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tsutsui 45c7e466ca wscons(4) support for cgthree and cgsix have been pulled up to netbsd-5.
XXX1: We have to check all pulled up changes and update CHANGES.prev.
XXX2: We should also check all visible changes that are worth to pullup?
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# LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE: <$Revision: 1.1169 $>
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Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
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 Superseded by the new module framework.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]
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]
nvi(1): Added "expandtab" option. [lukem 20081212]
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]
ntp: import ntp 4.2.4p6
openssl API related security fix. [kardel 20090108]
bwi: 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]