cvs-src summary for 11/04/04 to 18/04/04

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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:20:35 -0500

FreeBSD cvs-src summary for 11/04/04 to 18/04/04
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.. contents::

============
New features
============
Support for alternate backup media in dump/restore
--------------------------------------------------
Brian Feldman (green) added support to dump and restore for a -P argument
that specifies a command line that will be run to write or read the data.
This allows support of non-file/tape media where the backup will be split
across multiple volumes. His commit message gives an example of backing
up a slice to multiple DVD+Rs using the new syntax.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404130258.i3D2w7WC034439

Speedups for all Promise cards and support for the Promise SX4/SX4000
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Soeren Schmidt (sos) updated the ATA code to support the Promise command
sequencer present on all modern Promise cards. This reduces command
overhead on the Promise cards by 5-8%, and also makes the SX4/SX4000 work
in RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 modes. Work is underway to support the sequencer
in RAID, which is expected to speed up RAID significantly on the Promise
controllers.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404130944.i3D9iLuh037221

Netgraph ng_hub node added
--------------------------
Ruslan Ermilov (ru) added a new Netgraph node type named ng_hub that acts
like an Ethernet hub, distributing incoming packets to all nodes that are
connected to it.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404171242.i3HCgHOi094719

ACPI-CA 20040402 imported
-------------------------
Nate Lawson (njl) imported version 20040402 of Intel's ACPI-CA
distribution, which is used by the system to work with the ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface) code on newer PCs. This version
reduces the likelihood of system control interrupt storms. Kevin Oberman
also reports that it fixed a sound problem on his Thinkpad T30.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404140210.i3E2AnLT081447

bsnmpd 1.6 imported
-------------------
Hartmut Brandt (harti) imported bsnmpd version 1.6. bsnmpd is a
lightweight SNMP server used by the ATM implementation.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404141620.i3EGKF4j093848

umct driver merged from -CURRENT
--------------------------------
Robert Watson (rwatson) merged the umct driver, for MCT and Belkin
USB-serial adapters, to 4.x. The driver was originally written by Scott
Long (scottl), based on the ubsa driver by Alexander Kabaev (kan), with
some documentation from the Linux mct_u232 driver.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404130339.i3D3dH6N043852

Support for Linksys EG1032 and D-Link DGE-530T merged from -CURRENT
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen McKay (mckay) merged enhancements to the sk driver, for SysKonnect
Ethernet interfaces, to 4.x. The driver now supports the Linksys EG1032
and D-Link DGE-530T cards. Some of the changed code was obtained from
OpenBSD and NetBSD.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404150724.i3F7OLg4097189

Support added for HP Modular Smart Array 20 and 500
---------------------------------------------------
Paul Saab changed the ciss SCSI-3 driver to support the HP Modular Smart
Array 20 and 500 storage arrays. This support mostly involved adding
support for proxy SCSI controllers that send commands to devices located
behind them.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404162300.i3GN02gg078145

===============
Notable changes
===============
Sound code fixed to actually use MPSAFE flags
---------------------------------------------
Brian Feldman (green) fixed a bug in the pcm headers that was causing
sound drivers to always use the Giant lock, even when marked safe to use
without it. He has reset all of the drivers so they are not marked safe,
since they weren't actually tested because of the bug. The fix also
increases the priority of the sound driver code, which may improve sound
performance. This problem was pointed out by Yuriy Tsibizov.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404141457.i3EEvo7h069562

=================
Discussion topics
=================
Upgrading GDB
-------------
David O'Brien (obrien) tweaked a GDB header file to fix a problem that
would not be present in GDB 6, spurring a discussion on upgrading the
system GDB. Marcel Moolenaar (marcel) started by mentioning that he has
the GDB 6.1 pre-release in perforce, and plans to import it alongside
the current GDB 5.2 when GDB 6.1 is released. If it is stable enough,
he proposes GDB 5.2 be removed before FreeBSD 5.3 is released. David
responded, asking him to import GDB 6 as the system gdb, replacing 5.2,
and noting that he has the GDB 6 port working with full kernel debugging.
Marcel replied, saying that there are too many dependencies to import
GDB 6 as the system gdb and that he was planning to import it as gdb6
instead. He suggested reimporting version 6 as the system gdb once it
was found to be stable. Marcel also explained that he had a different
implementation strategy for kernel debugging under GDB. Sam Leffler
(sam) agreed with David that having both gdb and gdb6 in the tree is
a bad idea, and that testing should be finished outside the tree. M.
Warner Losh (imp) brought up his recent experience with the PCI code,
where the out-of-tree testing showed no major issues, but after it was
committed, serious issues appeared. David reiterated his objection to
having gdb6 in the tree, saying he would ask core to force a backout if it
was imported and asking what dependencies required it to be in the tree.
Marcel replied, listing the in-tree dependencies that cause problems
testing GDB 6 outside the tree. A heated discussion was still ongoing at
the time of this writing.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404181609.i3IG9XA1099515

=================
Committer changes
=================
Prafulla Deuskar (pdeuskar) introduced Tony Ackerman (tackerman), who will
be taking over maintainership of the em driver and the upcoming Intel 10
gigabit Ethernet driver.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404161925.i3GJPFe8025251

Marcel Moolenaar (marcel) introduced Marius Strobl (marius), who will be
focussing on sparc64 support, among other things.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404172105.i3HL5V4e018656

Chris Costello (chris) has returned his commit bit for safekeeping.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404140652.i3E6ql6q050560

===================
Important bug fixes
===================
CVS client and server vulnerabilities fixed
-------------------------------------------
Jacques Vidrine (nectar) fixed vulnerabilities in the CVS client and
server. The client vulnerability could allow a malicious CVS server to
overwrite files on the client. The server vulnerability could allow
clients to check out files from outside the CVSROOT. The vulnerabilities
has been assigned CVE IDs CAN-2004-0180_ (client) and CAN-2004-0405_
(server), and are addressed by `FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs`_. The patches
Jacques committed were submitted by Derek Robert Price. Later, Peter Wemm
(peter) updated CVS to version 1.11.15.

.. _CAN-2004-0180: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2004-0180
.. _CAN-2004-0405: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2004-0405
.. _`FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs`:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404141640.i3EGeoYL098205
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404150102.i3F125GV007383

Interrupt storm workaround added
--------------------------------
John Baldwin (jhb) added code to the interrupt handler that checks for
and works around interrupt storms by disabling interrupts that seem to be
triggering too often. If an interrupt storm is detected in this way, a
message will be displayed to the console.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404162025.i3GKPe98045003

===============
Other bug fixes
===============
M. Warner Losh (imp), with help from Soeren Schmidt (sos), added a
workaround for PCI devices whose BAR (Base Address Register) always reads
as 0. This fixes some VIA, AMD, nVidia, and ServerWorks south bridges and
ATA controllers that would have broken with the big PCI update.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404131931.i3DJVvf4081519

Bill Paul (wpaul) made some enhancements to his NDISulator code, improving
support for the ADMtek Ethernet driver by making the code more closely match
Windows in the way it handles spinlocks.

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404140748.i3E7m4HV067995

Maxime Henrion (mux) fixed the NFS server to report 0 free space instead
of a huge value for a slice with negative free space (as reported by df.)

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200404121302.i3CD2LUX030798
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