1 # DragonFly Release 2.6
2 ## XX March 2010 (2.6.0)
5 The DragonFly 2.6 release is here!
7 Three release options are now available: Our bare-bones CD ISO, a DVD ISO which includes a fully operational X environment, and a bare-bones bootable USB disk-key image (1G disk keys recommended).
9 In addition we will for the first time be shipping a 64-bit ISO. 64-bit support is stable but there will only be limited
10 pkgsrc support in this release. Both the bare-bones CD ISO and a bootable USB disk-key image are available for the 64-bit release.
14 The release ISO images should be available on most of the [[mirrors|mirrors]]. If the ISO is not available on a certain mirror, please try another one or download it from the DragonFly FTP server.
19 * MD5 (dfly-2.6.0_REL.img.gz) =
20 * MD5 (dfly-2.6.0_REL.iso.gz) =
21 * MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.6.0_REL.iso.gz) =
22 * MD5 (dfly-gui-2.6.0_REL.iso.gz) =
24 * MD5 (dfly-2.6.0_REL.img) =
25 * MD5 (dfly-2.6.0_REL.iso) =
26 * MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.6.0_REL.iso) =
27 * MD5 (dfly-gui-2.6.0_REL.iso) =
31 We offer over 8000 pre-built [pkgsrc](http://www.pkgsrc.org) packages for this release. The [pkg_radd(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_radd§ion=ANY) utility may be used to download pre-built binary packages. By default this script will query the main package site for a random redirect to one of our mirrors. The path can be overridden by setting BINPKG_SITES in `/etc/settings.conf`.
33 To get a list of all packages, let [pkg_search(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_search§ion=ANY) download the summary file for that release:
37 We supply a Makefile in /usr to track the pkgsrc tree. We also supply a GIT mirror of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS repo as
38 well as the pkgsrc/wip (work in progress) repo at git://git.dragonflybsd.org/pkgsrc.git and we recommend that
39 users use it instead of pulling from NetBSD with CVS. Our GIT mirror is updated four times a day.
41 ## DragonFly 2.6.x Special Installation and Upgrade Notes
43 **VirtualBox and VMWare users** - Unless your virtual hard disk is 50G or larger we recommend
44 doing a UFS install and not the default HAMMER install. We also recommend installing from the CD ISO
45 and not the DVD ISO. The DVD ISO HAMMER install has bugs (see [[Known Release Issues|issues24]]).
47 **DVD ISO HAMMER install bugs (2.6.0 only)** - You will get a 'guard1x fail @...' loader panic.
48 See [[Known Release Issues|issues24]] on how to fix.
50 ## DragonFly 2.6.0 Release Notes
52 ### Release Improvements
55 * Imported tmpfs (efficient memory filesystem) from NetBSD.
56 * Added support for minidumps.
57 * Added swapcache support.
58 * Ported POSIX Message Queues from NetBSD (Google Summer of Code Project).
59 * Updated Linuxulator (now runs java, flash,...) for pc32
60 * fixed vinum root mounts
61 * Added watchdog framework (compatible with watchdogd(8))
62 * Added gpio framework
63 * Ported minidumps from FreeBSD (enabled by default)
65 * Added hotplug pseudo-device
66 * Replaced msfbufs with lwbufs (lightweight buffers)
68 * Updated opencrypto from FreeBSD-current
69 * Updated ACPI from FreeBSD 7.2
70 * Updated CPU initialization code From FreeBSD
74 * Updated to HAMMER version 4, moving snapshot settings out of config files and moving snapshots to /var/hammer; add an UNDO and REDO FIFO to improve fsync performance.
75 * Extended 'hammer snapls' output to print mountpoints and snapshot notes.
76 * 'hammer viconfig' takes editor preference into account now
77 * XXX: REDO, fsync modes, ...
79 > ### Hardware changes (non-networking)
80 * uchcom(4): The driver for WinChipHead CH341/CH340 is now working stable
81 * glxsb(4): The driver has been imported from FreeBSD
82 * hifn(4): The driver has been fixed to work with updated opencrypto
83 * cs5536: Added support for watchdog and gpio on this chip
84 * nsclpcsio(4): The driver has been imported from OpenBSD
85 * Geode LX: Enable identification and features of this CPU
86 * aibs(4): The driver has been added
87 * kate(4): The driver has been added
88 * aps(4): The driver has been imported from OpenBSD
89 * wbsio(4): The driver has been updated to support W83627UHG, W83627DHG-P and W83687THF
91 > ### Hardware changes (networking)
92 * Imported the alc(4) driver for Atheros AR8131/AR8132 NICs
93 * Imported the e1000(4) driver from FreeBSD for Intel Pro/1000 NICs
95 > ### Userland changes
96 * null mounts now accept -o update
97 * awk(1): increased input field separator width to handle extended regexps.
98 * cpdup(1): added -VV option to verify file's contents and ignore mtime entirely.
99 * mount_nfs(8):rdirplus is now the default
100 * periodic(8) security now also reports pkgsrc vulnerabilities
101 * watchdogd: import from OpenBSD
102 * hotplugd(8): import from OpenBSD
104 > ### amd64 related changes
108 * The T/TCP extension is no longer supported
110 > ### Contributed Software
112 * Updated BIND to 9.5.2-P3 incl. DNSSEC support available by default
113 * Updated SENDMAIL to 8.14.4
114 * Updated wpa_supplicant to 0.6.10
115 * Updated hostapd to 0.6.10
116 * Updated groff to 1.20.1
117 * Updated file to 5.04
118 * Updated ncurses to 5.7
119 * Updated top to 3.8beta1 including DragonFly specific patches
120 * Updated less to 436
121 * Updated openssh to 5.3p1 (with HPN patch)
122 * Updated gcc 4.4 to 4.4.2
123 * Added binutils 2.20
124 * Added cryptodev support to OpenSSL
126 >### Security related
128 * ssh server: change defaults for new installations to disallow plain text passwords and allow root login via public key
130 >### General Improvements