CHANGES revision 1.626
1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.626 $> 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 agr(4): Add pseudo-device driver for link aggregation. [yamt 20050318] 12 kernel: Limit the number of locks per user to 1024 [christos 20050320] 13 crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7f [christos 20050325] 14 attimer(4): Split the pcppi(4) driver to properly assign resources and 15 allow both the devices to attach through ACPI [cube 20050325] 16 gre(4): add support for IPv6 as inner protocol, contributed by 17 Gert Doering [is 20050330] 18 /rescue: Add tetris. [lukem 20050401] 19 uvm(9): Simplify kernel memory allocation API and its implementation. 20 [yamt 20050401] 21 ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.8. [martti 20050403] 22 identd(8): Add support for forwarding ident queries and receiving of 23 proxied ident queries. [peter 20050404] 24 ac97(4): Add support for AC'97 modems. [jmcneill 20050407] 25 auich(4): Add support for Intel ICH AC'97 modems as audio devices. 26 Currently disabled by default. [jmcneill 20050407] 27 event(3): Updated libevent to 1.0c [provos 20050417] 28 arc: Add a standalone boot program to load ELF kernels. 29 [tsutsui 20050418] 30 cvs(1): Upgrade to 1.11.20. [christos 20050419] 31 openssh: Upgrade to 4.0. [christos 20050423] 32 crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7g [christos 20050423] 33 gettext(1): Upgrade to 0.14.4 [christos 20050429] 34 ehci(4): Various bug fixes. The most visible is that low/full speed 35 devices can now be connected to high speed hubs. 36 [augustss 20050501] 37 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20050408 [kochi 20050502] 38 psh3tp(4): Support touch-panel for PERSONA SH3 machines. 39 [kiyohara 20050523] 40 evbarm: Add support for the Arcom Viper. [pooka 20050606] 41 scan_ffs(8): Added scan_ffs from OpenBSD. Utility to find FFSv1/FFSv2 42 partitions, to recover lost disklabels. [xtraeme 20050615] 43 ataraid(4): Add man page and adapt support for Adaptec HostRAID 44 from FreeBSD. [briggs 20050620] 45 wtf(6): Now searches all acronyms databases (the -t switch is 46 gone), whatis(1) and then pkg_info(1). [hubertf 20050622] 47 i386: Add cd9660 file system support to the BIOS bootloader. 48 [junyoung 20050622] 49 tlp(4): added support for ASIX AX88140A and AX88141. 50 [rpaulo 20050624] 51 pss(4): Remove the pss(4) driver. It has never been workable. 52 [kent 20050628] 53 deroff(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629] 54 spell(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629] 55 ching(6): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050630] 56 pf(4): PF from OpenBSD 3.7 imported [peter 20050701] 57 i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT is now enabled in GENERIC kernel. 58 [rpaulo 20050702] 59 awk(1): Upgrade to nawk 20050424 [jdolecek 20050702] 60 ieee1394: ieee1394 from FreeBSD imported [kiyohara 20050711] 61 ral(4): Add driver for Ralink PCI/Cardbus/USB wlan adapters 62 (written by Damien Bergamini, ported by FUKAUMI Naoki) 63 [drochner 20050714] 64 uipaq(4): USB driver for iPAQ devices. From OpenBSD. 65 [augustss 20050718] 66 netinet: Implement PMTU checks and ignore ICMP Source Quench messages 67 for TCP as described in: 68 http://www.gont.com.ar/drafts/icmp-attacks-against-tcp.html 69 [christos 20050719] 70 config(1): Implement "no <dev> at <attachment>". [cube 20050724] 71 ucycom(4): Add driver for Cypress microcontroller based serial 72 devices. [skrll 20050731] 73 hpcmips: Add teliosio(4) driver for the Sharp Telios LCD screen and 74 Battery unit. [nakayama 20050731] 75 scan_lfs(8): Program to find LFS partitions on disks [xtraeme 20050731] 76 ftpd(8): Implement option "-D", for running ftpd(8) in standalone mode. 77 [peter 20050804] 78 bpf(4): Add two new sysctls to retrieve statistics and current 79 peers, viewable with netstat(1). [rpaulo 20050805] 80 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.5. [rpaulo 20050818] 81 kernel: 64 bit inode changes [christos 20050819] 82 getent(1): Add support for "ethers" database. [ginsbach 20050824] 83 ftpd(8): Add new ftpd.conf(5) option, recvbufsize, and make 84 readsize option also apply to network reads for transfers to 85 the server. [ginsbach 20050824] 86 UFS: Add experimental support for file-backed extended attributes 87 on UFS1 file systems, adapted from FreeBSD. [thorpej 20050828] 88 psh3lcd(4): Support LCD screen driver for PERSONA SH3 machines. 89 [kiyohara 20050906] 90 i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC.MPACPI, 91 GENERIC_LAPTOP and XEN0 kernels. [rpaulo 20050909] 92 amd64: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC kernel. 93 [rpaulo 20050909] 94 kernel: Add tmpfs file system. [jmmv 20050910] 95 mount_tmpfs(8): Add utility to mount a tmpfs file system. 96 [jmmv 20050910] 97 kernel, libc: Re-factor compatibility code to hide compatibility 98 info from the header files and to allow libc to compile 99 without the compatibility hooks [christos 20050912] 100 am-utils: Upgrade to 6.1.2.1 [rpaulo 20050920] 101 pam_afslog(8): Add module to obtain AFS tokens from krb5 102 credentials and create a PAG if necessary. [tsarna 20050921] 103 kernel: Reset the AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller. [dyoung 20050922] 104 geodewdog(4): Add driver for AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller's 105 watchdog timer. [dyoung 20050922] 106 kernel: Add the VFS hooks interface so that kernel subsystems 107 other than VFS can execute code upon VFS operations. 108 [jmmv 20050923] 109 kernel: Re-factor NFS exports list code handling, making it simpler 110 by abstracting all the details into the NFS generic code, 111 using the previously mentioned VFS hooks interface to make 112 it work. [jmmv 20050923] 113 mountd(8): Make this utility file system independent, also simplifying 114 its code. [jmmv 20050923] 115 gpio(4): Import general purpose I/O framework from OpenBSD. 116 [jmcneill 20050926] 117 gpioctl(8): Import utility to talk to general purpose I/O devices 118 from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20050926] 119 config(1): Implement "no device at <attachment>" and "no <device>". 120 [cube 20050930] 121 wpa: Add wpa_cli and wpa_supplicant. 122 [scw 20051001] 123 xen: Improvements to the network backend to avoid data copy when 124 possible. [bouyer 20051002] 125 file(1): update to 4.16. [pooka 20051018] 126 evbarm: Add support for the Atmark Techno Armadillo-9. 127 [hamajima 20051113] 128 ipv6: rc.conf(5) $ip6sitelocal variable has been removed. You 129 should use Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses defined by RFC 4193 130 and control how they are routed with the $ip6uniquelocal 131 variable. [rpaulo 20051124] 132 openssl: update to 0.9.8a [christos 20051125] 133 kernel: Switch to a stateful read-ahead algorithm. [yamt 20051130] 134 posix_fadvise(2): Add. (Only POSIX_FADV_NORMAL, POSIX_FADV_RANDOM, 135 and POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL are implemented.) [yamt 20051130] 136 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.6. [rpaulo 20051201] 137 auich(4): Now it supports ICH7 and Intel 6300ESB audio controllers. 138 [xtraeme 20051204] 139 lmc(4): New driver from David Boggs [christos 20051205] 140 kernel: Add a new ktrace record type for SA upcalls and add LWP 141 information to ktrace records 142 [darrenr,skrll,christos 20051211] 143 userland: Generation and decode of new ktrace record type (sa_upcall) 144 and LWP information for kdump and ktruss. Ability to trace 145 upcalls. [skrll,christos 20051211] 146 sip(4): Now enabled and known working for sparc64. [mrg 20051220] 147 libc/libkern: Merge common files [christos 20051220] 148 tb(4): Remove the line discipline driver. [thorpej 20051220] 149 bind: Imported 9.3.2 for named and tools [christos 20051221] 150 dkctl(8), bufq(9): Add a functionality to switch bufq strategy 151 on the fly. [yamt 20051226] 152 mbrlabel(8): Add the -s option to specify the sector in which sector 153 the partition table is located. [jmmv 20051227] 154 kernel: Add preliminary support for System V Boot File System. 155 Written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229] 156 newfs_sysvbfs(8), mount_sysvbfs(8): Add utilities for System V 157 Boot File System. Also written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. 158 [tsutsui 20051229] 159 ews4800mips: Initial import of ews4800mips port. Most porting work 160 was done by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229] 161 rtw(4): Add support for GCT Semiconductor GRF5101 162 transceiver/synthesizer. [dyoung 20051229] 163 i386: Add support for AMD PowerNow technology. 164 Written by Martin Vegiard. [xtraeme 20051231] 165 rlphy(4): Realtek 8139/8201L PHY. From OpenBSD [xtraeme 20060104] 166 build.sh: Add experimental ability to build syspkgs. [apb 20060104] 167 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.8. [rpaulo 20060109] 168 ews4800mips: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20060109] 169 zlib: Updated to 1.2.3 and shared between kernel and userland. 170 [christos 20060114] 171 firmload(9): Add an API for loading firmware images used by hardware 172 devices. [thorpej 20060116] 173 evbmips: Add support for Alchemy Au1550 processors and DBAu1550 board. 174 [gdamore 20060127] 175 build.sh: Add iso-image action, to create a CD-ROM image after 176 build.sh release. [apb 20060128] 177 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20060113 [kochi 20060129] 178 vnd(4): Remove compile-time limit on the number of vnd(4) devices. Now 179 devices are automatically created when they are configured. 180 [cube 20060201] 181 fs/udf: added UDF file system support for optical media and block 182 devices like harddisc partions and vnd's. 183 [reinoud 20060202] 184 binutils: updated to FSF binutils 2.16.1 release. [skrll 20060202] 185 i386: Add support for the Multiboot Specification. [jmmv 20060203] 186 cvs(1): Upgrade to 1.11.21, and move it to xcvs [christos 20060204] 187 openssh: Upgrade to 4.3. [christos 20060204] 188 openpam(3): update to 20050616 (figwort) [christos 20060204] 189 am-utils: Upgrade to 6.1.3 [christos 20060205] 190 wsmouse(4): Add support to automatically repeat wsmouse button events. 191 [jmmv 20060205] 192 pbms(4): 15" powerbook mouse driver from Johan Wallen 193 [christos 20060205] 194 evbarm: Add support for the Atmark Techno Armadillo-210. 195 [hamajima 20060206] 196 groff(1): Updated to 1.19.2. [wiz 20060206] 197 sushi(8): Moved from base to othersrc [christos 20060208] 198 iscsi-target(8): Add the NetBSD iSCSI target [agc 20060208] 199 evbmips: Add support Alchemy Au15XX PCI host. (DBAu1500/DBAu1550). 200 [gdamore 20060208] 201 amd64: Add initial COMPAT_LINUX32 support [manu 20060209] 202 rasops(9): Add shadow framebuffer support [jmcneill 20060218] 203 etcupdate(8): Add ability to update from a binary set file. Change 204 the meaning of some options. [apb 20060218] 205 splash(9): Add splash screen support [jmcneill 20060218] 206 vesafb(4): Add console driver for VBE 2.0+ framebuffers on i386 207 [jmcneill 20060218] 208 wsdisplay(4): Add WSDISPLAYIO_SSPLASH and WSDISPLAYIO_SPROGRESS 209 ioctls [jmcneill 20060218] 210 postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.9. [rpaulo 20060225] 211 evbmips: Add support for 4G Systems MTX-1 board (MeshCube/AccessCube). 212 [gdamore 20060225] 213 evbmips: Add support for Plat'home OpenMicroServer (OMS-AL400/128). 214 [shige 20060227] 215 evbarm: Add support for the Linksys NSLU2 (a.k.a. "Slug") NAS device. 216 [scw 20060228] 217 hpcarm: Jornada 720 keyboard driver changed to use hpckbd(4) 218 [peter 20060304] 219 hpcarm: Jornada 720 power management driver changed to use hpcapm(4) 220 [peter 20060304] 221 kernel: Add support for PT_SYSCALL, a ptrace call that allows processes 222 to stop on syscall entry and exit. Used by tools like 223 strace/truss [christos 20060305] 224 svwsata(4): Driver for Serverworks K2 SATA controllers. From 225 OpenBSD via Joerg Sonnenberger [bouyer 20060306] 226 acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20060217 [kochi 20060312] 227 nfe(4): Driver for NVIDIA nForce Ethernet from OpenBSD [chs 20060312] 228 krb4: Removed [christos 20060319] 229 evbmips: Add support for Atheros AR5312 SoC. [gdamore 20060321] 230 ciss(4): Driver for HP/Compaq 5th+ generation Smart ARRAY controllers 231 [he 20060321] 232 tun(4): IPv6 support added [rpaulo 20060329] 233 utoppy(4): Driver for Topfield TF5000PVR range of digital video 234 recorders. [scw 20060403] 235 utoppya(1): Userland program to interface to utoppy(4). 236 [scw 20060403] 237 ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.13. [martti 20060404] 238 onewire(4): Driver for Dallas Semiconductor 1-wire bus. From 239 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 240 gpioow(4): bit-banging driver for onewire via gpio pin. From 241 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 242 owtemp(4): Driver for some 1-wire temperature sensors. From 243 OpenBSD. [riz 20060407] 244 wpa_supplicant(8): Updated to version 0.4.8 [rpaulo 20060412] 245 hostapd(8): Imported version 0.4.8 [rpaulo 20060412] 246 lfs: Better handling of the page cache, particularly in regard to 247 not writing us out of space. New cleaner daemon. 248 Various other fixes and improvements. [perseant 20060414] 249 cobalt: Add code to identify Cobalt models. [tsutsui 20060415] 250 arc: Add support for pci_configure_bus(9) (a.k.a. options 251 PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE) so that PCI devices over ppb(4) work 252 properly on PCI based NEC machines. [tsutsui 20060415] 253 cobalt: Switch cobalt port to use MI todr(9) functions and MI mc146818 254 driver. [tsutsui 20060415] 255 evbarm: Add support for the I-O DATA HDL-G. [nonaka 20060416] 256 sgimips: Switch macepci for O2 to use MI pci_configure_bus(9) rather 257 than its own PCI fixup code. [tsutsui 20060417] 258 ipw(4): The firmload(9) API is now used. You no longer need to 259 use ipwctl(8) to load the firmware. [rpaulo 20060417] 260 init(8): Support for running multi-user in a chroot() environment. 261 Allows / file system on e.g., cgd(4), vnd(4) or ccd(4) 262 volumes. [salo 20060418] 263 GCC: Import GCC 4.1 branch from 20060420 (4.1.1 prerelease.) 264 [mrg 20060420] 265 cobalt: Account interrupts by evcnt(9). [tsutsui 20060421] 266 cksum(1): Add a switch "-c file" to verify a list of checksums 267 generated by the cksum program (and its siblings) and stored 268 in file against files on disk, e.g. after "md5 *.tgz >MD5" 269 verify with "md5 -c MD5". [hubertf 20060423] 270 ipv6: Add support for RFC 3542 API. By the KAME project. 271 [rpaulo 20060505] 272 piixpcib(4): Add support for Intel SpeedStep SMI on PIIX4 PCI-ISA 273 bridges to the i386 port. [jmcneill 20060506] 274 piixpm(4): Import Intel PIIX4 power management controller from 275 OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20060506] 276 it(4): Driver for iTE IT87xxF/SIS 950 Hardware monitor. Adapted 277 from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20060513] 278 kauth(9): Integrate kernel authorization, to replace kernel management 279 of credentials and (potentially) privileged operations 280 requests. [elad 20060515] 281 kernel: Add mprotect(2) restrictions to enforce W^X policies. See 282 options(4), sysctl(3), and paxctl(1). From PaX. [elad 20060515] 283 carp(4): Import Common Address Redundancy Protocol from OpenBSD 284 [liamjfoy 20060518] 285 security.conf(5): Add $check_devices_ignore_paths, to specify 286 paths to not traverse during the $check_devices 287 operation. [lukem 20060525] 288 hostapd(8): Updated to version 0.4.9. [rpaulo 20060525] 289 wpa_supplicant(8): Updated to version 0.4.9. [rpaulo 20060525] 290 sendmail: Removed. This removal was planned for post 4.0, but 291 core@ and security-officer@ decided the sooner the 292 better [christos 20060529] 293 GCC: Import GCC 4.1 branch from 20060602 (4.1.2 prerelease.) 294 [mrg 20060602] 295
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