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## 3. New OS dependent features

See the Release Notes for non-OS dependent new features in XFree86 4.4.0.

### 3.1. New OS dependent features in 4.2.0

- Support of client side on NetBSD/sparc64
- Support for in-kernel MTRR and AGP support in NetBSD 1.5Y

### 3.2. New OS dependent features in 4.1.0

- Enable wide characters support in NetBSD 1.5P and later.

### 3.3. New OS dependent features in 4.0.2

- A fix for libXmu OS detection which was broken since `unix` isn't defined anymore by the C preprocessor.
- (limited) native wscons support. This is not activated by default.
- Updates to the aperture driver
- Support for multithread libraries with GNU pth
- Add `/usr/pkg/bin` to the default user path.

### 3.4. New OS dependent features in 4.0.1

- Support for NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA
- The Xsun server can be built on NetBSD/sparc

### 3.5. New OS dependent features in 4.0

- Preliminary APM support.

### 3.6. New OS dependent features in 3.9.18

- Soft-booting secondary cards through the int10 BIOS interface is now possible using the x86emu real mode emulator.

### 3.7. New OS dependent features in 3.9.17

- Support for silken mouse with the wsmouse protocol has been added.
- A new version of the XFree86 Aperture driver which provides MTRR support is included.

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