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Highlights</h2> + + <p>The highlights in the 9.2-RELEASE include the + following.</p> + + <ul> + <li> + <p>Support for <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=rarpd&sektion=8" shape="rect">rarpd(8)</a> added to <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=vlan&sektion=4" shape="rect">vlan(4)</a>. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=245076" shape="rect">r245076</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=xz&sektion=1" shape="rect">xz(1)</a> updated to version 5.0.4. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=245128" shape="rect">r245128</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>The ZFS filesystem now supports TRIM when used on solid + state drives. ZFS TRIM support is enabled by default. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=251419" shape="rect">r251419</a>] The following + tunables have been added:</p> + <ul> + <li> + <p><code class="varname">vfs.zfs.trim.enabled</code>: + Enable ZFS TRIM</p></li> + + <li> + <p><code class="varname">vfs.zfs.trim.max_interval</code>: + Maximum interval in seconds between TRIM queue + processing</p></li> + + <li> + <p><code class="varname">vfs.zfs.trim.timeout</code>: + Delay TRIMs by up to this many seconds</p></li> + + <li> + <p><code class="varname">vfs.zfs.trim.txg_delay</code>: + Delay TRIMs by up to this many TXGs</p></li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li> + <p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=firewire&sektion=4" shape="rect">firewire(4)</a> drivers have been removed from the + GENERIC kernel configuration for all architectures. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=246321" shape="rect">r246321</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=awk&sektion=1" shape="rect">awk(1)</a> has been updated to version 20121220. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=246373" shape="rect">r246373</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=virtio&sektion=4" shape="rect">virtio(4)</a> drivers have been added to the GENERIC + kernel configuration for amd64 and i386 architectures. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=247306" shape="rect">r247306</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>The ZFS filesystem now supports lz4 compression. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=247309" shape="rect">r247309</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=oce&sektion=4" shape="rect">oce(4)</a> has been updated to version 4.6.95.0. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=248062" shape="rect">r248062</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><b class="application">OpenSSL</b> has been updated to + version 0.9.8y. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=248272" shape="rect">r248272</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=bsdinstall&sektion=8" shape="rect">bsdinstall(8)</a> installer now supports installation + over HTTP. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=248313" shape="rect">r248313</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><b class="application">DTrace</b> hooks have been enabled + by default in the GENERIC kernel. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=249549" shape="rect">r249549</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><b class="application">DTrace</b> has been updated to + version 1.9.0. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=249856" shape="rect">r249856</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><b class="application">Sendmail</b> has been updated to + version 8.14.7. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=r249865" shape="rect">r249865</a>, <a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=r249866" shape="rect">r249866</a>, <a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=r249867" shape="rect">r249867</a>, <a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=r249875" shape="rect">r249875</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><b class="application">OpenSSH</b> has been updated to + version 6.2p2. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=251135" shape="rect">r251135</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=less&sektion=1" shape="rect">less(1)</a> has been updated to version 458. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=251154" shape="rect">r251154</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Add ATA pass-through support to <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=cam&sektion=4" shape="rect">cam(4)</a>. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=251302" shape="rect">r251302</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Implement new <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=rc.conf&sektion=5" shape="rect">rc.conf(5)</a> syntax for <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=hostapd&sektion=8" shape="rect">hostapd(8)</a>. + The new format is: <code>ifconfig_wlanX="HOSTAP"</code>, + where <code>X</code> represents the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=wlan&sektion=4" shape="rect">wlan(4)</a> interface. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252748" shape="rect">r252748</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Import unmapped I/O support from <code>head/</code>. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=251897" shape="rect">r251897</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Merge <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=nvme&sektion=4" shape="rect">nvme(4)</a> from <code>head/</code>. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252222" shape="rect">r252222</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Add support for the Chelsio 40G T5. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252495" shape="rect">r252495</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Add a tunable to increase the initial TCP congestion + window from 4 segments to 10 segments. This tunable + can be enabled by adding + <code>net.inet.tcp.experimental.initcwnd10=1</code> to + <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=sysctl.conf&sektion=5" shape="rect">sysctl.conf(5)</a>. This tunable is turned off by default + in FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252789" shape="rect">r252789</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Update the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=ixgbe&sektion=4" shape="rect">ixgbe(4)</a> driver. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252898" shape="rect">r252898</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Update the Intel e1000 driver. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252899" shape="rect">r252899</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Add support for the HighPoint DC Series Data Center HBA + (DC7280 and R750). [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=252903" shape="rect">r252903</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Add service-specific <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=setfib&sektion=1" shape="rect">setfib(1)</a> support. + This is enabled by setting: + <code><name>_fib</code> in <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=rc.conf&sektion=5" shape="rect">rc.conf(5)</a>.[<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=253233" shape="rect">r253233</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Update devices supported by <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=cxgbe&sektion=4" shape="rect">cxgbe(4)</a>. [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=253776" shape="rect">r253776</a>]</p></li> + + <li> + <p>Remove <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&query=ctl&sektion=4" shape="rect">ctl(4)</a> from the GENERIC kernel configuration. + [<a href="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=253860" shape="rect">r253860</a>]</p></li> + + </ul> + + </div> + <br class="clearboth" /> + </div> + <div id="footer"><span><a href="../../search/index-site.html">Site Map</a> | + <a href="../../copyright/">Legal Notices</a> | © 1995–2020 The FreeBSD Project. + All rights reserved.</span><br /> + Last modified: 2013-11-13</div> + </div> + </div> + </body> +</html> |