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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.18 2005/11/08 09:35:00 tron Exp $
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This is the twelfth major release of
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for the \*M.
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As is usual between releases, the \*M port has had many improvements
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made to it\(emtoo many to detail all of them here.
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Numerous new drivers have been added.
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See the supported hardware list for details.
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Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
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.(bullet
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Support for booting off RAIDframe RAID-1 mirrors
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Increase the maximum number of partitions per disklabel from 8 to 16.
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.bullet)
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.Nx \*V
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on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
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binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs
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provided you set the appropriate binary compatibility options in your
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kernel configuration.
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