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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.144 $>
[Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
For an exhaustive list, please subscribe to the `source-changes' mailing list,
or see the mailing list archives. For more information, send a message
containing just the word `help' to `majordomo@netbsd.org'.]
2003-01-20 15:53:48 +03:00
Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 2.0:
libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries. can be chosen with
"blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf. from openbsd
[itojun 20020524]
tcp(4): implement path MTU discovery blackhole detection (turn off path
MTU discovery if the connection is losing). PR 12790.
[itojun 20020526]
pppd(8): import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529]
ftpd(8): optionally and experimentally use mmap(2) instead of read(2)
for binary file transfer [enami 20020530]
prep: support IBM RS/6000 43P 7043-140. [nonaka 20020530]
pmppc: a port to Artesyn's PM/PPC board. [augustss 20020531]
tcpdump(8): upgrade to 3.7.1 as of 2002/5/31. [itojun 20020531]
amdpm(4): driver for AMD768 Power Management Controller (but currently
an interface to rnd(4) only.) [enami 20020602]
gspahextoc: was obsoleted by the -c option to gspa(1) a long
time ago, and has thus been removed [is 20020607]
netinet6: synchronize with recent interface/router/prefix management
logic from KAME. [itojun 20020608]
greconfig(8): obsoleted. use ifconfig(8) for configuration.
[itojun 20020609]
netinet: path MTU discovery is turned on by default (currently used
for TCP only). [itojun 20020613]
2002-10-05 20:31:58 +04:00
amd(8): add new mount option "xlatecookie" to support NFS v3 mounts
with cookie translation. [tron 20020614]
factor(6): Use a Pollard Rho algorithm to factor arbitrary sized
numbers. [simonb 20020615]
systrace(1): Integrate Niels Provos' systrace(1) binary sand-boxing,
device and userland support. [christos 20020617]
netstat(1): add -q flag to print information about
software interrupt queue. [enami 20020703]
kernel: Socket buffer insertion is now O(C). This can provide a
substantial performance boost to some applications
which use large socket buffers. [thorpej 20020703]
sh5: Added support for the SuperH SH-5 CPU architecture.
[scw 20020705]
chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(8): Change default behaviour
to follow symlinks on the command line rather than ignoring
them, finally fixing PR 563. [bjh21 20020707]
file(1): update to 3.39. [pooka 20020709]
pdisk(8): Import pdisk 0.8a1, the Apple disk partitioning
utility [dbj 20020709]
Switch to a signal trampoline provided by libc. The kernel
will provide one for backward compatibility, and
for emulations. [thorpej 20020710]
m68k: m68k-based ports now use __HAVE_SYSCALL_INTERN syscall interface.
[scw 20020713]
evbarm: Add support for the Intel IXM1200 eval board for
the ixp12x0 Network Processor. [ichiro 20020715]
mopd(8): Added "-s <mopdir>" to avoid hard coding /tftpboot/mop.
[mrg 20020719]
hpcarm: X server for the Jornada 720 now works [manu 20020722]
pciide(4): added support for the Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller.
[onoe 20020726]
macppc: finished support for 2nd CPU on 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP
[chs 20020728]
systrace(1): Update systrace(1) and the kernel code. Note that the
update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl.
[itojun 20020730]
dmover(4): Added dmover(4) API, interface to hardware-assisted data
movers. [thorpej 20020801]
pkg_admin(8): Add 'pmatch' keyword to return true if 'pkg' matches
'pattern', false else. [hubertf 20020804]
macppc: added support for 2nd CPU on dual G4 boxes [chs 20020805]
pmc(9): Added new performance counter framework. [briggs 20020806]
auich(4): Added support for ICH4 and SiS 7012. [kent 20020807]
pmc(3): Added new performance counter interface library.
[thorpej 20020808]
usb(4): Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller.
[isaki 20020811]
ifmedia(4): Added new "ibss", "ibss-master", and "hostap" ifmedia media
options for 802.11 interfaces. [thorpej 20020810]
wi(4): Add experimental Host-AP support, allowing Intelsil
Prism2/2.5/3-based boards to be used to make an
802.11 Access Point. [thorpej 20020811]
arm: New versions of copyin(), copyout(), and kcopy(). These make
almost all user/kernel interactions faster. [briggs 20020812]
lpd(8): add libwrap support. [itojun 20020812]
sparc64: Add sab driver for sab82532 serial controller. Written by
Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [petrov 20020816]
wscons(4): Add wsmoused(8) for mouse cut and paste in wscons vga
driver. [christos 20020820]
utmpx(5): All userland programs have been converted to understand both
utmp and utmpx, wtmp and wtmpx, lastlog and lastlogx
[christos 20020821]
rescue: enable /rescue system recovery tools. [lukem 20020822]
boot(8): allow path to init(8) to be entered when booting with
RB_ASKNAME ("boot -a"). [lukem 20020823]
rasctl(2): Restartable Atomic Sequences (RAS). [gmcgarry 20020828]
pmap(1): Added to tree. Prints the address space of a given
process (or processes). [atatat 20020831]
zx(4): Add a driver for the Sun ZX/Leo framebuffer. [ad 20020913]
ipf(8): updated to version 3.4.29. [martti 20020919]
2002-09-21 22:46:57 +04:00
mount(2): Add MNT_GETARGS support to retrieve mounted filesystem
specific arguments. [christos 20020921]
compat_irix(8): sproc emulation supports share groups with private
memory mappings. [manu 20020922]
2002-09-22 19:09:26 +04:00
mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in
a fully dynamically linked system. [lukem 20020923]
2002-09-25 02:08:18 +04:00
iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924]
kernel: Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c.
2002-09-26 02:30:13 +04:00
[thorpej 20020925]
kernel: Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in
2002-09-26 08:13:23 +04:00
a "parent spec" in the kernel. [thorpej 20020925]
libcrypto: mdc2 is a patented algorithm, so move it out of libcrypto.
if you need mdc2, define MKCRYPTO_MDC2 to get libcrypto_mdc2.a.
[itojun 20020926]
kernel: Don't reference cfdriver structures directly in the cfdata
entries; instead, a string names the driver, which is looked up
from a list that is built at run-time. [thorpej 20020926]
ufs: Add support for the Apple UFS variation on ffs
See PR 17345 [dbj 20020928]
sh(1): Use vfork(2) rather than fork(2) where appropriate.
2002-09-29 03:29:50 +04:00
See PR 5475 [christos,elric 20020928]
Remove umask setting from /etc/skel/.{cshrc,profile} so that
user files are not created group writable by default.
[grant 20020929]
sendmail(8): Include DOMAIN(generic) in prototype configuration
to enable standard sendmail features. [grant 20020930]
2002-10-01 07:33:27 +04:00
mrouted(8): moved to gnusrc, as it is not under BSD license.
[itojun 20021001]
2002-10-05 20:51:03 +04:00
i386: merge the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch [fvdl 20021001]
2002-10-01 18:12:17 +04:00
ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.5
around 20021001. [itojun 20021001]
kernel: Don't reference cfattach structures directly in the cfdata
entries; instead, a string names the attachment, which is
looked up from a list that is built at run-time.
[thorpej 20021003]
cgd(4): Add CryptoGraphic Disk driver, cgd(4). [elric 20021004]
2002-10-05 21:12:07 +04:00
pciide(4): Added support for VIA VT8235 [kent 20021005]
2002-10-05 22:13:16 +04:00
auvia(4): Added support for VT8233/VT8235 [kent 20021005]
auvia(4): Enabled sampling rate conversion for fixed-rate AC'97 codec
[kent 20021008]
2002-10-08 17:24:07 +04:00
ubsa(4): Driver for Belkin serial adapters ported from FreeBSD
[augustss 20021008]
2002-10-10 12:23:51 +04:00
tar(1): upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 for security fixes
[itojun 20021010]
config(9): Allow pseudo-devices to be parents of "real" devices.
[thorpej 20021009]
config(9): Allow options to register dependencies on attributes
(the way it already can for other options). [thorpej 20021010]
config(9): Allow devices to be orphaned in the kernel config file, but
emit an informational message when this happens.
[thorpej 20021010]
2002-10-16 19:33:57 +04:00
tar(1), cpio(1): We are now using pax(1) for those instead of
2002-10-17 12:24:08 +04:00
the gnu version. [christos 20021016]
basename(3), dirname(3): Change to return pointer to static
storage, rather than modifying their input arguments.
2002-10-17 12:42:37 +04:00
The new behavior is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std
1003.1-2001. [thorpej 20021016]
2002-10-20 19:57:46 +04:00
build.sh: add '-k kernel', to configure and build the given
kernel using the new toolchain.
From Alan Barrett in PR#18739. [lukem 20021021]
2002-10-23 13:52:37 +04:00
kernel: kqueue branch merged [jdolecek 20021023]
2002-11-01 15:55:23 +03:00
kernel: keep separate read & write disk statistics. [mrg 20021101]
iostat(8): report read/write stats in iostat -x. [mrg 20021101]
systat(1): report read/write stats in iostat "rw" mode. [mrg 20021101]
sparc64: Find the correct boot path for all IDE disks. [mrg 20021102]
2002-11-04 19:38:51 +03:00
eap(4): Add support for second DAC [pooka 20021104]
kernel: Added two sysctl(8) flags to stop process just after creation by
fork(2) or exec(2). [manu 20021106]
mtd(4): Add driver for Myson Technologies MTD803 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet
cards from Peter Bex. [martin 20021107]
2002-11-08 09:07:52 +03:00
iop(4): Add support for Adaptec 2000S and 2005S [msaitoh 20021108]
dreamcast: Add support for memory card and monochrome LCD on
Maple bus. [itohy 20021115]
2002-11-16 11:23:47 +03:00
vnd(4): Now also available as an LKM. [mrg 20021116]
2002-11-17 06:25:36 +03:00
etc/postinstall: Add support for examining the obsolete sets for
obsolete entries to check or remove. [lukem 20021117]
2002-11-17 17:37:47 +03:00
named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.4. [itojun 20021117]
gcc(1), as(1): Fixed bug in how NetBSD ARM ELF binaries were marked.
2002-11-22 09:46:45 +03:00
They now properly reflect ATPCS + Soft-VFP.
[thorpej 20021121]
lib/csu: Split crtbegin/crtend into crti/crtbegin/crtend/crtn.
This is inline with what other ELF systems do, and paves
the way to using GCC-supplied crtbegin/crtend.
[thorpej 20021121]
2002-11-22 23:00:21 +03:00
i386: reworked interrupt code to be more independent of the
underlying interrupt controller, to perform better
with shared lines, and to be more clean in general
[fvdl 20021122]
postfix(1): upgrade to 1.1.12. [itojun 20021126]
2002-11-27 02:33:35 +03:00
mk.conf(5): removed support for SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks; <sys/*.h>
include files are always copied now. [lukem 20021126]
cvs(1): upgrade to 1.11.2 [christos 20021127]
2002-11-29 16:18:42 +03:00
strsuftoll(3), strsuftollx(3): Add functions to parse numbers
with optional suffices and/or products. [lukem 20021129]
2002-11-30 02:28:30 +03:00
am-utils: upgrade to 6.1b1 [christos 20021129]
routed(8): upgrade to 2.27 [christos 20021129]
2002-12-04 15:48:34 +03:00
fparseln(3): migrated from libutil to libc. [lukem 20021130]
2002-12-01 12:04:17 +03:00
x68k: add bmd(4), memory disk driver for Nereid bank memory.
[isaki 20021201]
i386: biosboot bootblocks now support booting off 2.88MB drive
using 1.44MB floppy disk [jdolecek 20021204]
2002-12-05 00:04:23 +03:00
edquota(8): Added command-line options to allow setting quotas
from command line. [bouyer 20021204]
arc: Add support for NEC Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A).
[tsutsui 20021207]
2002-12-09 01:16:30 +03:00
build.sh: add -E, to enable "expert mode", which allows builds
to DESTDIR=/. [lukem 20021208]
evbppc: Added arch/evbppc for PowerPC-based evaluation boards, with the
2002-12-09 15:22:58 +03:00
existing Walnut port as its first member. [scw 20021209]
2002-12-11 18:46:52 +03:00
db(1): Added. Manipulates db(3) btree(3) and hash(3) databases.
[lukem 20021211]
mips: support fully coherent data caches on MIPS32 and MIPS64 cpus
(enabled for Au1x00 and SB-1 CPUS). [simonb 20021217]
2002-12-19 11:32:18 +03:00
install(1): added -N dbdir, to specify different location for user
and group databases. [lukem 20021219]
build system: Users and groups for the build are now obtained from
src/etc instead of the host systems' passwd(5) and group(5)
databases. [lukem 20021219]
2002-12-21 16:08:59 +03:00
sunlabel(8): Now enabled by default. Manipulates SunOS disklabels.
[lukem 20021221]
2002-12-23 04:47:53 +03:00
vis(1): Add `-e extra', to provide a list of extra characters to
encode (per svis(3)). [lukem 20021223]
2002-12-23 07:52:39 +03:00
mtree(8): Add -C, which acts like -D except that the pathname
is printed first instead of last. [lukem 20021223]
2002-12-25 03:56:44 +03:00
build.sh: Add '-i installworlddir', to run "make installworld"
after all other operations have completed. [lukem 20021225]
dreamcast: Add support for the SEGA LAN Adapter, based on patch in
dreamcast/17493 from Christian Groessler. [tsutsui 20021227]
2002-12-31 20:51:10 +03:00
kprintf(9): Add "aprint" family of autoconfiguration message
printing routines that change their behavior based on
flags in boothowto. [thorpej 20021231]
2003-01-03 16:24:21 +03:00
procfs: Add /proc/<pid>/fd/<fd> [christos 20030103]
build system: Releases are now installed under ${RELEASEDIR}/${MACHINE}
instead of ${RELEASEDIR}. [lukem 20030103]
mtree(8): Newly created directories have 0777 instead of 0700
permissions (as modified by the umask(2)). This only
affects 'mtree -W', or directories without an explicit
mode= entry. [lukem 20030105].
sparc,sparc64: The nell (STP4020) pcmcia bridge driver is now
finished. [martin 20030107]
2003-01-21 07:17:42 +03:00
sparc: MULTIPROCESSOR support works. [pk,mrg 20030111]
cvs(1): upgraded to 1.11.4 [wiz 20030116]
auich(4): Added support for nForce2 MCP-T. [gendalia 20030116]
2003-01-17 04:45:22 +03:00
ex(4): Added support for 3c905CX-TX. [gendalia 20030116]
2003-02-13 12:03:07 +03:00
texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.3. [wiz 20030117]
pthreads: Merge nathanw_sa branch, implementing p1003.1 POSIX thread
and Scheduler Activation thread interface. [thorpej 20030117]
cpio(1): removed GNU cpio (replaced by pax frontend). [wiz 20030118]
tar(1): removed GNU tar (replaced by pax frontend). [wiz 20030118]
semaphores: Added p1003.1b semaphores from freebsd. [christos 20030120]
cvs(1): upgraded to 1.11.5. [wiz 20030121]
2003-01-22 09:04:30 +03:00
progress(1): New standalone progress bar program factored out
from ftp(1). [jhawk 20030122]
2003-01-22 09:04:30 +03:00
sysinst: Leverage progress(1) for reasonable-looking file extraction
displays. [jhawk 20030122]
build.sh: Rework command line into command line options followed
by a list of operations to perform. [lukem 20030123]
2003-02-13 12:03:07 +03:00
gcore(1): Add it back. [christos 20030123]
2003-01-24 05:09:18 +03:00
semaphores: Fix kernel implementation, and add non-pthreads
version in new librt. [thorpej 20030123]
diff(1), diff3(1), sdiff(1): upgraded to diffutils-2.8.1 [wiz 20030126]
grep(1): upgraded to 2.5. Warning: -o is now a valid GNU grep option
(--only-matching (-o)), so we will not be supporting the 4.4BSD
-o any longer -- use -H instead. [wiz 20030127]
2003-01-29 13:34:26 +03:00
objcopy(1): Add --redefine-syms-file option. [simonb 20030129]
crunchgen(1): Use "objcopy --redefine-syms-file". [simonb 20030129]
find(1): allow preceding +/- on numeric arg to -user. [jhawk 20030130]
arc: Add support for the Cirrus Logic GD5428 ISA VGA console on
Express5800/240 R4400 EISA (NEC-J96A) and RISCserver2200
(NEC-R96). [tsutsui 20030131]
malloc(9): Add extensible kernel malloc types, adapted from FreeBSD.
2003-02-01 09:42:13 +03:00
[thorpej 20030131]
kernel: Added a sysctl(8) flag to control whether the kernel dumps
to the dump device on panic. [atatat 20030210]
2003-02-12 11:54:01 +03:00
inetd(8): Use kqueue(2) for enhanced performance and scalability.
[tron 20030212]
/etc/security, security.conf(5): Allow more flexibility in warnings
from check_passwd and check_mtree. [jhawk 20030213]
2003-02-13 11:09:02 +03:00
grep(1): upgraded to 2.5.1. [wiz 20030213]
2003-02-13 12:03:07 +03:00
texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.5. [wiz 20030213]
usb(4): add uax(4), a driver for the AX88172 Ethernet adapter chip.
2003-02-16 20:20:48 +03:00
The chip supports 10/100 and USB 2.0. [augustss 20030216]
2003-02-17 05:17:07 +03:00
bridge(4), brconfig(8): add ipf support. [perseant 20030216]
2003-02-19 00:05:47 +03:00
kernel: SMBFS support, ported from FreeBSD. [jdolecek 20030218]
kernel: Top down memory management option added, initially for
i386, but others are following. [atatat 20030220]
/etc/daily, daily.conf(5): Suppress empty security reports by default.
[jhawk 20030221]
/etc/security, security.conf(5): Produce unified diffs by default.
[jhawk 20030221]
kernel: Add LFSv2 support to libsa [simonb 20030224]
i386: Add LFS support to bootblocks [simonb 20030224]
kernel: Add MBUFTRACE kernel option. Change all MGET*(...M_WAIT,...)
to m_get*(M_WAIT, ...) to shrink kernel. Add m_clget
analogue to MCLGET and use it if M_WAIT is passed. Adapt
netinet, if_loop, gem, tulip, fxp driver to MBUFTRACE. Bump
version to 1.6P. [matt 20030226]
libpthread: Add pthread_{,attr}_{get,set}name_np() API, compatible
with Tru64 Unix. [thorpej 20030227]
sysctl: Add hw.physmem64 and hw.usermem64 sysctl nodes, which
return the same data has hw.physmem and hw.usermem, but
as a 64-bit byte count, instead of a 32-bit byte count.
Required for reporting >=4G RAM. [thorpej 20030227]
2003-03-01 16:20:48 +03:00
binutils: updated to FSF binutils 2.13.2.1 release. [mrg 20030228]
2003-03-03 14:29:02 +03:00
libc: Add _Exit(), the C99 name for _exit(). [bjh21 20030301]
acorn26: Add support for the 82C710 multi-I/O chip, as found in (some?)
A5000s. [bjh21 20030301]
mdsetimage(1): only use libbfd calls to get symbol information; writing
is now done directly into the file. [dogcow 20030304]
2003-03-18 02:05:41 +03:00
x86_64: rearrange the x86_64 code, make it share code with i386, and
enable MP [fvdl 20030305]
kernel: Report correct child cpu times. [dsl 20030305]
kernel: Use common code for set{u,g}id functions. [dsl 20030305]
sysctl: Make hw.physmem and hw.usermem saturate if they are used
on a system with >=4G RAM. [thorpej 20030306]
postfix(1): update to 2.0.6 [perry 20030308]
kernel: let LFS use the UBC system natively. This should provide
complete coherency between mmap(2) and read(2)/write(2) on
LFS, in addition to allowing it to use much more memory for
its buffers. [perseant 20030308]
am-utils: update to 6.1b2 [christos 20030309]
evbppc: Add support for the NCD Explora451 ThinClient.
[hannken 20030311]
2003-03-19 15:47:01 +03:00
kernel: New pid allocator - avoids all the searching in pfind() etc.
Bump version to 1.6Q. [dsl 20030319]
pciide(4): Add support for the Intel i31244 and Silicon Image 3112
Serial ATA controllers. [thorpej 20030319]
sparc64: Add support for PCI-CardBus bridge. [nakayama 20030322]
pppoectl(8): Add a "-f configfile" option. [mrg 20030322]
sendmail(8): update to 8.12.8. [atatat 20030324]
2003-03-23 14:14:28 +03:00
vax: Add device driver for RX01/RX02 floppies (rfc/rf).
From Jochen Kunz. [ragge 20030323]
2003-03-25 16:18:37 +03:00
sh5: Shared libraries now supported on SH5 (but not yet enabled
in bsd.own.mk due to sundry toolchain issues).
[scw 20030325]
2003-03-26 03:24:11 +03:00
file(1): update to 4.00. [pooka 20030326]
libmagic: add libmagic, which is currently used by file(1)
[pooka 20030326]
2003-03-28 01:25:11 +03:00
wall(1): added "-g group". [lukem 20030327]
dump(8), dump_lfs(8): remove setgid tty, as "wall -g operator"
is now used to notify operators. [lukem 20030327]
vnd(4), vnconfig(8): add read-only configuration support.
[yamt 20030327]
cron(8): Move default cron log from /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron
2003-04-02 23:59:58 +04:00
[perry 20030402]
2003-04-04 04:04:37 +04:00
kernel and userland: UFS2 support from Kirk McKusick via FreeBSD.
[fvdl 20030402]
2003-04-03 10:23:03 +04:00
ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.6.1
around 20030403. [itojun 20030403]
pciide(4): add support for i82801DBM (ICH4-M). [kent 20030405]
wm(4): add support for i82540EP. [kent 20030405]
2003-04-06 14:30:37 +04:00
scsi: Add a MI driver for the Symbios/NCR 53c700 SCSI controller
written by Shuichiro URATA. [tsutsui 20030406]
rsh(1), rlogin(1): Add -p flag to allow specifying a non-standard
port number. [hubertf 20030407]
kernel: SMBFS uses low-overhead NT Directory Change Notify SMB to watch
for vnode kqueue(2) events on directories [jdolecek 20030407]
2003-04-08 19:22:23 +04:00
kernel: hostap power saving mode support [kml 20030407]
kernel: pool caches now have the ability to cache physical addresses
of objects. [thorpej 20030409]
kernel: mbufs use new cached physical address feature of pools,
and can provide other information about external buffers
to save work for bus_dma back-ends. Use this information
in the ARM and x86 bus_dma back-ends to improve network
performance.
pkg_install: improve bzip2 support, especially for non-NetBSD
systems. [grant 20030410]
2003-04-14 07:06:20 +04:00
less: update to less-381. [mrg 20030414]
libc: added slovak language libc message catalog. [salo 20030414]
2003-04-16 18:03:08 +04:00
df(1): add -G argument for output in gigabytes [grant 20030416]