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<li>Various kernel improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bt.5">bt(5)</a> and <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/btrace.8">btrace(8)</a> support for

binary modulo operator ('%').

<li>Added a TIMEOUT_MPSAFE flag to <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/timeout.9">timeout(9)</a>.

<li>Added IBM encoded version of the "Spleen 8x16" font, usable as console font.

<li>Cleanup and machine-independent refactoring of three context

switch paths outside of mi_switch(): when a process forks and the new

proc needs to be scheduled by proc_trampoline, cpu_hatch: when booting

APs, and sched_exit: when a proc exits.

<li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vscsi.4">vscsi(4)</a>

'vscsi_filtops' mpsafe and extended the 'sc_state_mtx' <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/mutex.9">mutex(9)</a> to protect

'sc_klist' knotes list.

<li>Made out-of-swap checking more robust, preventing potential deadlocks.

<li>Eliminated the ioctl whitelist that <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/bio.4">bio(4)</a> will tunnel for other

devices, allowing bio to be used with other (non-raid) related

devices.

</ul>

<li>SMP Improvements

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<li>Various new userland features:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Added support for <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/cksum.1">cksum(1)</a> -c checking base64

digests in reverse mode.

<li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/kdump.1">kdump(1)</a> [-p

program] to filter dumps by basename.

<li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ps.1">ps(1)</a> accept numerical user IDs.

</ul>

<li>Various bugfixes and tweaks in userland:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Silenced list of specific firmware not needing update in <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add.1">pkg_add(1)</a>.

<li>Improved <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ls.1">ls(1)</a> horizontal alignment in long format.

<li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bioctl.8">bioctl(8)</a> retry on empty passphrase.

<li>Fixed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2">unveil(2)</a> in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/patch.1">patch(1)</a> with explicit

patchfile.

<li>Made gnu99 the default for gcc 3.3.6 and 4.2.1 rather than defaulting to gnu89.

<li>Enhanced <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fdisk.8">fdisk(8)</a> 'flag' to accept hex values.

<li>Prevented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fdisk.8">fdisk(8)</a>

'flag' from altering other GPT partition attributes when flagging a

partition as the only bootable partition.

<li>Added group handling matching <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/fbtab.5">fbtab(5)</a> to xenodm.

</ul>

<li>Improved hardware support and driver bugfixes, including:

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<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpii.4">mpii(4)</a>.

<li>Support for SAS3816 and SAS3916 in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mfii.4">mfii(4)</a>.

<li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/xbf.4">xbf(4)</a>, allowed Xen

to use backing store devices with 4K-byte sectors.

<li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fanpwr.4">fanpwr(4)</a>

support for the Rockchip RK8602 and RK8603 voltage regulators.

</ul>

<li>New or improved network hardware support:

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<li>The Synopsys Ethernet Quality-of-Service Controller

(<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwqe.4">dwqe(4)</a>) is enabled for

amd64.</li>

<li>Added initial support for Elkhart Lake ethernet to <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwqe.4">dwqe(4)</a>.

<li>Support for AX88179A in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/axen.4">axen(4)</a>.

<li>The Intel I225 and I226 Ethernet Controller

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<li>The Allwinner EMAC Ethernet Controller

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwxe.4">dwxe(4)</a> is enabled for

riscv64.</li>

<li>...

<li>Enabled TCP segmentation offloading for <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/ixl.4">ixl(4)</a>.

<li>Corrected wrong register offset macros for <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/dwqe.4">dwqe(4)</a> DMA burst length.

</ul>

<li>Added or improved wireless network drivers:

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<li>Installer, upgrade and bootloader improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Removed default sets answer in <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/autoinstall.8">autoinstall(8)</a>

response file such that it now populates only with non-defaults.

<li>Made <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/fw_update.8">fw_update(8)</a> verify but

not overwrite SHA256.sig.

<li>Added support in the installer to encrypt the root disk with a key disk.

<li>Prevent re-starting the automatic upgrade on octeon and

powerpc64, as is already done on other platforms.

<li>Enabled CD9660 in arm64 RAMDISK to allow CD-ROM mounting.

</ul>

<li>Security improvements:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2">pledge(2)</a>

stdio before parsing pfkey messages to <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a> -m and -s.

<li>Tightened <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pax.1">pax(1)</a> <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2">pledge(2)</a> in List and

Append modes.

<li>Created __OpenBSD versions of llvm cxa guard implementation using

futex() with the correct number of arguments and without using <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/syscall.2">syscall(2)</a>.

</ul>

<li>Changes in the network stack:

<ul>

<li>Enable IPv6 support in <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/ppp.4">ppp(4)</a>

<li>Socket with sequenced packet type and control messages

handle end of record correctly.

<li>The routing table has a generation number. That means

cached routes at sockets will be invalidated when the routing

table changes. Especially with dynamic routing daemons

local connections use the up to date route.

<li>Route cache hits an misses are printed in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/netstat.1">netstat(1)</a>

statistics.

<li>Prevented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wg.4">wg(4)</a>

getting stuck on peer destruction.

<li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umb.4">umb(4)</a> delete any

existing v4 address before setting a new one, allowing keeping of a

working default route when the address changes.

<li>Forwarded TCP LRO disabling to parent devices and disabled TCP LR0

on bridged <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">vlan(4)</a> and

default for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bpe.4">bpe(4)</a>, <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/nvgre.4">nvgre(4)</a> and <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/vxlan.4">vxlan(4)</a>.

</ul>

<li>The following changes were made to the <a

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matches what's described in manual.

<li>Make <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfctl.8">pfctl(8)</a> show

all tables in all anchors with <code>pfctl -a "*" -sT</code>.

<li>Added check to ensure <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfctl.8">pfctl(8)</a> -f won't accept a

directory and install an empty ruleset.

</ul>

<li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:

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<li>IPsec support was improved:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iked.8">iked(8)</a> always

prefer group from the initial KE payload as responder if supported.

</ul>

<li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,

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<li>Many other changes in various network programs and libraries:

<ul>

<li>If a DNS name is configured as remote syslog server,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/syslogd.8">syslogd(8)</a>

retries to resolve the name periodically until it succeeds.

retries to resolve the loghost name periodically until it succeeds.

UDP packets that get lost during that period are counted and

logged later.

<li>...

<li>Added counting of dropped UDP packets to <a

href="https://man.openbsd.org/syslogd.8">syslogd(8)</a>.

<li>Introduced <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">dhcpd(8)</a>

log output to stderr and '-v' option to make this output more verbose.

<li>Fixed <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/radiusd.8">radiusd(8)</a>

to properly fixup MPPE-{Send,Recv}-Key and Tunnel-Password attributes of the

response.

</ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> improvements and bug fixes:

<ul>

<li>...

<li>Made <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> unzoom

a window at the start of destroy so it doesn't happen later after the

layout has been freed.

<li>Prevented <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> use

of combined UTF-8 characters that are too long.

</ul>

<li>LibreSSL version 3.9.0