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Changes from NetBSD 9.0 to NetBSD 10.0:
openldap: Import 2.4.48. [christos 20190808]
boot(8): GPT and RAIDframe support for x86 bootstrap [manu 20190818]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.3 [roy 20190821]
inet6: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses and restore
ND6_LLINFO_WAITDELETE so that any send at this point can
return EHOSTDOWN to match inet behaviour. [roy 20190901]
inet: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses. [roy 20190901]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.4 [roy 20190904]
bind: Import version 9.14.5. [christos 20190905]
resolvconf(8): Import openresolv-3.9.2 [roy 20190908]
boot(8): multiboot 2 support, Xen can now boot from EFI [manu 20190913]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.6 [roy 20190913]
kernel: Add vHCI, a driver that allows to send and receive USB
packets from userland. [maxv 20190914]
mos(4): Ported driver for MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 USB ethernet.
[mrg 20190920]
gcc(1): Import GCC 8.3. [mrg 20191001]
libpcap: Import 1.9.1. [christos 20191001]
tcpdump(8): Import 4.9.3. [christos 20191001]
rescue(8): Moved into a separate, rescue-only set. [maya 20191001]
byacc: Update to 20190617. [christos 20191006]
tzdata updates from 2019a to 2019c (incl 2019b) [kre 20191008]
services(5): Update to version 2019-10-04 from IANA.
[sevan 20191009]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.0 [roy 20191011]
OpenSSH: Import 8.1. [christos 20191012]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20190816. [christos 20191015]
sup: removed, use ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/sup [christos 20191015]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.1 [roy 20191016]
evbarm: Add support for the NanoPi R1 and Duo2. [bad 20191016]
bind: Import version 9.14.7. [christos 20191017]
libc: Changed the iconv(3) function signature to the POSIX variation
[kamil 20191024]
nct(4): Add Nuvoton NCT5104D GPIO driver. [ad 20191025]
vio9p(4): Add virtio-9p front-end driver. [ozaki-r 20191028]
mount_9p(8): Enable to mount a filesystem exported via virtio-9p.
[ozaki-r 20191028]
evbarm: Update TI AM335x SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
[jmcneill 20191028]
evbarm: Update TI OMAP3 SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
[jmcneill 20191101]
amd64: Add support for kCSan - Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer.
[maxv 20191105]
tmux(1): Imported 2.9a. [christos 20191112]
dhcpcd(8): Import 8.1.2. [roy 20191113]
amd64: Add support for kMSan - Kernel Memory Sanitizer.
[maxv 20191114]
qat(4): Add opencrypto driver for Intel QuickAssist.
Atom C2XXX, C3XXX, Xeon D-21XX and D-15XX, C62X chipsets and
QuickAssist Adapter 8960/8970.
[hikaru 20191120]
select(2), poll(2): Performance and scalability improvements
[ad 20191121]
amd64, i386: Performance and scalability improvements for TLB
shootdown [ad 20191121]
bind: Import version 9.14.8. [christos 20191127]
terminfo: Import 20190609 [christos 20191127]
onewire(4), owtemp(4): Improve reliability and reduce CPU overhead
slightly. [ad 20191130]
scheduler: Improve performance and interactivity. [ad 20191201]
vfs: Reduce false sharing and lock overhead during normal operation.
[ad 20191201]
evbarm: Added driver for Allwinner Crypto Engine random number
generator [riastradh 20191209]
ixl(4): Ported driver for Intel Ethernet 700 series
[yamaguchi 20191210]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20191213. [christos 20191214]
uvm: Replace red-black tree page lookup with radix tree lookup,
including tagging and gang lookup of pages. Original work
done by yamt@. [ad 20191214]
nsd: Import 4.2.4. [christos 20191215]
unbound(8): Import 1.9.6. [christos 20191215]
openpam(3): update to 20190224 (tabebuia) [christos 20191215]
kerberos(8): Update to Heimdal-7.7.0 [christos 20191215]
file(1): Upgraded to 5.38. [christos 20191216]
uvm: Replace global counters with per-CPU counters, significantly
reducing system time on workloads that are VM-system heavy.
[ad 20191216]
anxdp(4): Add driver for Analogix DisplayPort core found in
Rockchip RK3399. [jakllsch 20191219]
net80211: Require SSID configuration to associate with an open AP.
[jakllsch 20191219]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.4 [roy 20191220]
uvm: Rewrite the page allocator to be more efficient and somewhat CPU
topology aware. Add preliminary NUMA support. [ad 20191227]
crunchgen(1): Added the ability to pass variables in the submake
command line, and removed all command like flags that are
not needed anymore [christos 20191229]
uvm: Reduce lock contention by making the maintentance of page
replacement state more concurrent. [ad 20191231]
aq(4): Add Aquantia 10G network adapter driver [ryo 20200101]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.5 [roy 20200103]
tmux(1): Imported 3.0a. [christos 20200106]
amd64, i386: Replace the global PV hash table with radix trees,
yielding significant performance and scalability benefits.
[ad 20200112]
scheduler: Make the scheduler topology aware. It understands and
makes good use of HyperThreading/SMT, spreads the load evenly
across different physical CPU packages, and can effectively
run asymmetric systems with slow and fast CPUs [ad 20200113]
evbarm: Add support for NXP i.MX 8M family SoCs. [jmcneill 20200114]
arm: Add support for cpu topology for ARMv7 and ARMv8 CPUs.
[mrg 20200114]
uvm: More precisely track clean/dirty pages, and change how they are
indexed, speeding up fsync() on large files by orders of
magnitude. Original work done by yamt@. [ad 20200115]
uyurex(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200117]
strip(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
hippi and esh(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
de(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
token ring and tr(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
fddi, fpa(4), fta(4), fea(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200120]
wm(4): Add Intel I219 LM10-LM15 and V10-V14. [msaitoh 20200121]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1d. [christos 20200122]
dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.6 [roy 20200127]
openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.10.0 [roy 20200127]
urio(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200129]
Collect network interface statistics using per-cpu counters
that are collated when they are queried. [thorpej 20200201]
realpath(1): Ported from FreeBSD. [kamil 20200202]
kernel: Remove azalia(4). [jmcneill 20200209]
awk(1): Import 20200218 [christos 20200218]
genet(4): Add support for Broadcom GENETv5 ethernet controllers, found
in the Raspberry Pi 4. [jmcneill 20200222]
OpenSSH: Import 8.2. [christos 20200226]
ld.elf_so(1): Implement DT_GNU_HASH [kamil 20200229]
amiga: Fix word accesses on Gayle (A1200) pcmcia. [is 20200302]
libcbor: Import for libfido2 support [christos 20200302]
libfido2: Import for pam-u2f support [christos 20200302]
pam-u2f: Import token authenticator [christos 20200302]
gcc(1): Import GCC 8.4. [mrg 20200311]
terminfo: Support numeric parameters as int [roy 20200313]
postfix(1): Import version 3.5.0. [christos 20200318]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1e. [christos 20200321]
amd64, i386: Significant performance improvements in the pmap module
[ad 20200322]
namecache: Change the namecache to index names using per directory
red-black trees. [ad 20200322]
uvm: Process concurrent page faults on individual objects in parallel,
where the relevant pages are already in-core. [ad 20200322]
bwfm: Update firmware to linux-firmware-20200316. [thorpej 20200322]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200326. [christos 20200328]
ioctlprint(1): Add ioctl descriptive printer. [kamil 20200402]
dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.0 [roy 20200402]
binutils: Updated to FSF binutils 2.34. [christos 20200404]
mount_smbfs(8): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
nsmb(4): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
xen: remove legacy rx-flip support from xennet(4) and xvif(4)
[jdolecek 20200405]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1f. [christos 20200405]
xennet(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200406]
aarch64: Add support for Pointer Authentication (PAC).
[maxv 20200412]
aarch64: Add support for Branch Target Identification (BTI).
[maxv 20200413]
umass(4): Removed obsolete ISD-ATA support [jdolecek 20200413]
dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.1 [roy 20200413]
xbd(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200413]
xbd(4): Support regular 64KB MAXPHYS [jdolecek 20200415]
xbd(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200416]
dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.2 [roy 20200421]
xbdback(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200421]
xbdback(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200423]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1g. [christos 20200424]
tzdata updated to 2020a [kre 20200425]
amd64, i386: Added support for Xen PV drivers under HVM guests.
[bouyer 20200425]
kernel: Overhauled entropy subsystem [riastradh 20200430]
xen: Added support for Xen PVH. [bouyer 20200502]
hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for EVRX framebuffer on
HP9000/425e. [tsutsui 20200504]
xennet(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200430]
xvif(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200503]
kernel: Added support for swap encryption with sysctl -w
vm.swap_encrypt=1 [riastradh 20200509]
xen: Support MSI for XenPV [jdolecek 20200504]
hppa: Enable modules in GENERIC by default. [skrll 20200511]
aarch64: Added support for ARMv8.5-RNG RNDRRS CPU random number
generator instructions [riastradh 20200511]
xen: enable MULTIPROCESSOR for Xen dom0. [bouyer 20200513]
ptrace(2): Add PT_SET_SIGPASS and PT_GET_SIGPASS. [kamil 20200514]
evbarm: Added support for EFI RNG firwmare random number generator
[riastradh 20200514]
ACL: Add FFS support for ACLS via extended attributes, from FreeBSD.
[christos 20200516]
evbarm: Added support for Rockchip RK3399 crypto random number
generator device [riastradh 20200517]
libuv: Import version 1.38.0. [christos 20200524]
bind: Import version 9.16.3. [christos 20200524]
tzcode: Updated to 2020a. [christos 20200525]
ntp: Import ntp 4.2.8p14. [christos 20200525]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200430. [christos 20200525]
postfix(1): Import version 3.5.2. [christos 20200525]
OpenSSH: Import 8.3. [christos 20200528]
evbarm: Add install media for earmv7hf and aarch64. [jmcneill 20200528]
dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.1 [roy 20200604]
inet6: in-kernel Router Advertisment handling removed. [roy 20200612]
file(1): Upgraded to 5.39. [christos 20200614]
blocklist: import current version [christos 20200614]
dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.2 [roy 20200615]
evbarm: Add support for loading modules with the bootloader.
[jmcneill 20200221]
evbarm: Added boot.cfg support to efiboot [jmcneill 20200211]
kernel: Remove all variable-time AES and replace it by constant-time
aes_ct from BearSSL or a CPU-dependent implementation,
selected at boot time according to CPU capabilities.
[riastradh 20200629]
amd64: Add support for AES-NI in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
x86: Add support for bitsliced AES with SSE2 in kernel.
[riastradh 20200629]
x86: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with SSSE3 in
kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
x86: Add support for VIA ACE AES in kernel (not just via opencrypto).
[riastradh 20200629]
arm: Add support for ARMv8.0-AES in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
arm: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with ARM NEON in
kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
cgd(4): Add support for Adiantum cipher, providing much better software
performance than AES-CBC or AES-XTS. [riastradh 20200629]
dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.4 [roy 20200703]
x86: Xen kernels now use the same kernel modules as native kernels.
[chs 20200704]
wskbd(4): Added keyboard layouts for Brazilian Portugese,
Canadian French, Estonian, Icelandic, and Latin American
Spanish to pckbd(4) and ukbd(4). [nia 20200713]
bnx(4): Enable support for MSI/MSI-X [jdolecek 20200714]
ciss(4): Add support for PERFORMANT mode, and enable MSI/MSI-X
for adapters supporting it [jdolecek 20200714]
ciss(4): Match new HP Smart Array adapters [jdolecek 20200714]
x86: Introduce per-cpu IDTs [yamaguchi 20200714]
evbmips: Renamed kernel config files:
ERLITE -> OCTEON
INSTALL_ERLITE -> INSTALL_OCTEON
[simonb 20200715]
libc: Added ppoll() wrapper around native pollts(2) [kamil 20200717]
openresolv: Import version 3.11.0 [roy 20200722]
sun3: Add Xorg-Server-1.20'fied ancient monolithc Xsun servers.
[tsutsui 20200722]
wwanc(4): Add driver for Intel XMM7360 LTE modem [jdolecek 20200726]
xen: MSI enabled by default [jdolecek 20200728]
kernel: remove the BRIDGE_IPF option, build its code by default
unconditionally. [maxv 20200801]
aarch64: Add support for Privileged Access Never (PAN).
[maxv 20200802]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200717. [christos 20200802]
bind: Import version 9.16.5. [christos 20200803]
dhcp: Import version 4.4.2. [christos 20200803]
openldap: Import 2.4.50. [christos 20200811]
kernel: Add getrandom system call. [riastradh 20200813]
kernel: Disable COMPAT_LINUX by default [jdolecek 20200816]
mips: Port crash(8) to mips. [mrg 20200816]
wg(4): Add implementation of WireGuard protocol. [ozaki-r 20200820]
gcc(1): Import GCC 9.3. [mrg 20200904]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.2.0. [roy 20200906]
iavf(4): Add driver for Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
[yamaguchi 20200908]
gcc(1): Install TSan for 64bit CPUs. [kamil 20200913]
network: IPv6 Neighor Detection is now address agnostic
and is used by ARP. RFC 7048 is included. [roy 20200916]
alpha: Fixed several stability problems with MULTIPROCESSOR
enabled. Improved performance of TLB operations in
pmap module. Implemented fast-soft-interrupts. Enabled
MULTIPROCESSOR in GENERIC. [thorpej 20200918]
ld.so(1): Upgrade r_debug to the protocol version 1. [kamil 20200921]
vether(4): Imported from OpenBSD. [roy 20200927]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.0 [roy 20201005]
tzdata updated to 2020b [kre 20201008]
tzcode: Updated to 2020b. [christos 20201009]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.1 [roy 20201012]
tzdata updated to 2020c [kre 20201017]
tzcode: Updated to 2020c. [christos 20201017]
ossaudio(3): Added support for the OSSv4 Mixer API [nia 20201017]
tzdata updated to 2020d [kre 20201022]
pcf8574(4): Add a driver for the PCF8574 I/O expander [jdc 20201029]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.2 [roy 20201101]
tmux(1): Imported 3.1c. [christos 20201101]
kernel: Better default for kern.maxfiles for systems with
larger RAM [simonb 20201112]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20201113. [christos 20201127]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.3.4 [roy 20201128]
arm: Switch earmv6{,hf}eb to BE8. [rin 20201201]
evbarm: Support Raspberry Pi 0-3 in big-endian mode. All devices
except for vchiq(4) and vcaudio(4) are supported. Pi 3 is
capable to run both in aarch64eb and earmv7{,hf}eb modes.
[rin 20201201]
pkg_install: Updated to 20201202. This changes the default database
location from /var/db/pkg to /usr/pkg/pkgdb. [wiz 20201202]
libfido2: Update to 1.5.0 for OpenSSH 8.4 support [christos 20201204]
OpenSSH: Import 8.4. [christos 20201204]
pkg_install: Updated to 20201205. [wiz 20201205]
acpicpu(4): Add support for Arm CPUs. [jmcneill 20201207]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1i. [christos 20201209]
pkg_install: Updated to 20201212. [wiz 20201212]
sparc64: Add environment monitoring for the E250 [jdc 20201223]
sti(4), hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for SGC CRX (A1659-66001)
framebuffer for HP9000/425t. [tsutsui 20201223]
openresolv: Update to version 3.12.0 [roy 20201227]
nvmm: implement support for trapping REP CMPS [reinoud 20201227]
resize: Import Xterm's resize(1) for querying (x)terminal sizes in
base for headless clients [reinoud 20201227]
dhcpcd: Update to version 9.4.0 [roy 20201228]
tzdata updated to 2020f (includes update to 2020e) [kre 20201231]
evbarm: Add support for Amlogic G12 family SoCs. [ryo 20210101]
pppd(8): updated to version 2.4.9. [christos 20210109]
tzdata updated to 2021a [kre 20210124]
evbmips: Add support for QEMU "mipssim" emulator. [simonb 20210127]
x68k: Add Emulate3Buttons support to X68k Xorg based monolithic server.
[tsutsui 20210207]
bind: Import version 9.16.12. [christos 20210219]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1j. [christos 20210219]
byacc: Update to 20210109. [christos 20210220]
regex: Add NLS support and gnu regex extensions (off by default).
[christos 20210223]
wpa: Import wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.9. [christos 20210228]
tzcode: Updated to 2021a. [christos 20210228]
OpenSSH: Import 8.5. [christos 20210304]
nsd: Import 4.3.5. [christos 20210315]
unbound(8): Import 1.13.1. [christos 20210315]
OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1k. [christos 20210325]
evbppc: Add support for DHT Walnut 405GP evaluation board.
[rin 20210402]
acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20210331. [christos 20210403]
libevent: Import libevent 2.1.12 [christos 20210406]
services(5), protocols(5): Pull iana-generated services and protocols.
[christos 20210408]
file(1): Upgraded to 5.40. [christos 20210409]
pkg_install: Updated to 20210410. This simplifes version checking for
NetBSD. [nia 20210410]
gcc(1): Import GCC 10.3. [mrg 20210410]
alpha: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
amd64: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
ia64: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
riscv: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
sparc: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
sparc64: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
vax: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210416]
tmux(1): Imported 3.2. [christos 20210417]
hppa: Switch to GCC 10. [skrll 20210418]
OpenSSH: Import 8.6. [christos 20210419]
powerpc: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210425]
aarch64: Switch to GCC 10. [mrg 20210425]
bind: Import version 9.16.15. [christos 20210429]
resolver: The default has been changed to check-names
(see resolv.conf(5)), which means that hostnames that
contain invalid characters will not resolve. [christos 20210430]
evbarm: Add support for Allwinner V3s SoCs. [jmcneill 20210505]