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<!-- $Id: applications.sgml,v 1.8 1998-11-22 14:03:32 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: applications.sgml,v 1.9 1999-01-21 01:49:12 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> for periodic updates on new
entries.
<p>Most ports should be available for both the 2.2 and 3.0
<p>Most ports should be available for the 2.2, 3.x and 4.0
branches, and many of them should work on 2.1.x systems as
well. Each time a FreeBSD release is made, a snapshot of the
ports tree at the time of release in also included in the
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of FreeBSD at the following locations:
<descrip>
<tag>for 2.2.7-release/2.2-stable</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.7/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.7/">
<tag>for 2.2.8-release/2.2.8-stable</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/">
<tag>for 3.0-current</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-3.0/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-3.0/">
<tag>for 4.0-current</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3.0/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3.0/">
</descrip>
<p>or your nearest local mirror site.
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<sect1>
<heading>Where do I find libc.so.3.0?</heading>
<p>You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.0 on a 2.1.x
<p>You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.x/4.0 on a 2.1.x
system. Please take a look at the previous section and get
the correct port/package for your system.

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<!-- $Id: hackers.sgml,v 1.10 1999-01-18 20:12:22 des Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: hackers.sgml,v 1.11 1999-01-21 01:49:12 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi" name="CVS Repository">:
<itemize>
<item><bf/RELENG_2_1_0/ AKA <bf/2.1-stable/ AKA <bf/"2.1 branch"/
<item><bf/RELENG_2_2/ AKA <bf/2.2-stable/ AKA <bf/"2.2 branch"/
<item><bf/HEAD/ AKA <bf/-current/ AKA <bf/3.0-current/
<item><bf/RELENG_3/ AKA <bf/3.x-stable/ AKA <bf/"3.0 branch"/
<item><bf/HEAD/ AKA <bf/-current/ AKA <bf/4.0-current/
</itemize>
<p><bf/HEAD/ is not an actual branch tag, like the other two, it's
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<em/"the current, non-branched development stream"/ which we simply
refer to as <bf/-current/.
<p>Right now, <bf/-current/ is the 3.0 development stream and the
<bf/2.2-stable/ branch, <bf/RELENG_2_2/, forked off from
<bf/-current/ in November 1996.
<p>Right now, <bf/-current/ is the 4.0 development stream and the
<bf/3.0-stable/ branch, <bf/RELENG_3/, forked off from
<bf/-current/ in Jan 1999.
<p>The <bf/2.2-stable/ branch, <bf/RELENG_2_2/, departed -current in
November 1996.
<p>The <bf/2.1-stable/ branch, <bf/RELENG_2_1_0/, departed -current in
September of 1994.
September of 1994. This branch has been fully retired.
<sect1>
<heading>

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<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.14 1998-12-06 05:14:56 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.15 1999-01-21 01:49:12 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<p>ATAPI (IDE) Zip drives are supported in FreeBSD 2.2.6 and
later releases.
<p>FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT contains support for the parallel Zip
<p>FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE contains support for the parallel Zip
However, you will need to build a new kernel with
support for ppbus (Parallel Port Bus) in order to use the Zip. See
the LINT configuration file for examples.
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</heading>
<p>The newer AIC789x series Adaptec chips are supported under the CAM SCSI
framework making it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 3.0-CURRENT and 2.2-STABLE
framework which made it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 2.2-STABLE
are in <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/" name="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/">.
A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/">. In both cases read the README before
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<heading>Does FreeBSD support Symmetric Multiproccessing (SMP)?
</heading>
<p>SMP is supported in 3.0-CURRENT only.
<p>SMP is supported in 3.0-STABLE and later releases only.
</sect>

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<!-- $Id: preface.sgml,v 1.26 1999-01-19 04:53:51 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: preface.sgml,v 1.27 1999-01-21 01:49:12 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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versions are one and the same, but it shouldn't be long before the
<bf>-current</bf> branch is polished enough for general release.
<p>This is not to say that a 3.0-current snapshot is unusable for
<p>This is not to say that a 3.0-STABLE release is unusable for
business services, and many people who need some 3.0 specific feature
(newer compiler technology, faster networking code, etc) have decided
to take a chance with it with very good results. We simply do not
wish to "certify" 3.0 as mission-worthy until it's been better
shaken-out.
wish to "certify" 3.0 as mission-worthy until it's been released
as 3.1-RELEASE in February, 1999.
<sect1>
<heading>What is FreeBSD-current?<label id="current"></heading>
<p><url url="../handbook/current.html" name="FreeBSD-current"> is the
development version of the operating system, which will in due
course become 3.0.1-RELEASE. As such, it is really only of interest
course become 4.0-RELEASE. As such, it is really only of interest
to developers working on the system and die-hard hobbyists.
See the <url url="../handbook/current.html" name="relevant section">
in the <url url="../handbook/handbook.html" name="handbook"> for
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<p>Snapshot releases are directly available from <url
url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"> and are generated,
on the average, once a day for both the 3.0-current and 2.2-stable
on the average, once a day for both the 4.0-current and 3.0-stable
branches.
<sect1>
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and other commercial enterprises for whom sudden shifts or
experimental features are quite undesirable). The other branch was
<url url="../handbook/current.html" name="-current">, which
essentially has been one unbroken line leading towards 3.0-RELEASE
essentially has been one unbroken line leading towards 4.0-RELEASE
(and beyond) since 2.0 was released. If a little ASCII art would
help, this is how it looks:
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3.0.0-RELEASE (Oct 1998)
|
| [3.0-stable]
*BRANCH* 3.0.1 (Feb 1999) -> ... future 3.0.x releases ...
*BRANCH* 3.1 (Feb 1999) -> ... future 3.x releases ...
|
|
\|/
+
[3.1-current continues]
[4.0-current continues]
</verb>
<p>The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 3.0.1 and beyond,
<p>The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 4.0 and beyond,
the previous 2.2-stable branch having just retired with the release
of 2.2.8. 3.0-current will continue to be where the active development
takes place up until the actual release of 3.0.1 in early 1999. At that
point, 3.0 will become yet another branch and 3.1-current will become
the next "current branch".
of 2.2.8. 3.0-stable has now replaced it, the next release coming
up with 3.1 in early 1999. 4.0-current is now the "current branch",
with the first 4.0 releases appearing in Q1 2000.
<sect1>
<heading>When are FreeBSD releases made?</heading>
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name="FreeBSD FTP site">:
<itemize>
<item>For the current 2.2-stable release, 2.2.8R see the
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/"
<item>For the current 2.2-stable release, 2.2.8R, see the
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/releases/2.2.8-RELEASE/"
name="2.2.8-RELEASE"> directory.
<item>For the current 3.0-current release, 3.0-SNAP, see the
<url url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/" name="3.0"> directory.
<item>For the current 3.0-stable release, 3.0-RELEASE, see the
<url url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/3.0-RELEASE/" name="3.0-RELEASE"> directory.
<item><url url="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="2.2 Snapshot"> releases are made once a day along the
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those strictly necessary for security or reliability enhancements
are now made.
<item><url url="ftp://releng30.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="3.0 Snapshot"> releases are also made once a day along the
RELENG_3 branch (post 3.0-release) as it continues on its way
towards 3.1-RELEASE.
<item><url url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="3.0 Snapshot">releases are also made once a day for the
name="4.0 Snapshot">releases are made once a day for the
<ref id="current" name="-current"> branch, these being of service
purely to bleeding-edge testers and developers.
</itemize>

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<!-- $Id: history.sgml,v 1.26 1999-01-21 01:49:13 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect><heading>A Brief History of FreeBSD<label id="history"></heading>
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in October, 1998 and the last release on the 2.2 branch, 2.2.8, will
appear in November.
Long term development projects for everything from SMP to DEC ALPHA support
will continue to take place in the 3.0-current branch and SNAPshot releases
of 3.0 on CDROM (and, of course, on the net).
The tree branched again on Jan 20, 1999. This led to 4.0-current and
a 3.x-stable branch, from which 3.1 will be released on Feb 15th, 1999.
Long term development projects will continue to take place in the 4.0-current
branch and SNAPshot releases of 4.0 on CDROM (and, of course, on the net).

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<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.123 1999-01-21 01:49:13 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect><heading>Making a port yourself<label id="porting"></heading>
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<sect2>
<heading>ELF support</heading>
<p>Since FreeBSD is moving to ELF from 3.0-release onwards,
<p>Since FreeBSD moved to ELF shortly after 3.0-release,
we need to convert many ports that build shared libraries
to support ELF. Complicating this task is that a 3.0
system can run as both ELF and a.out, and that there will