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27Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
28
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 Superseded by the new module framework.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	rump: i386 and amd64 can use kernel module binaries [pooka 20081230]
95	mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase.
96		[christos 20090103]
97	rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104]
98	module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105]
99	bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
100		wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
101		[macallan 20090109]
102	rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
103	rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
104	makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
105		ISO 9660 file systems. [bjh21 20090110]
106	time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
107		POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
108	make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
109	openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
110	age(4):	Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet.
111		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
112	atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
113		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
114	atf(7): Import 0.6.  [jmmv 20090119]
115	msdosfs: The default behavior when mounting empty file systems has
116		been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
117		(short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
118		-l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
119	openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
120		src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
121		which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
122		user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
123	X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha.  No support
124		for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
125	kernel: Add support for loading pseudo-device drivers. [haad 20090202]
126	module: Add a module for vnd(4) driver. [haad 20090205]
127	dkctl(8): Display cache, strategy, and list of wedges if no command
128		is specified in the command line. [uebayasi 20090207]
129	udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
130		sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
131		passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
132	libc: Add RFC 2045 MIME Quoted-Printable support. [christos 20090210]
133	sgimips: Add Personal IRIS 4D/20 and 4D/25 (IP6 and IP10) support.
134		[rumble 20090212]
135	sk(4): Add support for flow control. [cegger 20090212]
136	nfe(4): Add support for flow control for MCP65. [cegger 20090212]
137	share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4.  [lukem 20090212]
138	tests: Converted the awk, basename, bzip2, config, cut, dirname, grep,
139		gzip, libcrypto, m4, make and sdiff tests to ATF.  Initial
140		work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz Strzygowski.
141		[jmmv 20090213]
142	libfetch: Import libfetch-2.22. [joerg 20090214]
143	openssh: Import 5.1. [christos 20090216]
144	amd64, i386: The bootloader has been enhanced to support framebuffer
145		consoles using VESA BIOS extensions. These changes allow the
146		x86 ports to work with the genfb(4) driver, and obsoletes
147		the i386-only vesafb(4) driver. [jmcneill 20090216]
148	lvm: Import new lvm2tools 2.02.44 version and libdevmapper 1.02.30.
149		[haad 20090218]
150	compat_linux(8), compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all shmctl(2)
151		commands, not only for STAT/SET. [njoly 20090218]
152	i386: The vesafb(4) driver has been retired. [jmcneill 20090218]
153	tests: Converted some of the kernel tests, including kqueue and ipf,
154		to ATF.  Initial work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz
155		Strzygowski.  [jmmv 20090220]
156	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.11. [roy 20090221]
157	softdep: The soft dependences / soft updates feature of the fast
158		file system (FFS) has been supplanted by meta data
159		journaling (logging).  Logging provides better reliability
160		and better performance for most applications.  Soft
161		dependencies will no longer be available from NetBSD 6.0
162		onwards.  We encourage users to enable logging on FFS file
163		systems. [ad 20090222]
164	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.12. [roy 20090226]
165	evbarm: Improved support for GPIO support on the EP93xx ARM processors.
166		[kenh 20090227]
167	ext2fs: Add support for >128 byte inode. From Frederic Sausmikat.
168		[christos 20090301]
169	zaurus: Add zboot from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090302]
170	xen: Add PCI pass-through support for Xen3.  domain0 kernel gets a
171		pciback PCI drivers, to which device specified in the
172		pciback.hide boot parameter will attach.
173		DomU kernels gets a xpci device, to which PCI buses
174		will attach.  [bouyer 20090305]
175	xen: Add XEN3PAE_DOM0, a i386 domain0 kernel with PAE support.
176		requires a i386PAE or x86_64 hypervisor.  [bouyer 20090305]
177	ar(1): Add support to ar(1) for 'deterministic mode'.
178		[christos 20090306]
179	kernel: Compute kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs on startup based on physical
180		memory. Default can be overridden via sysctl. [joerg 20090306]
181	fxp(4): Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for i82559 and
182		later chips. [tsutsui 20090307]
183	crash(8): Add a new utility to diagnose kernel crashes. Based upon
184		the in-kernel debugger (ddb). [ad 20090307]
185	piixide(4): Add support for 82965PM. [christos 20090309]
186	libfetch: Import libfetch-2.23. [joerg 20090310]
187	wm(4): Add support for 82567LF-3, and fix register access for ICH10DO.
188		[msaitoh 20090310]
189	module: Add tprof modules. [yamt 20090310]
190	zaurus: Add kloader(4) support. [nonaka 20090311]
191	altmem(4): Add 'alternative memory' disk device driver.
192		[jmcneill 20090312]
193	zaurus: Add only playback support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090313]
194	vnd(4): Implement DIOCCACHESYNC ioctl. [christos 20090314]
195	sgimips: Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for mec(4)
196		Ethernet on O2. [tsutsui 20090316]
197	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2009c. [kleink 20090316]
198	am-utils: Import latest from head; adds udf support amd -uu
199		[christos 20090320]
200	re(4): Add hardware checksum support for newer PCIe 8168C/8111C/8102E
201		chips. [tsutsui 20090321]
202	eject(1): Turn on amd(8) support for eject. [christos 20090323]
203	i386: Use "i486" as GNU_ARCH for i386. [drochner 20090327]
204	kmem_alloc(9): Add more extensive runtime debugging facilities.
205		[ad 20090329]
206	wm(4): Add workaround for 82543GC. [msaitoh 20090329]
207	wm(4): Enable hardware vlan(4) support. [darran 20090331]
208	amd64, i386: Default to UFS2 on sysinst(8). [ad 20090404]
209	sysinst(8): Default to wapbl(4) log for ufs partitions. [ad 20090404]
210	pckbd(4): Add a Czech keyboard layout. [mkirby 20090406]
211	sysinst(8): Make installer reject UFS2 for root partition on ports
212		whose bootloaders don't support UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090407]
213	cvs(1): Import 1.12.13 [christos 20090408]
214	libc: Add glob_pattern_p(3) for new cvs(1). [christos 20090408]
215	mtree(8): Add -S option to sort entries.  [apb 20090408]
216	newfs_sysvbfs(8): Add support creating a file system to a regular file.
217		[pooka 20090409]
218	libc: Add memrchr(3). [christos 20090410]
219	bind: Update to 9.6.1-P1.  Full NSEC3 support, automatic zone
220		re-signing, new update-policy methods tcp-self and 6to4-self,
221		unbundle libbind, change the default pid file location from
222		/var/run to /var/run/{named,lwresd} for improved chroot/setuid
223		support. [christos 20090412]
224	libbind: Update to 6.0-rc1. Use md5 for randomid instead of
225		sequential id, add suppport for DS, SSHFP, RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY,
226		DHCID, NSEC3, NSEC3PARAM, HIP and DLV, various new API
227		functions.  [christos 20090412]
228	re(4): Add support for RTL8168CP and RTL8168D. [tsutsui 20090413]
229	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.13 [roy 20090417]
230	zaurus: Add recoding support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090418]
231	httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090418. [mrg 20090418]
232	bge(4): Add misc quirk code for chip specific bugs.
233		From FreeBSD and OpenBSD.  [msaitoh 20090419]
234	queue(3): Add SLIST_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_LAST,
235		SIMPLEQ_CONCAT, and SIMPLEQ_LAST. [mschuett 20090420]
236	ale(4):	Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet.
237		From OpenBSD and improvements from Kevin Lahey.
238		[cegger 20090420]
239	sdmmc(4): Add a driver for SD/MMC from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090421]
240	landisk: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
241	pmax: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
242	uftdi(4): Add support for USB serial adapter REX-USB60F.
243		[taca 20090421]
244	netpgp: Import netpgp. This is a heavily-modified version of
245		openpgpsdk, and will replace it. [agc 20090423]
246	landisk: Enable to build a bootable install disk image.
247		[tsutsui 20090423]
248	compat_linux(8): Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2)/msgctl(2).
249		[njoly 20090423]
250	zx(4): Add wscons support [macallan 20090423]
251	compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2),
252		following corresponding compat_linux(8) change.
253		[njoly 20090427]
254	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.0. [roy 20090428]
255	rc.d(8): Add an rc.d script for dhcpcd(8). [roy 20090428]
256	ichlpcib(4): Attach 82801IEM LPC Interface Bridge too. [njoly 20090429]
257	rump: Add support for remote system calls [pooka 20090429]
258	sh3: Add some support for SH7706. [nonaka 20090430]
259	hppa: Merge the nick-hppapmap branch which includes a port of the
260		OpenBSD pmap, improves support for machines without the
261		PA7100LC or PA7300LC CPUs, and much more.  [skrll 20090430]
262	libc: Add stpcpy(3), stpncpy(3), strnlen(3), all from FreeBSD.
263		[perry 20090501]
264	install(1): Add support for writing sha256, sha384, or sha512 hashes
265		to a METALOG.  [apb 20090501]
266	build: Use sha256 instead of sha1 hashes in METALOG and
267		/etc/mtree/set.* files.  [apb 20090501]
268	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.1 [roy 20090503]
269	hp700: Enable support for UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090503]
270	rpcgen(1): Add support for hyper and quad keywords. [ginsbach 20090506]
271	apropos(1): Add -S and -s support, for searching by machine and
272		section [wiz 20090508]
273	file(1): Import 5.03 [christos 20090508]
274	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.2 [roy 20090510]
275	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.3 [roy 20090511]
276	bluetooth: Update the Bluetooth service discovery API and merge it
277		into libbluetooth, retiring the separate libsdp.
278		[plunky 20090512]
279	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.4 [roy 20090514]
280	libc: Add the getdate(3) and getdate_err value, conforming to
281		IEEE Std 1003.1 (``POSIX.1'') and the Open Group Base
282		Specifications X/Open System Interfaces extension (``XSI'').
283		[ginsbach 20090514]
284	hp700: com at dino now works [skrll 20090518]
285	httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090522. [mrg 20090522]
286	libc: Add %s (seconds since the Epoch) to strptime(3) for symmetry
287		with strftime(3). [ginsbach 20090524]
288	kernel: File descriptor access performance improvements.
289		[ad 20090524]
290	rumpnet: Add IPv6 support [pooka 20090527]
291	agr(4): Add support for layering vlans on top. Also allow LACP
292		to be disabled. [darran 20090529]
293	openssh: Import 5.2. [christos 20090607]
294	module: Add the capability to read an <module>.prop associated
295		with a module and merge a plist passed in by modload(8).
296		Also, add MODCTL_NO_PROP flag to prevent loading
297		<module>.prop. [jnemeth 20090609]
298	modload(8): Add various flags to assist in the creation and
299		maintenance of <module>.prop and/or to set MODCTL_NO_PROP.
300		[jnemeth 20090609]
301	ntp:	Import ntp-4-2-4p7. [kardel 20090613]
302	ehci(4): Add quirk for SB600/SB700 chipsets to workaround freeze
303		in USB subsystem. [cegger 20090615]
304