--- site/data/community/Attic/release1_6.cgi 2006/07/25 14:56:03 1.1 +++ site/data/community/Attic/release1_6.cgi 2006/07/25 15:12:22 1.2 @@ -119,39 +119,6 @@ See the 'Download Site' list below for a

Release Notes for DragonFly 1.6.0

-1.6.0 is the fourth bug-fix sub-release in the 1.6 release branch. -

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Release Notes for DragonFly 1.6.0

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1.6 is our fourth major DragonFly release. DragonFly's policy is to only commit bug fixes to release branches.

@@ -179,7 +146,7 @@ and userland VFS goals. We consider 1.6
  • Random number generator: Instead of generating entropy from selected interrupts (and none by default), we now generate entropy from all interrupts by default and rate limit it to - not interfere with high performance interrupts. Completely + not interfere with high performance interrupts.
  • Random number generator: Completely replace the algorithms, remove limitations on returned bytes from /dev/random (which only served to cause programs to not use /dev/random due to its @@ -299,7 +266,7 @@ and userland VFS goals. We consider 1.6
  • Major BUF/BIO work - Replace the global buffer cache hash table with a per-vnode RB tree. Add sanity checks. Require that all vnode-based buffers be VMIO backed. -
  • MPSAFE work - Implement the parallel route table algorith. +
  • MPSAFE work - Implement the parallel route table algorithm.
  • MPSAFE work - Make the user process scheduler MPSAFE.
  • MPSAFE work - File descriptor access is now MPASFE. Many fd related functions, like dup(), close(), etc, are either MPSAFE