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# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.1102 $>
# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.1103 $>
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# [Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
evbppc: Add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
mac68k: Add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the
VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
ixp425: Add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
arm: Add support for NPE Ethernet on IXP425. [scw 20061210]
nfs: Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
mount_psshfs(8): Add puffs sshfs. [pooka 20061229]
zaurus: Add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
optical drive should use for reading data,
contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
i386, amd64: Add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
kernel: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating').
Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state
policies. [dyoung 20070510]
idlelwp: yamt-idlelwp branch was merged.
kernel: yamt-idlelwp branch was merged.
1. separate context switching and thread scheduling.
2. implement idle lwp.
3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces.
@ -379,9 +379,13 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
hp700: Kernels are now compiled with -O2. [skrll 20071230]
compat_hpux: Removed. [ad 20071231]
systrace(1): Removed. [ad 20071231]
arm: Add support for kernel crashdump to arm32. [chris 20080101]
tprof: Add tprof, a simple performance monitor based profiler,
inspired from linux oprofile. it's still very experimental.
[yamt 20080102]
kernel: Merge the vmlocking2 branch, which makes VM system,
trap handling and file system framework MP safe, and
also replaces simple_lock(9) with mutex(9). [ad 20080102]
bioctl(8): Rewritten to handle new features like creating/removing
hot-spare, pass-through disks and RAID volumes, start/stop
consistency checks in volumes and others. [xtraeme 20080102]
@ -391,7 +395,23 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
disks (even if they are marked as hot-spare, pass-through
or unused). [xtraeme 20080102]
ofppc: Support intallation and RAID bootable root. [mrg 20080102]
mpt(4): Fix perfomance problems for old revisions of the Symbios
53c1030. Patch supplied by Patrick Welche in PR kern/30531.
[tron 20080103]
pmax: Add timecounter(9) and generic todr(9) support. [joerg 20080103]
msdosfs: Add large read / readahead support by Paul Ripke
(introduce run-length detection to msdosfs_bmap(),
from FreeBSD). [christos 20080105]
gem(4): Add support for Sun SX fibre cards. [jdc 20080105]
amiga: Add timecounter(9) support and coutner-based delay(9) from i386.
[mhitch 20080106]
mvme68k: Add timecounter(9) support. [tsutsui 20080107]
vax: Add timecounter(9) support. [joerg 20080107]
evbppc: Add timecounter(9) support. [joerg 20080108]
sbmips: Add timecounter(9) support. [simonb 20080108]
atari: Convert atari to generic todr(9) and timecounter(9).
[joerg 20080108]
xen: Switch xen to generic todr(9). [joerg 20080108]
kernel: All platforms have been converted to use generic todr(9).
[gdamore,joerg 20080108]
ulpt(4): Implement non-blocking read. [gdt 20080108]
@ -399,6 +419,8 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
Device with support for Timecounter, Watchdog Timer and
GPIO. Adapted from OpenBSD by Yojiro UO. [xtraeme 20080109]
pc532: Port deleted. [simonb 20080109]
algor: Fix delay(9) issue and now P5064 kernel works on gxemul.
[tsutsui 20080109]
ofppc: Fix ofwboot to work on an IBM CHRP-based RS/6000.
[garbled 20080109]
i386: Add sparse kernel core dumps (minidumps) for this platform
@ -408,9 +430,13 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
Devon O'Dell, contributed to NetBSD by Coyote Point Systems.
[tls 20080110]
hppa: Added gdb(1) support. [skrll 20080110]
wm(4): Add Inter PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter. [ragge 20080111]
auvia(4): Make this work on big endian machines. [tsutsui 20080114]
kernel: Implementation of processor-sets and affinity. [rmind 20080115]
libpthread: POSIX real-time extensions. [rmind 20080115]
savecore(8): Use the raw device to read crashdumps. [ad 20080115]
compat_linux(8): Cleanup and fix uid16 functions. [njoly 20080115]
i386: Remove options MATH_EMULATE. [ad 20080116]
schedctl(8): A new program to control scheduling of processes and
threads. [rmind 20080115]
kernel: Added a new framework for kernel modules, enabled through the
@ -419,10 +445,20 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
modules: Added new versions of modload(8), modstat(8) and modunload(8)
that use modctl(2). Not built by default. [ad 20080116]
bktr(4): Added amd64 support. [jmcneill 20080116]
amd64, i386: Fix clock accounting problem in i8254_get_timeout()
so that auich(4) sample rate is detected correctly.
[chuck 20080116]
ofppc: Add support for the IBM 7044-270. [garbled 20080117]
make(1): Implement -dl (aka LOUD) to override '@' at the start of
script lines. [sjg 20080119]
amd64, i386: Add mbr(8) variants that directly access a serial port.
[dsl 20080119]
fdisk(8): Fix possible division by zero errors. [tsutsui 20080120]
evbarm: Convert to evbarm to timecounter(9). [joerg 20080120]
kernel: All platforms have been converted to use timecounter(9).
[joerg 20080120]
elansc(4): Attach two new devices elanpex(4) and elanpar(4) to
the AMD Elan SC520 System Controller. [dyoung 20080121]
usb(4): Add uhmodem(4) driver for Huawei E220 wireless modem.
[ichiro 20080121]
compat_linux32: Add ossaudio(3) support. [jmcneill 20080121]
@ -432,32 +468,57 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
improve system startup time. [jmcneill 20080124]
kernel: The interface for IP checksumming was changed to reduce
duplication and more general use. [joerg 20080125]
hostapd(8), wpa_supplicant(8): Upgrade to 0.6.2 [christos 20080126]
acorn32: Add support to support code for Kinetic card. [chris 20080126]
nfe(4): Wakeup some newer chips from powerdown mode.
From FreeBSD/Linux driver via OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20080126]
sgimips: Enable bootinfo passed from bootloader so that now kernel
symbol table and ksyms(4) are usable. [tsutsui 20080126]
hpcmips: Fix silent hangup problem on TX3922 machines.
From Risto Sainio. [tsutsui 20080126]
hostapd(8), wpa_supplicant(8): Upgrade to 0.6.2 [christos 20080126]
openpam(3): upgrade to 20071221 [christos 20080126]
sysinst: Fix MD set tweaking so that the appropriate (or specified)
kernel is installed properly. This should fix IP3x
installation issues on sgimips. [rumble 20080128]
ukbd(4): Add support for function keys F16 to F19 as present on
e.g. the new Apple aluminum keyboard. [tron 20080129]
azalia(4): Analog Devices AD1984 codec support has been improved
to support headphones and 4 channel playback, and now
exposes an outputs.master mixer control that mirrors the
inputs.dac mixer control to make libossaudio happy.
[jmcneill 20080130]
kernel: Add Mersenne Twister PRNG implementation. [matt 20080131]
sgimips: Enable fireware devices in GENERIC. [sekiya 20080202]
arc: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
cobalt: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
compat_linux32: Fix the linux32 emulations of fcntl() locking.
[dsl 20080202]
compat_linux32: Implement pread(2) and pwrite(2). [dsl 20080202]
gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.3-20080202. [mrg 20080202]
hp700: Add bootinfo support. [skrll 20080203]
acorn32: Fix-up boot32 to work on A7000+. [chris 20080203]
atf(7): Import 0.4. [jmmv 20080204]
sgimips: Add hardware acceleration for crmfb [macallan 20080205]
sgimips: Add hardware acceleration for crmfb. [macallan 20080205]
modules: Added the MKMODULAR option to the build system to easily
enable the build of the new kernel modules framework.
[jmmv 20080209]
iwn(4): Added a driver for the Intel Pro/Wireless Lan 4965AGN
Mini-PCI Adapter, ported from OpenBSD. [ober 20080209]
pcc(1): Import PCC 0.9.9-080210. [ragge 20080210]
uhmodem(4): Add suport for NTT DoCoMo A2502 3G/HSDPA modem.
[ichiro 20080211]
libc: Enable atomic_ops(3) in userspace. [ad 20080210]
ofppc: Add support for the 7046-B50. [garbled 20080213]
unionfs: Import FreeBSD's updated unionfs, still work in progress.
[ad 20080218]
udav(4): Add support for Shantou ADM8515. [drochner 20080219]
brgphy(4): Add BCM5708C support. [markd 20080220]
compat_linux32: Add mlock(2) and munlock(2) syscalls. [njoly 20080220]
powerpc: Add tuned assembler from IBM for memcpy(3), memmove(3) and
memcmp(3). [garbled 20080221]
libc: Replace O(nm) versions of strspn(3), strcspn(3) and strpbrk(3)
with O(n+m) implementations based on the suggestions I made
for DragonFly's libc ages ago. [joerg 20080222]
puc(4): Add support for I-O DATA RSA-PCI 2 port serial board.
[tsutsui 20080222]
monop(6): Save and restore format changed; compatibility with old
@ -465,24 +526,44 @@ Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
[dholland 20080223]
mfi(4): Added support for LSI SAS1078 and Dell PERC 6, from OpenBSD.
[xtraeme 20080225]
libarchive: Import libarchive-2.4.13. [joerg 20080226]
cobalt: Add netboot support for 21041 on Qube 2700. [tsutsui 20080301]
httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20080303. [mrg 20080303]
share/mk: Set linker warnings to be fatal if $WARNS>0. [lukem 20080303]
cobalt: Print startup and shutdown messages on LCD panel.
[tsutsui 20080304]
libprop: Implement prop_dictionary_make_immutable(3). [cube 20080305]
amd64, i386: Allow to get a DDB session on a VGA console if the system
crashed while X11 was running. [drochner 20080312]
cac(4): Initial bio(4) support; only volume status is handled.
[mhitch 20080314]
sparc64: SMP support now works on some models. [nakayama 20080314]
arm: Add VFP support. [rearnsha 20080315]
cobalt: Add bootloader support for optional Z85C30 serial on Qube 2700.
[tsutsui 20080316]
re(4): Make hardware vlan(4) tag insertion/extraction work properly.
[tsutsui 20080318]
bzip2(1): Upgrade to 1.0.5. [christos 20080318]
cobalt: Fix a botched spl(9) bug which could cause network freeze
on traffic between two network interfaces. [tsutsui 20080318]
bzip2(1): Upgrade to 1.0.5. [christos 20080318]
iconv(1): Allow SUSv3 syntax. [tnozaki 20080320]
libcurses: Add termattrs() and term_attrs(). [jdc 20080321]
kerberos(8): Upgrade to Heimdal-1.1. [mlelstv 20080322]
kernel: Merge yamt-lazymbuf branch. This changes the way to share
mbuf external storage so that it can work without kernel_lock.
[yamt 20080324]
piixpm(4): Add support for SMBus controllers for ATI SB600, SB700,
SB800. [jmcneill 20080326]
uhmodem(4): Add support for E620 on Vodafone. [ichiro 20080327]
siop(4): Add support for the non-PCI NCR 53c720/770 in big-endian mode.
From OpenBSD. [skrll 20080327]
cobalt: Add kernel support for optional Z85C30 serial on Qube 2700.
[tsutsui 20080327]
lii(4): Added a driver for the Atheros L2 Fast-Ethernet controller,
notably found on Asus's EeePC. [cube 20080328]
libarchive: Import libarchive-2.5.0b. [joerg 20080330]
hp700: Add support for NCR 53C720 found on various machines and
attachments. From OpenBSD. [skrll 20080330]
azalia(4): Added support for the Realtek ALC662-GR codec as found
in the EeePC. [jmcneill 20080331]
asus(4): Added a driver for ASUS ACPI hotkeys as found in the EeePC.