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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.834 $>


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Changes from NetBSD 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
	evbppc: add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
	mac68k: add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the 
		VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
	ixp425: add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
	postfix(1): Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220]
	nfs: Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
	mount_psshfs(8): add puffs sshfs [pooka 20061229]
  	zaurus: add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
	i386: add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface address
		changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface
		addresses are re-configured (WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]
	kernel: global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to
		the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
	GCC: Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110.  [mrg 20070111]
	acpitools: added from FreeBSD via fvdl [christos 20070114]
	scsictl(8): added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the
		optical drive should use for reading data,
		contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
	bind: import 9.4.0-rc2 [christos 20070127]
	i386, amd64: add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
	newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
		kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
		on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
		with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
	news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
	refuse: added file system in userspace compatibility functionality,
		layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211]
	i386: added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption
		instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
	sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
	btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver.
		[kiyohara 20070221]
	btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon.
		[kiyohara 20070221]
        mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
	eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept
		eeprom from actually changing firmware settings
		[macallan 20070228]
	MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions
		defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]
	x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
	luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
	file(1): update to 4.20.  [pooka 20070304]
	hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
	build: 'make iso-image' in src/ (or build.sh iso-image) will build
		iso images, eventually bootable, using in-tree tools.
		[bouyer 20070306]
	i386, amd64: switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add
		different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI
		in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
	openssl: Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]
	ipv6: add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
	openssh: import 4.6 [christos 20070310]
	aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver,
		adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
	evbmips: add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
	i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save
		power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal
		Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
		See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
	libc: add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]
	bind: import 9.4.0 [ghen 20070330]
	sh5, evbsh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408]
	genfb: generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus
		frontends [macallan 20070411]
	sgimips: add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and
		onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412]
	sgimips: import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from
		OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412]
	sparc64: add support for hardware monitoring on
		Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4) [tnn 20070414]
	ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.19. [martin 20070414]
	puffs(4): Support NFS exporting puffs file servers [pooka 20070416]
	xargs(1): Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our
		GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]
	bluetooth(4): add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421]
	mount_9p(8): Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs.
		[pooka 20070421]
	kernel: Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used
		to locate files within an emulation's root directory.
		Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first.