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zboot improvement
zboot loader now can load a NetBSD kernel from Linux local file system. [0 comments]
Another NAS family supported
Netronix NH-230/231 and compatible NAS systems (e.g. Allnet 6250/6260) are completely supported now. [0 comments]
XM6i ver 0.33
XM6i version 0.33 has been released. Improved scheduler, rendering, and MPU performance. [0 comments]
New NAS supported
The Iomega StorCenter G2 is supported. [0 comments]
Running NetBSD on the LG-N2R1D NAS-family
Article about installing NetBSD on a small nas device LG NAS-N2R1D. This requires some soldering and other black magic but otherwise pretty good example of NetBSD portability.
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XM6i ver 0.32
XM6i version 0.32, including NetBSD/i386 5.1, Windows, and Mac OS X 10.6 binaries, has been released. NE2000 emulation has been added to NetBSD/i386 binary. [0 comments]
Plan and funding of SMP Networking projects
On September 13th, 2011, the Board of Directors posted a news item requesting project specifications to get rid of the big kernel lock surrounding the networking code. Unfortunately, nobody has taken advantage of the offer and, therefore, the Board has not received any applications to this date.
In order to lower the entry barrier, the Board has prepared a set of smaller project proposals that, in aggregate, help in achieving the goal of making the networking stack suitable for SMP systems. Please note that these projects cover a very wide range of topics: there are projects whose only purpose is to add new data structures to the kernel, while others involve refactoring parts of the existing code to make adding locking easier.
The list of projects for funding and the tentative plan can be found in the new SMP Networking project page.
All of the individual projects that can help in achieving the goal of SMP Networking are suitable for funding. If you are interested in applying for any of them, please contact board@ and core@ directly. The project application how-to may be of help.
Thank you.
Julio Merino,
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Preliminary PROM function based framebuffer text console support
After ~12 years since initial import, finally I've comitted working framebuffer console support using PROM functions. It was demonstrated on NetBSD booth at Open Source Conference Kansai @ Kyoto back in July, with the resurrected OMRON LUNA. See an announcement on port-news68k mailing list for details. [0 comments]
(sandpoint) Altboot enhancements
Altboot V1.8 supports new IDE devices (VT6410, IT821x) and NAS hardware (Iomega). A critical bug was fixed and some new debugging features were included. [0 comments]
Completion of LUNA-II support
After ~12 years since initial import, finally we have got NetBSD/luna68k working on 68040 based LUNA-II. The working LUNA-II was demonstrated on NetBSD booth at Kansai Open Source 2011. See an event driven commit log for details. [0 comments]
Postfix 2.8.6 imported into NetBSD-current
Postfix 2.8.6 was imported into NetBSD-current last Friday. The changes since Postfix 2.8.5 are:
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The Postfix SMTP daemon sent "bare" newline characters instead of <CR><LF> when a header_checks REJECT pattern matched multi-line header. This bug was introduced with Postfix 1.1.
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The Postfix SMTP daemon sent "bare" newline characters instead of <CR><LF> when an smtpd_proxy_filter returned a multi-line response. This bug was introduced with Postfix 2.1.
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For compatibility with future EAI (email address internationalization) implementations, the Postfix MIME processor no longer enforces the strict_mime_encoding_domain check on unknown message subtypes such as message/global*. This check is disabled by default.
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The Postfix master daemon could report a panic error ("master_spawn: at process limit") after the process limit for some service was reduced with "postfix reload". This bug existed in all Postfix versions.
FastATA 1200 driver
FastATA 1200 Mk-III/Mk-IV EIDE controllers from ELBOX Computer are now supported by the new efa(4) driver. [0 comments]