From 80c9b34b5b52eb706bec8a0bc8a58cd607ea8d87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: justin Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 03:11:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Run through change list, write out everything I can immediately find. --- release38/index.mdwn | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/release38/index.mdwn b/release38/index.mdwn index 4684b331..cce2b21a 100644 --- a/release38/index.mdwn +++ b/release38/index.mdwn @@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ Version 3.8.0 released 04 June 2014. ## Big-ticket items +### Dynamic root and PAM + +PAM is now usable for other authentications systems in DragonFly. DragonFly now uses a dynamic /root to support this. + +### New USB + +USB4BSD is now default in DragonFly. USB3 devices are supported, though some network devices may not be recognized. + ### Experimental i915 and KMS support -Support for newer Intel and ATI chipsets is present in the system. This may not work for every hardware combination, but a number of users have reported success with hardware-accelerated video using this update. +Support for newer Intel and ATI chipsets is present in the system. This may not work for every hardware combination, but a number of users have reported success with hardware-accelerated video using this update. Intel chipsets newer than Ivy Bridge may have trouble; switch to the vesa driver if this happens to you. + +### Last 32-bit release +32-bit processors are much less common in the x86 server world where DragonFly lives. This is the last DragonFly release planned to work on i386. Please plan to upgrade to 64-bit when possible. Note that prebuilt packages for this release will only exist for 64-bit systems; 32-bit users will have to build by hand. ## Availability -64-bit (x86_64) installations are recommended. The 32-bit (i386) version is only for very old hardware that can't handle 64-bit. Each version is available as: +64-bit (x86_64) installations are recommended. The 32-bit (i386) should only be used if your hardware cannot support 64-bit operating systems. Each version is available as: * An ISO, to be burned to a physical CD or used as an image to install a virtual machine. * A bootable USB disk-key image. (minimum 2G USB stick needed) @@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ MD5 sums for the uncompressed images: ### dports packages -Packages for [[dports|docs/howtos/HowToDPorts]] on DragonFly 3.8 are available, for 64 bit platforms. The 'pkg' command will automatically access the main dports repository for DragonFly. Modify /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if you want to change this and select a different mirror. +Packages for [[dports|docs/howtos/HowToDPorts]] on DragonFly 3.8 are available, for 64-bit platforms. The 'pkg' command will automatically access the main dports repository for DragonFly. Modify /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if you want to change this and select a different mirror. If you have pkgsrc packages installed, move or rename /usr/pkg and /var/db/pkg before installing from dports. Dump databases before starting this process. Use 'pkg search' to verify the existence of your needed packages before moving the existing pkgsrc files away, and 'pkg install' to add them. @@ -55,14 +66,43 @@ For a list of per-commit changes, see the [3.8.0rc](http://lists.dragonflybsd.or > ### Kernel changes +* DragonFly now has a dynamic root +* PAM will work with DragonFly. +* Various netmap updates. +* ohci, uhci, and xhci synced with FreeBSD. +* USB4BSD is now default +* Add native C-state support for Intel CPUs +* Fix and extend mwait C-state support +* Add Intel performance-energy hint support +* Overhaul Intel software controlled clock modulation support -> ### Hardware changes +> ### Userland changes +* tcplay has been updated to version 2.0. +* pfi now supports authorized_keys +* tools/hammer-backup.sh, a simple Hammer backup script, added +* Updates/syncs for units(1), sed(1), cmp(1), and newgrp(1). +* fetch, patch, install, and daemon updated. +* GSoC project 'SysV IPC in userspace' committed -> ### Network changes +> ### Hardware changes + +* drm/ttm/i915 updated significantly to match Linux 3.8's approach to DRM. +* Updates to bwn(4) +* Updates to vtnet(4) +* cyapa(4) support added (Chromebook touchpads) +* arcmsr(4) updated +> ### Network changes +* Possible panics fixed in gif, pf, ip, and in. +* iwn(4) updated +* ath(4) updated +* Unnecessary network stack IPIs reduced +* ix updated to 2.5.15, with a drop in processing requirements +* TCP port token split for better TCP connect(2) performance +* IPv4 multicast support fixed > ### HAMMER2 @@ -70,10 +110,22 @@ For a list of per-commit changes, see the [3.8.0rc](http://lists.dragonflybsd.or > ### Removals +* Last bits of Xerox NS support removed -> ### Contributed Software +> ### Contributed Software +* bmake updated to bmake-20131001. +* mdocml updated to mdocml-1.12.3 +* binutils updated to 2.24 +* dma updated to version 0.9 +* libpcap updated to 1.4.0 +* file updated to 5.18 +* OpenSSL updated to 1.0.1g +* ee updated to 1.5.2 +* tzdata updated to tzdata2014c +* ACPICA updated to 20140424 >### Security related +* Nothing to note. -- 2.41.0