27 04 2008

amdtemp(4): AMD CPU Temperature driver. Adapted from OpenBSD.[cegger 20080423]

netiso: Remove obsolete TPCONS support. [plunky 20080423]

Merge the socket locking patch: [Andrew Doran]

  • Socket layer becomes MP safe.
  • Unix protocols become MP safe.
  • Allows protocol processing interrupts to safely block on locks.
  • Fixes a number of race conditions.

i386: Disable splashscreen during autoconf if any of the following is true: [Stephen Borrill]

  • single user (-s)
  • verbose (-v)
  • debug messages (-x)
  • ask for root (-a)
  • userconf (-c)

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Posted by Mark Kirby on Apr 27, 2008

20 04 2008

libcurses: Add getwin() and putwin(). [Julian Coleman]

mjf-devfs2: add support to devfsd(8) and devfsctl(4) to handle wedges. Add cpuctl device registration.[Matt Fleming]

first step for X on rev. 4 Sharks - add support for mmap()ing ISA IO, legacy VGA and SVGA aperture via /dev/ttyE0 [Michael Lorenz]

Add support to show output from specified sensors in multiple devices via the -s flag (the requirement for -d is not there anymore). [Juan Romero Pardines]
You can do something like the following now:

$ envstat -s "acpibat0:charge,acpibat0:charge state,acpitz0:temperature"

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Posted by Mark Kirby on Apr 20, 2008

13 04 2008

opencrypto: Improve performance to 84,000 short modular math ops/sec by adding asynchronous operation and batched submit/retrieve of requests/results. Rewrite manual page to make it easier to write new code to the API. Donated by Coyote Point Systems, Inc. [Thor Lancelot Simon]

Restructure the name cache code to eliminate most lock contention resulting from forward lookups. [Andrew Doran]

SMP support for ofppc. Tested on a quad-proc 7044-270. [Tim Rightnour]

4.99.59 - struct cpu_data changed (namecache changes)[Andrew Doran]

Import

openssh 5.0 [Christos Zoulas]

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Posted by Mark Kirby on Apr 13, 2008

07 04 2008

azalia(4): Added support for the Realtek ALC662-GR codec as found in the EeePC. [Jared D. McNeill]

asus(4): Added a driver for ASUS ACPI hotkeys as found in the EeePC.[Jared D. McNeill]

zaurus: Add sysinst support. [Chris Gilbert]

finsio(4): Added a driver for the Fintek Super I/O chips, supporting the Hardware Monitor device. Adapted from OpenBSD. [Juan Romero Pardines]

hp700: Add support for the SCSI NCR 53C720 SCSI controller found in early HP 9000s for the attachment of an Fast-Wide (16-bit) SCSI-2 bus, utilizing HVD signalling via the siop(4) driver. [Nick Hudson]

Add GENERIC.HOSTUSB kernel for zaurus. This allows a Zaurus to act as a USB host, rather than client device. Eventually this will disappear once switching from host to device controller mode is supported.[Chris Gilbert]

Fix audio_volume_toggle. Thinkpad T61 now mutes audio automatically when the mute key is pressed. [Jared D. McNeill]

Import

libarchive-2.5.0b [Joerg Sonnenberger]

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Posted by Mark Kirby on Apr 07, 2008

30 03 2008

cobalt: Add kernel support for optional Z85C30 serial on Qube 2700. [Izumi Tsutsui]

lii(4): Added a driver for the Atheros L2 Fast-Ethernet controller, notably found on Asus's EeePC. [Quentin Garnier]

The branch yamt-lazymbuf has been merged [YAMAMOTO Takashi]

Add code for dynamically allocated mutexes. [Andrew Doran]

The split device_t/softc work continues with many developers now getting in on the fun. [various]

sgimips: Adjust boot device detection code to make netboot work properly. [Izumi Tsutsui]

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Posted by Mark Kirby on Mar 30, 2008