NetBSD 10.0

The release of the operating system version NetBSD 10.0.

Changes in the new version:

  • Hardware support:

    • Added support for Apple M1.
    • Added support for Raspberry Pi 4.
    • Included rkv1crypto driver on PINE64 Rock64 and NanoPi R2S.
    • Added support for spiflash on Rockchip RK3328.
    • Added compat_linux support for the AArch64 architecture.
  • Changes in the kernel:

    • Added support for WireGuard.
    • Added implementation of the Adiantum cipher for efficient disk encryption with cgd on systems without AES acceleration.
    • Swap encryption is now performed automatically using vm.swap_encrypt=1 in sysctl.
    • IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) devices now require SSID configuration to connect to an open access point.
    • Compat_linux support is disabled by default.
    • The default package database for new installations has been changed to /usr/pkg/pkgdb for consistency with other pkgsrc platforms, replacing /var/db/pkg.
    • MIDI and sequencer kernel modules have been merged into a single MIDI_seq module.
  • Device drivers:

    • urtwn - added support for the TRENDnet TEW-648UBM wireless USB adapter.
    • New driver rge added - for support of Realtek 8125 2.5 Ethernet adapter.
    • New driver ixl added - for support of Intel Ethernet 700 series 10/25/40 adapters.
    • Removed the azaila driver, which was replaced in earlier releases by hdaudio.
    • ossaudio - added implementation of the OSSv4 mixer API.
    • DRM drivers updated to version 5.6.
  • Virtualization improvements:

    • Added support for suspend in NVMM.
    • Added support for Xen PVH.
    • Added support for VirtIO 1.0 in the virtio driver.
  • Performance enhancements:

    • Improved performance of select and poll system calls.
    • Faster algorithm for bitwise trees for memory page searches.
    • Improved scheduler performance, including the ability to more adequately distribute load across slow and fast cores.
    • Enhanced tracking of clean/dirty pages, significantly speeding up fsync operations for large files.

Source: linux.org.ru

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