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26Changes from NetBSD 9.0 to NetBSD 10.0:
27	openldap: Import 2.4.48. [christos 20190808]
28	boot(8): GPT and RAIDframe support for x86 bootstrap [manu 20190818]
29	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.3 [roy 20190821]
30	inet6: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses and restore
31		ND6_LLINFO_WAITDELETE so that any send at this point can
32		return EHOSTDOWN to match inet behaviour. [roy 20190901]
33	inet: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses. [roy 20190901]
34	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.4 [roy 20190904]
35	bind: Import version 9.14.5. [christos 20190905]
36	resolvconf(8): Import openresolv-3.9.2 [roy 20190908]
37	boot(8): multiboot 2 support, Xen can now boot from EFI [manu 20190913]
38	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.6 [roy 20190913]
39	kernel: Add vHCI, a driver that allows to send and receive USB
40		packets from userland. [maxv 20190914]
41	mos(4): Ported driver for MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 USB ethernet.
42		[mrg 20190920]
43	gcc(1): Import GCC 8.3. [mrg 20191001]
44	libpcap: Import 1.9.1. [christos 20191001]
45	tcpdump(8): Import 4.9.3. [christos 20191001]
46	rescue(8): Moved into a separate, rescue-only set. [maya 20191001]
47	byacc: Update to 20190617. [christos 20191006]
48	tzdata updates from 2019a to 2019c (incl 2019b) [kre 20191008]
49	services(5): Update to version 2019-10-04 from IANA.
50		[sevan 20191009]
51	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.0 [roy 20191011]
52	OpenSSH: Import 8.1. [christos 20191012]
53	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20190816. [christos 20191015]
54	sup: removed, use ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/sup [christos 20191015]
55	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.1 [roy 20191016]
56	evbarm: Add support for the NanoPi R1 and Duo2. [bad 20191016]
57	bind: Import version 9.14.7. [christos 20191017]
58	libc: Changed the iconv(3) function signature to the POSIX variation
59		[kamil 20191024]
60	nct(4): Add Nuvoton NCT5104D GPIO driver. [ad 20191025]
61	vio9p(4): Add virtio-9p front-end driver. [ozaki-r 20191028]
62	mount_9p(8): Enable to mount a filesystem exported via virtio-9p.
63		[ozaki-r 20191028]
64	evbarm: Update TI AM335x SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
65		[jmcneill 20191028]
66	evbarm: Update TI OMAP3 SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
67		[jmcneill 20191101]
68	amd64: Add support for kCSan - Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer.
69		[maxv 20191105]
70	tmux(1): Imported 2.9a. [christos 20191112]
71	dhcpcd(8): Import 8.1.2. [roy 20191113]
72	amd64: Add support for kMSan - Kernel Memory Sanitizer.
73		[maxv 20191114]
74	qat(4): Add opencrypto driver for Intel QuickAssist.
75		Atom C2XXX, C3XXX, Xeon D-21XX and D-15XX, C62X chipsets and
76		QuickAssist Adapter 8960/8970.
77		[hikaru 20191120]
78	select(2), poll(2): Performance and scalability improvements
79		[ad 20191121]
80	amd64, i386: Performance and scalability improvements for TLB
81		shootdown [ad 20191121]
82	bind: Import version 9.14.8. [christos 20191127]
83	terminfo: Import 20190609 [christos 20191127]
84	onewire(4), owtemp(4): Improve reliability and reduce CPU overhead
85		slightly. [ad 20191130]
86	scheduler: Improve performance and interactivity. [ad 20191201]
87	vfs: Reduce false sharing and lock overhead during normal operation.
88		[ad 20191201]
89	evbarm: Added driver for Allwinner Crypto Engine random number
90		generator [riastradh 20191209]
91	ixl(4): Ported driver for Intel Ethernet 700 series
92		[yamaguchi 20191210]
93	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20191213. [christos 20191214]
94	uvm: Replace red-black tree page lookup with radix tree lookup,
95		including tagging and gang lookup of pages.  Original work
96		done by yamt@. [ad 20191214]
97	nsd: Import 4.2.4. [christos 20191215]
98	unbound(8): Import 1.9.6. [christos 20191215]
99	openpam(3): update to 20190224 (tabebuia) [christos 20191215]
100 	kerberos(8): Update to Heimdal-7.7.0 [christos 20191215]
101	file(1): Upgraded to 5.38. [christos 20191216]
102	uvm: Replace global counters with per-CPU counters, significantly
103		reducing system time on workloads that are VM-system heavy.
104		[ad 20191216]
105	anxdp(4): Add driver for Analogix DisplayPort core found in
106		Rockchip RK3399. [jakllsch 20191219]
107	net80211: Require SSID configuration to associate with an open AP.
108		[jakllsch 20191219]
109	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.4 [roy 20191220]
110	uvm: Rewrite the page allocator to be more efficient and somewhat CPU
111		topology aware.  Add preliminary NUMA support.  [ad 20191227]
112	crunchgen(1): Added the ability to pass variables in the submake
113		command line, and removed all command like flags that are
114		not needed anymore [christos 20191229]
115	uvm: Reduce lock contention by making the maintentance of page
116		replacement state more concurrent. [ad 20191231]
117	aq(4): Add Aquantia 10G network adapter driver [ryo 20200101]
118	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.5 [roy 20200103]
119	tmux(1): Imported 3.0a. [christos 20200106]
120	amd64, i386: Replace the global PV hash table with radix trees,
121		yielding significant performance and scalability benefits.
122		[ad 20200112]
123	scheduler: Make the scheduler topology aware.  It understands and
124		makes good use of HyperThreading/SMT, spreads the load evenly
125		across different physical CPU packages, and can effectively
126		run asymmetric systems with slow and fast CPUs [ad 20200113]
127	evbarm: Add support for NXP i.MX 8M family SoCs. [jmcneill 20200114]
128	arm: Add support for cpu topology for ARMv7 and ARMv8 CPUs.
129		[mrg 20200114]
130	uvm: More precisely track clean/dirty pages, and change how they are
131		indexed, speeding up fsync() on large files by orders of
132		magnitude.  Original work done by yamt@. [ad 20200115]
133	uyurex(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200117]
134	strip(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
135	hippi and esh(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
136	de(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
137	token ring and tr(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
138	fddi, fpa(4), fta(4), fea(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200120]
139	wm(4): Add Intel I219 LM10-LM15 and V10-V14. [msaitoh 20200121]
140	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1d. [christos 20200122]
141	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.6 [roy 20200127]
142	openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.10.0 [roy 20200127]
143	urio(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200129]
144	Collect network interface statistics using per-cpu counters
145		that are collated when they are queried. [thorpej 20200201]
146	realpath(1): Ported from FreeBSD. [kamil 20200202]
147	kernel: Remove azalia(4). [jmcneill 20200209]
148	awk(1): Import 20200218 [christos 20200218]
149	genet(4): Add support for Broadcom GENETv5 ethernet controllers, found
150		in the Raspberry Pi 4. [jmcneill 20200222]
151	OpenSSH: Import 8.2. [christos 20200226]
152	ld.elf_so(1): Implement DT_GNU_HASH [kamil 20200229]
153	amiga: Fix word accesses on Gayle (A1200) pcmcia. [is 20200302]
154	libcbor: Import for libfido2 support [christos 20200302]
155	libfido2: Import for pam-u2f support [christos 20200302]
156	pam-u2f: Import token authenticator [christos 20200302]
157	gcc(1): Import GCC 8.4. [mrg 20200311]
158	terminfo: Support numeric parameters as int [roy 20200313]
159	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.0. [christos 20200318]
160	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1e. [christos 20200321]
161	amd64, i386: Significant performance improvements in the pmap module
162		[ad 20200322]
163	namecache: Change the namecache to index names using per directory
164		red-black trees. [ad 20200322]
165	uvm: Process concurrent page faults on individual objects in parallel,
166		where the relevant pages are already in-core.  [ad 20200322]
167	bwfm: Update firmware to linux-firmware-20200316. [thorpej 20200322]
168	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200326. [christos 20200328]
169	ioctlprint(1): Add ioctl descriptive printer. [kamil 20200402]
170	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.0 [roy 20200402]
171	binutils: Updated to FSF binutils 2.34. [christos 20200404]
172	mount_smbfs(8): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
173	nsmb(4): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
174	xen: remove legacy rx-flip support from xennet(4) and xvif(4)
175		[jdolecek 20200405]
176	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1f. [christos 20200405]
177	xennet(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200406]
178	aarch64: Add support for Pointer Authentication (PAC).
179		[maxv 20200412]
180	aarch64: Add support for Branch Target Identification (BTI).
181		[maxv 20200413]
182	umass(4): Removed obsolete ISD-ATA support [jdolecek 20200413]
183	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.1 [roy 20200413]
184	xbd(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200413]
185	xbd(4): Support regular 64KB MAXPHYS [jdolecek 20200415]
186	xbd(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200416]
187	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.2 [roy 20200421]
188	xbdback(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200421]
189	xbdback(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200423]
190	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1g. [christos 20200424]
191	tzdata updated to 2020a  [kre 20200425]
192	amd64, i386: Added support for Xen PV drivers under HVM guests.
193		[bouyer 20200425]
194	kernel: Overhauled entropy subsystem [riastradh 20200430]
195	xen: Added support for Xen PVH. [bouyer 20200502]
196	hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for EVRX framebuffer on
197		HP9000/425e. [tsutsui 20200504]
198	xennet(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200430]
199	xvif(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200503]
200	kernel: Added support for swap encryption with sysctl -w
201		vm.swap_encrypt=1 [riastradh 20200509]
202	xen: Support MSI for XenPV [jdolecek 20200504]
203	hppa: Enable modules in GENERIC by default.  [skrll 20200511]
204	aarch64: Added support for ARMv8.5-RNG RNDRRS CPU random number
205		generator instructions [riastradh 20200511]
206	xen: enable MULTIPROCESSOR for Xen dom0. [bouyer 20200513]
207	ptrace(2): Add PT_SET_SIGPASS and PT_GET_SIGPASS. [kamil 20200514]
208	evbarm: Added support for EFI RNG firwmare random number generator
209		[riastradh 20200514]
210	ACL: Add FFS support for ACLS via extended attributes, from FreeBSD.
211		[christos 20200516]
212	evbarm: Added support for Rockchip RK3399 crypto random number
213		generator device [riastradh 20200517]
214	libuv: Import version 1.38.0. [christos 20200524]
215	bind: Import version 9.16.3. [christos 20200524]
216	tzcode: Updated to 2020a. [christos 20200525]
217	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.8p14. [christos 20200525]
218	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200430. [christos 20200525]
219	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.2. [christos 20200525]
220	OpenSSH: Import 8.3. [christos 20200528]
221	evbarm: Add install media for earmv7hf and aarch64. [jmcneill 20200528]
222	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.1 [roy 20200604]
223	inet6: in-kernel Router Advertisment handling removed. [roy 20200612]
224	file(1): Upgraded to 5.39. [christos 20200614]
225	blocklist: import current version [christos 20200614]
226	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.2 [roy 20200615]
227	evbarm: Add support for loading modules with the bootloader.
228		[jmcneill 20200221]
229	evbarm: Added boot.cfg support to efiboot [jmcneill 20200211]
230	kernel: Remove all variable-time AES and replace it by constant-time
231		aes_ct from BearSSL or a CPU-dependent implementation,
232		selected at boot time according to CPU capabilities.
233		[riastradh 20200629]
234	amd64: Add support for AES-NI in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
235	x86: Add support for bitsliced AES with SSE2 in kernel.
236		[riastradh 20200629]
237	x86: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with SSSE3 in
238		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
239	x86: Add support for VIA ACE AES in kernel (not just via opencrypto).
240		[riastradh 20200629]
241	arm: Add support for ARMv8.0-AES in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
242	arm: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with ARM NEON in
243		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
244	cgd(4): Add support for Adiantum cipher, providing much better software
245		performance than AES-CBC or AES-XTS. [riastradh 20200629]
246	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.4 [roy 20200703]
247	x86: Xen kernels now use the same kernel modules as native kernels.
248		[chs 20200704]
249	wskbd(4): Added keyboard layouts for Brazilian Portugese,
250		Canadian French, Estonian, Icelandic, and Latin American
251		Spanish to pckbd(4) and ukbd(4). [nia 20200713]
252	bnx(4): Enable support for MSI/MSI-X [jdolecek 20200714]
253	ciss(4): Add support for PERFORMANT mode, and enable MSI/MSI-X
254		for adapters supporting it [jdolecek 20200714]
255	ciss(4): Match new HP Smart Array adapters [jdolecek 20200714]
256	x86: Introduce per-cpu IDTs [yamaguchi 20200714]
257	evbmips: Renamed kernel config files:
258		ERLITE         -> OCTEON
259		INSTALL_ERLITE -> INSTALL_OCTEON
260		[simonb 20200715]
261	libc: Added ppoll() wrapper around native pollts(2) [kamil 20200717]
262	openresolv: Import version 3.11.0 [roy 20200722]
263	sun3: Add Xorg-Server-1.20'fied ancient monolithc Xsun servers.
264		[tsutsui 20200722]
265	wwanc(4): Add driver for Intel XMM7360 LTE modem [jdolecek 20200726]
266	xen: MSI enabled by default [jdolecek 20200728]
267	kernel: remove the BRIDGE_IPF option, build its code by default
268		unconditionally. [maxv 20200801]
269	aarch64: Add support for Privileged Access Never (PAN).
270		[maxv 20200802]
271	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200717. [christos 20200802]
272	bind: Import version 9.16.5. [christos 20200803]
273	dhcp: Import version 4.4.2. [christos 20200803]
274	openldap: Import 2.4.50. [christos 20200811]
275	kernel: Add getrandom system call. [riastradh 20200813]
276	kernel: Disable COMPAT_LINUX by default [jdolecek 20200816]
277	mips: Port crash(8) to mips.  [mrg 20200816]
278	wg(4): Add implementation of WireGuard protocol. [ozaki-r 20200820]
279	gcc(1): Import GCC 9.3. [mrg 20200904]
280	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.2.0. [roy 20200906]
281	iavf(4): Add driver for Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
282		[yamaguchi 20200908]
283	gcc(1): Install TSan for 64bit CPUs. [kamil 20200913]
284	network: IPv6 Neighor Detection is now address agnostic
285		and is used by ARP. RFC 7048 is included. [roy 20200916]
286	alpha: Fixed several stability problems with MULTIPROCESSOR
287		enabled.  Improved performance of TLB operations in
288		pmap module.  Implemented fast-soft-interrupts.  Enabled
289		MULTIPROCESSOR in GENERIC.  [thorpej 20200918]
290	ld.so(1): Upgrade r_debug to the protocol version 1. [kamil 20200921]
291	vether(4): Imported from OpenBSD. [roy 20200927]
292	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.0 [roy 20201005]
293	tzdata updated to 2020b  [kre 20201008]
294	tzcode: Updated to 2020b. [christos 20201009]
295	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.1 [roy 20201012]
296	tzdata updated to 2020c  [kre 20201017]
297	tzcode: Updated to 2020c. [christos 20201017]
298	ossaudio(3): Added support for the OSSv4 Mixer API [nia 20201017]
299	tzdata updated to 2020d  [kre 20201022]
300	pcf8574(4): Add a driver for the PCF8574 I/O expander [jdc 20201029]
301	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.2 [roy 20201101]
302	tmux(1): Imported 3.1c. [christos 20201101]
303	kernel: Better default for kern.maxfiles for systems with
304		larger RAM [simonb 20201112]
305	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20201113. [christos 20201127]
306	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.4 [roy 20201128]
307	arm: Switch earmv6{,hf}eb to BE8. [rin 20201201]
308	evbarm: Support Raspberry Pi 0-3 in big-endian mode. All devices
309		except for vchiq(4) and vcaudio(4) are supported. Pi 3 is
310		capable to run both in aarch64eb and earmv7{,hf}eb modes.
311		[rin 20201201]
312	pkg_install: Updated to 20201202. This changes the default database
313		location from /var/db/pkg to /usr/pkg/pkgdb. [wiz 20201202]
314	libfido2: Update to 1.5.0 for OpenSSH 8.4 support [christos 20201204]
315	OpenSSH: Import 8.4. [christos 20201204]
316	pkg_install: Updated to 20201205. [wiz 20201205]
317	acpicpu(4): Add support for Arm CPUs. [jmcneill 20201207]
318	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1i. [christos 20201209]
319	pkg_install: Updated to 20201212. [wiz 20201212]
320	sparc64: Add environment monitoring for the E250 [jdc 20201223]
321	sti(4), hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for SGC CRX (A1659-66001)
322		framebuffer for HP9000/425t. [tsutsui 20201223]
323	openresolv: Update to version 3.12.0 [roy 20201227]
324	nvmm: implement support for trapping REP CMPS [reinoud 20201227]
325	resize: Import Xterm's resize(1) for querying (x)terminal sizes in
326		base for headless clients [reinoud 20201227]
327	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.4.0 [roy 20201228]
328	tzdata updated to 2020f (includes update to 2020e)  [kre 20201231]
329	evbarm: Add support for Amlogic G12 family SoCs. [ryo 20210101]
330	pppd(8): updated to version 2.4.9. [christos 20210109]
331	tzdata updated to 2021a [kre 20210124]
332	evbmips: Add support for QEMU "mipssim" emulator. [simonb 20210127]
333	x68k: Add Emulate3Buttons support to X68k Xorg based monolithic server.
334		[tsutsui 20210207]
335	bind: Import version 9.16.12. [christos 20210219]
336	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1j. [christos 20210219]
337	byacc: Update to 20210109. [christos 20210220]
338	regex: Add NLS support and gnu regex extensions (off by default).
339		[christos 20210223]
340	wpa: Import wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.9. [christos 20210228]
341	tzcode: Updated to 2021a. [christos 20210228]
342	OpenSSH: Import 8.5. [christos 20210304]
343	nsd: Import 4.3.5. [christos 20210315]
344	unbound(8): Import 1.13.1. [christos 20210315]
345	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1k. [christos 20210325]
346	evbppc: Add support for DHT Walnut 405GP evaluation board.
347		[rin 20210402]
348	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20210331. [christos 20210403]
349	libevent: Import libevent 2.1.12 [christos 20210406]
350	services(5), protocols(5): Pull iana-generated services and protocols.
351		[christos 20210408]
352	file(1): Upgraded to 5.40. [christos 20210409]
353	pkg_install: Updated to 20210410. This simplifes version checking for
354		NetBSD. [nia 20210410]
355	gcc(1): Import GCC 10.3.  [mrg 20200410]
356	alpha: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
357	amd64: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
358	ia64: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
359	riscv: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
360	sparc: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
361	sparc64: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
362	vax: Switch to GCC 10.  [mrg 20200416]
363