**Compiler updates** - DragonFly now uses gcc 4.4 as the default system compiler, and is the first BSD to take that step.
-*New bridging functionality** - The bridging system has been rewritten. Multiple interfaces on a single system can be bound together transparently under a single virtual MAC address, and bandwidth aggregated to that new interface.
+**New bridging functionality** - The bridging system has been rewritten. Multiple interfaces on a single system can be bound together transparently under a single virtual MAC address, and bandwidth aggregated to that new interface.
**MP Performance** - The MPLOCK (the primary lock, that when held ensures only a single cpu is operating within the kernel) has been removed from every area except the VM system. is one of the few non-academic operating systems to use a primary sychronization mechanism that is not a blocking mutex