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From: in...@BSDI.COM (BSDI Information)
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Subject: V1.1 Information
Date: 12 Feb 94 00:18:27 GMT
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Here is what so many of you have been asking for...
This info (and a lot more) is also in the V1.1 release notes.
This list is likely to be slightly incomplete, please don't bombard us with
questions until after you receive your 1.1 update :-) Thanks!
What's New in BSD/386 V1.1
==========================
Hardware
o Several new video display adapters, including VGA
o Mitsumi FX001 support
o Digiboard PC/4e, PC/8e, PC/16e, PC/8i(w/64K)
o Specialix Multiport SLXOS 8-32 port serial card
o Much improved performance with RISCom/8 serial multiport card
o PS/2 Mouse kernel support with XFree86 2.0 (but not the other X server)
o BusLogic (BusTek) BT-542B SCSI adapter
o BusLogic (BusTek) BT-445S VESA LocalBus SCSI adapter (in 1542 mode)
o WD/SMC Driver (8013) Support for Ultra and 16-bit mode on all 8013 cards
o 3Com 3C579 EISA 32-bit (EtherLink III), and improved
performance and reliability for 3Com 3C509 Ethernet cards
o TNIC 1500 Transition Eng Fast ISA bus master DMA Ethernet
o Allied Telesis RE2000/AT-1700 Series Ethernet
o Xircom PocketEthernet III (plugs into parallel port)
o HP EtherTwist PC LAN Adapter/16 Plus Ethernet
o SoundBlaster PRO driver plus sound utilities
o Keyboard mapping files for Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway, and
Spain, and udpates for many others
o Better laptop support (disk timeouts adjusted, numlock initial setting)
Kernel
o Dramatic improvement in serial I/O performance
o High speed networking (95% of max speed on some cards)
(better client-server!)
o Improved interrupt handling
o Implementation of missing/incorrect POSIX.1 features
(VMIN/VTIME, getgroups)
o 32-bit user and group IDs, device numbers and process IDs
(local filesystem allows only 16-bit user and group IDs)
o IP Multicast support including routing (great for multimedia)
(supported on WD/SMC, Novell, 3C503, 3C507, 3C509, 3C579, TNIC-1500,
PocketEthernet III, and point-to-point links)
o Hooks included for DEC's screend gateway-filtering
facility (to obtain screend contact sup...@bsdi.com)
o Larger virtual memory limits
o Console display supports more ANSI features (mostly
compatible with SCO console now)
o Better CPU identification (Including Pentium recognition)
o Large memory (up to 256MB)
o Support for larger buffer caches and other kernel virtual
memory needs
o Easier configuration of other kernel resources for large
systems
o Large kernels - removed 640KB limit on kernel size
o Dynamic allocation of memory for pseudo-devices reduces
memory usage
o Compaction of kernel virtual memory when usage changes
o Support for serial console (although bootstrap uses
display for now)
o Fix to argv[0] for interpreted scripts
o Fixes to revocation of terminals at logout
o ISO 9660 CD-ROM support for disks with small logical
blocks
o Hardware floating point now works with DOS emulation
o Optional Async NFS
o Mountable MSDOS Filesystem
Software
o /bin/tar is now a link to pax; it supports the standard
tar command line interface. See tar(1) for more information.
o /usr/bin/vi is now nvi (written by Keith Bostic). Elvis
is still available as /usr/contrib/bin/elvis for the faithful.
o `sh -r' creates a restricted shell, similar to System V. Sh now supports
a csh-style `limit' command (not `ulimit'). Sh now handles POSIX.2 line
editing (a bug or a feature, depending on your opinion).
o /bin/sh now uses $ENV. Users with an ENV environment variable may have to
make changes to their ENV file if running shell scripts causes complaints.
o XFree86 2.0 distribution included
o New video card support (generic VGA, Diamond Stealth, monochrome)
o Compilers:
* GCC 1.42
* GCC 2.5.8
* libg++ 2.5.3
o Latest networking utilities: BIND 4.9.2, telnet, sendmail 8.6.5
o Sendmail test suite (checksendmail(8))
o Updated utilities:
* groff 1.08, ghostscript 2.6.1, diff 2.6, grep 2.0, awk 2.15
* byacc 1.9, flex 2.4.6, bash, elm, gzip, file, bc, screen, ...
* Updated versions of pax, sort, ispell, ed, doscmd, cron, uucp, ...
* New contrib code: dc, ac, lprps, irc, ups, gnuchess, seyon, ...
* Completely new versions of pr, pstat
* Updated db, regex, resolver, kvm routines; new rune, err routines
* Significant improvements: getty, test, tip, startslip, disksetup
* Many other fixes
o Improved shells: sh, csh, ksh
o cksum was fixed to conform to POSIX 1003.2
o FlexFax fax support
o X11 clients, including: NCSA Mosaic 2.1, XV 3.00
o Tcl 7.2 and Tk 3.5
o Zmodem support
o Latest MH (6.8.3)
o Secure data checksum programs:
* shs - NIST proposed Secure Hash Standard
* md5 - RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
o BASIC Programming Language
o New `man' - supports arbitrary formatting and (de)compression commands
o wuftpd FTP daemon (access control, logging, auto-tar, auto-compress)
o xntp3 NTP daemon and utilities
o bdes works
New Features
------------
o Resolved hundreds of bugs; some still remain (but not too many!)
o Improved DOS support
o Mountable MSDOS Filesystem (enables use of standard utilities:
grep, find, rm, etc.)
o Improved configuration and installation documentation
o Better locale support in libc, and Bell Labs Research style rune routines
o libnm(3) is a new freely redistributable ANSI/POSIX-compliant libm
o Improved printer filter support (HP and Postscript)
o Fast assembly versions of most C library string routines
Futures
-------
o 4.4 BSD-Lite, including new filesystem features and performance
o SCO Binary Compatibility
o Shared Libraries
o SPARC port
o Even more and faster video cards (e.g., Matrox gives 250,000 Xstones)
o More device drivers
BSD/386 V1.1 Supported Hardware
===============================
This list shows V1.1's supported hardware.
CPU 80386, 80486, and Pentium processors
FPU 387 or equivalent (486DX and Pentium has on-chip FPU)
Automatic software emulation when FPU unavailable
RAM 4MB to 256MB; 8MB minimum for X
Display Mono, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA
(VGA, SVGA for X)
Keyboard Standard PC/AT keyboard
Floppy Standard IBM PC/AT Floppy Controller
Dual-sided 3.5" floppy drive (720K, 1.44M)
Dual-sided 5.25" floppy drive (360K, 1.2MB)
Parallel Standard PC/AT parallel ports
Serial Standard PC/AT serial com ports
Multiport RISCom/8 8-port Async Mux
MAXPEED Multiport Async SS-4/2, SS-4PLUS, SS-8/2, SS-16/2
Digiboard Multiport Async PC/4e, PC/8e, PC/16e, PC/8i(w/64K)
Specialix SLXOS 8-32 async mux
AST-4 4-port async card
MU-440 4-port async card
Generic `COM' multiport async cards
Mice Microsoft Serial & Busmouse
MouseSystems Serial Mouse
MMSeries Serial Mouse
Logitech Serial & Busmouse
MouseMan Serial Mouse
ATI Bus Mouse (both Ultra and Ultra Pro types)
PS/2 Mouse
SCSI Adaptec SCSI host adapters
Models: 1540B, 1542B, 1540C, 1542C, 1540CF, 1542CF,
1740A, 1742A (174XA and 154XC* support Fast SCSI-II)
BusLogic (BusTek) BT-542B SCSI adapter
BusLogic (BusTek) BT-445S VLB SCSI adapter
Disk Any SCSI hard disk
Tape Any SCSI tape drive
CDROM Any SCSI CDROM drive
Mag/opt Any SCSI Magneto Optical drive
Disk IDE/ESDI/ST-506/RLL/MFM controllers
Any compatible hard disk
Tape WangTek 5150PK QIC-02 tape
Archive Viper QIC-02 tape
Everex EV-811, EV-831, EV-833 Tape
CDROM Mitsumi LU002S, LU005S, FX001
Ethernet WD/SMC 8003/8013 EtherCard PLUS/Elite Series
(8013 now supports 16-bit mode and 16K of memory)
SMC Ultra
Novell NE1000 & NE2000
3COM 3C501 (EtherLink)
3COM 3C503 (EtherLink II)
3COM 3C505 (EtherLink Plus)
3COM 3C507 (EtherLink 16)
3COM 3C509 (EtherLink III)
3COM 3C579 EISA 32-bit (EtherLink III)
TNIC 1500 Transition Eng Fast ISA busmaster DMA NIC
Allied Telesis RE2000/AT-1700 Series
Intel EtherExpress 16
HP EtherTwist PC LAN Adapter/16 Plus
HP 27247B PC LAN Adapter/16 TP Plus [AUI/UTP]
HP 27252A PC LAN Adapter/16 TL Plus [AUI/BNC]
Xircom PocketEthernet II (plugs into parallel port)
Xircom PocketEthernet III (plugs into parallel port)
HDLC RISCom/N1 single port HDLC @ 56K (PPP or cisco HDLC)
RISCom/H2 dual port HDLC @ 56K (PPP or cisco HDLC)
Multimedia MPU-401/compatible MIDI controller
SoundBlaster PRO
List of graphics chips and their supported modes for X386 1.4:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Graphics 640x 800x 1024x 1024x 1280x 1280x |
| Driver Chip 480 600 768i 768ni 1024i 1024 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| vga STDVGA 4 - - - - - |
| ET3000 4/8 4/8 - - - - |
| ET4000 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| GD5402 4/8 4/8 4 4 - - |
| GD5420 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 - - |
| GD5422 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| GD5424 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| TVGA 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 - - |
| 8900C |
| PVGA1 4/8 4/8 4 - - - |
| WD90C00 4/8 4/8 4 4 - - |
| WD90C11 4/8 4/8 4 4 - - |
| WD90C30 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4 - |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| agx AGX14 8 8 8 8 - - |
| AGX15 8/16 8/16 8/16 8/16 8 8 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| cli GD5426 8/16 8/16 8 8 8 - |
| GD5428 8/16 8/16 8 8 8 - |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| w32 ET4000/ 8/16 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8/16 |
| W32 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| wdi WD90C31 8 8 8 8 4 - |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| wga VESA8514 4/8 4/8 4/8 - - - |
| 82C480 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 |
| 82C481 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 |
| MACH8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| MACH32 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 |
| 86C801 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 |
| 86C805 4/8/16 4/8/16 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 |
| 86C911 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| 86C924 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4 - |
| 86C928 4/8/ 4/8/ 4/8/ 4/8/ 4/8/16 4/8/16 |
| 16/32 16/32 16/32 16/32 |
| WD9500 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 - - |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| xga IBM XGA-NI 8 8 8 8 - |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
All drivers are accelerated with the exception of the VGA drivers
in 4/8/16 bit modes.
X386 1.4 Server Information
===========================
The X server drivers are classified as follows:
agx -- IIT AGX014 based accelerators
cli -- Cirrus Logic GD5426 based accelerators
dgx -- Dell DGX/2 ("jaws")
vga -- unaccelerated VGA
wdi -- Western Digital WD90C31 based accelerators
wga -- 8514/A clones or S3 based accelerators
The agx driver only supports a "depth 8" on a AGX014. Resolutions up to
1024x768 are supported (real or virtual). The rest of the remaining video
memory is used for server internal purposes. There are no special strings
for chipset or vendor yet.
The cli driver is used for accelerated drawing only with "depth 8" on a
GD5426. Other depths can be used by specifying a vga driver, instead.
Resolutions up to 1024x768 are supported (even on a 2MB configuration).
As usual, the remaining video memory is used for server internal purposes.
No special strings for chipset or vendor are defined yet.
The dgx driver only applies to the Dell PowerLine computers equipped with
a DGX/2 (jaws) board. Only a few resolutions are supported, due to the
limited capabilities of the IMS332 chip used there: 1024x768, 1152x900
and 1280x1024 in "depth 8" and 1024x768 in "depth 15". If you use depth
15, you have a DirectColor and a TrueColor visual. The first one is the
default visual. Some applications won't work with that visual, hence it
might be necessary to specify explicitly that you want TrueColor as default
visual. No special strings for chipset or vendor are defined yet.
The vga driver is the general workhorse. It offers support for
unaccelerated VGA boards. Depending on your equipment, you can use a wide
range of depths (4, 8, 15 & 16) and resolutions. Depth 4 selects the
standard 16 color mode which drives the VGA in planar mode. Up to 1280x1024
is possible with a virtual resolution of up to 2048x1024 on a board equipped
with 1MB. The depths 8, 15 & 16 are the SVGA packed modes which are
generally slower than the 16 color mode. The HighColor(tm) modes (depth
15 & 16) are only available on boards with ET4000, WD90C30, WD90C31,
GD5422, GD5424 & GD5426 chips.
Currently following strings for chipset are defined (and hence
ONLY FOLLOWING CHIPSETS ARE SUPPORTED):
ET3000 GD5422 WD90C00 STDVGA
ET4000 GD5424 WD90C11 TVGA8900C
GD5402 GD5426 WD90C30
GD5420 PVGA1 WD90C31
The wdi driver is used to do accelerated drawing only with "depth 8" on
a WD90C31. Other depth can be used by specifying a vga driver instead.
Resolutions up to 1024x768 are supported. As usual the remaining vidoe
memory is use for server internal purposes. No special strings for chipset
or vendor are defined yet.
The wga driver is the driver for 8514/A clones and S3 based accelerators.
Depnding upon the graphics chip depths of 4, 8, 15, 16 & 24 are possible.
Currently following strings for chipset are defined (and hence ONLY THE
FOLLOWING CHIPSETS ARE SUPPORTED):
82C480 86C805 86C924 MACH32
82C481 86C911 86C928 VESA8514
86C801 WD9500 MACH8
On the 86C801/805/911/924/928 & MACH8 there is a fast depth 4 mode
available. The 86C801/805/928 & MACH32 support depth 15 and 16. On the
86C928 a depth 24 is supported. The following vendor strings are supported:
WINNER ELSA WINNER 1280, WINNER 1000, WINNER 2000 WhirlWIN PixelWorks
WhirlWIN WW1280 & WL1280 Nth Engine/150Nth Engine/150 for setting up
1280x1024 Nth Engine/250Nth Engine/250 for all modes.
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From: bd...@gag.com (Bdale Garbee)
Newsgroups: info.bsdi.users
Subject: Re: V1.1 Information
Date: 12 Feb 94 17:33:23 GMT
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In article <1994021200...@austin.BSDI.COM> you wrote:
: What's New in BSD/386 V1.1
: o Support for serial console (although bootstrap uses
: display for now)
I wrote and contributed serial port bootstrap modifications to 1.0 that should
fold into 1.1 fairly easily. BSDI will probably have time to include them in
the mainstream eventually. If anyone needs this stuff now, send large numbers
of unmarked bills, or cool hardware, or... :-)
Bdale