Annotation of wikisrc/users/maya/release-notes-8-draft.mdwn, revision 1.6
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:
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
! 27:
! 28: Custom:
1.1 maya 29:
30: * USB system rework. added USB3 support.
31:
32: The following networking components and drivers have been made MPSAFE:
33: XXX long list, TODO.smpnet is a start
34:
35:
36: * Reproducible build (link to blog)
37: * Dynamic tracing (DTrace) for kernel code (link to guide/intro)
38:
39:
40: amd64, i386:
41:
42: * Meltdown fixes
43: * SMEP
44: * SMAP
1.2 maya 45: * amd64 kernel W\^X
1.1 maya 46: * EFI bootloader
1.3 kamil 47: * added i386 GENERIC_PAE kernel that supports >4GB systems
48: * Debug Registers for debuggers
1.1 maya 49:
50: xen:
51:
52: * kernel modules support
53:
54: ARM:
55:
56: * awin, FDT
57: XXX elaborate
58:
1.5 kamil 59: MIPS:
1.4 kamil 60:
61: * merge sbmips into evbmips
62:
1.5 kamil 63: Other:
1.1 maya 64:
65: * TC-USB, TurboChannel USB support for ...
66: * mntva, driver for mntmn's VA2000 amiga graphics card
67:
68: * bta2dpd - new Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile daemon
69: * iwm(4), a driver for Intel Wireless devices (AC7260, AC7265, AC3160...)
70: * nvme(4), a driver for NVMe hardware, ported from OpenBSD
71: * nouveau, an open source driver for modern nVidia graphics, ported from linux, available by default.
72: (this is at the bottom because we mentioned it in 7.1 too)
1.3 kamil 73:
74: Third party software:
75:
76: * GCC 5.4 with Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
77: * GDB 7.12
78: * GNU binutils 2.27
1.6 ! kamil 79: * Clang/LLVM 4.0
! 80: * OpenSSH 7.6
! 81: * OpenSSL 1.0.2k
! 82: * mdocml 1.14.1
! 83: * acpica 20170303
! 84: * ntp 4.2.8p10
! 85: * dhcpcd 7.0.0
! 86: * Lua 5.3.4
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