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24Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
25	evbppc: Add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
26	mac68k: Add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the
27		VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
28	ixp425: Add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
29	nfs: Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
30	mount_psshfs(8): Add puffs sshfs. [pooka 20061229]
31	zaurus: Add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
32	i386: Add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
33	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface
34		address changes is now supported - no more ntpd
35		restarts when interface addresses are re-configured
36		(WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]
37	kernel: Global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to
38		the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
39	gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110. [mrg 20070111]
40	acpitools: Added from FreeBSD via fvdl. [christos 20070114]
41	scsictl(8): Added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the
42		optical drive should use for reading data,
43		contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
44	i386, amd64: Add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
45	newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
46		kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
47		on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
48		with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
49	news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
50	refuse: Added FUSE (file system in userspace) compatibility
51		functionality, layered on top of libpuffs. [agc 20070211]
52	i386: Added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption
53		instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
54	sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
55	btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver.
56		[kiyohara 20070221]
57	btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon.
58		[kiyohara 20070221]
59	mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
60	eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept
61		eeprom from actually changing firmware settings.
62		[macallan 20070228]
63	MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions
64		defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]
65	x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
66	luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
67	file(1): Update to 4.20.  [pooka 20070304]
68	hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
69	ipv6: Add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
70	openssh: Import 4.6. [christos 20070310]
71	aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver,
72		adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
73	evbmips: Add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
74	i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save
75		power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal
76		Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
77		See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
78	kernel: Import of DRM (Direct Rendering Manager). Not yet enabled
79		by default. [drochner 20070320]
80	libc: Add support for LC_TIME. [manu 20070328]
81	genfb(4): Generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus
82		frontends. [macallan 20070411]
83	sgimips: Add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and
84		onboard display adapter crmfb(4). [jmcneill 20070412]
85	sgimips: Import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from
86		OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20070412]
87	sparc64: Add support for hardware monitoring on
88		Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4). [tnn 20070414]
89	puffs(4): Support NFS exporting puffs file servers. [pooka 20070416]
90	xargs(1): Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our
91		GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]
92	mount_9p(8): Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs.
93		[pooka 20070421]
94	kernel: Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used
95		to locate files within an emulation's root directory.
96		Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first.
97		[dsl 20070422]
98	prep: Add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine. Other RAVEN
99		based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426]
100	kernel: Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430]
101	puffs(3): Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer
102		management and event loop for networked file systems
103		using puffs_cc(3). Convert mount_psshfs(8) and
104		mount_9p(8) to use it. [pooka 20070505]
105	kernel: Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk
106		at root mount time. [manu 20070508]
107	pf(4): Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state
108		policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating').
109		Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state
110		policies. [dyoung 20070510]
111	idlelwp: yamt-idlelwp branch was merged.
112		1. separate context switching and thread scheduling.
113		2. implement idle lwp.
114		3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces.
115		4. make scheduler(s) modular.
116		[yamt 20070518]
117	ld.elf_so(1): Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths.
118		[christos 20070518]
119	uslsa(4): Added CP210x USB-RS232 ucom driver, as submitted by
120		Jonathan A. Kollasch in PR kern/33496. [dogcow 20070520]
121	top(1): Allow a single process to be selected by pid.
122		Add a 'thread mode' that displays LWPs.
123		[ad 20070524]
124	libcurses: Merge in wide curses work done by Ruibiao Qui as a
125		Google Summer of Code project. [blymn 20070529]
126	powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl. [nisimura 20070601]
127	smsc(4): Added a driver for the hardware monitoring portion of
128		the SMSC LPC47B397. [blymn 20070601]
129	file(1): Update to 4.21. [pooka 20070607]
130	zyd(4): Added OpenBSD's driver. Supports ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B
131		USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device. [kiyohara 20070609]
132	mac68k: Switch sn(4) Ethernet on mac68k to using MI SONIC driver.
133		[tsutsui 20070610]
134	tcp(4): Per socket keepalive timer settings. Ability to change
135		connection timeout. [christos 20070620].
136	newgrp(1): Add POSIX (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 / Open Group Base
137		Specifications Issue 6) User Portability Utility to change
138		effective group ID. [ginsbach 20060621]
139	gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.3-20070620.  [mrg 20070621]
140	ntp: Updated to version 4.2.4p2. [kardel 20070624]
141	tcpdrop(8): Ported by anon ymous (from FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
142		[christos 20070625]
143	fast_ipsec(4): Add support for IPsec NAT-T. [degroote 20070627]
144	efs: Added read-only Silicon Graphics EFS file system. [rumble 20070629]
145	envsys(4), sysmon_envsys(9): Imported envsys2. New API with the
146		following features:
147		- Cleaned up the API for simplicity and efficiency.
148		- Ability to send capacity/critical/warning events to powerd(8).
149		- Added support for a 'dictionary based communication channel'
150		  between sysmon_power(9) and powerd(8), that means there is
151		  no 32 bytes event size event restriction anymore.
152		- Binary compatibility with old envstat(8) and powerd(8) via
153		  COMPAT_40.
154		And more, please see envsys(4) and sysmon_envsys(9) for more
155		information.
156		[xtraeme 20070701]
157	mount_puffsportal: Add experimental version of portalfs
158		based on puffs(3).  [pooka 20070708]
159	i386: Add gcscehci(4) driver for the EHCI controller found in the AMD
160		Geode CS5536 companion controllers. [jmcneill 20070708]
161	nfsmb(4): Add support for NVIDIA nForce 2/3/4 SMBus controller and
162		SMBus driver. [kiyohara 20070711]
163	dbri(4): Added support for audio input. [macallan 20070712]
164	alpha: Add timecounter(9) support and switch to MI todr(9)
165		with MI mc146818 driver. [tsutsui 20070721]
166	ichsmb(4): Add support for Intel ICH SMBus controller.
167		[kiyohara 20070728]
168	shark: Add dhclient(8) to the install disk image to be able to
169		configure network interfaces through DHCP.  [jmmv 20070729]
170	sparc: The cgfourteen(4) driver now supports wscons. [macallan 20070730]
171	shark: Switched the installation disk to use wscons instead of
172		pccons. [jmmv 20070731]
173	tcp(4): TCP socket buffers automatic sizing, ported from FreeBSD.
174		[rmind 20070802]
175	agp(4): Add support agp_amd64. Imported from FreeBSD.
176		[kiyohara 20070804]
177	cpuctl(8): A new utility which allows setting CPUs online/offline.
178		[ad 20070804]
179	libpthread: Make some significant performance improvements around
180		thread synchronization, and fix a minor problem with
181		detaching running threads. [ad 20070804]
182	rump: Add the Runnable Userspace Meta Program framework to sys/rump.
183		These are programs which compile in a part from the standard
184		kernel sources and run in userspace.  Their main use is
185		testing/debugging. Currently supported are a number of
186		file systems (e.g. ffs) through puffs(3). [pooka 20070805]
187	wscons(4): Add scrollback support to vcons, this should work with
188		any framebuffer console driver that uses vcons.
189		[macallan 20070805]
190	wtf(6): Search pkgsrc's help database when ran inside a package
191		directory. [hubertf 20070806]
192	libpthread: Another performance improvement, and a fix for an issue
193		that could cause threaded applications to hang under rare
194		circumstances. [ad 20070807]
195	mount_sysctlfs(8): sysctl(3) to file system translator. [pooka 20070809]
196	slhci(4): Replace to Matthew Orgass's slhci(4). [kiyohara 20070815]
197	spdmem(4): Add Serial Presence Detect driver/support. This decodes
198		technical specifications stored in the eeprom on common types
199		of memory modules. [tnn 20070818]
200	btbc(4): Add support for AnyCom BlueCard. [kiyohara 20070820]
201	libm: Add C99 complex support (float/double). [drochner 20070820]
202	ichlpcib(4): The driver has added support for the TCO (watchdog) on
203		ICH6 or newer chipsets plus timecounter support. Also it can
204		be used on EM64T systems running the amd64 port. Adapted from
205		FreeBSD and OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20070826]
206	agten(4): Add support for Fujitsu AG-10e graphics cards working as
207		accelerated framebuffer console. [macallan 20070826]
208	ag10e(4): Add XFree86 driver to run the AG-10e in 24bit with
209		acceleration. [macallan 20070830]
210	uchcom(4): Add support for WinChipHead CH341/340 USB-Serial adapter.
211		[tshiozak 20070903]
212	amd64, i386: cgd(4) is part of GENERIC. [joerg 20070906]
213	libpthread: scalability and performance enhancements. The MySQL
214		sysbench benchmark in read-only mode now scales to 900
215		simultaneous client threads on a 4xCPU i386 system before
216		serious performance drop-off occurs. [ad 20070907]
217	kernel: Added support for POSIX message queues. [rmind 20070907]
218	aps(4): driver for IBM Thinkpad Active Protection System,
219		provides support for some sensors exported through
220		the envsys(4) framework. Ported by Pierre Pronchery
221		from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20070911]
222	i386, amd64: pcc is now able to compile most of the i386 kernel.
223		a number of changes have been made for LKM and
224		preemption safety. [ad 20070927]
225	i386: i386 bootblocks are now able to boot amd64 kernels.
226		support for a.out kernels has been removed. [ad 20070927]
227	kernel: Added support for kernel core dumps to RAID 1 sets.
228		[oster 20071004]
229	kernel: The new socket option SO_NOHEADER tells the network
230		stack to strip the protocol header from packets
231		received on a raw socket. [dyoung 20071005]
232	gre(4): Available encapsulations increase to IPv6, UDP in
233		IPv6, and UDP in IPv4.  The Mobile IP encapsulation
234		is no more. [dyoung 20071005]
235	malloc(3): Replace the default memory allocator with 'jemalloc',
236		designed to perform well in both single- and multi-
237		threaded processes. This provides a significant
238		performance boost for many threaded workloads that
239		make use of malloc, such as MySQL. [ad 20071006]
240	kernel: A new SCHED_M2 scheduler, improves the performance on
241		MP systems, supports real-time and time-sharing classes,
242		ready for the CPU affinity. [rmind 20071009]
243	powerpc, prep, pmppc, evbppc, macppc, ibmnws, bebox, sandpoint, ofppc:
244		Merge ppcoea-renovation branch. [garbled 20071017]
245	prep: Convert to generic powerpc PCI framework. [garbled 20071017]
246	powerpc: New generic interrupt handler framework. [macallan 20071017]
247	macppc: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework.
248		[macallan 20071017]
249	prep: Convert to generic powerpc ISA framework. [garbled 20071017]
250	bebox: Convert to generic soft interrupts. [matt 20071017]
251	prep: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework. [garbled 20071017]
252	powerpc: New generic shared timecounters-based clock routines.
253		[garbled 20071017]
254	prep: Convert to generic powerpc clock. [garbled 20071017]
255	sandpoint: Convert to generic soft interrupts. [nisimura 20071017]
256	sandpoint: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework.
257		[nisimura 20071017]
258	sandpoint: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI/ISA framework.
259		[nisimura 20071017]
260	macppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI framework.
261		[macallan 20071017]
262	pmppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI/interrupt framework.
263		[garbled 20071017]
264	pmppc: Remove pmppc as a port, and move it to a supported board under
265		evbppc. [garbled 20071017]
266	ibmnws: Convert to generic powerpc clock.c/PCI/interrupt framework.
267		[rjs 20071017]
268	mvmeppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock.c/PCI/interrupt framework.
269		[garbled 20071017]
270	powerpc: Add shared PReP memory maps. [garbled 20071017]
271	sandpoint: DHCP/NFS bootloader. [nisimura 20071017]
272	macppc: Convert to generic powerpc bus_dma. [matt 20071017]
273	macppc: Convert to generic powerpc bus_space. [garbled 20071017]
274	powerpc: Generic powerpc OpenFirmware code. [garbled 20071017]
275	ofppc: Completely rewrite ofppc port from scratch. [garbled 20071017]
276	bebox: Convert to generic powerpc PCI/ISA framework. [ober 20071017]
277	macppc: Use genfb(4) as the default framebuffer instead of ofb.
278		[macallan 20071017]
279	macppc: Switch to new ADB subsystem. [macallan 20071017]
280	macppc: Add support for bus speed control found in some Intrepid-based
281		*Books like the 800MHz iBook G4. [macallan 20071017]
282	powerpc: New generic powerpc IPI framework. [garbled 20071017]
283	macppc: Convert to generic powerpc IPI framework. [garbled 20071017]
284	powerpc: New generic powerpc SMP support framework. [garbled 20071017]
285	macppc: Convert to generic powerpc SMP framework. [macallan 20071017]
286	prep: Convert to generic powerpc IPI/SMP framework. [garbled 20071017]
287	ofppc: New ofwpci configuration methods, add rtas device.
288		[garbled 20071025]
289	shark: Removed pccons(4), obsoleted by wscons(4). [jmmv 20071028]
290	coretemp(4): Driver for Intel Core's on-die thermal sensor,
291		available on Core or newer CPUs. Ported from FreeBSD.
292		[xtraeme 20071029]
293	i386, amd64: Added support for Intel 82G965 chipset. [jnemeth 20071030]
294	ofppc: Stop using ofbus driver, rewrite console code [garbled 20071104]
295	ofppc, macppc: Convert to shared ofw_autoconf. [garbled 20071107]
296	nsclpcsio(4): Added support for the VLM logical device. This provides
297		14 voltage sensors in addition to the previous 3 temperature
298		sensors provided in the TMS logical device. From OpenBSD.
299		[xtraeme 20071109]
300	btkey(1): A new utility to manage Bluetooth link keys in OS and
301		and device storage. [plunky 20071109]
302	putter(9): A Pass-to-Userspace Transporter, a generic request-response
303		handler for kernel-attached userspace daemons (e.g. puffs(4)).
304		[pooka 20071110]
305	pad(4): Added the pseudo-audio device driver, for feeding back raw
306		PCM data to userland. [jmcneill 20071111]
307	r128fb(4): New accelerated console driver for ATI Rage 128 graphics
308		controllers. [macallan 20071111]
309	atf(7): Initial import of the Automated Testing Framework, version 0.3.
310		Provides a framework to easily define and run test cases for
311		the NetBSD operating system.  Work until 0.1 sponsored by
312		Google Summer of Code 2007 and mentored by martin.
313		[jmmv 20071112]
314	sysinst: Add support to install the new tests.tgz set.
315		[jmmv 20071112]
316	tests: Converted the regress/bin tree to use ATF and migrated it
317		to tests/util. [jmmv 20071112]
318	tests: Converted the regress/sys/fs/tmpfs tree to use ATF and
319		migrated it to tests/fs/tmpfs. [jmmv 20071112]
320	tests: Converted the regress/games tree to use ATF and migrated it
321		to tests/games. [jmmv 20071112]
322	ahcisata(4): Add support for ATAPI devices. [bouyer 20071112]
323	newfs_ext2fs(8): Add a native newfs_ext2fs(8) command.
324		Closes PR bin/16175. [tsutsui 20071117]
325	i386, amd64: Add support for /boot.cfg to configure the bootloader.
326		This includes optionally displaying menus, altering banner
327		text and changing options such as timeouts and console device
328		which previously required use of installboot.
329		[sborrill 20071120]
330	pud(4): Add a driver via which it is possible to implement
331		block and character devices in userspace. [pooka 20071120]
332	xen: Added support for amd64 architecture, both as dom0 and domU.
333		[bouyer 20071122]
334	i386: Create a boot.cfg on the install CD to allow the end-user to
335		select either the standard or non-ACPI kernel easily.
336		[sborrill 20071123]
337	libsa: Add ext2fs support. [tsutsui 20071201]
338	bcsp(4): Add support for BlueCore Serial Protocol. [kiyohara 20071202]
339	toolchain: Install the linker scripts on amd64, which allows to
340		link x86 32bits objects using the native ld(1).
341		[bouyer 20071202]
342	arcmsr(4): Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID controller driver,
343		ported from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20071204]
344	fxp(4): Fix some TX timeout and RX pool corruption problems.
345		Mostly from OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20071208]
346	ofppc: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [garbled 20071210]
347	ofppc: Added support for the bplan/Genesi Pegasos II. [garbled 20071210]
348	sandpoint: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [nisimura 20071211]
349	macppc: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [macallan 20071211]
350	acpi(4): Updated ACPI-CA to 20070320. [jmcneill 20071211]
351	kernel: Added a new power management framework, see pmf(9) for details.
352		[jmcneill,joerg 20071211]
353	ifconfig(8): Add 'list scan' to ifconfig, which list access point in
354		the neighbourhood. [adegroot 20071216]
355	MAKEDEV(8): Use pax(1) in preference to mknod(8) to create device
356		nodes more efficiently; use mount_tmpfs(8) in preference to
357		mount_mfs(8) when creating a memory file system. [apb 20071215]
358	nfe(4): Handle a quirk of newer MCP6x chips on reading MAC address.
359		[tsutsui 20071217]
360	rs6000: New port of NetBSD to the MCA based IBM RS/6000 7006-41T.
361		[garbled 20071217]
362	openssh: Import 4.7. [christos 20071217]
363	i386, amd64: Add support for ACPI S3 (suspend-to-RAM) on MP systems.
364		[joerg 20071218]
365	sparc64: Add support for Sun PGX32 / TechSource Raptor GFX 8P to
366		genfb ( mostly workarounds for firmware bugs ), also build
367		XFree86's glint driver for accelerated X. [macallan 20071219]
368	newsyslog(8): newsyslog.conf flag 'J' will bzip2 logfiles.
369		[dogcow 20071221]
370	thinkpad(4): Add driver for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad hotkeys and
371		brightness controls. [jmcneill 20071221]
372	kernel: Address Space Layout Randomization support in the kernel and
373		dynamic linker, see security(8). [elad,christos 20071226]
374	msdosfs: Significantly improved writing speed (up to 16x faster).
375		[reinoud 20071228]
376	itesio(4): Added support for the Watchdog Timer. [xtraeme 20071229]
377	usermode: Add port of the NetBSD kernel to userspace.
378		[jmcneill 20071229]
379	hp700: Kernels are now compiled with -O2. [skrll 20071230]
380	compat_hpux: Removed. [ad 20071231]
381	systrace(1): Removed. [ad 20071231]
382	tprof: Add tprof, a simple performance monitor based profiler,
383		inspired from linux oprofile.  it's still very experimental.
384		[yamt 20080102]
385	bioctl(8): Rewritten to handle new features like creating/removing
386		hot-spare, pass-through disks and RAID volumes, start/stop
387		consistency checks in volumes and others. [xtraeme 20080102]
388	arcmsr(4): Added support to create/remove hot-spare, pass-through
389		disks and RAID volumes, start/stop consistency checks
390		in volumes as well as showing information about physical
391		disks (even if they are marked as hot-spare, pass-through
392		or unused). [xtraeme 20080102]
393	ofppc: Support intallation and RAID bootable root. [mrg 20080102]
394	gem(4): Add support for Sun SX fibre cards.  [jdc 20080105]
395	kernel: All platforms have been converted to use generic todr(9).
396		[gdamore,joerg 20080108]
397	ulpt(4): Implement non-blocking read. [gdt 20080108]
398	gcscpcib(4): Added driver for the AMD CS5535 and CS5536 Companion
399		Device with support for Timecounter, Watchdog Timer and
400		GPIO. Adapted from OpenBSD by Yojiro UO. [xtraeme 20080109]
401	pc532: Port deleted. [simonb 20080109]
402	ofppc: Fix ofwboot to work on an IBM CHRP-based RS/6000.
403		[garbled 20080109]
404	i386: Add sparse kernel core dumps (minidumps) for this platform
405		using a backwards-compatible on-disk core format. Not
406		turned on by default yet. Similar to FreeBSD minidumps but
407		simpler in implementation. Implementation by Jed Davis and
408		Devon O'Dell, contributed to NetBSD by Coyote Point Systems.
409		[tls 20080110]
410	hppa: Added gdb(1) support. [skrll 20080110]
411	auvia(4): Make this work on big endian machines. [tsutsui 20080114]
412	kernel: Implementation of processor-sets and affinity. [rmind 20080115]
413	libpthread: POSIX real-time extensions. [rmind 20080115]
414	schedctl(8): A new program to control scheduling of processes and
415		threads. [rmind 20080115]
416	kernel: Added a new framework for kernel modules, enabled through the
417		MODULAR kernel option and used through the modctl(2) system
418		call.  [ad 20080116]
419	modules: Added new versions of modload(8), modstat(8) and modunload(8)
420		that use modctl(2).  Not built by default.  [ad 20080116]
421	bktr(4): Added amd64 support. [jmcneill 20080116]
422	ofppc: Add support for the IBM 7044-270. [garbled 20080117]
423	fdisk(8): Fix possible division by zero errors. [tsutsui 20080120]
424	kernel: All platforms have been converted to use timecounter(9).
425		[joerg 20080120]
426	usb(4): Add uhmodem(4) driver for Huawei E220 wireless modem.
427		[ichiro 20080121]
428	compat_linux32: Add ossaudio(3) support. [jmcneill 20080121]
429	xen: Added support for the i386 PAE extention to Xen3 domU
430		[bouyer 20080123]
431	uhub(4): The device attachment function has been optimized to
432		improve system startup time. [jmcneill 20080124]
433	kernel: The interface for IP checksumming was changed to reduce
434		duplication and more general use. [joerg 20080125]
435	hostapd(8), wpa_supplicant(8): Upgrade to 0.6.2 [christos 20080126]
436	nfe(4): Wakeup some newer chips from powerdown mode.
437		From FreeBSD/Linux driver via OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20080126]
438	sgimips: Enable bootinfo passed from bootloader so that now kernel
439		symbol table and ksyms(4) are usable. [tsutsui 20080126]
440	hpcmips: Fix silent hangup problem on TX3922 machines.
441		From Risto Sainio. [tsutsui 20080126]
442	openpam(3): upgrade to 20071221 [christos 20080126]
443	azalia(4): Analog Devices AD1984 codec support has been improved
444		to support headphones and 4 channel playback, and now
445		exposes an outputs.master mixer control that mirrors the
446		inputs.dac mixer control to make libossaudio happy.
447		[jmcneill 20080130]
448	arc: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
449	cobalt: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
450	gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.3-20080202.  [mrg 20080202]
451	atf(7): Import 0.4.  [jmmv 20080204]
452	sgimips: Add hardware acceleration for crmfb [macallan 20080205]
453	modules: Added the MKMODULAR option to the build system to easily
454		enable the build of the new kernel modules framework.
455		[jmmv 20080209]
456	iwn(4): Added a driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless Lan 4965AGN
457		Mini-PCI Adapter, ported from OpenBSD. [ober 20080209]
458	ofppc: Add support for the 7046-B50. [garbled 2008-02-13]
459	powerpc: Add tuned assembler from IBM for memcpy(3), memmove(3) and
460		memcmp(3).  [garbled 20080221]
461	puc(4): Add support for I-O DATA RSA-PCI 2 port serial board.
462		[tsutsui 20080222]
463	monop(6): Save and restore format changed; compatibility with old
464		save files broken, but they were not usable anyway.
465		[dholland 20080223]
466	mfi(4): Added support for LSI SAS1078 and Dell PERC 6, from OpenBSD.
467		[xtraeme 20080225]
468	cobalt: Add netboot support for 21041 on Qube 2700. [tsutsui 20080301]
469	cobalt: Print startup and shutdown messages on LCD panel.
470		[tsutsui 20080304]
471	sparc64: SMP support now works on some models. [nakayama 20080314]
472	cobalt: Add bootloader support for optional Z85C30 serial on Qube 2700.
473		[tsutsui 20080316]
474	re(4): Make hardware vlan(4) tag insertion/extraction work properly.
475		[tsutsui 20080318]
476	cobalt: Fix a botched spl(9) bug which could cause network freeze
477		on traffic between two network interfaces. [tsutsui 20080318]
478	bzip2(1): Upgrade to 1.0.5. [christos 20080318]
479	libcurses: Add termattrs() and term_attrs(). [jdc 20080321]
480	kerberos: Upgrade to Heimdal-1.1. [mlelstv 20080322]
481	cobalt: Add kernel support for optional Z85C30 serial on Qube 2700.
482		[tsutsui 20080327]
483	lii(4): Added a driver for the Atheros L2 Fast-Ethernet controller,
484		notably found on Asus's EeePC. [cube 20080328]
485	azalia(4): Added support for the Realtek ALC662-GR codec as found
486		in the EeePC. [jmcneill 20080331]
487	asus(4): Added a driver for ASUS ACPI hotkeys as found in the EeePC.
488		[jmcneill 20080331]
489	zaurus: Add sysinst support. [chris 20080401]
490	finsio(4): Added a driver for the Fintek Super I/O chips, supporting
491		the Hardware Monitor device. Adapted from OpenBSD.
492		[xtraeme 20080403]
493	hp700: Add support for the SCSI NCR 53C720 SCSI controller found in
494		early HP 9000s for the attachment of an Fast-Wide (16-bit)
495		SCSI-2 bus, utilizing HVD signalling via the siop(4)
496		driver. [skrll 20080405]
497	openssh: Import 5.0. [christos 20080406]
498	ofppc: Support for SMP added. [garbled 20080408]
499	opencrypto: Improve performance to 84,000 short modular math ops/sec
500		    by adding asynchronous operation and batched submit/
501		    retrieve of requests/results.  Rewrite manual page to
502		    make it easier to write new code to the API.  Donated
503		    by Coyote Point Systems, Inc. [tls 20080410]
504	acpi(4): Updated ACPI-CA to 20080321. [jmcneill 20080412]
505	libcurses: Add getwin() and putwin(). [jdc 20080414]
506	shark: Support for X on rev. 4 sharks is back [macallan 20080419]
507	amdtemp(4): AMD CPU Temperature driver. Adapted from OpenBSD.
508		[cegger 20080423]
509	netiso: Remove obsolete TPCONS support. [plunky 20080423]
510	arm: merge armv6 kernel support from matt-armv6 branch.
511		[matt 20080427]
512	prep: Support for floppy controller/drive. [garbled 20080428]
513	gpio(4): Extend with open/close to handle request/release the
514		ppbus(4) on open/close. From Hans Rosenfeld. [cegger 20080429]
515	ppbus(4): Extend to attach on gpiobus. From Hans Rosenfeld.
516		[cegger 20080429]
517	prep: Bootable ISO now built automatically. [garbled 20080430]
518	atf(7): Import 0.5.  [jmmv 20080501]
519	tests: Convert the tests in the tests/ hierarchy that were written in
520		C++ to C, making use of the libatf-c library that comes with
521		the ATF 0.5 just imported.  [jmmv 20080501]
522	hpqlb(4): Hotkey driver for HP notebooks. [cegger 20080501]
523