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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.4 Release:</font></h2>
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26: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
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30: <a href="lyrics.html#44">4.4 Song: "???"</a>
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33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.4/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
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57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
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67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 4.4.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
78: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
79: Much more platform support. Machines using the Ultrasparc IV/T1/T2
80: and Fujitsu Sparc64-V/V/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 81: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 82: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
83: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 84: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 85: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 86: </ul>
87: <p>
88:
89: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
90: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 91: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 92: <ul>
93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
94: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
96: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
97: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
98: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
100: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
101: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
102: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
103: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
104: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
105: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
106: driver now has better probing procedure.
107: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
108: driver now support LM76.
109: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 110: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
111: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
113: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
114: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
1.8 deraadt 116: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.30 deraadt 117: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.17 deraadt 118: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
119: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 120: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.17 deraadt 121: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 122: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.17 deraadt 123: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
124: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
125: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
126: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
127: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
128: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
129: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 130: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.17 deraadt 131: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gecko&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
132: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
133: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tsec&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 134: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.17 deraadt 135: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
136: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
137: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
138: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
139: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pccom&sektion=4">pccom(4)</a>
140: driver has been removed; all platforms use com(4) now.
141: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a>
142: and
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>
144: now work on most sparc64 machines.
145: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a>
146: driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
147: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 148: driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
1.17 deraadt 149: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
150: now now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
151: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
152: driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
153: and P812 devices.
154: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uftdi&sektion=4">uftdi(4)</a>
155: driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L devices.
156: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
157: driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
158: and more HSDPA MSM devices.
159: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsa&sektion=4">ubsa(4)</a>
160: driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
161: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
162: driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
163: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=puc&sektion=4">puc(4)</a>
164: driver now supports more Netmos devices.
165: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mgx&sektion=4">mgx(4)</a>
166: driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
1.19 deraadt 167: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
168: driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
169: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 170: driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
1.21 deraadt 171: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
172: driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
173: mode which helps with some blade servers.
174: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
175: driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on some systems.
176: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
177: driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
1.30 deraadt 178: resulting in much faster transmit performance.
1.21 deraadt 179: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
180: driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
181: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>
182: driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.26 deraadt 183: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
184: driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
1.30 deraadt 185: <li>Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
186: <li>The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
187: with server management cards.
1.1 deraadt 188: </ul>
189: <p>
190:
191: <li>New tools:
192: <ul>
1.17 deraadt 193: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.statd&sektion=8">rpc.statd(8)</a>,
194: the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS file locking daemon.
195: <li>Initial import of
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=yplapd&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
197: a drop-in replacement for ypserv to glue in an LDAP directory for
198: get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
1.21 deraadt 199: <li>Deprecated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slattach&sektion=8">slattach(8)</a>
1.31 ! steven 200: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 201: in favor of
1.31 ! steven 202: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldattach&sektion=8">ldattach(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 203: <li>Import of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpbench&sektion=8">tcpbench(1)</a>, a small TCP benchmarking tool.
1.1 deraadt 204: <li>...
205: </ul>
206: <p>
207:
208: <li>New functionality:
209: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 210: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 211: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
212: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
213: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 214: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.8 deraadt 215: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
1.26 deraadt 216: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
217: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
218: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.8 deraadt 219: <li>Many wireless network drivers now support WPA.
1.17 deraadt 220: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
221: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
222: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
223: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.19 deraadt 224: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
225: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.26 deraadt 226: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
227: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.30 deraadt 228: <li>locate(1) now supports -b flag to perform search only on the last
229: component of the path.
1.17 deraadt 230: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
231: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.19 deraadt 232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
233: no longer blanks media twice.
1.21 deraadt 234: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
235: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 236: <li>Initial version of
237: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 238: crypto support.
1.19 deraadt 239: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 240: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
241: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
1.19 deraadt 242: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
243: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
244: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
245: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
246: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
247: previously lacking it.
248: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
249: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
250: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
251: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
252: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
253: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
254: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
255: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
256: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
257: to produce previous verbose output.
258: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
259: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
260: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
261: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
262: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
263: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.29 rainer 264: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
265: now revoces it's privileges and runs as it's own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.19 deraadt 266: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
267: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
268: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
269: devices can now be detached.
270: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
271: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
272: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
273: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
274: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
275: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
276: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
277: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
278: successfull attachments.
279: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
280: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 281: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
282: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
283: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
284: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
285: now shows week numbers too.
286: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
287: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.25 mpf 288: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
289: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
290: created by a rule.
291: <li>The kill states feature in
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
293: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.21 deraadt 294: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
295: use sloppy
296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
297: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
298: <li>Added support in
299: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
300: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 301: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
302: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
303: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
304: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
305: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 306: <li>Extend <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
307: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 308: <li>Updated the display code for
309: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
310: which adds views for
311: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
312: states, rules and queues.
313: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
314: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.8 deraadt 315: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 316: </ul>
317: <p>
318:
319: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
320: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 321: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
322: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 323: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 324: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.9 otto 325: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 326: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
327: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
328: and is faster.
1.10 otto 329: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 330: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 331: filesystems.
1.30 deraadt 332: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
333: function has been added to libc.
334: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
335: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 336: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 337: to do some real work.
338: <li>New APIs for arc4random, one to fill a buffer with random numbers
339: and the other to return a uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.12 deraadt 340: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 341: </ul>
342: <p>
343:
344: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
345: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 346: <li>A new tool
1.18 sobrado 347: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
348: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 349: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 350: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 351: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
352: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 353: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
354: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
355: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
356: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
357: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
358: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
359: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.26 deraadt 360: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
361: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 362: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
363: <li>Invocations of
364: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
365: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 366: </ul>
367: <p>
368:
1.15 deraadt 369: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 370: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 371: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
372: verification of remote keys.
373: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chroot&sektion=2">
374: chroot(2)</a> support for
375: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
376: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
377: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
378: <li>Make
379: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
380: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 381: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 382: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 383: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 384: files.
385: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 386: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 387: from="..." stanzas.
388: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
389: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
390: <li>Make the maximum number of
391: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 392: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.15 deraadt 393: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
394: ssh_config(5)</a>.
395: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_scan&sektion=1">
1.16 deraadt 396: ssh_scan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 397: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
398: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=2">
399: statvfs(2)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
400: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">
401: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 402: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 403: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
404: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 405: </ul>
406: <p>
407:
408: <li>Over ???? ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
409: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
410: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
411: <tr>
412: <td valign="top" width="25%">
413: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 414: <li>i386: 5033
415: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.1 deraadt 416: <li>alpha: ????
417: <li>sh: ????
418: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.23 deraadt 419: <li>amd64: 4940
1.22 deraadt 420: <li>powerpc: 4258
1.1 deraadt 421: <li>sparc: ????
422: <li>m68k: ????
423: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
424: <li>arm: ????
425: <li>hppa: ????
426: <li>vax: ????
427: <li>mips64: ????
428: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
429: <li>m88k: ????
430: </ul></td></tr></table>
431: Some highlights:
432: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 433: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
434: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
435: <li>KDE 3.5.8.
436: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
437: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
438: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
439: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
440: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
441: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
442: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 443: </ul>
444: <p>
445:
446: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
447: <p>
448:
449: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
450: <ul>
451: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 452: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 453: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
454: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
455: and 3.3.5
456: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
457: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
458: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
459: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
460: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 461: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
462: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 463: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 464: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 465: <li>Ncurses 5.2
466: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
467: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
468: <li>Arla 0.35.7
469: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
470: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
471: </ul>
472: <p>
473:
474: </ul>
475:
476: <a name="install"></a>
477: <hr>
478: <p>
479: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
480: <p>
481: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
482: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
483: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
484: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
485: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
486: purchased a CDROM instead.
487: <p>
488:
489: <hr>
490: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
491: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
492: <p>
493: <ul>
494: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
495: <p>
496: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
497: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
498: <p>
499: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
500: <p>
501: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
502: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
503: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
504: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
505: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
506: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
507: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
508: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
509: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
510: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
511: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
512: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
513: </ul>
514: <hr>
515:
516: <p>
517: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
518: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
519: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
520: <p>
521:
522: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
523: <ul>
524: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
525: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
526: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
527: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
528:
529: <p>
530: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
531: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
532:
533: <p>
534: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
535: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
536: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
537:
538: <p>
539: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
540: read INSTALL.i386.
541:
542: <p>
543: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
544: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
545: use the
546: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
547: utility. The following is an example usage of
548: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
549: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
550: "rfd0a".
551:
552: <ul><pre>
553: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
554: </pre></ul>
555:
556: <p>
557: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
558: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
559: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
560: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
561: </ul>
562:
563: <p>
564: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
565: <ul>
566: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
567: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
568: your BIOS options first.
569: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
570: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
571: boot from the floppy drive.
572:
573: <p>
574: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
575: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
576: INSTALL.amd64 document.
577:
578: <p>
579: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
580: read INSTALL.amd64.
581: </ul>
582:
583: <p>
584: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
585: <ul>
586: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
587: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
588:
589: <p>
590: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
591: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
592: </ul>
593:
594: <p>
595: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
596: <ul>
597: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
598:
599: <p>
600: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
601: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
602: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
603: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
604:
605: <p>
606: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
607: will most likely fail.
608:
609: <p>
610: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
611: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
612:
613: <p>
614: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
615: </ul>
616:
617: <p>
618: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
619: <ul>
620: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
621: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
622: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
623:
624: <p>
625: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
626: will most likely fail.
627:
628: </ul>
629:
630: <p>
631: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
632: <ul>
633: <p>
634: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
635: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
636: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
637: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
638: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
639: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
640: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
641: </ul>
642:
643: <p>
644: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
645: <ul>
646: <p>
647: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
648: </ul>
649:
650: <p>
651: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
652: <ul>
653: <p>
654: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
655: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
656: </ul>
657:
658: <p>
659: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
660: <ul>
661: <p>
662: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
663: or disk, and boot normally.
664: </ul>
665:
666: <p>
667: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
668: <ul>
669: <p>
670: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
671: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
672: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
673: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
674: </ul>
675:
676: <p>
677: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
678: <ul>
679: <p>
680: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
681: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
682: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
683: for more details.
684: </ul>
685:
686: <p>
687: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
688: <ul>
689: <p>
690: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
691: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
692: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
693: for more details.
694: </ul>
695:
696: <p>
697: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
698: <ul>
699: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
700: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
701:
702: <ul><pre>
703: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
704: or
705: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
706: </pre></ul>
707:
708: <p>
709: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
710: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
711: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
712: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
713: depending on the version of your ROM.
714:
715: <ul><pre>
716: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
717: or
718: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
719: </pre></ul>
720:
721: <p>
722: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
723: will most likely fail.
724:
725: <p>
726: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
727: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
728: INSTALL.sparc file.
729: </ul>
730:
731: <p>
732: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
733: <ul>
734: <p>
735: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
736: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
737:
738: <p>
739: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
740: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
741: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
742: </ul>
743:
744: <p>
745: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
746: <ul>
747: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
748: </ul>
749:
750: <p>
751: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
752: <ul>
753: <p>
754: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
755: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
756: for a few important details.
757: </ul>
758:
759: <p>
760: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
761: <ul>
762: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
763: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
764: in a separate archive. To extract:
765: <p>
766: <ul><pre>
767: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
768: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
769: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
770: </pre></ul>
771: <p>
772: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
773: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
774: To extract:
775: <p>
776: <ul><pre>
777: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
778: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
779: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
780: </pre></ul>
781: <p>
782: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
783: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
784: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
785: Using these files
786: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
787: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
788: <p>
789: </ul>
790:
791: <a name="upgrade"></a>
792: <hr>
793: <p>
794: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
795: <p>
796: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
797: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
798: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
799:
800: <a name="ports"></a>
801: <hr>
802: <p>
803: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
804: <p>
805: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
806: <p>
807: <ul><pre>
808: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
809: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
810: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
811: </pre></ul>
812: <p>
813: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
814: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
815: if you know nothing about ports
816: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
817: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
818: OpenBSD ports system.
819: <p>
820: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
821: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
822: cvs(1)</a> if
823: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
824: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
825: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
826: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
827: like:
828: <p>
829: <ul><pre>
830: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
831: </pre></ul>
832: <p>
833: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
834: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
835: server.]
836: <p>
837: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
838: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
839: <p>
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