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diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/whatis b/distrib/notes/i386/whatis index d622f17d6a7..a33e11820a7 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/whatis +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/whatis @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -For the i386, NetBSD 1.0 brings greatly improved performance, stability, -and device support. To complement the added device drivers, NetBSD -1.0's i386 port has greatly improved device autoconfiguration, -allowing it to correctly find more devices on more machines. The -final, and perhaps most important point about NetBSD 1.0's i386 -support is that it is fully backward compatible with old NetBSD -binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs. -(Note, however, that because of the shared library support, you still -have a lot to gain by doing so.) +For the i386, NetBSD 1.1 brings greatly improved performance, +stability, and device support. Emulation for several UN*X and UN*X +like operating systems, including Linux and FreeBSD, has been added. +Many new PCI devices are supported, such as cards based on the AMD +PCnet-PCI Ethernet chip, the Digital DC21x4x family of Ethernet chips, +and the Adaptec AIC7870 SCSI host adapter chip. Some drivers such as +"ccd" which previously only worked on other ports of NetBSD now work +on the i386 port. Though still not known to be entirely stable, the +"ncr" driver for 53c8xx-series SCSI adapters has had substantial bugs +and performance issues resolved. + +NetBSD 1.1 on i386 is also fully backward compatible with old NetBSD +i386 binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs. |