14.2/relnotes: Add a few more notes about FreeBSD Foundation work
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Authored by jrm on Nov 30 2024, 4:37 PM.

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R9:0944a6768162: 14.2/relnotes: Describe more FreeBSD Foundation work included in 14.2

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jrm requested review of this revision.Nov 30 2024, 4:37 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B60889: Diff 147185.Nov 30 2024, 4:38 PM

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cperciva added inline comments.Nov 30 2024, 5:20 PM

website/content/en/releases/14.2R/relnotes.adoc
382	Can we point to anything specific which users might notice? This is a user-facing document so I prefer to talk about "added support for foo" rather than numbers of commits.

Make comments about audio improvements suitable for users

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B60891: Diff 147226.Nov 30 2024, 5:36 PM

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jrm added a reviewer: christos.Nov 30 2024, 5:41 PM

LGTM, thanks!

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Nov 30 2024, 5:47 PM

christos accepted this revision.Nov 30 2024, 11:39 PM

bz added inline comments.Dec 1 2024, 12:23 AM

website/content/en/releases/14.2R/relnotes.adoc
288	(not all chipsets may work yet) Given there was a specific complaint to re@ for the latest chipset for which this was the only report so far.

(also dropped you an email which I had sent to re@) I think but firmware/fwget you covered the FreeBSD Foundation bits.

jrm added inline comments.Dec 1 2024, 12:51 AM

website/content/en/releases/14.2R/relnotes.adoc
288	Is it best to remove this note, then?

bz added inline comments.Dec 1 2024, 12:58 AM

website/content/en/releases/14.2R/relnotes.adoc
288	No, given the driver seems to work for at least two other chipsets for people. I only have one of four chipsets currently to test with myself (two more incoming). maybe (latest chipsets may not work yet) or maybe just leave it as-is and people can send bug reports (after all we are still fixing ath or rtwn chipsets after more than a decade).

@bz, we don't specifically mention fwget(8), but, hopefully, the firmware news under the Installer and Packaging Changes sections cover the gist of what's improved.

bz accepted this revision.Dec 1 2024, 1:43 PM

Couple of small notes inline, please incorporate if you're happy with them or go ahead without.

website/content/en/releases/14.2R/relnotes.adoc
232–237	add these in alpha order probably
288	Should we add a brief note about which devices are supported by rtw89 (or maybe just something like "supporting a number of recent Realtek chipsets")
291–292	CC @lwhsu - maybe add something like "for improved performance and reliability"?