+ RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD
- Release 1.0 GAMMA
+ Release 1.1
1. Technical overview
---------------------
Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed,
and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current
-releases.
+releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.0 distribution fixes
+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
to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that
contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages
-provided separately can be used by anyone.
+provided separately can be used by anyone. Work is in progress to
+provide a freely (from outside the U.S.) exportable European distribution
+of DES for our non U.S. users.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------
2.1. Disk Controllers
-WD1003 (any generic IDE)
+WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
+WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
-Adaptec 1542{A,B,C} ISA SCSI controller.
+Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controller (as long as you have less than
+16MB of main memory).
-Adaptec 174x EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
+Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
-DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in emulation mode.
+[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"]
+Buslogic 545S.
+Buslogic 445S VLB SCSI controller
+Buslogic 742A and 747.
+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 controller.
-Bustec 742A.
+DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
Ultra Store 14F and 34F.
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 is the only way a CD ROM drive
-may be currently attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support
-SoundBlaster or "mini SCSI" CD ROM configurations.
+DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This and the mcd driver (Mitsumi CDROM
+inteface 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 these cases, the system will use "bounce buffers" to
+to talk to the controller, and is generally the default.
2.2. Ethernet cards
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
-WD8003EBT, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones.
+WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
+based clones.
Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
-Novell NE2000 ethernet interface.
+Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
+3Com 3C509 Ethernet cards
+
+Toshiba ethernet cards
+
+SMC Elite Ultra
+
2.3. Misc
Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards.
+Simple (AST-like) multiport serial cards.
+
+BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+
+STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
-FreeBSD does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
+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 they develop.
3. Obtaining FreeBSD.
1. FTP/Mail
You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
-`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site. By the time
-you read this, it may also be on one or more "mirror" sites somewhere
-else on the internet; check with archie for details.
+`freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical 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
2. CDROM
-FreeBSD may be ordered on CDROM from Walnut Creek CDROM, Suite 260, 1547
-Palos Verdes, Walnut Creek CA 94596. 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783,
-+1-510-674-0821 (fax), or from orders@cdrom.com. Our current email catalog
-is wcarchive.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog.
+FreeBSD 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. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American
+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.
-3. 1/4" Tape, 4mm DAT, floppy
-
- Winning Strategies, Inc. 61 Crestwood Drive #18, Daly City, CA 94015
- <jtc@wimsey.com>
-
- 3.5" & 5.25" floppies $200.00
- Contains "core" FreeBSD.
- Shipping - add $15 for U.S. and Canada, $25 for overseas.
-
- 150MB QIC tape $100.00
- Contains "core" FreeBSD + XFree86.
- Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies.
- Shipping - add $10 for U.S. and Canada, $30 for overseas.
-
- DAT & Exabyte tapes $100.00
- Contains everything on the Walnut Creek CD ROM.
- Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies.
- Shipping - same as for QIC tape.
-
- All packages contain printed copies of the release and installation notes.
-
- Visa, Mastercard, U.S. $ Money Orders, or U.S. $ checks drawn on a
- U.S. bank accepted for payment.
+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"
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
-------------------
The FreeBSD "core" group:
- J.T. Conklin
+ Andrew A. Chernov
+ John Dyson
David Greenman
Rodney W. Grimes
Jordan K. Hubbard
Paul Richards
Christoph Robitschko
Andreas Schulz
- Rob Shady
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 1.6 1993/09/04 07:30:28 rgrimes Exp $
+$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.27 1994/03/24 21:57:38 davidg Exp $
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