CHANGES revision 1.618
1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.618 $> 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 3.0 to NetBSD 4.0: 11 PaX: Add mprotect(2) restrictions to enforce W^X policies. See 12 options(4), sysctl(3), and paxctl(1). [elad 20060515] 13 kauth(9): Integrate kernel authorization, to replace kernel management 14 of redentials and (potentially) privileged operations 15 requests. [elad 20060515] 16 agr(4): Add pseudo-device driver for link aggregation. [yamt 20050318] 17 kernel: Limit the number of locks per user to 1024 [christos 20050320] 18 crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7f [christos 20050325] 19 attimer(4): Split the pcppi(4) driver to properly assign resources and 20 allow both the devices to attach through ACPI [cube 20050325] 21 gre(4): add support for IPv6 as inner protocol, contributed by 22 Gert Doering [is 20050330] 23 /rescue: Add tetris. [lukem 20050401] 24 uvm(9): Simplify kernel memory allocation API and its implementation. 25 [yamt 20050401] 26 ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.8. [martti 20050403] 27 identd(8): Add support for forwarding ident queries and receiving of 28 proxied ident queries. [peter 20050404] 29 ac97(4): Add support for AC'97 modems. [jmcneill 20050407] 30 auich(4): Add support for Intel ICH AC'97 modems as audio devices. 31 Currently disabled by default. [jmcneill 20050407] 32 event(3): Updated libevent to 1.0c [provos 20050417] 33 arc: Add a standalone boot program to load ELF kernels. 34 [tsutsui 20050418] 35 cvs(1): Upgrade to 1.11.20. [christos 20050419] 36 openssh: Upgrade to 4.0. [christos 20050423] 37 crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7g [christos 20050423] 38 gettext(1): Upgrade to 0.14.4 [christos 20050429] 39 ehci(4): Various bug fixes. The most visible is that low/full speed 40 devices can now be connected to high speed hubs. 41 [augustss 20050501] 42 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20050408 [kochi 20050502] 43 psh3tp(4): Support touch-panel for PERSONA SH3 machines. 44 [kiyohara 20050523] 45 evbarm: Add support for the Arcom Viper. [pooka 20050606] 46 scan_ffs(8): Added scan_ffs from OpenBSD. Utility to find FFSv1/FFSv2 47 partitions, to recover lost disklabels. [xtraeme 20050615] 48 ataraid(4): Add man page and adapt support for Adaptec HostRAID 49 from FreeBSD. [briggs 20050620] 50 wtf(6): Now searches all acronyms databases (the -t switch is 51 gone), whatis(1) and then pkg_info(1). [hubertf 20050622] 52 i386: Add cd9660 file system support to the BIOS bootloader. 53 [junyoung 20050622] 54 tlp(4): added support for ASIX AX88140A and AX88141. 55 [rpaulo 20050624] 56 pss(4): Remove the pss(4) driver. It has never been workable. 57 [kent 20050628] 58 deroff(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629] 59 spell(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629] 60 ching(6): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050630] 61 pf(4): PF from OpenBSD 3.7 imported [peter 20050701] 62 i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT is now enabled in GENERIC kernel. 63 [rpaulo 20050702] 64 awk(1): Upgrade to nawk 20050424 [jdolecek 20050702] 65 ieee1394: ieee1394 from FreeBSD imported [kiyohara 20050711] 66 ral(4): Add driver for Ralink PCI/Cardbus/USB wlan adapters 67 (written by Damien Bergamini, ported by FUKAUMI Naoki) 68 [drochner 20050714] 69 uipaq(4): USB driver for iPAQ devices. From OpenBSD. 70 [augustss 20050718] 71 netinet: Implement PMTU checks and ignore ICMP Source Quench messages 72 for TCP as described in: 73 http://www.gont.com.ar/drafts/icmp-attacks-against-tcp.html 74 [christos 20050719] 75 config(1): Implement "no <dev> at <attachment>". [cube 20050724] 76 ucycom(4): Add driver for Cypress microcontroller based serial 77 devices. [skrll 20050731] 78 hpcmips: Add teliosio(4) driver for the Sharp Telios LCD screen and 79 Battery unit. [nakayama 20050731] 80 scan_lfs(8): Program to find LFS partitions on disks [xtraeme 20050731] 81 ftpd(8): Implement option "-D", for running ftpd(8) in standalone mode. 82 [peter 20050804] 83 bpf(4): Add two new sysctls to retrieve statistics and current 84 peers, viewable with netstat(1). [rpaulo 20050805] 85 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.5. [rpaulo 20050818] 86 kernel: 64 bit inode changes [christos 20050819] 87 getent(1): Add support for "ethers" database. [ginsbach 20050824] 88 ftpd(8): Add new ftpd.conf(5) option, recvbufsize, and make 89 readsize option also apply to network reads for transfers to 90 the server. [ginsbach 20050824] 91 UFS: Add experimental support for file-backed extended attributes 92 on UFS1 file systems, adapted from FreeBSD. [thorpej 20050828] 93 psh3lcd(4): Support LCD screen driver for PERSONA SH3 machines. 94 [kiyohara 20050906] 95 i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC.MPACPI, 96 GENERIC_LAPTOP and XEN0 kernels. [rpaulo 20050909] 97 amd64: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC kernel. 98 [rpaulo 20050909] 99 kernel: Add tmpfs file system. [jmmv 20050910] 100 mount_tmpfs(8): Add utility to mount a tmpfs file system. 101 [jmmv 20050910] 102 kernel, libc: Re-factor compatibility code to hide compatibility 103 info from the header files and to allow libc to compile 104 without the compatibility hooks [christos 20050912] 105 am-utils: Upgrade to 6.1.2.1 [rpaulo 20050920] 106 pam_afslog(8): Add module to obtain AFS tokens from krb5 107 credentials and create a PAG if necessary. [tsarna 20050921] 108 kernel: Reset the AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller. [dyoung 20050922] 109 geodewdog(4): Add driver for AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller's 110 watchdog timer. [dyoung 20050922] 111 kernel: Add the VFS hooks interface so that kernel subsystems 112 other than VFS can execute code upon VFS operations. 113 [jmmv 20050923] 114 kernel: Re-factor NFS exports list code handling, making it simpler 115 by abstracting all the details into the NFS generic code, 116 using the previously mentioned VFS hooks interface to make 117 it work. [jmmv 20050923] 118 mountd(8): Make this utility file system independent, also simplifying 119 its code. [jmmv 20050923] 120 gpio(4): Import general purpose I/O framework from OpenBSD. 121 [jmcneill 20050926] 122 gpioctl(8): Import utility to talk to general purpose I/O devices 123 from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20050926] 124 config(1): Implement "no device at <attachment>" and "no <device>". 125 [cube 20050930] 126 wpa: Add wpa_cli and wpa_supplicant. 127 [scw 20051001] 128 xen: Improvements to the network backend to avoid data copy when 129 possible. [bouyer 20051002] 130 file(1): update to 4.16. [pooka 20051018] 131 evbarm: Add support for the Atmark Techno Armadillo-9. 132 [hamajima 20051113] 133 ipv6: rc.conf(5) $ip6sitelocal variable has been removed. You 134 should use Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses defined by RFC 4193 135 and control how they are routed with the $ip6uniquelocal 136 variable. [rpaulo 20051124] 137 openssl: update to 0.9.8a [christos 20051125] 138 kernel: Switch to a stateful read-ahead algorithm. [yamt 20051130] 139 posix_fadvise(2): Add. (Only POSIX_FADV_NORMAL, POSIX_FADV_RANDOM, 140 and POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL are implemented.) [yamt 20051130] 141 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.6. [rpaulo 20051201] 142 auich(4): Now it supports ICH7 and Intel 6300ESB audio controllers. 143 [xtraeme 20051204] 144 lmc(4): New driver from David Boggs [christos 20051205] 145 kernel: Add a new ktrace record type for SA upcalls and add LWP 146 information to ktrace records 147 [darrenr,skrll,christos 20051211] 148 userland: Generation and decode of new ktrace record type (sa_upcall) 149 and LWP information for kdump and ktruss. Ability to trace 150 upcalls. [skrll,christos 20051211] 151 sip(4): Now enabled and known working for sparc64. [mrg 20051220] 152 libc/libkern: Merge common files [christos 20051220] 153 tb(4): Remove the line discipline driver. [thorpej 20051220] 154 bind: Imported 9.3.2 for named and tools [christos 20051221] 155 dkctl(8), bufq(9): Add a functionality to switch bufq strategy 156 on the fly. [yamt 20051226] 157 mbrlabel(8): Add the -s option to specify the sector in which sector 158 the partition table is located. [jmmv 20051227] 159 kernel: Add preliminary support for System V Boot File System. 160 Written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229] 161 newfs_sysvbfs(8), mount_sysvbfs(8): Add utilities for System V 162 Boot File System. Also written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. 163 [tsutsui 20051229] 164 ews4800mips: Initial import of ews4800mips port. Most porting work 165 was done by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229] 166 rtw(4): Add support for GCT Semiconductor GRF5101 167 transceiver/synthesizer. [dyoung 20051229] 168 i386: Add support for AMD PowerNow technology. 169 Written by Martin Vegiard. [xtraeme 20051231] 170 rlphy(4): Realtek 8139/8201L PHY. From OpenBSD [xtraeme 20060104] 171 build.sh: Add experimental ability to build syspkgs. [apb 20060104] 172 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.8. [rpaulo 20060109] 173 ews4800mips: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20060109] 174 zlib: Updated to 1.2.3 and shared between kernel and userland. 175 [christos 20060114] 176 firmload(9): Add an API for loading firmware images used by hardware 177 devices. [thorpej 20060116] 178 evbmips: Add support for Alchemy Au1550 processors and DBAu1550 board. 179 [gdamore 20060127] 180 build.sh: Add iso-image action, to create a CD-ROM image after 181 build.sh release. [apb 20060128] 182 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20060113 [kochi 20060129] 183 vnd(4): Remove compile-time limit on the number of vnd(4) devices. Now 184 devices are automatically created when they are configured. 185 [cube 20060201] 186 fs/udf: added UDF file system support for optical media and block 187 devices like harddisc partions and vnd's. 188 [reinoud 20060202] 189 binutils: updated to FSF binutils 2.16.1 release. [skrll 20060202] 190 i386: Add support for the Multiboot Specification. [jmmv 20060203] 191 cvs(1): Upgrade to 1.11.21, and move it to xcvs [christos 20060204] 192 openssh: Upgrade to 4.3. [christos 20060204] 193 openpam(3): update to 20050616 (figwort) [christos 20060204] 194 am-utils: Upgrade to 6.1.3 [christos 20060205] 195 wsmouse(4): Add support to automatically repeat wsmouse button events. 196 [jmmv 20060205] 197 pbms(4): 15" powerbook mouse driver from Johan Wallen 198 [christos 20060205] 199 evbarm: Add support for the Atmark Techno Armadillo-210. 200 [hamajima 20060206] 201 groff(1): Updated to 1.19.2. [wiz 20060206] 202 sushi(8): Moved from base to othersrc [christos 20060208] 203 iscsi-target(8): Add the NetBSD iSCSI target [agc 20060208] 204 evbmips: Add support Alchemy Au15XX PCI host. (DBAu1500/DBAu1550). 205 [gdamore 20060208] 206 amd64: Add initial COMPAT_LINUX32 support [manu 20060209] 207 rasops(9): Add shadow framebuffer support [jmcneill 20060218] 208 etcupdate(8): Add ability to update from a binary set file. Change 209 the meaning of some options. [apb 20060218] 210 splash(9): Add splash screen support [jmcneill 20060218] 211 vesafb(4): Add console driver for VBE 2.0+ framebuffers on i386 212 [jmcneill 20060218] 213 wsdisplay(4): Add WSDISPLAYIO_SSPLASH and WSDISPLAYIO_SPROGRESS 214 ioctls [jmcneill 20060218] 215 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.9. [rpaulo 20060225] 216 evbmips: Add support for 4G Systems MTX-1 board (MeshCube/AccessCube). 217 [gdamore 20060225] 218 evbmips: Add support for Plat'home OpenMicroServer (OMS-AL400/128). 219 [shige 20060227] 220 evbarm: Add support for the Linksys NSLU2 (a.k.a. "Slug") NAS device. 221 [scw 20060228] 222 hpcarm: Jornada 720 keyboard driver changed to use hpckbd(4) 223 [peter 20060304] 224 hpcarm: Jornada 720 power management driver changed to use hpcapm(4) 225 [peter 20060304] 226 kernel: Add support for PT_SYSCALL, a ptrace call that allows processes 227 to stop on syscall entry and exit. Used by tools like 228 strace/truss [christos 20060305] 229 svwsata(4): Driver for Serverworks K2 SATA controllers. From 230 OpenBSD via Joerg Sonnenberger [bouyer 20060306] 231 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20060217 [kochi 20060312] 232 nfe(4): Driver for NVIDIA nForce Ethernet from OpenBSD [chs 20060312] 233 krb4: Removed [christos 20060319] 234 evbmips: Add support for Atheros AR5312 SoC. [gdamore 20060321] 235 ciss(4): Driver for HP/Compaq 5th+ generation Smart ARRAY controllers 236 [he 20060321] 237 tun(4): IPv6 support added [rpaulo 20060329] 238 utoppy(4): Driver for Topfield TF5000PVR range of digital video 239 recorders. [scw 20060403] 240 utoppya(1): Userland program to interface to utoppy(4). 241 [scw 20060403] 242 ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.13. [martti 20060404] 243 onewire(4): Driver for Dallas Semiconductor 1-wire bus. From 244 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 245 gpioow(4): bit-banging driver for onewire via gpio pin. From 246 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 247 owtemp(4): Driver for some 1-wire temperature sensors. From 248 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 249 wpa_supplicant(8): Updated to version 0.4.8 [rpaulo 20060412] 250 hostapd(8): Imported version 0.4.8 [rpaulo 20060412] 251 lfs: Better handling of the page cache, particularly in regard to 252 not writing us out of space. New cleaner daemon. 253 Various other fixes and improvements. [perseant 20060414] 254 cobalt: Add code to identify Cobalt models. [tsutsui 20060415] 255 arc: Add support for pci_configure_bus(9) (a.k.a. options 256 PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE) so that PCI devices over ppb(4) work 257 properly on PCI based NEC machines. [tsutsui 20060415] 258 cobalt: Switch cobalt port to use MI todr(9) functions and MI mc146818 259 driver. [tsutsui 20060415] 260 evbarm: Add support for the I-O DATA HDL-G. [nonaka 20060416] 261 sgimips: Switch macepci for O2 to use MI pci_configure_bus(9) rather 262 than its own PCI fixup code. [tsutsui 20060417] 263 ipw(4): The firmload(9) API is now used. You no longer need to 264 use ipwctl(8) to load the firmware. [rpaulo 20060417] 265 init(8): Support for running multi-user in a chroot() environment. 266 Allows / file system on e.g., cgd(4), vnd(4) or ccd(4) 267 volumes. [salo 20060418] 268 cobalt: Account interrupts by evcnt(9). [tsutsui 20060421] 269 cksum(1): Add a switch "-c file" to verify a list of checksums 270 generated by the cksum program (and its siblings) and stored 271 in file against files on disk, e.g. after "md5 *.tgz >MD5" 272 verify with "md5 -c MD5". [hubertf 20060423] 273 ipv6: Add support for RFC 3542 API. By the KAME project. 274 [rpaulo 20060505] 275 piixpcib(4): Add support for Intel SpeedStep SMI on PIIX4 PCI-ISA 276 bridges to the i386 port. [jmcneill 20060506] 277 piixpm(4): Import Intel PIIX4 power management controller from 278 OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20060506] 279 it(4): Driver for iTE IT87xxF/SIS 950 Hardware monitor. Adapted 280 from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20060513] 281
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