Annotation of wikisrc/users/maya/release-notes-8-draft.mdwn, revision 1.1
1.1 ! maya 1: # NetBSD-8 release notes items #
! 2:
! 3: Below list needs to be expanded about ARM, MPSAFE networking changes.
! 4: Then expanded to be readable by an average technically inclined person.
! 5: Then reordered for most cool things on top.
! 6:
! 7: * W^X memory protection enforced by default on architectures with fine-grained memory protection
! 8: * ASLR in some archs, MKPIE default for userland
! 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
! 13:
! 14: * USB system rework. added USB3 support.
! 15:
! 16: The following networking components and drivers have been made MPSAFE:
! 17: XXX long list, TODO.smpnet is a start
! 18:
! 19:
! 20: * Reproducible build (link to blog)
! 21: * Dynamic tracing (DTrace) for kernel code (link to guide/intro)
! 22:
! 23:
! 24: amd64, i386:
! 25:
! 26: * Meltdown fixes
! 27: * SMEP
! 28: * SMAP
! 29: * amd64 kernel W^X
! 30: * EFI bootloader
! 31:
! 32: xen:
! 33:
! 34: * kernel modules support
! 35:
! 36: ARM:
! 37:
! 38: * awin, FDT
! 39: XXX elaborate
! 40:
! 41:
! 42: * TC-USB, TurboChannel USB support for ...
! 43: * mntva, driver for mntmn's VA2000 amiga graphics card
! 44:
! 45: * bta2dpd - new Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile daemon
! 46: * iwm(4), a driver for Intel Wireless devices (AC7260, AC7265, AC3160...)
! 47: * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD
! 48: * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.
! 49: (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)
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