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27Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
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29	syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project:
30		Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API,
31		encryption. [christos 20081031]
32	agp(4): Add support for Intel G35. [christos 20081108]
33	kernel: Add generic producer/consumer queue. [matt 20081111]
34	lkm: Removed. Superseded by the new module framework. [ad 20081112]
35	module: Allow the POSIX semaphore code to be loaded as a module.
36		[ad 20081112]
37	module: Make compat_ossaudio a module. [ad 20081113]
38	module: Make compat_ndis a module. [ad 20081113]
39	build.sh: Add support for new MAKEVERBOSE levels 3 and 4.
40		[apb 20081113]
41	libfetch: Update to libfetch 2.20. Allow HTTP auth to be provided in
42		URL. [joerg 20081114]
43	module: Make POSIX AIO loadable as a module. [ad 20081114]
44	amd64, i386: Make boot loader autoload a kernel module corresponding
45		to the root file system type. [ad 20081119]
46	module: Make the emulations, exec formats, coredump, NFS, and
47		the NFS server into modules. [ad 20081119]
48	rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library:
49		librumpvfs [pooka 20081119]
50	kernel, libc: Add new ptree (Patricia / RADIX tree) implementation.
51		[matt 20081120]
52	i386: Switch the i386 installation CDs away from RAM disks and
53		instead use the CD-ROM as the root file system. [ad 20081121]
54	i386: Remove most compat and file system options from GENERIC
55		since they are also provided by modules. [ad 20081122]
56	nfs: Avoid noisy nfs_timer/nfs_reply DEBUG output that occurs
57		when the NFS server goes away. [mrg 20081123]
58	compat_osf1(8): Add getpgid, needed for Tru64 4.0g ksh.
59		[njoly 20081124]
60	module: Make PPP compressors modules. [cube 20081125]
61	i386: Make pxeboot(8) understand boot.cfg(5). [ad 20081125]
62	agp(4): Add support for the Intel G45 AGP. [christos 20081129]
63	compat_osf1(8): Fix getdirentries(2). [njoly 20081202]
64	module: Add a couple of sysctl(8) entries, kern.module.autoload and
65		kern.module.verbose. [ad 20081203]
66	module: Add a layerfs module. [ad 20081205]
67	libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205]
68	compat_linux32: Add getresuid() and getresgid() syscalls.
69		[njoly 20081205]
70	ddb(4): Add 'show vmem' and 'show all vmems' commands.
71		[cegger 20081207]
72	re(4): Add support for a 8168C/8111C revision. [alc 20081208]
73	tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211]
74	httpd(8): Add rc.d script to control httpd daemon. [mishka 20081211]
75	ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by
76		Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211]
77	compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212]
78	boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213]
79	pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213]
80	sparc: Switch to use wscons. [macallan 20081213]
81	snprintb(3), kprintf(9): Share snprintb(3) among kernel and libutil
82		and make it supersede bitmask_snprintf(9). [christos 20081216]
83	sup(1): Add -M user flag to specify the username to send mail to from
84		the command line. [christos 20081217]
85	malloc(9): Remove MALLOC() and FREE() macros. [cegger 20081217]
86	x68k:	pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220]
87	viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support.
88		[nonaka 20081221]
89	lvm:	Add LVM functionality to NetBSD; this is done by dm(4) driver
90		in kernel and lvm2 tools made by RedHat. We use the same well
91		known interface as Linux does for managing LVM. [haad 20081222]
92	gcscaudio(4): Add AMD Geode CS5536 audio driver, from SHIMIZU Ryo.
93		[jmcneill 20081228]
94	mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase.
95		[christos 20090103]
96	rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104]
97	module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105]
98	bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
99		wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
100		[macallan 20090109]
101	rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
102	rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
103	makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
104		ISO 9660 file systems. [bjh21 20090110]
105	time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
106		POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
107	make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
108	openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
109	age(4):	Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet.
110		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
111	atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
112		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
113	atf(7): Import 0.6.  [jmmv 20090119]
114	msdosfs: The default behavior when mounting empty file systems has
115		been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
116		(short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
117		-l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
118	openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
119		src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
120		which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
121		user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
122	X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha.  No support
123		for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
124	udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
125		sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
126		passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
127	share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4.  [lukem 20090212]
128	tests: Converted the awk, basename, bzip2, config, cut, dirname, grep,
129		gzip, libcrypto, m4, make and sdiff tests to ATF.  Initial
130		work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz Strzygowski.
131		[jmmv 20090213]
132	openssh: Import 5.1. [christos 20090216]
133	amd64, i386: The bootloader has been enhanced to support framebuffer
134		consoles using VESA BIOS extensions. These changes allow the
135		x86 ports to work with the genfb(4) driver, and obsoletes
136		the i386-only vesafb(4) driver. [jmcneill 20090216]
137	i386: The vesafb(4) driver has been retired. [jmcneill 20090218]
138	tests: Converted some of the kernel tests, including kqueue and ipf,
139		to ATF.  Initial work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz
140		Strzygowski.  [jmmv 20090220]
141	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.11. [roy 20090221]
142	softdep: The soft dependences / soft updates feature of the fast
143		file system (FFS) has been supplanted by meta data
144		journaling (logging).  Logging provides better reliability
145		and better performance for most applications.  Soft
146		dependencies will no longer be available from NetBSD 6.0
147		onwards.  We encourage users to enable logging on FFS file
148		systems. [ad 20090222]
149	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.12. [roy 20090226]
150	xen: Add PCI pass-through support for Xen3.  domain0 kernel gets a
151		pciback PCI drivers, to which device specified in the
152		pciback.hide boot parameter will attach.
153		DomU kernels gets a xpci device, to which PCI buses
154		will attach.  [bouyer 20090305]
155	xen: Add XEN3PAE_DOM0, a i386 domain0 kernel with PAE support.
156		requires a i386PAE or x86_64 hypervisor.  [bouyer 20090305]
157	kernel: Compute kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs on startup based on physical
158		memory. Default can be overridden via sysctl. [joerg 20090306]
159	fxp(4): Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for i82559 and
160		later chips. [tsutsui 20090307]
161	crash(8): Add a new utility to diagnose kernel crashes. Based upon
162		the in-kernel debugger (ddb). [ad 20090307]
163	sgimips: Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for mec(4)
164		Ethernet on O2. [tsutsui 20090316]
165	am-utils: Import latest from head; adds udf support amd -uu
166		[christos 20090320]
167	kmem_alloc(9): Add more extensive runtime debugging facilities.
168		[ad 20090329]
169