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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.1049 $>
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[Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
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or see the mailing list archives. For more information, send a message
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containing just the word `help' to `majordomo@NetBSD.org'.]
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Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
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evbppc: Add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
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mac68k: Add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the
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VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
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ixp425: Add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
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nfs: Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
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mount_psshfs(8): Add puffs sshfs. [pooka 20061229]
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zaurus: Add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
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i386: Add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
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ntp: Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface
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address changes is now supported - no more ntpd
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restarts when interface addresses are re-configured
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(WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]
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kernel: Global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to
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the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
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gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110. [mrg 20070111]
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acpitools: Added from FreeBSD via fvdl. [christos 20070114]
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scsictl(8): Added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the
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optical drive should use for reading data,
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contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
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i386, amd64: Add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
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newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
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kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
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on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
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with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
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news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
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refuse: Added FUSE (file system in userspace) compatibility
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functionality, layered on top of libpuffs. [agc 20070211]
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i386: Added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption
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instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
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sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
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btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver.
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[kiyohara 20070221]
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btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon.
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[kiyohara 20070221]
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mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
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eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept
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eeprom from actually changing firmware settings.
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[macallan 20070228]
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MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions
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defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]
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x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
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luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
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file(1): Update to 4.20. [pooka 20070304]
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hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
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ipv6: Add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
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openssh: Import 4.6. [christos 20070310]
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aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver,
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adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
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evbmips: Add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
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i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save
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power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal
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Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
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See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
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kernel: Import of DRM (Direct Rendering Manager). Not yet enabled
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by default. [drochner 20070320]
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libc: Add support for LC_TIME. [manu 20070328]
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genfb(4): Generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus
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frontends. [macallan 20070411]
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sgimips: Add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and
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onboard display adapter crmfb(4). [jmcneill 20070412]
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sgimips: Import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from
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OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20070412]
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sparc64: Add support for hardware monitoring on
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Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4). [tnn 20070414]
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puffs(4): Support NFS exporting puffs file servers. [pooka 20070416]
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xargs(1): Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our
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GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]
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mount_9p(8): Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs.
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[pooka 20070421]
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kernel: Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used
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to locate files within an emulation's root directory.
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Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first.
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[dsl 20070422]
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prep: Add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine. Other RAVEN
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based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426]
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kernel: Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430]
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puffs(3): Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer
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management and event loop for networked file systems
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using puffs_cc(3). Convert mount_psshfs(8) and
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mount_9p(8) to use it. [pooka 20070505]
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kernel: Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk
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at root mount time. [manu 20070508]
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pf(4): Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state
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policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating').
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Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state
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policies. [dyoung 20070510]
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idlelwp: yamt-idlelwp branch was merged.
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1. separate context switching and thread scheduling.
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2. implement idle lwp.
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3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces.
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4. make scheduler(s) modular.
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[yamt 20070518]
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ld.elf_so(1): Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths.
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[christos 20070518]
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uslsa(4): Added CP210x USB-RS232 ucom driver, as submitted by
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Jonathan A. Kollasch in PR kern/33496. [dogcow 20070520]
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top(1): Allow a single process to be selected by pid.
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Add a 'thread mode' that displays LWPs.
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[ad 20070524]
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libcurses: Merge in wide curses work done by Ruibiao Qui as a
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Google Summer of Code project. [blymn 20070529]
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powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl. [nisimura 20070601]
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smsc(4): Added a driver for the hardware monitoring portion of
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the SMSC LPC47B397. [blymn 20070601]
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file(1): Update to 4.21. [pooka 20070607]
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zyd(4): Added OpenBSD's driver. Supports ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B
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USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device. [kiyohara 20070609]
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mac68k: Switch sn(4) Ethernet on mac68k to using MI SONIC driver.
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[tsutsui 20070610]
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tcp(4): Per socket keepalive timer settings. Ability to change
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connection timeout. [christos 20070620].
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newgrp(1): Add POSIX (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 / Open Group Base
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Specifications Issue 6) User Portability Utility to change
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effective group ID. [ginsbach 20060621]
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gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.3-20070620. [mrg 20070621]
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ntp: Updated to version 4.2.4p2. [kardel 20070624]
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tcpdrop(8): Ported by anon ymous (from FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
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[christos 20070625]
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fast_ipsec(4): Add support for IPsec NAT-T. [degroote 20070627]
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efs: Added read-only Silicon Graphics EFS file system. [rumble 20070629]
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envsys(4), sysmon_envsys(9): Imported envsys2. New API with the
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following features:
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- Cleaned up the API for simplicity and efficiency.
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- Ability to send capacity/critical/warning events to powerd(8).
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- Added support for a 'dictionary based communication channel'
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between sysmon_power(9) and powerd(8), that means there is
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no 32 bytes event size event restriction anymore.
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- Binary compatibility with old envstat(8) and powerd(8) via
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COMPAT_40.
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And more, please see envsys(4) and sysmon_envsys(9) for more
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information.
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[xtraeme 20070701]
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mount_puffsportal: Add experimental version of portalfs
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based on puffs(3). [pooka 20070708]
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i386: Add gcscehci(4) driver for the EHCI controller found in the AMD
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Geode CS5536 companion controllers. [jmcneill 20070708]
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nfsmb(4): Add support for NVIDIA nForce 2/3/4 SMBus controller and
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SMBus driver. [kiyohara 20070711]
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dbri(4): Added support for audio input. [macallan 20070712]
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alpha: Add timecounter(9) support and switch to MI todr(9)
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with MI mc146818 driver. [tsutsui 20070721]
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ichsmb(4): Add support for Intel ICH SMBus controller.
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[kiyohara 20070728]
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shark: Add dhclient(8) to the install disk image to be able to
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configure network interfaces through DHCP. [jmmv 20070729]
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sparc: The cgfourteen(4) driver now supports wscons. [macallan 20070730]
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shark: Switched the installation disk to use wscons instead of
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pccons. [jmmv 20070731]
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tcp(4): TCP socket buffers automatic sizing, ported from FreeBSD.
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[rmind 20070802]
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agp(4): Add support agp_amd64. Imported from FreeBSD.
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[kiyohara 20070804]
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cpuctl(8): A new utility which allows setting CPUs online/offline.
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[ad 20070804]
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libpthread: Make some significant performance improvements around
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thread synchronization, and fix a minor problem with
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detaching running threads. [ad 20070804]
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rump: Add the Runnable Userspace Meta Program framework to sys/rump.
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These are programs which compile in a part from the standard
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kernel sources and run in userspace. Their main use is
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testing/debugging. Currently supported are a number of
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file systems (e.g. ffs) through puffs(3). [pooka 20070805]
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wscons(4): Add scrollback support to vcons, this should work with
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any framebuffer console driver that uses vcons.
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[macallan 20070805]
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wtf(6): Search pkgsrc's help database when ran inside a package
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directory. [hubertf 20070806]
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libpthread: Another performance improvement, and a fix for an issue
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that could cause threaded applications to hang under rare
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circumstances. [ad 20070807]
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mount_sysctlfs(8): sysctl(3) to file system translator. [pooka 20070809]
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slhci(4): Replace to Matthew Orgass's slhci(4). [kiyohara 20070815]
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spdmem(4): Add Serial Presence Detect driver/support. This decodes
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technical specifications stored in the eeprom on common types
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of memory modules. [tnn 20070818]
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btbc(4): Add support for AnyCom BlueCard. [kiyohara 20070820]
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libm: Add C99 complex support (float/double). [drochner 20070820]
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ichlpcib(4): The driver has added support for the TCO (watchdog) on
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ICH6 or newer chipsets plus timecounter support. Also it can
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be used on EM64T systems running the amd64 port. Adapted from
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FreeBSD and OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20070826]
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agten(4): Add support for Fujitsu AG-10e graphics cards working as
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accelerated framebuffer console. [macallan 20070826]
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ag10e(4): Add XFree86 driver to run the AG-10e in 24bit with
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acceleration. [macallan 20070830]
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uchcom(4): Add support for WinChipHead CH341/340 USB-Serial adapter.
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[tshiozak 20070903]
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amd64, i386: cgd(4) is part of GENERIC. [joerg 20070906]
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libpthread: scalability and performance enhancements. The MySQL
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sysbench benchmark in read-only mode now scales to 900
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simultaneous client threads on a 4xCPU i386 system before
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serious performance drop-off occurs. [ad 20070907]
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kernel: Added support for POSIX message queues. [rmind 20070907]
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aps(4): driver for IBM Thinkpad Active Protection System,
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provides support for some sensors exported through
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the envsys(4) framework. Ported by Pierre Pronchery
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from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20070911]
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i386, amd64: pcc is now able to compile most of the i386 kernel.
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a number of changes have been made for LKM and
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preemption safety. [ad 20070927]
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i386: i386 bootblocks are now able to boot amd64 kernels.
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support for a.out kernels has been removed. [ad 20070927]
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kernel: Added support for kernel core dumps to RAID 1 sets.
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[oster 20071004]
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kernel: The new socket option SO_NOHEADER tells the network
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stack to strip the protocol header from packets
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received on a raw socket. [dyoung 20071005]
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gre(4): Available encapsulations increase to IPv6, UDP in
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IPv6, and UDP in IPv4. The Mobile IP encapsulation
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is no more. [dyoung 20071005]
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malloc(3): Replace the default memory allocator with 'jemalloc',
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designed to perform well in both single- and multi-
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threaded processes. This provides a significant
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performance boost for many threaded workloads that
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make use of malloc, such as MySQL. [ad 20071006]
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kernel: A new SCHED_M2 scheduler, improves the performance on
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MP systems, supports real-time and time-sharing classes,
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ready for the CPU affinity. [rmind 20071009]
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powerpc, prep, pmppc, evbppc, macppc, ibmnws, bebox, sandpoint, ofppc:
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Merge ppcoea-renovation branch. [garbled 20071017]
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prep: Convert to generic powerpc PCI framework. [garbled 20071017]
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powerpc: New generic interrupt handler framework. [macallan 20071017]
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macppc: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework.
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[macallan 20071017]
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prep: Convert to generic powerpc ISA framework. [garbled 20071017]
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bebox: Convert to generic soft interrupts. [matt 20071017]
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prep: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework. [garbled 20071017]
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powerpc: New generic shared timecounters-based clock routines.
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[garbled 20071017]
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prep: Convert to generic powerpc clock. [garbled 20071017]
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sandpoint: Convert to generic soft interrupts. [nisimura 20071017]
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sandpoint: Switch to generic powerpc interrupt framework.
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[nisimura 20071017]
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sandpoint: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI/ISA framework.
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[nisimura 20071017]
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macppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI framework.
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[macallan 20071017]
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pmppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock/PCI/interrupt framework.
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[garbled 20071017]
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pmppc: Remove pmppc as a port, and move it to a supported board under
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evbppc. [garbled 20071017]
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ibmnws: Convert to generic powerpc clock.c/PCI/interrupt framework.
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[rjs 20071017]
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mvmeppc: Convert to generic powerpc clock.c/PCI/interrupt framework.
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[garbled 20071017]
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powerpc: Add shared PReP memory maps. [garbled 20071017]
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sandpoint: DHCP/NFS bootloader. [nisimura 20071017]
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macppc: Convert to generic powerpc bus_dma. [matt 20071017]
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macppc: Convert to generic powerpc bus_space. [garbled 20071017]
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powerpc: Generic powerpc OpenFirmware code. [garbled 20071017]
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ofppc: Completely rewrite ofppc port from scratch. [garbled 20071017]
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bebox: Convert to generic powerpc PCI/ISA framework. [ober 20071017]
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macppc: Use genfb(4) as the default framebuffer instead of ofb.
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[macallan 20071017]
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macppc: Switch to new ADB subsystem. [macallan 20071017]
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macppc: Add support for bus speed control found in some Intrepid-based
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*Books like the 800MHz iBook G4. [macallan 20071017]
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powerpc: New generic powerpc IPI framework. [garbled 20071017]
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macppc: Convert to generic powerpc IPI framework. [garbled 20071017]
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powerpc: New generic powerpc SMP support framework. [garbled 20071017]
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macppc: Convert to generic powerpc SMP framework. [macallan 20071017]
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prep: Convert to generic powerpc IPI/SMP framework. [garbled 20071017]
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ofppc: New ofwpci configuration methods, add rtas device.
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[garbled 20071025]
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shark: Removed pccons(4), obsoleted by wscons(4). [jmmv 20071028]
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coretemp(4): Driver for Intel Core's on-die thermal sensor,
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available on Core or newer CPUs. Ported from FreeBSD.
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[xtraeme 20071029]
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i386, amd64: Added support for Intel 82G965 chipset. [jnemeth 20071030]
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ofppc: Stop using ofbus driver, rewrite console code [garbled 20071104]
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ofppc, macppc: Convert to shared ofw_autoconf. [garbled 20071107]
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nsclpcsio(4): Added support for the VLM logical device. This provides
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14 voltage sensors in addition to the previous 3 temperature
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sensors provided in the TMS logical device. From OpenBSD.
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[xtraeme 20071109]
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btkey(1): A new utility to manage Bluetooth link keys in OS and
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and device storage. [plunky 20071109]
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putter(9): A Pass-to-Userspace Transporter, a generic request-response
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handler for kernel-attached userspace daemons (e.g. puffs(4)).
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[pooka 20071110]
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pad(4): Added the pseudo-audio device driver, for feeding back raw
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PCM data to userland. [jmcneill 20071111]
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r128fb(4): New accelerated console driver for ATI Rage 128 graphics
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controllers. [macallan 20071111]
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atf(7): Initial import of the Automated Testing Framework, version 0.3.
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Provides a framework to easily define and run test cases for
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the NetBSD operating system. Work until 0.1 sponsored by
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Google Summer of Code 2007 and mentored by martin.
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[jmmv 20071112]
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sysinst: Add support to install the new tests.tgz set.
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[jmmv 20071112]
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tests: Converted the regress/bin tree to use ATF and migrated it
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to tests/util. [jmmv 20071112]
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tests: Converted the regress/sys/fs/tmpfs tree to use ATF and
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migrated it to tests/fs/tmpfs. [jmmv 20071112]
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tests: Converted the regress/games tree to use ATF and migrated it
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to tests/games. [jmmv 20071112]
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ahcisata(4): Add support for ATAPI devices. [bouyer 20071112]
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newfs_ext2fs(8): Add a native newfs_ext2fs(8) command.
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Closes PR bin/16175. [tsutsui 20071117]
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i386, amd64: Add support for /boot.cfg to configure the bootloader.
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This includes optionally displaying menus, altering banner
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text and changing options such as timeouts and console device
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which previously required use of installboot.
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[sborrill 20071120]
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pud(4): Add a driver via which it is possible to implement
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block and character devices in userspace. [pooka 20071120]
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xen: Added support for amd64 architecture, both as dom0 and domU.
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[bouyer 20071122]
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i386: Create a boot.cfg on the install CD to allow the end-user to
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select either the standard or non-ACPI kernel easily.
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[sborrill 20071123]
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libsa: Add ext2fs support. [tsutsui 20071201]
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bcsp(4): Add support for BlueCore Serial Protocol. [kiyohara 20071202]
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toolchain: Install the linker scripts on amd64, which allows to
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link x86 32bits objects using the native ld(1).
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[bouyer 20071202]
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arcmsr(4): Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID controller driver,
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ported from OpenBSD. [xtraeme 20071204]
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fxp(4): Fix some TX timeout and RX pool corruption problems.
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Mostly from OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20071208]
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ofppc: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [garbled 20071210]
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ofppc: Added support for the bplan/Genesi Pegasos II. [garbled 20071210]
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sandpoint: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [nisimura 20071211]
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macppc: Convert to shared powerpc major numbers. [macallan 20071211]
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acpi(4): Updated ACPI-CA to 20070320. [jmcneill 20071211]
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kernel: Added a new power management framework, see pmf(9) for details.
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[jmcneill,joerg 20071211]
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ifconfig(8): Add 'list scan' to ifconfig, which list access point in
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the neighbourhood. [adegroot 20071216]
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MAKEDEV(8): Use pax(1) in preference to mknod(8) to create device
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nodes more efficiently; use mount_tmpfs(8) in preference to
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mount_mfs(8) when creating a memory file system. [apb 20071215]
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nfe(4): Handle a quirk of newer MCP6x chips on reading MAC address.
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[tsutsui 20071217]
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rs6000: New port of NetBSD to the MCA based IBM RS/6000 7006-41T.
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[garbled 20071217]
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openssh: Import 4.7. [christos 20071217]
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i386, amd64: Add support for ACPI S3 (suspend-to-RAM) on MP systems.
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[joerg 20071218]
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sparc64: Add support for Sun PGX32 / TechSource Raptor GFX 8P to
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genfb ( mostly workarounds for firmware bugs ), also build
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XFree86's glint driver for accelerated X. [macallan 20071219]
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newsyslog(8): newsyslog.conf flag 'J' will bzip2 logfiles.
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[dogcow 20071221]
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thinkpad(4): Add driver for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad hotkeys and
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brightness controls. [jmcneill 20071221]
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kernel: Address Space Layout Randomization support in the kernel and
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dynamic linker, see security(8). [elad,christos 20071226]
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msdosfs: Significantly improved writing speed (up to 16x faster).
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[reinoud 20071228]
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itesio(4): Added support for the Watchdog Timer. [xtraeme 20071229]
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usermode: Add port of the NetBSD kernel to userspace.
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[jmcneill 20071229]
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hp700: Kernels are now compiled with -O2. [skrll 20071230]
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compat_hpux: Removed. [ad 20071231]
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systrace(1): Removed. [ad 20071231]
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tprof: Add tprof, a simple performance monitor based profiler,
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inspired from linux oprofile. it's still very experimental.
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[yamt 20080102]
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bioctl(8): Rewritten to handle new features like creating/removing
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hot-spare, pass-through disks and RAID volumes, start/stop
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consistency checks in volumes and others. [xtraeme 20080102]
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arcmsr(4): Added support to create/remove hot-spare, pass-through
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disks and RAID volumes, start/stop consistency checks
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in volumes as well as showing information about physical
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disks (even if they are marked as hot-spare, pass-through
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or unused). [xtraeme 20080102]
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ofppc: Support intallation and RAID bootable root. [mrg 20080102]
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gem(4): Add support for Sun SX fibre cards. [jdc 20080105]
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kernel: All platforms have been converted to use generic todr(9).
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[gdamore,joerg 20080108]
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ulpt(4): Implement non-blocking read. [gdt 20080108]
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gcscpcib(4): Added driver for the AMD CS5535 and CS5536 Companion
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Device with support for Timecounter, Watchdog Timer and
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GPIO. Adapted from OpenBSD by Yojiro UO. [xtraeme 20080109]
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pc532: Port deleted. [simonb 20080109]
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ofppc: Fix ofwboot to work on an IBM CHRP-based RS/6000.
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[garbled 20080109]
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i386: Add sparse kernel core dumps (minidumps) for this platform
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using a backwards-compatible on-disk core format. Not
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turned on by default yet. Similar to FreeBSD minidumps but
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simpler in implementation. Implementation by Jed Davis and
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Devon O'Dell, contributed to NetBSD by Coyote Point Systems.
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[tls 20080110]
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hppa: Added gdb(1) support. [skrll 20080110]
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auvia(4): Make this work on big endian machines. [tsutsui 20080114]
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kernel: Implementation of processor-sets and affinity. [rmind 20080115]
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libpthread: POSIX real-time extensions. [rmind 20080115]
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schedctl(8): A new program to control scheduling of processes and
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threads. [rmind 20080115]
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kernel: Added a new framework for kernel modules, enabled through the
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MODULAR kernel option and used through the modctl(2) system
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call. [ad 20080116]
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modules: Added new versions of modload(8), modstat(8) and modunload(8)
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that use modctl(2). Not built by default. [ad 20080116]
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bktr(4): Added amd64 support. [jmcneill 20080116]
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ofppc: Add support for the IBM 7044-270. [garbled 20080117]
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fdisk(8): Fix possible division by zero errors. [tsutsui 20080120]
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kernel: All platforms have been converted to use timecounter(9).
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[joerg 20080120]
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usb(4): Add uhmodem(4) driver for Huawei E220 wireless modem.
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[ichiro 20080121]
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compat_linux32: Add ossaudio(3) support. [jmcneill 20080121]
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xen: Added support for the i386 PAE extention to Xen3 domU
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[bouyer 20080123]
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uhub(4): The device attachment function has been optimized to
|
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improve system startup time. [jmcneill 20080124]
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kernel: The interface for IP checksumming was changed to reduce
|
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duplication and more general use. [joerg 20080125]
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hostapd(8), wpa_supplicant(8): Upgrade to 0.6.2 [christos 20080126]
|
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nfe(4): Wakeup some newer chips from powerdown mode.
|
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From FreeBSD/Linux driver via OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20080126]
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sgimips: Enable bootinfo passed from bootloader so that now kernel
|
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symbol table and ksyms(4) are usable. [tsutsui 20080126]
|
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hpcmips: Fix silent hangup problem on TX3922 machines.
|
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From Risto Sainio. [tsutsui 20080126]
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openpam(3): upgrade to 20071221 [christos 20080126]
|
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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.
|
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[jmcneill 20080130]
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arc: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
|
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cobalt: Add sysinst support. [tsutsui 20080202]
|
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gcc(1): Updated to version 4.1.3-20080202. [mrg 20080202]
|
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atf(7): Import 0.4. [jmmv 20080204]
|
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sgimips: Add hardware acceleration for crmfb [macallan 20080205]
|
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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]
|
|
ofppc: Add support for the 7046-B50. [garbled 2008-02-13]
|
|
powerpc: Add tuned assembler from IBM for memcpy(3), memmove(3) and
|
|
memcmp(3). [garbled 20080221]
|
|
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
|
|
save files broken, but they were not usable anyway.
|
|
[dholland 20080223]
|
|
mfi(4): Added support for LSI SAS1078 and Dell PERC 6, from OpenBSD.
|
|
[xtraeme 20080225]
|
|
cobalt: Add netboot support for 21041 on Qube 2700. [tsutsui 20080301]
|
|
cobalt: Print startup and shutdown messages on LCD panel.
|
|
[tsutsui 20080304]
|
|
sparc64: SMP support now works on some models. [nakayama 20080314]
|
|
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]
|
|
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]
|
|
libcurses: Add termattrs() and term_attrs(). [jdc 20080321]
|
|
kerberos: Upgrade to Heimdal-1.1. [mlelstv 20080322]
|
|
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]
|
|
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.
|
|
[jmcneill 20080331]
|
|
zaurus: Add sysinst support. [chris 20080401]
|
|
finsio(4): Added a driver for the Fintek Super I/O chips, supporting
|
|
the Hardware Monitor device. Adapted from OpenBSD.
|
|
[xtraeme 20080403]
|
|
hp700: Add support for the SCSI NCR 53C720 SCSI controller found in
|
|
early HP 9000s for the attachment of an Fast-Wide (16-bit)
|
|
SCSI-2 bus, utilizing HVD signalling via the siop(4)
|
|
driver. [skrll 20080405]
|
|
openssh: Import 5.0. [christos 20080406]
|
|
ofppc: Support for SMP added. [garbled 20080408]
|
|
opencrypto: Improve performance to 84,000 short modular math ops/sec
|
|
by adding asynchronous operation and batched submit/
|
|
retrieve of requests/results. Rewrite manual page to
|
|
make it easier to write new code to the API. Donated
|
|
by Coyote Point Systems, Inc. [tls 20080410]
|
|
acpi(4): Updated ACPI-CA to 20080321. [jmcneill 20080412]
|
|
libcurses: Add getwin() and putwin(). [jdc 20080414]
|
|
shark: Support for X on rev. 4 sharks is back [macallan 20080419]
|
|
amdtemp(4): AMD CPU Temperature driver. Adapted from OpenBSD.
|
|
[cegger 20080423]
|
|
netiso: Remove obsolete TPCONS support. [plunky 20080423]
|
|
arm: merge armv6 kernel support from matt-armv6 branch.
|
|
[matt 20080427]
|
|
prep: Support for floppy controller/drive. [garbled 20080428]
|
|
gpio(4): Extend with open/close to handle request/release the
|
|
ppbus(4) on open/close. From Hans Rosenfeld. [cegger 20080429]
|
|
ppbus(4): Extend to attach on gpiobus. From Hans Rosenfeld.
|
|
[cegger 20080429]
|
|
prep: Bootable ISO now built automatically. [garbled 20080430]
|