New release notes: CMI8338/8738, CS4281 sound driver, ISO-9660 Unicode,
ida crashdumps, login exports PAM environment variables, wall -g, make.conf CPUTYPE, CVS_RSH default now ssh. Updated release notes: ahc(4) updates, ICMP and TCP RSTs, random(4), MFCs noted: rc.syscons.
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@ -144,14 +144,18 @@ Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
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other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
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been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
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will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
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8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver. [MERGED]
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A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
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8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
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A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
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A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
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Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
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set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
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supported for backwards compatibility. [MERGED]
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The ahc(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
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The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
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improved compatability with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
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AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
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improvements. [MERGED]
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ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
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@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ Note that change affects only random-access writeable devices, not
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sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are
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supported by cdrecord. [MERGED]
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The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a loadable
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character conversion routine. The sysutils/cd9660_unicode port
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contains a set of common conversions. [MERGED]
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Support for threads under Linux emulation has been added.
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The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent
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@ -217,8 +225,9 @@ due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by
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separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own
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description.
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ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
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controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl.
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ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections in the
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SYN_SENT state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
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controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED]
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TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
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@ -274,6 +283,14 @@ interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
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The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
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The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. [MERGED]
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The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm.
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It harvests entropy from a variety of interrupt sources, including the
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console devices, Ethernet and point-to-point network interfaces, and
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mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now
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periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy.
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1.2. SECURITY FIXES
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-------------------
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@ -389,8 +406,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
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OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
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OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
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activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
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attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
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activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
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The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
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@ -696,7 +712,7 @@ default), which can be used to log /dev/console output. [MERGED]
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rpcgen now uses /usr/bin/cpp (as on NetBSD), not /usr/libexec/cpp.
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Boot-time syscons configuration was moved to a machine-independent
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rc.syscons.
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rc.syscons. [MERGED]
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burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
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behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
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@ -709,9 +725,6 @@ including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
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In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, the ConnectionsPerPeriod parameter has been
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deprecated in favor of MaxStartups. [MERGED]
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Entropy from the random(4) device is now periodically saved to files
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in /var/db/entropy.
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cdcontrol(1) now uses the CDROM environment variable to pick a default
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device. [MERGED]
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@ -798,6 +811,19 @@ megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
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The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
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improved to provide less biased results.
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login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
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modules. [MERGED]
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wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
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given group.
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The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
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processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
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OpenSSL.
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The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
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ssh, rather than rsh.
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2. Supported Configurations
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---------------------------
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@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ Technologies VT82C686A sound card/chipsets, and has received some
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other updates. [MERGED] A driver for the ESS Maestro-3/Allegro has
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been added, however due to the amount of GPL firmware included, it
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will only be built as a module. Separate drivers for the SoundBlaster
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8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver. [MERGED]
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8 and Soundblaster 16 now replace an older, unified driver.
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A driver for the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 sound chips has been added.
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A driver for the CS4281 sound chip has been added. [MERGED]
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Replace the PQ_*CACHE options with a single PQ_CACHESIZE option to be
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set to the cache size in kilobytes. The old options are still
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@ -179,7 +180,10 @@ for configuring SMP kernels, have been removed. NCPU is now set to a
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maximum of 16, and the other, aforementioned options are now dynamic.
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[MERGED]
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The ahc(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
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The ahc(4) driver has been updated. Among various improvements are
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improved compatability with chips in "RAID Port" mode and systems with
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AAA and ARO cards installed, as well as performance
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improvements. [MERGED]
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ACPI support has been merged in from the FreeBSD-ACPI project.
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@ -251,6 +255,10 @@ Note that change affects only random-access writeable devices, not
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sequential-only writeable devices such as CD-R drives, which are
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supported by cdrecord. [MERGED]
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The ISO-9660 filesystem now has a hook that supports a loadable
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character conversion routine. The sysutils/cd9660_unicode port
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contains a set of common conversions. [MERGED]
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The an(4) driver for Cisco Aironet cards now supports Wired Equivalent
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Privacy (WEP) encryption, settable via ancontrol(8). [MERGED]
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@ -287,8 +295,9 @@ due to packets sent to open and unopen ports are now limited by
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separate counters. Each rate limiting queue now has its own
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description.
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ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections, as
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controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl.
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ICMP UNREACH_FILTER_PROHIB messages can now RST TCP connections in the
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SYN_SENT state if the correct sequence numbers are sent back, as
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controlled by the net.inet.tcp.icmp_may_rst sysctl. [MERGED]
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TCP has received some bug fixes for its delayed ACK behavior. [MERGED]
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@ -353,6 +362,14 @@ interfaces with dynamically-changing IP addresses. [MERGED]
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The isp(4) driver has been updated. [MERGED]
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The ida disk driver now has crashdump support. [MERGED]
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The random(4) device has been rewritten to use the Yarrow algorithm.
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It harvests entropy from a variety of interrupt sources, including the
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console devices, Ethernet and point-to-point network interfaces, and
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mass-storage devices. Entropy from the random(4) device is now
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periodically saved to files in /var/db/entropy.
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1.2. SECURITY FIXES
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-------------------
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@ -468,8 +485,7 @@ mtree as a part of an intrusion-detection system. [MERGED]
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OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.6. [MERGED]
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OpenSSL now has support for machine-dependent ASM optimizations,
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activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable. make(1) will
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attempt to set reasonable defaults for this variable.
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activated by the new MACHINE_CPU Makefile variable.
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The OPIE one-time-password suite has been updated to 2.32. [MERGED]
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@ -793,7 +809,7 @@ default), which can be used to log /dev/console output. [MERGED]
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rpcgen now uses /usr/bin/cpp (as on NetBSD), not /usr/libexec/cpp.
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Boot-time syscons configuration was moved to a machine-independent
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rc.syscons.
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rc.syscons. [MERGED]
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burncd(8) now supports a -m option for multisession mode (the default
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behavior now is to close disks as single-session). A -l option to
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@ -806,9 +822,6 @@ including syslog records and /dev/console output. [MERGED]
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In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, the ConnectionsPerPeriod parameter has been
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deprecated in favor of MaxStartups. [MERGED]
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Entropy from the random(4) device is now periodically saved to files
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in /var/db/entropy.
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cdcontrol(1) now uses the CDROM environment variable to pick a default
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device. [MERGED]
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@ -895,6 +908,19 @@ megabytes, or gigabytes, in addition to sectors.
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The pseudo-random number generator implemented by rand(3) has been
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improved to provide less biased results.
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login(1) now exports environment variables set by PAM
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modules. [MERGED]
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wall(1) now supports a -g flag to write a message to all users of a
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given group.
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The new CPUTYPE make.conf variable controls the compilation of
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processor-specific optimizations in various pieces of code such as
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OpenSSL.
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The default value for the CVS_RSH variable (used by cvs(1)) is now
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ssh, rather than rsh.
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2. Supported Configurations
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---------------------------
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