NetBSD/distrib/notes/alpha/whatis

.\"	$NetBSD: whatis,v 1.6 2000/10/10 12:55:16 lukem Exp $
.
There have been many \*M-specific enhancements since the
1.4 release.
These include:
.(bullet
The following new system types are supported:
.(bullet -compact
API UP1000 (AMD 751-based) EV6 systems
.It
264DP, XP1000, DS10, DS20, API UP2000 and other Tsunami-based EV6 systems
.It
DECpc AXP 150 (Jensen)
.bullet)
.It
Ability to boot off RAIDframe RAID-1 (mirrored) FFS partitions.
.It
Ability to boot off LFS partitions.
.It
.Ic ddb
traceback code added.
.It
Emulate user program use of BWX instructions on CPUs which don't
support them. Handle unaligned accesses caused by BWX instructions.
.It
Improved TGA graphics support, accelerating the text mode and adding
support for the: 8bpp TGA2, and 32bpp ZLXp-E2 and -E3.
.bullet)
.Pp
.Nx
\*V on alpha is, as usual, also fully backward compatible
with old
.Nx*M
binaries, so you don't need to recompile all
your local programs.
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			`.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.6 2000/10/10 12:55:16 lukem Exp $`
			`.`
			`There have been many \*M-specific enhancements since the`
			`1.4 release.`
			`These include:`
			`.(bullet`
			`The following new system types are supported:`
			`.(bullet -compact`
			`API UP1000 (AMD 751-based) EV6 systems`
Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html. 1999-01-13 10:30:01 +03:00			`.It`
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			`264DP, XP1000, DS10, DS20, API UP2000 and other Tsunami-based EV6 systems`
Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html. 1999-01-13 10:30:01 +03:00			`.It`
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			`DECpc AXP 150 (Jensen)`
			`.bullet)`
Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html. 1999-01-13 10:30:01 +03:00			`.It`
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			`Ability to boot off RAIDframe RAID-1 (mirrored) FFS partitions.`
Document some of the 1.3 -> 1.4 features. 1999-04-23 04:04:07 +04:00			`.It`
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			`Ability to boot off LFS partitions.`
Document some of the 1.3 -> 1.4 features. 1999-04-23 04:04:07 +04:00			`.It`
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			`.Ic ddb`
			`traceback code added.`
Document some of the 1.3 -> 1.4 features. 1999-04-23 04:04:07 +04:00			`.It`
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			`Emulate user program use of BWX instructions on CPUs which don't`
			`support them. Handle unaligned accesses caused by BWX instructions.`
Document some of the 1.3 -> 1.4 features. 1999-04-23 04:04:07 +04:00			`.It`
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			`Improved TGA graphics support, accelerating the text mode and adding`
			`support for the: 8bpp TGA2, and 32bpp ZLXp-E2 and -E3.`
			`.bullet)`
Document some of the 1.3 -> 1.4 features. 1999-04-23 04:04:07 +04:00			`.Pp`
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			`.Nx`
			`\*V on alpha is, as usual, also fully backward compatible`
			`with old`
			`.Nx*M`
			`binaries, so you don't need to recompile all`
Various corrections, additions and reformatting. 1997-12-29 21:31:47 +03:00			`your local programs.`