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<h2><font color="#e00000">Changes made between OpenBSD 4.0 and OpenBSD-current</font></h2>
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This is a partial list of the major machine-independent changes
(i.e., these are the changes people ask about most often).  Port
specific changes have also been made, and are sometimes mentioned
in the pages for the specific <a href="plat.html">platforms</a>.

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There is a separate <a href="portsplus/index.html">list of Changes to the ports collection</a>.

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Note: <font color="#e00000">Problems for which patches exist are marked in red</font>.

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For changes in other releases, click below:<br>
<a href="plus20.html">2.0</a>,
<a href="plus21.html">2.1</a>,
<a href="plus22.html">2.2</a>,
<a href="plus23.html">2.3</a>,
<a href="plus24.html">2.4</a>,
<a href="plus25.html">2.5</a>,
<a href="plus26.html">2.6</a>,
<a href="plus27.html">2.7</a>,
<a href="plus28.html">2.8</a>,
<a href="plus29.html">2.9</a>,
<a href="plus30.html">3.0</a>,
<a href="plus31.html">3.1</a>,
<a href="plus32.html">3.2</a>,
<a href="plus33.html">3.3</a>,
<a href="plus34.html">3.4</a>,
<a href="plus35.html">3.5</a>,
<a href="plus36.html">3.6</a>,
<a href="plus37.html">3.7</a>,
<a href="plus38.html">3.8</a>,
<a href="plus39.html">3.9</a>,
<a href="plus40.html">4.0</a>.
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<h3><font color="#0000e0">We are working on OpenBSD-current.</font></h3><p>
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<li>Add support for Marvell Yukon 88E8056 to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4&format=html">msk(4)</a>.
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<li>Add support for hot plugging <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&sektion=4&format=html">mpi(4)</a> SAS devices, but disabled for now.
<li>In OpenRCS, add support for all other diff flags that are pertinent to files, and do not conflict with rcsdiff-specific flags.
<li>Make libXpm more robust when parsing XPM files with unterminated comments in them.
<li>Make the wsfb driver inform the X server that is does not require direct access to the hardware.
<li>Make sure the SCSI midlayer frees the scsi_link struct on detach now that hotplugging of controllers is possible.
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<li>Fix the way delays between retransmissions are calculated in NFS when receiving NFSERR_TRYLATER from the server.
<li>Fix memory leak in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1&format=html">top(1)</a>.
<li>Implement zero-copy RX data path for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uath&sektion=4&format=html">uath(4)</a> devices.
<li>Corrected SpeedStep table for Pentium M 770.
<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vnd&sektion=4&format=html">vnd(4)</a> work on read-only file systems.
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<li>Enable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pgt&sektion=4&format=html">pgt(4)</a> on amd64 GENERIC kernels.
<li>Enable AR2413, 5413 and 5424 based devices.
<li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8&format=html">tcpdump(8)</a>, enable ESP and AH dissectors over IPv6.
<li>Disable 802.11g mode on AR5211 and 5212 based devices for now.
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<li>Fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&format=html">re(4)</a> on cardbus, for kernel faults on halt/reboot.
<li>The macppc platform extended .text and .data segments to 64MB, allowing programs with large .text segments to run.
<!-- 2006/09/17 -->
<li>Re-add Dell PHY LED setup workaround and Jumbo capability flag on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&format=html">bge(4)</a>.
<li>Various fixes in the RX path for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&format=html">em(4)</a> devices regarding mbuf cluster allocations, updating status bits in RX descriptors and DMA map unloading on errors.
<li>Re-add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&format=html">re(4)</a> link state check, as a workaround for a link state issue found on 8139C+ chips.
<li>Alignment fixes for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&format=html">em(4)</a> when doing VLAN and jumbo frames together.
<li>Fixes for bge_reset() in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&format=html">bge(4)</a>, eliminates firmware timeouts for the BCM5752.
<li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rdate&sektion=8&format=html">rdate(8)</a> ignore ntp responses with ALARM status.
<li>Defer the establishment of interrupts on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4&format=html">bge(4)</a> until later during attach. Fixes panic on some systems running non-MP kernels.
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This list mentions mostly platform-independent changes.  For a list of changes
made in a particular platform, please check the page for that platform.  If you
find them not listed there, the changes are either (1) not being documented or
(2) are documented here.<br><br>

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<h3>
For changes in other releases, click below:<br>
<a href="plus20.html">2.0</a>,
<a href="plus21.html">2.1</a>,
<a href="plus22.html">2.2</a>,
<a href="plus23.html">2.3</a>,
<a href="plus24.html">2.4</a>,
<a href="plus25.html">2.5</a>,
<a href="plus26.html">2.6</a>,
<a href="plus27.html">2.7</a>,
<a href="plus28.html">2.8</a>,
<a href="plus29.html">2.9</a>,
<a href="plus30.html">3.0</a>,
<a href="plus31.html">3.1</a>,
<a href="plus32.html">3.2</a>,
<a href="plus33.html">3.3</a>,
<a href="plus34.html">3.4</a>,
<a href="plus35.html">3.5</a>,
<a href="plus36.html">3.6</a>,
<a href="plus37.html">3.7</a>.
<a href="plus38.html">3.8</a>,
<a href="plus39.html">3.9</a>,
<a href="plus40.html">4.0</a>.
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