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[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] 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] 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] re(4): Add support for a 8168C/8111C revision. [alc 20081208] tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211] 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] compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212] boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213] pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213] sparc: Switch to use wscons. [macallan 20081213] snprintb(3), kprintf(9): Share snprintb(3) among kernel and libutil and make it supersede bitmask_snprintf(9). [christos 20081216] sup(1): Add -M user flag to specify the username to send mail to from the command line. [christos 20081217] malloc(9): Remove MALLOC() and FREE() macros. [cegger 20081217] x68k: pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220] viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support. [nonaka 20081221] 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] mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase. [christos 20090103] rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104] module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105] bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell. [macallan 20090109] rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109] rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109] makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into ISO 9660 filesystems. [bjh21 20090110] time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110] make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111] openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112] age(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet. From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116] atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY. From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116] atf(7): Import 0.6. [jmmv 20090119] msdosfs: The default behaviour when mounting empty filesystems has been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag (short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the -l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122] openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp, which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more user-friendly. [agc 20090123] X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha. No support for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124] udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]