NetBSD 8.2 release

Published operating system release NetBSD 8.2. In accordance with new process In preparation for releases, NetBSD 8.2 is classified as a maintenance update and primarily includes fixes for problems identified since the publication of NetBSD 8.1. For those who are interested in new functionality, a significant release was recently released NetBSD 9.0. For loading prepared by 740 MB install images available in builds for 58 system architectures and 16 different CPU families.

All changes:

  • Regressive changes that appear when loading on systems with older x86 CPUs have been fixed;
  • Added framebuffer support when working in virtual machines based on Hyper-V Gen.2;
  • Fixed vulnerabilities in httpd;
  • Improved ixg driver performance;
  • Added tftp support to efiboot bootloader;
  • Fixed memory leaks in the kernel;
  • The expat package has been updated to release 2.2.8;
  • Problems with USB on Ryzen chips have been fixed and support for xHCI 3.10 has been added;
  • The ability to access a device with a root partition via the NAME=label has been implemented;
  • Multiboot 86 support has been added to the x2 bootloader;
  • Vulnerability fixed CVE-2019-9506 (KNOB attack, which allows you to intercept encrypted Bluetooth traffic);
  • The nouveau driver solves problems with loading firmware and limits the number of supported devices;
  • The problem with loading the TAHITI VCE firmware has been resolved in the radeon driver;
  • Name has been discontinued obsolete dnssec-lookaside options.

Source: opennet.ru

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