Congrats, Mr. de Raadt
2008/10/31 Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Nov 1, 2008.
>
> We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.4.
> This is our 24th release on CD-ROM (and 25th via FTP). We remain
> proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote
> holes in the default install.
>
> As in our previous releases, 4.4 provides significant improvements,
> including new features, in nearly all areas of the system:
>
> - New/extended platforms:
>o OpenBSD/sparc64.
> Fujitsu's SPARC64-V, SPARC64-VI and SPARC64-VII processors are
> supported
> now, which means that many of the PRIMEPOWER machines and the SPARC
> Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 work now.
> Sun's UltraSPARC VI processors are supported now. Many of Sun's
> mid-range and high-end servers with these processors or UltraSPARC III
> and UltraSPARC III+ processors work now.
> Sun's UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC T2 processors are supported now,
> which means the sun4v architecture is now supported and machines like
> the SPARC Enterprise T1000 and SPARC Enterprise T5220 work now.
>o OpenBSD/socppc.
> For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
> System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
>o OpenBSD/landisk: added shared libraries support.
>
> - Improved hardware support, including:
>o Several new/improved drivers for sensors: fins(4), andl(4), it(4),
> kate(4), sdtemp(4), lmtemp(4), adt(4), km(4).
>o Support for Intel G33 and G35 chipsets in agp(4).
>o New lii(4) driver for Attansic L2 10/100 Ethernet devices.
>o Preliminary support for UVC USB webcams: uvideo(4) and video(4).
>o WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models of wireless cards.
>o Openchrome(4) and geode(4) video card drivers for X.Org.
>o New vmt(4) driver, implements VMware Tools.
>o New auglx(4) driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
>o New ix(4) driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
>o New acpithinkpad(4) driver provides additional ACPI support for
> IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
>o New acpiasus(4) driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS
> laptops including the EeePC.
>o New gecko(4) driver supporting the GeckoBOA BC GSC+ port found on
> some hppa systems.
>o New tsec(4) driver supporting the Freescale Triple Speed Ethernet
> Controller..
>o The re(4) driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
>o The cas(4) driver now supports National Semiconductor Saturn devices.
>o The pccom(4) driver has been removed; all platforms use com(4) now.
>o cardbus(4) and pcmcia(4) now work on most sparc64 machines.
>o The udcf(4) driver now supports mouseCLOCK USB II devices.
>o The msk(4) driver now supports 88E8040T devices.
>o The ath(4) now now supports many more Atheros wireless devices.
>o The ciss(4) driver now supports HP Smart Array P212, P410, P411, P411i
> and P812 devices.
>o The uftdi(4) driver now supports ELV Elektronik and FTDI 2232L
> devices.
>o The umsm(4) driver now supports Option GlobeTrotter 3G+, Huawei E220
> and more HSDPA MSM devices.
>o The ubsa(4) driver now supports ZTE CMDMA MSM devices.
>o The axe(4) driver now supports Apple USB A1277 devices.
>o The puc(4) driver now supports more Netmos devices.
>o The mgx(4) driver now supports 2D acceleration on selected boards.
>o The isp(4) driver firmware for some controllers has been updated.
>o The isp(4) driver no longer hangs during probe on some machines.
>o The bge(4) driver has better support for BCM5704 chipsets in fiber
> mode which helps with some blade servers.
>o The bge(4) driver has better support for the BCM5906 chipset on
> some systems.
>o The bge(4) driver has much better support for PCI Express chipsets
> resulting in much faster transmit performance.
>o The bge(4) driver has support for the BCM5714/5715/5780 chipsets
> using fiber interfaces.
>o The bnx(4) driver has support for the BCM5706/5708 chipsets using
> fiber interfaces.
>o The ral(4) driver now supports Ralink Technology RT2700 devices.
>o Serial ports other than com0 can now be used for console on amd64.
>o The serial console on i386 and amd64 has improved compatibility
> with server management cards.
>
> - New tools:
>o rpc.statd(8), the host status monitoring daemon for use with the NFS
> file locking daemon.
>o Initial import of ypldap(8), a drop-in replacement for ypserv
> to glue in an LDAP directory for get{pw,gr}ent family of functions.
>o Deprecated slattach(8) and nmeaattach(8) in favor of ldattach(8).
>o Import of tcpbench(1), a small TCP benchmarking tool.
>
> - New functionality:
>o aucat(1) is now able to play and record audio in fullduplex, it
> can
