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Released Nov 1, 2006<br>

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4.0 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#40">"Humppa Negala"</a>

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<ul>

<li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for

a list of mirror machines.

<li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.0/</font> directory on

<li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/4.0/</code> directory on

one of the mirror sites.

<li>Have a look at <a href="errata40.html">The 4.0 Errata page</a> for a list

of bugs and workarounds.

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All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,

sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the

files fetched via ports.tar.gz.

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This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.0.

For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus40.html">changelog</a> leading

to 4.0.

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<li>Improved hardware support, including:

<ul>

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver for Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon-2 Gigabit Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/msk.4">msk(4)</a> driver for Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon-2 Gigabit Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bnx.4">bnx(4)</a> driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xge&sektion=4">xge(4)</a> driver for Neterion Xframe/Xframe II 10Gb Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/xge.4">xge(4)</a> driver for Neterion Xframe/Xframe II 10Gb Ethernet.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rum&sektion=4">rum(4)</a> driver for Ralink Technology 2nd gen USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rum.4">rum(4)</a> driver for Ralink Technology 2nd gen USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=acx&sektion=4">acx(4)</a> driver for Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acx.4">acx(4)</a> driver for Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pgt&sektion=4">pgt(4)</a> driver for Connexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pgt.4">pgt(4)</a> driver for Connexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uath&sektion=4">uath(4)</a> driver for Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uath.4">uath(4)</a> driver for Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New binary blob free <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wpi&sektion=4">wpi(4)</a> driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New binary blob free <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4">wpi(4)</a> driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=arc&sektion=4">arc(4)</a> driver for Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID; including RAID management via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bio&sektion=4">bio(4)</a>.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arc.4">arc(4)</a> driver for Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID; including RAID management via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bio.4">bio(4)</a>.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mfi&sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic & Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID; including RAID management via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bio&sektion=4">bio(4)</a>.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mfi.4">mfi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic & Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID; including RAID management via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bio.4">bio(4)</a>.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=azalia&sektion=4">azalia(4)</a> driver for generic High Definition Audio.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/azalia.4">azalia(4)</a> driver for generic High Definition Audio.

<li>New SD/MMC/SDIO drivers (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdhc&sektion=4">sdhc(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sdmmc&sektion=4">sdmmc(4)</a>), currently supporting SD memory cards as fake SCSI <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sd&sektion=4">sd(4)</a> drives.

<li>New SD/MMC/SDIO drivers (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sdhc.4">sdhc(4)</a>, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sdmmc.4">sdmmc(4)</a>), currently supporting SD memory cards as fake SCSI <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sd.4">sd(4)</a> drives.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a> driver for Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK DCF77/HBG time signal station receivers.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/udcf.4">udcf(4)</a> driver for Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK DCF77/HBG time signal station receivers.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uslcom&sektion=4">uslcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uslcom.4">uslcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ucycom&sektion=4">ucycom(4)</a> driver for Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ucycom.4">ucycom(4)</a> driver for Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uark&sektion=4">uark(4)</a> driver for Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uark.4">uark(4)</a> driver for Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapters.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a> driver for Qualcomm MSM EVDO based modems.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umsm.4">umsm(4)</a> driver for Qualcomm MSM EVDO based modems.

<li>New Dallas/Maxim 1-Wire bus support, including:

<ul>

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gpioow&sektion=4">gpioow(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire bus bit-banging through GPIO pin

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gpioow.4">gpioow(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire bus bit-banging through GPIO pin

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=onewire&sektion=4">onewire(4)</a> 1-Wire bus driver

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/onewire.4">onewire(4)</a> 1-Wire bus driver

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=owid&sektion=4">owid(4)</a> 1-Wire ID family driver

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/owid.4">owid(4)</a> 1-Wire ID family driver

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=owtemp&sektion=4">owtemp(4)</a> 1-Wire temperature family driver

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/owtemp.4">owtemp(4)</a> 1-Wire temperature family driver

</ul>

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isagpio&sektion=4">isagpio(4)</a> driver for ISA I/O mapped as GPIO.

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isagpio.4">isagpio(4)</a> driver for ISA I/O mapped as GPIO.

line discipline for NMEA 0183 (GPS) devices. The new

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nmeaattach.8">nmeaattach(8)</a>

utility can be used to receive NMEA 0183 data and provide the time

received as a timedelta sensor to be used by, for example,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a>.

<li>New VAX framebuffer drivers:

<ul>

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lcg&sektion=4&arch=vax">lcg(4)</a> driver for VAXstation 4000/60 and VLC color frame buffers

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vax/lcg.4">lcg(4)</a> driver for VAXstation 4000/60 and VLC color frame buffers

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lcspx&sektion=4&arch=vax">lcspx(4)</a> driver for Low-Cost SPX color frame buffers

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vax/lcspx.4">lcspx(4)</a> driver for Low-Cost SPX color frame buffers

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gpx&sektion=4&arch=vax">gpx(4)</a> driver for GPX color frame buffers

<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vax/gpx.4">gpx(4)</a> driver for GPX color frame buffers

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=smg&sektion=4&arch=vax">smg(4)</a> driver for Small Monochrome Graphics frame buffers heavily updated to be a modern <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> driver

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vax/smg.4">smg(4)</a> driver for Small Monochrome Graphics frame buffers heavily updated to be a modern <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wscons.4">wscons(4)</a> driver

</ul>

<li>Support for VAX-based Digital VXT2000 and VXT2000+ terminals.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Broadcom BCM5754, BCM5755, BCM5786, and BCM5787.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bge.4">bge(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Broadcom BCM5754, BCM5755, BCM5786, and BCM5787.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Intel ESB2 and ICH8.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/em.4">em(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Intel ESB2 and ICH8.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the NVIDIA MCP61 and MCP65.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nfe.4">nfe(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the NVIDIA MCP61 and MCP65.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Realtek RT8101E, RT8168, and RT8169SC.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/re.4">re(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Realtek RT8101E, RT8168, and RT8169SC.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dc&sektion=4">dc(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the ADMtek ADM9511 and ADM9513.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dc.4">dc(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the ADMtek ADM9511 and ADM9513.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as:

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pciide.4">pciide(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as:

<ul>

<li>ATI IXP300 SATA, IXP600 IDE

<li>Intel 6321ESB IDE/SATA, 82801G SATA, and 82801H SATA

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<li>ServerWorks SATA

<li>VIA VT8237A SATA

</ul>

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mpt&sektion=4">mpt(4)</a> driver has been replaced with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mpi&sektion=4">mpi(4)</a>, a more stable driver that supports more hardware.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpt.4">mpt(4)</a> driver has been replaced with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpi.4">mpi(4)</a>, a more stable driver that supports more hardware.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver now supports pcmcia and cardbus cards on macppc.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/com.4">com(4)</a> driver now supports pcmcia and cardbus cards on macppc.

<li>Working interrupt routing on Sun Netra t1 105, Ultra 60 and possibly other <a href="sparc64.html">sparc64</a> systems.

<li>Work around broken VIA and NVIDIA MPBIOSes, fixes interrupt routing with GENERIC.MP on several systems.

<li>Initial <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bio&sektion=4">bio(4)</a> support for Compaq/HP <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> Smart ARRAY 5/6 SAS/SCSI RAID controllers.

<li>Initial <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bio.4">bio(4)</a> support for Compaq/HP <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ciss.4">ciss(4)</a> Smart ARRAY 5/6 SAS/SCSI RAID controllers.

<li>Improved speed control on some systems:

<ul>

<li>New SpeedStep detection code, also adds support for VIA C7-M, and several newer Pentium M's.

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<li>Support for Intel 945G/GM video chipsets (on i386).</li>

<li>Support for additional I2C sensors:

<ul>

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver now supports the National Semiconductor LM9600, SMSC EMC6D10x and SMSC SCH5017 chips.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adt.4">adt(4)</a> driver now supports the National Semiconductor LM9600, SMSC EMC6D10x and SMSC SCH5017 chips.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=admtemp&sektion=4">admtemp(4)</a> driver now supports the Analog Devices ADM1023, Genesys Logic GL523SM and Global Mixed-mode Technology G781 chips.

<li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/admtemp.4">admtemp(4)</a> driver now supports the Analog Devices ADM1023, Genesys Logic GL523SM and Global Mixed-mode Technology G781 chips.

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<li>New tools:

<ul>

<li>GNU RCS has been replaced with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=rcs&sektion=1">OpenRCS</a>.

<li>GNU RCS has been replaced with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rcs.1">OpenRCS</a>.

</ul>

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<li>New functionality:

<ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsec.4">IPsec</a>

has been greatly improved:

<ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>

has been greatly extended and completely supersedes ipsecadm(8):

<ul>

<li>Lots of documentation improvements (man

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec.conf&sektion=5">ipsec.conf</a>)

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsec.conf.5">ipsec.conf</a>)

<li>IPv6 support

<li>AH support

<li>Transport mode support

<li>Dynamic IKE support for roaming users

<li>USER_FQDN id support

</ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sasyncd&sektion=8">sasyncd(8)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sasyncd.8">sasyncd(8)</a>

works much better:

<ul>

<li>communicates with

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a>,

telling it to run active or passive depending on the master/slave state of the

interfaces. This makes

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsec.4">IPsec</a>

failover setups much more robust.

<li>looks at the

interface group by default to suppress preemption of

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsec&sektion=4">IPsec</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsec.4">IPsec</a>

traffic during system boot.

</ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isakmpd.8">isakmpd(8)</a>

can now be safely configured by

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>

on startup.

</ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a> now supports HTTPS.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ftp.1">ftp(1)</a> now supports HTTPS.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a> can now perform track-at-once burning and rewritable blanking.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cdio.1">cdio(1)</a> can now perform track-at-once burning and rewritable blanking.

<li>spppcontrol(8) and wicontrol(8) functionality has been merged into

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>.

<li>gcc(1) provides a new warning, -Wstack-larger-than-N, to report functions

which are too greedy in stack variables, see

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">gcc-local(1)</a> for details.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">gcc-local(1)</a> for details.

<li>An in-kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=getcwd&sektion=3">getcwd(3)</a> implementation.

<li>An in-kernel <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/getcwd.3">getcwd(3)</a> implementation.

<li>A new system call <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=adjfreq&sektion=2">adjfreq(2)</a>

<li>A new system call <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adjfreq.2">adjfreq(2)</a>

to allow <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>

to allow <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a>

to adjust the tick rate of the system clock automatically.

<li>Support for X11 on VAX has been added

<li>Virtual Allocation Table (VAT) support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_udf&sektion=8">UDF</a>.

<li>Virtual Allocation Table (VAT) support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mount_udf.8">UDF</a>.

<li>C99 functions

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=round&sektion=3">round(3)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/round.3">round(3)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=roundf&sektion=3">roundf(3)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/roundf.3">roundf(3)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunc&sektion=3">trunc(3)</a>, and

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunc.3">trunc(3)</a>, and

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=truncf&sektion=3">truncf(3)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/truncf.3">truncf(3)</a>

have been added to libm, the math library.

now supports Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) checks for simplified

ingress filtering.

can now ignore packets based on their direction (inbound/outbound) using the

BIOCSDIRFILT ioctl.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pdisk&sektion=8&arch=mac68k">pdisk(8)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mac68k/pdisk.8">pdisk(8)</a>

can now set up slices on HFS(DPME) partitioned disks on mac68k.

<li>New dissectors have been added to

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>:

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tcpdump.8">tcpdump(8)</a>:

<ul>

<li>Cisco's VQP (VLAN Query Protocol)

<li>IEEE 802.1AB LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)

</ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a> now

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunk.4">trunk(4)</a> now

supports the new loadbalance mode to balance outgoing traffic based on hashed protocol header

information.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a> has been extended to provide runtime information on rebuilds, scrubs and initialization.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bioctl.8">bioctl(8)</a> has been extended to provide runtime information on rebuilds, scrubs and initialization.

<li>New sysctls to check the system vendor, product, version, serial number, and UUID.

<li>Equal cost multipath routing support. Needs to be enabled by a sysctl.

<li>Prebind, a secure implementation of prelinking, has been added to

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ldconfig&sektion=8" >ldconfig(8)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldconfig.8" >ldconfig(8)</a>,

it speeds up launching of shared binaries. Prebind is compatible with

address space randomization, unlike prelink.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vnconfig&sektion=8">vnconfig(8)</a> can now use PKCS #5 PBKDF2 to create a more secure key when using encryption.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vnconfig.8">vnconfig(8)</a> can now use PKCS #5 PBKDF2 to create a more secure key when using encryption.

</ul>

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<li>Much better time keeping for multiprocessor <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a>

systems.

<li>Much improved implementation of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=telldir&sektion=3">telldir(3)</a>

<li>Much improved implementation of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/telldir.3">telldir(3)</a>

and friends.

<li>Replacement of many

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a>

calls that follow a pattern prone to integer overflow with safer constructs.

<li>Improved failover handling in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a>:

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/carp.4">carp(4)</a>:

<ul>

<li>Extend the carp protocol with the demotion counter to act smarter on multiple failures.

<li>Group failovers now work without carp running preempt mode.

<li>Demotion can now be controlled via interface groups.

</ul>

<li>

is now a useful tool for controlling tape changers.

<li>Much improved

device setup, tape handling and error processing.

<li>Many

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhclient.8">dhclient(8)</a>

fixes, including 'alias' handling and improved interface initialization.

<li>

devices detect the correct SCSI version.

<li>More

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=umass&sektion=4">umass(4)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umass.4">umass(4)</a>

devices properly detected.

<li>Improved detection of fibre channel devices and devices in SCSI enclosures.

<li>The new RSSI header has been added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ieee80211_radiotap&sektion=9">ieee80211_radiotap(9)</a>

<li>The new RSSI header has been added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ieee80211_radiotap.9">ieee80211_radiotap(9)</a>

framework as a replacement for ANTSIGNAL headers.

<li>Many integer type safety cleanups with

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lint&sektion=1">lint(1)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lint.1">lint(1)</a>.

</ul>

<p>

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<p>

<li>New functionality for

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hostapd.8">hostapd(8)</a>,

the Host Access Point Daemon:

<ul>

<li>IP based roaming to build wireless networks without the requirement

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<li>OpenSSH 4.4:

<ul>

<li>Conditional configuration in <a href=

"https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5"

"https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5"

>sshd_config(5)</a> using the <b>Match</b> directive. This allows some

configuration options to be selectively overridden if specific criteria

(based on user, group, hostname and/or address) are met.

<li>Add support for Diffie-Hellman group exchange key agreement with a

final hash of SHA256.

<li>Added a <b>ForceCommand</b> directive to <a href=

"https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5"

"https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5"

>sshd_config(5)</a>, similar to the command="..." option in

~/.ssh/authorized_keys.

<li>Added a <b>PermitOpen</b> directive to <a href=

"https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5"

"https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5"

>sshd_config(5)</a>, similar to the permitopen="..." option in

authorized_keys, to allow control over the port-forwardings that a

user is allowed to establish.

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a non-zero exit code) when requested port forwardings could not be

established.

<li>Added optional logging of transactions to <a href=

"https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sftp-server&sektion=8"

"https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8"

>sftp-server(8)</a>.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ssh&sektion=1"

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1"

>ssh(1)</a> will now record port numbers for hosts stored in

~/.ssh/authorized_keys when a non-standard port has been requested.

<li>Extended the <a href=

"https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sshd_config&sektion=5"

"https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5"

>sshd_config(5)</a> "SubSystem" directive to allow the

specification of commandline arguments.

<li>Many manpage fixes and improvements

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<li>OpenNTPD 4.0:

<ul>

<li>support timedelta sensors, such as DCF77 receivers supported by

and GPS receivers supported by

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=nmea&sektion=4">nmea(4)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nmea.4">nmea(4)</a>.

<li>Adjust the kernel tick frequency, using

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=adjfreq&sektion=2">adjfreq(2)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adjfreq.2">adjfreq(2)</a>,

improving accuracy on many machines.

<li>allow for weight to be added to sensors or servers, so that one can

weight timedelta sensors higher than ntp peers

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<li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers

(+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)

<li>Gcc 2.95.3

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

and 3.3.5

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

<li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)

<li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)

<li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)

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<li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)

<li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)

</ul>

<p>

</ul>

</section>

<hr>

<h3>How to install</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>

<p>

Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of

paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate

form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style

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</ul>

<hr>

<p>

Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the

use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when

installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>

<h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>

<ul>

<p>

Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386

release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need

to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write

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To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located

at <i>CD1:4.0/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,

use the

utility. The following is an example usage of

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,

where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or

"rfd0a".

# <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or

your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot

floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to

<a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.

Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust

your BIOS options first.

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<p>

If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to

read INSTALL.amd64.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the

<i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.

<p>

Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot

/4.0/macppc/bsd.rd</i>

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you

can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your

ROM.

ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

ok <kbd>boot cdrom 4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

> <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

> <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.

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To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,

depending on the version of your ROM.

ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>

ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>

> <strong>b fd()</strong>

> <kbd>b fd()</kbd>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

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If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either

setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the

INSTALL.sparc file.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.

<p>

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<p>

If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>

Write <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppy40.fs</i> or

<ul>

<p>Write <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppy40.fs</i> or

<i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppyB40.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and

enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.

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Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

will most likely fail.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/armish:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network

either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,

then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.

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and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)

then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.

More details are available in INSTALL.armish.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot

<i>FTP:4.0/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM

or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the

<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.

Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to

the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from

<i>FTP:4.0/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k

Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Burn cd40.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and

select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.

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If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can

setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>

<ul>

Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the

openbsd40_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus

for a few important details.

</ul>

</section>

<h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>

<ul>

src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file

contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are

in a separate archive. To extract:

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

<p>

sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.

This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.

To extract:

<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it

is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as

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Using these files

results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from

a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.

<p>

</ul>

</section>

<hr>

<h3>How to upgrade</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>

<p>

If you already have an OpenBSD 3.9 system, and do not want to reinstall,

upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the

<a href="faq/upgrade40.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.

</section>

<hr>

<h3>Ports Tree</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>

<p>

A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:

<p>

# <strong>cd /usr</strong>

# <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>

# <strong>cd ports</strong>

# <kbd>cd ports</kbd>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go

read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page

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OpenBSD ports system.

<p>

The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for

cvs(1)</a> if

you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete

source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in

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available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command

like:

<p>

# <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_0</strong>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

[Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here

with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs

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If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just

would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good

place to know.

<p>

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