CHANGES revision 1.45
1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.45 $> 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 1.7: 11 libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries. can be chosen with 12 "blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf. from openbsd 13 [itojun 20020524] 14 tcp: implement path MTU discovery blackhole detection (turn off path 15 MTU discovery if the connection is losing). PR 12790. 16 [itojun 20020526] 17 pppd(8): import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529] 18 ftpd(8): optionally and experimentally use mmap(2) instead of read(2) 19 for binary file transfer [enami 20020530] 20 prep: support IBM RS/6000 43P 7043-140. [nonaka 20020530] 21 pmppc: a port to Artesyn's PM/PPC board. [augustss 20020531] 22 tcpdump(8): upgrade to 3.7.1 as of 2002/5/31. [itojun 20020531] 23 amdpm(4): driver for AMD768 Power Management Controller (but currently 24 an interface to rnd(4) only.) [enami 20020602] 25 gspahextoc: was obsoleted by the -c option to gspa(1) a long 26 time ago, and has thus been removed [is 20020607] 27 netinet6: synchronize with recent interface/router/prefix management 28 logic from KAME. [itojun 20020608] 29 greconfig(8): obsoleted. use ifconfig(8) for configuration. 30 [itojun 20020609] 31 netinet: path MTU discovery is turned on by default (currently used 32 for TCP only). [itojun 20020613] 33 amd(8): add new mount option "xlatecookie" to support NFS v3 mounts 34 with cookie translation. [tron 20020614] 35 factor(6): Use a Pollard Rho algorithm to factor arbitrary sized 36 numbers. [simonb 20020615] 37 systrace: Integrate Niels Provos' systrace(1) binary sand-boxing, 38 device and userland support. [christos 20020617] 39 netstat(1): add -q flag to print information about 40 software interrupt queue. [enami 20020703] 41 Socket buffer insertion is now O(C). This can provide a 42 substantial performance boost to some applications 43 which use large socket buffers. [thorpej 20020703] 44 Added support for the SuperH SH-5 CPU architecture. 45 [scw 20020705] 46 chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(8): Change default behaviour 47 to follow symlinks on the command line rather than ignoring 48 them, finally fixing PR 563. [bjh21 20020707] 49 file(1): update to 3.39. [pooka 20020709] 50 Import pdisk 0.8a1, the Apple disk partitioning utility [dbj 20020709] 51 Switch to a signal trampoline provided by libc. The kernel 52 will provide one for backward compatibility, and 53 for emulations. [thorpej 20020710] 54 m68k-based ports now use __HAVE_SYSCALL_INTERN syscall interface. 55 [scw 20020713] 56 evbarm: Add support for the Intel IXM1200 eval board for 57 the ixp12x0 Network Processor. [ichiro 20020715] 58 mopd(8): Added "-s <mopdir>" to avoid hard coding /tftpboot/mop. 59 [mrg 20020719] 60 hpcarm: X server for the Jornada 720 now works [manu 20020722] 61 pciide(4): added support for the Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller. 62 [onoe 20020726] 63 macppc: finished support for 2nd CPU on 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP 64 [chs 20020728] 65 systrace: Update systrace(1) and the kernel code. Note that the 66 update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl. 67 [itojun 20020730] 68 Added dmover(4) API, interface to hardware-assisted data 69 movers. [thorpej 20020801] 70 pkg_admin(8): Add 'pmatch' keyword to return true if 'pkg' matches 71 'pattern', false else. [hubertf 20020804] 72 macppc: added support for 2nd CPU on dual G4 boxes [chs 20020805] 73 pmc(9): Added new performance counter framework. [briggs 20020806] 74 auich(4): Added support for ICH4 and SiS 7012. [kent 20020807] 75 pmc(3): Added new performance counter interface library. 76 [thorpej 20020808] 77 Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller. 78 [isaki 20020811] 79 Added new "ibss", "ibss-master", and "hostap" ifmedia media options 80 for 802.11 interfaces. [thorpej 20020810] 81 wi(4): Add experimental Host-AP support, allowing Intelsil 82 Prism2/2.5/3-based boards to be used to make an 83 802.11 Access Point. [thorpej 20020811] 84 arm: New versions of copyin(), copyout(), and kcopy(). These make 85 almost all user/kernel interactions faster. [briggs 20020812] 86 lpd(8): add libwrap support. [itojun 20020812] 87 sparc64: Add sab driver for sab82532 serial controller. Written by 88 Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [petrov 20020816] 89 wscons(4): Add wsmoused(8) for mouse cut and paste in wscons vga 90 driver. [christos 20020820] 91 utmpx: All userland programs have been converted to understand both 92 utmp and utmpx, wtmp and wtmpx, lastlog and lastlogx 93 [christos 20020821] 94 rescue: enable /rescue system recovery tools. [lukem 20020822] 95 boot: allow path to init(8) to be entered when booting with 96 RB_ASKNAME ("boot -a"). [lukem 20020823] 97 rasctl(2): Restartable Atomic Sequences (RAS). [gmcgarry 20020828] 98 pmap(1): Added to tree. Prints the address space of a given 99 process (or processes). [atatat 20020831] 100 zx(4): Add a driver for the Sun ZX/Leo framebuffer. [ad 20020913] 101 ipf(8): updated to version 3.4.29. [martti 20020919] 102 mount(2): Add MNT_GETARGS support to retrieve mounted filesystem 103 specific arguments. [christos 20020921] 104 compat/irix: sproc emulation supports share groups with private 105 memory mappings. [manu 20020922] 106 mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in 107 a fully dynamically linked system. [lukem 20020923] 108 iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924] 109 Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c. 110 [thorpej 20020925] 111 Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in 112 a "parent spec" in the kernel. [thorpej 20020925] 113 libcrypto: mdc2 is a patented algorithm, so move it out of libcrypto. 114 if you need mdc2, define MKCRYPTO_MDC2 to get libcrypto_mdc2.a. 115 [itojun 20020926] 116 Don't reference cfdriver structures directly in the cfdata entries; 117 instead, a string names the driver, which is looked up from 118 a list that is built at run-time. [thorpej 20020926] 119 Add support for the Apple UFS variation on ffs 120 See PR 17345 [dbj 20020928] 121 sh(1): Use vfork(2) rather than fork(2) where appropriate. 122 See PR 5475 [christos,elric 20020928] 123 Remove umask setting from /etc/skel/.{cshrc,profile} so that 124 user files are not created group writable by default. 125 [grant 20020929] 126 sendmail(8): Include DOMAIN(generic) in prototype configuration 127 to enable standard sendmail features. [grant 20020930] 128 mrouted(8): moved to gnusrc, as it is not under BSD license. 129 [itojun 20021001] 130 i386: merge the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch [fvdl 20021001] 131 ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.5 132 around 20021001. [itojun 20021001] 133 Don't reference cfattach structures directly in the cfdata entries; 134 instead, a string names the attachment, which is looked up 135 from a list that is built at run-time. [thorpej 20021003] 136 Add CryptoGraphic Disk driver, cgd(4). [elric 20021004] 137 pciide(4): Added support for VIA VT8235 [kent 20021005] 138 auvia(4): Added support for VT8233/VT8235 [kent 20021005] 139 auvia(4): Enabled sampling rate conversion for fixed-rate AC'97 codec 140 [kent 20021008] 141 ubsa(4): Driver for Belkin serial adapters ported from FreeBSD 142 [augustss 20021008] 143 tar(1): upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 for security fixes 144 [itojun 20021010] 145 Allow pseudo-devices to be parents of "real" devices. 146 [thorpej 20021009] 147 Allow options to register dependencies on attributes (the way it already 148 can for other options). [thorpej 20021010] 149 Allow devices to be orphaned in the kernel config file, but 150 emit an informational message when this happens. 151 [thorpej 20021010] 152 tar(1), cpio(1): We are now using pax(1) for those instead of 153 the gnu version. [christos 20021016] 154 basename(3), dirname(3): Change to return pointer to static 155 storage, rather than modifying their input arguments. 156 The new behavior is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std 157 1003.1-2001. [thorpej 20021016] 158 build.sh: add '-k kernel', to configure and build the given 159 kernel using the new toolchain. 160 From Alan Barrett in PR#18739. [lukem 20021021] 161 kernel: kqueue branch merged [jdolecek 20021023] 162 kernel: keep separate read & write disk statistics. [mrg 20021101] 163 iostat(8): report read/write stats in iostat -x. [mrg 20021101] 164 systat(1): report read/write stats in iostat "rw" mode. [mrg 20021101] 165 sparc64: Find the correct boot path for all IDE disks. [mrg 20021102] 166 eap(4): Add support for second DAC [pooka 20021104] 167 Added two sysctl(8) flags to stop process just after creation by 168 fork(2) or exec(2). [manu 20021106] 169 mtd(4): Add driver for Myson Technologies MTD803 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet 170 cards from Peter Bex. [martin 20021107] 171 iop(4): Add support for Adaptec 2000S and 2005S [msaitoh 20021108] 172 vnd(4): Now also available as an LKM. [mrg 20021116] 173 etc/postinstall: Add support for examining the obsolete sets for 174 obsolete entries to check or remove. [lukem 20021117] 175 named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.4. [itojun 20021117] 176 gcc/gas: Fixed bug in how NetBSD ARM ELF binaries were marked. 177 They now properly reflect ATPCS + Soft-VFP. 178 [thorpej 20021121] 179 lib/csu: Split crtbegin/crtend into crti/crtbegin/crtend/crtn. 180 This is inline with what other ELF systems do, and paves 181 the way to using GCC-supplied crtbegin/crtend. 182 [thorpej 20021121] 183 i386: reworked interrupt code to be more independent of the 184 underlying interrupt controller, to perform better 185 with shared lines, and to be more clean in general 186 [fvdl 20021122] 187 postfix: upgrade to 1.1.12. [itojun 20021126] 188 mk.conf(5): removed support for SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks; <sys/*.h> 189 include files are always copied now. [lukem 20021126] 190
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