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30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
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34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata66.html">the 6.6 errata page</a> for a list
35: of bugs and workarounds.
36: <li>See a <a href="plus66.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
37: 6.5 and 6.6 releases.
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1.7 bentley 70: <section id=new>
71: <h3>What's New</h3>
72: <p>
1.1 beck 73: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.6.
74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus66.html">changelog</a> leading
75: to 6.6.
76:
77: <ul>
78:
1.21 benno 79: <li>General improvements and bugfixes::
80: <ul>
81: <li>Fixed support for amd64 machines with greater than 1023GB
82: physical memory.
83: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/drm.4">drm(4)</a> updates.
1.31 brynet 84: <li>The octeon platform is now using
85: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/clang-local.1">clang(1)</a>
86: as the base system compiler.
87: <li>The powerpc architecture is now provided with
1.21 benno 88: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/clang.1">clang(1)</a>, in
1.42 benno 89: addition to aarch64, amd64, armv7, i386, mips64el, sparc64.
1.21 benno 90: <li>Disabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc.1">gcc</a> in
1.34 fcambus 91: base on armv7 and i386.
1.21 benno 92: <li>Prevented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhclient.8">dhclient(8)</a>
93: from repeatedly obtaining a new lease when the mtu is given in a
94: lease.
95: <li>Prevented more than one thread from opening a
96: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wscons.4">wscons(4)</a> device in
97: read/write mode.
98: <li>Allowed non-root users to become owner of the
99: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/drm.4">drm(4)</a> device when they are
100: the first to open it.
101: <li>Added regular expression support for the format search, match
102: and substitute modifiers in
103: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a>.
104: <li>Added a -v flag to source-file in
105: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> to show the commands
106: and line numbers.
107: <li>Added simple menus usable with mouse or keyboard in
108: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a>.
109: Introduced the command "display-menu" to show a menu bound to
110: the mouse on status line by default, and added menus in tree,
1.23 fcambus 111: client and buffer modes.
1.21 benno 112: <li>Changed the behavior of swap-window -d in
113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> to match
114: swap-pane.
115: <li>Allow panes to be empty in
116: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a>, and
117: enabling output to be piped to them with split-window or
118: display-message -I.
119: <li>Adjusted <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a>
120: to automatically scroll when dragging to create a selection with
121: the mouse when the cursor reaches the top or bottom line.
122: <li>Fixed a <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a>
123: crash when killing the current window, and other bugfixes.
124: </ul>
125:
126: <li>SMP-Improvements, System call unlocking: ... <!-- XXX -->
127: <ul>
128: <li>Unlocked <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/getrlimit.2">getrlimit(2)</a>
129: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/setrlimit.2">setrlimit(2)</a>
1.34 fcambus 130: syscalls.
1.21 benno 131: <li>Unlocked <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/read.2">read(2)</a> and
132: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/write.2">write(2)</a> syscalls.
133: <li>Removed the KERNEL_LOCK from
134: the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bridge.4">bridge(4)</a>
1.23 fcambus 135: output fast-path.
1.21 benno 136: <li>Made resource limit access MP-safe.
1.37 anton 137: <li>Made
138: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/file.9">file(9)</a>
139: offset access MP-safe.
1.21 benno 140: </ul>
141:
1.1 beck 142: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
1.21 benno 143: <ul>
1.25 jsg 144: <li>Added support for Ethernet on Lenovo USB-C docks.
1.21 benno 145: <li>Implemented Linux compatibility
146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acpi.4">acpi(4)</a>
147: interfaces and enabled the ACPI support code in
148: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/radeon.4">radeon(4)</a> and
149: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amdgpu.4">amdgpu(4)</a>.
150: <li>Implemented backlight control for
151: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amdgpu.4">amdgpu(4)</a>, allowing setting
152: of the backlight using
153: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wsconsctl.8">wsconsctl(8)</a>.
154: <li>Speakers now work on the ThinkPad X1C7.
155: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amdgpu.4">amdgpu(4)</a>, an AMD
1.25 jsg 156: Radeon GPU video driver.
1.21 benno 157: <li>Added TSC synchronization for multiprocessor machines and re-enabled TSC
158: as the default amd64 time source.
159: <li>Added support of Realtek ALC285 in
160: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/azalia.4">azalia(4)</a>.
161: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uvideo.4">uvideo(4)</a> support
162: for the KSMedia 8-bit IR format and for dual functions on integrated USB
163: cameras.
1.41 solene 164: <li>Added the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aplgpio.4">aplgpio(4)</a>
1.45 fcambus 165: driver for the GPIO controllers on Intel's Apollo Lake SoC.
1.21 benno 166: <li>Implemented MSI-X support on sparc64.
167: <li>Skipped PCI host bridges and devices not present with
168: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acpi.1">acpi(1)</a> when establishing
169: the mapping between ACPI device nodes and PCI devices.
170: <li>Added the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ukspan.4">ukspan(4)</a>
171: driver for the Keyspan USA19HS USB serial adapter.
1.43 jmatthew 172: <li>Improved support for SAS3 controllers, made device enumeration during
173: boot more reliable, and enabled 64bit DMA for io in
1.21 benno 174: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpii.4">mpii(4)</a>.
175: <li>Fixed MSI/MSI-X on arm64 machines with
176: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/agintc.4">agintc(4)</a>.
177: <li>Added MSI-X support in
178: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acpipci.4">acpipci(4)</a>, pciecam,
179: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwpcie.4">dwpcie(4)</a> and
180: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rkpcie.4">rkpcie(4)</a>.
181: <li>Improved support for type4 devices in the
182: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ubcmtp.4">ubcmtp(4)</a> multi-touch
183: trackpad driver.
184: <li>Support for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/virtio.4">virtio(4)</a> 1.0
185: specification for PCI devices.
186: <li>Improved support for the AR9271 chipset
187: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4">athn(4)</a> .
188: <li>Support for the trackpad and trackpoint of the Dell Precision 7520
189: laptop in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwiic.4">dwiic(4)</a>
190: driver.
191: <li>Added the colemak keyboard layout.
192: <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fusbtc.4">fusbtc(4)</a>
193: driver for the Fairchild FUSB302 USB Type-C controller.
194: <li>Added a fallback to
195: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ehci.4">ehci(4)</a>
196: which enables the USB ports on the RockPro64.
197: <li>Added support for more Intel 300 Series PCH devices to
198: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ichiic.4">ichiic(4)</a>.
199: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mcx.4">mcx(4)</a> driver for
1.34 fcambus 200: Mellanox ConnectX-4 (and later) Ethernet controllers.
1.21 benno 201: <li>Added support for the cryptographic coprocessor found on newer
202: AMD Ryzen CPUs/APUs.
203: <li>Improved the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/envy.4">envy(4)</a> codec
204: API and used it on ESI Juli@ cards.
205: <li>Enabled EnvyHT-specific sample rates (above 96kHz) on the host
206: controller for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/envy.4">envy(4)</a>
207: devices.
208: <li>Added support for the USB serial adapter found in Juniper SRX 300 to
209: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uslcom.4">uslcom(4)</a>.
210: <li>Updated shared drm code,
211: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/inteldrm.4">inteldrm(4)</a>
212: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/radeondrm.4">radeondrm(4)</a>
1.39 jsg 213: to linux 4.19.76. This adds support for Intel Broxton/Apollo
1.25 jsg 214: Lake, Amber Lake, Gemini Lake, Coffee Lake, Whiskey Lake,
1.34 fcambus 215: and Comet Lake hardware.
1.21 benno 216: <li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/startx.1">startx(1)</a> and
217: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/xinit.1">xinit(1)</a> work again on
218: modern systems using
219: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/inteldrm.4">inteldrm(4)</a>,
220: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/radeondrm.4">radeondrm(4)</a>
221: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amdgpu.4">amdgpu(4)</a>.
222: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mcprtc.4">mcprtc(4)</a>, a driver
223: for the Microchip MCP79400 RTC and similar.
224: <li>Added I2C clock gates to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvclock.4">
225: mvclock(4)</a>.
1.40 jmatthew 226: <li>Added support for MSI-X to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bnxt.4">
1.21 benno 227: bnxt(4)</a>.
228: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/octpip.4">octpip(4)</a>, a driver
1.34 fcambus 229: for the Octeon packet input processing unit.
1.21 benno 230: <li>Added the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/octiic.4">octiic(4)</a>
231: driver for OCTEON two-wire serial interfaces.
232: <li>Enabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nvme.4">nvme(4)</a> on octeon.
233: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/octpcie.4">octpcie(4)</a>, a
234: driver for the PCIe controller found on OCTEON II and OCTEON III.
235: <li>Fixed random kernel hangs on
236: some <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">sparc64</a>
237: machines by blocking interrupts while sending an IPI on sunv4
238: (as on sun4u).
1.40 jmatthew 239: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ure.4">ure(4)</a> now supports
240: RTL8153B devices.
1.21 benno 241: </ul>
242:
243: <li>Improved <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html">arm64</a> hardware
244: support, including:
1.23 fcambus 245: <ul>
1.21 benno 246: <li>Added support for Ampere eMAG CPU based systems.
247: <li>Added support to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amlclock.4">amlclock(4)</a>
248: for obtaining CPU clock frequency.
249: <li>Enabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amlmmc.4">amlmmc(4)</a>, a
250: driver for the SD/MMC controller found on various Amlogic SoCs.
251: <li>Implemented setting the CPU clock for Allwinner A64 SoCs in
252: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sxiccmu.4">sxiccmu(4)</a>.
253: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amldwusb.4">amldwusb(4)</a>,
254: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amlusbphy.4">amlusbphy(4)</a> and
255: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amlpciephy.4">amlpciephy(4)</a>, drivers
256: for the USB controller and PHYs on the Amlogic G12A/B SoCs.
257: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/imxtmu.4">imxtmu(4)</a>, a driver
1.23 fcambus 258: to support the temperature sensors on i.MX8M SoCs.
1.21 benno 259: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amlrng.4">amlrng(4)</a>, a simple
260: random number generator driver for Amlogic SoCs.
261: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amclock.4">amclock(4)</a>,
262: a driver for the Amlogic SoC clocks.
263: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amluart.4">amluart(4)</a>, a
264: driver for the UARTs found on various Amlogic SoCs.
265: <li>Added support for the SMBus System Interfaces (SSIF) to
1.34 fcambus 266: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipmi.4">ipmi(4)</a>.
1.21 benno 267: <li>PXE booting using U-Boot works now.
268: <li>Added clock support
269: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sxisyscon.4">sxisyscon(4)</a>,
270: a driver for the system controller found on various Allwinner
271: SoCs.
272: <li>Implemented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smbios.4">smbios(4)</a>
273: support on arm64.
274: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ucrcom.4">ucrcom(4)</a>, a driver
275: for the serial console of chromebooks.
276: <li>Enabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvmdio.4">mvmdio(4)</a> and
277: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvneta.4">mvneta(4)</a> on arm64.
278: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pinctrl.4">pinctrl(4)</a>
279: support for 'pinconf-single' devices and support for
1.23 fcambus 280: bias and drive-strength properties, needed for HiSilicon SoCs.
1.32 fcambus 281: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvdog.4">mvdog(4)</a>, a driver
1.21 benno 282: to support the watchdog on the Armada 3700 SoC.
283: <li>Added support for the Allwinner H6 to
284: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sxipio.4">sxipio(4)</a> and
285: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sxiccmu.4">sxiccmu(4)</a>.
286: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mviic.4">mviic(4)</a>, a driver
287: to support the I2C controller on the Armada 3700 SoC.
288: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvuart.4">mvuart(4)</a> to
1.34 fcambus 289: support the Armada 3720's serial console.
1.21 benno 290: <li>Added support for the Armada 3720 clocks to
1.33 fcambus 291: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvclock.4">mvclock(4)</a>.
1.21 benno 292: <li>Added support for the Armada 3720 pinctrl controller to
293: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mvpinctrl.4">mvpinctrl(4)</a>. This
294: controller also includes GPIO controller functionality.
295: <li>Added the RK3328 and RK3399 GMAC clocks to
1.34 fcambus 296: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rkclock.4">rkclock(4)</a>.
1.21 benno 297: <li>Increased MAXCPUs to 32 in arm64, allowing use of all cores on the Ampere
298: eMAG.
299: <li>Added support for the Cortex-A65 CPU.
300: <li>Implemented interrupt controller functionality in
301: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rkgpio.4">rkgpio(4)</a>,
302: allowing use of the
303: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fusbtc.4">fusbtc(4)</a>
304: interrupt on the RockPro64.
305: </ul>
1.1 beck 306:
307: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
308: <ul>
1.21 benno 309: <li>Made net80211 expose reasons for association failures to have
310: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>
311: display them in "scan" output and on the
312: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ieee80211.9">ieee80211(9)</a>
1.34 fcambus 313: status line.
1.21 benno 314: <li>Added support for 802.11n Tx aggregation to net80211 and
315: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4">iwm(4)</a>.
316: <li>... <!-- XXX -->
1.1 beck 317: </ul>
318:
319: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
1.21 benno 320: <ul>
321: <li>Enabled TCP and UDP checksum offloading by default for
322: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ix.4">ix(4)</a>.
323: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tpmr.4">tpmr(4)</a>, a 802.1Q
324: two-port MAC relay implementation.
1.38 fcambus 325: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iavf.4">iavf(4)</a>, a driver for
1.34 fcambus 326: Intel SR-IOV Virtual Functions of Intel 700 series Ethernet controllers.
1.21 benno 327: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aggr.4">aggr(4)</a>, a
328: dedicated driver to implement 802.1AX link aggregration.
329: <li>Added port protection support
330: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/switch.4">switch(4)</a>. Domain
331: membership is checked for unicast, flooded (broadcast) and local
1.34 fcambus 332: (host-network-bound, e.g. trunk) traffic.
1.21 benno 333: <li>Disabled <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mobileip.4">mobileip(4)</a>.
334: <li>Added support
335: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>
336: for getting and setting rxprio, finishing support for RFC
337: 2983. Implemented configuring rxprio
338: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a>,
339: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gre.4">gre(4)</a>,
340: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpw.4">mpw(4)</a>,
341: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpe.4">mpe(4)</a>,
342: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpip.4">mpip(4)</a>,
343: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/etherip.4">etherip(4)</a>
1.23 fcambus 344: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bpe.4">bpe(4)</a>.
1.45 fcambus 345: <li>Implemented Tx mitigation by calling the hardware transmit
1.21 benno 346: routine per several packets rather than for individual
347: packets. Defers calls to the transmit routine to a network taskq,
348: or until a backlog of packets has built up.
349: <li>Stopped using <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/splnet.9">splnet(9)</a> when
350: running the network stack now
351: that it is using the NET_LOCK for protection, reducing latency spikes.
1.29 deraadt 352: <li>Added support for reading SFPs to some ethernet cards.
1.21 benno 353: </ul>
1.1 beck 354:
355: <li>Installer improvements:
1.21 benno 356: <ul>
357: <li>Allowed quoted SSIDs in the installer, rather than ignoring
358: those containing whitespace.
359: <li>Introduced <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysupgrade.8">sysupgrade(8)</a>
1.44 deraadt 360: that can be used to upgrade OpenBSD unattended.
361: <li><a href="errata65.html#p012_sysupgrade">A syspatch was provided which adds</a>
362: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysupgrade.8">sysupgrade(8)</a>
363: to 6.5, so unattended upgrades to 6.6 can be
364: performed on amd64/arm64/i386 with <b># syspatch && sysupgrade</b>.
1.29 deraadt 365: <li>Created an <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html">octeon</a>
366: bootloader which is a modified kernel. To use this bootloader, the
367: firmware must be configured to load file "boot" instead of "bsd".
1.21 benno 368: <li>Included <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mount_nfs.8">mount_nfs(8)</a>
369: on the amd64 CD ramdisk.
370: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tee.1">tee(1)</a> to the ramdisk, and
371: display a moving progress bar
372: during auto upgrade/install.
373: <li>Repaired and improved v6 default route selection, fixing autoinstalls.
374: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysupgrade.8">sysupgrade(8)</a>
375: support to the sparc64 bootloader.
1.45 fcambus 376: <li>The DHCP configuration is now preserved when restarting an install.
1.21 benno 377: <li>The installer now remembers 'autoconf' when restarting an install.
378: <li>Stopped prompting for disks that do not contain a root
379: partition during upgrades. This defaults to the correct disk
380: when full disk encryption is in use, and will be useful for
381: future unattended upgrades.
382: </ul>
1.1 beck 383:
384: <li>Security improvements:
385: <ul>
1.21 benno 386: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2">unveil(2)</a> is
1.28 deraadt 387: now used in 77 userland programs to redact filesystem access.
1.21 benno 388: <li>Various changes
389: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2">unveil(2)</a>
1.23 fcambus 390: to improve application behavior when encountering hidden
1.21 benno 391: filesystem paths.
1.28 deraadt 392: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ps.1">ps(1)</a> can show which
393: processes have called <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2">unveil(2)</a>
394: with the <b>u</b> and <b>U</b> flags in STATE field.
395: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ps.1">ps(1)</a> can show the list
396: of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2">pledge(2)</a> options
397: processes use with the <b>-o pledge</b> option.
1.22 benno 398: <li>Further and improved mitigations against Spectre side-channel
1.21 benno 399: vulnerability in Intel CPUs built since 2012.
400: <li>Mitigations for Intel's Microarchitectural Data Sampling
401: vulnerability, using the new CPU VERW behavior if available or
402: by using the proper sequence from Intel's "Deep Dive" doc in the
403: return-to-userspace and enter-VMM-guest
404: paths. Updated <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a>
405: to pass through the MSR bits so that guests can apply the
406: optimal mitigation.
407: <li>Rewrote <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/doas.1">doas(1)</a>
408: environment inheritance not to inherit, and instead reset to the
409: target user's values by default.
1.28 deraadt 410: <li>Prepare
1.41 solene 411: the <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">amd64</a> BIOS
1.28 deraadt 412: bootloader for loading the kernel at a random virtual address (future work).
1.21 benno 413: <li>Introduced
414: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc_conceal.3">malloc_conceal(3)</a>
415: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/calloc_conceal.3">calloc_conceal(3)</a>,
416: which return memory in pages marked MAP_CONCEAL and call
417: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/freezero.3">freezero(3)</a>
418: on <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/free.3">free(3)</a>.
419: <li>Make 'systat pf' not require root permissions
420: (<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/systat.8">systat(8)</a>).
421: <li>Added support for the EFI Random Number Generator Protocol,
422: using it to XOR random data into the buffer we feed the kernel for
423: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">amd64</a>.
424: <li>Added information about system call memory write protection
1.23 fcambus 425: and stack mapping violations to system
1.21 benno 426: accounting. Now <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/daily.8">daily(8)</a>
427: will print a list of affected processes
1.41 solene 428: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lastcomm.1">lastcomm(1)</a>
1.21 benno 429: will flag violations with 'M'.
1.1 beck 430: </ul>
431:
432: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
1.21 benno 433: <ul>
434: <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a>
435: daemon now gets and sets the clock in a secure way when booting
436: even when a battery-backed clock is absent.
437: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/slaacd.8">slaacd(8)</a> now
438: removes IPv6 addresses when it detects a link-state change but
439: no new router advertisement is received.
440: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.29 deraadt 441: now reports SFP, SFP+ and QSFP module information when using
442: the <b>sff</b> option.
1.21 benno 443: <li>Imported <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmp.1">snmp(1)</a>,
1.45 fcambus 444: a new SNMP client which aims to be netsnmp-compatible for
1.21 benno 445: supported features, and
446: removed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpctl.8">snmpctl(8)</a>.
447: <li>Improvements
1.45 fcambus 448: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a> DNS
1.21 benno 449: resoving and constraints checking, especially during
1.45 fcambus 450: startup. Unreliable NTP peers are removed from the pool and
451: DNS resolving is repeated to add replacements.
1.21 benno 452: <li>Changed the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>
453: Adj-RIB-Out to a per-peer set of RB trees, improving speed.
454: <li>Rewrote <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>
455: community matching and handling code and improved performance
456: for setups using many communities.
457: <li>Checked the type of a network statement when looking for
458: duplicates
459: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>. This
460: fixes added network 0.0.0.0/0 after 'network inet static'.
461: <li>Made improvements
462: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a> speed when
463: configuring many peers.
464: <li>Implemented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpctl.8">bgpctl(8)</a>
465: 'show mrt neighbors', to print the neighbor table of MRT
466: TABLE_DUMP_V2 dumps.
467: <li>Moved <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>
468: pfkey socket to the parent process. The refreshing of the keys
469: for MD5 and IPSEC is done whenever the session state changes to
470: IDLE or ACTIVE, which should behave better when reloading
471: configs with auth changes.
472: <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>, fixed
473: reloading of network statements that have no fixed prefix
474: specification.
475: <li>Extended the maximum size of
476: the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>
477: shutdown communication message to 255 bytes.
478: <li>Improvements
479: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfctl.8">pfctl(8)</a>, to
480: always check for namespace collisions on table
481: commands. Introduced 'pfctl -FR' to reset pfctl(8) settings to
482: defaults.
483: <li>Imported Kristaps Dzonsons' RPKI
484: validator, <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rpki-client.8">rpki-client(8)</a>.
485: <li> <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a> now supports
486: binary protocol health checking. See
487: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.conf.5">relayd.conf(5)</a>.
488: <li>Added support for OCSP stapling
489: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>.
490: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a>
491: support for SNI with new 'tls keypair' option to load additional
492: certificates.
493: <li>Added support for 'from/to address[/prefix]'
494: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/.8">relayd(8)</a> filter rules.
495: <li>Implemented RFC 8555 "Automatic Certificate Management
496: Environment (ACME)" to
497: enable <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acme-client.1">acme-client(1)</a>
498: to communicate with the v02 Let's Encrypt API. Read the
499: <a href="faq/upgrade66.html">upgrade guide</a> for more information.
500: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tcpdump.8">tcpdump(8)</a>
501: support for '-T erspan' and
502: arbitrary <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gre.4">gre(4)</a>
503: protocols.
504: <li>Allowed specifying area by number as well as id
505: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospf6d.8">ospf6d(8)</a>.
506: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfctl.8">ospfctl(8)</a> now
507: accepts both address and number format for 'ospfctl show
508: database area XXX'.
509: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a> reload
510: improvements.
511: <li>Added a check
512: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a>
513: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospf6d.8">ospf6d(8)</a>
514: that any "depend on" interfaces are in the same rdomain.
515: <li>Make 'passive' (announce a network configured on an interface
516: as a stub network) work with P2P interfaces
517: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a>.
518: <li>Shutdown the service port when behind a captive portal
519: with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unwind.8">unwind(8)</a>,
520: allowing bypass of captive portals that correctly answer SOA
521: queries for the root zone and return NXDOMAIN for the captive
522: portal redirect domain if edns0 is present.
523: <li>Implemented DNS block lists
524: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unwind.8">unwind(8)</a>.
525: <li>Added support for IKEv2 Message Fragmentation (RFC 7383)
526: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iked.8">iked(8)</a>.
527: <li>Enabled switching between wireless and wired interfaces in
528: dhclient(8), setting the default route with the interface
529: address and allowing two default routes in the routing table. A
1.23 fcambus 530: wired interface will be preferred when connected.
1.21 benno 531: <li>Added consistent use of 'ifconfig $_if [-inet| -inet6]' to clear existing
532: configurations completely after restarting an install.
533: <li>Added 'forwarded' log format extending the 'combined' log
534: format in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/httpd.8">httpd(8)</a>.
535: </ul>
1.23 fcambus 536:
537: <li>Assorted improvements:
1.1 beck 538: <ul>
539: <li> The filesystem buffer cache now more aggressively uses memory
540: outside the DMA region, to improve cache performance on amd64
541: machines.
1.5 rob 542: <li> The BER API previously internal to
1.21 benno 543: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldap.1">ldap(1)</a>,
544: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldapd.8">ldapd(8)</a>,
545: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ypldap.8">ypldap(8)</a>, and
546: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpd.8">snmpd(8)</a> has been moved into
547: libutil.
548: See <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ber_read_elements.3">ber_read_elements(3)</a>.
549: <li>Removed the old
550: userland <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/realpath.3">realpath(3)</a>
551: and replaced it with __realpath(2), a kernel
552: implementation. This will prevent
553: calling <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/readlink.2">readlink(2)</a>
554: on every component of a path and improve performance for
555: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2">unveil(2)</a>.
556: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ld.so.1">ld.so(1)</a> speedups,
557: improving dynamic linker performance for large objects.
558: <li>Modified <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/systat.1">systat(1)</a>
559: to allow the use of 'b' to switch to stats since boot.
560: </ul>
561:
562: <li>VMM/VMD improvements ... <!-- XXX -->
563: <ul>
564: <li>Added support for 'boot device'
1.37 anton 565: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vm.conf.5#boot_device">vm.conf(5)</a>
1.21 benno 566: grammar, the '-B device' counterpart
567: from <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmctl.8">vmctl(8)</a>.
568: <li>Emulated kvm pvclock
569: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a>, compatible
570: with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pvclock.4">pvclock(4)</a> in
571: OpenBSD.
572: <li>Enabled reporting of the vm state through use of
573: the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmctl.8">vmctl(8)</a>
574: 'status' command.
575: <li>Synced vm state
576: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> when
577: (un)pausing a vm to ensure
578: both <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a>
579: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> processes
580: know the vm is paused.
581: <li>Handled some unhandled instructions for SVM which led
582: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a> guest
583: termination, as well as RDTSCP and INVLPGA instructions.
584: <li>Modified <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a> to
585: flush guest TLB entries if the guest disables paging.
1.1 beck 586: </ul>
587:
588: <li>OpenSMTPD 6.6.0
589: <ul>
1.18 gilles 590: <li>New Features
591: <ul>
592: <li>Introduced support for ECDSA certificates with an ECDSA privsep engine.
1.21 benno 593: <li>Introduced builtin filters to allow basic filtering of incoming sessions
594: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a>.
595: <li>Introduced option to deliver junk to a Junk folder
596: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mail.maildir.8">mail.maildir(8)</a>.
1.18 gilles 597: </ul>
598: <li>Bug fixes
599: <ul>
1.21 benno 600: <li>Fixed the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtp.1">smtp(1)</a> client
601: so it uses correct default port for SMTPS.
602: <li>Fixed an <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a> crash on
603: excessively large input.
1.18 gilles 604: <li>Ensured mail rejected by an LMTP server will stay queued rather than bouncing.
605: </ul>
606: <li>Experimental Features
607: <ul>
1.21 benno 608: <li>Introduced a filters API to allow writing standalone filters
609: for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a>,
1.18 gilles 610: with multiple filters made available in ports.
1.21 benno 611: <li>Introduced support for proxy-v2 protocol
612: allowing <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a> to
613: operate behind proxy.
1.18 gilles 614: </ul>
1.1 beck 615: </ul>
616:
617: <li>LibreSSL 3.0.X
618: <ul>
619: <li>API and Documentation Enhancements
620: <ul>
1.11 tb 621: <li>Completed the port of RSA_METHOD accessors from the
1.13 tb 622: OpenSSL 1.1 API.
1.21 benno 623: <li>Documented undescribed options and removed unfunctional
624: options description
625: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/openssl.1">openssl(1)</a>
626: manual.
1.1 beck 627: </ul>
628:
629: <li>Compatibility Changes
630: <ul>
631: </ul>
632:
633: <li>Testing and Proactive Security
634: <ul>
635: <li>
1.2 tb 636: A plethora of small fixes due to regular oss-fuzz testing.
1.13 tb 637: <li>
1.21 benno 638: Various side channels in DSA and ECDSA were addressed. These
639: are some of the many issues found in an extensive systematic
640: analysis of bignum usage by Samuel Weiser, David Schrammel et
641: al.
1.20 tb 642: <li>
1.21 benno 643: Try to compute the cofactor if a nonsensical value was
644: provided for ECC parameters. Fix from Billy Brumley.
1.1 beck 645: </ul>
646:
647: <li>Internal Improvements
1.21 benno 648: <ul>
649: </ul>
1.1 beck 650:
651: <li>Portable Improvements
652: <ul>
1.21 benno 653: <li>Enabled performance optimizations when building with Visual
654: Studio on Windows.
1.12 inoguchi 655: <li>Enabled openssl(1) speed subcommand on Windows platform.
1.1 beck 656: </ul>
657:
658: <li>Bug Fixes
659: <ul>
1.21 benno 660: <li>Fixed issue where SRTP extension would not be sent by
661: server.
662: <li>Fixed incorrect carry operation in 512 addition for
663: Streebog.
1.12 inoguchi 664: <li>Fixed -modulus option with openssl(1) dsa subcommand.
1.21 benno 665: <li>Fixed PVK format output issue with openssl(1) dsa and rsa
666: subcommand.
1.46 ! tb 667: <li>Fixed a padding oracle attack in <code>PKCS7_dataDecode()</code>
! 668: and <code>CMS_decrypt_set1_pkey()</code> (<code>CMS</code>
! 669: is currently disabled). From Bernd Edlinger.
1.1 beck 670: </ul>
671: </ul>
672:
673: <li>OpenSSH 8.X
674: <ul>
1.21 benno 675: <li>New Features
676: <ul>
677: <li>Added sshsig, a lightweight signature and verification
678: ability for OpenSSH,
679: to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen.1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>.
680: Signatures can be made and verified using <code>ssh-keygen
681: -Y sign|verify</code>.
682: <li>Included SHA2-variant RSA key algorithms in KEX proposal,
683: allowing <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keyscan.1">ssh-keyscan(1)</a>
684: to harvest keys from servers that disable SHA1 ssh-rsa.
685: <li>Encrypted
686: private <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
687: keys that are not in use as protection against speculation
688: and memory sidechannel attacks like Spectre, Meltdown,
689: Rowhammer and Rambleed.
690: <li>Adjusted <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.23 fcambus 691: to default to using the rsa-sha2-512 signature algorithm when
1.21 benno 692: signing certificates with an RSA key. This will render these
693: certificates incompatible with OpenSSH 7.1 and earlier,
694: unless the default is overridden by use of the (1) -t flag.
695: <li>Added logging
696: of <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
697: PermitOpen and PermitListen violations.
698: <li>Allowed prepending a list of algorithms to the default set in ssh(1) by
699: starting the list with the ^ character.
700: </ul>
701: <li>Bugfixes
702: <ul>
703: <li>
704: </ul>
1.1 beck 705: </ul>
706: <li>Mandoc XXX
707: <ul>
1.21 benno 708: <li>Provided a notification to stderr to indicate messages have been shown when
709: mandoc(1) output is printed without a pager, to indicate messages may have
710: preceded the output.
711: <li>Fixed a segfault
712: in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mandoc.1">mandoc(1)</a> when
713: /tmp is not writable.
714: <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mandoc.1">mandoc(1)</a>
715: support for 'prefers-color-scheme: dark'.
716: <li>Improved <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/man.1">man(1)</a>
717: matching for requests for a specific section.
1.1 beck 718: </ul>
719:
720: <li>Xenocara
721: <ul>
1.21 benno 722: <li>
1.1 beck 723: </ul>
724:
1.7 bentley 725: <li><p>Ports and packages:
1.1 beck 726: <ul>
727: </ul>
1.7 bentley 728: <p>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.1 beck 729: <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
1.7 bentley 730: <ul style="column-count: 3">
1.1 beck 731: <li>aarch64: XXXX
732: <li>amd64: XXXX
1.42 benno 733: <li>armv7: XXXX
1.1 beck 734: <li>i386: XXXX
735: <li>mips64: XXXX
736: <li>mips64el: XXXX
737: <li>powerpc: XXXX
738: <li>sparc64: XXXX
1.7 bentley 739: </ul>
1.1 beck 740:
1.7 bentley 741: <p>Some highlights:
742: <ul style="column-count: 3">
1.21 benno 743: <li>
744: <li>
745: <li>
746: <li>
747: <li>
748: <li>
1.7 bentley 749: </ul>
1.1 beck 750:
751: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
752:
753: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
1.21 benno 754: <ul>
1.25 jsg 755: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.20.5 + patches,
756: freetype 2.10.1, fontconfig 2.12.4, Mesa 19.0.8, xterm 344,
757: xkeyboard-config 2.20 and more)
758: <li>LLVM/Clang 8.0.1 (+ patches)
759: <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
760: <li>Perl 5.28.2 (+ patches)
1.21 benno 761: <li>NSD 4.2.2.
1.25 jsg 762: <li>Unbound 1.9.3
763: <li>Ncurses 5.7
764: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
765: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
766: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
767: <li>Expat 2.2.8
1.21 benno 768: </ul>
1.1 beck 769: </ul>
1.7 bentley 770: </section>
1.1 beck 771:
772: <hr>
773:
1.7 bentley 774: <section id=install>
775: <h3>How to install</h3>
776: <p>
1.1 beck 777: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
778: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.6 on your machine:
779:
780: <ul>
781: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
782: .../OpenBSD/6.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
783: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
784: .../OpenBSD/6.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
785: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
786: .../OpenBSD/6.6/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
787: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
788: .../OpenBSD/6.6/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
789: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
790: .../OpenBSD/6.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
791: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/i386/INSTALL.i386">
792: .../OpenBSD/6.6/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
793: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
794: .../OpenBSD/6.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
795: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
796: .../OpenBSD/6.6/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
797: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
798: .../OpenBSD/6.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
799: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
800: .../OpenBSD/6.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
801: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
802: .../OpenBSD/6.6/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
803: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
804: .../OpenBSD/6.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
805: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 806: </section>
1.1 beck 807:
808: <hr>
809:
1.7 bentley 810: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 beck 811: <p>
812: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
813: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
814: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
815: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
816:
1.7 bentley 817: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 beck 818:
1.7 bentley 819: <p>
1.1 beck 820: Write <i>floppy66.fs</i> or <i>floppyB66.fs</i> (depending on your machine)
821: to a diskette and enter <i>boot dva0</i>.
822: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
1.7 bentley 823:
1.1 beck 824: <p>
825: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
826: will most likely fail.
827:
1.7 bentley 828: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1 beck 829:
1.7 bentley 830: <p>
1.1 beck 831: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install66.iso</i> or
832: <i>cd66.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
833: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
1.7 bentley 834:
1.1 beck 835: <p>
836: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install66.fs</i> or
837: <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.7 bentley 838:
1.1 beck 839: <p>
840: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
841: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
842: INSTALL.amd64 document.
1.7 bentley 843:
1.1 beck 844: <p>
845: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
846: read INSTALL.amd64.
847:
1.7 bentley 848: <h3>OpenBSD/arm64:</h3>
1.1 beck 849:
1.7 bentley 850: <p>
1.1 beck 851: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a disk and boot from it after connecting
852: to the serial console. Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more details.
853:
1.7 bentley 854: <h3>OpenBSD/armv7:</h3>
1.1 beck 855:
1.7 bentley 856: <p>
1.1 beck 857: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
858: to the serial console. Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
859:
1.7 bentley 860: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
1.1 beck 861:
1.7 bentley 862: <p>
1.1 beck 863: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
864: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
865:
1.7 bentley 866: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 beck 867:
1.7 bentley 868: <p>
1.1 beck 869: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install66.iso</i> or
870: <i>cd66.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
871: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
1.7 bentley 872:
1.1 beck 873: <p>
874: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install66.fs</i> or
875: <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.7 bentley 876:
1.1 beck 877: <p>
878: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
879: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
880: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
1.7 bentley 881:
1.1 beck 882: <p>
883: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
884: read INSTALL.i386.
885:
1.7 bentley 886: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
1.1 beck 887:
1.7 bentley 888: <p>
1.1 beck 889: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to the start of the CF
890: or disk, and boot normally.
891:
1.7 bentley 892: <h3>OpenBSD/loongson:</h3>
1.1 beck 893:
1.7 bentley 894: <p>
1.1 beck 895: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
896: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
897: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
898:
1.7 bentley 899: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
1.1 beck 900:
1.7 bentley 901: <p>
902: Copy 'boot' and 'bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1.1 beck 903: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
904: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
905:
1.7 bentley 906: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1 beck 907:
1.7 bentley 908: <p>
1.1 beck 909: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
910: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
911: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
1.7 bentley 912:
1.1 beck 913: <p>
914: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
915: /6.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
916:
1.7 bentley 917: <h3>OpenBSD/octeon:</h3>
1.1 beck 918:
1.7 bentley 919: <p>
1.1 beck 920: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
921: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
922:
1.7 bentley 923: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1 beck 924:
1.7 bentley 925: <p>
1.1 beck 926: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
927: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
1.7 bentley 928:
1.1 beck 929: <p>
930: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
931: <i>floppy66.fs</i> or <i>floppyB66.fs</i>
932: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
933: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
1.7 bentley 934:
1.1 beck 935: <p>
936: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
937: will most likely fail.
1.7 bentley 938:
1.1 beck 939: <p>
940: You can also write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to the swap partition on
941: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
1.7 bentley 942:
1.1 beck 943: <p>
944: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.7 bentley 945: </section>
1.1 beck 946:
947: <hr>
948:
1.7 bentley 949: <section id=upgrade>
950: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
951: <p>
1.1 beck 952: If you already have an OpenBSD 6.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
953: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
954: <a href="faq/upgrade66.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.7 bentley 955: </section>
1.1 beck 956:
957: <hr>
958:
1.7 bentley 959: <section id=sourcecode>
960: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
961: <p>
962: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
1.1 beck 963: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
964: which are in a separate archive.
965: To extract:
966: <blockquote><pre>
1.7 bentley 967: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
968: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
969: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1 beck 970: </pre></blockquote>
1.7 bentley 971: <p>
972: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 beck 973: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
974: To extract:
975: <blockquote><pre>
1.7 bentley 976: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
977: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
978: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1 beck 979: </pre></blockquote>
1.7 bentley 980: <p>
1.1 beck 981: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
982: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
983: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
984: Using these files
985: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
986: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.7 bentley 987: </section>
1.1 beck 988:
989: <hr>
990:
1.7 bentley 991: <section id=ports>
992: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
993: <p>
1.1 beck 994: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
995: <blockquote><pre>
1.7 bentley 996: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
997: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1 beck 998: </pre></blockquote>
1.7 bentley 999: <p>
1.1 beck 1000: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1001: if you know nothing about ports
1002: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
1003: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
1004: OpenBSD ports system.
1005: <p>
1006: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
1007: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
1008: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
1009: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
1010: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
1011: with a command like:
1012: <blockquote><pre>
1.7 bentley 1013: # <kbd>cd /usr/ports</kbd>
1.15 jsg 1014: # <kbd>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_6</kbd>
1.1 beck 1015: </pre></blockquote>
1.7 bentley 1016: <p>
1.1 beck 1017: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
1018: server.]
1019: <p>
1020: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
1021: ports for the 6.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
1022: <p>
1023: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1024: would like to know more, the mailing list
1025: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.7 bentley 1026: </section>