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1.1028 xtraeme 25:
1.1 lukem 26:
1.1143 agc 27: Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
1.1144 christos 28:
1.1147 tsutsui 29: syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project:
30: Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API,
1.1144 christos 31: encryption. [christos 20081031]
1.1148 tsutsui 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 Superseded by the new module framework.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]
1.1147 tsutsui 48: rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library:
1.1145 pooka 49: librumpvfs [pooka 20081119]
1.1148 tsutsui 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]
1.1149 tsutsui 67: libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205]
1.1148 tsutsui 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]
1.1168 tsutsui 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]
1.1153 alc 75: ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by
76: Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211]
1.1168 tsutsui 77: compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212]
78: boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213]
1.1154 jmcneill 79: pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213]
1.1168 tsutsui 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]
1.1157 isaki 86: x68k: pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220]
1.1168 tsutsui 87: viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support.
88: [nonaka 20081221]
1.1158 haad 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
1.1159 jmcneill 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]
1.1168 tsutsui 94: mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase.
95: [christos 20090103]
96: rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104]
97: module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105]
1.1179 tsutsui 98: bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
1.1161 macallan 99: wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
100: [macallan 20090109]
1.1162 cegger 101: rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
102: rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
1.1168 tsutsui 103: makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
104: ISO 9660 filesystems. [bjh21 20090110]
105: time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
106: POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
1.1166 wiz 107: make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
1.1168 tsutsui 108: openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
1.1167 cegger 109: age(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet.
110: From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
111: atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
112: From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
1.1170 jmmv 113: atf(7): Import 0.6. [jmmv 20090119]
1.1172 jmcneill 114: msdosfs: The default behaviour when mounting empty filesystems has
115: been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
116: (short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
1.1173 jmcneill 117: -l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
1.1174 agc 118: openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
119: src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
120: which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
121: user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
1.1175 bouyer 122: X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha. No support
123: for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
1.1180 reinoud 124: udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
125: sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
126: passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
1.1182 lukem 127: share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4. [lukem 20090212]
1.1183 jmmv 128: tests: Converted the awk, basename, bzip2, config, cut, dirname, grep,
1.1184 jmmv 129: gzip, libcrypto, m4, make and sdiff tests to ATF. Initial
130: work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz Strzygowski.
131: [jmmv 20090213]
1.1185 macallan 132: newport(4): Imported and adapted to NetBSD Xorg's xf86-video-newport
133: 0.2.1 driver for SGI's NG1 / Newport graphics boards found
134: mostly in Indys. [macallan 20090213]
1.1186 christos 135: openssh: Import 5.1. [christos 20090216]
1.1187 jmcneill 136: amd64, i386: The bootloader has been enhanced to support framebuffer
137: consoles using VESA BIOS extensions. These changes allow the
138: x86 ports to work with the genfb(4) driver, and obsoletes
139: the i386-only vesafb(4) driver. [jmcneill 20090216]
1.1188 jmcneill 140: i386: The vesafb(4) driver has been retired. [jmcneill 20090218]
1.1189 macallan 141: crime(4): add an Xorg driver for the CRIME rendering engine found in
142: SGI's O2 workstations. [macallan 20090219]
1.1190 jmmv 143: tests: Converted some of the kernel tests, including kqueue and ipf,
144: to ATF. Initial work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz
145: Strzygowski. [jmmv 20090220]
1.1191 roy 146: dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.11. [roy 20090221]
1.1192 ad 147: softdep: The soft dependences / soft updates feature of the fast
148: file system (FFS) has been supplanted by meta data
149: journalling (logging). Logging provides better reliability
150: and better performance for most applications. Soft
151: dependencies will no longer be available from NetBSD 6.0
152: onwards. We encourage users to enable logging on FFS file
153: systems. [ad 20090222]
1.1193 macallan 154: sgimips: build Xorg by default [macallan 20080223]
1.1194 roy 155: dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.12. [roy 20090226]
1.1195 ! bouyer 156: xen: Add PCI pass-through support for Xen3. domain0 kernel gets a
! 157: pciback PCI drivers, to which device specified in the
! 158: pciback.hide boot parameter will attach.
! 159: DomU kernels gets a xpci device, to which pci busses
! 160: will attach. [bouyer 20090305]
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