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27 Changes from NetBSD 6.0 to NetBSD 7.0:
28 window(1): Removed from the base system in favor of tmux(1). Use the
29 pkgsrc/misc/window package from now on. [jmmv 20120215]
30 pkg_add(1): imported 20120221 version from pkgsrc [wiz 20120221]
31 file(1): upgraded to 5.11 [christos 20120222]
32 evbmips: Add support for Lemote Yeeloong Notebook. [nonaka 20120302]
33 dbsym(8): Add option -p [bsh 20120319]
34 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.5.5 [roy 20120323]
35 ipf: upgrade to 5.1.1 with new build framework, no module and
36 test support yet [christos 20120323]
37 pcc: upgrade to 1.1.0.DEVEL 20120325 [plunky 20120325]
38 openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.5.1 [roy 20120327]
39 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.5.6 [roy 20120328]
40 apple: Recognize the apple disk partitioning scheme, and auto-discover
41 wedges. Fix iPod disk mounting, by adding quirk.
42 [christos 20120306]
43 fstab: Add NAME=wedgename for fs_spec and routines to parse it. Now
44 wedges can be used in /etc/fstab, even in dynamic environments
45 where disks come and go and wedges get renumbered.
46 [christos 20120306]
47 pdisk(8): Make it work for 64 bit hosts, and make it MI.
48 [christos 20120306]
49 amiga: Add clockport(4) layer and a driver for A1200 on-board clockport
50 a1k2cp(4). [rkujawa 20120417]
51 kernel: add mpii(4), a driver for LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing
52 Interface II SAS controllers. [bouyer 20120419]
53 kernel: Add support for 256 CPUs on amd64. [rmind 20120420]
54 OpenSSH: Imported 6.0 [christos 20120501]
55 bzip2: Imported 1.0.6 [wiz 20120507]
56 amiga: Rework X-Surf driver as xsurf(4). Add support for clockport(4)
57 on top of xsurf(4). [rkujawa 20120515]
58 backtrace(3): Add <execinfo.h> and the backtrace family of functions
59 [christos 20120526]
60 kernel: Add run(4), a driver for Ralink Technology
61 RT2700U/RT2800U/RT3000U USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless
62 network devices, ported from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20120530]
63 bind: update to 9.9.1-P1 to fix the recent rdata exploit.
64 [christos 20120604]
65 empb(4): Add ELBOX Mediator PCI 1200 driver. [rkujawa 20120604]
66 kernel: Add a new RLIMIT_NTHR limit to limit the number of processes
67 per user and the corresponding kern.maxlwp sysctl. Expose
68 kern.uidinfo.* via sysctl. [christos 20120608]
69 usb(9): Added support for SMP to the USB subsytem. By Jared D.
70 McNeill and myself. [mrg 20120609]
71 kernel: {send,recv}mmsg support [christos 20120621]
72 kernel: Add sysctls to avoid ipv6 DoS attacks (from OpenBSD):
73 net.inet6.ip6.neighborgcthresh = 2048
74 net.inet6.ip6.maxifprefixes = 16
75 net.inet6.ip6.maxifdefrouters = 16
76 net.inet6.ip6.maxdynroutes = 4096
77 [christos 20120622]
78 ata(4): added support for sata Port MultiPliers (PMP)
79 [bouyer 20120702]
80 kernel, libc: Add MurmurHash2 function. [rmind 20120708]
81 atf(7): Import 0.16. [jmmv 20120711]
82 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.1 [roy 20120712]
83 kernel: Add support for sensors to provide entropy to rnd(4)
84 [pgoyette 20120715]
85 tdvfb(4): Add 3Dfx Voodoo2 driver. [rkujawa 20120719]
86 tdvfb(4): Add 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics (aka Voodoo1) support.
87 [rkujawa 20120720]
88 kernel: Change mii_statchg to take "struct ifnet *" instead of
89 "device_t". [matt 20120722]
90 pr(1): Add support for POSIX -f and -p options. [ginsbach 20120724]
91 powerpc: Add support for FPU emulation on BookE. [matt 20120722]
92 OpenSSL: Imported 1.0.1c [christos 20120726]
93 kernel: safepri is dead; replaced by macro IPL_SAFEPRI. [matt 20120727]
94 kernel: Add malo(4), a driver for Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g
95 wireless network devices, ported from OpenBSD.
96 [degroote 20120730]
97 kernel: Add BPF JIT compiler, currently supporting amd64 and i386.
98 [rmind 20120802]
99 kernel, libc: Add modctl(MODCTL_EXISTS, ...) to determine if modules
100 can be loaded. [jnemeth 20120803]
101 modstat(8): Add -A, -a, and -e options for testing module loadability.
102 [jnemeth 20120803]
103 libc: Update to tzcode2012e. [christos 20120809]
104 arm: Add support for BEAGLEBOARDXM (TI DM37XX cpus) boards.
105 [matt 20120822]
106 mfi(8): Added tagged queuing support. [bouyer 20120823]
107 mfi(8): Added support for LSI SAS2208-based controllers.
108 [bouyer 20120823]
109 mkdep(1): Add -P option. [jmmv 20120826]
110 share/mk: Add placeholder test programs (with some very basic test
111 cases within) for common bsd.*.mk modules. [jmmv 20120826]
112 arm: Add Cortex-A9 support (a9tmr, a9wdt, armgic, armperiph). Add
113 initial MP support (can boot 2nd cpu but dies quickly). Add
114 L1 SuperSection support for ARMv6/ARMv7. Add support for
115 BCM5301X SoC. Add initial support for OMAP4430 and partial
116 support for Freescale i.MX6. Add new common boot/kvminit
117 code. [matt 20120831]
118 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.2 [roy 20120903]
119 bge(4): Add support for BCM57762, found in Apple's Thunderbolt to
120 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. PR/46961 [tsutsui 20120917]
121 mfi(4): add a command pass-through ioctl, and associated COMPAT_LINUX
122 support. This allows to use the LSI MegaCLI linux binary
123 on a NetBSD host. [bouyer 20120919]
124 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012f. [apb 20120927]
125 kernel: add clock_nanosleep(2) [christos 20121001]
126 wpa: New wpa_supplicant(8) and hostapd(8) 1.0 [christos 20121007]
127 x68k: Add network bootloader for Neptune-X and Nereid Ethernet.
128 [tsutsui,isaki 20121012]
129 x68k: Add support for formatting floppy. [tsutsui 20121014]
130 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012g. [apb 20121018]
131 kernel: Added experimental support for the (mostly SSD specific)
132 "discard", or ATA "TRIM" command to wd(4) and ffs
133 [drochner 20121019]
134 libc: Import tzcode2012g. [christos 20121023]
135 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012h. [apb 20121027]
136 libc: Update to tzcode2012h. [christos 20121028]
137 flock(1): Add a utility to provide locks to shell scripts similar
138 to shlock(1) [christos 20121101]
139 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012i. [apb 20121104]
140 voodoofb(4): Add 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee support. [rkujawa 20121109]
141 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012j. [apb 20121113]
142 msm6242b(4): Add MI OKI MSM6242B driver. [rkujawa 20121114]
143 amiga: A2000-style RTCs are now driven by the msm6242b(4) driver.
144 [rkujawa 20121114]
145 xsurf(4): Add X-Surf IDE controller support. [rkujawa 20121119]
146 z3rambd(4): Add driver for Zorro III RAM boards as block devices.
147 [rkujawa 20121126]
148 bind: update to 9.9.2-P1 to fix the DNS64 vulnerability.
149 [spz 20121204]
150 arm: ARMFPE support had bitrotted and has been removed. [matt 20121205]
151 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.4 [roy 20121206]
152 openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.5.3 [roy 20121206]
153 arm: fix EHCI support for OMAP3. [jmcneill 20121211]
154 arm: enable direct-mapped poolpage support. [matt 20121211]
155 arm: enable VFP-based pmap page zero/copy ops. [matt 20121211]
156 openssh: Import 6.1. [christos 20121212]
157 ptcd(4): Add a driver for the Protech PS3100 cash drawer port.
158 [mbalmer 20121216]
159 ibmcd(4): Add a driver for the IBM 4810 BSP cash drawer port.
160 [mbalmer 20121217]
161 postfix(1): Import version 2.8.13 [tron 20121218]
162 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.6 [roy 20121219]
163 arm: support NEON in userland [matt 20121226]
164 kernel: allow MD kernel code to use PCUs [matt 20121226]
165 units(1): add -l and -L options. [apb 20130101]
166 postfix(1): Import version 2.9.5 [tron 20130102]
167 file(1): upgraded to 5.12 [christos 20130103]
168 luna68k: Add native bootloader. Based on 4.4BSD-Lite2/luna68k
169 "Stinger" loader. [tsutsui 20130105]
170 kernel: Add dotg(4), a driver for Synopsys DesignWare USB OTG,
171 ported from FreeBSD. [skrll 20130109]
172 kernel: Add usmsc(4), a driver for SMSC LAN95xx USB LAN devices,
173 ported from OpenBSD. [skrll 20130109]
174 hp300: Add support for sti(4) framebuffer at sgc bus on some 425t.
175 Ported by kiyohara@ from OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20130111]
176 arm: kill userland FPA support, replace with VFP. [matt 20130111]
177 luna68k: Add netboot support. [tsutsui 20130113]
178 luna68k: Fix bootloader to make secondary SPC SCSI on LUNA-II work
179 properly. [tsutsui 20130114]
180 libdwarf: Sync with FreeBSD [christos 20130117]
181 empm(4): Add driver for power manager present on Mediator 1200 TX and
182 SX bridges. [rkujawa 20130128]
183 amiga: Support software power-off with empm(4). [rkujawa 20130128]
184 dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.7 [roy 20130128]
185 em4k(4): Add driver for Mediator 4000 PCI bridges. [rkujawa 20130129]
186 makefs(8): Add support for msdos, creating filesystems at an offset,
187 merging directories with common files. [christos 20130202]
188 openssl: update to 1.0.1d [christos 20130205]
189 sparc: Add hardware acceleration for cgfourteen(4) using SX
190 [macallan 20130207]
191 openssl: update to 1.0.1e [christos 20130212]
192 atf(7): Import 0.17. [jmmv 20130215]
193 lutok: Import 0.2. This is a new import that provides a C++ wrapper
194 for the Lua API and will be used by Kyua. Its build depends
195 on the MKKYUA knob. [jmmv 20130216]
196 kyua(1): Import kyua-testers 0.1. This is a new import that provides
197 scriptable utilities to invoke test programs that implement
198 different interfaces. [jmmv 20130217]
199 services(5), protocols(5): Pull iana-generated services and protocols
200 [christos 20130221]
201 kyua(1): Import kyua-cli 0.6. This is a new import that provides the
202 command-line interface to Kyua. Its build depends on the
203 MKKYUA knob. [jmmv 20130223]
204 kyua(1): Import kyua-atf-compat 0.1. This is a new import that
205 provides the last piece of Kyua, namely a compatibility
206 version of atf-run and atf-report that use kyua(1) internally.
207 [jmmv 20130223]
208 kernel: Retire OSI protocol support. [joerg 20130301]
209 libc: Update to tzcode2013a. [christos 20130302]
210 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013a. [apb 20130303]
211 zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013b. [apb 20130312]
212 libc: Update to tzcode2013b. [christos 20130315]
213 vmt(4): Synchronize the clock periodically to ensure it remains
214 up-to-date even when the host is suspended. [jmmv 20130316]
215 file(1): upgraded to 5.14 [christos 20130323]
216 dhcp: upgrade to 4.2.5 [christos 20130324]
217 vchiq(4): Add support for Broadcom VideoCore IV firmware interface.
218 [jmcneill 20130325]
219 vcaudio(4): Add support for Broadcom VideoCore IV audio service.
220 [jmcneill 20130325]
221 openssh: Import 6.2. [christos 20130329]
222 mdocml: Import 1.12.1 [christos 20130402]
223 openpam: Import 20120526 (Micrampelis) [christos 20130405]
224 flex: Import 2.5.37 [christos 20130405]
225 byacc: Import 20130304 [christos 20130405]
226 libpcap: Import 1.3.0 [christos 20130406]
227 tcpdump(8): Import 4.3.0 [christos 20130406]
228 libevent: Upgrade 2.0.21-stable [christos 20130411]
229 wm(4): Add support for I210 and I211 [msaitoh 20130419]
230