CHANGES revision 1.162
1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.162 $> 2 3 4 [Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree. 5 For an exhaustive list, please subscribe to the `source-changes' mailing list, 6 or see the mailing list archives. For more information, send a message 7 containing just the word `help' to `majordomo (a] netbsd.org'.] 8 9 10 Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 2.0: 11 libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries. can be chosen with 12 "blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf. from openbsd 13 [itojun 20020524] 14 evbarm: Add support for the NOVATEC NTNP425B eval board for 15 the Intel IXP425 Network Processor. [ichiro 20030523] 16 tcp(4): implement path MTU discovery blackhole detection (turn off path 17 MTU discovery if the connection is losing). PR 12790. 18 [itojun 20020526] 19 pppd(8): import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529] 20 ftpd(8): optionally and experimentally use mmap(2) instead of read(2) 21 for binary file transfer [enami 20020530] 22 prep: support IBM RS/6000 43P 7043-140. [nonaka 20020530] 23 pmppc: a port to Artesyn's PM/PPC board. [augustss 20020531] 24 tcpdump(8): upgrade to 3.7.1 as of 2002/5/31. [itojun 20020531] 25 amdpm(4): driver for AMD768 Power Management Controller (but currently 26 an interface to rnd(4) only.) [enami 20020602] 27 gspahextoc: was obsoleted by the -c option to gspa(1) a long 28 time ago, and has thus been removed [is 20020607] 29 netinet6: synchronize with recent interface/router/prefix management 30 logic from KAME. [itojun 20020608] 31 greconfig(8): obsoleted. use ifconfig(8) for configuration. 32 [itojun 20020609] 33 netinet: path MTU discovery is turned on by default (currently used 34 for TCP only). [itojun 20020613] 35 amd(8): add new mount option "xlatecookie" to support NFS v3 mounts 36 with cookie translation. [tron 20020614] 37 factor(6): Use a Pollard Rho algorithm to factor arbitrary sized 38 numbers. [simonb 20020615] 39 systrace(1): Integrate Niels Provos' systrace(1) binary sand-boxing, 40 device and userland support. [christos 20020617] 41 netstat(1): add -q flag to print information about 42 software interrupt queue. [enami 20020703] 43 kernel: Socket buffer insertion is now O(C). This can provide a 44 substantial performance boost to some applications 45 which use large socket buffers. [thorpej 20020703] 46 sh5: Added support for the SuperH SH-5 CPU architecture. 47 [scw 20020705] 48 chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(8): Change default behaviour 49 to follow symlinks on the command line rather than ignoring 50 them, finally fixing PR 563. [bjh21 20020707] 51 file(1): update to 3.39. [pooka 20020709] 52 pdisk(8): Import pdisk 0.8a1, the Apple disk partitioning 53 utility [dbj 20020709] 54 Switch to a signal trampoline provided by libc. The kernel 55 will provide one for backward compatibility, and 56 for emulations. [thorpej 20020710] 57 m68k: m68k-based ports now use __HAVE_SYSCALL_INTERN syscall interface. 58 [scw 20020713] 59 evbarm: Add support for the Intel IXM1200 eval board for 60 the ixp12x0 Network Processor. [ichiro 20020715] 61 mopd(8): Added "-s <mopdir>" to avoid hard coding /tftpboot/mop. 62 [mrg 20020719] 63 hpcarm: X server for the Jornada 720 now works [manu 20020722] 64 pciide(4): added support for the Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller. 65 [onoe 20020726] 66 macppc: finished support for 2nd CPU on 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP 67 [chs 20020728] 68 systrace(1): Update systrace(1) and the kernel code. Note that the 69 update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl. 70 [itojun 20020730] 71 dmover(4): Added dmover(4) API, interface to hardware-assisted data 72 movers. [thorpej 20020801] 73 pkg_admin(8): Add 'pmatch' keyword to return true if 'pkg' matches 74 'pattern', false else. [hubertf 20020804] 75 macppc: added support for 2nd CPU on dual G4 boxes [chs 20020805] 76 pmc(9): Added new performance counter framework. [briggs 20020806] 77 auich(4): Added support for ICH4 and SiS 7012. [kent 20020807] 78 pmc(3): Added new performance counter interface library. 79 [thorpej 20020808] 80 usb(4): Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller. 81 [isaki 20020811] 82 ifmedia(4): Added new "ibss", "ibss-master", and "hostap" ifmedia media 83 options for 802.11 interfaces. [thorpej 20020810] 84 wi(4): Add experimental Host-AP support, allowing Intelsil 85 Prism2/2.5/3-based boards to be used to make an 86 802.11 Access Point. [thorpej 20020811] 87 arm: New versions of copyin(), copyout(), and kcopy(). These make 88 almost all user/kernel interactions faster. [briggs 20020812] 89 lpd(8): add libwrap support. [itojun 20020812] 90 sparc64: Add sab driver for sab82532 serial controller. Written by 91 Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [petrov 20020816] 92 wscons(4): Add wsmoused(8) for mouse cut and paste in wscons vga 93 driver. [christos 20020820] 94 utmpx(5): All userland programs have been converted to understand both 95 utmp and utmpx, wtmp and wtmpx, lastlog and lastlogx 96 [christos 20020821] 97 rescue: enable /rescue system recovery tools. [lukem 20020822] 98 boot(8): allow path to init(8) to be entered when booting with 99 RB_ASKNAME ("boot -a"). [lukem 20020823] 100 rasctl(2): Restartable Atomic Sequences (RAS). [gmcgarry 20020828] 101 pmap(1): Added to tree. Prints the address space of a given 102 process (or processes). [atatat 20020831] 103 zx(4): Add a driver for the Sun ZX/Leo framebuffer. [ad 20020913] 104 ipf(8): updated to version 3.4.29. [martti 20020919] 105 mount(2): Add MNT_GETARGS support to retrieve mounted filesystem 106 specific arguments. [christos 20020921] 107 compat_irix(8): sproc emulation supports share groups with private 108 memory mappings. [manu 20020922] 109 mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in 110 a fully dynamically linked system. [lukem 20020923] 111 iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924] 112 kernel: Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c. 113 [thorpej 20020925] 114 kernel: Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in 115 a "parent spec" in the kernel. [thorpej 20020925] 116 libcrypto: mdc2 is a patented algorithm, so move it out of libcrypto. 117 if you need mdc2, define MKCRYPTO_MDC2 to get libcrypto_mdc2.a. 118 [itojun 20020926] 119 kernel: Don't reference cfdriver structures directly in the cfdata 120 entries; instead, a string names the driver, which is looked up 121 from a list that is built at run-time. [thorpej 20020926] 122 ufs: Add support for the Apple UFS variation on ffs 123 See PR 17345 [dbj 20020928] 124 sh(1): Use vfork(2) rather than fork(2) where appropriate. 125 See PR 5475 [christos,elric 20020928] 126 Remove umask setting from /etc/skel/.{cshrc,profile} so that 127 user files are not created group writable by default. 128 [grant 20020929] 129 sendmail(8): Include DOMAIN(generic) in prototype configuration 130 to enable standard sendmail features. [grant 20020930] 131 mrouted(8): moved to gnusrc, as it is not under BSD license. 132 [itojun 20021001] 133 i386: merge the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch [fvdl 20021001] 134 ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.5 135 around 20021001. [itojun 20021001] 136 kernel: Don't reference cfattach structures directly in the cfdata 137 entries; instead, a string names the attachment, which is 138 looked up from a list that is built at run-time. 139 [thorpej 20021003] 140 cgd(4): Add CryptoGraphic Disk driver, cgd(4). [elric 20021004] 141 pciide(4): Added support for VIA VT8235 [kent 20021005] 142 auvia(4): Added support for VT8233/VT8235 [kent 20021005] 143 auvia(4): Enabled sampling rate conversion for fixed-rate AC'97 codec 144 [kent 20021008] 145 ubsa(4): Driver for Belkin serial adapters ported from FreeBSD 146 [augustss 20021008] 147 tar(1): upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 for security fixes 148 [itojun 20021010] 149 config(9): Allow pseudo-devices to be parents of "real" devices. 150 [thorpej 20021009] 151 config(9): Allow options to register dependencies on attributes 152 (the way it already can for other options). [thorpej 20021010] 153 config(9): Allow devices to be orphaned in the kernel config file, but 154 emit an informational message when this happens. 155 [thorpej 20021010] 156 tar(1), cpio(1): We are now using pax(1) for those instead of 157 the gnu version. [christos 20021016] 158 basename(3), dirname(3): Change to return pointer to static 159 storage, rather than modifying their input arguments. 160 The new behavior is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std 161 1003.1-2001. [thorpej 20021016] 162 build.sh: add '-k kernel', to configure and build the given 163 kernel using the new toolchain. 164 From Alan Barrett in PR#18739. [lukem 20021021] 165 kernel: kqueue branch merged [jdolecek 20021023] 166 kernel: keep separate read & write disk statistics. [mrg 20021101] 167 iostat(8): report read/write stats in iostat -x. [mrg 20021101] 168 systat(1): report read/write stats in iostat "rw" mode. [mrg 20021101] 169 sparc64: Find the correct boot path for all IDE disks. [mrg 20021102] 170 eap(4): Add support for second DAC [pooka 20021104] 171 kernel: Added two sysctl(8) flags to stop process just after creation by 172 fork(2) or exec(2). [manu 20021106] 173 mtd(4): Add driver for Myson Technologies MTD803 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet 174 cards from Peter Bex. [martin 20021107] 175 iop(4): Add support for Adaptec 2000S and 2005S [msaitoh 20021108] 176 dreamcast: Add support for memory card and monochrome LCD on 177 Maple bus. [itohy 20021115] 178 vnd(4): Now also available as an LKM. [mrg 20021116] 179 etc/postinstall: Add support for examining the obsolete sets for 180 obsolete entries to check or remove. [lukem 20021117] 181 named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.4. [itojun 20021117] 182 gcc(1), as(1): Fixed bug in how NetBSD ARM ELF binaries were marked. 183 They now properly reflect ATPCS + Soft-VFP. 184 [thorpej 20021121] 185 lib/csu: Split crtbegin/crtend into crti/crtbegin/crtend/crtn. 186 This is inline with what other ELF systems do, and paves 187 the way to using GCC-supplied crtbegin/crtend. 188 [thorpej 20021121] 189 i386: reworked interrupt code to be more independent of the 190 underlying interrupt controller, to perform better 191 with shared lines, and to be more clean in general 192 [fvdl 20021122] 193 postfix(1): upgrade to 1.1.12. [itojun 20021126] 194 mk.conf(5): removed support for SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks; <sys/*.h> 195 include files are always copied now. [lukem 20021126] 196 cvs(1): upgrade to 1.11.2 [christos 20021127] 197 strsuftoll(3), strsuftollx(3): Add functions to parse numbers 198 with optional suffices and/or products. [lukem 20021129] 199 am-utils: upgrade to 6.1b1 [christos 20021129] 200 routed(8): upgrade to 2.27 [christos 20021129] 201 fparseln(3): migrated from libutil to libc. [lukem 20021130] 202 x68k: add bmd(4), memory disk driver for Nereid bank memory. 203 [isaki 20021201] 204 i386: biosboot bootblocks now support booting off 2.88MB drive 205 using 1.44MB floppy disk [jdolecek 20021204] 206 edquota(8): Added command-line options to allow setting quotas 207 from command line. [bouyer 20021204] 208 arc: Add support for NEC Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A). 209 [tsutsui 20021207] 210 build.sh: add -E, to enable "expert mode", which allows builds 211 to DESTDIR=/. [lukem 20021208] 212 evbppc: Added arch/evbppc for PowerPC-based evaluation boards, with the 213 existing Walnut port as its first member. [scw 20021209] 214 db(1): Added. Manipulates db(3) btree(3) and hash(3) databases. 215 [lukem 20021211] 216 mips: support fully coherent data caches on MIPS32 and MIPS64 cpus 217 (enabled for Au1x00 and SB-1 CPUS). [simonb 20021217] 218 install(1): added -N dbdir, to specify different location for user 219 and group databases. [lukem 20021219] 220 build system: Users and groups for the build are now obtained from 221 src/etc instead of the host systems' passwd(5) and group(5) 222 databases. [lukem 20021219] 223 sunlabel(8): Now enabled by default. Manipulates SunOS disklabels. 224 [lukem 20021221] 225 vis(1): Add `-e extra', to provide a list of extra characters to 226 encode (per svis(3)). [lukem 20021223] 227 mtree(8): Add -C, which acts like -D except that the pathname 228 is printed first instead of last. [lukem 20021223] 229 build.sh: Add '-i installworlddir', to run "make installworld" 230 after all other operations have completed. [lukem 20021225] 231 dreamcast: Add support for the SEGA LAN Adapter, based on patch in 232 dreamcast/17493 from Christian Groessler. [tsutsui 20021227] 233 kprintf(9): Add "aprint" family of autoconfiguration message 234 printing routines that change their behavior based on 235 flags in boothowto. [thorpej 20021231] 236 procfs: Add /proc/<pid>/fd/<fd> [christos 20030103] 237 build system: Releases are now installed under ${RELEASEDIR}/${MACHINE} 238 instead of ${RELEASEDIR}. [lukem 20030103] 239 mtree(8): Newly created directories have 0777 instead of 0700 240 permissions (as modified by the umask(2)). This only 241 affects 'mtree -W', or directories without an explicit 242 mode= entry. [lukem 20030105]. 243 sparc,sparc64: The nell (STP4020) pcmcia bridge driver is now 244 finished. [martin 20030107] 245 sparc: MULTIPROCESSOR support works. [pk,mrg 20030111] 246 cvs(1): upgraded to 1.11.4 [wiz 20030116] 247 auich(4): Added support for nForce2 MCP-T. [gendalia 20030116] 248 ex(4): Added support for 3c905CX-TX. [gendalia 20030116] 249 texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.3. [wiz 20030117] 250 pthreads: Merge nathanw_sa branch, implementing p1003.1 POSIX thread 251 and Scheduler Activation thread interface. [thorpej 20030117] 252 cpio(1): removed GNU cpio (replaced by pax frontend). [wiz 20030118] 253 tar(1): removed GNU tar (replaced by pax frontend). [wiz 20030118] 254 semaphores: Added p1003.1b semaphores from freebsd. [christos 20030120] 255 cvs(1): upgraded to 1.11.5. [wiz 20030121] 256 progress(1): New standalone progress bar program factored out 257 from ftp(1). [jhawk 20030122] 258 sysinst: Leverage progress(1) for reasonable-looking file extraction 259 displays. [jhawk 20030122] 260 build.sh: Rework command line into command line options followed 261 by a list of operations to perform. [lukem 20030123] 262 gcore(1): Add it back. [christos 20030123] 263 semaphores: Fix kernel implementation, and add non-pthreads 264 version in new librt. [thorpej 20030123] 265 diff(1), diff3(1), sdiff(1): upgraded to diffutils-2.8.1 [wiz 20030126] 266 grep(1): upgraded to 2.5. Warning: -o is now a valid GNU grep option 267 (--only-matching (-o)), so we will not be supporting the 4.4BSD 268 -o any longer -- use -H instead. [wiz 20030127] 269 objcopy(1): Add --redefine-syms-file option. [simonb 20030129] 270 crunchgen(1): Use "objcopy --redefine-syms-file". [simonb 20030129] 271 find(1): allow preceding +/- on numeric arg to -user. [jhawk 20030130] 272 arc: Add support for the Cirrus Logic GD5428 ISA VGA console on 273 Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A) and RISCserver2200 274 (NEC-R96). [tsutsui 20030131] 275 malloc(9): Add extensible kernel malloc types, adapted from FreeBSD. 276 [thorpej 20030131] 277 kernel: Added a sysctl(8) flag to control whether the kernel dumps 278 to the dump device on panic. [atatat 20030210] 279 inetd(8): Use kqueue(2) for enhanced performance and scalability. 280 [tron 20030212] 281 /etc/security, security.conf(5): Allow more flexibility in warnings 282 from check_passwd and check_mtree. [jhawk 20030213] 283 grep(1): upgraded to 2.5.1. [wiz 20030213] 284 texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.5. [wiz 20030213] 285 usb(4): add uax(4), a driver for the AX88172 Ethernet adapter chip. 286 The chip supports 10/100 and USB 2.0. [augustss 20030216] 287 bridge(4), brconfig(8): add ipf support. [perseant 20030216] 288 kernel: SMBFS support, ported from FreeBSD. [jdolecek 20030218] 289 kernel: Top down memory management option added, initially for 290 i386, but others are following. [atatat 20030220] 291 /etc/daily, daily.conf(5): Suppress empty security reports by default. 292 [jhawk 20030221] 293 /etc/security, security.conf(5): Produce unified diffs by default. 294 [jhawk 20030221] 295 kernel: Add LFSv2 support to libsa [simonb 20030224] 296 i386: Add LFS support to bootblocks [simonb 20030224] 297 kernel: Add MBUFTRACE kernel option. Change all MGET*(...M_WAIT,...) 298 to m_get*(M_WAIT, ...) to shrink kernel. Add m_clget 299 analogue to MCLGET and use it if M_WAIT is passed. Adapt 300 netinet, if_loop, gem, tulip, fxp driver to MBUFTRACE. Bump 301 version to 1.6P. [matt 20030226] 302 libpthread: Add pthread_{,attr}_{get,set}name_np() API, compatible 303 with Tru64 Unix. [thorpej 20030227] 304 sysctl: Add hw.physmem64 and hw.usermem64 sysctl nodes, which 305 return the same data has hw.physmem and hw.usermem, but 306 as a 64-bit byte count, instead of a 32-bit byte count. 307 Required for reporting >=4G RAM. [thorpej 20030227] 308 binutils: updated to FSF binutils 2.13.2.1 release. [mrg 20030228] 309 libc: Add _Exit(), the C99 name for _exit(). [bjh21 20030301] 310 acorn26: Add support for the 82C710 multi-I/O chip, as found in (some?) 311 A5000s. [bjh21 20030301] 312 mdsetimage(1): only use libbfd calls to get symbol information; writing 313 is now done directly into the file. [dogcow 20030304] 314 x86_64: rearrange the x86_64 code, make it share code with i386, and 315 enable MP [fvdl 20030305] 316 kernel: Report correct child cpu times. [dsl 20030305] 317 kernel: Use common code for set{u,g}id functions. [dsl 20030305] 318 sysctl: Make hw.physmem and hw.usermem saturate if they are used 319 on a system with >=4G RAM. [thorpej 20030306] 320 postfix(1): update to 2.0.6 [perry 20030308] 321 kernel: let LFS use the UBC system natively. This should provide 322 complete coherency between mmap(2) and read(2)/write(2) on 323 LFS, in addition to allowing it to use much more memory for 324 its buffers. [perseant 20030308] 325 am-utils: update to 6.1b2 [christos 20030309] 326 evbppc: Add support for the NCD Explora451 ThinClient. 327 [hannken 20030311] 328 kernel: New pid allocator - avoids all the searching in pfind() etc. 329 Bump version to 1.6Q. [dsl 20030319] 330 pciide(4): Add support for the Intel i31244 and Silicon Image 3112 331 Serial ATA controllers. [thorpej 20030319] 332 sparc64: Add support for PCI-CardBus bridge. [nakayama 20030322] 333 pppoectl(8): Add a "-f configfile" option. [mrg 20030322] 334 sendmail(8): update to 8.12.8. [atatat 20030324] 335 vax: Add device driver for RX01/RX02 floppies (rfc/rf). 336 From Jochen Kunz. [ragge 20030323] 337 sh5: Shared libraries now supported on SH5 (but not yet enabled 338 in bsd.own.mk due to sundry toolchain issues). 339 [scw 20030325] 340 file(1): update to 4.00. [pooka 20030326] 341 libmagic: add libmagic, which is currently used by file(1) 342 [pooka 20030326] 343 wall(1): added "-g group". [lukem 20030327] 344 dump(8), dump_lfs(8): remove setgid tty, as "wall -g operator" 345 is now used to notify operators. [lukem 20030327] 346 vnd(4), vnconfig(8): add read-only configuration support. 347 [yamt 20030327] 348 cron(8): Move default cron log from /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron 349 [perry 20030402] 350 kernel and userland: UFS2 support from Kirk McKusick via FreeBSD. 351 [fvdl 20030402] 352 ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.6.1 353 around 20030403. [itojun 20030403] 354 pciide(4): add support for i82801DBM (ICH4-M). [kent 20030405] 355 wm(4): add support for i82540EP. [kent 20030405] 356 scsi: Add a MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c700 SCSI controller 357 written by Shuichiro URATA. [tsutsui 20030406] 358 rsh(1), rlogin(1): Add -p flag to allow specifying a non-standard 359 port number. [hubertf 20030407] 360 kernel: SMBFS uses low-overhead NT Directory Change Notify SMB to watch 361 for vnode kqueue(2) events on directories [jdolecek 20030407] 362 kernel: hostap power saving mode support [kml 20030407] 363 kernel: pool caches now have the ability to cache physical addresses 364 of objects. [thorpej 20030409] 365 kernel: mbufs use new cached physical address feature of pools, 366 and can provide other information about external buffers 367 to save work for bus_dma back-ends. Use this information 368 in the ARM and x86 bus_dma back-ends to improve network 369 performance. [thorpej 20030409] 370 pkg_install: improve bzip2 support, especially for non-NetBSD 371 systems. [grant 20030410] 372 less: update to less-381. [mrg 20030414] 373 kernel: added a sysctl(8) flag to check and reject packets arriving 374 on the "wrong" interface. [christos 20030412] 375 libc: added slovak language libc message catalog. [salo 20030414] 376 mpt(4): Added device driver for LSI Fusion-MPT based SCSI and 377 Fibre Channel controllers. Ported from the FreeBSD "mpt" 378 driver written by Greg Ansley. Supports the LSI 53c1030 379 Ultra320 SCSI and LSI FC909, FC919, and FC929 Fibre 380 Channel adapters. [thorpej 20030416] 381 df(1), du(1): add -g argument for output in gigabytes [grant 20030418] 382 arm32: Add new arm32 pmap contributed by Wasabi Systems. 383 [scw 20030418] 384 fsdb(8): add a findblk command, which lists the inode(s) owning the 385 disk sector(s) specified as argument. [bouyer 20030426] 386 wd(4): add support for the DIOCGCACHE and DIOCSCACHE ioctls. 387 [bouyer 20030426] 388 inet(3): align signatures of inet_addr(), inet_network(), 389 inet_makeaddr(), inet_lnaof(), and inet_netof() with XNS and 390 POSIX. [bjh21 20030505] 391 build.sh: Provide defaults for DESTDIR and RELEASEDIR if not in 392 expert mode. Display summary of operations performed at end. 393 [lukem 20030508] 394 build.sh: Add "sourcesets" option to build the source sets. 395 [lukem 20030510] 396 olms(4),omms(4): Removed olms(4) and omms(4) from the i386 port, 397 since they have been superseded by lms(4) and mms(4) 398 respectively. [wiz 20030516] 399 db(1): Add '-S chr', '-T str' and '-X str' to specify (with options) 400 strvis(3) encoding of keys/values when reading a database. 401 Add '-U chr' to specify strunvis(3) decoding of keys/values 402 when writing a database or deleting entries from a database. 403 [seb 20030519] 404 file(1): update to 4.03. [pooka 20030525] 405 sendmail(8): update to 8.12.9. [atatat 20030601] 406 named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.5. [itojun 20030603] 407
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