Annotation of wikisrc/users/maya/release-notes-8-draft.mdwn, revision 1.13
1.1 maya 1: # NetBSD-8 release notes items #
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1.8 maya 3: Below list needs to be expanded about ARM changes.
1.1 maya 4: Then expanded to be readable by an average technically inclined person.
5: Then reordered for most cool things on top.
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1.3 kamil 7: * PaX MPROTECT (W\^X) memory protection enforced by default on architectures with fine-grained memory protection
8: * PaX ASLR in some archs, MKPIE default for userland
1.1 maya 9: XXX list of archs
10: * SSP/FORTIFY default for userland and packages.
11: XXX is SSP / MKPIE new to userland?
12: * In-kernel audio mixer
1.3 kamil 13: * Real-Time Signals
14: * Synchronize Machine Independent features in ptrace(2) with Linux and FreeBSD
1.6 kamil 15: * Improved C11 feature completeness (added missing headers, implemented functions)
1.3 kamil 16: * ext4 enhanced read-only support
17: * nc(1) imported from OpenBSD
18: * sys_info a new script to return version information for system libraries and utilities
1.4 kamil 19: * added intrctl(8) interrupt distribution control utility.
20: * added can(4) socketcan implementation, a socket layer for CAN busses
21: * removed MKCRYPTO option and always include cryptography
22: * dc(1) import from OpenBSD (and replace the GNU version)
23: * Endian-Independent disklabel support DISKLABEL_EI
24: * pthread_dbg(3) removed from the base distribution
1.6 kamil 25: * improved compatiblity of NetBSD curses(3) with ncurses
26: * added libpanel(3) compatible with ncurses libpanel
1.7 ozaki-r 27: * added ipsecif(4) for route-based VPNs
28: * made part of the network stack MP-safe
29: * NET_MPSAFE kernel option is required to try
30: * Only the components listed below are MP-safe for now
1.10 wiki 31: * WAPBL stability and performance improvements
1.6 kamil 32:
33: Custom:
1.1 maya 34:
35: * USB system rework. added USB3 support.
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37: The following networking components and drivers have been made MPSAFE:
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1.7 ozaki-r 39: * Device drivers
40: * vioif(4)
41: * vmx(4)
42: * wm(4)
43: * ixg(4)
44: * ixv(4)
45: * Layer 2
46: * Ethernet (if_ethersubr.c)
47: * bridge(4)
48: * Fast forward (ipflow)
49: * Layer 3
50: * Almost done but some components are still non-MP-safe
51: * Interfaces
52: * gif(4)
53: * ipsecif(4)
54: * l2tp(4)
55: * pppoe(4)
56: * tun(4)
57: * vlan(4)
58: * Packet filters
59: * npf(7)
60: * Others
61: * bpf(4)
62: * ipsec(4)
63: * opencrypto(9)
64: * pfil(9)
1.1 maya 65:
66: * Reproducible build (link to blog)
67: * Dynamic tracing (DTrace) for kernel code (link to guide/intro)
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69:
70: amd64, i386:
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72: * Meltdown fixes
73: * SMEP
74: * SMAP
1.2 maya 75: * amd64 kernel W\^X
1.11 wiki 76: * PCI MSI/MSI-X support (except Xen)
77: * PCI extended configuration space support
1.1 maya 78: * EFI bootloader
1.3 kamil 79: * added i386 GENERIC_PAE kernel that supports >4GB systems
80: * Debug Registers for debuggers
1.1 maya 81:
82: xen:
83:
84: * kernel modules support
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86: ARM:
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88: * awin, FDT
89: XXX elaborate
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1.5 kamil 91: MIPS:
1.4 kamil 92:
93: * merge sbmips into evbmips
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1.5 kamil 95: Other:
1.1 maya 96:
97: * TC-USB, TurboChannel USB support for ...
98: * mntva, driver for mntmn's VA2000 amiga graphics card
99:
100: * bta2dpd - new Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile daemon
101: * iwm(4), a driver for Intel Wireless devices (AC7260, AC7265, AC3160...)
1.12 wiki 102: * ixg(4): X540, X550 and newer device support.
103: * ixv(4): Intel 10G Ethernet virtual function driver.
1.1 maya 104: * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD
105: * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.
106: (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)
1.3 kamil 107:
108: Third party software:
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1.13 ! wiki 110: * GCC 5.5 with Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
1.3 kamil 111: * GDB 7.12
112: * GNU binutils 2.27
1.13 ! wiki 113: * Clang/LLVM 3.8.1
1.6 kamil 114: * OpenSSH 7.6
115: * OpenSSL 1.0.2k
116: * mdocml 1.14.1
117: * acpica 20170303
1.13 ! wiki 118: * ntp 4.2.8p11-o
! 119: * dhcpcd 7.0.3
1.6 kamil 120: * Lua 5.3.4
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