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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>
1.52 ! deraadt 31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 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>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 4.3 and 4.4 releases.
40: </ul>
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1.49 deraadt 42: <p>
1.48 deraadt 43: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
44: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
45: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
46: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
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53: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
54: <p>
55: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.4.
56: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
57: to 4.4.
58: <p>
59:
60: <ul>
61:
62: <li>New/extended platforms:
63: <ul>
64: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
1.37 brad 65: Much more platform support. Machines using the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2
66: and Fujitsu SPARC64-V/VI/VII are now supported.
1.4 matthieu 67: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 68: For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
69: System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
1.4 matthieu 70: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
1.8 deraadt 71: Added shared libraries support.
1.1 deraadt 72: </ul>
73: <p>
74:
75: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
76: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 77: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
1.28 cnst 78: <ul>
79: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>
80: driver for Fintek F71805F LPC Super I/O Hardware Monitor.
81: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>
82: driver for Andigilog aSC7611 Hardware Monitor.
83: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>
84: driver for AMD K8 embedded temperature sensor.
85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>
86: driver for JEDEC JC-42.4 memory module thermal sensors.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adtfsm&sektion=4">adtfsm(4)</a>
88: driver for Analog Devices ADT7462.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&sektion=4">km(4)</a>
90: driver for AMD K10 (Phenom, Opteron Barcelona et alia) embedded temperature sensor.
91: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
92: driver now has better probing procedure.
93: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>
94: driver now support LM76.
95: </ul>
1.17 deraadt 96: <li>Support for the Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
98: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&sektion=4">lii(4)</a>
99: driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
100: <li>Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams:
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>
1.8 deraadt 102: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.17 deraadt 103: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a>
104: driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
1.8 deraadt 105: <li>AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.17 deraadt 106: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 107: driver which implements VMware Tools.
1.17 deraadt 108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a>
109: driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
110: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>
111: driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a>
113: driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 115: driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops, including the EeePC.
1.34 deraadt 116: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gecko&arch=hppa&sektion=4">gecko(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 117: driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on some hppa systems.
1.34 deraadt 118: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tsec&arch=socppc&sektion=4">tsec(4)</a>
1.26 deraadt 119: driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet Controller.
1.17 deraadt 120: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>
121: driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
122: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a>
123: driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
1.34 deraadt 124: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pccom&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3">pccom(4)</a>
125: driver has been removed; all platforms use
126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a>
127: now.
1.17 deraadt 128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a>
129: and
130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a>
131: now work on most sparc64 machines.
132: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&sektion=4">udcf(4)</a>
133: driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
134: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>
1.21 deraadt 135: driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
1.17 deraadt 136: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
1.39 pvalchev 137: driver now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
1.17 deraadt 138: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
139: driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
140: and P812 devices.
141: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uftdi&sektion=4">uftdi(4)</a>
142: driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L devices.
143: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
144: driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
145: and more HSDPA MSM devices.
146: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubsa&sektion=4">ubsa(4)</a>
147: driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
148: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe(4)</a>
149: driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
150: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=puc&sektion=4">puc(4)</a>
151: driver now supports more Netmos devices.
1.34 deraadt 152: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mgx&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">mgx(4)</a>
1.17 deraadt 153: driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
1.19 deraadt 154: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
155: driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
156: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">isp(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 157: driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
1.21 deraadt 158: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
159: driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
160: mode which helps with some blade servers.
161: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
162: driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on some systems.
163: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
164: driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
1.30 deraadt 165: resulting in much faster transmit performance.
1.21 deraadt 166: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>
167: driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
168: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&sektion=4">bnx(4)</a>
169: driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using fiber interfaces.
1.26 deraadt 170: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
171: driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
1.30 deraadt 172: <li>Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
173: <li>The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
174: with server management cards.
1.1 deraadt 175: </ul>
176: <p>
177:
178: <li>New tools:
179: <ul>
1.17 deraadt 180: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.statd&sektion=8">rpc.statd(8)</a>,
181: the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS file locking daemon.
182: <li>Initial import of
1.34 deraadt 183: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ypldap&sektion=8">ypldap(8)</a>,
1.17 deraadt 184: a drop-in replacement for ypserv to glue in an LDAP directory for
185: get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
1.21 deraadt 186: <li>Deprecated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slattach&sektion=8">slattach(8)</a>
1.31 steven 187: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nmeaattach&sektion=8">nmeaattach(8)</a>
1.21 deraadt 188: in favor of
1.31 steven 189: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldattach&sektion=8">ldattach(8)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 190: <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 191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
194: <li>New functionality:
195: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
1.26 deraadt 197: is now able to play and record audio in full-duplex,
198: mix unlimited number of streams, handle up to 16 channels,
199: resample streams on the fly, support various 24-bit and 32-bit
1.3 ratchov 200: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.8 deraadt 201: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> now supports IPv6.
1.26 deraadt 202: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
203: now supports basic synchronization of the /var/db/dhcpd.leases
204: file to allow running multiple instances for redundancy.
1.34 deraadt 205: <li>WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
1.17 deraadt 206: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc.lockd&sektion=8">rpc.lockd(8)</a>
207: now supports NLMv4 and does actually do locking.
208: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
209: now supports recursive mget transfers.
1.19 deraadt 210: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
211: now uses keep alive packets by default.
1.26 deraadt 212: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
213: now accepts empty passwords in URLs.
1.34 deraadt 214: <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 215: component of the path.
1.17 deraadt 216: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
217: in TAO mode to set the write speed.
1.19 deraadt 218: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
219: no longer blanks media twice.
1.21 deraadt 220: <li>Add ability in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdio&sektion=1">cdio(1)</a>
221: to determine media capabilities and make it figure out if media supports TAO or blanking.
1.17 deraadt 222: <li>Initial version of
223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=softraid&sektion=4">softraid(4)</a>
1.30 deraadt 224: crypto support.
1.19 deraadt 225: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a>
1.26 deraadt 226: now groks options tftp-config-file and auto-proxy-script in
227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&sektion=5">dhcpd.conf(5)</a>.
1.19 deraadt 228: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
229: option handling much more resistant to abuse.
230: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a>
231: now aware of interface link state and reacts to changes.
232: <li>DIOCRLDINFO, DIOCGPDINFO, and DIOCGPART support added to block devices
233: previously lacking it.
234: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
235: no longer supports the '-r' option, and obtains all disklabel information via ioctl's.
236: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
237: no longer suggests offsets and sizes that would result in partitions starting or ending
238: outside the OpenBSD section of the disk.
239: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
240: now correctly reads back the 'vendor' field from text disklabels.
241: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
242: editor mode '?' and 'p' commands are more compact and the 'l' command has been added
243: to produce previous verbose output.
244: <li>I/O's outside the bounds of the RAW_PART are now prevented, allowing
245: proper detection of invalid I/O's.
246: <li>USB floppies now have a valid cylinder count calculated, rather than 0.
247: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a>
248: can now create filesystems on devices with sector sizes other than 512, although
249: such filesystems cannot yet be read.
1.29 rainer 250: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtadvd&sektion=8">rtadvd(8)</a>
1.42 jmc 251: now revokes its privileges and runs as its own user <tt>_rtadvd</tt>.
1.19 deraadt 252: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
253: probing displays less useless verbiage and fewer spurious error messages.
254: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a>
255: devices can now be detached.
256: <li>ATAPI devices are now identified as such, rather than as SCSIn devices.
257: <li>SATA tape drives now work.
258: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
259: probing now displays the ID of the initiator on the bus.
260: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
261: debug capabilities improved to show commands and input or output data as appropriate.
262: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
263: probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow
1.41 deraadt 264: successful attachments.
1.19 deraadt 265: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a>
266: probing can now find more fibre channel attached devices.
1.21 deraadt 267: <li>Several mbuf pool cache corruption issues were fixed.
268: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=identd&sektion=8">identd(8)</a>
269: now supports IPv6 in standalone mode.
270: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cal&sektion=1">cal(1)</a>
271: now shows week numbers too.
272: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>,
273: implement a sloppy tcpstate tracker which does not look at sequence numbers at all.
1.25 mpf 274: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
275: rule accounting now has a counter to record how many states in total have been
276: created by a rule.
277: <li>The kill states feature in
278: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8">pfctl(8)</a>
279: now supports two additional match targets: Kill by rule label or state ID.
1.21 deraadt 280: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
281: use sloppy
282: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
283: state keeping for routed sessions (Direct Server Return).
284: <li>Added support in
285: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>
286: for transparent L7 forwarding in relays.
1.30 deraadt 287: <li>Added support for dynamic IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 TCP relays in
288: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
289: <li>Improved the DNS mode and use OpenBSD's Id shuffle code from
290: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8">named(8)</a>.
291: in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.
1.21 deraadt 292: <li>Extend <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awk&sektion=1">awk(1)</a>
293: with bitwise operations.
1.30 deraadt 294: <li>Updated the display code for
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1">systat(1)</a>
296: which adds views for
297: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>
298: states, rules and queues.
299: <li>Imported initial support for IEEE 802.3ad/LACP in
300: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 301: </ul>
302: <p>
303:
304: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
305: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 306: <li>A greatly changed buffer cache subsystem which maps cache pages only
307: when in use, resulting in improved filesystem performance, and
1.26 deraadt 308: allowing for the effective use of a much larger buffer cache.
1.11 espie 309: <li>A greatly improved implementation of
1.9 otto 310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">
1.11 espie 311: malloc(3)</a>, the general purpose memory allocator,
312: which catches more mistakes, reduces address space fragmentation,
313: and is faster.
1.10 otto 314: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statfs&sektion=2">
1.14 otto 315: statfs(2)</a> system call has been enhanced to support large
1.10 otto 316: filesystems.
1.30 deraadt 317: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strtof&sektion=3">strtof(3)</a>
318: function has been added to libc.
319: <li>A lot of work has been done on libm to add several functions towards more
320: C99 compliance.
1.20 deraadt 321: <li>Lots of features have been implemented in OpenCVS, which can now be used
1.19 deraadt 322: to do some real work.
1.34 deraadt 323: <li>New APIs for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>,
324: one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a
325: uniformly distributed random number without bias.
1.1 deraadt 326: </ul>
327: <p>
328:
329: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
330: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 331: <li>A new tool
1.18 sobrado 332: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">
333: sysmerge(8)</a>, derived from the old mergemaster port, makes
1.15 deraadt 334: it easier to merge configuration files changes during an upgrade.
1.16 deraadt 335: <li>Fully support OpenBSD inside extended partitions on i386 and amd64.
1.17 deraadt 336: <li>During installation 'dhcp' is now the initial default answer during
337: network configuration.
1.19 deraadt 338: <li>Fetching sets via FTP more reliable due to automatic use of keep alive.
339: <li>Fetching sets via NFS no longer hangs retrying a non-functional mount.
340: <li>Installation ensures hostname.* files are installed with mode 600.
341: <li>Serial console configuration now automatically detects speed.
342: <li>Serial console support extended to all architectures.
343: <li>Partition size display no longer limited to 32 bit sizes.
344: <li>Partition sizes now scaled and formatted to use human readable units.
1.26 deraadt 345: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a>
346: configuration questions improved.
1.19 deraadt 347: <li>Sparc miniroot root disk detection fixed.
348: <li>Invocations of
349: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
350: by the scripts are now less verbose.
1.1 deraadt 351: </ul>
352: <p>
353:
1.15 deraadt 354: <li>OpenSSH 5.1:
1.1 deraadt 355: <ul>
1.15 deraadt 356: <li>New experimental fingerprint ASCII art visualisation system for easier
357: verification of remote keys.
358: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=chroot&sektion=2">
359: chroot(2)</a> support for
360: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
361: <li>Added an extended test mode (-T) to
362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
363: <li>Make
364: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
365: support negation of groups in a "Match group" block.
1.16 deraadt 366: <li>Increased the ephemeral key size in protocol1 from 768 to 1024 bits.
1.15 deraadt 367: <li>Better tests of primes in /etc/moduli
1.16 deraadt 368: <li>Refuse to read .shosts or authorized_keys files that are not regular
1.15 deraadt 369: files.
370: <li>Enable ~ escapes for multiplex slave sessions.
1.16 deraadt 371: <li>Support CIDR address matching in Match blocks and authorized_keys
1.15 deraadt 372: from="..." stanzas.
373: <li>Make port forwarding code try additional addresses when connecting to
374: a destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address.
375: <li>Make the maximum number of
376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
1.16 deraadt 377: sessions run-time controllable via MaxSessions in
1.15 deraadt 378: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">
379: ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.34 deraadt 380: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keyscan&sektion=1">
381: ssh-keyscan(1)</a> now defaults to RSA protocol 2 keys, instead of RSA1.
1.15 deraadt 382: <li>Added an extension to sftp protocol to implement
1.34 deraadt 383: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=3">
384: statvfs(3)</a>-like operations and add a df command to
1.15 deraadt 385: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">
386: sftp(1)</a>.
1.26 deraadt 387: <li>Disable execution of ~/.ssh/rc for sessions where a command has been
1.15 deraadt 388: forced by the sshd_config ForceCommand directive.
389: <li>And several bug fixes and performance enhancements.
1.1 deraadt 390: </ul>
391: <p>
392:
1.33 deraadt 393: <li>Over 5205 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 394: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
395: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
396: <tr>
397: <td valign="top" width="25%">
398: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 399: <li>i386: 5033
400: <li>sparc64: 4862
1.40 deraadt 401: <li>alpha: 4852
1.1 deraadt 402: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 403: <li>sh: 1285
1.23 deraadt 404: <li>amd64: 4940
1.32 deraadt 405: <li>powerpc: 4466
1.1 deraadt 406: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.43 deraadt 407: <li>sparc: 3381
408: <li>arm: 4018
1.40 deraadt 409: <li>hppa: 1595
1.43 deraadt 410: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
411: <li>vax: 1954
1.40 deraadt 412: <li>mips64: 3099
1.1 deraadt 413: </ul></td></tr></table>
414: Some highlights:
415: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 416: <li>Gnome 2.20.3.
417: <li>GNUstep 1.14.2.
1.44 brad 418: <li>KDE 3.5.9.
1.30 deraadt 419: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
420: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16.
421: <li>MySQL 5.0.51a
422: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0.
423: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.
424: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.3.
425: <li>Xfce 4.4.2.
1.1 deraadt 426: </ul>
427: <p>
428:
429: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
430: <p>
431:
432: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
433: <ul>
434: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 435: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 436: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
437: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
438: and 3.3.5
439: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
440: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
441: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
442: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
443: <li>Groff 1.15
1.8 deraadt 444: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
445: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 446: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.8 deraadt 447: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p17
1.1 deraadt 448: <li>Ncurses 5.2
449: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
450: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
451: <li>Arla 0.35.7
452: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
453: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
454: </ul>
455: <p>
456:
457: </ul>
458:
459: <a name="install"></a>
460: <hr>
461: <p>
462: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
463: <p>
464: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
465: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
466: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
467: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
468: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
469: purchased a CDROM instead.
470: <p>
471:
472: <hr>
473: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
474: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
475: <p>
476: <ul>
477: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
478: <p>
479: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
480: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
481: <p>
482: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
483: <p>
484: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
485: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
486: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
487: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
488: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
489: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
490: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
491: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
492: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
493: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
494: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
495: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
496: </ul>
497: <hr>
498:
499: <p>
500: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
501: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
502: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
503: <p>
504:
505: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
506: <ul>
507: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
508: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
509: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
510: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
511:
512: <p>
513: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
514: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
515:
516: <p>
517: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
518: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
519: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
520:
521: <p>
522: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
523: read INSTALL.i386.
524:
525: <p>
526: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
527: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
528: use the
529: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
530: utility. The following is an example usage of
531: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
532: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
533: "rfd0a".
534:
535: <ul><pre>
536: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
537: </pre></ul>
538:
539: <p>
540: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
541: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
542: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
543: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
544: </ul>
545:
546: <p>
547: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
548: <ul>
549: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
550: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
551: your BIOS options first.
552: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
553: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
554: boot from the floppy drive.
555:
556: <p>
557: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
558: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
559: INSTALL.amd64 document.
560:
561: <p>
562: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
563: read INSTALL.amd64.
564: </ul>
565:
566: <p>
567: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
568: <ul>
569: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
570: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
571:
572: <p>
573: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
574: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
575: </ul>
576:
577: <p>
578: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
579: <ul>
580: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
581:
582: <p>
583: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
584: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
585: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
586: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
587:
588: <p>
589: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
590: will most likely fail.
591:
592: <p>
593: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
594: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
595:
596: <p>
597: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
598: </ul>
599:
600: <p>
601: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
602: <ul>
603: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
604: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
605: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
606:
607: <p>
608: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
609: will most likely fail.
610:
611: </ul>
612:
613: <p>
614: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
615: <ul>
616: <p>
617: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
618: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
619: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
620: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
621: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
622: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
623: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
624: </ul>
625:
626: <p>
627: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
628: <ul>
629: <p>
630: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
631: </ul>
632:
633: <p>
634: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
635: <ul>
636: <p>
637: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
638: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
639: </ul>
640:
641: <p>
642: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
643: <ul>
644: <p>
645: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
646: or disk, and boot normally.
647: </ul>
648:
649: <p>
650: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
651: <ul>
652: <p>
653: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
654: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
655: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
656: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
657: </ul>
658:
659: <p>
660: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
661: <ul>
662: <p>
663: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
664: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
665: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
666: for more details.
667: </ul>
668:
669: <p>
670: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
671: <ul>
672: <p>
673: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
674: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
675: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
676: for more details.
677: </ul>
678:
679: <p>
680: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
681: <ul>
682: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
683: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
684:
685: <ul><pre>
686: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
687: or
688: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
689: </pre></ul>
690:
691: <p>
692: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
693: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
694: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
695: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
696: depending on the version of your ROM.
697:
698: <ul><pre>
699: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
700: or
701: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
702: </pre></ul>
703:
704: <p>
705: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
706: will most likely fail.
707:
708: <p>
709: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
710: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
711: INSTALL.sparc file.
712: </ul>
713:
714: <p>
715: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
716: <ul>
717: <p>
718: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
719: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
720:
721: <p>
722: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
723: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
724: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
725: </ul>
726:
727: <p>
728: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
729: <ul>
730: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
731: </ul>
732:
733: <p>
734: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
735: <ul>
736: <p>
737: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
738: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
739: for a few important details.
740: </ul>
741:
742: <p>
743: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
744: <ul>
745: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
746: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
747: in a separate archive. To extract:
748: <p>
749: <ul><pre>
750: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
751: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
752: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
753: </pre></ul>
754: <p>
755: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
756: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
757: To extract:
758: <p>
759: <ul><pre>
760: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
761: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
762: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
763: </pre></ul>
764: <p>
765: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
766: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
767: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
768: Using these files
769: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
770: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
771: <p>
772: </ul>
773:
774: <a name="upgrade"></a>
775: <hr>
776: <p>
777: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
778: <p>
779: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
780: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
781: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
782:
783: <a name="ports"></a>
784: <hr>
785: <p>
786: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
787: <p>
788: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
789: <p>
790: <ul><pre>
791: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
792: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
793: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
794: </pre></ul>
795: <p>
796: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.46 jasper 797: read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page
1.1 deraadt 798: if you know nothing about ports
799: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
800: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
801: OpenBSD ports system.
802: <p>
803: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
804: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
805: cvs(1)</a> if
806: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
807: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
808: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
809: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
810: like:
811: <p>
812: <ul><pre>
813: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
814: </pre></ul>
815: <p>
816: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
817: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
818: server.]
819: <p>
820: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
821: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
822: <p>
823: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
824: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
825: place to know.
826: <p>
827:
828: </body>
829: </html>
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