NetBSD/distrib/notes/i386/whatis

.\"	$NetBSD: whatis,v 1.14 2000/11/13 01:22:41 hubertf Exp $
.
This is the eighth major release of
.Nx
for the \*M.
.Pp
As is usual between releases, the \*M port has had many improvements
made to it - too many to detail all of them here.
.Pp
Numerous new drivers have been added.
See the supported hardware list for details.
.Pp
Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
.(bullet
Migration to the ELF binary format from a.out.
You can still use your pre-1.5 a.out applications, though.
.It
Preliminary support for MCA (MicroChannel Architecture)
.bullet)
.Pp
.Nx \*V
on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
.Nx*M
binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs
provided you set the appropriate binary compatibility options in your
kernel configuration.
Several changes to our release notes, OK'd by Luke Mewburn: * mention additional kernels in binary/kernel/ dir: GENERIC_LAPTOP, etc * note that we also include firewall software (besides X, ...) * don't Xref the BUGS file, as it's gone * update some file sizes (source .tgz files) to match BETA2 * mention that syssrc contains the source for all architectures * Sysinst now allows setting root password and timezone - note that. * Explain how to actually install binary packages, giving some examples that people may want to install. * Mention rawrite32 near rawrite. * Don't show preparation of install tape on i386 * update i386 hardware a bit. This needs to be generated automatically... * Many minor nits & typos. 2000-11-13 04:22:39 +03:00			`.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.14 2000/11/13 01:22:41 hubertf Exp $`
major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including: - update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check) - use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate - introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs - use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic. - migrate more stuff into ../common/* - whitespace cleanup - lots of other little things i'm sure... 2000-10-10 16:55:15 +04:00			`.`
- update whatis files to contain (hopefully) up to date info on: - "this is the xxx major release" - features added and bugs fixed in 1.5 - use .Nx instead of NetBSD - use .Sq instead of ' [...] ' or ` [ ... ] ' - use .Dq instead of " [...] " 2000-10-15 02:27:41 +04:00			`This is the eighth major release of`
			`.Nx`
			`for the \*M.`
			`.Pp`
			`As is usual between releases, the \*M port has had many improvements`
use - instead of -- 2000-10-04 04:35:13 +04:00			`made to it - too many to detail all of them here.`
first cut of whatis for 1.4 1999-03-23 21:57:19 +03:00			`.Pp`
- update whatis files to contain (hopefully) up to date info on: - "this is the xxx major release" - features added and bugs fixed in 1.5 - use .Nx instead of NetBSD - use .Sq instead of ' [...] ' or ` [ ... ] ' - use .Dq instead of " [...] " 2000-10-15 02:27:41 +04:00			`Numerous new drivers have been added.`
			`See the supported hardware list for details.`
first cut of whatis for 1.4 1999-03-23 21:57:19 +03:00			`.Pp`
- update whatis files to contain (hopefully) up to date info on: - "this is the xxx major release" - features added and bugs fixed in 1.5 - use .Nx instead of NetBSD - use .Sq instead of ' [...] ' or ` [ ... ] ' - use .Dq instead of " [...] " 2000-10-15 02:27:41 +04:00			`Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:`
major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including: - update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check) - use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate - introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs - use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic. - migrate more stuff into ../common/* - whitespace cleanup - lots of other little things i'm sure... 2000-10-10 16:55:15 +04:00			`.(bullet`
- remove 1.4 stuff, and add some 1.5 stuff like ELF and MCA - use \*V instead of `1.4'. 2000-10-02 12:01:55 +04:00			`Migration to the ELF binary format from a.out.`
Several changes to our release notes, OK'd by Luke Mewburn: * mention additional kernels in binary/kernel/ dir: GENERIC_LAPTOP, etc * note that we also include firewall software (besides X, ...) * don't Xref the BUGS file, as it's gone * update some file sizes (source .tgz files) to match BETA2 * mention that syssrc contains the source for all architectures * Sysinst now allows setting root password and timezone - note that. * Explain how to actually install binary packages, giving some examples that people may want to install. * Mention rawrite32 near rawrite. * Don't show preparation of install tape on i386 * update i386 hardware a bit. This needs to be generated automatically... * Many minor nits & typos. 2000-11-13 04:22:39 +03:00			`You can still use your pre-1.5 a.out applications, though.`
Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html. 1999-01-13 10:30:01 +03:00			`.It`
- remove 1.4 stuff, and add some 1.5 stuff like ELF and MCA - use \*V instead of `1.4'. 2000-10-02 12:01:55 +04:00			`Preliminary support for MCA (MicroChannel Architecture)`
major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including: - update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check) - use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate - introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs - use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic. - migrate more stuff into ../common/* - whitespace cleanup - lots of other little things i'm sure... 2000-10-10 16:55:15 +04:00			`.bullet)`
- update whatis files to contain (hopefully) up to date info on: - "this is the xxx major release" - features added and bugs fixed in 1.5 - use .Nx instead of NetBSD - use .Sq instead of ' [...] ' or ` [ ... ] ' - use .Dq instead of " [...] " 2000-10-15 02:27:41 +04:00			`.Pp`
- remove 1.4 stuff, and add some 1.5 stuff like ELF and MCA - use \*V instead of `1.4'. 2000-10-02 12:01:55 +04:00			`.Nx \*V`
- update whatis files to contain (hopefully) up to date info on: - "this is the xxx major release" - features added and bugs fixed in 1.5 - use .Nx instead of NetBSD - use .Sq instead of ' [...] ' or ` [ ... ] ' - use .Dq instead of " [...] " 2000-10-15 02:27:41 +04:00			`on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old`
			`.Nx*M`
			`binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs`
first cut of whatis for 1.4 1999-03-23 21:57:19 +03:00			`provided you set the appropriate binary compatibility options in your`
			`kernel configuration.`