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1.1000 deraadt 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">Changes made between OpenBSD 3.9 and OpenBSD-current</font></h2>
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1.823 jsyn 21: This is a partial list of the major machine-independent changes
1.602 aaron 22: (i.e., these are the changes people ask about most often). Port
1.29 deraadt 23: specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned
1.728 horacio 24: in the pages for the specific <a href="plat.html">platforms</a>.
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1.998 espie 27: There is a separate <a href="portsplus/index.html">list of Changes to the ports collection</a>.
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1.863 naddy 30: Note: <font color="#e00000">Problems for which patches exist are marked in red</font>.
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35: <a href="plus20.html">2.0</a>,
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1.863 naddy 59: <h3><font color="#0000e0">We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
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1.422 deraadt 62: <ul>
1.1011 ! pvalchev 63: <!-- 2006/04/06 -->
! 64: <!-- 2006/04/05 -->
! 65: <li>Update to BIND 9.3.2
! 66: <li>Endian fix for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4&format=html">an(4)</a>, now also enabled on hppa, hppa64 and macppc.
! 67: <li>Reap child processes asynchronously in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hotplugd&sektion=8&arch=i386&format=html">hotplugd(8)</a>.
! 68: <!-- 2006/04/04 -->
! 69: <li>Add power hook to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&format=html">bge(4)</a>.
! 70: <li>Enable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tqphy&sektion=4&format=html">tqphy(4)</a> for macppc found on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4&format=html">xl(4)</a> cards.
! 71: <li>Add "set nexthop self" support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&format=html">bgpd(8)</a>.
! 72: <li>DMA fixes for xscale ARM when changing DMA completion handler.
! 73: <li>Remove bundled dbm and regex lib from httpd, it picks up our dbm anyhow.
! 74: <!-- 2006/04/03 -->
! 75: <li>Installation fixes for Zaurus C3200, avoids a known problem in zbsdmod.
! 76: <li>When parsing file urls in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>, ignore http_proxy.
! 77: <li>Don't nul-terminate GSSAPI buffers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>.
! 78: <!-- 2006/04/02 -->
! 79: <li>Fix interactivity issues in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4&format=html">ami(4)</a> and remove a busywait.
! 80: <li>Prevent panic in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&format=html">iwi(4)</a> if pre-3.0 firmware is being loaded.
! 81: <li>Fix for timestamp setting problem over nfs.
! 82: <li>Fix for ctrl-W in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1&format=html">mg(1)</a>.
! 83: <li>Lots of small non-invasive changes in preparation for FFS2.
! 84: <li>Allow 32-bit session-ids in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a> now that sha256 kex is used.
1.1008 pvalchev 85: <!-- 2006/04/01 -->
1.1011 ! pvalchev 86: <li>Make som channels in ICH IDE/SATA controllers native to be able to use the maximum number of disks.
! 87: <li>Fix for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8&format=html">sensorsd(8)</a>, it will now probe all sensors even if gaps are found in the list.
! 88: <li>Plug huge memleak in libc regarding how the semantics around telldir() works.
1.1008 pvalchev 89: <!-- 2006/03/31 -->
1.1010 deraadt 90: <li>Fix memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sasyncd&sektion=8&format=html">sasyncd(8)</a>.
1.1008 pvalchev 91: <li>Add sysctl to retrieve routing table statistics.
92: <li>Small steps taken in preparation for FFS2.
93: <!-- 2006/03/30 -->
94: <li>Add support for GSM modem SIEMENS ES75 on usb.
1.1010 deraadt 95: <li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iop&sektion=4&format=html">iop(4)</a> to amd64 GENERIC.
96: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1&format=html">ssh(1)</a>, make sure we handle truncated files while converting keys, and also prevent duplicate log messages when privsep=yes.
97: <li>Add percent escape chars to the IdentityFile option in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5&format=html">ssh_config(5)</a>.
1.1008 pvalchev 98: <!-- 2006/03/29 -->
1.1010 deraadt 99: <li>When <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsck&sektion=8&format=html">fsck(8)</a> asks y/n, it will now also accept "F" to force yes to all further questions.
100: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>, allow fetching zero-length files, and also fix progress-meter for >2G files.
101: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4&format=html">it(4)</a> detection on newer ASUS boards for i386 and amd64.
102: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4&format=html">ami(4)</a> sync_cache command so it can run asynchronously.
1.1008 pvalchev 103: <!-- 2006/03/28 -->
104: <li>Enable MPI-401 MIDI UART on amd64 GENERIC.
105: <li>Imported Perl 5.8.8
1.1010 deraadt 106: <li>Add simple printer for IEEE 802.1AB LLDP to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8&format=html">tcpdump(8)</a>.
107: <li>Add Intel 82801GB SATA support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4&format=html">pciide(4)</a>.
108: <li>Add more space to memory columns in the vm page for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systat&sektion=1&format=html">systat(1)</a>.
1.1008 pvalchev 109: <!-- 2006/03/27 -->
1.1010 deraadt 110: <li>Sync <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&format=html">em(4)</a> with Intels FreeBSD em (5.1.5) driver, adds support for 82563 PCI Express chipsets and a few fixes.
1.1008 pvalchev 111: <li>Added some HiFn, Safenet and Bluesteel crypto cards to GENERIC on alpha.
1.1010 deraadt 112: <li>Rework of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&format=html">iwi(4)</a>, enabling s/w antenna diversity, upgrade firmware to v3.0 layout and reworked rings allocation.
113: <li>Sync <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&sektion=4&format=html">ixgb(4)</a> with Intels FreeBSD ixgb (5.0.1) driver.
1.1008 pvalchev 114: <li>Add support for Realtek RT8111B PCI Express Gbit MAC.
1.1010 deraadt 115: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pstat&sektion=8&format=html">pstat(8)</a>, check for syncer vnodes before calling fs specific routines, so NFS and ext2fs gets correctly handled.
1.1008 pvalchev 116: <!-- 2006/03/26 -->
1.1010 deraadt 117: <li>Split serial on macppc so zs devices are ttya and tty00 supports <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4&format=html">com(4)</a> devices.
1.1008 pvalchev 118: <li>Sync libpcap with tcpdump.org's 0.9 APIs.
1.1010 deraadt 119: <li>Added support for accessing 8-bit ISA I/O through the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gpio&sektion=4&format=html">gpio(4)</a> framework. Makes Acrosser AR-B1662 boards work.
120: <li>Added support for Falcom Samba GPRS modem in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uftdi&sektion=4&format=html">uftdi(4)</a> driver.
1.1008 pvalchev 121: <li>Dont allow gpio ping change if /dev/gpio was opened in read-only mode.
1.1010 deraadt 122: <li>Per-file I/O accounting is now possible to show in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fstat&sektion=1&format=html">fstat(1)</a>.
1.1008 pvalchev 123: <!-- 2006/03/25 -->
1.1010 deraadt 124: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bpf&sektion=4&format=html">bpf(4)</a> to ignore packets based on their direction.
125: <li>Fixup IP checksum when modifying IP header fields in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4&format=html">pf(4)</a>.
1.1008 pvalchev 126: <!-- 2006/03/24 -->
1.1010 deraadt 127: <li>Fixes for the receive filter in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4&format=html">sis(4)</a> when enabling/disabling promiscous mode.
128: <li>On <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=1&format=html">dc(1)</a>, show error message if the argument is a directory.
129: <li>Added support for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4&format=html">umsm(4)</a> serial interface for Qualcomm MSM EVDO modems. Enabled on amd64, hppa, hppa64, i386 and macppc.
1.1008 pvalchev 130: <!-- 2006/03/23 -->
131: <li>Turn on PCI parity checking on sparc64, and set the PCI latency timer for bus master devices.
132: <li>Fix for adb keyboard caps key problem, if remapped to a dead key.
133: <!-- 2006/03/22 -->
134: <li>Fix for broken amd64 mpbios'es on VT8237 and nForce4 chipsets. Fixes interrupt routing for SATA on those when running GENERIC.MP.
135: <li>Various fixes from the NetBSD coverity runs.
1.1010 deraadt 136: <li>Add support for macros in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec.conf&sektion=5&format=html">ipsec.conf(5)</a>.
137: <li>Change the way <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&format=html">bgpd(8)</a> selects nexthops. Required for complex setups e.g. where an additional IGP is running.
138: <li>Add a new SHOW imsg to send optional attributes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a> - used to show communities in bgpctl output.
139: <li>Rework signal handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy(8)</a>.
140: <li>Add a helper pci_find_device() function to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">pci(4)</a> to enumerate the PCI bus.
141: <li>Plug a memory leak and fix a possible crash in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbhid&sektion=3">usbhid(3)</a>.
1.1006 pvalchev 142: <li>In the /etc/security script, deal with the fact that some shell scripts may contain binary characters.
1.1010 deraadt 143: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a>, fix an infinite loop in case of an error in the archive header.
1.1006 pvalchev 144: <li>Implement the Michael MIC as defined in IEEE 802.11i for TKIP. This generates a weak 64-bit digest protected by an additional key - required for future IEEE 802.11i/WPA support.
1.1010 deraadt 145: <li>Better error checking in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
146: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ural&sektion=4">ural(4)</a> read and show real MAC/BBP rev as determined, instead of the hardcoded RT2570.
147: <li>Fix panic on iMac G5 (iSight) in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smu&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=macppc&format=html">smu(4)</a> due to a missing kernel unlock.
148: <li>Fix an out-of-bounds memory access in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ksh&sektion=1">ksh(1)</a>.
149: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=m4&sektion=1">m4(1)</a>, add limited support for format builtin in gnu-m4 mode. This is used by some autoconf scripts.
150: <li>Allow the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wscons&sektion=4">wscons(4)</a> wsfb X server to run without the need for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xf86&sektion=4">xf86(4)</a> aperture to be set.
1.1007 ian 151: <li>In the X server, use /dev/pci to access the PCI configuration space on i386 and amd64, instead of directly accessing the addresses from userland.
1.1006 pvalchev 152: <li>A large amount of memory leak plugging in various system utilities inspired by Coverity reports, as well as ruling out of hypothetical NULL dereferences.
1.1010 deraadt 153: <li>Many changes in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> to be more careful with types.
154: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8">isakmpd(8)</a>, make sure the command fifo is ready before returning - fixes a startup race when interacting with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>.
155: <li>Improve <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lint&sektion=1">lint(1)</a> to reduce more false positives and thus make the output more useful.
156: <li>Fix some memory leaks in ssh's <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gssapi&sektion=3">gssapi(3)</a> code.
1.1006 pvalchev 157: <li>Change powerpc's BLKDEV_IOSIZE down to 2KB like on all other platforms.
1.1010 deraadt 158: <li>Recognize more Intel <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pci&sektion=4">pci(4)</a> devices as found on the Acer Travelmate 3012WTMi laptop.
159: <li>Plug memory leak and potential NULL dereference in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hash&sektion=3">hash(3)</a>.
160: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=asa&sektion=1">asa(1)</a> use <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getopt&sektion=3">getopt(3)</a>.
161: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=init&sektion=8">init(8)</a>, plug potential memory leaks in error path.
162: <li>Teach <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcn&sektion=4">pcn(4)</a> to recognize Am79c976 and Am79c978.
1.1005 cloder 163: <li>On sparc64, use OFW nodes to enumerate the PCI bus. This makes detection of devices hiding behind bridges more reliable.
164: <li>Extend PCI bus enumeration to allow architecture-specific hooks.
1.1010 deraadt 165: <li>Plug potential memory and descriptor leaks in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>.
166: <li>Provide new amd64-specific implementation of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=exp&sektion=3">exp(3)</a>.
167: <li>Plug memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=revnetgroup&sektion=8">revnetgroup(8)</a>.
168: <li>Teach <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a> to probe IT8712F-a and SiS950 devices.
169: <li>Rework tty handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bc&sektion=1">bc(1)</a> so that things get cleaned up reliably on abort.
170: <li>Place reasonable bounds on memory usage of bufferevents in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=event&sektion=3">libevent</a>.
171: <li>Provide implementations of the C99 math functions <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunc&sektion=3">trunc(3)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=truncf&sektion=3">truncf(3)</a>.
172: <li>Plug memory leaks and a possible NULL dereference in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=systrace&sektion=1">systrace(1)</a>.
1.1005 cloder 173: <li>Make isadma happier on alpha by honoring the 'high' parameter in _bus_dmamem_alloc_range.
1.1010 deraadt 174: <li>Change implementation of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=delay&sektion=9">delay(9)</a> on alpha to use rpcc instruction.
175: <li>Plug memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbhid&sektion=3">usbhid(3)</a>.
176: <li>Clean up <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fts&sektion=3">fts(3)</a> leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cp&sektion=1">cp(1)</a>.
177: <li>Clean up file descriptor leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf&sektion=8">authpf(8)</a>.
178: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ptrace&sektion=2">ptrace(2)</a> single-stepping work on alpha.
179: <li>Fix an off-by-one error in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=csh&sektion=1">csh(1)</a> error handling.
180: <li>Simplify descriptor cleanup in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ksh&sektion=1">ksh(1)</a>, helping us to avoid any descriptor leaks that may have existed.
181: <li>Fix an off-by-one error in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8">ping6(8)</a>.
182: <li>Drastically simplify handling of SCSI vs. AMI commands in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4">ami(4)</a> driver. This is the first step to supporting more RAID features.
183: <li>Correctly deal with -I (interactive) option in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs(1)</a> co command.
1.1005 cloder 184: <li>Improve clarity of messages in SGI installer.
1.1010 deraadt 185: <li>Fix some off-by-one errors in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=talkd&sektion=8">talkd(8)</a>.
186: <li>Delint various size_t/ssize_t/int mismatches in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1">cvs(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs(1)</a>.
187: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs(1)</a>, set exit code when checking out a specific revisions fails.
188: <li>Fix value of hw.cpuspeed sysctl on certain Pentium III models (early stepping 1 Coppermines). (<a href="http://cvs.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-wrapper?full=yes&numbers=4966">PR 4966</a>).
1.1005 cloder 189: <li>Turn EXTENT_ALIGN into an inline function, shaves 100 bytes from RISC kernels.
1.1010 deraadt 190: <li>Remove unused code from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>, shaves half a KB from kernel.
191: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mincore&sektion=2">mincore(2)</a> to pass byte count to UVM functions, rather than page count.
192: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmc&sektion=4">lmc(4)</a> driver, consolidate error message array to shrink kernel by about 1KB.
193: <li>Clean up and ANSIfy <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tip&sektion=1">tip(1)</a> code and fix some latent bugs.
194: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcs&sektion=1">rcs(1)</a> co command honor the -q option.
195: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>, display error messages even when remote stdout is not initialized.
196: <li>Optimize <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun&sektion=4">tun(4)</a> by using mbuf clusters instead of mbuf chains for large packets.
197: <li>Fix some "reload" bugs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>.
1.1002 deraadt 198: <li>Make AMD PowerNow speed control stuff print nice dmesg lines.
1.1010 deraadt 199: <li>Fix a quirk of ^C in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1">vi(1)</a>.
1.1002 deraadt 200: <li>Add sysctl_int_lower() API, consequence of which is that root can now lower the machdep.allowaperture variable without rebooting.
201: <li>Some i386 laptops need more physmem segments (consequence of the kernel moving up by 1MB).
1.1010 deraadt 202: <li>A few small fixes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>.
203: <li>If <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&sektion=2">poll(2)</a> is interrupted, remember to clear the pollfds array.
204: <li>The zaurus no longer needs to use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xf86&sektion=4">xf86(4)</a> aperture.
205: <li>Fix %A printing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&sektion=8">spamd(8)</a>.
206: <li>Move parsing of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsconctl.conf&sektion=5">wsconctl.conf(5)</a> to earlier in the /etc/rc sequence, so that people can use their remapped control key earlier.
207: <li>Install <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apm&sektion=4">apm(4)</a> utilities on amd64 so that the hw.setperf sysctl for CPU speed can be conveniently manipulated through them.
208: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=BN_is_prime&sektion=3">BN_is_prime(3)</a> to realize that 2 is prime. It took the OpenSSL people what... 8 years to fix this?
209: <li>Fix amd64's <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=exp&sektion=3">exp(3)</a> implementation which was broken in certain cases by switching to the C version.
210: <li>Repair anonymous logins without passwords in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftpd&sektion=8">ftpd(8)</a>.
211: <li>Some churn in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4">ami(4)</a>, heading towards improvements...
212: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a>, implement Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) which optionally verifies that a packet is received on the interface that holds the route back to the packet's source address. This makes it an automatic ingress filter, but only when routing is fully symmetric.
213: <li>Add support for Sony CLIE PEG-T625 (and other new) devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvisor&sektion=4">uvisor(4)</a>.
214: <li>Move the i386 kernel up 1MB in virtual address space to provide more space for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isadma&sektion=4">isadma(4)</a>.
215: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> to work with stdin input (pkg_add -).
1.1002 deraadt 216: <li>On alpha, protect sgmap extents with splvm().
217: <li>On i386, use pause instructions during IPI lock spinning.
1.1010 deraadt 218: <li>Slightly improve the situation with multi-function <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">pcmcia(4)</a> cards.
219: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compress&sektion=1">compress(1)</a>/<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gzip&sektion=1">gzip(1)</a> work without /dev/stdin and /dev/stdout.
220: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>, allow configuration directives to contain spaces, if wrapped in double quotes.
221: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>, set TCP_NODELAY flag for all connections not just interactive ones - fixes poor network performance and protocol stalls under some network conditions.
1.1002 deraadt 222: <li>On the i386, fix userldt handling (consequence of recent i386 W^X changes) which causes a crash if a LDT-using process does an execve().
1.1010 deraadt 223: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&sektion=8">mount(8)</a>, add -s flag which skips a mount if the file system is already mounted, handy for MFS partitions.
224: <li>Switch from using PCI <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=le&sektion=4">le(4)</a> driver to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcn&sektion=4">pcn(4)</a>.
225: <li>Handle emc6d100 and emc6w201 in the i2c <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver.
226: <li>Fix local arbitrary command execution vulnerability on local/local and remote/remote copies in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rcp&sektion=1">rcp(1)</a>.
1.1001 pvalchev 227: <li>Change the install script question 'Do you expect to run the X Window System?' to have 'no' as a default answer, to prevent people accidentially hitting return on the prompt on machines that don't need it.
1.1010 deraadt 228: <li>Fix a few subtle bugs in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1">vi(1)</a>.
229: <li>Support IAPP pre-standard port 2313 in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>.
230: <li>A output formatting bug (missing space in command line printing) was recently introduced into <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1">ps(1)</a>.
1.1002 deraadt 231: <li>Grok %z in the format string warning code for the older gcc we have in the tree.
1.1010 deraadt 232: <li>Foil potential <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack">timing attacks</a> in login by using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bcrypt&sektion=3">bcrypt(3)</a> on non-existent users as well, instead of DES.
1.1002 deraadt 233: <li>On amd64, properly route ISA interrupts through ioapics.
1.1010 deraadt 234: <li>Some obscure fixes to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>.
235: <li>Support the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&sektion=4">iic(4)</a> controller found in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=amdpm&sektion=4">amdpm(4)</a>.
1.1002 deraadt 236: <li>Now AMD PowerNow K8 support works on i386 and amd64, so that hw.setperf can adjust the processor speed.
237: <li>Serial port support on the Zaurus was busted by the recent clock changes because of an interrupt mask mistake.
1.1010 deraadt 238: <li>Improve the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&sektion=4">iic(4)</a> scanning for ADM1030 and ADM1031 devices (supported by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=admtmp&sektion=4">admtemp(4)</a>).
239: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grep&sektion=1">grep(1)</a> do proper handling for patterns which include newlines.
240: <li>Using <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcibios&sektion=4&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a> information, properly initialize the VIA VT8233, and support SiS 962.
241: <li>Fix the long delay probe for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adb&sektion=4&arch=macppc">adb(4)</a> on some machines (in particular, the powerpc Mac Mini).
242: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8">bgpd(8)</a>, group block parameters were reset to default (duh, that is wrong).
243: <li>Repair a really stupid (and old) bug in spanning-tree <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a> support.
244: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a> work with scp (see PKG_PATH).
245: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>, implement diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 key exchange method (which is now default when client/server support it).
246: <li>In the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com(4)</a> driver, add support for the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">cardbus(4)</a> Sony Ericsson GC89 UMTS/GPRS/GSM modem.
247: <li>For all you Road Warriors in need of more dynamic IPSEC, in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>, add dynamic option ("ike dynamic esp") which uses the system hostname as source identifier instead of the IP address. See <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec.conf&sektion=5">ipsec.conf(5)</a>.
248: <li>Repair UDMA for the Via VT8237 in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver.
249: <li>Fix a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mmap&sektion=2">mmap(2)</a> related panic.
250: <li>Fit <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mt&sektion=1">mt(1)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=eject&sektion=1">eject(1)</a> onto all the install media.
251: <li>Add some <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4">acpi(4)</a> debugging support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&sektion=4">ddb(4)</a>.
252: <li>Move remaining bits of the network stack to use splnet instead of splimp, see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spl&sektion=9">spl(9)</a>.
1.1001 pvalchev 253: <li>OpenCVS development continues with new energy.
1.1002 deraadt 254: <li>Stop trying to allocate rotationally optimal blocks in FFS, since modern disks don't care.
1.1010 deraadt 255: <li>Repair stdin handling in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff(1)</a>.
256: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tun&sektion=4">tun(4)</a> is not a point-to-point interface, but a tunnel.
257: <li>Fix a buffer cache race in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnd&sektion=4">vnd(4)</a>.
258: <li>Fix a memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cap_mkdb&sektion=1">cap_mkdb(1)</a>.
259: <li>Fix a bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tar&sektion=1">tar(1)</a> that cut short our filename lengths by one miserable character.
260: <li>Initial 1-Wire <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=onewire&sektion=4">onewire(4)</a> bus support, including drivers for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gpioow&sektion=4">gpioow(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owid&sektion=4">owid(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owtemp&sektion=4">owtemp(4)</a>.
261: <li>More churn in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&sektion=1">pkg_add(1)</a>.
1.1002 deraadt 262: <li>In X11, support 10-bit color DAC video cards on Alpha TGA2 cards.
1.1010 deraadt 263: <li>Do underlining in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zx&sektion=1&arch=sparc">zx(4)</a> sparc/sparc64 video driver.
1.1002 deraadt 264: <li>Fix an old bug on ARM-based machines, that would very rarely and very randomly deliver a SIGBUS that was not expected or wanted by anyone.
1.1010 deraadt 265: <li>Display cpu states right away (not delayed) in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top(1)</a>.
266: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=art&sektion=4">art(4)</a> now works on sparc64 as well.
267: <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ami&sektion=4">ami(4)</a>, support a few more re-licensed parts by ACER, FSC, Intel and NEC.
268: <li>Support Compaq Flash Socket CF 10/100 card in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ne&sektion=4">ne(4)</a>.
269: <li>Support National Semiconductor DP83847 DsPHYTER PHY in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nsphyter&sektion=4">nsphyter(4)</a>.
270: <li>Some repair to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vic&sektion=4">vic(4)</a> so that it might soon work for VMWARE.
271: <li>Handle National Semicondutor lm96000 in the i2c <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> driver.
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277: find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
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