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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.100 $>
[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'.]
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]
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]
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]
mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in
a fully dynamically linked system. [lukem 20020923]
iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924]
kernel: Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c.
[thorpej 20020925]
kernel: Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in
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.
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]
mrouted(8): moved to gnusrc, as it is not under BSD license.
[itojun 20021001]
i386: merge the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch [fvdl 20021001]
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]
pciide(4): Added support for VIA VT8235 [kent 20021005]
auvia(4): Added support for VT8233/VT8235 [kent 20021005]
auvia(4): Enabled sampling rate conversion for fixed-rate AC'97 codec
[kent 20021008]
ubsa(4): Driver for Belkin serial adapters ported from FreeBSD
[augustss 20021008]
tar(1): upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 for security fixes
[itojun 20021010]
Allow pseudo-devices to be parents of "real" devices.
[thorpej 20021009]
Allow options to register dependencies on attributes (the way it already
can for other options). [thorpej 20021010]
Allow devices to be orphaned in the kernel config file, but
emit an informational message when this happens.
[thorpej 20021010]
tar(1), cpio(1): We are now using pax(1) for those instead of
the gnu version. [christos 20021016]
basename(3), dirname(3): Change to return pointer to static
storage, rather than modifying their input arguments.
The new behavior is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std
1003.1-2001. [thorpej 20021016]
build.sh: add '-k kernel', to configure and build the given
kernel using the new toolchain.
From Alan Barrett in PR#18739. [lukem 20021021]
kernel: kqueue branch merged [jdolecek 20021023]
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]
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]
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]
vnd(4): Now also available as an LKM. [mrg 20021116]
etc/postinstall: Add support for examining the obsolete sets for
obsolete entries to check or remove. [lukem 20021117]
named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.4. [itojun 20021117]
gcc(1), as(1): Fixed bug in how NetBSD ARM ELF binaries were marked.
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]
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]
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]
strsuftoll(3), strsuftollx(3): Add functions to parse numbers
with optional suffices and/or products. [lukem 20021129]
am-utils: upgrade to 6.1b1 [christos 20021129]
routed(8): upgrade to 2.27 [christos 20021129]
fparseln(3): migrated from libutil to libc. [lukem 20021130]
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]
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]
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
existing Walnut port as its first member. [scw 20021209]
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]
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]
sunlabel(8): Now enabled by default. Manipulates SunOS disklabels.
[lukem 20021221]
vis(1): Add `-e extra', to provide a list of extra characters to
encode (per svis(3)). [lukem 20021223]
mtree(8): Add -C, which acts like -D except that the pathname
is printed first instead of last. [lukem 20021223]
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]
kprintf(9): Add "aprint" family of autoconfiguration message
printing routines that change their behavior based on
flags in boothowto. [thorpej 20021231]
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]
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]
ex(4): Added support for 3c905CX-TX. [gendalia 20030116]
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]
progress(1): New standalone progress bar program factored out
from ftp(1). [jhawk 20030122]
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]
gcore(1): Add it back. [christos 20030123]
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. [wiz 20030127]
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]
Add extensible kernel malloc types, adapted from FreeBSD.
[thorpej 20030131]
kernel: Added a sysctl(8) flag to control whether the kernel dumps
to the dump device on panic. [atatat 20030210]
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]
grep(1): upgraded to 2.5.1. [wiz 20030213]
texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.5. [wiz 20030213]
usb: add uax(4), a driver for the AX88172 Ethernet adapter chip.
The chip supports 10/100 and USB 2.0. [augustss 20030216]
bridge(4), brconfig(8): add ipf support. [perseant 20030216]
kernel: SMBFS support, ported from FreeBSD. [jdolecek 20030218]