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1.48 deraadt 22: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 4.4</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
1.45 deraadt 24: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
1.1 deraadt 25: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
26: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
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1.38 deraadt 28: <a href="lyrics.html#44">4.4 Song: "Trial of the BSD Knights"</a>
1.1 deraadt 29: <p>
30: <ul>
31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.4/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
38: of bugs and workarounds.
39: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
40: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
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1.48 deraadt 44: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
45: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
46: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
47: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
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54: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
55: <p>
56: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
57: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
58: to 4.4.
59: <p>
60:
61: <ul>
62:
63: <li>New/extended platforms:
64: <ul>
65: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
1.37 brad 66: Much more platform support. Machines using the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2
67: and Fujitsu SPARC64-V/VI/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 68: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 69: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
70: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 71: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 72: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 73: </ul>
74: <p>
75:
76: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
77: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 78: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 79: <ul>
80: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
81: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
82: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
83: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
84: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
85: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
86: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
87: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
88: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
89: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
90: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
91: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
92: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
93: driver now has better probing procedure.
94: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
95: driver now support LM76.
96: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 97: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
100: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
101: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
1.8 deraadt 103: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.17 deraadt 104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
105: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 106: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.17 deraadt 107: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 108: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.17 deraadt 109: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
110: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
111: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
112: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
113: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
114: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
115: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 116: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.34 deraadt 117: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gecko&arch=hppa&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 118: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
1.34 deraadt 119: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tsec&arch=socppc&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 120: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.17 deraadt 121: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
122: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
123: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
124: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
1.34 deraadt 125: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pccom&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3">pccom(4)</a>
126: driver has been removed; all platforms use
127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
128: now.
1.17 deraadt 129: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a>
130: and
131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>
132: now work on most sparc64 machines.
133: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a>
134: driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
135: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 136: driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
1.17 deraadt 137: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
1.39 pvalchev 138: driver now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
1.17 deraadt 139: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
140: driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
141: and P812 devices.
142: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uftdi&sektion=4">uftdi(4)</a>
143: driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L devices.
144: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
145: driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
146: and more HSDPA MSM devices.
147: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsa&sektion=4">ubsa(4)</a>
148: driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
149: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
150: driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
151: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=puc&sektion=4">puc(4)</a>
152: driver now supports more Netmos devices.
1.34 deraadt 153: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mgx&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">mgx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 154: driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
1.19 deraadt 155: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
156: driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
157: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 158: driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
1.21 deraadt 159: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
160: driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
161: mode which helps with some blade servers.
162: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
163: driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on some systems.
164: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
165: driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
1.30 deraadt 166: resulting in much faster transmit performance.
1.21 deraadt 167: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
168: driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
169: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>
170: driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.26 deraadt 171: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
172: driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
1.30 deraadt 173: <li>Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
174: <li>The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
175: with server management cards.
1.1 deraadt 176: </ul>
177: <p>
178:
179: <li>New tools:
180: <ul>
1.17 deraadt 181: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.statd&sektion=8">rpc.statd(8)</a>,
182: the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS file locking daemon.
183: <li>Initial import of
1.34 deraadt 184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ypldap&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 185: a drop-in replacement for ypserv to glue in an LDAP directory for
186: get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
1.21 deraadt 187: <li>Deprecated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slattach&sektion=8">slattach(8)</a>
1.31 steven 188: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 189: in favor of
1.31 steven 190: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldattach&sektion=8">ldattach(8)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 191: <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 192: </ul>
193: <p>
194:
195: <li>New functionality:
196: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 197: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 198: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
199: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
200: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 201: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.8 deraadt 202: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
1.26 deraadt 203: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
204: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
205: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.34 deraadt 206: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.17 deraadt 207: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
208: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
209: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
210: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.19 deraadt 211: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
212: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.26 deraadt 213: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
214: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.34 deraadt 215: <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 216: component of the path.
1.17 deraadt 217: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
218: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.19 deraadt 219: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
220: no longer blanks media twice.
1.21 deraadt 221: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
222: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 223: <li>Initial version of
224: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 225: crypto support.
1.19 deraadt 226: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 227: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
228: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
1.19 deraadt 229: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
230: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
231: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
232: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
233: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
234: previously lacking it.
235: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
236: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
237: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
238: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
239: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
240: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
241: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
242: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
243: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
244: to produce previous verbose output.
245: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
246: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
247: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
248: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
249: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
250: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.29 rainer 251: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
1.42 jmc 252: now revokes its privileges and runs as its own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.19 deraadt 253: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
254: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
255: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
256: devices can now be detached.
257: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
258: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
259: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
260: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
261: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
262: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
263: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
264: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
1.41 deraadt 265: successful attachments.
1.19 deraadt 266: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
267: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 268: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
269: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
270: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
271: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
272: now shows week numbers too.
273: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
274: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.25 mpf 275: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
276: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
277: created by a rule.
278: <li>The kill states feature in
279: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
280: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.21 deraadt 281: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
282: use sloppy
283: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
284: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
285: <li>Added support in
286: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
287: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 288: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
289: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
290: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
292: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 293: <li>Extend <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
294: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 295: <li>Updated the display code for
296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
297: which adds views for
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
299: states, rules and queues.
300: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
301: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 302: </ul>
303: <p>
304:
305: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
306: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 307: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
308: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 309: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 310: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.9 otto 311: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 312: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
313: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
314: and is faster.
1.10 otto 315: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 316: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 317: filesystems.
1.30 deraadt 318: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
319: function has been added to libc.
320: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
321: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 322: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 323: to do some real work.
1.34 deraadt 324: <li>New APIs for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>,
325: one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a
326: uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.1 deraadt 327: </ul>
328: <p>
329:
330: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
331: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 332: <li>A new tool
1.18 sobrado 333: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
334: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 335: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 336: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 337: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
338: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 339: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
340: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
341: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
342: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
343: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
344: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
345: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.26 deraadt 346: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
347: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 348: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
349: <li>Invocations of
350: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
351: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 352: </ul>
353: <p>
354:
1.15 deraadt 355: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 356: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 357: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
358: verification of remote keys.
359: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chroot&sektion=2">
360: chroot(2)</a> support for
361: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
362: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
363: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
364: <li>Make
365: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
366: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 367: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 368: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 369: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 370: files.
371: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 372: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 373: from="..." stanzas.
374: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
375: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
376: <li>Make the maximum number of
377: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 378: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.15 deraadt 379: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
380: ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 381: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">
382: ssh-keyscan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 383: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
1.34 deraadt 384: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=3">
385: statvfs(3)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
1.15 deraadt 386: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">
387: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 388: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 389: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
390: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 391: </ul>
392: <p>
393:
1.33 deraadt 394: <li>Over 5205 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 395: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
396: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
397: <tr>
398: <td valign="top" width="25%">
399: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 400: <li>i386: 5033
401: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.40 deraadt 402: <li>alpha: 4852
1.1 deraadt 403: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 404: <li>sh: 1285
1.23 deraadt 405: <li>amd64: 4940
1.32 deraadt 406: <li>powerpc: 4466
1.1 deraadt 407: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 408: <li>sparc: 3381
409: <li>arm: 4018
1.40 deraadt 410: <li>hppa: 1595
1.43 deraadt 411: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
412: <li>vax: 1954
1.40 deraadt 413: <li>mips64: 3099
1.1 deraadt 414: </ul></td></tr></table>
415: Some highlights:
416: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 417: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
418: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
1.44 brad 419: <li>KDE 3.5.9.
1.30 deraadt 420: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
421: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
422: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
423: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
424: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
425: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
426: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 427: </ul>
428: <p>
429:
430: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
431: <p>
432:
433: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
434: <ul>
435: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 436: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 437: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
438: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
439: and 3.3.5
440: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
441: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
442: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
443: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
444: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 445: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
446: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 447: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 448: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 449: <li>Ncurses 5.2
450: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
451: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
452: <li>Arla 0.35.7
453: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
454: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
455: </ul>
456: <p>
457:
458: </ul>
459:
460: <a name="install"></a>
461: <hr>
462: <p>
463: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
464: <p>
465: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
466: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
467: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
468: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
469: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
470: purchased a CDROM instead.
471: <p>
472:
473: <hr>
474: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
475: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
476: <p>
477: <ul>
478: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
479: <p>
480: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
481: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
482: <p>
483: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
484: <p>
485: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
486: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
487: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
488: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
489: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
490: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
491: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
492: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
493: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
494: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
495: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
496: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
497: </ul>
498: <hr>
499:
500: <p>
501: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
502: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
503: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
504: <p>
505:
506: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
507: <ul>
508: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
509: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
510: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
511: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
512:
513: <p>
514: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
515: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
516:
517: <p>
518: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
519: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
520: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
521:
522: <p>
523: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
524: read INSTALL.i386.
525:
526: <p>
527: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
528: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
529: use the
530: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
531: utility. The following is an example usage of
532: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
533: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
534: "rfd0a".
535:
536: <ul><pre>
537: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
538: </pre></ul>
539:
540: <p>
541: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
542: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
543: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
544: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
545: </ul>
546:
547: <p>
548: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
549: <ul>
550: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
551: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
552: your BIOS options first.
553: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
554: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
555: boot from the floppy drive.
556:
557: <p>
558: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
559: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
560: INSTALL.amd64 document.
561:
562: <p>
563: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
564: read INSTALL.amd64.
565: </ul>
566:
567: <p>
568: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
569: <ul>
570: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
571: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
572:
573: <p>
574: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
575: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
576: </ul>
577:
578: <p>
579: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
580: <ul>
581: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
582:
583: <p>
584: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
585: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
586: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
587: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
588:
589: <p>
590: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
591: will most likely fail.
592:
593: <p>
594: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
595: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
596:
597: <p>
598: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
599: </ul>
600:
601: <p>
602: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
603: <ul>
604: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
605: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
606: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
607:
608: <p>
609: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
610: will most likely fail.
611:
612: </ul>
613:
614: <p>
615: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
616: <ul>
617: <p>
618: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
619: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
620: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
621: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
622: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
623: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
624: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
625: </ul>
626:
627: <p>
628: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
629: <ul>
630: <p>
631: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
632: </ul>
633:
634: <p>
635: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
636: <ul>
637: <p>
638: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
639: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
640: </ul>
641:
642: <p>
643: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
644: <ul>
645: <p>
646: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
647: or disk, and boot normally.
648: </ul>
649:
650: <p>
651: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
652: <ul>
653: <p>
654: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
655: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
656: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
657: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
658: </ul>
659:
660: <p>
661: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
662: <ul>
663: <p>
664: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
665: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
666: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
667: for more details.
668: </ul>
669:
670: <p>
671: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
672: <ul>
673: <p>
674: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
675: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
676: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
677: for more details.
678: </ul>
679:
680: <p>
681: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
682: <ul>
683: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
684: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
685:
686: <ul><pre>
687: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
688: or
689: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
690: </pre></ul>
691:
692: <p>
693: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
694: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
695: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
696: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
697: depending on the version of your ROM.
698:
699: <ul><pre>
700: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
701: or
702: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
703: </pre></ul>
704:
705: <p>
706: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
707: will most likely fail.
708:
709: <p>
710: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
711: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
712: INSTALL.sparc file.
713: </ul>
714:
715: <p>
716: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
717: <ul>
718: <p>
719: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
720: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
721:
722: <p>
723: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
724: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
725: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
726: </ul>
727:
728: <p>
729: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
730: <ul>
731: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
732: </ul>
733:
734: <p>
735: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
736: <ul>
737: <p>
738: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
739: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
740: for a few important details.
741: </ul>
742:
743: <p>
744: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
745: <ul>
746: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
747: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
748: in a separate archive. To extract:
749: <p>
750: <ul><pre>
751: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
752: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
753: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
754: </pre></ul>
755: <p>
756: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
757: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
758: To extract:
759: <p>
760: <ul><pre>
761: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
762: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
763: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
764: </pre></ul>
765: <p>
766: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
767: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
768: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
769: Using these files
770: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
771: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
772: <p>
773: </ul>
774:
775: <a name="upgrade"></a>
776: <hr>
777: <p>
778: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
779: <p>
780: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
781: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
782: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
783:
784: <a name="ports"></a>
785: <hr>
786: <p>
787: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
788: <p>
789: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
790: <p>
791: <ul><pre>
792: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
793: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
794: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
795: </pre></ul>
796: <p>
797: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.46 jasper 798: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 799: if you know nothing about ports
800: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
801: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
802: OpenBSD ports system.
803: <p>
804: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
805: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
806: cvs(1)</a> if
807: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
808: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
809: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
810: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
811: like:
812: <p>
813: <ul><pre>
814: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
815: </pre></ul>
816: <p>
817: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
818: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
819: server.]
820: <p>
821: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
822: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
823: <p>
824: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
825: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
826: place to know.
827: <p>
828:
829: </body>
830: </html>