X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/blobdiff_plain/71b93bfb3dba404c708b790787dc2e5d2fab9343..e656a66d77626f06d6f5584d4c82018d754049eb:/RELNOTES.FreeBSD diff --git a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD index aaf8568965..1eae2010a9 100644 --- a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD +++ b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD @@ -12,25 +12,25 @@ NetBSD, CSRG, and the Free Software Foundation. Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed, and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current -releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.0 distribution fixes -many of the first-run problems our GAMMA and EPSILON users reported back +releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.1 distribution fixes +many of the first-run problems our BETA and GAMMA users reported back to us. -Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 1.3, 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 +Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 2.1, xview 3.2, elm, nntp, +mh, InterViews 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. Work is in progress to -provide a freely (from outside the U.S.) exportable European distribution -of DES for our non U.S. users. +provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the U.S.) +exportable European distribution of DES for our non U.S. users also exists +and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ. 2. Supported Configurations @@ -57,13 +57,15 @@ Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controller (as long as you have less than Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced 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 and 747. - -DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode (as long as -you have less than 16MB of main memory). +DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. Ultra Store 14F and 34F. @@ -74,31 +76,38 @@ 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. +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) or VLB (local bus) -controllers. - +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 NE1000 and 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 @@ -106,7 +115,11 @@ Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards. Simple (AST-like) multiport serial cards. -Mitsumi CDROM interface and drive. +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. @@ -126,19 +139,9 @@ 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 -The Netherlands ftp.nl.net:/pub/os/FreeBSD -United Kingdom src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/packages/FreeBSD -U.S.A. ftp.dsu.edu:/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 @@ -253,8 +256,8 @@ The FreeBSD "core" group: Scott Mace Andrew Moore Rich Murphey + Geoff Rehmet Paul Richards - Christoph Robitschko Andreas Schulz Nate Williams Garrett A. Wollman @@ -277,9 +280,10 @@ Special mention to: J.T. Conklin Chris Demetriou Julian Elischer Bruce Evans Sean Eric Fagan Guy Helmer - Terry Lambert Gary Moyer - Jaye Mathisen L Jonas Olsson - Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers + Jeffrey Hsu Terry Lambert + Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen + Curt Mayer L Jonas Olsson + Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace Rick Weldon Terry Williams @@ -292,4 +296,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! The FreeBSD Core Group -$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.21 1994/02/01 03:51:28 ache Exp $ +$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.30 1994/05/05 14:28:37 jkh Exp $