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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/1.1.5/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/1.1.5/RELNOTES.FreeBSD new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..984c9c32bf --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/1.1.5/RELNOTES.FreeBSD @@ -0,0 +1,313 @@ + RELEASE NOTES + FreeBSD + Release 1.1.5 + +1. Technical overview +--------------------- + +FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.3 (+4.4 enhancements) BSD +release for Intel i386/i486 (or compatable) based PC's. It is based +on Bill Jolitz's 386BSD 0.1, with additions from "the patchkit", +NetBSD, CSRG, and the Free Software Foundation. + +Since our first release of FreeBSD 1.0, many hundreds of bugs have been +fixed, features added, and the overall quality of the system improved +almost imeasurably. FreeBSD 1.1.5 represents the culmination of almost +18 months of work and many thousands of man hours put in by our all-volunteer +working group. We hope you enjoy it! + +Many packages have also been upgraded or added, such as XFree86 2.1, +xview 3.2, elm, nntp, mh, InterViews and dozens of other miscellaneous +utilities have been ported and are now available as add-ons. See the next +section of this document for more details. + +For a list of contributors, please see the files "CONTRIB.FreeBSD" and +"CONTRIB.386BSD", which should be bundled with your distribution. + +Also see the new "REGISTER.FreeBSD" file for information on registering +with the "Free BSD user counter". We've also provided a list of who's +responsible for what (so that you may query them directly) in the +"ROSTER.FreeBSD" file; use of this file is encouraged to ensure faster +resolution of an problems you may have! + +The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its +being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package +to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that +contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxiliary packages +provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the U.S.) +exportable European distribution of DES for our non U.S. users also exists +and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ. + + +2. Supported Configurations +--------------------------- + +FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, 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. + +Following is a list of all currently known disk controllers and +ethernet cards known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may +very well work, and we have simply not received any indication of +this. + + +2.1. Disk Controllers + +WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) +WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) + +Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controller (as long as you have less than +16MB of main memory). + +Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. + +[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"] +Buslogic 545S. +Buslogic 445S VLB SCSI controller +Buslogic 742A and 747. +Buslogic 942A PCI + +Please see special notes in /usr/src/KNOWNBUGS (filed under bt742a.c) for +details concerning possible buggy firmware and undocumented switch settings +that may be necessary for proper operation of your Bt445S controller. + +DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. + +Ultra Store 14F and 34F. + +Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. + +Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + +With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for +SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including +DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This and the mcd driver (Mitsumi CDROM +interface card) is the only way a CD ROM drive may be currently +attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster CDROM +interface, or other "mini SCSI" adapters. + +Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of memory, +due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space of 24 bits. +If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it impossible to do +direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is even true of some +EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when they're configured to +emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all* respects. This problem +is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which do not use DMA), true EISA +controllers (like the UltraStor or Adaptec 1742A) and most VLB (local bus) +controllers. In the cases where it's necessary, the system will use +"bounce buffers" to talk to the controller so that you can still use +more than 16Mb of memory without difficulty. + + +2.2. Ethernet cards + +SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, +WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT +based clones. + +Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) + +Isolink 4110 (8 bit) + +Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface. + +3Com 3C503 Etherlink II + +3Com 3C509 Ethernet cards + +Toshiba ethernet cards + +SMC Elite Ultra + + +2.3. Misc + +AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. + +ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. + +BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ. + +STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. + +Mitsumi (all models) CDROM interface and drive. + +Adlib, Soundblaster, Soundblaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound +and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. + +FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus, but +support is apparently close to materializing. Details will be posted +as the situation develops. + + +3. Obtaining FreeBSD. +--------------------- + +You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: + +1. FTP/Mail + +You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from +`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the official FreeBSD release site. + +For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file +MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the nearest site +to you netwise. + +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@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message +to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. +Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* +through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST +resort! + + +2. CDROM + +FreeBSD 1.1 may be ordered on CDROM from: + + Walnut Creek CDROM + 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D + Concord CA 94520 + 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax) + +Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com. There current catalog can +be obtained via ftp as ftp.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog. + +Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada, +or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American +Express, and ship COD to 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. + +Note that Walnut Creek CDROM does NOT provide technical support for FreeBSD, +you need to contact the FreeBSD team for that. Please see section 4 for +more information. + + +It should be noted, lest you get the wrong impression that "FreeBSD" +is anything but, that almost no one in the "core team" makes money +from distributions or anything else connected with FreeBSD. We simply +provide this information as a public service for those wishing to get +their releases from somewhere other than the net (and the easier it +is for you to obtain our software, the happier we are). + + +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 prefered method to submit bug reports from a machine with internet +mail connectivity is to use the sendbug command. 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. + +If, for some reason, you are unable to use the sendbug command to +submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: + + FreeBSD-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com + + +Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: + + FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com + +Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have +extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements +to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves! To contact us +on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to: + + FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com + +Since these mailing lists can experience significant amounts of +traffic, if you've got slow or expensive mail access and you're +only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you may +find it preferable to subscribe to: + + FreeBSD-announce@freefall.cdrom.com + + +All but the FreeBSD-bugs groups can be freely joined by anyone wishing to +do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@freefall.cdrom.com 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. + + +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. It would be very difficult, if not +impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but +nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your +name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely +accidental. + + +The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. + +Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. + +The FreeBSD "core" team: + + Andrew A. Chernov + John Dyson + David Greenman + Rodney W. Grimes + Jordan K. Hubbard + Scott Mace + Andrew Moore + Rich Murphey + Geoff Rehmet + Paul Richards + Andreas Schulz + Nate Williams + Garrett A. Wollman + + +Special mention to: + + Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without + whose help (and continuing support) this release would never + have been possible. + + Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM + drive. + + The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary. + + Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: + + Gary Browing Jon Cargille + J.T. Conklin Chris Demetriou + Julian Elischer Bruce Evans + Sean Eric Fagan Guy Helmer + Jeffrey Hsu Terry Lambert + Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen + Curt Mayer L Jonas Olsson + Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers + Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace + Rick Weldon Terry Williams + Atsushi Murai + + And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. + + +Thanks to everyone, especially those not mentioned, and we sincerely +hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! + + + The FreeBSD Core Team + +$FreeBSD$ |