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     26 Changes from NetBSD 9.0 to NetBSD 10.0:
     27 	openldap: Import 2.4.48. [christos 20190808]
     28 	boot(8): GPT and RAIDframe support for x86 bootstrap [manu 20190818]
     29 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.3 [roy 20190821]
     30 	inet6: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses and restore
     31 		ND6_LLINFO_WAITDELETE so that any send at this point can
     32 		return EHOSTDOWN to match inet behaviour. [roy 20190901]
     33 	inet: Fix sending RTM_MISS for unresolvable addresses. [roy 20190901]
     34 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.4 [roy 20190904]
     35 	bind: Import version 9.14.5. [christos 20190905]
     36 	resolvconf(8): Import openresolv-3.9.2 [roy 20190908]
     37 	boot(8): multiboot 2 support, Xen can now boot from EFI [manu 20190913]
     38 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.0.6 [roy 20190913]
     39 	kernel: Add vHCI, a driver that allows to send and receive USB
     40 		packets from userland. [maxv 20190914]
     41 	mos(4): Ported driver for MosChip MCS7730/7830/7832 USB ethernet.
     42 		[mrg 20190920]
     43 	libpcap: Import 1.9.1. [christos 20191001]
     44 	tcpdump(8): Import 4.9.3. [christos 20191001]
     45 	rescue(8): Moved into a separate, rescue-only set. [maya 20191001]
     46 	byacc: Update to 20190617. [christos 20191006]
     47 	tzdata updates from 2019a to 2019c (incl 2019b) [kre 20191008]
     48 	services(5): Update to version 2019-10-04 from IANA.
     49 		[sevan 20191009]
     50 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.0 [roy 20191011]
     51 	OpenSSH: Import 8.1. [christos 20191012]
     52 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20190816. [christos 20191015]
     53 	sup: removed, use ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/sup [christos 20191015]
     54 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.1 [roy 20191016]
     55 	evbarm: Add support for the NanoPi R1 and Duo2. [bad 20191016]
     56 	bind: Import version 9.14.7. [christos 20191017]
     57 	libc: Changed the iconv(3) function signature to the POSIX variation
     58 		[kamil 20191024]
     59 	nct(4): Add Nuvoton NCT5104D GPIO driver. [ad 20191025]
     60 	vio9p(4): Add virtio-9p front-end driver. [ozaki-r 20191028]
     61 	mount_9p(8): Enable to mount a filesystem exported via virtio-9p.
     62 		[ozaki-r 20191028]
     63 	evbarm: Update TI AM335x SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
     64 		[jmcneill 20191028]
     65 	evbarm: Update TI OMAP3 SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
     66 		[jmcneill 20191101]
     67 	amd64: Add support for kCSan - Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer.
     68 		[maxv 20191105]
     69 	tmux(1): Imported 2.9a. [christos 20191112]
     70 	dhcpcd(8): Import 8.1.2. [roy 20191113]
     71 	amd64: Add support for kMSan - Kernel Memory Sanitizer.
     72 		[maxv 20191114]
     73 	qat(4): Add opencrypto driver for Intel QuickAssist.
     74 		Atom C2XXX, C3XXX, Xeon D-21XX and D-15XX, C62X chipsets and
     75 		QuickAssist Adapter 8960/8970.
     76 		[hikaru 20191120]
     77 	select(2), poll(2): Performance and scalability improvements
     78 		[ad 20191121]
     79 	amd64, i386: Performance and scalability improvements for TLB
     80 		shootdown [ad 20191121]
     81 	bind: Import version 9.14.8. [christos 20191127]
     82 	terminfo: Import 20190609 [christos 20191127]
     83 	onewire(4), owtemp(4): Improve reliability and reduce CPU overhead
     84 		slightly. [ad 20191130]
     85 	scheduler: Improve performance and interactivity. [ad 20191201]
     86 	vfs: Reduce false sharing and lock overhead during normal operation.
     87 		[ad 20191201]
     88 	evbarm: Added driver for Allwinner Crypto Engine random number
     89 		generator [riastradh 20191209]
     90 	ixl(4): Ported driver for Intel Ethernet 700 series
     91 		[yamaguchi 20191210]
     92 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20191213. [christos 20191214]
     93 	uvm: Replace red-black tree page lookup with radix tree lookup,
     94 		including tagging and gang lookup of pages.  Original work
     95 		done by yamt@. [ad 20191214]
     96 	nsd: Import 4.2.4. [christos 20191215]
     97 	unbound(8): Import 1.9.6. [christos 20191215]
     98 	openpam(3): update to 20190224 (tabebuia) [christos 20191215]
     99  	kerberos(8): Update to Heimdal-7.7.0 [christos 20191215]
    100 	file(1): Upgraded to 5.38. [christos 20191216]
    101 	uvm: Replace global counters with per-CPU counters, significantly
    102 		reducing system time on workloads that are VM-system heavy.
    103 		[ad 20191216]
    104 	anxdp(4): Add driver for Analogix DisplayPort core found in
    105 		Rockchip RK3399. [jakllsch 20191219]
    106 	net80211: Require SSID configuration to associate with an open AP.
    107 		[jakllsch 20191219]
    108 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.4 [roy 20191220]
    109 	uvm: Rewrite the page allocator to be more efficient and somewhat CPU
    110 		topology aware.  Add preliminary NUMA support.  [ad 20191227]
    111 	crunchgen(1): Added the ability to pass variables in the submake
    112 		command line, and removed all command like flags that are
    113 		not needed anymore [christos 20191229]
    114 	uvm: Reduce lock contention by making the maintentance of page
    115 		replacement state more concurrent. [ad 20191231]
    116 	aq(4): Add Aquantia 10G network adapter driver [ryo 20200101]
    117 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.5 [roy 20200103]
    118 	tmux(1): Imported 3.0a. [christos 20200106]
    119 	amd64, i386: Replace the global PV hash table with radix trees,
    120 		yielding significant performance and scalability benefits.
    121 		[ad 20200112]
    122 	scheduler: Make the scheduler topology aware.  It understands and
    123 		makes good use of HyperThreading/SMT, spreads the load evenly
    124 		across different physical CPU packages, and can effectively
    125 		run asymmetric systems with slow and fast CPUs [ad 20200113]
    126 	evbarm: Add support for NXP i.MX 8M family SoCs. [jmcneill 20200114]
    127 	arm: Add support for cpu topology for ARMv7 and ARMv8 CPUs.
    128 		[mrg 20200114]
    129 	uvm: More precisely track clean/dirty pages, and change how they are
    130 		indexed, speeding up fsync() on large files by orders of
    131 		magnitude.  Original work done by yamt@. [ad 20200115]
    132 	uyurex(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200117]
    133 	strip(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
    134 	hippi and esh(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
    135 	de(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
    136 	token ring and tr(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
    137 	fddi, fpa(4), fta(4), fea(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200120]
    138 	wm(4): Add Intel I219 LM10-LM15 and V10-V14. [msaitoh 20200121]
    139 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1d. [christos 20200122]
    140 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.6 [roy 20200127]
    141 	openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.10.0 [roy 20200127]
    142 	urio(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200129]
    143 	Collect network interface statistics using per-cpu counters
    144 		that are collated when they are queried. [thorpej 20200201]
    145 	realpath(1): Ported from FreeBSD. [kamil 20200202]
    146 	kernel: Remove azalia(4). [jmcneill 20200209]
    147 	awk(1): Import 20200218 [christos 20200218]
    148 	genet(4): Add support for Broadcom GENETv5 ethernet controllers, found
    149 		in the Raspberry Pi 4. [jmcneill 20200222]
    150 	OpenSSH: Import 8.2. [christos 20200226]
    151 	ld.elf_so(1): Implement DT_GNU_HASH [kamil 20200229]
    152 	amiga: Fix word accesses on Gayle (A1200) pcmcia. [is 20200302]
    153 	libcbor: Import for libfido2 support [christos 20200302]
    154 	libfido2: Import for pam-u2f support [christos 20200302]
    155 	pam-u2f: Import token authenticator [christos 20200302]
    156 	terminfo: Support numeric parameters as int [roy 20200313]
    157 	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.0. [christos 20200318]
    158 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1e. [christos 20200321]
    159 	amd64, i386: Significant performance improvements in the pmap module
    160 		[ad 20200322]
    161 	namecache: Change the namecache to index names using per directory
    162 		red-black trees. [ad 20200322]
    163 	uvm: Process concurrent page faults on individual objects in parallel,
    164 		where the relevant pages are already in-core.  [ad 20200322]
    165 	bwfm: Update firmware to linux-firmware-20200316. [thorpej 20200322]
    166 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200326. [christos 20200328]
    167 	ioctlprint(1): Add ioctl descriptive printer. [kamil 20200402]
    168 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.0 [roy 20200402]
    169 	binutils: Updated to FSF binutils 2.34. [christos 20200404]
    170 	mount_smbfs(8): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
    171 	nsmb(4): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
    172 	xen: remove legacy rx-flip support from xennet(4) and xvif(4)
    173 		[jdolecek 20200405]
    174 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1f. [christos 20200405]
    175 	xennet(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200406]
    176 	aarch64: Add support for Pointer Authentication (PAC).
    177 		[maxv 20200412]
    178 	aarch64: Add support for Branch Target Identification (BTI).
    179 		[maxv 20200413]
    180 	umass(4): Removed obsolete ISD-ATA support [jdolecek 20200413]
    181 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.1 [roy 20200413]
    182 	xbd(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200413]
    183 	xbd(4): Support regular 64KB MAXPHYS [jdolecek 20200415]
    184 	xbd(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200416]
    185 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.2 [roy 20200421]
    186 	xbdback(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200421]
    187 	xbdback(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200423]
    188 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1g. [christos 20200424]
    189 	tzdata updated to 2020a  [kre 20200425]
    190 	amd64, i386: Added support for Xen PV drivers under HVM guests.
    191 		[bouyer 20200425]
    192 	kernel: Overhauled entropy subsystem [riastradh 20200430]
    193 	xen: Added support for Xen PVH. [bouyer 20200502]
    194 	hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for EVRX framebuffer on
    195 		HP9000/425e. [tsutsui 20200504]
    196 	xennet(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200430]
    197 	xvif(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200503]
    198 	kernel: Added support for swap encryption with sysctl -w
    199 		vm.swap_encrypt=1 [riastradh 20200509]
    200 	xen: Support MSI for XenPV [jdolecek 20200504]
    201 	hppa: Enable modules in GENERIC by default.  [skrll 20200511]
    202 	aarch64: Added support for ARMv8.5-RNG RNDRRS CPU random number
    203 		generator instructions [riastradh 20200511]
    204 	xen: enable MULTIPROCESSOR for Xen dom0. [bouyer 20200513]
    205 	ptrace(2): Add PT_SET_SIGPASS and PT_GET_SIGPASS. [kamil 20200514]
    206 	evbarm: Added support for EFI RNG firwmare random number generator
    207 		[riastradh 20200514]
    208 	ACL: Add FFS support for ACLS via extended attributes, from FreeBSD.
    209 		[christos 20200516]
    210 	evbarm: Added support for Rockchip RK3399 crypto random number
    211 		generator device [riastradh 20200517]
    212 	libuv: Import version 1.38.0. [christos 20200524]
    213 	bind: Import version 9.16.3. [christos 20200524]
    214 	tzcode: Updated to 2020a. [christos 20200525]
    215 	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.8p14. [christos 20200525] 
    216 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200430. [christos 20200525]
    217 	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.2. [christos 20200525]
    218 	OpenSSH: Import 8.3. [christos 20200528]
    219 	evbarm: Add install media for earmv7hf and aarch64. [jmcneill 20200528]
    220 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.1 [roy 20200604]
    221 	inet6: in-kernel Router Advertisment handling removed. [roy 20200612]
    222 	file(1): Upgraded to 5.39. [christos 20200614]
    223 	blocklist: import current version [christos 20200614]
    224 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.2 [roy 20200615]
    225 	evbarm: Add support for loading modules with the bootloader.
    226 		[jmcneill 20200221]
    227 	evbarm: Added boot.cfg support to efiboot [jmcneill 20200211]
    228 	kernel: Remove all variable-time AES and replace it by constant-time
    229 		aes_ct from BearSSL or a CPU-dependent implementation,
    230 		selected at boot time according to CPU capabilities.
    231 		[riastradh 20200629]
    232 	amd64: Add support for AES-NI in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    233 	x86: Add support for bitsliced AES with SSE2 in kernel.
    234 		[riastradh 20200629]
    235 	x86: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with SSSE3 in
    236 		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    237 	x86: Add support for VIA ACE AES in kernel (not just via opencrypto).
    238 		[riastradh 20200629]
    239 	arm: Add support for ARMv8.0-AES in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    240 	arm: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with ARM NEON in
    241 		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    242 	cgd(4): Add support for Adiantum cipher, providing much better software
    243 		performance than AES-CBC or AES-XTS. [riastradh 20200629]
    244 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.4 [roy 20200703]
    245 	x86: Xen kernels now use the same kernel modules as native kernels.
    246 		[chs 20200704]
    247 	wskbd(4): Added keyboard layouts for Brazilian Portugese,
    248 		Canadian French, Estonian, Icelandic, and Latin American
    249 		Spanish to pckbd(4) and ukbd(4). [nia 20200713]
    250 	bnx(4): Enable support for MSI/MSI-X [jdolecek 20200714]
    251 	ciss(4): Add support for PERFORMANT mode, and enable MSI/MSI-X
    252 		for adapters supporting it [jdolecek 20200714]
    253 	ciss(4): Match new HP Smart Array adapters [jdolecek 20200714]
    254 	x86: Introduce per-cpu IDTs [yamaguchi 20200714]
    255 	evbmips: Renamed kernel config files:
    256 		ERLITE         -> OCTEON
    257 		INSTALL_ERLITE -> INSTALL_OCTEON
    258 		[simonb 20200715]
    259 	libc: Added ppoll() wrapper around native pollts(2) [kamil 20200717]
    260 	openresolv: Import version 3.11.0 [roy 20200722]
    261 	sun3: Add Xorg-Server-1.20'fied ancient monolithc Xsun servers.
    262 		[tsutsui 20200722]
    263 	wwanc(4): Add driver for Intel XMM7360 LTE modem [jdolecek 20200726]
    264 	xen: MSI enabled by default [jdolecek 20200728]
    265 	kernel: remove the BRIDGE_IPF option, build its code by default
    266 		unconditionally. [maxv 20200801]
    267 	aarch64: Add support for Privileged Access Never (PAN).
    268 		[maxv 20200802]
    269