Annotation of wikisrc/users/maya/release-notes-8-draft.mdwn, revision 1.14
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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1.14 ! wiki 7: * PaX MPROTECT (W\^X) memory protection enforced by default on some architectures with fine-grained memory protection and suitable PLT formats:
! 8: i386, amd64, evbarm, landisk, pmax
! 9: * PaX ASLR enabled by default on:
! 10: i386, amd64, evbarm, landisk, pmax, sparc64
! 11: * MKPIE default for userland on:
! 12: i386, amd64, arm, m68k, mips, sh3, sparc64
1.1 maya 13: * In-kernel audio mixer
1.3 kamil 14: * Real-Time Signals
15: * Synchronize Machine Independent features in ptrace(2) with Linux and FreeBSD
16: * sys_info a new script to return version information for system libraries and utilities
1.4 kamil 17: * added intrctl(8) interrupt distribution control utility.
18: * added can(4) socketcan implementation, a socket layer for CAN busses
19: * removed MKCRYPTO option and always include cryptography
20: * dc(1) import from OpenBSD (and replace the GNU version)
21: * Endian-Independent disklabel support DISKLABEL_EI
22: * pthread_dbg(3) removed from the base distribution
1.6 kamil 23: * improved compatiblity of NetBSD curses(3) with ncurses
24: * added libpanel(3) compatible with ncurses libpanel
1.7 ozaki-r 25: * added ipsecif(4) for route-based VPNs
26: * made part of the network stack MP-safe
27: * NET_MPSAFE kernel option is required to try
28: * Only the components listed below are MP-safe for now
1.10 wiki 29: * WAPBL stability and performance improvements
1.6 kamil 30:
31: Custom:
1.1 maya 32:
33: * USB system rework. added USB3 support.
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35: The following networking components and drivers have been made MPSAFE:
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1.7 ozaki-r 37: * Device drivers
38: * vioif(4)
39: * vmx(4)
40: * wm(4)
41: * ixg(4)
42: * ixv(4)
43: * Layer 2
44: * Ethernet (if_ethersubr.c)
45: * bridge(4)
46: * Fast forward (ipflow)
47: * Layer 3
48: * Almost done but some components are still non-MP-safe
49: * Interfaces
50: * gif(4)
51: * ipsecif(4)
52: * l2tp(4)
53: * pppoe(4)
54: * tun(4)
55: * vlan(4)
56: * Packet filters
57: * npf(7)
58: * Others
59: * bpf(4)
60: * ipsec(4)
61: * opencrypto(9)
62: * pfil(9)
1.1 maya 63:
64: * Reproducible build (link to blog)
65: * Dynamic tracing (DTrace) for kernel code (link to guide/intro)
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68: amd64, i386:
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70: * Meltdown fixes
71: * SMEP
72: * SMAP
1.2 maya 73: * amd64 kernel W\^X
1.11 wiki 74: * PCI MSI/MSI-X support (except Xen)
75: * PCI extended configuration space support
1.1 maya 76: * EFI bootloader
1.3 kamil 77: * added i386 GENERIC_PAE kernel that supports >4GB systems
78: * Debug Registers for debuggers
1.1 maya 79:
80: xen:
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82: * kernel modules support
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84: ARM:
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86: * awin, FDT
87: XXX elaborate
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1.5 kamil 89: MIPS:
1.4 kamil 90:
91: * merge sbmips into evbmips
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1.5 kamil 93: Other:
1.1 maya 94:
95: * TC-USB, TurboChannel USB support for ...
96: * mntva, driver for mntmn's VA2000 amiga graphics card
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98: * bta2dpd - new Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile daemon
99: * iwm(4), a driver for Intel Wireless devices (AC7260, AC7265, AC3160...)
1.12 wiki 100: * ixg(4): X540, X550 and newer device support.
101: * ixv(4): Intel 10G Ethernet virtual function driver.
1.1 maya 102: * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD
103: * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.
104: (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)
1.3 kamil 105:
106: Third party software:
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1.13 wiki 108: * GCC 5.5 with Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
1.3 kamil 109: * GDB 7.12
110: * GNU binutils 2.27
1.13 wiki 111: * Clang/LLVM 3.8.1
1.6 kamil 112: * OpenSSH 7.6
113: * OpenSSL 1.0.2k
114: * mdocml 1.14.1
115: * acpica 20170303
1.13 wiki 116: * ntp 4.2.8p11-o
117: * dhcpcd 7.0.3
1.6 kamil 118: * Lua 5.3.4
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