LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.890 $> [Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree. For an exhaustive list, please subscribe to the `source-changes' mailing list, or see the mailing list archives. For more information, send a message containing just the word `help' to `majordomo@NetBSD.org'.] 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] postfix(1): Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220] 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] i386: add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105] ntp: Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface address changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface addresses are re-configured (WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106] kernel: global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to the secmodel. [elad 20070110] GCC: Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110. [mrg 20070111] acpitools: added from FreeBSD via fvdl [christos 20070114] scsictl(8): added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the 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 synchronization primitives, improves scalability on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209] news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210] refuse: added file system in userspace compatibility functionality, layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211] i386: added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217] sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219] btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver. [kiyohara 20070221] btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon. [kiyohara 20070221] mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226] eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept eeprom from actually changing firmware settings [macallan 20070228] MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303] x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304] luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304] file(1): update to 4.20. [pooka 20070304] hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305] i386, amd64: switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add different bootable kernels on the iso images. Enable ACPI in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306] openssl: Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307] ipv6: add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307] openssh: import 4.6 [christos 20070310] aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver, adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313] evbmips: add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320] i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD. See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320] libc: add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328] sh5, evbsh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408] genfb: generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus frontends [macallan 20070411] sgimips: add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412] sgimips: import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412] sparc64: add support for hardware monitoring on Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4) [tnn 20070414] coda: overhaul kernel module (vnode locking rules, uvm_fault handling, general cleanup) [gdt 20070415] puffs(4): Support NFS exporting puffs file servers [pooka 20070416] xargs(1): Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418] bluetooth(4): add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421] mount_9p(8): Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs. [pooka 20070421] kernel: Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used to locate files within an emulation's root directory. Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first. [dsl 20070422] prep: add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine. Other RAVEN based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426] kernel: Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430] puffs(3): Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer management and event loop for networked file systems using puffs_cc(3). Convert mount_psshfs(8) and mount_9p(8) to use it. [pooka 20070505] kernel: Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk at root mount time. [manu 20070508] pf(4): Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating'). Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state policies. [dyoung 20070510] kernel: add jmide(4), a driver for the JMicron Technology JMB36x PCIe to SATA II/PATA controllers. [bouyer 20070515] idlelwp: yamt-idlelwp branch was merged. 1. separate context switching and thread scheduling. 2. implement idle lwp. 3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces. 4. make scheduler(s) modular. [yamt 20070518] ld.elf_so: Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths. [christos 20070518] postfix(1): Updated to 2.4.1 [heas 20070519] uslsa(4): added CP210x USB-RS232 ucom driver, as submitted by Jonathan A. Kollasch in PR kern/33496 [dogcow 20070520] top(1): Allow a single process to be selected by pid. Add a 'thread mode' that displays LWPs. [ad 20070524] aac(4): Compile and run on amd64. [briggs 20070525] libcurses: Merge in wide curses work done by Ruibiao Qui as a Google Summer of Code project [blymn 20070529] powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601] smsc(4): Added a driver for the hardware monitoring portion of the SMSC LPC47B397 [blymn 20070601] amd64: The Enhanced Speedstep driver is now able to work on EM64T CPUs running in 64bit mode. [xtraeme 20070603] file(1): update to 4.21. [pooka 20070607] zyd(4): Added OpenBSD's driver. Supports ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device. [kiyohara 20070609] mac68k: Switch sn(4) Ethernet on mac68k to using MI SONIC driver. [tsutsui 20070610] audio(4): New ioctl AUDIO_GETBUFINFO reduces system overhead for many emulated OSS functions. [joerg 20070611] i386: Import AMD Geode LX Security Block driver glxsb(4) from OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20070615] ipf: Updated to v4.1.23 [martin 20070616] tcp(4): Per socket keepalive timer settings. Ability to change connection timeout [christos 20070620]. newgrp(1): Add POSIX (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 / Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6) User Portability Utility to change effective group ID. [ginsbach 20060621] GCC: Updated to version 4.1.3-20070620. [mrg 20070621] ntp: Updated to version 4.2.4p2. [kardel 20070624] tcpdrop(8): Ported by anon ymous (from FreeBSD/OpenBSD) [christos 20070625] fast_ipsec(4): Add support for IPsec NAT-T [degroote 20070627] i386: Imported gcscide(4), a driver for the AMD CS5535 Companion IDE Controller for systems with an AMD Geode GX2 CPU (for example the decTOP). [xtraeme 20070627] efs: Added read-only Silicon Graphics EFS file system. [rumble 20070629] envsys(4), sysmon_envsys(9): Imported envsys2. New API with the following features: - Cleaned up the API for simplicity and efficiency. - Ability to send capacity/critical/warning events to powerd(8). - Added support for a 'dictionary based communication channel' between sysmon_power(9) and powerd(8), that means there is no 32 bytes event size event restriction anymore. - Binary compatibility with old envstat(8) and powerd(8) via COMPAT_40. And more, please see envsys(4) and sysmon_envsys(9) for more information. [xtraeme 20070701] mount_puffsportal: add experimental version of portalfs based on puffs(3). [pooka 20070708] i386: Add gcscehci(4) driver for the EHCI controller found in the AMD Geode CS5536 companion controllers. [jmcneill 20070708] nfsmb(4): Add support for NVIDIA nForce 2/3/4 SMBus controller and SMBus driver. [kiyohara 20070711] dbri(4): Added support for audio input. [macallan 20070712]