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 Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements  Federico Biancuzzi interviews several of the developers on improvements
 in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance  in 3.9: the continuing absence of "blob drivers", IPMI and sensors, apmd performance
 adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.  adjustment, Macs, rthreads, multicast, trunk, hostapd, and more.
 jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware, and  jsg clarifies the issue of "binary blob" drivers vs "firmware", and
 discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse  discusses the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet driver he did after NVIDIA did refuse
 to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.  to give out documentation; they can't stop us, but they can slow us down.
 The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;  The result: "There aren't any drivers in OpenBSD with binary-only components;
 this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."  this is quite a contrast to pretty much everyone else out there."
 marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:  marco comments on the IPMI work in 3.9, and adds:
 "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there  "IPMI is a standard, but there are vendors out there
 that have reading comprehension issues..."  that have reading comprehension issues...".
 A long list of other developers explain their contributions  A long list of other developers explain their contributions
 and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.  and other changes that make 3.9 one of our best releases yet.
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