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Significant changes from NetBSD 1.5 to 1.6

This was generated from the doc/CHANGES log, and lists both by date, and by area or port affected.

Source changes by date
Port specific changes
Non port-specific changes
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Updated: Thu Aug 10 22:15:12 2000

Changes by date (Most recent first) (top)

August 2000

misc
Add support for the DEC DE422 Ethernet. [thorpej 20000810]
sparc64
merge installboot with sparc port. [mrg 20000810]
ddb(4)
add options DDB_BREAK_CHAR to override break for entering ddb when using the com driver. [jeffs 20000803]
xsrc
add support for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1. [tron 20000806]
zoneinfo
install UTC as the default time zone. [kleink 20000803]

July 2000

libc
non-IPv4 hostname lookup over NIS. follows Solaris 8 practice, look up ipnodes.{byname,byaddr}. [itojun 20000729]
libc
security fix for NIS client code, hostname lookup. [itojun 20000729]
ftpd(8)
add -W - don't log to wtmp. [lukem 20000726]
x11
pull security patches from OpenBSD SA 2000-021. includes fixes for Xserver DoS, libX11 hole, libICE DoS, and server overflow via xkb. [itojun 20000725]
arm32(1)
added foreign language keyboard support to Shark pccons.s [is 20000724]
tcpdump(1)
decode IEEE 802.1Q encapsulated packets. [ad 20000724]
sendmail(8)
upgrade to 8.11.0 from sendmail.org. [itojun 20000723]
arm26
ea(4) now aligns payloads of incoming packets, fixing many bugs. [bjh21 20000722]
ifconfig(8)
add nwkey support to enable/disable WEP encryption and to get/set WEP key for IEEE802.11 wireless network interfaces [onoe 20000721]
newsyslog(8)
more changes. most importantly, log files can now be rotated at specific times. [ad 20000718]
ftp(1)
add support for FEAT & OPTS (from RFC 2389), and MLSD & MLST (from draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-11). other fixes and cleanups. [lukem 20000718]
rc(8)
in rc.shutdown only run scripts with a 'KEYWORD: shutdown' in them at shutdown, making the process faster and more robust. [lukem 20000717]
rcorder(8)
implement `# KEYWORD:' support, with two new arguments to either keep (-k) or skip (-s) files which have the matching keyword. [mrg 20000717]
pppd(8)
update to 2.3.11 [tron 20000717]
vax
ld.elf_so can now load and run dynamically linked VAX ELF programs. [matt 20000714]
s/key
make the S/Key subsystem RFC2289 compliant, adding several alternative hashing methods and improved validity checking. [mjl 20000707]
newsyslog(8)
completely overhaul this. add a new flag, `C' (create log file). [ad 20000708]
misc
add passwd.conf: allows selection of password encryption scheme. may be different for local and yp passwords, thus improving NIS inter-operability. [ad 20000706]
libc
add `RIPEMD-160' message digest functions. [ad 20000705]
systat(1)
allow selection of statistics update mode for IP displays. [ad 20000705]
pcmcia
added WEP encryption to awi driver, for AMD 79c930-based IEEE802.11 FH and DS cards. [onoe 20000704]
faithd(8)
now it can be invoked via inetd(8). [itojun 20000704]
net
raise MSIZE to 256 for all the architectures. [itojun 20000701]
net
use m_pulldown framework for IPv4/v6 mbuf processing. [itojun 20000701]

June 2000

vm
Mach VM is dead! Long live UVM! [mrg 20000629]
sparc
the sun4/400 class of machines (using a more elaborate 3-level MMU) is finally supported [pk 20000621]

Port specific changes (top)

alpha	amiga	amigappc	arc	arm26	arm32	atari	bebox	cobalt	hp300	hpcmips
i386	luna68k	mac68k	macppc	mvme68k	news68k	newsmips	next68k	ofppc	pc532	pmax
prep	sgimips	sh3	sparc	sparc64	sun3	vax	x68k

Changes to NetBSD/alpha 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-alpha.

Changes to NetBSD/amiga 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amiga.

Changes to NetBSD/amigappc 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amigappc.

Changes to NetBSD/arc 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arc.

Changes to NetBSD/arm26 1.6

ea(4) now aligns payloads of incoming packets, fixing many bugs. [bjh21 20000722]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm26.

Changes to NetBSD/arm32 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm32.

Changes to NetBSD/atari 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-atari.

Changes to NetBSD/bebox 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-bebox.

Changes to NetBSD/cobalt 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-cobalt.

Changes to NetBSD/hp300 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hp300.

Changes to NetBSD/hpcmips 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hpcmips.

Changes to NetBSD/i386 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-i386.

Changes to NetBSD/luna68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-luna68k.

Changes to NetBSD/mac68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mac68k.

Changes to NetBSD/macppc 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-macppc.

Changes to NetBSD/mvme68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mvme68k.

Changes to NetBSD/news68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-news68k.

Changes to NetBSD/newsmips 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-newsmips.

Changes to NetBSD/next68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-next68k.

Changes to NetBSD/ofppc 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ofppc.

Changes to NetBSD/pc532 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pc532.

Changes to NetBSD/pmax 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pmax.

Changes to NetBSD/prep 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-prep.

Changes to NetBSD/sgimips 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sgimips.

Changes to NetBSD/sh3 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sh3.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc 1.6

the sun4/400 class of machines (using a more elaborate 3-level MMU) is finally supported [pk 20000621]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc64 1.6

merge installboot with sparc port. [mrg 20000810]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc64.

Changes to NetBSD/sun3 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sun3.

Changes to NetBSD/vax 1.6

ld.elf_so can now load and run dynamically linked VAX ELF programs. [matt 20000714]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-vax.

Changes to NetBSD/x68k 1.6

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-x68k.

Non port-specific changes (top)

arm32(1)

added foreign language keyboard support to Shark pccons.s [is 20000724]

ddb(4)

add options DDB_BREAK_CHAR to override break for entering ddb when using the com driver. [jeffs 20000803]

faithd(8)

now it can be invoked via inetd(8). [itojun 20000704]

ftp(1)

add support for FEAT & OPTS (from RFC 2389), and MLSD & MLST (from draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-11). other fixes and cleanups. [lukem 20000718]

ftpd(8)

add -W - don't log to wtmp. [lukem 20000726]

ifconfig(8)

add nwkey support to enable/disable WEP encryption and to get/set WEP key for IEEE802.11 wireless network interfaces [onoe 20000721]

libc

add `RIPEMD-160' message digest functions. [ad 20000705]
security fix for NIS client code, hostname lookup. [itojun 20000729]
non-IPv4 hostname lookup over NIS. follows Solaris 8 practice, look up ipnodes.{byname,byaddr}. [itojun 20000729]

misc

add passwd.conf: allows selection of password encryption scheme. may be different for local and yp passwords, thus improving NIS inter-operability. [ad 20000706]
Add support for the DEC DE422 Ethernet. [thorpej 20000810]

net

use m_pulldown framework for IPv4/v6 mbuf processing. [itojun 20000701]
raise MSIZE to 256 for all the architectures. [itojun 20000701]

newsyslog(8)

completely overhaul this. add a new flag, `C' (create log file). [ad 20000708]
more changes. most importantly, log files can now be rotated at specific times. [ad 20000718]

pcmcia

added WEP encryption to awi driver, for AMD 79c930-based IEEE802.11 FH and DS cards. [onoe 20000704]

pppd(8)

update to 2.3.11 [tron 20000717]

rc(8)

in rc.shutdown only run scripts with a 'KEYWORD: shutdown' in them at shutdown, making the process faster and more robust. [lukem 20000717]

rcorder(8)

implement `# KEYWORD:' support, with two new arguments to either keep (-k) or skip (-s) files which have the matching keyword. [mrg 20000717]

s/key

make the S/Key subsystem RFC2289 compliant, adding several alternative hashing methods and improved validity checking. [mjl 20000707]

sendmail(8)

upgrade to 8.11.0 from sendmail.org. [itojun 20000723]

systat(1)

allow selection of statistics update mode for IP displays. [ad 20000705]

tcpdump(1)

decode IEEE 802.1Q encapsulated packets. [ad 20000724]

vm

Mach VM is dead! Long live UVM! [mrg 20000629]

x11

pull security patches from OpenBSD SA 2000-021. includes fixes for Xserver DoS, libX11 hole, libICE DoS, and server overflow via xkb. [itojun 20000725]

xsrc

add support for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1. [tron 20000806]

zoneinfo

install UTC as the default time zone. [kleink 20000803]

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