NetBSD 6.1 (and 6.0.2!) Released
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements.
Simultaneously, the NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.0.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, without new features.
For more details, please see the 6.1 release notes and the 6.0.2 release notes
Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.1 and 6.0.2 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/. [3 comments]
NetBSD 6.1 Release Candidate 4
The fourth release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download at: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC4/. It is expected that this will be the final release candidate, with the official release following very soon.
(Please note that while the third release candidate (RC3) was tagged and built, it was never officially released)
NetBSD 6.1 will be the first feature update for the NetBSD 6 branch. There are many new drivers, some new features, and many bug fixes! Fixes since RC2 include:
- Updated the fix for SA-2013-003 (RNG bug may result in weak cryptographic keys)
- Fixes to npfctl(8) parsing and error handling
- Fix sendto(2) issue with IPv6 UDP datagrams. PR#47408.
- Raspberry Pi: fix handling of large packets in USB host controller
- Fixed an RPC memory corruption issue. PR#13082
- Fixed ACPI issues affecting some AMD systems. PR#47016, PR#47648.
- Change vax MAXPARTITION from 16 to 12, addressing boot issues on some systems
- Bump libpthread minor version to libpthread.so.1.1 for the addition of pthread_cond_setclock() earlier in the 6.1 release cycle; note that this is *NOT* the same as libpthread.so.1.1 in NetBSD-current. (libpthread.so in NetBSD-current is already at version 1.2)
- Provide libc stubs to libpthread, allowing libpthread to be dlopen()ed.
- Fix a userland-triggered panic on x68k systems.
A complete list of changes can be found at:
http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC4/CHANGES-6.1
Please help us test this and any upcoming release candidates as much as possible. Remember, any feedback is good feedback. We'd love to hear from you, whether you've got a complaint or a compliment.
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NetBSD 6.1 Release Candidate 2
The second release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download at: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC2/
NetBSD 6.1 will be the first feature update for the NetBSD 6 branch. There are many new drivers, some new features, and many bug fixes! Fixes since RC1 include:
- Various terminfo fixes (PR#46793, PR#47090, PR#47490, PR#47532)
- Fixed a segfault in awk(1) (PR#47553)
- Moved boottime50 and its associated sysctl into the compat module. (PR#47579)
- Updated tzdata to 2013b, with the latest timezone info
- Fixed a crash when the security.curtain sysctl is enabled (PR#47598)
- Fixed some IPF locking issues
- Fix a crash on statically-linked programs for NetBSD/alpha
A complete list of changes can be found at:
http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC2/CHANGES-6.1
Please help us test this and any upcoming release candidates as much as possible. Remember, any feedback is good feedback. We'd love to hear from you, whether you've got a complaint or a compliment.
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NetBSD 6.1 Release Candidate 1
The first release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download at: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC1/
NetBSD 6.1 will be the first feature update for the NetBSD 6 branch. There are many new drivers, some new features, and many bug fixes! Highlights include:
- Bugfixes and feature improvements to NPF, the NetBSD Packet Filter
- Improvements to several ARM platforms, including Raspberry Pi which now has nearly-complete support.
- Support for dtrace on amd64
- MIPS ports switched to gdb 7.3.1, gdb6 removed
- Additional device support in key drivers including wm(4), uftdi(4), mfi(4), bge(4), aac(4), tlp(4) and others.
- Various port-specific improvements to the amiga, arm, sparc64 and x68k ports.
A complete list of changes can be found at:
http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC1/CHANGES-6.1
Please help us test this and any upcoming release candidates as much as possible. Remember, any feedback is good feedback. We'd love to hear from you, whether you've got a complaint or a compliment.
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NetBSD 6.0.1 released
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.0.1, the first security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons.
For more details, please see the 6.0.1 release notes
Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.0.1 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/. [0 comments]
NetBSD 5.2 Released!
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that version 5.2 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD 5.2 is the second feature update of the NetBSD 5.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Users running NetBSD 5.0.3 or earlier are encouraged to upgrade to either NetBSD 5.2 or NetBSD 6.0, depending upon their specific requirements.
For full details of the 5.2 release, please see the NetBSD 5.2 release notes.
Please note that all fixes in security/critical updates (i.e., NetBSD 5.0.2, 5.1.2, etc.) are cumulative, so the latest update contains all such fixes since the corresponding minor release. These fixes will also appear in future minor releases (i.e., NetBSD 5.3, etc.), together with other less-critical fixes and feature enhancements.
Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 5.2 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, HTTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/. We encourage users who wish to install via ISO images to download via BitTorrent by using the torrent files supplied in the ISO image area. A list of hashes for the NetBSD 5.2 distribution has been signed with the well-connected PGP key for the NetBSD Security Officer: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/hashes/NetBSD-5.2_hashes.asc
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NetBSD 5.2_RC1
The first release candidate of NetBSD 5.2 is now available for download at: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.2_RC1/
NetBSD 5.2 is intended for those who have an application using NetBSD 5.0.x or 5.1.x who don't want the churn of upgrading to NetBSD 6.0, but would like bug fixes and some stable new features. There have been a number of changes since 5.1. See src/doc/CHANGES-5.2 for the full list.
Those of you who prefer to build from source can continue to follow the netbsd-5 branch, but the netbsd-5-2-RC1 tag is available as well.
Please help us test this and any upcoming release candidates as much as possible. Remember, any feedback is good feedback. We'd love to hear from you, whether you've got a complaint or a compliment.
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End of Life for 4.x on November 17
With the release of NetBSD 6.0, we bid a fond farewell to older releases, the NetBSD 4.x series. While we have many plans for active support of the most recent (6.x) and next most recent (5.x) release branches, 4.x is coming to the end of its supported life. As of November 17, one month after the 6.0 release, the following branches will no longer be maintained:
- netbsd-4-0
- netbsd-4
- There will be no more pullups to the branches (even for security issues)
- There will be no security advisories made for any of the 4.x releases
- The existing 4.x releases on ftp.NetBSD.org will be moved into /pub/NetBSD-archive/
We are giving these remaining few weeks of support to give people time to migrate their machines to the newer release. We may choose to issue security advisories and/or release patches if a security issue should arise before November 17.
Here's hoping NetBSD 6 serves you as well as, or preferably better than, NetBSD 4 did!
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Proudly announcing NetBSD 6.0!
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.0, the fourteenth major release of the NetBSD operating system. Changes from the previous release include scalability improvements on multi-core systems, many new and updated device drivers, Xen and MIPS port improvements, and brand new features such as a new packet filter.
NetBSD 6.0 is dedicated to the memory of Allen Briggs, who passed away in March 2012.
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Announcing Release Candidate 2 for NetBSD 6.0
NetBSD 6.0 release candidate 2 is out!
Binaries of NetBSD 6.0_RC2 are available for download at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.0_RC2/
ISO images and (for amd64 and i386) images suitable for installing from USB sticks or other hard drives, and torrent files for downloading via BitTorrent are also available, as well as Amazon EC2 machine images and .xva files for use with Citrix XenServer and Xen Cloud Platform.
Please read the entire article for fixes
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Announcing Release Candidate 1 for NetBSD 6.0
On behalf of NetBSD developers, I'm happy to announce the availability of the first release candidate of NetBSD 6.0.
Binaries of NetBSD 6.0_RC1 are available for download at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.0_RC1/
ISO images and (for amd64 and i386) images suitable for installing from USB sticks or other hard drives, and torrent files for downloading via BitTorrent are also available, as well as Amazon EC2 machine images and .xva files for use with Citrix XenServer and Xen Cloud Platform.
Fixes since NetBSD 6.0_BETA2
Thanks to tremendous testing support from the community, we are very pleased with the state of this release candidate. A number of improvements and fixes have been made since NetBSD 6.0_BETA2. Here's a sampling:
- Fixed bugs in iscsid target handling and with large writes to iscsi devices
- Fixed some amd64 trap-handling issues
- Lots of fixes and improvements for npf(4)
- Renamed wake(8) to wakeonlan(8)
- Pass "boothowto" from the bootloader to the kernel on sparc/sparc64
- various PUFFS/libperfuse fixes in support of glusterfs on NetBSD
- Update BIND to 9.9.1-P2 to address CVE-2012-1667, CVE-2012-3817 and CVE-2012-3868
- Build SQLite with SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_DATA to address PR/46322
- Fix bootstrapping the build system on some Linux distributions
- Enable wsfb X server on vax
- Prevent a crash when mmap()ing a block device. PR/38889
- Sort vif and vbd device IDs on Xen so attach order is consistent
- Make xf86-video-intel and i915drm driver work on some Atom + GMA3150 graphics chipsets
- Update Postfix to version 2.8.11
- Add urtw(4) and urtwn(4) wireless drivers
- Switch device database and terminfo database to cdb(5)
- Fixed the first-stage bootloader for Soekris net4801 PR/46027
- Fixed a gcc bug: setjmp vs. unchanged register values PR/45837
- Make all ttyE* entries use the wsvt25 term type PR/10127
- Fix a bad interaction between ps(1) and ptyfs(4) PR/40813
- Use HOST_SH instead of sh for MAKEDEV for cross builds PR/46537
- Add support for Intel I350 Ethernet to the wm(4) driver
- Fix several critical bugs in the x68k port
- Remove wrong claims in md5(1) PR/44160
- Support rc_directories in rc.shutdown PR/46601
- Stop routed(8) from losing kernel routes PR/44647
- Fix lack of carrier on hme(4) on some sparc64 machines PR/46424
- Fix a panic triggered by ktrace -p
PR/46591 - Avoid failing upgrades due to spurious errors PR/12020
- Use 32KB/4KB for default block/fragment size on >= 128 GB partitions PR/46629
- Fix gem(4) recovery after a receiver overflow PR/46260
- Improved support for disk "wedges"
- Fix a crash that can happen transferring large blocks over a network. PR/43240
- Improve linux32 compat
- Changed root's default shell to /bin/sh
- Fixed issues booting from CD-ROM on some i386 and amd64 systems
- Update to tzdata2012e
- Avoid sending bad RA packets with rtadvd(8) PR/46580
- Fix calling setroot(9) twice PR/46732
- Add initial support for the RaspberryPI, sufficient to boot multiuser and access the gpio header pins via serial console, but no USB or network support yet
- Fix cc -fpie on sparc and sparc64 PR/46724
- Don't create BSD-style pty nodes by default, since ptyfs is mounted by default.
- Update OpenSSL to version 1.0.1c with AES-NI patch.
- Switch off DIAGNOSTIC and/or DEBUG on release kernels
- Fix problem with mmap and program exit PR/46807
- Don't panic when shutting down a bridge(4) PR/46587
- Fix locale issues in static binaries PR/46781
- Make a number of USB memory sticks and SD card readers work which were not usable before.
Please continue to report problems and to help us test!
Known Issues
There are a small number of known issues which we expect to have fixed before the release. These fixes may require a second release candidate:
- The OpenSSL update caused the major number of some libraries to be bumped; some software which uses these libraries may need to be recompiled from NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 and earlier, or binary packages may need to be reinstalled.
- The vax port has a shared library problem and is not bootable in NetBSD 6.0_RC1.
- ntpd(4) broadcast operation is not working
- A panic can happen when an nfs rename operation fails
- The i386 port may not boot correctly on a 486 system
- A kernel with options DIAGNOSTICmay panic if an isp(4) card is installed
- Xen: an amd64 DOM0 can not start X11 PR/46634
As always, please help us out by testing these changes and reporting problems either to an appropriate mailing list, via send-pr, or via the web form:
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd
Thanks again for your help in making NetBSD 6.0 the best release yet!
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NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 binaries available for testing
On behalf of NetBSD developers, I'm happy to announce the availability of the second (and final) public beta of NetBSD 6.0, for testing.
Binaries of NetBSD 6.0_BETA2 are available for download at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.0_BETA2/
ISO images and (for amd64 and i386) images suitable for installing from USB sticks or other hard drives, and torrent files for downloading via BitTorrent are also available, as well as Amazon EC2 machine images and .xva files for use with Citrix XenServer and Xen Cloud Platform.
We are very pleased with the state of NetBSD 6.0_BETA2. With your help, we have made improvements since NetBSD 6.0_BETA. A sampling:
- Fixed PR/39444
- fixes to hdaudio
- fixes to LFS
- fixed detaching ehci(4)
- PR/41673
- PR/44097
- Added the ability to configure RAIDframe components on raw disks.
- Fixed iwi(4) firmware decoding on bigendian platforms.
- more variants supported by mfi(4)
- PR/46217
- Prevent sshd from consuming all available entropy.
- Update pcc to pcc-20120325.
- Power management for bthub(4).
- PR/45829
- PR/46232
- PR/46120
- PR/46284
- Work around some AMD processor errata
- Fixed x86k boot problem
- PR/45131
- PR/46286
- PR/46221
- PR/46282
- PR/46146
- Added mpii(4) driver for LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface II SAS controllers.
- Many PUFFS fixes
- Several OpenSSL fixes
- PR/46325
- PR/46121
- PR/46391
- PR/41267
- PR/46360
- PR/46408
- PR/46419
- Added tgamma() and tgammaf() to libm
- Avoid a tools build error on Cygwin hosts
- many fixes for building with clang
- switched vax back to gcc 4.1
- Added new sysinst post-install config menu
- PR/46041
- PR/44092
- PR/46101
- PR/46457
- PR/43903
Please continue to report problems and to help us test! We anticipate the first Release Candidate of NetBSD 6.0 in late June/early July.
As always, please help us out by testing these changes and reporting problems either to an appropriate mailing list, via send-pr, or via the web form:
http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd Thanks again for your help in making NetBSD 6.0 the best release yet! [2 comments]