# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.1160 $> # # # [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'.] # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING STYLE WHEN ADDING ITEMS: # # theme: Content ... # more content ... # more content. [developer DATE-FORMAT] # # That's it, one tab to start an item, and two tabs to indent the content. # Also please start the content with a capital and end it with a dot. # # This is very important for the www scripts, otherwise it won't be able to # parse the file and the HTML output will be mangled. # # See htutils/changes/changes2html script for more details. # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0: tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211] syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project: Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API, encryption. [christos 20081031] agp(4): Add support for Intel G35. [christos 20081108] kernel: Add generic producer/consumer queue. [matt 20081111] lkm: Removed. Superseded by the new module framework. [ad 20081112] module: Allow the POSIX semaphore code to be loaded as a module. [ad 20081112] module: Make compat_ossaudio a module. [ad 20081113] module: Make compat_ndis a module. [ad 20081113] build.sh: Add support for new MAKEVERBOSE levels 3 and 4. [apb 20081113] libfetch: Update to libfetch 2.20. Allow HTTP auth to be provided in URL. [joerg 20081114] module: Make POSIX AIO loadable as a module. [ad 20081114] amd64, i386: Make boot loader autoload a kernel module corresponding to the root file system type. [ad 20081119] module: Make the emulations, exec formats, coredump, NFS, and the NFS server into modules. [ad 20081119] rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library: librumpvfs [pooka 20081119] kernel, libc: Add new ptree (Patricia / RADIX tree) implementation. [matt 20081120] i386: Switch the i386 installation CDs away from RAM disks and instead use the CD-ROM as the root file system. [ad 20081121] i386: Remove most compat and file system options from GENERIC since they are also provided by modules. [ad 20081122] nfs: Avoid noisy nfs_timer/nfs_reply DEBUG output that occurs when the NFS server goes away. [mrg 20081123] compat_osf1(8): Add getpgid, needed for Tru64 4.0g ksh. [njoly 20081124] module: Make PPP compressors modules. [cube 20081125] i386: Make pxeboot(8) understand boot.cfg(5). [ad 20081125] wscons(4): Add wscons/vcons support for Sun cg3. [jdc 20081128] agp(4): Add support for the Intel G45 AGP. [christos 20081129] compat_osf1(8): Fix getdirentries(2). [njoly 20081202] module: Add a couple of sysctl(8) entries, kern.module.autoload and kern.module.verbose. [ad 20081203] wscons(4): Add wscons/vcons support for Sun bw2. [jdc 20081205] module: Add a layerfs module. [ad 20081205] libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205] compat_linux32: Add getresuid() and getresgid() syscalls. [njoly 20081205] ddb(4): Add 'show vmem' and 'show all vmems' commands. [cegger 20081207] httpd(8): Add rc.d script to control httpd daemon [mishka 20081211] ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211] nvi(1): Added "expandtab" option. [lukem 20081212] pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213] sparc: switch to use wscons [macallan 20081213] x68k: pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220] lvm: Add LVM functionality to NetBSD; this is done by dm(4) driver in kernel and lvm2 tools made by RedHat. We use the same well known interface as Linux does for managing LVM. [haad 20081222] gcscaudio(4): Add AMD Geode CS5536 audio driver, from SHIMIZU Ryo. [jmcneill 20081228] ntp: import ntp 4.2.4p6 openssl API related security fix. [kardel 20090108]