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.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.364 2007/10/29 20:28:26 pavel Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.365 2007/11/05 22:33:42 xtraeme Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -514,21 +514,27 @@ imported Common Address Redundancy Protocol to allow multiple hosts to share a s
.It
ALTQ support for the PF packet filter.
.It
.Xr etherip 4 :
new EtherIP tunneling device. Tt's able to tunnel Ethernet traffic over IPv4 and IPv6 using the EtherIP protocol specified in RFC 3378.
.It
.Xr ftpd 8
can now run in standalone mode, instead of from
.Xr inetd 8 .
.It
.Xr tftp 1
now has support for multicast TFTP operation in open-loop mode, server is in progress.
.It
.Xr tcp 4 :
added support for RFC 3465 Appropriate Byte Counting (ABC) and Explicit Congestion Notification as defined in RFC 3168.
.bullet)
.
.Ss2 Filesystems
.Ss2 File systems
.(bullet
.Xr scan_ffs 8 ,
.Xr scan_lfs 8 :
Utilities to find FFSv1/v2 and LFS partitions to recover lost disklabels.
utilities to find FFSv1/v2 and LFS partitions to recover lost disklabels on disks and image files.
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tmpfs: Added a new memory-based file system aimed at replacing mfs. Contrary to mfs, it is not based on a disk file system, so it is more efficient both in overall memory consumption and speed. See
tmpfs: added a new memory-based file system aimed at replacing mfs. Contrary to mfs, it is not based on a disk file system, so it is more efficient both in overall memory consumption and speed. See
.Xr mount_tmpfs 8 .
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Added UDF support for optical media and block devices, see
@ -537,7 +543,10 @@ Read-only for now.
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NFS export list handling was changed to be filesystem independent.
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LFS: Lots of stability improvements and new cleaner daemon. It is now also possible to use LFS as root filesystem.
LFS: lots of stability improvements and new cleaner daemon. It is now also possible to use LFS as root filesystem.
.It
.Xr vnd 4 :
the vnode disk driver can be used on filesystems such as smbfs and tmpfs.
.It
Support for System V Boot File System was added, see
.Xr newfs_sysvbfs 8
@ -593,6 +602,16 @@ new driver for ASUS Abit uGuru hardware monitor found on newer ASUS motherboards
.bullet)
.
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Miscellaneous:
.(bullet
.Xr geodewdog 4 :
new AMD Geode SC1100 Watchdog Timer driver.
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.Xr gscpcib 4 :
new AMD Geode SC1100 PCI-ISA bridge that provides support for the GPIO interface.
.bullet)
.
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Networking:
.(bullet
.Xr ath 4 :
@ -626,7 +645,7 @@ added support for ASIX AX88140A and AX88141.
added support for the VIA Rhine III.
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.Xr wm 4 :
added support for i8003, ICH8, ICH9 and others.
added support for i8003, ICH8, ICH9 and others. Support for IPv6 Rx TCP/UDP Checksum Offloading and more.
.It
.Xr wpi 4 :
new driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG PCI 802.11 network cards, from OpenBSD.
@ -644,9 +663,15 @@ Power Management:
.(bullet
Support for Intel Speedstep SMI on PIIX4 PCI-ISA for i386.
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Support for AMD PowerNow and Cool'n'Quiet Technology on K7 and K8 CPUs (both in 32 and 64 bit mode), including Athlon Mobile, Athlon64, Opteron or X2.
Support for AMD PowerNow and Cool'n'Quiet Technology on K7 and K8 CPUs (both in 32 and 64 bit mode), including Athlon Mobile, Athlon64, Opteron or X2. See
.Xr options 4
for more information.
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Support for more Enhanced Speedstep CPUs, including VIA C7/Eden and Intel Core Solo/Duo/Duo2.
Support for more Enhanced Speedstep CPUs, including VIA C7/Eden and Intel Core Solo/Duo/Duo2. See
.Xr options 4
for more information.
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The Enhanced Speedstep and PowerNow drivers were modified to be able to be scaled in all CPUs available, saving power on SMP systems.
.bullet)
.
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@ -673,9 +698,18 @@ new driver for JMicron Technology JMB36x PCIe to SATA II/PATA controllers.
.Xr mfi 4 :
new driver for LSI Logic and Dell MegaRAID SAS controllers, from OpenBSD.
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.Xr mpt 4 :
added support for newer SAS and similar devices.
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.Xr njata 4 :
new driver for Workbit NinjaATA-32 CardBus IDE controller.
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.Xr pdcsata 4 :
added support for the Promise PDC20775, PDC20771, PDC40518, PDC40718 and some bugfixes.
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.Xr piixide 4 :
added support for some ICH8/ICH8-M/ICH9 IDE and SATA controllers.
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.Xr svwsata 4 :
new driver for Serverworks K2 SATA controllers, from OpenBSD.
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@ -707,6 +741,8 @@ i386:
.(bullet
Added support for the for Multiboot specification. This means much improved support for loading the kernel by GRUB, including passing in parameters to the kernel.
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Added the unichromefb framebuffer driver that supports the VIA Unichrome Graphics adapter.
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.Xr vesafb 4 :
added new framebuffer driver that supports VESA BIOS (VBE) 2.0 extensions and up.
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@ -714,25 +750,31 @@ Added cd9660 file system support to the BIOS bootloader.
.bullet)
.
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evbarm: New platform support for Arcom Viper PXA255-based single board, Atmark Techno Armadillo-9 and Armadillo-210, Linksys NSLU2 (a.k.a. "Slug") and I-O DATA HDL-G Giga LANDISK NAS devices.
evbarm: new platform support for Arcom Viper PXA255-based single board, Atmark Techno Armadillo-9 and Armadillo-210, Certance CP-3100, Linksys NSLU2 (a.k.a. "Slug") and I-O DATA HDL-G Giga LANDISK NAS devices.
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evbmips: Add support for Alchemy Au1550 processors, DBAu1550 boards, Alchemy Au15XX PCI host, (OMS-AL400/128) and Atheros AR5312 SoC.
evbmips: added support for Alchemy Au1550 processors, DBAu1550 boards, Alchemy Au15XX PCI host, (OMS-AL400/128) and Atheros AR5312 SoC.
.It
New port
ews4800mips: NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations.
.It
cobalt: Add support from booting off raidframe RAID1 mirrors.
cobalt: added support from booting off raidframe RAID1 mirrors.
.It
hpcmips: Added the
hpcmips: added the
.Xr teliosio 4
driver for the Sharp Telios LCD screen and Battery unit.
.It
New port
landisk: port to the SH4 processor based NAS appliances, supporting models by I-O DATA (USL-5P, HDL-U, HDL-AV, HDL-W and HDLM-U series, SuperTank LAN Tank, UHDL-160U and UHDL-300U) and Plextor PX-EH16L, PX-EH25L and PX-EH40L.
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prep: This port has been modernized, and support for five additional machines has been added, among them the IBM 7024-E20 and 7025-F30 models and Motorola Powerstack E1. Additionally, sysinst support was added, and the bootloader process was improved, allowing easy installation and upgrade to future releases.
macppc: this port has gained support to use accelerated wsdisplay drivers by default (if possible), and uses the appropriate driver rather than the Generic Open Firmware Framebuffer.
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Xen: support for Xen3 domU and dom0, including support for hardware virtualization on CPUs that support it.
prep: this port has been modernized, and support for five additional machines has been added, among them the IBM 7024-E20 and 7025-F30 models and Motorola Powerstack E1. Additionally, sysinst support was added, and the bootloader process was improved, allowing easy installation and upgrade to future releases.
.It
sparc:
.Lk ../,,/ports/sparc/ :
added support from booting off RAID1 mirrors.
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Xen: support for Xen3 domU and dom0 (Unprivileged domain and domain 0), including support for hardware virtualization on CPUs that support it.
.bullet)
.
.Ss2 Kernel subsystems
@ -765,34 +807,36 @@ and
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Imported the
.Xr bio 4
framework from OpenBSD, to query/control block device controllers. Currently supporting the
framework from OpenBSD, to query/control block hardware RAID device controllers. Currently supporting the
.Xr mfi 4
driver.
.It
Kernel uses stateful read-ahead algorithm.
.It
.Xr dkctl 8
can be used to switch buffer queuing strategies on the fly, see also
can be used to switch buffer queuing strategies on the fly on
.Xr wd 4
disks, see also
.Xr bufq 9 .
.It
.Xr fileassoc 9
is used by Veriexec, it adds in-kernel and file-system independent file meta-data association interface.
.It
.Xr firmload 9 :
An API for loading firmware images used by various hardware devices.
an API for loading firmware images used by various hardware devices.
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.Xr gpio 4 :
Imported General Purpose I/O framework from OpenBSD.
imported General Purpose I/O framework from OpenBSD.
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.Xr onewire 4 :
Imported Dallas Semiconductor 1-wire bus framework from OpenBSD.
imported Dallas Semiconductor 1-wire bus framework from OpenBSD.
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The
.Xr proplib 3
protocol was added for sending property lists to/from the kernel using ioctls.
.It
.Xr spi 4 :
New SPI (Serial Peripherial Interface) framework.
new SPI (Serial Peripherial Interface) framework.
.It
.Xr timecounter 9
adds a new time-keeping infrastructure along with NTP API 4 nanokernel implementation. Almost all platforms were changed to support this API.
@ -868,15 +912,43 @@ pppd 2.4.4
.bullet)
.
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.Xr cdplay 1 :
added digital transfer mode support.
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.Xr cksum 1
can now verify checksums.
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.Xr csplit 1 :
new utility that splits a file into pieces. From FreeBSD/OpenBSD.
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.Xr identd 1 :
added support for forwarding ident queries and receiving of proxied ident queries.
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.Xr getent 1 :
added support for the ethers database.
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.Xr gkermit 1 :
new program for transferring files using the Kermit protocol.
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.Xr mail 1 :
added support for Mime and multi-character set handling, command line editing and completion.
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.Xr utoppya 1 :
new utility to interface to the
.Xr utoppy 4
driver.
.It
.Xr init 8 :
added support for running multi-user in a chroot() environment. Allows / file system on e.g.,
.Xr cgd 4 ,
.Xr vnd 4
or
.Xr ccd 4
volumes.
.It
.Xr gpt 8 :
new GUID partition table maintenance utility, from FreeBSD.
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iSCSI target (server) code added, see
.Xr iscsi-target 8 ;
Initiator (client) code is underway.