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1.1044 deraadt 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD -current changelog</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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1.846 deraadt 34: For changes in other releases, click below:<br>
35: <a href="plus20.html">2.0</a>,
36: <a href="plus21.html">2.1</a>,
37: <a href="plus22.html">2.2</a>,
38: <a href="plus23.html">2.3</a>,
39: <a href="plus24.html">2.4</a>,
40: <a href="plus25.html">2.5</a>,
41: <a href="plus26.html">2.6</a>,
42: <a href="plus27.html">2.7</a>,
43: <a href="plus28.html">2.8</a>,
44: <a href="plus29.html">2.9</a>,
45: <a href="plus30.html">3.0</a>,
46: <a href="plus31.html">3.1</a>,
1.868 deraadt 47: <a href="plus32.html">3.2</a>,
1.889 david 48: <a href="plus33.html">3.3</a>,
1.916 david 49: <a href="plus34.html">3.4</a>,
1.935 miod 50: <a href="plus35.html">3.5</a>,
1.941 deraadt 51: <a href="plus36.html">3.6</a>,
1.963 deraadt 52: <a href="plus37.html">3.7</a>,
1.999 deraadt 53: <a href="plus38.html">3.8</a>,
1.1028 deraadt 54: <a href="plus39.html">3.9</a>,
1.1044 deraadt 55: <a href="plus40.html">4.0</a>,
1.1069 deraadt 56: <a href="plus41.html">4.1</a>,
1.1097 deraadt 57: <a href="plus42.html">4.2</a>,
58: <a href="plus43.html">4.3</a>.
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1.1097 deraadt 63: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Changes made between OpenBSD 4.3 and OpenBSD 4.4</font></h3><p>
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1.422 deraadt 66: <ul>
1.1099 ! jj 67: <!-- 2008/03/19 -->
! 68: <!-- 2008/03/18 -->
! 69: <li>Add all interfaces we netboot from to the "netboot" interface group.
! 70: <li>Make sure the libc <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bcmp&sektion=3&format=html">bcmp(3)</a> returns 1 on a difference, instead of a casted number.
! 71: <li>Better <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spl&sektion=9&format=html">spl(9)</a> locking for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pppoe&sektion=4&format=html">pppoe(4)</a>.
! 72: <li>Fix for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=netstat&sektion=1&format=html">netstat(1)</a> when given -I.
! 73: <li>Fix segfault in libX11 when using XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 keys for remote X11 clients over IPv6.
! 74: <li>Fix bug in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8&format=html">snmpd(8)</a> when encoding powers of 128.
! 75: <li>Added support for the IRZ MC35pu GSM Terminal to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uslcom&sektion=4&format=html">uslcom(4)</a> driver.
! 76: <!-- 2008/03/17 -->
! 77: <li>Removed KGDB code from sparc64 platform.
! 78: <!-- 2008/03/16 -->
! 79: <li>Fix <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=df&sektion=1&format=html">df(1)</a> so it can show larger values.
! 80: <li>Add _SC_SYS_PAGES and _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysconf&sektion=3&format=html">sysconf(3)</a>.
! 81: <li>New APIs for arc4random, one to fill a buffer with random numbers and the other to return a uniformly distributed random number without bias.
! 82: <li>Widen statfs struct to support large file systems and to support <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=statvfs&sektion=2&format=html">statvfs(2)</a>.
! 83: <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4&format=html">agp(4)</a> attach at <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vga&sektion=4&format=html">vga(4)</a> instead of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pchb&sektion=4&format=html">pchb(4)</a>.
! 84: <li>Have <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8&format=html">syslogd(8)</a> do <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=waitpid&sektion=2&format=html">waitpid(2)</a> in a loop until all children are gone.
1.1098 jj 85: <!-- 2008/03/15 -->
1.1099 ! jj 86: <li>Timing fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8&format=html">sensorsd(8)</a> so time always goes forward and so reports dont get duplicated or lost.
! 87: <li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8&format=html">snmpd(8)</a>, implement the hrSWRun portion of HOST-RESOURCES mib.
! 88: <li>Make GENERIC.MP work on the E10000 sparc64 machines.
! 89: <li>Support the old-prom XVideo board on the sparc platform by rewriting the sbus range registers.
! 90: <li>Various <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=CMSG_DATA&sektion=3&format=html">CMSG</a> related fixes in the network applications.
1.1098 jj 91: <!-- 2008/03/14 -->
92: <li>Improved the IP ID and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8&format=html">named(8)</a> shuffle code initialization to a single forward pass.
93: <li>Better lladdr generation from tv_usec in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdce&sektion=4&format=html">cdce(4)</a>.
94: <!-- 2008/03/13 -->
95: <li>Only allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pppoe&sektion=4&format=html">pppoe(4)</a> interfaces to be attached to Ethernet or Vlan interfaces.
96: <li>Make sure <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acx&sektion=4&format=html">acx(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atw&sektion=4&format=html">atw(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pgt&sektion=4&format=html">pgt(4)</a> do not increase the input packet counter erroneously.
97: <li>Attach <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=prtc&sektion=4&format=html">prtc(4)</a> on sparc64 if no real-time clock was found.
98: <li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8&format=html">sensorsd(8)</a>, allow a program invoked on state change to receive sensor status.
99: <li>Added a __data_start symbol to all ELF architectures to consistently mark the beginning of the writeable sections.
100: <li>When running <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfsd&sektion=8&format=html">nfsd(8)</a> without arguments, make sure 4 servers on UDP are started.
101: <li>When attaching a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdce&sektion=4&format=html">cdce(4)</a> that lacks a proper mac address, use tv_usec from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getmicrotime&sektion=9&format=html">getmicrotime(9)</a> to create one.
102: <!-- 2008/03/12 -->
103: <li>For <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=audio&sektion=4&format=html">audio(4)</a>, correctly set high water mark to the buffer size.
104: <li>For PPPoE, return the relay-sid in the response, if one was received.
105: <li>Fix infinite loop in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8&format=html">snmpd(8)</a>.
106: <!-- 2008/03/11 -->
107: <li>Prevent mvme68k boot media from using instructions the 68060 does not support.
108: <!-- 2008/03/10 -->
109: <li>Turn on keep-alive by default in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1&format=html">ftp(1)</a>.
110: <li>Implemented a partial HOST-RESOURCES-MIB for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=snmpd&sektion=8&format=html">snmpd(8)</a>.
111: <li>Fix NULL dereference in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&sektion=8&format=html">ifstated(8)</a> when config files refer to undeclared states.
112: <!-- 2008/03/09 -->
113: <li>Enabled <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ehci&sektion=4&format=html">ehci(4)</a> on hppa RAMDISK kernels.
114: <li>Added sun4v IOMMU hypervisor and virtual PCI host bridge code to sparc64.
115: <!-- 2008/03/08 -->
116: <li>Added proper repository locking in opencvs.
117: <li>Prevent opencvs from sending "Directory" messages for arguments in remote setup if the specified files or dirs do not exist.
118: <li>Add support for checkout/update -j on opencvs.
119: <li>Sparc64 drivers for the virtual bus <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vbus&sektion=4&format=html">vbus(4)</a>, virtual real-time clock <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vrtc&sektion=4&format=html">vrtc(4)</a> and virtual console <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vcons&sektion=4&format=html">vcons(4)</a> on sun4v.
120: <li>Added UltraSPARC Hypervisor interface for sun4v to the sparc64 platform.
121: <li>Make the firmware loader look in /mnt/etc/firmware aswell, for the ramdisk installations.
122: <li>Avoid infinite recursion in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1&format=html">vi(1)</a> on certain error conditions.
123: <li>Make sparc64 check the status of OFW nodes, so devices which are disabled in the OpenFirmware gets avoided by OpenBSD.
124: <li>Segfault fix in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vi&sektion=1&format=html">vi(1)</a> for the "set nu" case when very long lines contain tabs.
125: <!-- 2008/03/07 -->
126: <li>Allow response to icmp6 node information when local hostname starts with a digit.
127: <li>In the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8&format=html">config(8)</a> UKC> prompt, avoid request for input if 'lines' are set to zero.
128: <li>Moved to 4.3-current.
129: <!-- 2008/03/06 -->
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1.203 deraadt 132:
1.95 deraadt 133: This list mentions mostly platform-independent changes. For a list of changes
134: made in a particular platform, please check the page for that platform. If you
135: find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
136: (2) are documented here.<br><br>
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1.424 deraadt 139: <p>
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1.846 deraadt 141: For changes in other releases, click below:<br>
142: <a href="plus20.html">2.0</a>,
143: <a href="plus21.html">2.1</a>,
144: <a href="plus22.html">2.2</a>,
145: <a href="plus23.html">2.3</a>,
146: <a href="plus24.html">2.4</a>,
147: <a href="plus25.html">2.5</a>,
148: <a href="plus26.html">2.6</a>,
149: <a href="plus27.html">2.7</a>,
150: <a href="plus28.html">2.8</a>,
151: <a href="plus29.html">2.9</a>,
152: <a href="plus30.html">3.0</a>,
153: <a href="plus31.html">3.1</a>,
1.868 deraadt 154: <a href="plus32.html">3.2</a>,
1.889 david 155: <a href="plus33.html">3.3</a>,
1.916 david 156: <a href="plus34.html">3.4</a>,
1.935 miod 157: <a href="plus35.html">3.5</a>,
1.941 deraadt 158: <a href="plus36.html">3.6</a>,
1.1044 deraadt 159: <a href="plus37.html">3.7</a>,
1.999 deraadt 160: <a href="plus38.html">3.8</a>,
1.1028 deraadt 161: <a href="plus39.html">3.9</a>,
1.1044 deraadt 162: <a href="plus40.html">4.0</a>,
1.1069 deraadt 163: <a href="plus41.html">4.1</a>,
1.1097 deraadt 164: <a href="plus42.html">4.2</a>,
165: <a href="plus43.html">4.3</a>.
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