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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.35 $>
[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 1.7:
libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries. can be chosen with
"blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf. from openbsd
[itojun 20020524]
tcp: 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: 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]
Socket buffer insertion is now O(C). This can provide a
substantial performance boost to some applications
which use large socket buffers. [thorpej 20020703]
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]
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-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: Update systrace(1) and the kernel code. Note that the
update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl.
[itojun 20020730]
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]
Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller.
[isaki 20020811]
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: 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: 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]
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]
Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c.
[thorpej 20020925]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]