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Changes from NetBSD 11.0 to NetBSD 12.0:

	macppc: Add drivebay(4), a driver to control the Xserve G4's drive bays
		via sysctl. [macallan 20250812]
	macppc: Added support for fan control on Xserve G4. [macallan 20250820]
	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20250807. [christos 20250824]
	binutils: Import 2.45 and switch amd64 to it  [christos 20250826]
	gffb(4): Add backlight control to the GeForce framebuffer driver.
		[macallan 20250830]
	man(1): Add -l flag to parse argument as file name.
		[christos 20250902]
	gdb: Import 16.3 and switch everyone to it [christos 20250902]
	openpam(3): update to 20250531 (zingiber) [christos 20250903]
	openldap: Import 2.6.10. [christos 20250904]
	unbound(8): Import 1.23.1. [christos 20250906]
	kernel: Add new memory barrier for paravirtualized drivers
		requiring store-before-load ordering. [riastradh 20250906]
	macppc: Add driver for the LED bar found on Xserve G4,
		controls lights depending on CPU usage. [macallan 20250908]
	m68k: Change softfloat build to libc/softfloat. [nat 20250910]
	fsck_ffs(8): Expand flags with -a and -i. [perseant 20250914]
	ctype(3): New environment variable LIBC_ALLOWCTYPEABUSE.
		[riastradh 20250915]
	dumplfs(8): Add -n flag to allow dumping of a given inode from an
		inode block, or every inode in a block. [perseant 20250914]
	lfs: Add working in-kernel roll forward. [perseant 20250917]
	kernel: Add a shared function to query the common properties used
		for configuring an Ethernet address. [thorpej 20251004]
	gffb(4): Add backlight control for NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Go.
		[macallan 20251006]
	hypotl(3): Accommodate infinity for softfloat. [nat 20251007]
	arm, aarch64: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	hppa: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	riscv: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	sparc, sparc64: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	vax: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	x86: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	ucom(4): Add support for console over USB-to-serial adapter
		[manu 20251009]
	libc: Merge extended worker threads for POSIX asynchronous I/O
		(GSoC project by Ethan Miller). [christos 20251010]
	ssh(1), sshd(8): Import OpenSSH 10.2. [christos 20251011]
	gpt(8): Add various riscv-specific partition types. [thorpej 20251011]
	fsck_lfs(8): Enable checking LFS64 volumes. [perseant 20251012]
	m68k: New port: mac68ksf - Macintosh 68k softfloat. [nat 20251020]
	sc16is7xx(4): NXP SC16IX7xx family of UART chips that are behind
		a I2C or SPI bus.  [brad 20251024]
	compat_linux(8): Add support for semtimedop(2), from Ricardo Branco.
		[christos 20251026]
	ftp(1): Add "connect" as a synonym for "open". [lukem 20251028]
	ia64: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251029]
	lfs: Add in-kernel cleaner. [perseant 20251106]
	m68k: Experimental new pmap module for systems with 68k MMUs
		(plus the HP MMU). [thorpej 20251108]
	compat_linux(8): Add prctl(2) lwp_{g,s}etname, from Kevin Bloom.
		[christos 20251110]
	sparc64: Add implementation of Sun's VIS instruction API.
		[nia 20251113]
	iconv(1): Support -o outfile like gnu does and check writes for
		failure. [christos 20251121]
	cgd(4): Improve throughput of AES disk encryption using SSE2.
		[riastradh 20251123]
	powerpc: Switch to GCC 14. [martin 20251128]
	dreamcast, atu(4), icp(4), gpsa(8): Relicense various NetBSD
		components from 4-clause to 3-clause BSD. [nia 20251128]
	umcpmio(4): Reorg and support for the MCP2210, USB to SPI
		bridge. [brad 20251129]
	ucom(4): Allow using as boot console. [manu 20251129]
	sparc64: Use 64-bit optimized AES code for disk encryption.
		[nia 20251201]
	iwm(4): Update driver code, improving performance and stability.
		[mlelstv 20251201]
	lfs: Various stability improvements. [perseant 20251202]
	evbppc: Enable PaX security features in WII kernel configuration.
		[nia 20251204]
	viaide(4): Identify and attach VT6420 IDE (PATA) controller.
		[andvar 20251204]
	diff(1), diff3(1): Import BSD-licensed diff to replace GNU
		diffutils, build with MKBSDDIFF=yes. [nia 20251204]
	amd64: Support ramdisks when booting in GENPVH mode.
		[khorben 20251205]
	ftp(1): Fix ASCII transfers with progress bar. [lukem 20251206]
	evbppc: wii: Add support for GameCube controller sockets
		as uhid(4) (now "userspace hid") devices.
		[jmcneill 20251208]
	mips: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251209]
	openresolv(8): import 3.17.1 (patched to 3.17.3) [roy 20251213]
	editline(3): Add a method to set custom word characters,
		from bsiegert. [christos 20251214]
	evbarm: Add support for TI OMAP4 PandaBoard-ES, from Rui-Xiang Guo.
		[skrll 20251216]
	tzcode: Updated to 2025c. [christos 20251218]
	tzdata: Updated to 2025c (using 2025cgtz) [kre 20251219]
	re(4): Made the code MPSAFE with a private mutex.
		[mlelstv 20251220]
	lm(4): Support five aux fan sensors for NCT6794D. [isaki 20251224]
	inetd(8): Add an optional accept limit to stream/nowait services.
		[mlelstv 20251227]
	sun2: Add various MK build knobs and disable them on sun2 to trim
		down the installation. [thorpej 20251228]
	diff(1): Switch the default to MKBSDDIFF=yes. [nia 20260102]
	makefs(8): Honour -m option to set a maximum FS size for
		cd9660 images. [nia 20260107]
	i386, amd64, sparc64: Exclude various base features from the
		CD-ROM installer and add checks that cause ISO image
		creation to fail if the size is above 700 MB.
		[nia 20260107]
	gzip(1): Support reading directly from block devices such as tapes, and
		accept --ascii and --license for GNU compat.  [mrg 20260108]
	editline(3): Implement rl_kill_full_line in the readline compat
		layer. [christos 20260109]
	evbppc: Add support for the Nintendo Wii U. [jmcneill 20260109]
	nsd: Import 4.14.0. [christos 20260115]
	ftp(1): limit I/O transfers to 128 KiB. [lukem 20260115]
	unbound(8): Import 1.24.2. [christos 20260116]
	kernel: Add basic support for USB nodes in flattened device trees.
		[skrll 20260117]
	evbarm, riscv: Update to Linux 6.12.66 device trees. [skrll 20260118]
	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20251212. [christos 20260117]
	byacc: Update to 20241231. [christos 20260118]
	gfortran(1): Add for all platforms using GCC 14. [mrg 20260118]
	evbppc: wiiu: Add GPIO support. [jmcneill 20260123]
	ure(4): Performance improvements, enable 32K RX buffers where
		possible. [jmcneill 20260124]
	OpenSSL: Imported 3.5.5. [christos 20260127]
	rge(4): Add support for RTL 8125D variant [pgoyette 20260128]
	ia64: Relicense from 4-clause to 3-clause BSD. [nia 20260129]
	libuv: Import version 1.51.0. [christos 20260128]
	bind: Import version 9.20.18. [christos 20260129]
	libarchive: Import libarchive-3.8.5. [christos 20260130]
	bochsfb(4): Import Jiaxun Yang's bochsfb(4) driver. This is
		mostly useful on QEMU platforms without firmware runtime
		video support (e.g. using the -kernel option). Enabled
		for aarch64. [nia 20260131]
	evbppc: wiiu: Add hardware cursor support. [jmcneill 20260131]
	evbarm: Convert imx23_olinuxino support to use flattened device
		trees. [yurix 20260201]
	sparc64: Add a driver for the Texas Instruments bq4802Y/bq4802LY
		RTC chip, used in the Sun Ultra 45. [jdc 20260201]
	hppa: hyperfb: Add support for translucent fonts and the glyph
		cache. [macallan 20260203]
	evbppc: wiiu: Add RTC support. [jmcneill 20260203]
	ftp(1): simplify socket buffer handling to improve performance.
		[lukem 20260207]
	ftp(1): send custom HTTP headers in provided order, not reverse.
		[lukem 20260208]
	tmux(1): Import version 3.6a. [wiz 20260209]
	gpt(8): Allow the -s sector size to be scaled (but just with 'K')
		[kre 20260209]
	gpt(8): Add human friendly size output (and more) to gpt show.
		[kre 20260209]
	ld.elf_so(4): Support DT_PREINIT_ARRAY which holds a pointer to
		an array of pointers to functions that should be executed
		before the main program starts. [skrll 20260210]
	sparc64: Add thermal limits to ADM1026 sensors. [jdc 20260210]
	binutils: Import 2.46 [christos 20260215]
	gffb(4): Support underlined console text. [macallan 20260217]
	hppa: Support underlined console text in gftfb(4) and hyperfb(4).
		[macallan 20260217]
	pchtemp(4): Add a simple driver for Intel PCH thermal sensors.
		[yamt 20260220]
	powerpc: Add kernel crash dump support for OEA platforms.
		[jmcneill 20260225]
	pkg_add(1): Import pkg_install-20260226. [bsiegert 20260228]
	nc(1): Add -E to limit number of net packets sent/received.
		[kre 20260301]
	i386, amd64: Treat Time Stamp Counter as being a lower quality
		clock source when running as a NVMM guest.
		[yamt 20260301]
	zfs: Various reliability improvements. [yamt 20260301]
	zfs: Reject read(2) on directories. [yamt 20260301]
	rge(4): Add support for RTL8127ATF with SFP+ interface.
		[mlelstv 20260308]
	tzcode: Updated to 2026a. [christos 20260308]
	tzdata: Updated to 2026a (using 2026agtz) [kre 20260309]
	riscv: Add support for MKPROFILE. [skrll 20260309]
	telnet(1): Only send exported environment variables,
		from OpenBSD. [christos 20260313]
	gdb: Import 17.1 and switch everyone to it [christos 20260314]
	sh(1): Improve feedback from 'type' builtin. [kre 20260314]
	dhcpcd: Updated to 10.3.11 [roy 20260316]
	tcpdump(8): Import 4.99.6. [christos 20260318]
	libpcap: Import 1.10.6. [christos 20260318]
	kernel: Make the uvm swap drum(4) MPSAFE. [yamt 20260316]
	mgafb(4): New driver for Matrox Millennium I graphics cards,
		from Radoslaw Kujawa. [macallan 20260317]
	riscv: Provide and use hooks for L1 cache operations on the
		T-Head processors, from Rui-Xiang Guo.
		[skrll 20260318]
	riscv: Add support for allwinner,sun20i-d1-mmc and
		allwinner,sun20i-d1-wdt, from Rui-Xiang Guo.
		[skrll 20260318]
	m68k: Refactor FP exception handling to be less
		machine-dependent. [thorpej 20260321]
	zfs: Improve performance of removing files. [yamt 20260322]
	m68k: Use a common delay(9) implementation, except for atari,
		mac68k, and virt68k. [thorpej 20260328]
	drum(4): Make the device MPSAFE. [yamt 20260330]
	evbarm: Add FDT-based clkgate, power and sleep controller, and
		interrupt controller drivers for am18xx.
		[yurix 20260330]
	audiocfg(1): Play a real phone dialing sequence when
		the test command is used. [mlelstv 20260403]
	bind: Import version 9.20.22. [christos 20260407]
	OpenSSL: Imported 3.5.6. [christos 20260408]
	ssh(1), sshd(8): Import OpenSSH 10.3. [christos 20260408]
	xz(1): Import of XZ 5.8.3. [christos 20260408]
	npf(7): Add policy-based routing by interface. [joe 20260408]
	df(1): Print human-readable inode counts when -h is specified.
		[kim 20260408]
	sh3: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20260419]
	lfs_cleanerd(8): Use the new FCNTL mechanism to move blocks
		to clean segments. Individual block and file handling
		code moved to the kernel. [perseant 20260423]
	rm(1): Adapt behaviour of -i for directories to more closely
		match user expectations and other operating systems,
		patch from RVP. [jschauma 20260425]
	evbarm: Allow booting 32-bit kernel on Raspberry Pi 4B.
		[tsutsui 20260426]
	tzcode: Updated to 2026b [christos 20260426]
	sysinst(8): Add a date/time setup menu for systems without
		a working RTC, show it if the time seems off.
		[martin 20260426]
	pms(4): Add synaptics tap-to-click sysctl so that it can be
		disabled, from atomicules. [christos 20260428]
	sqlite3(1): Import 3.53.0. [christos 20260428]
	tzdata: Updated to 2026b (using 2026bgtz) [kre 20260429]
	gunzip(1), zcat(1): Add support for decompressing zstd files,
		from FreeBSD. [simonb 20260430]
	pthread(3): add pthread_main_np(3) [wiz 20260501]
	zstd(1): import 1.5.7 [christos 20260501]
	libarchive: Import libarchive-3.8.7. [christos 20260503]
	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20260408. [christos 20260503]
	byacc: Update to 20260126. [christos 20260503]
	awk(1): Import 20260426 [christos 20260503]
	zlib: Import 1.3.2 [christos 20260503]
	dumpfs(8): Allow NAME=wedge-label on the command line.
		[kre 20260507]
	postfix(1): Import version 3.11.2. [christos 20260508]
	evbmips: Improve support for running as an emulated
		MIPS Malta under QEMU. [tls 20260510]
	macppc: Support volume control buttons on some Macintosh
		Performa models. [macallan 20260511]
	macppc: Improve fan management on Xserve G4. [macallan 20260511]
	mac68k: Switch to the new machine-independent m68k pmap.
		[thorpej 20260513]
	bind: Import version 9.20.23. [christos 20260520]
	kernel: tcp: Reduce the Initial RTO from 3 seconds to
		1 second as allowed by RFC6298. [kbowling 20260520]
	unbound(8): Import 1.25.1. [christos 20260521]
	mkimage: New `-C <config>' option. Enables use of
		out-of-tree config files. [riastradh 20260522]
	mac68k: Add commented out EMULFKEYS for emulating function
		keys on mac keyboards without them. [nat 20260523]
	sparc: Add direct support for managing a wsdisplay(4)
		to cgfour(4). Previously this was left to
		bwtwo(4). From tokenalt. [christos 20260525]
	tmux(1): Import version 3.6b. [christos 20260528]
	eqos(4): Various performance improvements. [jmcneill 20260528]
	sh(1): Teach the shell to recognize live updates to the locale
		variables after startup and adjust its behaviour
		accordingly. [kre 20260528]
	services(5), protocols(5): Pull iana-generated services and protocols.
		[christos 20260529]
	pidfile(3): New functionality for PID file management in
		sandboxed applications in libutil. [roy 20260530]
	eqos(4): Add IPv4/TCPv4/UDPv4 checksum offload support.
		[jmcneill 20260530]