I'm not sure how I ended up with so much BSD material this week, but hey, we all benefit! Your extended read: scaling linux-based router hardware recommendations, from the NANOG operators list.  Follow the thread.  It's theoretically about Linux, but people name BSD solutions all through it.  Hmm...
Episode 74 of BSDNow is up, with some interesting stories of Linux users switching to BSD, and an interview of Andrew Tanenbaum of MINIX fame.
If you have very recent alc(4) hardware, it may be supported now.  If you are booting over NFS, it may be faster now.  These changes are unrelated other than both being recent - NFS is improved for any chipset.
powerd now can be adjusted on DragonFly, for quicker returns to high CPU frequencies, or slower ... slowdowns?  It's quickly quick or slowly slow.  That's not the best explanation, but I like rhymes.  For a less stupid description, look at the man page, which now includes usage examples.
Francois Tigeot has updated the drm/i915 code again, matching Linux 3.10 for feature level... but it's a big update.  If you are
  1. Running DragonFly-master
  2. Using a i915 chipset
  3. (optional) On a chipset that is not Haswell or Ivy Bridge
... He could use your testing and feedback.
I'm saving up for one of those Acer c720p Chromebooks that people seem to be enjoying.  If you have enjoyed the Digest for a long time and want to help, please do. Of course it's to run DragonFly. Thanks to the generosity of a bunch of people, I'll get a C720 and an SSD too.  Thank you all very much, people I have never met but would like to shake the hands of.
All over the spectrum this week. Your unrelated link of the week: Skymall, 2007.  
Short week this week, mostly due to a lack of interesting source changes.
Matthew Dillon purchased some Haswell-based motherboards, and documented his hardware setup, for anyone who is looking to build a decent, new DragonFly system.
ISO/IMG files for DragonFly 4.0.3 have been uploaded and by now should be available on your favorite mirror.  You should update for the OpenSSL upgrade.  If you already have DragonFly 4.0.x installed, the normal 'make buildworld && make buildkernel && make installkernel && make installworld && make upgrade' cycle should work just fine.
John Marino has written up an extensive how-to for slider, the history tool for Hammer filesystems, including screenshots.
Thanks to Sascha Wildner porting from FreeBSD, mixer(8) now remembers state.  This is something I've wanted for a long time.
For whatever reason, I've seen several people in the last week or so have mouse problems on install, and they were often solved by running moused.  So, there's your little reminder.
Normally if I talk about a filesystem here, I talk about Hammer, which is not a surprise.  However, I often read and review Michael W. Lucas's BSD-oriented books, and he has written FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials.  I'm reviewing it here because it's obviously BSD-related, and some portions are directly relevant for other BSDs. Disk setup and layout isn't something that normally consumes much attention past the initial install - until something goes wrong, or until a system needs a new configuration.    Installers tend to hide that initial layout, anyway. Vendors take advantage of this.  Much of the specialized storage vendors out there are selling you a computer with disks in it - something you can build yourself.  You don't (or at least I hope you don't) buy a firewall when you can do the same with pf or ipfw; the same goes for disk management. There's plenty of coverage of GEOM, GELI, GDBE, and the other technologies specific to FreeBSD.  I for one did not know how GEOM worked, with its consumer/producer model - and I imagine it's complex to dive into when you've got a broken machine next to you.  If you are administering FreeBSD systems, especially ones that deal with dedicated storage, you will find this useful.  He doesn't go into ZFS, but he does hint at a book on it later... If you're not a FreeBSD user, there's also material that's common to any BSD - an explanation of disk architecture, of UFS, RAID, and SMART.  Knowing what SMART is and does is essential, in my opinion.  You may be able to cobble this material together from other sources online, but it's packaged nicely here, with Lucas's easy writing style. It's a self-published book, and as such the download nets you three different formats.  It's currently $10 and DRM-free, directly from the author.  You can also order physical versions, if you like paper.
Not sure how I ended up with so many interesting conference links.  There's some substantial reading here too, so clear your schedule.
Lots of material this week.