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 mix unlimited number of streams, handles up to 16 channels, can
resample streams on
