## DragonFly 2.4.0 Release Notes
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+##<font color="red">THE ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IS (MOSTLY) ALPHABETICALLY. PLEASE TRY TO KEEP THE ORDER IF POSSIBLE!</font>
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### Release Improvements
-### Kernel changes
+> ### Kernel changes
* acpi(4): Import acpica-unix-20090521.
* devfs(5): Replaced the static /dev directory with a dynamic device file system written by Alex Hornung during the Google Summer of Code 2009.
- * ddb(4): Fix an IPI messaging lockup which can occur while in DDB.
- * disklabel64(5): Add UFS + HAMMER boot support (was previously just HAMMER boot support)
+ * ddb(4): Fix an IPI messaging lockup which can occur while in ddb(4).
+ * disklabel64(5): Add UFS + HAMMER boot support (was previously just HAMMER boot support).
* drm(4): Sync code with latest from FreeBSD.
- * msdos(5): Fixed a number of bugs
- * usched_set: Add USCHED_CPU_GET for retrieving the current CPU
+ * ext2fs: Support variable inode size (from FreeBSD).
+ * msdos(5): Fixed a number of bugs.
+ * pci(4): Sync code with FreeBSD 7.2.
+ * usched_set: Add USCHED_CPU_GET for retrieving the current CPU.
* revoke(2): Reimplemented the revoke code.
* vkernel(7)
- * Fix entry into ddb when running a SMP vkernel. Fixes stop/cont
+ * Fix entry into ddb(4) when running a SMP vkernel. Fixes stop/cont.
* Fix startup race with I/O cothread support.
* Fix some issues - enable ithread preemption, races, and more.
* Fix races in stopsig() and ipisig().
* Add lapic timer and enable it by default.
* Add kernel-layer support for chflags checks, remove (most) from the VFS layer.
-#### HAMMER changes
+>> #### HAMMER changes
- * Fix improper cred checks for utimes()
+ * Fix improper cred checks for utimes().
* Return shorter-form softlinks "@@-1:%05d" when appropriate.
* Add a B-Tree rebalancing feature.
* Fix edge case in mirroring code.
* Refactor merged search function to try to avoid missed entries.
* Limit recursion for long directory chains, update mtime/ctime.
-### Hardware changes
+> ### Hardware changes
* ath(4): Add open source HAL code (from FreeBSD) and make it possible to build it into the kernel.
* cxm(4): Add new driver for Hauppauge PVR-250/350 video capture cards (from FreeBSD).
* mpt(4): Sync the driver with latest version from FreeBSD.
-#### Networking
+>> #### Networking
+ * ae(4): Add driver for Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet (from FreeBSD).
* em(4): Synced with Intel's em-6.9.6 (from FreeBSD).
* emx(4): Copy of em(4) which supports only 8257{1,2,3} parts.
* iwi(4): Upgrade to use 3.0 firmware and use firmware(9) API to load firmware.
- * tap(4): Add ifclone support
+ * tap(4): Add ifclone support.
* vke(4): Convert from kqueue API to cothread API.
- * Turn on adaptive MPSAFE for network threads, and MPSAFE for IP and ARP
- * RSS: Add Toeplitz hash function
+ * Turn on adaptive MPSAFE for network threads, and MPSAFE for IP and ARP.
+ * RSS: Add Toeplitz hash function.
* Split ifnet serializer.
* Add ifpoll, which support hardware TX/RX queues based polling.
-### Userland changes
+> ### Userland changes
* Fix a huge number of compiler warnings for various userland utilities.
* battd(8): Fix some errors and improve the man page
* fetch(1): Synced with FreeBSD.
* devtab: As devfs(5) support access to devices via serial numbers, `/etc/devtab` can be used to map serial number to human readable labels.
* devfsctl(1): New utility to add/remove/control devfs(5) rules.
- * dma(1): The DragonFly Mail Agent more robust and reliable
+ * dma(1): The DragonFly Mail Agent is now more robust and reliable.
* hammer(8)
* Allow -b to specify bytes per second if no suffix is supplied
* Extract PFS null mounts from anywhere in the filesystem, instead of just from the `/pfs` subdirectory.
- * Change B-Tree, inodes, and dir reblocking params, add rebalance
- * ifconfig(8): Add static ARP support
+ * Change B-Tree, inodes, and dir reblocking params, add rebalance.
+ * ifconfig(8): Add static ARP support.
* installer: Fix the bug when used from console with the LiveDVD.
* installer: Fixed various bugs and cleaned the code.
* libc
* Synced various parts with FreeBSD and NetBSD.
* Add some new system calls.
- * Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc - fix information leak in db(3)
+ * Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc - fix information leak in db(3).
* libfetch(3): Synced with FreeBSD.
* libkvm: Add support for accessing a running vkernel's memory by reading its `/proc/$pid/mem` file.
* libm
* Imported complex arithmetic functions from {Net,Free}BSD.
* Imported maximum, minimum, and positive difference functions from FreeBSD.
* magic(3): Fix program name extraction from core dumps.
- * ncal(1): Highlight current day (from FreeBSD)
- * pax(1): Add a -O option: force one volume (from NetBSD)
- * telnetd(8): Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:05.telnet - fix environment based code execution vulnerability
+ * ncal(1): Highlight current day (from FreeBSD).
+ * pax(1): Add a -O option: force one volume (from NetBSD).
+ * telnetd(8): Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:05.telnet - fix environment based code execution vulnerability.
* window(1): Synced with NetBSD.
* vkentd(8): Add features, allow IP address to be set in unsecure mode, allow address 0.
- * syslogd(8): Sync with FreeBSD
+ * syslogd(8): Sync with FreeBSD.
* telnet(1): Autologin is now disabled by default.
* undo(1)
* Fix @@ formatting used by undo -ad and fix duplicate test
- * Use a Red-Black tree to track HAMMER TIDs
- * It can now detect all prior replacements of a file
- * Add an indexing feature to the -t option
- * vinum(8): Support for geometries larger than 2 TB was added
+ * Use a Red-Black tree to track HAMMER transaction IDs.
+ * It can now detect all prior replacements of a file.
+ * Add an indexing feature to the -t option.
+ * vinum(8): Support for geometries larger than 2 TB was added.
-### amd64 related changes
+> ### amd64 related changes
- * Make signals operational, fix reg mappings, fix %fs management, trace
+ * Make signals operational, fix reg mappings, fix %fs management, trace.
* More signal handler work. Signals now appear to work.
* Fixes to make dynamic binaries run.
* First steps towards 64-bit pmap.
* Fix a huge number of compiler warnings for various userland utilities.
* Misc fixes for cross-building amd64.
- * Add a build system for amd64 build/test environments
+ * Add a build system for amd64 build/test environments.
* Sync some amd64 specific parts of libc with FreeBSD.
-### Removals
+> ### Removals
* GNU cpio(1) was removed. The BSD licensed rewrite based on libarchive(3) is now default.
* GNU GCC 3.4 was removed. GCC 4.2.1 and 4.4.1 remain in base.
- * Kerberos/heimdal was removed. Available from pkgsrc (`security/heimdal`)
+ * Kerberos/heimdal was removed. Use the version from pkgsrc (`security/heimdal`).
* iwicontrol(8) was removed. The iwi(4) firmware is now loaded automatically.
-### Contributed Software
+> ### Contributed Software
- * Update file to version 5.03
+ * Update file to version 5.03.
* GCC 4.4.1 was added to base, but is not enabled by default.
* Update less to version 429.
* Update OpenSSH to version 5.2p1.
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