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27 Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:
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29 syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project:
30 Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API,
31 encryption. [christos 20081031]
32 agp(4): Add support for Intel G35. [christos 20081108]
33 kernel: Add generic producer/consumer queue. [matt 20081111]
34 lkm: Removed. Superseded by the new module framework. [ad 20081112]
35 module: Allow the POSIX semaphore code to be loaded as a module.
36 [ad 20081112]
37 module: Make compat_ossaudio a module. [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 bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
99 wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
100 [macallan 20090109]
101 rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
102 rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
103 makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
104 ISO 9660 filesystems. [bjh21 20090110]
105 time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
106 POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
107 make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
108 openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
109 age(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet.
110 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
111 atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
112 From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
113 atf(7): Import 0.6. [jmmv 20090119]
114 msdosfs: The default behaviour when mounting empty filesystems has
115 been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
116 (short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
117 -l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
118 openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
119 src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
120 which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
121 user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
122 X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha. No support
123 for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
124 udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
125 sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
126 passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
127 share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4. [lukem 20090212]
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