CHANGES revision 1.1175
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[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] 48 rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library: 49 librumpvfs [pooka 20081119] 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] 67 libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205] 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] 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] 75 ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by 76 Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211] 77 compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212] 78 boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213] 79 pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213] 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] 86 x68k: pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220] 87 viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support. 88 [nonaka 20081221] 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 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] 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] 98 ntp: import ntp 4.2.4p6 99 openssl API related security fix. [kardel 20090108] 100 bwi: Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme 101 wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell. 102 [macallan 20090109] 103 rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109] 104 rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109] 105 makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into 106 ISO 9660 filesystems. [bjh21 20090110] 107 time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed 108 POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110] 109 make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111] 110 openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112] 111 age(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet. 112 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116] 113 atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY. 114 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116] 115 atf(7): Import 0.6. [jmmv 20090119] 116 msdosfs: The default behaviour when mounting empty filesystems has 117 been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag 118 (short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the 119 -l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122] 120 openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into 121 src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp, 122 which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more 123 user-friendly. [agc 20090123] 124 X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha. No support 125 for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124] 126