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version 1.3, 2013/02/08 18:29:59

version 1.4, 2013/02/08 21:41:40

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<li>New drivers for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=virtio&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">virtio(4)</a> devices: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vio&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">vio(4)</a> (network), <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vioblk&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">vioblk(4)</a> (block devices, attaching as SCSI disks) and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viomb&sektion=4&arch=&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current">viomb(4)</a> (memory ballooning)

<li>Support for 10Gb ethernet cards based on the Intel X540 chipset in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>

<li>TX interrupt mitigation and hardware VLAN tagging to reduce CPU usage in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a>

<li>Support for SFP+ hot-plug (82599) and various other improvements in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>

<li>TX interrupt mitigation, hardware VLAN tagging and checksum offload reduce CPU use in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vr&sektion=4">vr(4)</a>

<li>TCP RX Checksum offload in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&sektion=4">gem(4)</a>

<li>Improvements for NICs using 82579/pch2 in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>

<li>Flow control is now supported on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">bnx(4)</a> 5708S/5709S adapters, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">gem(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=jme&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">jme(4)</a>

<li>Support for power-saving clients in hostap mode for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acx&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">acx(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=athn&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">athn(4)</a>

<li>A cause of RT2661 <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">ral(4)</a> wedging in hostap mode was fixed

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">iwn(4)</a> supports additional devices (Centrino Advanced-N 6235 and initial support for Centrino Wireless-N 1030)

<li>Improvements to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a> and switch additional chips to AHCI mode

<li>Support for the fixed-function performance counter on newer x86 chips with constant time stamp counters

<li>Support for Elantech touchpads in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">pms(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=synaptics&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">synaptics(4)</a>

<li>Support for "physical devices" on skinny <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">mfi(4)</a> controllers

<li>Support for VMware emulated SAS adapters in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">mpi(4)</a>

<li>Support for Intel's Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) feature on i386 and amd64

<li>Support the RDRAND instruction to read the hardware random number generator on recent Intel processors

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ulpt&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">ulpt(4)</a> can now upload firmware to certain HP LaserJet printers

<li>Added stat clock to Loongson machines, improving accuracy of cpu usage statistics

<li>CPU throttling supported on Loongson 2F

<li>DRM support for macppc

</ul>

<li>Generic network stack improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>BPF can now write directly to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=4&format=html">trunk(4)</a> member interfaces (restriction relaxed)

<li>UDP support added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sosplice&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=9&format=html">sosplice(4)</a> (zero-copy socket splicing)

</ul>

<li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>OpenBSD now includes <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=npppd&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=8&format=html">npppd(8)</a>, a server-side daemon for L2TP, L2TP/IPsec, PPTP and PPPoE

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<li>Assorted improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Position-independent executables (PIE) are now used by default on alpha, amd64, hppa, landisk, loongson, sgi and sparc64

<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldomd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=sparc64&format=html">ldomd(8)</a> was added to manage logical domains on sun4v systems

<li>Support for WPA Enterprise was added to the wpa_supplicant package

<li>OpenBSD/luna88k and OpenBSD/mvme88k have switched to GCC 3, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=elf&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=5&format=html">elf(5)</a> and gained shared library support

<li>OpenBSD/hp300 and OpenBSD/mvme68k have switched to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=elf&manpath=OpenBSD%20Current&sektion=5&format=html">elf(5)</a>

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