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27 Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
29 syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project:
30 Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API,
31 encryption. [christos 20081031]
32 agp(4): Add support for Intel G35. [christos 20081108]
33 kernel: Add generic producer/consumer queue. [matt 20081111]
34 lkm: Removed. Superseded by the new module framework. [ad 20081112]
35 module: Allow the POSIX semaphore code to be loaded as a module.
36 [ad 20081112]
37 module: Make compat_ossaudio a module. [ad 20081113]
38 module: Make compat_ndis a module. [ad 20081113]
39 build.sh: Add support for new MAKEVERBOSE levels 3 and 4.
40 [apb 20081113]
41 libfetch: Update to libfetch 2.20. Allow HTTP auth to be provided in
42 URL. [joerg 20081114]
43 module: Make POSIX AIO loadable as a module. [ad 20081114]
44 amd64, i386: Make boot loader autoload a kernel module corresponding
45 to the root file system type. [ad 20081119]
46 module: Make the emulations, exec formats, coredump, NFS, and
47 the NFS server into modules. [ad 20081119]
48 rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library:
49 librumpvfs [pooka 20081119]
50 kernel, libc: Add new ptree (Patricia / RADIX tree) implementation.
51 [matt 20081120]
52 i386: Switch the i386 installation CDs away from RAM disks and
53 instead use the CD-ROM as the root file system. [ad 20081121]
54 i386: Remove most compat and file system options from GENERIC
55 since they are also provided by modules. [ad 20081122]
56 nfs: Avoid noisy nfs_timer/nfs_reply DEBUG output that occurs
57 when the NFS server goes away. [mrg 20081123]
58 compat_osf1(8): Add getpgid, needed for Tru64 4.0g ksh.
59 [njoly 20081124]
60 module: Make PPP compressors modules. [cube 20081125]
61 i386: Make pxeboot(8) understand boot.cfg(5). [ad 20081125]
62 agp(4): Add support for the Intel G45 AGP. [christos 20081129]
63 compat_osf1(8): Fix getdirentries(2). [njoly 20081202]
64 module: Add a couple of sysctl(8) entries, kern.module.autoload and
65 kern.module.verbose. [ad 20081203]
66 module: Add a layerfs module. [ad 20081205]
67 libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205]
68 compat_linux32: Add getresuid() and getresgid() syscalls.
69 [njoly 20081205]
70 ddb(4): Add 'show vmem' and 'show all vmems' commands.
71 [cegger 20081207]
72 re(4): Add support for a 8168C/8111C revision. [alc 20081208]
73 tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211]
74 httpd(8): Add rc.d script to control httpd daemon. [mishka 20081211]
75 ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by
76 Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211]
77 compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212]
78 boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213]
79 pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213]
80 sparc: Switch to use wscons. [macallan 20081213]
81 snprintb(3), kprintf(9): Share snprintb(3) among kernel and libutil
82 and make it supersede bitmask_snprintf(9). [christos 20081216]
83 sup(1): Add -M user flag to specify the username to send mail to from
84 the command line. [christos 20081217]
85 malloc(9): Remove MALLOC() and FREE() macros. [cegger 20081217]
86 x68k: pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220]
87 viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support.
88 [nonaka 20081221]
89 lvm: Add LVM functionality to NetBSD; this is done by dm(4) driver
90 in kernel and lvm2 tools made by RedHat. We use the same well
91 known interface as Linux does for managing LVM. [haad 20081222]
92 gcscaudio(4): Add AMD Geode CS5536 audio driver, from SHIMIZU Ryo.
93 [jmcneill 20081228]
94 rump: i386 and amd64 can use kernel module binaries [pooka 20081230]
95 mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase.
96 [christos 20090103]
97 rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104]
98 module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105]
99 bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
100 wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
101 [macallan 20090109]
102 rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
103 rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
104 makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
105 ISO 9660 file systems. [bjh21 20090110]
106 time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
107 POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
108 make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
109 openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
110 age(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet.
111 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
112 atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
113 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
114 atf(7): Import 0.6. [jmmv 20090119]
115 msdosfs: The default behavior when mounting empty file systems has
116 been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
117 (short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
118 -l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
119 openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
120 src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
121 which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
122 user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
123 X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha. No support
124 for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
125 kernel: Add support for loading pseudo-device drivers. [haad 20090202]
126 module: Add a module for vnd(4) driver. [haad 20090205]
127 dkctl(8): Display cache, strategy, and list of wedges if no command
128 is specified in the command line. [uebayasi 20090207]
129 udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
130 sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
131 passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
132 libc: Add RFC 2045 MIME Quoted-Printable support. [christos 20090210]
133 sgimips: Add Personal IRIS 4D/20 and 4D/25 (IP6 and IP10) support.
134 [rumble 20090212]
135 sk(4): Add support for flow control. [cegger 20090212]
136 nfe(4): Add support for flow control for MCP65. [cegger 20090212]
137 share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4. [lukem 20090212]
138 tests: Converted the awk, basename, bzip2, config, cut, dirname, grep,
139 gzip, libcrypto, m4, make and sdiff tests to ATF. Initial
140 work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz Strzygowski.
141 [jmmv 20090213]
142 libfetch: Import libfetch-2.22. [joerg 20090214]
143 openssh: Import 5.1. [christos 20090216]
144 amd64, i386: The bootloader has been enhanced to support framebuffer
145 consoles using VESA BIOS extensions. These changes allow the
146 x86 ports to work with the genfb(4) driver, and obsoletes
147 the i386-only vesafb(4) driver. [jmcneill 20090216]
148 lvm: Import new lvm2tools 2.02.44 version and libdevmapper 1.02.30.
149 [haad 20090218]
150 compat_linux(8), compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all shmctl(2)
151 commands, not only for STAT/SET. [njoly 20090218]
152 i386: The vesafb(4) driver has been retired. [jmcneill 20090218]
153 tests: Converted some of the kernel tests, including kqueue and ipf,
154 to ATF. Initial work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz
155 Strzygowski. [jmmv 20090220]
156 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.11. [roy 20090221]
157 softdep: The soft dependences / soft updates feature of the fast
158 file system (FFS) has been supplanted by meta data
159 journaling (logging). Logging provides better reliability
160 and better performance for most applications. Soft
161 dependencies will no longer be available from NetBSD 6.0
162 onwards. We encourage users to enable logging on FFS file
163 systems. [ad 20090222]
164 i386, amd64: ucas (CAS for user-space address) support for i386/amd64.
165 [rmind 20090223]
166 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.12. [roy 20090226]
167 evbarm: Improved support for GPIO support on the EP93xx ARM processors.
168 [kenh 20090227]
169 ext2fs: Add support for >128 byte inode. From Frederic Sausmikat.
170 [christos 20090301]
171 zaurus: Add zboot from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090302]
172 xen: Add PCI pass-through support for Xen3. domain0 kernel gets a
173 pciback PCI drivers, to which device specified in the
174 pciback.hide boot parameter will attach.
175 DomU kernels gets a xpci device, to which PCI buses
176 will attach. [bouyer 20090305]
177 xen: Add XEN3PAE_DOM0, a i386 domain0 kernel with PAE support.
178 requires a i386PAE or x86_64 hypervisor. [bouyer 20090305]
179 ar(1): Add support to ar(1) for 'deterministic mode'.
180 [christos 20090306]
181 kernel: Compute kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs on startup based on physical
182 memory. Default can be overridden via sysctl. [joerg 20090306]
183 fxp(4): Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for i82559 and
184 later chips. [tsutsui 20090307]
185 crash(8): Add a new utility to diagnose kernel crashes. Based upon
186 the in-kernel debugger (ddb). [ad 20090307]
187 piixide(4): Add support for 82965PM. [christos 20090309]
188 libfetch: Import libfetch-2.23. [joerg 20090310]
189 wm(4): Add support for 82567LF-3, and fix register access for ICH10DO.
190 [msaitoh 20090310]
191 module: Add tprof modules. [yamt 20090310]
192 zaurus: Add kloader(4) support. [nonaka 20090311]
193 altmem(4): Add 'alternative memory' disk device driver.
194 [jmcneill 20090312]
195 zaurus: Add only playback support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090313]
196 vnd(4): Implement DIOCCACHESYNC ioctl. [christos 20090314]
197 sgimips: Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for mec(4)
198 Ethernet on O2. [tsutsui 20090316]
199 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2009c. [kleink 20090316]
200 am-utils: Import latest from head; adds udf support amd -uu
201 [christos 20090320]
202 re(4): Add hardware checksum support for newer PCIe 8168C/8111C/8102E
203 chips. [tsutsui 20090321]
204 eject(1): Turn on amd(8) support for eject. [christos 20090323]
205 i386: Use "i486" as GNU_ARCH for i386. [drochner 20090327]
206 kmem_alloc(9): Add more extensive runtime debugging facilities.
207 [ad 20090329]
208 wm(4): Add workaround for 82543GC. [msaitoh 20090329]
209 wm(4): Enable hardware vlan(4) support. [darran 20090331]
210 amd64, i386: Default to UFS2 on sysinst(8). [ad 20090404]
211 sysinst(8): Default to wapbl(4) log for ufs partitions. [ad 20090404]
212 pckbd(4): Add a Czech keyboard layout. [mkirby 20090406]
213 sysinst(8): Make installer reject UFS2 for root partition on ports
214 whose bootloaders don't support UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090407]
215 cvs(1): Import 1.12.13 [christos 20090408]
216 libc: Add glob_pattern_p(3) for new cvs(1). [christos 20090408]
217 mtree(8): Add -S option to sort entries. [apb 20090408]
218 newfs_sysvbfs(8): Add support creating a file system to a regular file.
219 [pooka 20090409]
220 libc: Add memrchr(3). [christos 20090410]
221 bind: Update to 9.6.1-P1. Full NSEC3 support, automatic zone
222 re-signing, new update-policy methods tcp-self and 6to4-self,
223 unbundle libbind, change the default pid file location from
224 /var/run to /var/run/{named,lwresd} for improved chroot/setuid
225 support. [christos 20090412]
226 libbind: Update to 6.0-rc1. Use md5 for randomid instead of
227 sequential id, add suppport for DS, SSHFP, RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY,
228 DHCID, NSEC3, NSEC3PARAM, HIP and DLV, various new API
229 functions. [christos 20090412]
230 re(4): Add support for RTL8168CP and RTL8168D. [tsutsui 20090413]
231 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.13 [roy 20090417]
232 zaurus: Add recoding support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090418]
233 httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090418. [mrg 20090418]
234 bge(4): Add misc quirk code for chip specific bugs.
235 From FreeBSD and OpenBSD. [msaitoh 20090419]
236 queue(3): Add SLIST_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_LAST,
237 SIMPLEQ_CONCAT, and SIMPLEQ_LAST. [mschuett 20090420]
238 ale(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet.
239 From OpenBSD and improvements from Kevin Lahey.
240 [cegger 20090420]
241 sdmmc(4): Add a driver for SD/MMC from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090421]
242 landisk: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
243 pmax: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
244 uftdi(4): Add support for USB serial adapter REX-USB60F.
245 [taca 20090421]
246 netpgp: Import netpgp. This is a heavily-modified version of
247 openpgpsdk, and will replace it. [agc 20090423]
248 landisk: Enable to build a bootable install disk image.
249 [tsutsui 20090423]
250 compat_linux(8): Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2)/msgctl(2).
251 [njoly 20090423]
252 zx(4): Add wscons support [macallan 20090423]
253 compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2),
254 following corresponding compat_linux(8) change.
255 [njoly 20090427]
256 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.0. [roy 20090428]
257 rc.d(8): Add an rc.d script for dhcpcd(8). [roy 20090428]
258 ichlpcib(4): Attach 82801IEM LPC Interface Bridge too. [njoly 20090429]
259 rump: Add support for remote system calls [pooka 20090429]
260 sh3: Add some support for SH7706. [nonaka 20090430]
261 hppa: Merge the nick-hppapmap branch which includes a port of the
262 OpenBSD pmap, improves support for machines without the
263 PA7100LC or PA7300LC CPUs, and much more. [skrll 20090430]
264 libc: Add stpcpy(3), stpncpy(3), strnlen(3), all from FreeBSD.
265 [perry 20090501]
266 install(1): Add support for writing sha256, sha384, or sha512 hashes
267 to a METALOG. [apb 20090501]
268 build: Use sha256 instead of sha1 hashes in METALOG and
269 /etc/mtree/set.* files. [apb 20090501]
270 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.1 [roy 20090503]
271 hp700: Enable support for UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090503]
272 rpcgen(1): Add support for hyper and quad keywords. [ginsbach 20090506]
273 apropos(1): Add -S and -s support, for searching by machine and
274 section [wiz 20090508]
275 file(1): Import 5.03 [christos 20090508]
276 hp700: ucas (CAS for user-space address) support for hp700.
277 [skrll 20090508]
278 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.2 [roy 20090510]
279 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.3 [roy 20090511]
280 bluetooth: Update the Bluetooth service discovery API and merge it
281 into libbluetooth, retiring the separate libsdp.
282 [plunky 20090512]
283 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.4 [roy 20090514]
284 libc: Add the getdate(3) and getdate_err value, conforming to
285 IEEE Std 1003.1 (``POSIX.1'') and the Open Group Base
286 Specifications X/Open System Interfaces extension (``XSI'').
287 [ginsbach 20090514]
288 hp700: com at dino now works [skrll 20090518]
289 httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090522. [mrg 20090522]
290 libc: Add %s (seconds since the Epoch) to strptime(3) for symmetry
291 with strftime(3). [ginsbach 20090524]
292 kernel: File descriptor access performance improvements.
293 [ad 20090524]
294 i386, amd64: CPU topology detection support for AMD processors.
295 [rmind 20090526]
296 rumpnet: Add IPv6 support [pooka 20090527]
297 agr(4): Add support for layering vlans on top. Also allow LACP
298 to be disabled. [darran 20090529]
299 openssh: Import 5.2. [christos 20090607]
300 module: Add the capability to read an <module>.prop associated
301 with a module and merge a plist passed in by modload(8).
302 Also, add MODCTL_NO_PROP flag to prevent loading
303 <module>.prop. [jnemeth 20090609]
304 modload(8): Add various flags to assist in the creation and
305 maintenance of <module>.prop and/or to set MODCTL_NO_PROP.
306 [jnemeth 20090609]
307 ntp: Import ntp-4-2-4p7. [kardel 20090613]
308 ehci(4): Add quirk for SB600/SB700 chipsets to workaround freeze
309 in USB subsystem. [cegger 20090615]
310 drm(4): Update to mesa-drm 85b9f737db0d2a845e4d7e2bbf9ad12ff9e2227c.
311 [mrg 20090619]
312 postfix(1): Import version 2.6.2 [tron 20090623]
313 wake(8): New command to send Wake-on-LAN packets to machines on
314 the local Ethernet. [mbalmer 20090625]
315 cpu_reboot(9): tear down stacks of (pseudo-)devices and
316 filesystems in an orderly fashion during shutdown,
317 detaching the devices and unmounting the filesystems.
318 i386 and sparc64 are finished. [dyoung 20090625]
319 kernel: Ephemeral mapping (emap) implementation, i386/amd64 support.
320 [rmind 20090628]
321 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.5 [roy 20090704]
322 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.6 [roy 20090708]
323 sysmon_envsys(8): Enhancements to allow access to driver-internal
324 limit values [pgoyette 20090710]
325 libc: Add getdelim(3) and getline(3) conforming to
326 IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'') [roy 20090713]
327 ip(4): Add IP_RECVTTL option to let recvmsg(2) return the TTL
328 of the received datagram. [minskim 20090716]
329 ip(4): Add IP_MINTTL option to discard packets with a TTL
330 lower than the option value. [minskim 20090717]
331 openssl: Import SNAP-20090710 under the new crypto/external
332 framework [christos 20090719]