NOTABLE CHANGES
In this release:
git hash: 73aa3bb97cdc1d8dca1b640f31c2840d7bd512f4
gefs now got a scheduler for configuring snapshots
new Intel i225 2.5 GbE driver
most kernels now support FPU/SIMD instructions in note handlers (not done yet: mips and some older 32-bit arm socs).
kernel now provides monotonic nanosecond time in /dev/*time
cpu temperature support for AMD Ryzen
libbio got a new Bstropen() function
MII debug driver
compiler now supports “case MIN … MAX:” syntax
AWK now supports %q rc-quote format
vdiff supports multiple diffs now
Ip stack now maintains mtime for connection directories, and new netstat allows sorting connections by the creation time.
libc: new interface for unicode 16.0 normalization
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GIT REPOSITORY
http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/info.html
DASH 1 MANUAL
http://fqa.9front.org/dash1.clause15.pdf
dash 1 manual: http://9front.org/propaganda/books
SONGS
by sl
http://9front.org/mp3/warszawa.mp3
http://9front.org/mp3/myths_of_dialogue.mp3
THANKS
front cover illustration by prahou, collage by sl
KERNEL AND DRIVERS
devip: don’t add default broadcast addresses for ipv4 (thanks cgnarne)
devip: track connection initialization time as mtime
ether8169: initialize stats counter to prevent scribbling over memory
ether8169: remove redundant tx enable
etherbcm: fix for BCM57781 (thanks yasinbread)
etheri225: add clause 45 phy auto-negotiation
etheri225: add ethernet driver for intel i225 and i226 devices
etheri225: use block pool (thanks cinap)
etheriwl: don’t include license in the bootfs
etheriwl: ensure all firmware is installed in the bootfs
ethermii: add support for up to 10g clause 45 phys
kernel/arm64: fix procsetup() TPIDR_EL0 potentially not getting reset to 0 on exec
kernel: add experimental devmii phy debug driver
kernel: add monotonic time to /dev/time, /dev/bintime (thanks rsc)
kernel: allow use of fpu in note handlers
kernel: cleanup noted(), make it more consistent
kernel: deduplicate the mess that is the 32-bit arm ports
kernel: explicitely pass MiiPhy* to ethermii operations
kernel: fix noted() checks for all archs
kernel: fix taslocks: Edf times are in µs(), not nanoseconds. d'oh.
kernel: fix unused warning (some leftover from last monotime commit)
kernel: refactor syscall and note handling
kernel: remove rwstats, cleanup checks, don’t print in qunlock() while holding QLock.use.
kernel: restore kernel fpu state on fault*() error
nusb/lib: get rid of hexstr(), just use %H encodefmt.
nusb: don’t put newline in sysfatal() or werrstr()
nusbrc: fix Prolific detection
pc64: fix noted(NSAVE) check
pc: add cputemp for Ryzen (family 17h)
pc: more cputemp support for AMD and cleanup
reform: retry reading edid a bunch of times
COMPILERS, LINKERS, DEBUGGERS
cc: add case ranges extension
cc: don’t crash on empty args for USED()/SET()
yacc: allow unicode in identifiers
LIBRARIES
libbio: add Bstropen
libc/idn: clean up reliance on questionable corners of seprint behavior
libc/qlock: don’t allow unlocking unlocked lock
libc/test/date: fail() takes newline, while sysfatal() does not.
libc: fix ALL tzload() bugs
libc: mkrunetype, dont put newline in sysfatal()
libc: runecomp: unicode 16.0 and rewrite
libc: runecomp: update and clean generated files
libdisk: dont put newline in werrstr().
libgeometry: 40% more efficient versions of (det|adj|inv)m3
libgeometry: unroll s?mulm3? for an up to 2-4x speedup
libgeometry: use compound literals instead of constructors
libmemdraw: initialize min in allocmemsubfont (thanks noam)
libsec: add recursion limit for x509 structures
libsec: don’t access past the end of a string when dumping a cert
libsec: never return nil from octet_decode
PROGRAMS
acme: include delimiter-pair when extending selection
audio/mixfs: set and forward a more sensible audio delay amount
auth/factotum: fix out of crash with one byte messages
aux/aout2uimage: add a flag to override ostype (lie about not being plan9)
aux/olefs: don’t put newline in werrstr()
aux/realemu: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
aux/vga: don’t put newline in werrstr()
awk: fix srand not returning previous seed
awk: remove dead declerations
awk: support %q in s*printf()
bzfs: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
cifs: don’t put newline in sysfatal() or werrstr()
cifs: don’t put newline in werrstr() for sequence number mismatch error
cwfs: check qid.path in Tfile tag for fs_read and truncate
dossrv: convert timestamps on disk to utc correctly
flambe: fix non-interruptible temporary warning.
games/eui: fix /dev/kbd message parsing
games/galaxy: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
games/gba: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
games/mus: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
gefs: allow custom snapshot schedules
gefs: allow large snapshot names in gefs
gefs: cleanly reject too many connections
gefs: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
gefs: optimize hash function
gefs: remove dead code
gefs: stop wasting a byte for each deletion message
git/import: add support for concatenated patches
git/pull: more reference name validation (thanks falsifian)
git/pull: show update message only when not quiet, and only after updates
git/pull: validate and prevent rc from checking reference names (thanks falsifian)
git/rebase: use correct flag to delete branch (thanks humm)
git/save: sort unicode file paths correctly
git/send: set errstr when reporting status
git/serve: accept the same ref formats as git/get
git/serve: put repo name in failure message (thanks humm)
hgfs: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
htmlroff: remove legacy html unicode encoding
io: Add -f option to pass a I/O file (such as /dev/pci/*raw)
ip/pppoe: get rid of horrible hexdump() function
ip/sol: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
jpg: don’t put newline in sysfatal() or werrstr()
ndb/cs: check for negative or truncated read offset
ndb/cs: quote attribute value for csgetvalue() and csipinfo()
ndb/dns: check for truncated read offset
netstat: rewrite in awk
plot: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
prof: fix non-interruptible temporary warning.
rc: count split line numbers correctly
rc: ignore sigwinch trap when theres no handler
resize: don’t use sysfatal() for usage print.
rio: include delimiter-pair when extending selection
sam, rio, acme: fix selection stretching past text available
sam: fix incorrect exit status from shell subproc
sam: include delimiter-pair when extending selection
tar: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
upas/Mail: clean up child counting, fix off by one.
upas/smtpd: Pass certificate chain to tlsServer() (thanks sirjofri)
upas: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
vdiff: add button 2 menu
vdiff: fix scrolling and clean up
vdiff: fix scrolling and image allocation failures with large diffs
vmx: nanosec: replace the loop with a few div, mod and mul ops
vnc: remove hexdump() function
webfs: fix crash in unquote function
xenstore: don’t use sysfatal() for usage print.
zynq/jtagload: don’t put newline in sysfatal()
DOCUMENTATION
/sys/doc/sam: remove more unused files
/sys/doc/sam: tut is not a trout (thanks llamaa)
/sys/doc: mk html fix and clean the output
/sys/lib/man/checkman: don’t hardcode cputype and library list, blacklist libsunrpc (thanks dave woodman)
9boot(8): document 8+3 file-name limitation for 9bootfat
acid(1), db(1), proc(3): mention snap(4)
delkey(1): remove remark about probing different factotum files, its always /mnt/factotum/ctl (thanks qwx)
dpic(1): fix skybox example not in flat section
draw(2): fix little typo
factotum(4): reference delkey and ipso in SEE ALSO
gefs(8): clarify and fix description of snapshot commands
gefs(8): fix typos (thanks umbraticus)
git(1): follow conventions more closely
mii(3): Add documentation for devmii
netstat(1): fix troff fat finger (thanks cgnarne)
netstat(1): reference awk rewrite for SOURCE (thanks Alexander)
qsort(2): sync with function declaration
OTHER
/lib/1oct1993/: update for 4th print edition of the book
/lib/glass: normalize to NFC according to Unicode 16.0
add URW Garamond No. 8 font to ghostscript, postscript, and troff.
cpp: test: fix hardcoded 6.out ([email protected])
distproto: correct /lib/^(ucd ktrans) permissions
g: add .sl (StreetLISP)
newuser, dist: sync profile script for glenda
inst/mount: allow /dev/fs/fs a file-system partition for cryptsetup (thanks cyb3rh3x_)
/sys/src/cmd/test: test.rc: avoid use of /adm/users
/sys/src/cmd/test: ramfs.rc: fix hardcoded 6.out
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