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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.884 $>
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[Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
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For an exhaustive list, please subscribe to the `source-changes' mailing list,
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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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postfix(1): Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220]
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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 address
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changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface
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addresses are re-configured (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: 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 file system in userspace compatibility functionality,
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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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i386, amd64: switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add
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different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI
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in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
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openssl: Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]
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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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libc: add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]
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sh5, evbsh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408]
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genfb: 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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coda: overhaul kernel module (vnode locking rules, uvm_fault
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handling, general cleanup) [gdt 20070415]
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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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bluetooth(4): add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421]
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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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kernel: add jmide(4), a driver for the JMicron Technology JMB36x
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PCIe to SATA II/PATA controllers. [bouyer 20070515]
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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: Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths.
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[christos 20070518]
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postfix(1): Updated to 2.4.1 [heas 20070519]
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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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aac(4): Compile and run on amd64. [briggs 20070525]
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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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amd64: The Enhanced Speedstep driver is now able to work on EM64T
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CPUs running in 64bit mode. [xtraeme 20070603]
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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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audio(4): New ioctl AUDIO_GETBUFINFO reduces system overhead for many
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emulated OSS functions. [joerg 20070611]
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i386: Import AMD Geode LX Security Block driver glxsb(4) from
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OpenBSD. [jmcneill 20070615]
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ipf: Updated to v4.1.23 [martin 20070616]
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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: 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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i386: Imported gcscide(4), a driver for the AMD CS5535 Companion
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IDE Controller for systems with an AMD Geode GX2 CPU
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(for example the decTOP). [xtraeme 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 following
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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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