First cut at 2.0 -> 3.0 port specific changes
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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.14 2004/06/12 06:01:42 mbw Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.15 2005/06/09 21:51:37 martin Exp $
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.Nx \*V
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is the third major release for the \*M!
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.Pp
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Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
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features several \*M-specific bug fixes that greatly improve
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the stability. Besides this, the most visible changes in this
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new release are
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.(bullet
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Support for a number of new models
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Full grown framebuffer support for the most popular graphics hardware
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found on supported machines
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.Pp
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These are cgsix, ffb/afb, and ATI based "vga" chipsets.
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.It
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Support for a native serial driver on non-SBUS machines
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.Pq Em sab
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Switched to wscons console framework
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.Pp
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This makes USB keyboards/mice fully usable. The above mentioned framebuffer
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drivers also support virtual consoles with wscons - use L1/Stop-F1..Fn to
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switch the console screen to another console-
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.It
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Support for the SBUS PCMCIA adapter
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.Pq Em nell
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has been completed.
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.It
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Support for SBUS based audio
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.Pq Em audiocs
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.It
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New generic cycle counter based microtime implementation greatly improves
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microtime(9) for \*M
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.It
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Get rid of all \*M-specific hacks, since the new GNU C/C++ compiler
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now included with
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.Nx
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no longer has these problems
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.It
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The
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.Xr ofwboot.net 8
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and
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.Xr ofwboot
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programs have been merged
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Switched to XFree86 based X servers
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.Pp
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This means full grown X support for all framebuffers mentioned above, including
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acceleration.
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.bullet)
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Compatibility to the old console framework is still available, as well as
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the old Xsun X server.
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