RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD
- Release 1.0
+ Release 1.1
1. Technical overview
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many of the first-run problems our GAMMA and EPSILON users reported back
to us.
-Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 1.3, xview 3.2, elm, nntp,
+Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 2.0, xview 3.2, elm, nntp,
mh and dozens of other miscellaneous utilities have been ported and
are now available as add-ons. See then next section of this document
for more details.
-For a list of contributors, please see the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD",
-which should be bundled with your distribution.
+For a list of contributors, please see the files "CONTRIB.FreeBSD" and
+"CONTRIB.386BSD", which should be bundled with your distribution.
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
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 memory.
+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.
Buslogic 545S.
+Buslogic 445S VLB SCSI controller
-Bustec 742A.
+Bustec 742A and 747.
-DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode as long as
-you have less than 16MB of memory.
+DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode (as long as
+you have less than 16MB of main memory).
Ultra Store 14F and 34F.
attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster CDROM
interface, or other "mini SCSI" adapters.
+The limitation some controllers have with >16MB of memory (as noted)
+is 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) or VLB (local bus)
+controllers.
+
+
2.2. Ethernet cards
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
-Novell NE1000 and NE2000 ethernet interface.
+Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
+3Com 3C509 Ethernet cards
+
+Toshiba ethernet cards
+
+WD Elite Ultra
+
2.3. Misc
Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards.
-Mitsumi CDROM interface and drive.
+Simple (AST-like) multiport serial cards.
+
+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
You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site.
-The FreeBSD software is being mirrored at the following locations:
-
-Country Site/Directory
-======= =====================================================
-
-Austria ftp.tu-graz.ac.at:/pub/FreeBSD
-Germany ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:pub/comp/os/bsd/FreeBSD
-Germany ftp.uni-duisburg.de:/pub/unix/FreeBSD
-Hong Kong ftp.cs.cuhk.hk:/pub/FreeBSD
-
+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
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
The FreeBSD "core" group:
- J.T. Conklin
+ Andrew A. Chernov
+ John Dyson
David Greenman
Rodney W. Grimes
Jordan K. Hubbard
Christoph Robitschko
Andreas Schulz
Nate Williams
+ Garrett A. Wollman
Special mention to:
Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers:
Gary Browing Jon Cargille
- Chris Demetriou Julian Elischer
- Bruce Evans Sean Eric Fagan
- Guy Helmer Terry Lambert
+ J.T. Conklin Chris Demetriou
+ Julian Elischer Bruce Evans
+ Sean Eric Fagan Guy Helmer
+ Jeffrey Hsu Terry Lambert
Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen
- L Jonas Olsson Chris Provenzano
- Dave Rivers Guido van Rooij
- Steven Wallace Rick Weldon
- Terry Williams Garrett Wollman
+ Curt Mayer L Jonas Olsson
+ Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers
+ Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace
+ Rick Weldon Terry Williams
And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
The FreeBSD Core Group
-$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.15 1993/10/18 19:32:45 jkh Exp $
+$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.23 1994/02/22 17:23:48 rgrimes Exp $
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