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Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:

	tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211]
	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 Superseded by the new module framework.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]
	wscons(4): Add wscons/vcons support for Sun cg3. [jdc 20081128]
	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]
	fxp(4): Add a workaround for hardware ip4csum-tx bug.
		[tsutsui 20081203]
	wscons(4): Add wscons/vcons support for Sun bw2. [jdc 20081205]
	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]
	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]
	pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213]
	sparc:  switch to use wscons [macallan 20081213]