February 22, 2013 posted by Jeff Rizzo

The first release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download at: http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC1/

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:

Bugfixes 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.

A complete list of changes can be found at:

http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1_RC1/CHANGES-6.1

Please help us test this and any upcoming release candidates as much as possible. Remember, any feedback is good feedback. We'd love to hear from you, whether you've got a complaint or a compliment.