--- 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.
-
-
-
- - Fixed a bug in pcb_ext, used when mapping I/O.
-
- Fixed a number of bugs in UFS's softupdates.
-
- Fixed a bug related vesa mode screen restore.
-
- Fixed a module ref counting bug.
-
- Reengineered the Random Number Entropy gathering algorithm.
-
- Sysmouse termio defaults are now correct by default.
-
- Various NFS races have been fixed.
-
- A bug in the NFS access cache was fixed, related to coarse
- offset adjustments to the time of day.
-
- MSDOS filesystems can now be exported via NFS.
-
- A number of wchar related fixes have been made.
-
- A serious sendmail security fix was brought in.
-
- Numerous kernel memory disclosure holes have been closed.
-
- Various VFS races which could lead to filesystem corruption
- have been fixed.
-
- Various bugs in NDIS have been fixed.
-
- A microseconds vs nanoseconds mixup in adjtime() has been fixed.
-
- A number of IPSEC related bugs have been fixed
-
- A bug in the fork/exit code that could result in a hung process
- has been fixed.
-
- Numerous networking issues have been fixed.
-
- A linker bug related to TLS vs non-TLS storage has been fixed.
-
- Numerous installer errata has been fixed.
-
-
-
-Release Notes for DragonFly 1.6.0
-
-
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