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[src/netbsd-1-6]: src/doc Only list changes from 1.5 -> 1.6 in this branch's ...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/904c8bf47914
branches: netbsd-1-6
changeset: 529092:904c8bf47914
user: lukem <lukem%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Mon Sep 23 08:00:42 2002 +0000
description:
Only list changes from 1.5 -> 1.6 in this branch's version of this file.
diffstat:
doc/CHANGES | 1208 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 1115 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
diffs (truncated from 1219 to 300 lines):
diff -r 841731b82338 -r 904c8bf47914 doc/CHANGES
--- a/doc/CHANGES Mon Sep 23 07:58:49 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/CHANGES Mon Sep 23 08:00:42 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.3.2.2 $>
+LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.3.2.3 $>
[Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
@@ -7,95 +7,1117 @@
containing just the word `help' to `majordomo%netbsd.org@localhost'.]
-Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 1.7:
- libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries. can be chosen with
- "blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf. from openbsd
- [itojun 20020524]
- tcp: implement path MTU discovery blackhole detection (turn off path
- MTU discovery if the connection is losing). PR 12790.
- [itojun 20020526]
- pppd: import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529]
- ftpd: optionally and experimentally use mmap(2) instead of read(2)
- for binary file transfer [enami 20020530]
- prep: support IBM RS/6000 43P 7043-140. [nonaka 20020530]
- pmppc: a port to Artesyn's PM/PPC board. [augustss 20020531]
- tcpdump(8): upgrade to 3.7.1 as of 2002/5/31. [itojun 20020531]
- amdpm(4): driver for AMD768 Power Management Controller (but currently
- an interface to rnd(4) only.) [enami 20020602]
- gspahextoc: was obsoleted by the -c option to gspa(1) a long
- time ago, and has thus been removed [is 20020607]
- netinet6: synchronize with recent interface/router/prefix management
- logic from KAME. [itojun 20020608]
- greconfig(8): obsoleted. use ifconfig(8) for configuration.
- [itojun 20020609]
- netinet: path MTU discovery is turned on by default (currently used
- for TCP only). [itojun 20020613]
- amd(8): add new mount option ""xlatecookie" to support NFS v3 mounts
- with cookie translation. [tron 20020614]
- factor(6): Use a Pollard Rho algorithm to factor arbitrary sized
- numbers. [simonb 20020615]
- systrace: Integrate Niels Provos' systrace(1) binary sand-boxing,
- device and userland support. [christos 20020617]
- netstat(1): add -q flag to print information about
- software interrupt queue. [enami 20020703]
- Socket buffer insertion is now O(C). This can provide a
- substantial performance boost to some applications
- which use large socket buffers. [thorpej 20020703]
- Added support for the SuperH SH-5 CPU architecture.
- [scw 20020705]
- chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(8): Change default behaviour
- to follow symlinks on the command line rather than ignoring
- them, finally fixing PR 563. [bjh21 20020707]
- file(1): update to 3.39. [pooka 20020709]
- Import pdisk 0.8a1, the Apple disk partitioning utility [dbj 20020709]
- Switch to a signal trampoline provided by libc. The kernel
- will provide one for backward compatibility, and
- for emulations. [thorpej 20020710]
- m68k-based ports now use __HAVE_SYSCALL_INTERN syscall interface.
- [scw 20020713]
- evbarm: Add support for the Intel IXM1200 eval board for
- the ixp12x0 Network Processor. [ichiro 20020715]
- mopd: Added "-s <mopdir>" to avoid hard coding /tftpboot/mop.
- [mrg 20020719]
- hpcarm: X server for the Jornada 720 now works [manu 20020722]
- pciide(4): added support for the Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller.
- [onoe 20020726]
- macppc: finished support for 2nd CPU on 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP
- [chs 20020728]
- systrace: Update systrace(1) and the kernel code. Note that the
- update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl.
- [itojun 20020730]
- Added dmover(4) API, interface to hardware-assisted data
- movers. [thorpej 20020801]
- pkg_admin(8): Add 'pmatch' keyword to return true if 'pkg' matches
- 'pattern', false else. [hubertf 20020804]
- macppc: added support for 2nd CPU on dual G4 boxes [chs 20020805]
- pmc(9): Added new performance counter framework. [briggs 20020806]
- auich(4): Added support for ICH4 and SiS 7012. [kent 20020807]
- pmc(3): Added new performance counter interface library.
- [thorpej 20020808]
- Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller.
- [isaki 20020811]
- Added new "ibss", "ibss-master", and "hostap" ifmedia media options
- for 802.11 interfaces. [thorpej 20020810]
- wi(4): Add experimental Host-AP support, allowing Intelsil
- Prism2/2.5/3-based boards to be used to make an
- 802.11 Access Point. [thorpej 20020811]
- arm: New versions of copyin(), copyout(), and kcopy(). These make
- almost all user/kernel interactions faster. [briggs 20020812]
- lpd(8): add libwrap support. [itojun 20020812]
- sparc64: Add sab driver for sab82532 serial controller. Written by
- Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [petrov 20020816]
- wscons(4): Add wsmoused(8) for mouse cut and paste in wscons vga
- driver. [christos 20020820]
- utmpx: All userland programs have been converted to understand both
- utmp and utmpx, wtmp and wtmpx, lastlog and lastlogx
- [christos 20020821]
- rescue: enable /rescue system recovery tools. [lukem 20020822]
- boot: allow path to init(8) to be entered when booting with
- RB_ASKNAME ("boot -a"). [lukem 20020823]
- rasctl(2): Restartable Atomic Sequences (RAS). [gmcgarry 20020828]
- pmap(1): Added to tree. Prints the address space of a given
- process (or processes). [atatat 20020831]
- zx(4): Add a driver for the Sun ZX/Leo framebuffer. [ad 20020913]
- ipf(8): updated to version 3.4.29. [martti 20020919]
+Changes from NetBSD 1.5 to NetBSD 1.6:
+ sparc: the sun4/400 class of machines (using a more elaborate
+ 3-level MMU) is finally supported [pk 20000621]
+ vm: Mach VM is dead! Long live UVM! [mrg 20000629]
+ faithd(8): now it can be invoked via inetd(8). [itojun 20000704]
+ pcmcia: added WEP encryption to awi driver, for AMD 79c930-based
+ IEEE802.11 FH and DS cards. [onoe 20000704]
+ systat(1): allow selection of statistics update mode for IP
+ displays. [ad 20000705]
+ libc: add `RIPEMD-160' message digest functions. [ad 20000705]
+ misc: add passwd.conf: allows selection of password encryption
+ scheme. may be different for local and yp passwords, thus
+ improving NIS inter-operability. [ad 20000706]
+ newsyslog(8): completely overhaul this. add a new flag, `C'
+ (create log file). [ad 20000708]
+ vax: ld.elf_so can now load and run dynamically linked VAX ELF
+ programs. [matt 20000714]
+ openssl: update to 0.9.5a. [mrg 20000716]
+ pppd(8): update to 2.3.11 [tron 20000717]
+ rcorder(8): implement `# KEYWORD:' support, with two new arguments to
+ either keep (-k) or skip (-s) files which have the matching
+ keyword. [mrg 20000717]
+ rc(8): in rc.shutdown only run scripts with a 'KEYWORD: shutdown' in
+ them at shutdown, making the process faster and more robust.
+ [lukem 20000717]
+ ftp(1): add support for FEAT & OPTS (from RFC 2389), and MLSD & MLST
+ (from draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-11). other fixes and cleanups.
+ [lukem 20000718]
+ newsyslog(8): more changes. most importantly, log files can now be
+ rotated at specific times. [ad 20000718]
+ ifconfig(8): add nwkey support to enable/disable WEP encryption
+ and to get/set WEP key for IEEE802.11 wireless network
+ interfaces [onoe 20000721]
+ arm26: ea(4) now aligns payloads of incoming packets, fixing many
+ bugs. [bjh21 20000722]
+ tcpdump(1): decode IEEE 802.1Q encapsulated packets. [ad 20000724]
+ ftpd(8): add -W - don't log to wtmp. [lukem 20000726]
+ libc: non-IPv4 hostname lookup over NIS. follows Solaris 8 practice,
+ look up ipnodes.{byname,byaddr}. [itojun 20000729]
+ zoneinfo: install UTC as the default time zone. [kleink 20000803]
+ xsrc: add support for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1. [tron 20000806]
+ ddb(4): add options DDB_BREAK_CHAR to override break for entering
+ ddb when using the com driver. [jeffs 20000803]
+ depca(4): Add support for the DEC DE422 Ethernet. [thorpej 20000810]
+ arp(4): Add kernel counters (displayable with netstat -s) for
+ various arp events. [jhawk 20000815]
+ disklabel(8): Be case insensitive when looking up up filesystem and
+ disk types. Display supported types in interactive mode if
+ `?' is given at the prompt. [lukem 20000815]
+ mvme68k: Support for VMEbus slave mode added to mvme147 and mvme167.
+ [scw 20000820]
+ sparc64: gcc now generates 32 bit code with `-m32' [mrg 20010830]
+ cvs(1): Add cvs-1.10.8 to gnusrc [christos 20000904]
+ mvme68k: Added support for MVME162-LX 200/300 series of boards.
+ [scw 20000906]
+ kernel: Number of available pty's is now settable via sysctl
+ kern.maxptys, kernel pty resources are allocated on demand.
+ [jdolecek 20000909]
+ mount(8): If device and mountpoint given, check disklabel for fstype.
+ [abs 20000918]
+ sparc64: Work around many GCC building the tree. [mrg 20000918]
+ fmt(1): Add -C - centre lines [abs 20000918]
+ expr(1): Reimplemented as yacc-style parser grammar (this also fixes
+ PR #10995), arithmetic now uses 64 bit integers.
+ [jdolecek 20000919]
+ kernel: New option, NFS_V2_ONLY, for a slimmer NFS client
+ [bjh21 20000919]
+ pppd(8): update to 2.4.0; cleans up gpl code, adds new tty abstraction,
+ and api to multilink support (not implemented for NetBSD yet).
+ [christos 20000923]
+ kernel: New boot flags -v (bootverbose) and -q (bootquiet) added for
+ all ports. To be used by kernel code to optionally print
+ information on boot. [jdolecek 20000925]
+ cac(4): add support for EISA controllers and latest PCI controllers.
+ [ad 20000926]
+ vlan(4): add support for 802.1Q virtual LANs. [ad 20000928]
+ Ethernet: move the check for "promisc + unicast + not for us"
+ into ether_input(), and change Ethernet drivers to always
+ pass all received frames to ether_input(). [thorpej 20001001]
+ sendmail(8): upgrade to 8.11.1 from sendmail.org. [itojun 20001001]
+ newsmips: add support for tulip based 100BaseTX card: NWB-5852A.
+ [onoe 20001012]
+ dhcpd(8): upgrade to version 3 beta 2 patchlevel 9. [taca 20001017]
+ ca(4): this has been replaced by the `ld' driver. [ad 20001019]
+ twe(4): add support for the 3ware Escalade family of RAID
+ controllers. [ad 20001019]
+ cvs(1): deprecate LOCALID compile-time option in favour of a new
+ 'tag' keyword in CVSROOT/config (repository-specific).
+ [wiz 20001021]
+ siop(4): rework the driver for lower interrupt and PCI load, and
+ add tagged command queuing support. [bouyer 20001024]
+ cvs(1): import cvs-1.11. [wiz 20001026]
+ bktr(4): Merge with bktr driver v2.17 (from FreeBSD). [wiz 20001028]
+ i386: Add support to the bootblocks for booting off RAIDframe RAID1
+ mirrors (even though installboot(8) can't install them
+ onto a RAID1 mirror yet). [lukem 20001030]
+ libintl: bring in libintl from Citrus project xpg4dl tree. it is
+ BSD-licensed implementation, and is fully compatible with
+ GNU libintl from GNU gettext. [itojun 20001030]
+ gettext(1): import GNU gettext suite. userland tools only - libintl
+ is from Citrus xpg4dl tree. [itojun 20001031]
+ kernel: Add a watchdog timer framework, and support for the watchdog
+ timer function on the PC-Weasel serial console
+ board. [thorpej 20001104]
+ audio: Add a driver for the NeoMagic 256 AC'97 audio, found in many
+ laptops. [thorpej 20001104]
+ iop(4): Add support for I2O adapters, and SCSI, FC-AL and block class
+ peripherals. [ad 20001107]
+ cnmagic(9): allows the console magic key sequence to break into
+ the debugger or ROM monitor to be managed and customized.
+ [eeh 20001108]
+ named(8): upgrade to 8.2.2-P7 from ISC. [itojun 20001110]
+ pfil(9): rework the pfil interface to be more generic, allowing
+ an arbitrary number of filtering points. [thorpej 20001110]
+ usb: add the uscanner device driver for USB scanners. From
+ FreeBSD. [augustss 20001114]
+ openfirm: add a MI /dev/openfirm to interrogate OpenFirmware
+ about the device tree (currently works on arm32(SHARK)
+ and macppc). [matt 20001114]
+ ftp(1): implement `mreget'. allow choosing of alternate .netrc
+ with `-N netrc' and $NETRC. [lukem 20001115]
+ ftpd(8): new ftpd.conf(5) directives: `maxfilesize' - limit maximum
+ size of upload files, `sanenames' - only permit uploaded
+ filenames that don't start with `.' and only contain
+ `[-+,._A-Za-z0-9]'. new command line options: `-e emailaddr'
+ for %E escape, `-P dataport' different dataport, `-q' enable
+ pidfiles (default), `-Q' disable pidfiles, `-u' write utmp,
+ `-U' don't write utmp (default), `-w' write wtmp (default),
+ `-W' don't write wtmp.
+ NOTE: -U meaning changed from `write utmp' to `don't write
+ utmp" to be consistent with -q/-Q and -w/-W. old use of -U
+ won't enable an unwanted feature, it just won't enable a
+ wanted feature. [lukem 20001117]
+ swapctl(8): new `-z' option to display dump device. [mrg 20001117]
+ mvme68k: Added support for MVME-172 and MVME-177 m68060-based
+ boards. [scw 20001120]
+ compat_linux(8): Now works on the Alpha port. [erh 20001120]
+ amd(8): upgraded to 6.0.4 [wiz 20001120]
+ compat_linux(8): ptrace(2) emulation improved for i386:
+ PTRACE_{SET|GET}FPREGS is now fully supported,
+ PTRACE_{PEEK|POKE}USER partially; linux gdb can
+ now attach to running linux process and show first function
+ on stack backtrace, info float works. [jdolecek 20001121]
+ file(1): update to 3.33. [pooka 20001123]
+ kernel: Integrate the UBC (unified buffer cache) project. [chs 20001126]
+ auich(4): added driver for Intel ICH integrated AC'97
+ audio. [thorpej 20001127]
+ eeprom(8): make this work on the sparc64. [mrg 20001128]
+ kernel: lfs support is now loadable via LKM. [jdolecek 20001130]
+ ffs: vfs.ffs.doreallocblks is now on by default. [jdolecek 20001130]
+ ncr53c9x: add TAG QUEUE support [eeh 20001130]
+ mount_mfs(8): allow an 'm' suffix to the file system size option to
+ specify the size of the mfs in megabytes. [simonb 20001201]
+ libutil: added pw_getprefix() and pw_setprefix() to get and set the
+ root directory used by the passwd file update functions.
+ [tron 20001206]
+ vipw(8): Add `-d /directory' option to specify the root directory
+ of the passwd file. [tron 20001206]
+ mvme68k: Native object file format changed to ELF, using gas.new
+ and ld.new. [scw 20001207]
+ rpc.yppasswdd(8): Add `-d /directory' option to specify the root
+ directory of the passwd file. [tron 20001208]
+ kernel: Added infrastructure to load emulations and their executable
+ support dynamically via LKM. [jdolecek 20001208]
+ arm26: support for "Unix" backplanes (with interrupt masking) via
+ unixbp(4). [bjh21 20001209]
+ ldd_elf(1): add handling of a.out binaries. [simonb 20001212]
+ libc: switch to tzcode strftime() implementation. [kleink 20001212]
+ pkg_install: Added support for creating and adding bzip2 compressed
+ packages (expected suffix: .tbz). [hubertf 20001213]
+ pcmcia: added an(4) driver for Aironet 4500/4800 and Cisco Aironet
+ 340 series from FreeBSD. [onoe 20001213]
+ audiorecord(1): If we can't output a valid sun header, don't output
+ any header at all. [mrg 20001213]
+ tc: added drivers for the DEC PixelStamp family of graphics
+ accellerators. [ad 20001218]
+ ftpd(8): new command line flag: `-X' - syslog wu-ftpd style xferlog
+ entries. new ftpd.conf(5) directive: `advertise' - change the
+ address advertised by PASV (useful for certain firewall
+ environments). [lukem 20001218].
+ sb(4): Add support for Avance Logic ALS100+ [mjl 20001219]
+ fdisk(8): Print out contents of extended partitions. [lukem 20001220]
+ m68k: All m68k-based ports now share a common kernel syscall()
+ function. [scw 20001219]
+ arm26: New eh(4) driver for older i-cubed EtherLan cards.
+ [bjh21 20001220]
+ libc: enable citrus LC_CTYPE locale framework. single byte only,
+ multibyte will be enabled shortly. [itojun 20001221]
+ mbrlabel(8): by default only display the changed disk label; only
+ update the label if -f is given. be saner about adding entries
+ from the MBR to the NetBSD disk label. [lukem 20001224]
+ racoon(8): KAME IKE daemon for IPsec key negotiation. [itojun 20001229]
+ usbhidaction(1): a new command to perform actions when USB HID items
+ take on certain values. [augustss 20001230]
+ du(1): Add -m option. Similar to -k, use megabyte (1024*1024 bytes)
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