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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.436 $>
[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 2.0 to NetBSD 3.0:
which(1): Replaced by a C program that only checks the path.
[christos 20040401]
heimdal: import version 0.6.1. [lha 20040402]
powerpc: implement FP exception handling for OEA processors.
[matt 20040404]
file(1): update to 4.09. [pooka 20040408]
setrlimit(2): Add RLIMIT_SBSIZE to limit the socket buffer size.
[christos 20040417]
csh(1): Add support for "limit sbsize" to control the
socket buffer size resource limit. [christos 20040417]
ksh(1): Add support for "ulimit -b" to control the
socket buffer size resource limit. [christos 20040417]
sh(1): Add support for "ulimit -b" to control the
socket buffer size resource limit. [christos 20040417]
login.conf(5): Add support for "sbsize" capability to control the
socket buffer size limit. [matt 20040418]
share/mk: Deprecate AINC in favour of AFLAGS. [lukem 20040418]
sysinst: use /etc/postinstall to update /etc (etc) instead of just
saving /etc to /etc/old [dsl 20040418]
sysctl(8): Add "vfs.generic.fstypes" node to display the currently
available file system types. [lukem 20040419]
locate.conf(5): "ignorefs type" appends to the default list of
types rather than overriding it. [lukem 20040419]
statvfs(2): Eliminate statfs(2) and friends, in preference for
the POSIX/XOpen compliant statvfs(2) family.
[christos 20040421]
kernel: Add a POOL_INIT macro to declare and automatically
initialise resource pools. [simonb 20040425]
postfix(1): Postfix 2.1.0 imported. [heas 20040427]
i386: Add support for Enhanced SpeedStep Technology, from
Michael Eriksson on port-i386. [lukem 20040430]
heimdal: import version 0.6.2. [lha 20040508]
libc: Make gmon / mcount work properly for threaded applications
by keeping thread-specific gmonparam structures and then
merging them before dumping the profile buffers. Written
by Nathan J. Williams, contributed by Wasabi Systems, Inc.
[thorpej 20040510]
xdm(1): use /var/db/xdm for the default authDir. [lukem 20040512]
du(1): add a -n flag to not include "nodump" files. [simonb 20040517]
bind: Bind-9.3.0beta3 imported. [christos 20040517]
sysinst: (i386) Allow installation/upgrade to an existing raid volume.
[dsl 20040518]
resolver: The libc resolver has been updated to the bind9 one
[christos 20040521]
emuxki(4): Make this driver work on big endian machines
(at least on macppc). [tsutsui 20040523]
uep(4): Added driver for eGalax USB touchpanel controller
[tsarna 20040524]
ptm(4): pty/98 pty multiplexor device [christos 20040526]
postfix(1): Postfix 2.1.1 imported. [heas 20040531]
XFree86: support absolute mouse positioning events on i386
and other platforms using the same mouse code
[tsarna 20040603]
hp700: Add FFS/LFS primary bootstrap (xxboot). [itohy 20040615]
racoon(8): upgraded to 20040617 [itojun 20040617]
pf(4): PF from OpenBSD 3.5 imported [itojun 20040622]
powerpc: Implement MPC601 support. [kleink 20040626]
prep: Add IBM RS/6000 40P 7020-001 platform support. [kleink 20040626]
libcrypt: Add support for SHA1 hashed (hmac_sha1 actually) passwords.
[sjg 20040701]
sed(1): Make patterns larger than _POSIX2_LINE_MAX*2-1 work.
[manu 20040709]
texinfo(1): upgraded to 4.7. [wiz 20040713]
libc: Add wordexp(3) which performs shell-style word expansions.
[seb 20040713]
sendmail(8): The sendmail daemon will now start by default if the
rc.d script determines a need for it. [atatat 20040715]
mtree(8): Implement -M to permit merging of specfile entries that
have different types. [lukem 20040722]
ipf(8): updated to version 4.1.3. [martti 20040723]
/etc/security: allow mtree specfile entries in /etc/mtree/special.local
to override entries in /etc/mtree/special. [lukem 20040723]
spif(4): New driver for Sun SUNW,spif multi-port Sbus cards originally
written by Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [mrg 20040724]
wscons(4): Add support to change console colors and kernel colors
dynamically after boot. [jmmv 20040728]
wsconsctl(4): Add support to change console colors and kernel colors
dynamically after boot. [jmmv 20040728]
postfix(1): Postfix 2.1.4 imported. [heas 20040728]
vga(4): Add support to change console border color. [jmmv 20040729]
wscons(4): Add support to change console border color. [jmmv 20040729]
wsconsctl(4): Add support to change console border color.
[jmmv 20040729]
groff(1): Updated to 1.19.1. [wiz 20040730]
i386: Support Intel ICH-based SpeedStep(TM) in ichlpcib(4).
[mrg 20040731]
/etc/postinstall: check for obsolete minor/teeny shared libraries.
[lukem 20040812]
kernel: Add extensions to the autoconf(9) framework to allow device
detachment and bus rescans in a bus independant way, and
for better support of driver LKMs. [drochner 20040819]
libc: Add optimized ffs(3) implementation for ARM architecture 5.
[rearnsha 20040821]
libc, libpthread: On ARM use interworking clean return sequences when
built for v4T or later. [rearnsha 20040821]
kernel: Support Thumb applications on ARM architecture 5.
[rearnsha 20040821]
ipw(4): Driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver written by
Damien Bergamini. [lukem 20040823]
compat_darwin(8): Support for MacOS X.3 binaries. [manu 20040825]
crtstuff: Switch to GCC-supplied crtbegin.o / crtend.o on GCC 3.3
platforms. [thorpej 20040827]
kernel: Add IPv4 PIM support from Pavlin Radoslavov and Hitoshi
Asaeda. Part of this work has been supported by the XORP
project http://www.xorp.org [manu 20040905]
libc: Add UUID manipulation routines, adapted from FreeBSD.
[thorpej 20040913]
uuidgen(1): Add a UUID generation tool, adapted from FreeBSD,
extended slightly with some additional DCE-compatible
options. [thorpej 20040913]
heimdal: import version 0.6.3. [lha 20040913]
file(1): update to 4.10. [pooka 20040916]
mac68k: Support to build with soft-float enabled. [jmmv 20040926]
tcpdump(8): Synchronized with version 3.8.3 from tcpdump.org.
[dyoung 20040927]
pcap(3): Synchronized with version 0.8.3 from tcpdump.org.
[dyoung 20040927]
auacer(4): Driver for ALi M5455 audio controller. Output only
so far. [augustss 20041010]
iyonix: Initial import of iyonix port [gavan 20041013]
auvia(4): Support for suspending/resuming. Written by Rhialto.
[kent 20041017]
uaudio(4): Support for selector unit, and make mixer item names
compatible with other audio devices. Written by Kazuhito
HONDA. [kent 20041021]
ehci(4): Support for interrupt transfers added. From OpenBSD.
This allows high speed hubs to be used with high speed
devices. [augustss 20041022]
cdce(4): Driver for CDC USB Ethernet devices. Written by
Daniel Hartmeier for OpenBSD. [augustss 20041022]
axe(4): The uax(4) driver has been replaced by the axe driver.
[augustss 20041023]
libc/ctype.h: Changed the #defines for all the ctype.h functions
(isdigit() etc) to remove the (int) cast and thus detect
broken code that could index outside the array.
Fixed all the fallout. [dsl 20041104]
bind: Bind-9.3.0 imported. [christos 20041106]
ptyfs: New pseudo-terminal filesystem [christos 20041111]
postfix(1): Postfix 2.1.5 imported. [heas 20041113]
pf(4): PF from OpenBSD 3.6 imported [yamt 20041114]
syslogd(8): Numerous improvements, most from FreeBSD. [thorpej 20041118]
kernel: CD9660 Joliet Unicode file names encoded into UTF-8, thus full
Unicode range supported. [jdolecek 20041121]
getent(1): Add tool to get entries from an administrative database.
[lukem 20041123]
pdcsata(4): Driver for the SATA150 family of Promise controllers.
[bouyer 20041124]
am-utils: import 6.1b5pre 20040916 [christos 20041126]
bpf(4): Convert to a cloning device [christos 20041129]
iteide(4): Add driver for the ITE 8212 IDE controller.
[grant 20041201]
lo(4): converted to a cloning device [peter 20041203]
ppp(4), sl(4), strip(4): converted to cloning devices
[christos 20041205]
ixpide(4): Add driver for the IDE controller of the ATI IXP series of
chipsets. [cube 20041206]
file(1): update to 4.12. [pooka 20041213]
pool(9), pool_cache(9): Introduce a new flag, PR_NOTOUCH.
Now pool(9) and pool_cache(9) can handle non memory backed
objects. [yamt 20050101]
uvm(9): Allocate in-kernel map entries dynamically rather than
allocating them statically at boot time.
Now artificial limit of entries (MAX_KMAPENT) is obsolete.
[yamt 20050101]
kernel, libc: Add system calls and VFS infrastructure for file system
extended attributes. Adapted from FreeBSD.
[thorpej 20050102]
restore(8): Stop asking stupid questions (restore owner/mode of . ?).
Rather, do it only on a full restore. [fredb 20050108]
scsictl(8): Add defects command to read defect data from direct
access devices (disks). [ginsbach 20050107]
tap(4): virtual Ethernet device [cube 20050108]
shark: Switch to wscons. [tsutsui 20050109]
/rescue: Add: cgdconfig chroot less more scp slogin ssh vi
[lukem 20050110]
audio(9): Add capability of audio software filter pipeline. The
feature makes it easy for hadware drivers to add encoding
support or sample rates support, and does not lead user-
visible changes at this moment. [kent 20050111]
auixp(4): Add driver for the audio part of the ATI IXP series of
chipsets. [reinoud 20050112]
viaide(4): Add support for nForce2 Ultra 400 PATA and SATA.
[jdolecek 20050113]
seq(1): Add BSD licensed version of this Plan 9 and GNU/Linux command,
which prints sequences of numbers. [ginsbach 20050120]
kernel: Save kernel memory by switching IPC domain initialization to
use link sets, see <sys/cdefs.h>. Bump kernel version to
2.99.15 [matt 20050123]
kernel: Dirhash imported from FreeBSD. Maintains in-core
hashes for large directories, improving
ufs_lookup performance. Disabled by default, but
can be enabled with 'options UFS_DIRHASH'.
[rumble 20050123]
auich(4): Add support for nForce4. [kent 20050127]
viaide(4): Add support for nForce4. [kent 20050127]
auich(4): Add support for nForce2 Ultra 400. [jdolecek 20050127]
kernel: Add ffs file system snapshots. See fssconfig(8).
[hannken 20050131]
kernel: Add RFC-3378 EtherIP support. This feature allows adding
gif(4) interfaces to bridge(4) interfaces. See brconfig(8).
[kim 20050131]
/etc/security, security.conf(5): Add option to permit
non-alphanumeric login names. [jdolecek 20050205]
groupadd(8): Add the -r option, used to specify a gid range in which
groups can be created. [jmmv 20050205]
ipf(8): updated to version 4.1.5. [martti 20050208]
artsata(4): Add support for operation in DPA mode. [rearnsha 20050211]
ipsec(4): Add support for IPsec NAT-T [manu 20050212]
ssh: Imported OpenSSH 3.9 [christos 20050213]
systat(1): Add "df" display to give information about filesystems,
available diskspace and used disk capacity, similar to df(1).
[hubertf 20050216]
racoon(8): Switch to ipsec-tools' racoon [manu 20050216]
ipf(8): updated to version 4.1.6. [martti 20050219]
evbarm/IQ31244: Add CompactFlash device. [rearnsha 20050219]
libradius(3): import libradius from FreeBSD [manu 20050220]
pppd(8): updated to version 2.4.3. [cube 20050220]
vge(4): Add driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT612X
[jdolecek 20050220]
gem(4), hme(4): IPv4 TCP/UDP hardware checksumming added.
[heas 20050220]
file(1): update to 4.13. [pooka 20050221]
openpam(3): update to 20050201 (feterita) [christos 20050226]