X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/blobdiff_plain/4b4d2afee4b45206cf7c46e454cb5aa8df6c2cb6..e896a2cec68672e65aee99e2c48b03a6773a4ec6:/RELNOTES.FreeBSD diff --git a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD index c83caa4d6f..f8e1ec1031 100644 --- a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD +++ b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ RELEASE NOTES FreeBSD - Release 1.0 + Release 1.1 1. Technical overview --------------------- @@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ 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 @@ -52,17 +52,18 @@ this. 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. @@ -73,6 +74,17 @@ 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. +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 @@ -83,16 +95,31 @@ Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) 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 @@ -109,16 +136,9 @@ You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: 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 @@ -192,6 +212,14 @@ 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 @@ -217,7 +245,8 @@ Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. The FreeBSD "core" group: - J.T. Conklin + Andrew A. Chernov + John Dyson David Greenman Rodney W. Grimes Jordan K. Hubbard @@ -228,6 +257,7 @@ The FreeBSD "core" group: Christoph Robitschko Andreas Schulz Nate Williams + Garrett A. Wollman Special mention to: @@ -244,14 +274,15 @@ 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. @@ -262,4 +293,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! 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 $