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26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.0 Release:</font></h2>
27: <p>
28: Released Nov 1, 2006<br>
29: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
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39: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
40: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
41: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
42: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
43: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
44:
45: <p>
46: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
47: To get the files for this release:
48: <ul>
49: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
50: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
51: a list of mirror machines.
52: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.0/</font> directory on
53: one of the mirror sites.
54: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
55: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 4.0 Errata page</a> for a list
56: of bugs and workarounds.
57: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
58: 3.9 and 4.0 releases.
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60: </ul>
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63:
64: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
65: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
66: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
67: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
68: the CDROM because of lack of space.
69: <p>
70:
71: <a name="new"></a>
72: <hr>
73: <p>
74: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
75: <p>
76: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.0.
77: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
78: to 4.0.
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80: <p>
81:
82: <ul>
83:
84: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
85: <ul>
1.2 jsg 86: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver for Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon-2 Gigabit Ethernet
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet
88: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xge&sektion=4">xge(4)</a> driver for Neterion Xframe/Xframe II 10Gb Ethernet
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rum&sektion=4">rum(4)</a> driver for Ralink Technology 2nd gen USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
90: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acx&sektion=4">acx(4)</a> driver for Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
91: <li>New binary blob free <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wpi&sektion=4">wpi(4)</a> driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
92: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&sektion=4">mpi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface SCSI/FC/SAS
93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc&sektion=4">arc(4)</a> driver for Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID
94: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic & Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID
95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=azalia&sektion=4">azalia(4)</a> driver for generic High Definition Audio
96: <li>New SD/MMC/SDIO drivers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdhc&sektion=4">sdhc(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdmmc&sektion=4">sdmmc(4)</a>)
97: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a> driver for Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK DCF77/HBG time signal station receivers
98: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uslcom&sektion=4">uslcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapters
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ucycom&sektion=4">ucycom(4)</a> driver for Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapters
100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uark&sektion=4">uark(4)</a> driver for Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapters
101: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a> driver for Qualcomm MSM EVDO based modems
1.5 ! brad 102: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Broadcom BCM5754, BCM5755, BCM5786, and BCM5787
! 103: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Intel ESB2 and ICH8.
! 104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the NVIDIA MCP61 and MCP65.
! 105: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the Realtek RT8101E, RT8168, and RT8169SC
! 106: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">dc(4)</a> driver supporting newer chipsets, such as the ADMtek ADM9511 and ADM9513
! 107: <li>
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119: <li>New functionality:
120: <ul>
1.3 pedro 121: <li>An in-kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getcwd&sektion=3">getcwd(3)</a> implementation
1.4 pedro 122: <li>Virtual Allocation Table (VAT) support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_udf&sektion=8">UDF</a>
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158: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
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160: <p>
161:
162: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
163: <p>
164:
165: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
166: <ul>
167: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
168: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
169: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
170: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
171: and 3.3.5
172: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
173: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
174: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
175: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
176: <li>Groff 1.15
177: <li>Sendmail 8.13.8, with libmilter
178: <li>Bind 9.3.2 (+ patches)
179: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
180: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
181: <li>Ncurses 5.2
182: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
183: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
184: <li>Arla 0.35.7
185: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
186: <li>Gdb 6.3
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188: </ul>
189: <p>
190:
191: </ul>
192:
193: <a name="install"></a>
194: <hr>
195: <p>
196: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
197: <p>
198: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
199: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
200: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
201: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
202: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
203: purchased a CDROM instead.
204: <p>
205:
206: <hr>
207: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
208: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.0 on your machine:
209: <p>
210: <ul>
211: <li>CD1:4.0/i386/INSTALL.i386
212: <p>
213: <li>CD2:4.0/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
214: <li>CD2:4.0/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
215: <p>
216: <li>CD3:4.0/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
217: <li>CD3:4.0/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
218: <p>
219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
220: <!-- XXX armish -->
221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/cats/INSTALL.cats
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/vax/INSTALL.vax
230: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
231: </ul>
232: <hr>
233:
234: <p>
235: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
236: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
237: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
238: <p>
239:
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
241: <ul>
242: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
243: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
244: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
245: <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
246:
247: <p>
248: Use <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppyB40.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
249: support, or <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppyC40.fs</i> for better laptop support.
250:
251: <p>
252: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
253: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
254: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
255:
256: <p>
257: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
258: read INSTALL.i386.
259:
260: <p>
261: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
262: at <i>CD1:4.0/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
263: use the
264: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
265: utility. The following is an example usage of
266: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
267: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
268: "rfd0a".
269:
270: <ul><pre>
271: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
272: </pre></ul>
273:
274: <p>
275: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
276: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
277: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
278: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
279: </ul>
280:
281: <p>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
283: <ul>
284: The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
285: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
286: your BIOS options first.
287: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
288: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.0/amd64/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy, then
289: boot from the floppy drive.
290:
291: <p>
292: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
293: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
294: INSTALL.amd64 document.
295:
296: <p>
297: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
298: read INSTALL.amd64.
299: </ul>
300:
301: <p>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
303: <ul>
304: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
305: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
306:
307: <p>
308: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
309: /4.0/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
310: </ul>
311:
312: <p>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
314: <ul>
315: The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
316: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
317: ROM.
318:
319: <ul><pre>
320: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
321: or
322: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
323: </pre></ul>
324:
325: <p>
326: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
327: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.0/sparc/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy.
328: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
329: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
330: depending on the version of your ROM.
331:
332: <ul><pre>
333: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
334: or
335: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
336: </pre></ul>
337:
338: <p>
339: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
340: will most likely fail.
341:
342: <p>
343: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
344: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
345: INSTALL.sparc file.
346: </ul>
347:
348: <p>
349: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
350: <ul>
351: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
352:
353: <p>
354: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
355: <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/floppy40.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/floppyB40.fs</i>
356: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
357: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
358:
359: <p>
360: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
361: will most likely fail.
362:
363: <p>
364: You can also write <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/miniroot40.fs</i> to the swap partition on
365: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
366:
367: <p>
368: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
369: </ul>
370:
371: <p>
372: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
373: <ul>
374: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppy40.fs</i> or
375: <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppyB40.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
376: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
377:
378: <p>
379: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
380: will most likely fail.
381:
382: </ul>
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385: <p>
386: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
387: <ul>
388: <p>
389: ...
390: </ul>
391: -->
392:
393: <p>
394: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
395: <ul>
396: <p>
397: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
398: <i>FTP:4.0/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
399: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: <p>
406: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: <p>
413: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
414: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
422: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
423: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
424: </ul>
425:
426: <p>
427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
428: <ul>
429: <p>
430: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
431: <i>FTP:4.0/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
432: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
433: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
434: </ul>
435:
436: <p>
437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
438: <ul>
439: <p>
440: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
441: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
442: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
443: for more details.
444: </ul>
445:
446: <p>
447: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
448: <ul>
449: <p>
450: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
451: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
452: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
453: for more details.
454: </ul>
455:
456: <p>
457: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
458: <ul>
459: <p>
460: Burn cd40.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
461: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
462:
463: <p>
464: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
465: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
466: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
472: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
473: </ul>
474:
475: <p>
476: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
477: <ul>
478: <p>
479: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
480: openbsd40_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
481: for a few important details.
482: </ul>
483:
484: <p>
485: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
486: <ul>
487: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
488: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
489: in a separate archive. To extract:
490: <p>
491: <ul><pre>
492: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
493: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
494: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
495: </pre></ul>
496: <p>
497: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
498: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
499: To extract:
500: <p>
501: <ul><pre>
502: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
503: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
504: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
505: </pre></ul>
506: <p>
507: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
508: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
509: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
510: Using these files
511: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
512: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
513: <p>
514: </ul>
515:
516: <a name="upgrade"></a>
517: <hr>
518: <p>
519: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
520: <p>
521: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.9 system, and do not want to reinstall,
522: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
523: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
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525:
526: <a name="ports"></a>
527: <hr>
528: <p>
529: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
530: <p>
531: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
532: <p>
533: <ul><pre>
534: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
535: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
536: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
537: </pre></ul>
538: <p>
539: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
540: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
541: if you know nothing about ports
542: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
543: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
544: OpenBSD ports system.
545: <p>
546: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
547: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
548: cvs(1)</a> if
549: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
550: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
551: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
552: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
553: like:
554: <p>
555: <ul><pre>
556: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_0</strong>
557: </pre></ul>
558: <p>
559: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
560: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
561: server.]
562: <p>
563: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
564: packages for the 4.0 release will be made available if problems arise.
565: <p>
566: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
567: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
568: place to know.
569: <p>
570:
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