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What's New since 2.1.6-RELEASE? +---------------------------------- +Since the setlocale() security hole forced us to do another release +along the 2.1-STABLE branch, we focused on pulling in a lot of +additional bug fixes and security enhancements as well, taking +also some time to upgrade sysinstall to deal with the MSDOSFS +installation bugs which have hosed so many people & to upgrade +a few selected utilities. Aside from these, there are few functional +changes in 2.1.7R. + + +1. What's New since 2.1.0-RELEASE? +---------------------------------- +Quite a few things have changed since the last major release +of FreeBSD. To make it easier to identify specific changes, +we've broken them into several major categories: + + +Device Drivers: +--------------- +Support for the Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI adapter. + +Support for Specialix SI and XIO serial cards. + +Support for the Stallion EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 and +EasyConnection 8/64, as well as the older Onboard and Brumby serial +cards. + +Support for the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI ethernet card. + +Support for the 3COM 3C590 and 3C595 ethernet cards. + +Real PCI Buslogic support (new driver and probing order). + +Support for the ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570i high-speed serial card. + +Better support for the Matrox Meteor frame grabber card. + +Support for the Connectix Quickcam. + +Kernel features: +---------------- +Various VM system enhancements and more than a few bugs fixed. + +A concatenated disk driver for simple types of RAID applications. +See the man page for +ccd(4)> +for more information. + +Real PCI bus probing (before ISA) and support for various PCI bridges. + +The Linux emulation is now good enough to run the Linux version of +Netscape, with JAVA support (as well as a number of other Linux +utilities). + + + +Userland code updates: +---------------------- + +The system installation tool has been revamped with slightly different +menu behavior and a number of bugs have been fixed. It's hoped that +this installation will be more intuitive for new users than previous +ones (feedback welcomed, of course) as well as more useful in the +post-install scenario (I know, I keep saying this :-). + +Many improvements to the NIS code. + +The ncftp program is no longer part of the default system - it has been +replaced by a library (/usr/src/lib/libftpio) and a more powerful program +which uses it called ``fetch'' (/usr/src/usr.bin/fetch). You may find +ncftp as part of the ports collection (in /usr/ports/net/ncftp) if you +still wish to use it, though fetch is slightly more capable in that +it can fetch from both FTP and HTTP servers (ftp://... or http://... URLs). +See the man page for more details. + + +2. Technical overview +--------------------- + +FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4 BSD Lite based release +for Intel i386/i486/Pentium (or compatible) based PC's. It is based +primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some +enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation. + +Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 over a year ago, the performance, +feature set and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically. The +largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM/file buffer +cache that not only increases performance but reduces FreeBSD's memory +footprint, making a 5MB configuration a more acceptable minimum. +Other enhancements include full NIS client and server support, +transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, an improved SCSI +subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet +(100Mbit) adapters, improved support for the Adaptec 2940 (WIDE and +narrow) and 3940 SCSI adaptors along with many hundreds of bug fixes. + +We've taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to +heart and have attempted to provide what we hope is a more sane and +easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this +(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome! + +In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported +software collection with over 390 commonly sought-after programs. The +list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages, +editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection +requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas" +to their original sources. This makes it much easier for us to update +ports and greatly reduces the disk space demands made by the ports +collection. To compile a port, you simply change to the directory of +the program you wish to install, type make and let the system do the +rest. The full original distribution for each port you build is +retrieved dynamically off of CDROM or a local ftp site, so you need +only enough disk space to build the ports you want. (Almost) every +port is also provided as a pre-compiled "package" which can be +installed with a simple command (pkg_add). See also the new Packages +option in the Configuration menu for an especially convenient interface +to the package collection. + + +A number of additional documents which you may find helpful in the +process of installing and using FreeBSD may now also be found in the +/usr/share/doc directory. You may view the manuals with any HTML +capable browser by saying: + + To read the handbook: + <browser> file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html + + To read the FAQ: + <browser> file:/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html + +You can also visit the master (and most frequently updated) copies at +http://www.FreeBSD.org. + +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 distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also +exists at ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD. + +If password security for FreeBSD is all you need and you have no +requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts +(Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then +FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our +default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any +messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) +the U.S., give it a try! This snapshot also includes support for +mixed password files - either DES or MD5 passwords will be accepted, +making it easier to transition from one scheme to the other. + + +3. 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 disk controllers and ethernet cards +currently known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may also +work, but we have simply not received any confirmation of this. + + +3.1. Disk Controllers +--------------------- + +WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) +WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) +IDE +ATA + +Adaptec 152x series 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 AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes +Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI controllers. +the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. + +** 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. + +[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"] +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 + +NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller. +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 CD ROM drives. + +The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: +(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and + SoundBlaster SCSI) +(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models) +(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary + interface (562/563 models) +(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) +(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA + quality!). + + +3.2. Ethernet cards +------------------- + +Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards +SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, +WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT +based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported. + +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???? DE???) +DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs +Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A + +Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability) +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 & 3C595 (PCI) Etherlink III + +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? + + +3.3. 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) + +Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. + +STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. + +SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. + +Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound +and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. + +FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. + + + +4. Obtaining FreeBSD +-------------------- + +You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: + +4.1. 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 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@decwrl.dec.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! + + +4.2. CDROM + +FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE and these 2.2 SNAPSHOT CDs 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 or http://www.cdrom.com. +Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp as: + ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog. + +Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription. +FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP CDs are $29.95 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. + +Walnut Creek CDROM also sells a full line of FreeBSD related +merchandise such as T-shirts ($14.95, available in "child", Large and +XL sizes), coffee mugs ($9.95), tattoos ($0.25 each) and posters +($3.00). + +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. + + +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. 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: + + bugs@FreeBSD.org + + +Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: + + 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: + + 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: + + announce@FreeBSD.org + + +All but the freebsd-bugs groups 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! + + +6. 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 you've +contributed something substantive to us and your name is not mentioned +here, please be assured that its omission is entirely accidental. +Please contact hackers@FreeBSD.org for any desired updates to the +lists that follow: + + +The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. + +Bill Jolitz, for his initial work with 386BSD. + +The FreeBSD Core Team +(in alphabetical order by last name): + + Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> + Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> + John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org> + Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> + Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org> + David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org> + Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> + Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> + Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org> + Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> + Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> + Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> + Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> + Jörg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> + + +The FreeBSD Development Team, excluding core team members +(in alphabetical order by last name): + + Ugen J.S. Antsilevich <ugen@FreeBSD.org> + Torsten Blum <torstenb@FreeBSD.org> + Gary Clark II <gclarkii@FreeBSD.org> + Adam David <adam@FreeBSD.org> + Peter Dufault <dufault@FreeBSD.org> + Frank Durda IV <uhclem@FreeBSD.org> + Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org> + Sean Eric Fagan <sef@FreeBSD.org> + Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org> + Bill Fenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org> + John Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org> + Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@FreeBSD.org> + Lars Fredriksen <lars@freeBSD.org> + Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org> + Thomas Graichen <graichen@FreeBSD.org> + Rod Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> + John Hay <jhay@FreeBSD.org> + Eric L. Hernes <erich@FreeBSD.org> + Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org> + Gary Jennejohn <gj@FreeBSD.org> + Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> + L Jonas Olsson <ljo@FreeBSD.org> + Scott Mace <smace@FreeBSD.org> + Atsushi Murai <amurai@FreeBSD.org> + Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> + Alex Nash <alex@FreeBSD.org> + Sujal Patel <smpatel@FreeBSD.org> + Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> + Joshua Peck Macdonald <jmacd@FreeBSD.org> + John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org> + Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org> + Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org> + James Raynard <jraynard@FreeBSD.org> + Geoff Rehmet <csgr@FreeBSD.org> + Martin Renters <martin@FreeBSD.org> + Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org> + Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org> + Dima Ruban <dima@FreeBSD.org> + Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> + Andreas Schulz <ats@FreeBSD.org> + Karl Strickland <karl@FreeBSD.org> + Paul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org> + Guido van Rooij <guido@FreeBSD.org> + Steven Wallace <swallace@FreeBSD.org> + Nate Williams <nate@FreeBSD.org> + Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org> + + +Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: + + Coranth Gryphon Dave Rivers + Kaleb S. Keithley Michael Smith + Terry Lambert David Dawes + Troy Curtis + + +Special mention to: + + 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. + + Chuck Robey for his donation of a floppy tape streamer for + testing. + + Larry Altneu and Wilko Bulte for providing us with Wangtek + and Archive QIC-02 tape drives for testing and driver hacking. + + CalWeb Internet Services for the loan of a P6/200 machine for + speedy package building. + + 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 Core Team +.... + +link:../../[Release Home] |