeBSD.

+ +

Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites +in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, +Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, +Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, +Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, +Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the Ukraine +and the United Kingdom (and quite possibly several others which I've +never even heard of :).

+ +

Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional +mirror(s) first by going to:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on. + +

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:

+ +
+
South Africa
+

ftp://ftp.internat.F +reeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
+ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBS +D.ORG/pub/FreeBSD

+ +
Brazil
+ +

ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/p +ub/FreeBSD

+ +
Finland
+ +

ftp://nic.funet.f +i/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt

+
+ +&footer; + + diff --git a/data/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml b/data/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7fce4d33b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + + + +&header; + +
+The file
+
+ERRATA.TXT contains post-release ERRATA for 2.2.7 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 2.2.7 security advisories, see:
+
+ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/
+
+For the latest information.
+
+---- Security Advisories:
+
+Current active security advisories for 2.2.7:   None
+
+---- System Update Information:
+
+o XFree86:  The XF86Setup utility sometimes fails with an XIO
+  error (visible on the 2nd VTY) rather than starting properly if you
+  run it during system installation time.  This is not a new bug and
+  has been seen in previous releases of FreeBSD, but it seems to happen
+  far more reliably with 2.2.7 now (for some as yet unknown reason).
+
+Fix: Should this happen to you, run /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup by hand
+     after the system comes up off the hard disk for the first time.
+     For some reason, when not run off the boot floppy or CD, it works
+     perfectly (making this one somewhat more difficult to debug).
+
+
+ +&footer; + + diff --git a/data/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml b/data/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93488901a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,439 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + +&header; +
+================================================================
+                         RELEASE NOTES
+                 FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE VERSION
+================================================================
+
+1. What's new since 2.2.6
+-------------------------
+
+Kernel features:
+----------------
+o DPT SCSI RAID controller updated (including support for EISA cards)
+  and is now enabled by default.
+
+o MSDOS FAT32 (Win95 long filename) support.
+
+o Various bugs in the SCSI changer code fixed.
+
+o New support for Crystal Semiconductor CS8920 based ethernet cards.
+
+o Dead LFS code removed.
+
+o New updated Specialix SI/XIO/SX driver.
+
+o dmesg (history buffer) now user-sizeable.  See MSGBUF_SIZE
+  option in /sys/i386/conf/LINT.
+
+o Various bugfixes for the Adaptec aic7870/aic7880 chipsets.
+
+o Identify Pentium II processors properly at startup now.
+
+o pcm audio driver updated to support Avance Logic ALS100 card and
+  basically improve audio support all around.
+
+o Various fixes to NFS credential checking.
+
+o Many updates for the NEC PC98 platform.
+
+
+Userland features:
+------------------
+o inetd(8) now allows rate-limiting for services.
+
+o ppp(8) utility significantly updated.  See man page for details.
+
+o Many (MANY!) man pages and other docs updated and cleaned up.
+
+o libc_r (part of POSIX pthread support) is now part of the system by
+  default and incorporates numerous bug fixes.
+
+o ls(1) has grown a number of new flags - man ls for details.
+
+o cvs(1) updated to version 1.9.26
+
+o Various parts of /etc updated with selected features from 3.0.
+
+o as(1) now understands fildll/fistpll opcodes.
+
+o Various improvements to the installation procedure.
+
+o Various minor curses(3) positioning errors fixed.
+
+o Several bugs in dump(8) and restore(8) fixed.
+
+o Various enhancements made to the login class mechanism and
+  default limits raised for workstation users.
+
+o ftpd disables Nagle on the control channel for better response.
+
+
+Security issues:
+----------------
+o XFree86 updated to 3.3.2.3 - an important security release containing
+  changes from The Open Group which close several possible root-exploits
+  from local users.
+
+o Crypto repository updated from 3.0 branch.
+
+o popper and imap upgraded in ports collection to close some nasty security
+  holes (see Bugtrax).
+
+o Various buffer overflows in utilities like rcp(1) and more(1) (just to
+  name a few) have been closed.
+
+o Bounds-checking added to numerous "attackable" locations in BIND and
+  much of BIND significantly updated.
+
+
+2. Supported Configurations
+---------------------------
+
+FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus
+based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
+386sx is not recommended).  Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive
+configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
+also provided.
+
+What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with
+FreeBSD.  Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet
+received confirmation of this.
+
+
+2.1. Disk Controllers
+---------------------
+
+WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
+WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
+IDE
+ATA
+
+Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
+Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI
+controllers.
+Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI controllers.
+
+** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no
+   on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the
+   system BIOS I/O vectors.  They're perfectly usable for external tapes,
+   CDROMs, etc, however.  The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card
+   without a boot ROM.  Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally
+   indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up
+   or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them.
+   Check your system/board documentation for more details.
+
+Buslogic 545S & 545c
+Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller
+Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller.
+Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller
+Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller
+
+SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI
+controllers:
+	ASUS SC-200
+  	Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants)
+	NCR cards (all)
+	Symbios cards (all)
+	Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F
+	Tyan S1365
+
+Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
+AMD 53c974 as well).
+
+NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. 
+
+DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
+
+UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
+
+Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
+
+Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
+
+WD7000 SCSI controller.
+
+With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
+SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including
+DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives.
+
+The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
+(cd)    SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
+        SoundBlaster SCSI)
+(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
+        interface (562/563 models)
+(scd)   Sony proprietary interface (all models)
+(wcd)   ATAPI IDE interface
+
+
+Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
+
+  Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices)
+  Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
+  Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x
+  and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
+
+  Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight)
+
+  (mcd)   Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
+
+2.2. Ethernet cards
+-------------------
+
+Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards
+
+AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+
+SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
+WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
+based clones.  SMC Elite Ultra.  SMC Etherpower II.
+
+Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following:
+Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port
+Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP
+Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC
+Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP
+
+DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
+DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
+DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc)
+DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
+
+Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
+
+HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A).
+
+Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability)
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/10
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
+
+Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
+Isolink 4110     (8 bit)
+
+Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
+
+3Com 3C501 cards
+
+3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
+
+3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
+
+3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
+
+3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905 PCI and EISA
+(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
+
+Toshiba ethernet cards
+
+PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also
+supported.
+
+Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're
+still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them.  Any
+takers?
+
+
+2.3. Misc
+---------
+
+AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+
+ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial.
+
+Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+
+Comtrol Rocketport card.
+
+Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
+
+STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
+
+SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
+SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards.
+
+Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64,
+ONboard 4/16 and Brumby.
+
+Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
+and Roland MPU-401 sound cards.
+
+Connectix QuickCam
+Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber
+Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber
+Cortex1 frame grabber
+Hauppauge Wincast/TV boards (PCI)
+STB TV PCI
+Intel Smart Video Recorder III
+Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 chip.
+
+HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives.
+
+PS/2 mice
+
+Standard PC Joystick
+
+X-10 power controllers
+
+GPIB and Transputer drivers.
+
+Genius and Mustek hand scanners.
+
+
+FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
+
+
+3. Obtaining FreeBSD
+--------------------
+
+You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
+
+3.1. FTP/Mail
+-------------
+
+You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
+`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site.
+
+For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file
+MIRROR.SITES.  Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in
+networking terms) to you.  Additional mirror sites are always welcome!
+Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to 
+become an official mirror site.
+
+If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic mail is your
+only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to
+`ftpmail@ftpmail.vix.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message
+to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism.
+Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of
+megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute
+LAST resort!
+
+
+3.2. CDROM
+----------
+
+FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP and 2.2.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from:
+
+        Walnut Creek CDROM
+        4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
+        Concord CA  94520
+        1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX)
+
+Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
+Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from:
+
+        ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog
+
+Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription.
+FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP CDs are $39.95 or $14.95 with a FreeBSD-SNAP subscription
+(-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely separate).  With a
+subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are released.
+Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may cancel
+your subscription at any time without further obligation.
+
+Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico
+and $9.00 overseas.  They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American
+Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United
+States.  California residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
+
+Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an
+unconditional return policy.
+
+
+4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always
+valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find
+(preferably with a fix attached, if you can!).
+
+The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with
+Internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command or use the CGI
+script at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html.  Bug reports
+will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can
+be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon
+as possible.  Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site
+in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports
+and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to
+watch out for.
+
+If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to
+submit a bug report, you can try to send it to:
+ 
+               freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move
+even onto a totally different system.  We much prefer if you could use
+this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem
+reports.  However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether
+the problem might have already been fixed since.
+ 
+Otherwise, for any questions or tech support issues, please send mail to:
+ 
+               freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
+extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired
+enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves!  To
+contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send
+mail to:
+ 
+               freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant*
+amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and
+are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you
+may find it preferable to subscribe instead to:
+ 
+               freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing
+to do so.  Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword
+`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message.  This
+will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing
+archives, etc.  There are a number of mailing lists targeted at
+special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo
+and ask about them!
+ 
+5. Acknowledgements
+-------------------
+ 
+FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not
+hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very
+hard to bring you this release.  For a complete list of FreeBSD
+project staffers, please see:
+ 
+        http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff.html
+ 
+or, if you've loaded the doc distribution:
+ 
+        file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html
+ 
+Special mention to:
+ 
+        The donors listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/donors.html
+ 
+        Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
+ 
+        And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
+        world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
+ 
+We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
+ 
+                        The FreeBSD Project
+
+&footer; + + diff --git a/data/releases/Makefile b/data/releases/Makefile index 93e2af098d..60a43b72ce 100644 --- a/data/releases/Makefile +++ b/data/releases/Makefile @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.10 1998-03-25 12:25:59 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.11 1998-07-24 20:09:53 jkh Exp $ DOCS?= index.sgml snapshots.sgml SUBDIR= 1.1 1.1.5 2.0 2.0.5A 2.0.5R 2.0A 2.1R 2.1.5R 2.1.6R 2.1.7R 2.2R -SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R +SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R 2.2.7R .if defined $(NEW_BUILD) SUBDIR= diff --git a/en/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile b/en/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6aaa9ea536 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/releases/2.2.7R/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +DOCS= announce.sgml notes.sgml errata.sgml + +.include "../../web.mk" diff --git a/en/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml b/en/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f23d5a3a2c --- /dev/null +++ b/en/releases/2.2.7R/announce.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + +&header; + +

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:36:25 -0700
+From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
+Subject:FreeBSD 2.2.7 is now released!

+ +

It is my usual pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.2.7, our +latest release along the 2.2-stable branch. Those folks who are still +running 2.1.x and wish to upgrade to 2.2 technology are encouraged to +do so as 2.2.7 has reached a more than equivalent level of stability +in all of our tests. A number of problems with 2.2.6 have also been +fixed (see the release notes for more +information).

+ +

FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE is available on ftp.freebsd.org and +various FTP mirror sites +throughout the world. It can also be ordered on CD from +Walnut Creek CDROM, from where it +will be shipping shortly as a 4 CD set containing a lot of extra stuff +of interest to programmers and general users alike.

+ +

IMPORTANT NOTE: All of the profits from the sales of this CD set +go to support the FreeBSD Project!

+ +

Like many businesses in the field of high-tech, Walnut Creek CDROM has +realized that in order to make any product for an emerging market +grow, you have to make a significant investment in such growth, even +if it means abandoning short-term profits. Walnut Creek CDROM is the +only CDROM vendor who currently does anything like this and it's +certainly my hope that you will help support the project by buying (or +getting someone else to buy :) one of their CDs. Thanks!

+ +

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

Or via the WEB page at:

+ +
+

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

+ +

The official FTP distribution site for FreeBSD is:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

Or via the WEB page at:

+ +
+

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +

And on CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM:

+ +
+

Walnut Creek CDROM
+4041 Pike Lane, #F
+Concord CA, 94520 USA
+Phone: +1 925 674-0783
+Fax: +1 925 674-0821
+Tech Support: +1 925 603-1234
+Email: info@cdrom.com
+WWW: http://www.cdrom.com/

+
+ +

If you are in Japan, please refer to +Pacific HiTech for information on ordering a localized (or the english) +version of the 2.2.7 product. Pacific HiTech is now an affiliate of +Walnut Creek CDROM for Japanese sales of FreeBSD.

+ +

Additionally, FreeBSD is available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites +in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, +Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, +Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, +Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, +Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the Ukraine +and the United Kingdom (and quite possibly several others which I've +never even heard of :).

+ +

Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional +mirror(s) first by going to:

+ +
+

ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD

+
+ +Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on. + +

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:

+ +
+
South Africa
+

ftp://ftp.internat.F +reeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD
+ftp://ftp2.internat.FreeBS +D.ORG/pub/FreeBSD

+ +
Brazil
+ +

ftp://ftp.br.FreeBSD.ORG/p +ub/FreeBSD

+ +
Finland
+ +

ftp://nic.funet.f +i/pub/unix/FreeBSD/eurocrypt

+
+ +&footer; + + diff --git a/en/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml b/en/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7fce4d33b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/releases/2.2.7R/errata.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + + + +&header; + +
+The file
+
+ERRATA.TXT contains post-release ERRATA for 2.2.7 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 2.2.7 security advisories, see:
+
+ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/
+
+For the latest information.
+
+---- Security Advisories:
+
+Current active security advisories for 2.2.7:   None
+
+---- System Update Information:
+
+o XFree86:  The XF86Setup utility sometimes fails with an XIO
+  error (visible on the 2nd VTY) rather than starting properly if you
+  run it during system installation time.  This is not a new bug and
+  has been seen in previous releases of FreeBSD, but it seems to happen
+  far more reliably with 2.2.7 now (for some as yet unknown reason).
+
+Fix: Should this happen to you, run /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup by hand
+     after the system comes up off the hard disk for the first time.
+     For some reason, when not run off the boot floppy or CD, it works
+     perfectly (making this one somewhat more difficult to debug).
+
+
+ +&footer; + + diff --git a/en/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml b/en/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93488901a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/releases/2.2.7R/notes.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,439 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + +&header; +
+================================================================
+                         RELEASE NOTES
+                 FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE VERSION
+================================================================
+
+1. What's new since 2.2.6
+-------------------------
+
+Kernel features:
+----------------
+o DPT SCSI RAID controller updated (including support for EISA cards)
+  and is now enabled by default.
+
+o MSDOS FAT32 (Win95 long filename) support.
+
+o Various bugs in the SCSI changer code fixed.
+
+o New support for Crystal Semiconductor CS8920 based ethernet cards.
+
+o Dead LFS code removed.
+
+o New updated Specialix SI/XIO/SX driver.
+
+o dmesg (history buffer) now user-sizeable.  See MSGBUF_SIZE
+  option in /sys/i386/conf/LINT.
+
+o Various bugfixes for the Adaptec aic7870/aic7880 chipsets.
+
+o Identify Pentium II processors properly at startup now.
+
+o pcm audio driver updated to support Avance Logic ALS100 card and
+  basically improve audio support all around.
+
+o Various fixes to NFS credential checking.
+
+o Many updates for the NEC PC98 platform.
+
+
+Userland features:
+------------------
+o inetd(8) now allows rate-limiting for services.
+
+o ppp(8) utility significantly updated.  See man page for details.
+
+o Many (MANY!) man pages and other docs updated and cleaned up.
+
+o libc_r (part of POSIX pthread support) is now part of the system by
+  default and incorporates numerous bug fixes.
+
+o ls(1) has grown a number of new flags - man ls for details.
+
+o cvs(1) updated to version 1.9.26
+
+o Various parts of /etc updated with selected features from 3.0.
+
+o as(1) now understands fildll/fistpll opcodes.
+
+o Various improvements to the installation procedure.
+
+o Various minor curses(3) positioning errors fixed.
+
+o Several bugs in dump(8) and restore(8) fixed.
+
+o Various enhancements made to the login class mechanism and
+  default limits raised for workstation users.
+
+o ftpd disables Nagle on the control channel for better response.
+
+
+Security issues:
+----------------
+o XFree86 updated to 3.3.2.3 - an important security release containing
+  changes from The Open Group which close several possible root-exploits
+  from local users.
+
+o Crypto repository updated from 3.0 branch.
+
+o popper and imap upgraded in ports collection to close some nasty security
+  holes (see Bugtrax).
+
+o Various buffer overflows in utilities like rcp(1) and more(1) (just to
+  name a few) have been closed.
+
+o Bounds-checking added to numerous "attackable" locations in BIND and
+  much of BIND significantly updated.
+
+
+2. Supported Configurations
+---------------------------
+
+FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus
+based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
+386sx is not recommended).  Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive
+configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
+also provided.
+
+What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with
+FreeBSD.  Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet
+received confirmation of this.
+
+
+2.1. Disk Controllers
+---------------------
+
+WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
+WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
+IDE
+ATA
+
+Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
+Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI
+controllers.
+Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI controllers.
+
+** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no
+   on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the
+   system BIOS I/O vectors.  They're perfectly usable for external tapes,
+   CDROMs, etc, however.  The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card
+   without a boot ROM.  Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally
+   indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up
+   or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them.
+   Check your system/board documentation for more details.
+
+Buslogic 545S & 545c
+Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller
+Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller.
+Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller
+Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller
+
+SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI
+controllers:
+	ASUS SC-200
+  	Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants)
+	NCR cards (all)
+	Symbios cards (all)
+	Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F
+	Tyan S1365
+
+Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the
+AMD 53c974 as well).
+
+NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. 
+
+DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
+
+UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
+
+Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
+
+Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
+
+WD7000 SCSI controller.
+
+With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
+SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including
+DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives.
+
+The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
+(cd)    SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
+        SoundBlaster SCSI)
+(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
+        interface (562/563 models)
+(scd)   Sony proprietary interface (all models)
+(wcd)   ATAPI IDE interface
+
+
+Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
+
+  Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices)
+  Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
+  Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x
+  and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
+
+  Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight)
+
+  (mcd)   Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
+
+2.2. Ethernet cards
+-------------------
+
+Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards
+
+AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+
+SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
+WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
+based clones.  SMC Elite Ultra.  SMC Etherpower II.
+
+Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following:
+Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port
+Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP
+Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC
+Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP
+
+DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
+DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
+DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc)
+DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
+
+Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
+
+HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A).
+
+Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability)
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/10
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
+
+Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
+Isolink 4110     (8 bit)
+
+Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
+
+3Com 3C501 cards
+
+3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
+
+3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
+
+3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
+
+3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905 PCI and EISA
+(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
+
+Toshiba ethernet cards
+
+PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also
+supported.
+
+Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're
+still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them.  Any
+takers?
+
+
+2.3. Misc
+---------
+
+AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+
+ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial.
+
+Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+
+Comtrol Rocketport card.
+
+Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
+
+STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
+
+SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
+SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards.
+
+Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64,
+ONboard 4/16 and Brumby.
+
+Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
+and Roland MPU-401 sound cards.
+
+Connectix QuickCam
+Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber
+Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber
+Cortex1 frame grabber
+Hauppauge Wincast/TV boards (PCI)
+STB TV PCI
+Intel Smart Video Recorder III
+Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 chip.
+
+HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives.
+
+PS/2 mice
+
+Standard PC Joystick
+
+X-10 power controllers
+
+GPIB and Transputer drivers.
+
+Genius and Mustek hand scanners.
+
+
+FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
+
+
+3. Obtaining FreeBSD
+--------------------
+
+You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
+
+3.1. FTP/Mail
+-------------
+
+You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
+`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site.
+
+For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file
+MIRROR.SITES.  Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in
+networking terms) to you.  Additional mirror sites are always welcome!
+Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to 
+become an official mirror site.
+
+If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic mail is your
+only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to
+`ftpmail@ftpmail.vix.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message
+to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism.
+Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of
+megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute
+LAST resort!
+
+
+3.2. CDROM
+----------
+
+FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP and 2.2.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from:
+
+        Walnut Creek CDROM
+        4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
+        Concord CA  94520
+        1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX)
+
+Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
+Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from:
+
+        ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog
+
+Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription.
+FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP CDs are $39.95 or $14.95 with a FreeBSD-SNAP subscription
+(-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely separate).  With a
+subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are released.
+Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may cancel
+your subscription at any time without further obligation.
+
+Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico
+and $9.00 overseas.  They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American
+Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United
+States.  California residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
+
+Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an
+unconditional return policy.
+
+
+4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always
+valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find
+(preferably with a fix attached, if you can!).
+
+The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with
+Internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command or use the CGI
+script at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html.  Bug reports
+will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can
+be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon
+as possible.  Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site
+in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports
+and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to
+watch out for.
+
+If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to
+submit a bug report, you can try to send it to:
+ 
+               freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move
+even onto a totally different system.  We much prefer if you could use
+this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem
+reports.  However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether
+the problem might have already been fixed since.
+ 
+Otherwise, for any questions or tech support issues, please send mail to:
+ 
+               freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
+extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired
+enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves!  To
+contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send
+mail to:
+ 
+               freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant*
+amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and
+are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you
+may find it preferable to subscribe instead to:
+ 
+               freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+ 
+All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing
+to do so.  Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword
+`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message.  This
+will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing
+archives, etc.  There are a number of mailing lists targeted at
+special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo
+and ask about them!
+ 
+5. Acknowledgements
+-------------------
+ 
+FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not
+hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very
+hard to bring you this release.  For a complete list of FreeBSD
+project staffers, please see:
+ 
+        http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff.html
+ 
+or, if you've loaded the doc distribution:
+ 
+        file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html
+ 
+Special mention to:
+ 
+        The donors listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/donors.html
+ 
+        Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
+ 
+        And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
+        world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
+ 
+We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
+ 
+                        The FreeBSD Project
+
+&footer; + + diff --git a/en/releases/Makefile b/en/releases/Makefile index 93e2af098d..60a43b72ce 100644 --- a/en/releases/Makefile +++ b/en/releases/Makefile @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.10 1998-03-25 12:25:59 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.11 1998-07-24 20:09:53 jkh Exp $ DOCS?= index.sgml snapshots.sgml SUBDIR= 1.1 1.1.5 2.0 2.0.5A 2.0.5R 2.0A 2.1R 2.1.5R 2.1.6R 2.1.7R 2.2R -SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R +SUBDIR+= 2.2.1R 2.2.2R 2.2.5R 2.2.6R 2.2.7R .if defined $(NEW_BUILD) SUBDIR=