NetBSD 6.1 RC1 發布

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Jeff Rizzo has announced the availability of the first release candidate for NetBSD 6.1: " The first release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download. NetBSD 6.1 will be the first feature update for the NetBSD 6 branch. There are many new drivers, some new features, and many bug fixes. Highlights include: bug fixes and feature improvements to NPF, the NetBSD Packet Filter; improvements to several ARM platforms, including Raspberry Pi which now has nearly-complete support; support for dtrace on amd64; MIPS ports switched to gdb 7.3.1, gdb6 removed; additional device support in key drivers including wm(4), uftdi(4), mfi(4), bge(4), aac(4), tlp(4) and others; various port-specific improvements to the amiga, arm, sparc64 and x68k ports." Here is the brief release announcement with a link to a full changelog. Installation CD images for 51 processor architectures are available for download from here; quick link to the amd64 image: NetBSD-6.1_RC1-amd64.iso (331MB, MD5, torrent).