1995-11-29 02:56:58 +03:00
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For the i386, NetBSD 1.1 brings greatly improved performance,
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stability, and device support. Emulation for several UN*X and UN*X
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like operating systems, including Linux and FreeBSD, has been added.
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Many new PCI devices are supported, such as cards based on the AMD
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PCnet-PCI Ethernet chip, the Digital DC21x4x family of Ethernet chips,
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and the Adaptec AIC7870 SCSI host adapter chip. Some drivers such as
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"ccd" which previously only worked on other ports of NetBSD now work
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on the i386 port. Though still not known to be entirely stable, the
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"ncr" driver for 53c8xx-series SCSI adapters has had substantial bugs
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and performance issues resolved.
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NetBSD 1.1 on i386 is also fully backward compatible with old NetBSD
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i386 binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs.
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