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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 	gcc(1): Import GCC 8.3. [mrg 20191001]
     44 	libpcap: Import 1.9.1. [christos 20191001]
     45 	tcpdump(8): Import 4.9.3. [christos 20191001]
     46 	rescue(8): Moved into a separate, rescue-only set. [maya 20191001]
     47 	byacc: Update to 20190617. [christos 20191006]
     48 	tzdata updates from 2019a to 2019c (incl 2019b) [kre 20191008]
     49 	services(5): Update to version 2019-10-04 from IANA.
     50 		[sevan 20191009]
     51 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.0 [roy 20191011]
     52 	OpenSSH: Import 8.1. [christos 20191012]
     53 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20190816. [christos 20191015]
     54 	sup: removed, use ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/sup [christos 20191015]
     55 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.1 [roy 20191016]
     56 	evbarm: Add support for the NanoPi R1 and Duo2. [bad 20191016]
     57 	bind: Import version 9.14.7. [christos 20191017]
     58 	libc: Changed the iconv(3) function signature to the POSIX variation
     59 		[kamil 20191024]
     60 	nct(4): Add Nuvoton NCT5104D GPIO driver. [ad 20191025]
     61 	vio9p(4): Add virtio-9p front-end driver. [ozaki-r 20191028]
     62 	mount_9p(8): Enable to mount a filesystem exported via virtio-9p.
     63 		[ozaki-r 20191028]
     64 	evbarm: Update TI AM335x SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
     65 		[jmcneill 20191028]
     66 	evbarm: Update TI OMAP3 SoC support to use FDT based configuration.
     67 		[jmcneill 20191101]
     68 	amd64: Add support for kCSan - Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer.
     69 		[maxv 20191105]
     70 	tmux(1): Imported 2.9a. [christos 20191112]
     71 	dhcpcd(8): Import 8.1.2. [roy 20191113]
     72 	amd64: Add support for kMSan - Kernel Memory Sanitizer.
     73 		[maxv 20191114]
     74 	qat(4): Add opencrypto driver for Intel QuickAssist.
     75 		Atom C2XXX, C3XXX, Xeon D-21XX and D-15XX, C62X chipsets and
     76 		QuickAssist Adapter 8960/8970.
     77 		[hikaru 20191120]
     78 	select(2), poll(2): Performance and scalability improvements
     79 		[ad 20191121]
     80 	amd64, i386: Performance and scalability improvements for TLB
     81 		shootdown [ad 20191121]
     82 	bind: Import version 9.14.8. [christos 20191127]
     83 	terminfo: Import 20190609 [christos 20191127]
     84 	onewire(4), owtemp(4): Improve reliability and reduce CPU overhead
     85 		slightly. [ad 20191130]
     86 	scheduler: Improve performance and interactivity. [ad 20191201]
     87 	vfs: Reduce false sharing and lock overhead during normal operation.
     88 		[ad 20191201]
     89 	evbarm: Added driver for Allwinner Crypto Engine random number
     90 		generator [riastradh 20191209]
     91 	ixl(4): Ported driver for Intel Ethernet 700 series
     92 		[yamaguchi 20191210]
     93 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20191213. [christos 20191214]
     94 	uvm: Replace red-black tree page lookup with radix tree lookup,
     95 		including tagging and gang lookup of pages.  Original work
     96 		done by yamt@. [ad 20191214]
     97 	nsd: Import 4.2.4. [christos 20191215]
     98 	unbound(8): Import 1.9.6. [christos 20191215]
     99 	openpam(3): update to 20190224 (tabebuia) [christos 20191215]
    100  	kerberos(8): Update to Heimdal-7.7.0 [christos 20191215]
    101 	file(1): Upgraded to 5.38. [christos 20191216]
    102 	uvm: Replace global counters with per-CPU counters, significantly
    103 		reducing system time on workloads that are VM-system heavy.
    104 		[ad 20191216]
    105 	anxdp(4): Add driver for Analogix DisplayPort core found in
    106 		Rockchip RK3399. [jakllsch 20191219]
    107 	net80211: Require SSID configuration to associate with an open AP.
    108 		[jakllsch 20191219]
    109 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.4 [roy 20191220]
    110 	uvm: Rewrite the page allocator to be more efficient and somewhat CPU
    111 		topology aware.  Add preliminary NUMA support.  [ad 20191227]
    112 	crunchgen(1): Added the ability to pass variables in the submake
    113 		command line, and removed all command like flags that are
    114 		not needed anymore [christos 20191229]
    115 	uvm: Reduce lock contention by making the maintentance of page
    116 		replacement state more concurrent. [ad 20191231]
    117 	aq(4): Add Aquantia 10G network adapter driver [ryo 20200101]
    118 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.5 [roy 20200103]
    119 	tmux(1): Imported 3.0a. [christos 20200106]
    120 	amd64, i386: Replace the global PV hash table with radix trees,
    121 		yielding significant performance and scalability benefits.
    122 		[ad 20200112]
    123 	scheduler: Make the scheduler topology aware.  It understands and
    124 		makes good use of HyperThreading/SMT, spreads the load evenly
    125 		across different physical CPU packages, and can effectively
    126 		run asymmetric systems with slow and fast CPUs [ad 20200113]
    127 	evbarm: Add support for NXP i.MX 8M family SoCs. [jmcneill 20200114]
    128 	arm: Add support for cpu topology for ARMv7 and ARMv8 CPUs.
    129 		[mrg 20200114]
    130 	uvm: More precisely track clean/dirty pages, and change how they are
    131 		indexed, speeding up fsync() on large files by orders of
    132 		magnitude.  Original work done by yamt@. [ad 20200115]
    133 	uyurex(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200117]
    134 	strip(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
    135 	hippi and esh(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200118]
    136 	de(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
    137 	token ring and tr(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200119]
    138 	fddi, fpa(4), fta(4), fea(4): Removed from the tree. [thorpej 20200120]
    139 	wm(4): Add Intel I219 LM10-LM15 and V10-V14. [msaitoh 20200121]
    140 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1d. [christos 20200122]
    141 	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-8.1.6 [roy 20200127]
    142 	openresolv(8): Import openresolv-3.10.0 [roy 20200127]
    143 	urio(4): Removed from the tree. [maya 20200129]
    144 	Collect network interface statistics using per-cpu counters
    145 		that are collated when they are queried. [thorpej 20200201]
    146 	realpath(1): Ported from FreeBSD. [kamil 20200202]
    147 	kernel: Remove azalia(4). [jmcneill 20200209]
    148 	awk(1): Import 20200218 [christos 20200218]
    149 	genet(4): Add support for Broadcom GENETv5 ethernet controllers, found
    150 		in the Raspberry Pi 4. [jmcneill 20200222]
    151 	OpenSSH: Import 8.2. [christos 20200226]
    152 	ld.elf_so(1): Implement DT_GNU_HASH [kamil 20200229]
    153 	amiga: Fix word accesses on Gayle (A1200) pcmcia. [is 20200302]
    154 	libcbor: Import for libfido2 support [christos 20200302]
    155 	libfido2: Import for pam-u2f support [christos 20200302]
    156 	pam-u2f: Import token authenticator [christos 20200302]
    157 	gcc(1): Import GCC 8.4. [mrg 20200311]
    158 	terminfo: Support numeric parameters as int [roy 20200313]
    159 	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.0. [christos 20200318]
    160 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1e. [christos 20200321]
    161 	amd64, i386: Significant performance improvements in the pmap module
    162 		[ad 20200322]
    163 	namecache: Change the namecache to index names using per directory
    164 		red-black trees. [ad 20200322]
    165 	uvm: Process concurrent page faults on individual objects in parallel,
    166 		where the relevant pages are already in-core.  [ad 20200322]
    167 	bwfm: Update firmware to linux-firmware-20200316. [thorpej 20200322]
    168 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200326. [christos 20200328]
    169 	ioctlprint(1): Add ioctl descriptive printer. [kamil 20200402]
    170 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.0 [roy 20200402]
    171 	binutils: Updated to FSF binutils 2.34. [christos 20200404]
    172 	mount_smbfs(8): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
    173 	nsmb(4): Removed from the tree [jdolecek 20200404]
    174 	xen: remove legacy rx-flip support from xennet(4) and xvif(4)
    175 		[jdolecek 20200405]
    176 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1f. [christos 20200405]
    177 	xennet(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200406]
    178 	aarch64: Add support for Pointer Authentication (PAC).
    179 		[maxv 20200412]
    180 	aarch64: Add support for Branch Target Identification (BTI).
    181 		[maxv 20200413]
    182 	umass(4): Removed obsolete ISD-ATA support [jdolecek 20200413]
    183 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.1 [roy 20200413]
    184 	xbd(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200413]
    185 	xbd(4): Support regular 64KB MAXPHYS [jdolecek 20200415]
    186 	xbd(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200416]
    187 	dhcpcd(8): Import version 9.0.2 [roy 20200421]
    188 	xbdback(4): Support indirect segments [jdolecek 20200421]
    189 	xbdback(4): Make the driver MP-safe [jdolecek 20200423]
    190 	OpenSSL: Imported 1.1.1g. [christos 20200424]
    191 	tzdata updated to 2020a  [kre 20200425]
    192 	amd64, i386: Added support for Xen PV drivers under HVM guests.
    193 		[bouyer 20200425]
    194 	kernel: Overhauled entropy subsystem [riastradh 20200430]
    195 	xen: Added support for Xen PVH. [bouyer 20200502]
    196 	hp300: Add bitmap access ops support for EVRX framebuffer on
    197 		HP9000/425e. [tsutsui 20200504]
    198 	xennet(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200430]
    199 	xvif(4): add support for feature-sg & jumbo frames [jdolecek 20200503]
    200 	kernel: Added support for swap encryption with sysctl -w
    201 		vm.swap_encrypt=1 [riastradh 20200509]
    202 	xen: Support MSI for XenPV [jdolecek 20200504]
    203 	hppa: Enable modules in GENERIC by default.  [skrll 20200511]
    204 	aarch64: Added support for ARMv8.5-RNG RNDRRS CPU random number
    205 		generator instructions [riastradh 20200511]
    206 	xen: enable MULTIPROCESSOR for Xen dom0. [bouyer 20200513]
    207 	ptrace(2): Add PT_SET_SIGPASS and PT_GET_SIGPASS. [kamil 20200514]
    208 	evbarm: Added support for EFI RNG firwmare random number generator
    209 		[riastradh 20200514]
    210 	ACL: Add FFS support for ACLS via extended attributes, from FreeBSD.
    211 		[christos 20200516]
    212 	evbarm: Added support for Rockchip RK3399 crypto random number
    213 		generator device [riastradh 20200517]
    214 	libuv: Import version 1.38.0. [christos 20200524]
    215 	bind: Import version 9.16.3. [christos 20200524]
    216 	tzcode: Updated to 2020a. [christos 20200525]
    217 	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.8p14. [christos 20200525]
    218 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200430. [christos 20200525]
    219 	postfix(1): Import version 3.5.2. [christos 20200525]
    220 	OpenSSH: Import 8.3. [christos 20200528]
    221 	evbarm: Add install media for earmv7hf and aarch64. [jmcneill 20200528]
    222 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.1 [roy 20200604]
    223 	inet6: in-kernel Router Advertisment handling removed. [roy 20200612]
    224 	file(1): Upgraded to 5.39. [christos 20200614]
    225 	blocklist: import current version [christos 20200614]
    226 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.2 [roy 20200615]
    227 	evbarm: Add support for loading modules with the bootloader.
    228 		[jmcneill 20200221]
    229 	evbarm: Added boot.cfg support to efiboot [jmcneill 20200211]
    230 	kernel: Remove all variable-time AES and replace it by constant-time
    231 		aes_ct from BearSSL or a CPU-dependent implementation,
    232 		selected at boot time according to CPU capabilities.
    233 		[riastradh 20200629]
    234 	amd64: Add support for AES-NI in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    235 	x86: Add support for bitsliced AES with SSE2 in kernel.
    236 		[riastradh 20200629]
    237 	x86: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with SSSE3 in
    238 		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    239 	x86: Add support for VIA ACE AES in kernel (not just via opencrypto).
    240 		[riastradh 20200629]
    241 	arm: Add support for ARMv8.0-AES in kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    242 	arm: Add support for permutation-based AES (vpaes) with ARM NEON in
    243 		kernel. [riastradh 20200629]
    244 	cgd(4): Add support for Adiantum cipher, providing much better software
    245 		performance than AES-CBC or AES-XTS. [riastradh 20200629]
    246 	dhcpcd: Import version 9.1.4 [roy 20200703]
    247 	x86: Xen kernels now use the same kernel modules as native kernels.
    248 		[chs 20200704]
    249 	wskbd(4): Added keyboard layouts for Brazilian Portugese,
    250 		Canadian French, Estonian, Icelandic, and Latin American
    251 		Spanish to pckbd(4) and ukbd(4). [nia 20200713]
    252 	bnx(4): Enable support for MSI/MSI-X [jdolecek 20200714]
    253 	ciss(4): Add support for PERFORMANT mode, and enable MSI/MSI-X
    254 		for adapters supporting it [jdolecek 20200714]
    255 	ciss(4): Match new HP Smart Array adapters [jdolecek 20200714]
    256 	x86: Introduce per-cpu IDTs [yamaguchi 20200714]
    257 	evbmips: Renamed kernel config files:
    258 		ERLITE         -> OCTEON
    259 		INSTALL_ERLITE -> INSTALL_OCTEON
    260 		[simonb 20200715]
    261 	libc: Added ppoll() wrapper around native pollts(2) [kamil 20200717]
    262 	openresolv: Import version 3.11.0 [roy 20200722]
    263 	sun3: Add Xorg-Server-1.20'fied ancient monolithc Xsun servers.
    264 		[tsutsui 20200722]
    265 	wwanc(4): Add driver for Intel XMM7360 LTE modem [jdolecek 20200726]
    266 	xen: MSI enabled by default [jdolecek 20200728]
    267 	kernel: remove the BRIDGE_IPF option, build its code by default
    268 		unconditionally. [maxv 20200801]
    269 	aarch64: Add support for Privileged Access Never (PAN).
    270 		[maxv 20200802]
    271 	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20200717. [christos 20200802]
    272 	bind: Import version 9.16.5. [christos 20200803]
    273 	dhcp: Import version 4.4.2. [christos 20200803]
    274 	openldap: Import 2.4.50. [christos 20200811]
    275 	kernel: Add getrandom system call. [riastradh 20200813]
    276 	kernel: Disable COMPAT_LINUX by default [jdolecek 20200816]
    277 	mips: Port crash(8) to mips.  [mrg 20200816]
    278 	wg(4): Add implementation of WireGuard protocol. [ozaki-r 20200820]
    279 	gcc(1): Import GCC 9.3. [mrg 20200904]
    280 	dhcpcd: Update to version 9.2.0. [roy 20200906]
    281 	iavf(4): Add driver for Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
    282 		[yamaguchi 20200908]
    283 	gcc(1): Install TSan for 64bit CPUs. [kamil 20200913]
    284 	network: IPv6 Neighor Detection is now address agnostic
    285 		and is used by ARP. RFC 7048 is included. [roy 20200916]
    286 	alpha: Fixed several stability problems with MULTIPROCESSOR
    287 		enabled.  Improved performance of TLB operations in
    288 		pmap module.  Implemented fast-soft-interrupts.  Enabled
    289 		MULTIPROCESSOR in GENERIC.  [thorpej 20200918]
    290