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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, libc: Add modctl(MODCTL_EXISTS, ...) to determine if modules
     98 		can be loaded. [jnemeth 20120803]
     99 	modstat(8): Add -A, -a, and -e options for testing module loadability.
    100 		[jnemeth 20120803]
    101 	libc: Update to tzcode2012e. [christos 20120809]
    102 	arm: Add support for BEAGLEBOARDXM (TI DM37XX cpus) boards.
    103 		[matt 20120822]
    104 	mfi(8): Added tagged queuing support.  [bouyer 20120823]
    105 	mfi(8): Added support for LSI SAS2208-based controllers.
    106 		[bouyer 20120823]
    107 	mkdep(1): Add -P option.  [jmmv 20120826]
    108 	share/mk: Add placeholder test programs (with some very basic test
    109 		cases within) for common bsd.*.mk modules.  [jmmv 20120826]
    110 	arm: Add Cortex-A9 support (a9tmr, a9wdt, armgic, armperiph).  Add
    111 		initial MP support (can boot 2nd cpu but dies quickly).  Add
    112 		L1 SuperSection support for ARMv6/ARMv7.  Add support for 
    113 		BCM5301X SoC.  Add initial support for OMAP4430 and partial
    114 		support for Freescale i.MX6.  Add new common boot/kvminit
    115 		code.  [matt 20120831]
    116 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.2 [roy 20120903]
    117 	bge(4): Add support for BCM57762, found in Apple's Thunderbolt to
    118 		Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. PR/46961 [tsutsui 20120917]
    119 	mfi(4): add a command pass-through ioctl, and associated COMPAT_LINUX
    120 		support. This allows to use the LSI MegaCLI linux binary
    121 		on a NetBSD host.  [bouyer 20120919]
    122 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012f. [apb 20120927]
    123 	kernel: add clock_nanosleep(2) [christos 20121001]
    124 	wpa:	New wpa_supplicant(8) and hostapd(8) 1.0 [christos 20121007]
    125 	x68k: Add network bootloader for Neptune-X and Nereid Ethernet.
    126 		[tsutsui,isaki 20121012]
    127 	x68k: Add support for formatting floppy. [tsutsui 20121014]
    128 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012g. [apb 20121018]
    129 	kernel: Added experimental support for the (mostly SSD specific)
    130 		"discard", or ATA "TRIM" command to wd(4) and ffs
    131 		[drochner 20121019]
    132 	libc: Import tzcode2012g. [christos 20121023]
    133 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012h. [apb 20121027]
    134 	libc: Update to tzcode2012h. [christos 20121028]
    135 	kernel: Import sljit and add BPF JIT compiler. [alnsn 20121028]
    136 	flock(1): Add a utility to provide locks to shell scripts similar
    137 		to shlock(1) [christos 20121101]
    138 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012i. [apb 20121104]
    139 	voodoofb(4): Add 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee support. [rkujawa 20121109]
    140 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2012j. [apb 20121113]
    141 	msm6242b(4): Add MI OKI MSM6242B driver. [rkujawa 20121114]
    142 	amiga: A2000-style RTCs are now driven by the msm6242b(4) driver.
    143 		[rkujawa 20121114]
    144 	xsurf(4): Add X-Surf IDE controller support. [rkujawa 20121119]
    145 	z3rambd(4): Add driver for Zorro III RAM boards as block devices.
    146 		[rkujawa 20121126]
    147 	bind: update to 9.9.2-P1 to fix the DNS64 vulnerability.
    148 		[spz 20121204]
    149 	arm: ARMFPE support had bitrotted and has been removed. [matt 20121205]
    150 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.4 [roy 20121206]
    151 	openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.5.3 [roy 20121206]
    152 	arm: fix EHCI support for OMAP3.  [jmcneill 20121211]
    153 	arm: enable direct-mapped poolpage support.  [matt 20121211]
    154 	arm: enable VFP-based pmap page zero/copy ops.  [matt 20121211]
    155 	openssh: Import 6.1. [christos 20121212]
    156 	ptcd(4): Add a driver for the Protech PS3100 cash drawer port.
    157 		[mbalmer 20121216]
    158 	ibmcd(4): Add a driver for the IBM 4810 BSP cash drawer port.
    159 		[mbalmer 20121217]
    160 	postfix(1): Import version 2.8.13 [tron 20121218]
    161 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.6 [roy 20121219]
    162 	arm: support NEON in userland [matt 20121226]
    163 	kernel: allow MD kernel code to use PCUs [matt 20121226]
    164 	units(1): add -l and -L options.  [apb 20130101]
    165 	postfix(1): Import version 2.9.5 [tron 20130102]
    166 	file(1): upgraded to 5.12 [christos 20130103]
    167 	luna68k: Add native bootloader. Based on 4.4BSD-Lite2/luna68k
    168 		"Stinger" loader. [tsutsui 20130105]
    169 	kernel: Add dotg(4), a driver for Synopsys DesignWare USB OTG,
    170 		ported from FreeBSD. [skrll 20130109]
    171 	kernel: Add usmsc(4), a driver for SMSC LAN95xx USB LAN devices, 
    172 		ported from OpenBSD. [skrll 20130109]
    173 	hp300: Add support for sti(4) framebuffer at sgc bus on some 425t.
    174 		Ported by kiyohara@ from OpenBSD. [tsutsui 20130111]
    175 	arm: kill userland FPA support, replace with VFP. [matt 20130111]
    176 	luna68k: Add netboot support. [tsutsui 20130113]
    177 	luna68k: Fix bootloader to make secondary SPC SCSI on LUNA-II work
    178 		properly.  [tsutsui 20130114]
    179 	libdwarf: Sync with FreeBSD [christos 20130117]
    180 	empm(4): Add driver for power manager present on Mediator 1200 TX and
    181 		SX bridges. [rkujawa 20130128]
    182 	amiga: Support software power-off with empm(4). [rkujawa 20130128]
    183 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.6.7 [roy 20130128]
    184 	em4k(4): Add driver for Mediator 4000 PCI bridges. [rkujawa 20130129]
    185 	makefs(8): Add support for msdos, creating filesystems at an offset,
    186 		merging directories with common files.  [christos 20130202]
    187 	openssl: update to 1.0.1d [christos 20130205]
    188 	sparc: Add hardware acceleration for cgfourteen(4) using SX
    189 		[macallan 20130207]
    190 	openssl: update to 1.0.1e [christos 20130212]
    191 	atf(7): Import 0.17.  [jmmv 20130215]
    192 	lutok: Import 0.2.  This is a new import that provides a C++ wrapper
    193 		for the Lua API and will be used by Kyua.  Its build depends
    194 		on the MKKYUA knob.  [jmmv 20130216]
    195 	kyua(1): Import kyua-testers 0.1.  This is a new import that provides
    196 		scriptable utilities to invoke test programs that implement
    197 		different interfaces.  [jmmv 20130217]
    198 	services(5), protocols(5): Pull iana-generated services and protocols
    199 		[christos 20130221]
    200 	kyua(1): Import kyua-cli 0.6.  This is a new import that provides the
    201 		command-line interface to Kyua.  Its build depends on the
    202 		MKKYUA knob.  [jmmv 20130223]
    203 	kyua(1): Import kyua-atf-compat 0.1.  This is a new import that
    204 		provides the last piece of Kyua, namely a compatibility
    205 		version of atf-run and atf-report that use kyua(1) internally.
    206 		[jmmv 20130223]
    207 	kernel: Retire OSI protocol support.  [joerg 20130301]
    208 	libc: Update to tzcode2013a. [christos 20130302]
    209 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013a. [apb 20130303]
    210 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013b. [apb 20130312]
    211 	libc: Update to tzcode2013b. [christos 20130315]
    212 	brgphy(4): Add support for BCM5756, BCM5717C, BCM5719C, BCM5720C and
    213 		BCM57780. [msaitoh 20130315]
    214 	vmt(4): Synchronize the clock periodically to ensure it remains
    215 		up-to-date even when the host is suspended.  [jmmv 20130316]
    216 	file(1): upgraded to 5.14 [christos 20130323]
    217 	dhcp: upgrade to 4.2.5 [christos 20130324]
    218 	vchiq(4): Add support for Broadcom VideoCore IV firmware interface.
    219 		[jmcneill 20130325]
    220 	vcaudio(4): Add support for Broadcom VideoCore IV audio service.
    221 		[jmcneill 20130325]
    222 	openssh: Import 6.2. [christos 20130329]
    223 	mdocml: Import 1.12.1 [christos 20130402]
    224 	openpam: Import 20120526 (Micrampelis) [christos 20130405]
    225 	flex: Import 2.5.37 [christos 20130405]
    226 	byacc: Import 20130304 [christos 20130405]
    227 	libpcap: Import 1.3.0 [christos 20130406]
    228 	tcpdump(8): Import 4.3.0 [christos 20130406]
    229 	libevent: Upgrade 2.0.21-stable [christos 20130411]
    230 	wm(4): Add support for I210 and I211 [msaitoh 20130419]
    231 	m68k: Add inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic arctangent,
    232 		exponential and power functions to m68k FPE.  As a result,
    233 		m68k FPE supports all mathematics functions. [isaki 20130420]
    234 	tps65217pmic(4): Add support for TPS65217 PMIC as found on BeagleBone
    235 		and other AM335x based boards. [rkujawa 20130425]
    236 	amiga: Add minimal support for Thylacine USB card using slhci(4).
    237 		Works at least with some keyboards and mice. [rkujawa 20130428]
    238 	epoc32: Add new port NetBSD/epoc32. [kiyohara 20130428]
    239 	arm: Make all arm ports with a command MACHINE_ARCH generate the same
    240 		userspace.  All sets are the same except for etc.tgz.
    241 		[matt 20130501]
    242 	disklabel: this is now a MI tool like installboot.  [matt 20130503]
    243 	mcp980x(4): Add driver for Microchip MCP9800/1/2/3 I2C temperature
    244 		sensor. [rkujawa 20130507]
    245 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013c. [apb 20130508]
    246 	arm: Add support for Marvell Armada XP SoCs. From Marvell and Semihalf.
    247 		[rkujawa 20130530]
    248 	wm(4): Add support for I217 and I218 [msaitoh 20130602]
    249 	X11: Updated all Xorg packages that could be, for Xorg SA 2003-05-23,
    250 		and general.  [mrg 20130605]
    251 	ipsec(4): FAST_IPSEC is now named IPSEC, old IPSEC is gone.
    252 		[christos 20130605]
    253 	kernel: Add driver soekrisgpio for Soekris net6501 
    254 		Ported by kardel@ from a patch for OpenBSD. [kardel 20130609]
    255 	cgfourteen: both kernel and Xorg driver now support hardware
    256 		acceleration using SX [macallan 20130619]
    257 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-6.0.0 [roy 20130621]
    258 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013d. [apb 20130707]
    259 	bge(4): Add support for Altima AC1003, Apple BCM5701,
    260 		Broadcom BCM5787F, BCM5787G, BCM5787F, BCM5719, BCM5720,
    261 		BCM57766, BCM57782 and BCM57786. [msaitoh 20130708]
    262 	openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.5.6 [roy 20130712]
    263 	libc: Update to tzcode2013d. [christo 20130717]
    264 	wpa:	Import wpa_supplicant and hostapd 1.1 [adam 20130717]
    265 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-6.0.3 [roy 20130719]
    266 	coldfire: add userland and toolchain support for FreeScale Coldfire
    267 		CPUs (which implement a subset of m68k instructions and
    268 		addressing modes). [matt 20130719]
    269 	bind: update to 9.9.3-P2 to fix CVE-2013-4854 remote query can cause
    270 		named to terminate [christos 2013-07-27]
    271 	iwn(4): Add support for Centrino Wireless-N 1030 and Centrino
    272 		Advanced-N 6230 [prlw1 20130728]
    273 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-6.0.5 [roy 20130803]
    274 	makefs(8): Added UDF support for makefs(8). It allows for the creation
    275 		of images for both read-only, rewritable or recordable media.
    276 		[reinoud 20130805]
    277 	xsh(4): Add driver for Individual Computers X-Surf 100 network interface
    278 		card. [rkujawa 20130808]
    279 	postfix(1): Import version 2.9.7 [tron 20130821]
    280 	kernel: Add BPF coprocessor support (BPF_COP/BPF_COPX instructions).
    281 		[rmind 20130829]
    282 	npf: Convert NPF to use BPF byte-code by default.  Many other
    283 		improvements. [rmind 20130929]
    284 	less(1): Import version 458 [tron 20130804]
    285 	mpl115a(4): Add driver for Freescale MPL115A2 I2C absolute pressure 
    286 		sensor. [rkujawa 20130908]
    287 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-6.1.0 [roy 20130920]
    288 	alpha: Add support for AlphaStation DS15.  Ported from OpenBSD via
    289 		PR port-alpha/48148 by nullnilaki. [tsutsui 20130923]
    290 	postfix(1): Import version 2.10.2 [tron 20130925]
    291 	binutils: updated to FSF binutils 2.23.2.  [christos 20130929]
    292 	gdb(1): Updated to 7.6.1.  [christos 20131003]
    293 	httpd(8): Added Lua scripting for content creation. [mbalmer 20131012]
    294 	lutok: Update to 0.3.  [jmmv 20131018]
    295 	kyua-cli: Update to 0.7.  [jmmv 20131018]
    296 	netstat(1): Accept -faddress_family[,family ...]. [bad 20131019]
    297 	systat(1): Accept shell patterns to select drives. [bad 20131019]
    298 	gffb: add a driver for NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics controllers.
    299 		[macallan 20131023]
    300 	axen(4): Add a driver for ASIX AX88178a and AX88179 Ethernet interface.
    301 		Ported from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20131026]
    302 	x68k: Support upto 1008 MB extended memory that is found on the XM6i
    303 		emulator. [tsutsui 20131027]
    304 	OpenSSH: Imported 6.4 [christos 20131108]
    305 	x86: Default rounding mode of the x87 changed to long double precision.
    306 		[joerg 20131111]
    307 	zless(1): Added via lastest version of zmore(1) from OpenBSD
    308 		[pettai 20131112]
    309 	libm: Added basic long double support for elementary functions.
    310 		Most transcendent functions are stubbed out. [joerg 20131119]
    311 	nvi(1): Upgrade to the latest git source [christos 20131122]
    312 	MPC: Updated to MPC 1.0.1.  [mrg 20131128]
    313 	MPFR: Updated to MPFR 3.1.2.  [mrg 20131128]
    314 	GMP: Updated to GMP 5.1.3.  [mrg 20131129]
    315 	file(1): Updated to 5.16. [christos 20131201]
    316 	librt: Added shm_open(3) and shm_unlink(3). [rmind 20131219]
    317 	acafh(4): Added driver for Individual Computers ACA500. Enjoy NetBSD
    318 		on an Amiga 500.  [rkujawa 20131222] 
    319 	libc: Update to tzcode2013i. [christos 20131226]
    320 	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2013i. [apb 20131226]
    321