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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]
	sparc, sparc64: Switch to GCC 14. [mrg 20251007]
	hppa: 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]
	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]
	evbppc: wii: Add support for GameCube controller sockets
		as uhid(4) (now "userspace hid") devices.
		[jmcneill 20251208]
	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]
	evbppc: Add support for the Nintendo Wii U. [jmcneill 20260109]