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<li>MSI interrupts for many devices, on those architectures which can

support them (amd64, i386, sparc64 only so far).

<li>A new dma_alloc(9) API makes it easier for kernel code to allocate

<li>A new <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dma_alloc&sektion=9">dma_alloc(9)</a> API makes it easier for kernel code to allocate

dma-safe memory. Many drivers (especially network drivers) and

subsystems (in particular scsi and the buffer cache) were adapted

to use this.

<li>As a result, big-memory support has been enabled on all possible

architectures.

<li>The rather rare bce(4) driver now copies mbufs all the time, to cope

<li>The rather rare <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bce&sektion=4">bce(4)</a> driver now copies mbufs all the time, to cope

with the hardware having a 1GB limit.

<li>Added hds(4), a driver for Hitachi Modular Storage SCSI devices.

<li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hds&sektion=4">hds(4)</a>, a driver for Hitachi Modular Storage SCSI devices.

<li>Added myx(4), a driver for the Myricom Myri-10G 10GB Ethernet devices.

<li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=myx&sektion=4">myx(4)</a>, a driver for the Myricom Myri-10G 10GB Ethernet devices.

<li>Added dfs(4), a driver for Dynamic Frequency Switching on some macppc

<li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dfs&sektion=4">dfs(4)</a>, a driver for Dynamic Frequency Switching on some macppc

systems.

<li>cardbus(4) and pcmcia(4) support on sgi.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a> support on sgi.

<li>Suspend/resume support on Loongson Yeelong laptops.

</ul>

<li>Generic network stack improvements:

<ul>

<li>Added support for sending Wake on Lan packets using arp(8).

<li>Added support for sending Wake on Lan packets using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>.

<li>Permit turning Wake on Lan support on/off using ifconfig(8).

<li>Permit turning Wake on Lan support on/off using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.

<li>Added Wake on Lan support to xl(4), re(4), and vr(4).

<li>Added Wake on Lan support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a>.

<li>Allow ftp-proxy to proxy across rdomains.

<li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a> to proxy across rdomains.

<li>The IPv4 stack will no longer accept ICMP redirects when

acting as a router.

<li>By default the IPv6 stack will not process ICMP6 redirects.

rtsol(8) will turn it back if -F is used.

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtsol&sektion=8">rtsol(8)</a> will turn it back if -F is used.

<li>Reworked large parts of the dhclient(8) options processing for better

<li>Reworked large parts of the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> options processing for better

interoperability.

<li>Fixed carp(4) to work in IPv6 only setups.

<li>Fixed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4">carp(4)</a> to work in IPv6 only setups.

<li>Make it possible to bind(2) to the local network broadcast address

<li>Make it possible to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bind&sektion=2">bind(2)</a> to the local network broadcast address

on datagram and raw sockets.

<li>The default multicast reject route is now ignored if the UDP socket

uses the IP_MULTICAST_IF socket option.

<li>Make gre(4) work between systems in the same LAN.

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gre&sektion=4">gre(4)</a> work between systems in the same LAN.

<li>Removed the link1 mode special addressing mode on lo(4).

<li>Removed the link1 mode special addressing mode on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lo&sektion=4">lo(4)</a>.

<li>Kernel randomization speed and quality improved substantially.

</ul>

<li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:

<ul>

<li>bgpd(8) no longer bumps the rlimits: the rc.d framework respects

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> no longer bumps the rlimits: the rc.d framework respects

<li>Correctly set the network filtersets on reload in bgpd(8).

<li>Correctly set the network filtersets on reload in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>.

<li>The routing socket is now sending RTM_DESYNC messages if the

socketbuffer overflows.

<li>Allow ospfd(8) to send out LS updates and other messages

<li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> to send out LS updates and other messages

larger than the MTU.

<li>Fixed nexthop calculation in ospfd(8) for directly connected P2P links.

<li>Fixed nexthop calculation in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a> for directly connected P2P links.

<li>First bits to support opaque LSA in ospfd(8). Only basic redistribute

<li>First bits to support opaque LSA in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>. Only basic redistribute

logic and LSDB handling for now.

<li>Creating new interfaces will no longer cause a fatal error in ospf6d(8).

<li>Creating new interfaces will no longer cause a fatal error in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospf6d&sektion=8">ospf6d(8)</a>.

<li>ospf6d(8) handles link-state changes better.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospf6d&sektion=8">ospf6d(8)</a> handles link-state changes better.

<li>Better loopback handling in ospf6d(8).

<li>Better loopback handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospf6d&sektion=8">ospf6d(8)</a>.

<li>No longer install extra multicast routes in ripd(8) and ldpd(8).

<li>No longer install extra multicast routes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ripd&sektion=8">ripd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldpd&sektion=8">ldpd(8)</a>.

<li>Make kqueue(2) work with sosplice(9).

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> work with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sosplice&sektion=9">sosplice(9)</a>.

<li>Enabled sosplice(9) in relayd(8) for TCP.

<li>Enabled <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sosplice&sektion=9">sosplice(9)</a> in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> for TCP.

<li>Added support for divert-to which provides some benefits over

rdr-to in relayd(8).

rdr-to in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a>.

<li>Fixed trap sending in snmpd(8).

<li>Fixed trap sending in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8">snmpd(8)</a>.

<li>Make ping6(8) compare minimum amount of bytes between what

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8">ping6(8)</a> compare minimum amount of bytes between what

was received and what was sent out.

<li>Make traceroute(8) with type-of-service setted (-t) display

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a> with type-of-service setted (-t) display

a message if the returned packet has a different tos type.

<li>Added the socket splicing fields of struct socket to netstat -vP output.

</ul>

<li>pf(4) improvements:

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:

<ul>

<li>Make pf(4) reassemble IPv6 fragments. In the forward case, pf

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> reassemble IPv6 fragments. In the forward case, pf

refragments the packets with the same maximum size.

<li>Allow pf(4) to filter on the rdomain a packet belongs to.

<li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> to filter on the rdomain a packet belongs to.

<li>Make pf(4) allow userland proxies to establish cross rdomain

<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> allow userland proxies to establish cross rdomain

proxy sessions.

<li>Added IPv6 ACK prioritization in pf(4).

<li>Added IPv6 ACK prioritization in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>.

<li>Change 'set skip on <...>' to work with interface groups.

<li>pfsync(4) supports IPv6 as network protocol.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4">pfsync(4)</a> supports IPv6 as network protocol.

<li>Switched ftp-proxy(8) over to divert-to instead of rdr-to.

<li>Switched <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a> over to divert-to instead of rdr-to.

<li>tftp-proxy(8) uses 'divert-to' as well.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy(8)</a> uses 'divert-to' as well.

</ul>

<li>SCSI improvements:

<ul>

<li>most SCSI hardware drivers now use the new iopools infrastructure.

<li>scsi(4) devices are now all provided with a unique devid, which

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sci&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a> devices are now all provided with a unique devid, which

is displayed during the probe process.

<li>ASC/ASCQ error codes and verbiage now in sync with

http://www.t10.org/lists/asc-num.txt.

<li>progress on iSCSI includes better login, better logout, preliminary

FSM support in iscsid(8), and improved logging and debug information.

FSM support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iscsid&sektion=8">iscsid(8)</a>, and improved logging and debug information.

<li>uk(4) can now safely and reliably detach an unknown SCSI device.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uk&sektion=4">uk(4)</a> can now safely and reliably detach an unknown SCSI device.

<li>mpath(4) device and kernel support is improved.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpath&sektion=4">mpath(4)</a> device and kernel support is improved.

<li>vscsi(4) now ensures output always goes to the correct connection.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vscsi&sektion=4">vscsi(4)</a> now ensures output always goes to the correct connection.

<li>vscsi(4) connections can now be reset gracefully.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vscsi&sektion=4">vscsi(4)</a> connections can now be reset gracefully.

<li>scsi(4) devices on fibre channel fabrics no longer inherit the adapter's

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scsi&sektion=4">scsi(4)</a> devices on fibre channel fabrics no longer inherit the adapter's

address.

</ul>

<li>Assorted improvements:

<ul>

<li>For additional security, security(8) was rewritten in Perl.

<li>For additional security, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=security&sektion=8">security(8)</a> was rewritten in Perl.

<li>Mandoc 1.11.4: Now accepts eqn(7) input (no fancy formatting yet)

<li>Mandoc 1.11.4: Now accepts <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=eqn&sektion=7">eqn(7)</a> input (no fancy formatting yet)

and supports -Tutf8 output (but no utf8 input yet).

<li>Removed a variety of OS-compat emulation code, leaving just the Linux

support.

<li>Small improvements to Linux compat (only available on i386).

<li>Improved our own pkg-config(1) implementation with extended comparison

<li>Improved our own <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg-config&sektion=1">pkg-config(1)</a> implementation with extended comparison

scheme and implementing various new options.

<li>The math library, libm, was fully fleshed out to support all C99 required

parts. Many bugs for various architectures were fixed along the way.

<li>malloc(3) is a lot faster and has a few further security features (more

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a> is a lot faster and has a few further security features (more

randomization, as well as the 'S' flag to enable all paranoia checks).

<li>'make depend' is no longer neccessary in kernel compilation directories

since the dependencies are calculated automatically.

<li>Increased the default size of the buffer cache.

<li>kqueue(2) now works on /dev/random and spliced sockets

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2">kqueue(2)</a> now works on /dev/random and spliced sockets

<li>On MBR-based disks, scan through up to 256 extended partition tables

when looking for an OpenBSD partition table.

<li>Added POSIX 2008 fdopendir(3) and openat(2) functions, as well as the

<li>Added POSIX 2008 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdopendir&sektion=3">fdopendir(3)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=opennat&sektion=2">openat(2)</a> functions, as well as the

O_CLOEXEC, O_DIRECTORY, and F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC flags.

<li>Improved lint format string checks and added a few other checks.

<li>kdump(8) now dumps stat and sockaddr structures, sysctl mib

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kdump&sektion=1">kdump(1)</a> now dumps stat and sockaddr structures, sysctl mib

strings, and decodes syscall flags and operation bits.

<li>Improved kernel pool debug checking.

<li>Improved correctness of signals and various syscalls when rthreads

are in use.

<li>Kernel malloc(9) space and stacks moved to non-dma memory.

<li>Kernel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=9">malloc(9)</a> space and stacks moved to non-dma memory.

<li>Fixed some shutdown/reboot hangs on NFS clients.

<li>UNIX-domain socket paths are now guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.

<li>Added support for *wprintf(3), wcs{,n}casecmp(3), and wcsdup(3).

<li>Added support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wprintf&sektion=3">*wprintf(3)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wcscasecmp&sektion=3">wcs{,n}casecmp(3)</a>, and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wcsdup&sektion=3">wcsdup(3)</a>.

<li>NULL is now a (void *).

</ul>

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<li>Install/Upgrade process changes:

<ul>

<li>Completed support for DUID disk installs, and enabled it fully.

<li>Tried to make sysmerge(8) work in the installer, but ran into small

<li>Tried to make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">sysmerge(8)</a> work in the installer, but ran into small

problems and decided to disable it.

<li>Install non-free firmwares from the internet upon first boot, based on a

question in the installer.

<li>svnd(4)-like behaviour became the default for vnd(4) devices. This is

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=svnd&sektion=4">svnd(4)</a>-like behaviour became the default for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnd&sektion=4">vnd(4)</a> devices. This is

what is used to build the media.

</ul>

<li>rc.d(8) framework improvements:

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8">rc.d(8)</a> framework improvements:

<ul>

<li>rc.d(8) is now also used for the base system daemons.

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8">rc.d(8)</a> is now also used for the base system daemons.

<li>Backward compatible with the historic way of starting daemons.

<li>Notify the user by appending (ok) or (failed) in interactive mode.

<li>Better diagnostics with the introduction of RC_DEBUG.

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<li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.

<li>Base system and Xenocara manuals are now installed as source code,

making grep(1) more useful in /usr/share/man/ and /usr/X11R6/man/.

making <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grep&sektion=1">grep(1)</a> more useful in /usr/share/man/ and /usr/X11R6/man/.

<li>If both formatted and source versions of manuals are installed,

man(1) automatically displays the newer version of each page.

<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a> automatically displays the newer version of each page.

- The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:

<li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.6 with xserver 1.9 + patches,