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1.1 deraadt 23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.4 Release:</font></h2>
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1.45 deraadt 25: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
1.1 deraadt 26: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
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1.38 deraadt 29: <a href="lyrics.html#44">4.4 Song: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a>
1.1 deraadt 30: <p>
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32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
35: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
36: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
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39: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
40: To get the files for this release:
41: <ul>
42: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
43: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines.
45: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.4/</font> directory on
46: one of the mirror sites.
47: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
49: of bugs and workarounds.
50: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
51: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
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56: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
57: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
58: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
59: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
60: the CDROM because of lack of space.
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66: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
67: <p>
68: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
69: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
70: to 4.4.
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72:
73: <ul>
74:
75: <li>New/extended platforms:
76: <ul>
77: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
1.37 brad 78: Much more platform support. Machines using the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2
79: and Fujitsu SPARC64-V/VI/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 80: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 81: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
82: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 83: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 84: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 85: </ul>
86: <p>
87:
88: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
89: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 90: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 91: <ul>
92: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
93: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
94: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
95: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
96: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
97: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
98: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
99: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
101: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
102: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
103: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
105: driver now has better probing procedure.
106: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
107: driver now support LM76.
108: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 109: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
111: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
112: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
113: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
1.8 deraadt 115: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.17 deraadt 116: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
117: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 118: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.17 deraadt 119: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 120: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.17 deraadt 121: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
122: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
123: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
124: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
125: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
126: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
127: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 128: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.34 deraadt 129: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gecko&arch=hppa&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 130: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
1.34 deraadt 131: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tsec&arch=socppc&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 132: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.17 deraadt 133: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
134: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
135: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
136: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
1.34 deraadt 137: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pccom&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3">pccom(4)</a>
138: driver has been removed; all platforms use
139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
140: now.
1.17 deraadt 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>
1.39 pvalchev 150: driver now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
1.17 deraadt 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.
1.34 deraadt 165: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mgx&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">mgx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 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
1.34 deraadt 196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ypldap&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 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>.
1.34 deraadt 203: <li>Import of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpbench&sektion=1">tcpbench(1)</a>, a small TCP benchmarking tool.
1.1 deraadt 204: </ul>
205: <p>
206:
207: <li>New functionality:
208: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 209: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 210: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
211: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
212: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 213: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.8 deraadt 214: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
1.26 deraadt 215: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
216: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
217: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.34 deraadt 218: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.17 deraadt 219: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
220: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
221: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
222: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.19 deraadt 223: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
224: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.26 deraadt 225: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
226: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.34 deraadt 227: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=locate&sektion=1">locate(1)</a> now supports -b flag to perform search only on the last
1.30 deraadt 228: component of the path.
1.17 deraadt 229: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
230: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.19 deraadt 231: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
232: no longer blanks media twice.
1.21 deraadt 233: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
234: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 235: <li>Initial version of
236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 237: crypto support.
1.19 deraadt 238: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 239: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
1.19 deraadt 241: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
242: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
243: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
244: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
245: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
246: previously lacking it.
247: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
248: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
249: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
250: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
251: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
252: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
253: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
254: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
255: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
256: to produce previous verbose output.
257: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
258: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
259: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
260: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
261: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
262: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.29 rainer 263: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
1.42 jmc 264: now revokes its privileges and runs as its own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.19 deraadt 265: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
266: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
267: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
268: devices can now be detached.
269: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
270: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
271: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
272: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
273: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
274: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
275: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
276: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
1.41 deraadt 277: successful attachments.
1.19 deraadt 278: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
279: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 280: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
281: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
282: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
283: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
284: now shows week numbers too.
285: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
286: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.25 mpf 287: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
288: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
289: created by a rule.
290: <li>The kill states feature in
291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
292: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.21 deraadt 293: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
294: use sloppy
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
296: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
297: <li>Added support in
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
299: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 300: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
302: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
303: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
304: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 305: <li>Extend <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
306: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 307: <li>Updated the display code for
308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
309: which adds views for
310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
311: states, rules and queues.
312: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
313: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 314: </ul>
315: <p>
316:
317: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
318: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 319: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
320: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 321: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 322: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.9 otto 323: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 324: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
325: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
326: and is faster.
1.10 otto 327: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 328: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 329: filesystems.
1.30 deraadt 330: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
331: function has been added to libc.
332: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
333: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 334: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 335: to do some real work.
1.34 deraadt 336: <li>New APIs for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>,
337: one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a
338: uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.1 deraadt 339: </ul>
340: <p>
341:
342: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
343: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 344: <li>A new tool
1.18 sobrado 345: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
346: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 347: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 348: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 349: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
350: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 351: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
352: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
353: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
354: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
355: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
356: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
357: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.26 deraadt 358: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
359: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 360: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
361: <li>Invocations of
362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
363: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 364: </ul>
365: <p>
366:
1.15 deraadt 367: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 368: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 369: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
370: verification of remote keys.
371: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chroot&sektion=2">
372: chroot(2)</a> support for
373: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
374: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
375: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
376: <li>Make
377: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
378: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 379: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 380: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 381: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 382: files.
383: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 384: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 385: from="..." stanzas.
386: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
387: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
388: <li>Make the maximum number of
389: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 390: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.15 deraadt 391: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
392: ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 393: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">
394: ssh-keyscan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 395: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
1.34 deraadt 396: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=3">
397: statvfs(3)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
1.15 deraadt 398: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">
399: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 400: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 401: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
402: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 403: </ul>
404: <p>
405:
1.33 deraadt 406: <li>Over 5205 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 407: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
408: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
409: <tr>
410: <td valign="top" width="25%">
411: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 412: <li>i386: 5033
413: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.40 deraadt 414: <li>alpha: 4852
1.1 deraadt 415: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 416: <li>sh: 1285
1.23 deraadt 417: <li>amd64: 4940
1.32 deraadt 418: <li>powerpc: 4466
1.1 deraadt 419: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 420: <li>sparc: 3381
421: <li>arm: 4018
1.40 deraadt 422: <li>hppa: 1595
1.43 deraadt 423: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
424: <li>vax: 1954
1.40 deraadt 425: <li>mips64: 3099
1.1 deraadt 426: </ul></td></tr></table>
427: Some highlights:
428: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 429: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
430: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
1.44 brad 431: <li>KDE 3.5.9.
1.30 deraadt 432: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
433: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
434: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
435: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
436: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
437: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
438: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 439: </ul>
440: <p>
441:
442: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
443: <p>
444:
445: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
446: <ul>
447: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 448: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 449: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
450: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
451: and 3.3.5
452: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
453: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
454: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
455: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
456: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 457: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
458: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 459: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 460: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 461: <li>Ncurses 5.2
462: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
463: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
464: <li>Arla 0.35.7
465: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
466: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
467: </ul>
468: <p>
469:
470: </ul>
471:
472: <a name="install"></a>
473: <hr>
474: <p>
475: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
476: <p>
477: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
478: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
479: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
480: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
481: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
482: purchased a CDROM instead.
483: <p>
484:
485: <hr>
486: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
487: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
488: <p>
489: <ul>
490: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
491: <p>
492: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
493: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
494: <p>
495: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
496: <p>
497: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
498: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
499: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
500: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
501: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
502: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
503: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
504: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
505: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
506: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
507: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
508: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
509: </ul>
510: <hr>
511:
512: <p>
513: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
514: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
515: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
516: <p>
517:
518: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
519: <ul>
520: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
521: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
522: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
523: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
524:
525: <p>
526: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
527: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
528:
529: <p>
530: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
531: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
532: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
533:
534: <p>
535: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
536: read INSTALL.i386.
537:
538: <p>
539: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
540: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
541: use the
542: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
543: utility. The following is an example usage of
544: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
545: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
546: "rfd0a".
547:
548: <ul><pre>
549: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
550: </pre></ul>
551:
552: <p>
553: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
554: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
555: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
556: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
557: </ul>
558:
559: <p>
560: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
561: <ul>
562: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
563: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
564: your BIOS options first.
565: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
566: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
567: boot from the floppy drive.
568:
569: <p>
570: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
571: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
572: INSTALL.amd64 document.
573:
574: <p>
575: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
576: read INSTALL.amd64.
577: </ul>
578:
579: <p>
580: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
581: <ul>
582: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
583: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
584:
585: <p>
586: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
587: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
588: </ul>
589:
590: <p>
591: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
592: <ul>
593: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
594:
595: <p>
596: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
597: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
598: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
599: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
600:
601: <p>
602: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
603: will most likely fail.
604:
605: <p>
606: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
607: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
608:
609: <p>
610: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
611: </ul>
612:
613: <p>
614: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
615: <ul>
616: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
617: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
618: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
619:
620: <p>
621: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
622: will most likely fail.
623:
624: </ul>
625:
626: <p>
627: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
628: <ul>
629: <p>
630: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
631: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
632: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
633: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
634: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
635: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
636: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
637: </ul>
638:
639: <p>
640: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
641: <ul>
642: <p>
643: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
644: </ul>
645:
646: <p>
647: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
648: <ul>
649: <p>
650: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
651: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
652: </ul>
653:
654: <p>
655: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
656: <ul>
657: <p>
658: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
659: or disk, and boot normally.
660: </ul>
661:
662: <p>
663: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
664: <ul>
665: <p>
666: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
667: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
668: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
669: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
670: </ul>
671:
672: <p>
673: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
674: <ul>
675: <p>
676: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
677: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
678: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
679: for more details.
680: </ul>
681:
682: <p>
683: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
684: <ul>
685: <p>
686: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
687: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
688: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
689: for more details.
690: </ul>
691:
692: <p>
693: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
694: <ul>
695: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
696: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
697:
698: <ul><pre>
699: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
700: or
701: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
702: </pre></ul>
703:
704: <p>
705: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
706: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
707: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
708: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
709: depending on the version of your ROM.
710:
711: <ul><pre>
712: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
713: or
714: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
715: </pre></ul>
716:
717: <p>
718: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
719: will most likely fail.
720:
721: <p>
722: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
723: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
724: INSTALL.sparc file.
725: </ul>
726:
727: <p>
728: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
729: <ul>
730: <p>
731: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
732: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
733:
734: <p>
735: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
736: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
737: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
738: </ul>
739:
740: <p>
741: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
742: <ul>
743: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
744: </ul>
745:
746: <p>
747: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
748: <ul>
749: <p>
750: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
751: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
752: for a few important details.
753: </ul>
754:
755: <p>
756: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
757: <ul>
758: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
759: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
760: in a separate archive. To extract:
761: <p>
762: <ul><pre>
763: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
764: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
765: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
766: </pre></ul>
767: <p>
768: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
769: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
770: To extract:
771: <p>
772: <ul><pre>
773: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
774: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
775: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
776: </pre></ul>
777: <p>
778: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
779: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
780: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
781: Using these files
782: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
783: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
784: <p>
785: </ul>
786:
787: <a name="upgrade"></a>
788: <hr>
789: <p>
790: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
791: <p>
792: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
793: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
794: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
795:
796: <a name="ports"></a>
797: <hr>
798: <p>
799: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
800: <p>
801: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
802: <p>
803: <ul><pre>
804: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
805: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
806: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
807: </pre></ul>
808: <p>
809: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.46 jasper 810: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 811: if you know nothing about ports
812: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
813: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
814: OpenBSD ports system.
815: <p>
816: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
817: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
818: cvs(1)</a> if
819: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
820: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
821: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
822: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
823: like:
824: <p>
825: <ul><pre>
826: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
827: </pre></ul>
828: <p>
829: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
830: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
831: server.]
832: <p>
833: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
834: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
835: <p>
836: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
837: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
838: place to know.
839: <p>
840:
841: </body>
842: </html>