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[src/netbsd-3-0]: src/distrib/notes/common Update release notes for NetBSD 3....



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/5fbb9ea95e5e
branches:  netbsd-3-0
changeset: 579332:5fbb9ea95e5e
user:      ghen <ghen%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Oct 28 12:08:20 2006 +0000

description:
Update release notes for NetBSD 3.0.2.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/common/main |  563 ++++++++-------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 457 deletions(-)

diffs (truncated from 584 to 300 lines):

diff -r 61bd6c82b2ae -r 5fbb9ea95e5e distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Oct 27 18:55:55 2006 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Sat Oct 28 12:08:20 2006 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.278.2.28.2.4 2006/06/16 18:54:53 ghen Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: main,v 1.278.2.28.2.5 2006/10/28 12:08:20 ghen Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999-2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -430,6 +430,111 @@
 wouldn't exist.
 .
 .if \n[FOR_RELEASE] \{\
+.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 updates
+.Pp    
+The 
+.Nx
+3.0.2
+update    
+is the second security/critical update of the
+.Nx
+3.0
+release branch. This represents a selected subset of fixes deemed 
+critical in nature for stability or security reasons.
+.Pp
+These fixes will also appear in future releases (NetBSD 3.1 etc),
+together with other less-critical fixes and feature enhancements.
+.Pp
+Specific updates are as follows:
+.
+.Ss2 Kernel
+.
+.(bullet
+Avoid a panic in page fault handling that could occer under low-memory conditions.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Networking
+.
+.(bullet
+Changed the default
+.Xr sshd_config 8
+to enable SSH version 2 only.
+.It
+Don't accept TCP connections to broadcast addresses.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 File system
+.
+.(bullet
+Fixed race condition in NFS renaming that could cause the renamed file to be
+deleted.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Libraries
+.
+.(bullet
+When a user is created, initialize the string of secondary groups to avoid it
+containing garbage when none is added.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Security
+.
+.(bullet
+Fixed a buffer overflow in the in-kernel PPP code share by ISDN PPP interfaces
+.Xr ippp 4
+and
+.Xr pppoe 4
+(SA2006-019).
+.It
+X11: fixed an integer overflow in FreeType (SA2006-020).
+.It
+Fixed a potential DoS attack with
+.Xr sendmail 8
+(SA2006-017).
+.It
+Fixed a DoS vulnerability in BIND (SA2006-022).
+.It
+Fixed a RSA signature forgery in
+.Xr openssl 1
+(SA2006-023).
+.It
+X11: fixed a vulnerability in Adobe Type 1 font handling (SA2006-021).
+.It
+Fixed a number of DoS vulnerabilities in
+.Xr openssl 1
+(SA in preparation, CVE entries: 2006-2937, 2940, 3738 and 4343).
+.It
+Fixed a number of DoS vulnerabilities in
+.Xr sshd 8
+(SA in preparation, CVE entries: 2006-4924 and 5051).
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 Miscellaneous
+.
+.(bullet
+Fixed cross-building from GCC 4.x hosts.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 amd64 specific
+.
+.(bullet
+Make sure that the system reboots after a panic instead of halting.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 sparc specific
+.
+.(bullet
+Disabled threading in
+.Xr named 8
+on sparc and sparc64 to avoid a crash.
+.bullet)
+.
+.Ss2 mac68k specific
+.
+.(bullet
+sysinst now newfs'es and mounts the target filesystem(s).
+.bullet)
+.
 .Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 3.0 release and 3.0.1 update
 .Pp    
 The 
@@ -692,462 +797,6 @@
 Avoid panics under high system load.
 .bullet)
 .
-
-
-
-
-.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 2.0 and 3.0 Releases
-.Pp
-The
-.Nx 3.0
-release
-provides numerous significant functional enhancements, including
-support for many new devices, integration of hundreds of bug fixes,
-new and updated kernel subsystems, and many user-land enhancements.
-The result of these improvements is a stable operating system fit for
-production use that rivals most commercially available systems.
-.Pp
-It is impossible to completely summarize a year of development that
-went into the
-.Nx \*V
-release.
-Some highlights include:
-.
-.Ss2 Supported platforms and machines
-.
-.(bullet
-A port to new platform: iyonix. The iyonix port supports the Iyonix PC,
-which is a desktop computer from Castle Technology, based on a 600MHz
-XScale 80321 processor.
-.It
-The xen port now supports Xen 2.0, both in privileged and unprivileged mode.
-.It
-The evbarm port has support for the TS-7200 single board computer,
-which is also known as
-.Dq the NetBSD Controlled Toaster .
-.It
-The sgimips port now supports IP12 (Personal Iris 4D/30, 4D/35,
-and Indigo R3K) machines.
-.It
-The PowerPC 601 support has been added, and the prep port now supports
-IBM RS/6000 60P 7020-011.
-.bullet)
-.
-.Ss2 Supported devices
-.
-.(bullet
-Added
-.Xr iteide 4 :
-driver for ITE 8212 IDE controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr ixpide 4 :
-driver for ATI IXP series chipset IDE controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr pdcsata 4 :
-driver for Promise SATA150 (aka PDC203xx) controllers.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr ipw 4 :
-driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr iwi 4 :
-driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200AG/2915ABG.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr rtw 4 :
-driver for Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr vge 4 :
-driver for VIA VT612X Gigabit Ethernet controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr xge 4 :
-driver for Neterion Xframe-I 10 gigabit Ethernet.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr cdce 4 :
-driver for CDC USB Ethernet.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr atu 4 :
-driver for Atmel AT76C50x based 802.11b wireless network interfaces.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr uep 4 :
-driver for eGalax USB touchpanel controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr ugensa 4 :
-driver for USB generic serial adapter, which currently supports
-CDMA Wireless PC Card.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr auixp 4 :
-driver for ATI IXP series chipset audio controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr auacer 4 :
-driver for ALi M5455 audio controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr azalia 4 :
-driver for High Definition Audio controller.
-.It
-Added
-.Xr spif 4 :
-driver for Sun SUNW,spif multi-port Sbus card.
-.It
-.Xr viaide 4
-now supports nForce2 Ultra 400, nForce3 250 IDE and SATA, and
-nForce4 IDE and SATA controllers.
-.Xr viaide 4
-also supports VIA VT6421 SATA RAID controller though drives on the
-controller need to be configured into RAID/JOBS sets via its BIOS.
-.It
-.Xr siside 4
-now supports SiS 180 and 741 SATA controllers.
-.It
-.Xr artsata 4 ,
-which is the Intel i31244 Serial ATA disk controller driver,
-now supports DPA mode.
-.It
-.Xr satalink 4
-now supports Silicon Image 3512 SATA.
-.It
-.Xr piixide 4
-now supports Intel 82801FB/FR (ICH6/6R) IDE and SATA, 82801FBM SATA,
-82801G (ICH7) IDE and SATA, and i6300ESB IDE and SATA controllers.
-Also added basic support for RAID0 and RAID1 for the Adaptec HostRAID format
-as found on the Intel 6300ESB on-board RAID.
-.It
-.Xr stge 4
-now works on big-endian machines including sparc64 with hardware checksums.
-.It
-.Xr aac 4
-now supports Adaptec SATA RAID 2810SA.
-.It
-.Xr mpt 4
-now supports LSI Logic FC919x SCSI controllers.
-.It
-.Xr spc 4
-now has support for Fujitsu MB87030-based PCMCIA SCSI controller.
-.It
-.Xr bge 4
-now supports Broadcom BCM5788, BCM5705K, BCM5721, and BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet
-controllers, and has 802.3x flow control support.
-.It
-.Xr gem 4
-and
-.Xr hme 4
-now have hardware checksums support.
-.It
-.Xr re 4
-and
-.Xr wm 4
-now supports TCPv4 hardware transmit segment offload.
-.It
-.Xr wm 4
-now supports more Intel Gigabit Ethernet chips and 64bit PCI DMA transfer,
-.It
-.Xr re 4
-now supports Corega CG-LAPCIGT Gigabit Ethernet, and
-RTL8169 based CardBus Ethernet interfaces, including NetGear GA-511.
-.It
-.Xr ex 4
-now supports 3Com 3c920B-EMB-WNM Integrated Fast Ethernet.
-.It
-.Xr sk 4
-now supports Belkin Gigabit Desktop Network card.
-.It
-.Xr bce 4
-now supports Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Ethernet.
-.It
-.Xr tl 4



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