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LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.554 $>


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Changes from NetBSD 3.0 to NetBSD 4.0:
	agr(4): Add pseudo-device driver for link aggregation. [yamt 20050318]
	kernel: Limit the number of locks per user to 1024 [christos 20050320]
	crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7f [christos 20050325]
	attimer(4): Split the pcppi(4) driver to properly assign resources and
		allow both the devices to attach through ACPI [cube 20050325]
	gre(4): add support for IPv6 as inner protocol, contributed by
		Gert Doering [is 20050330]
	/rescue: Add tetris.  [lukem 20050401]
	uvm(9): Simplify kernel memory allocation API and its implementation.
		[yamt 20050401]
	ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.8. [martti 20050403]
	identd(8): Add support for forwarding ident queries and receiving of
		proxied ident queries. [peter 20050404]
	ac97(4): Add support for AC'97 modems. [jmcneill 20050407]
	auich(4): Add support for Intel ICH AC'97 modems as audio devices.
		Currently disabled by default. [jmcneill 20050407]
	event(3): Updated libevent to 1.0c [provos 20050417]
	arc: Add a standalone boot program to load ELF kernels.
		[tsutsui 20050418]
	cvs(1): Upgrade to 1.11.20. [christos 20050419]
	openssh: Upgrade to 4.0. [christos 20050423]
	crypto: Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7g [christos 20050423]
	gettext(1): Upgrade to 0.14.4 [christos 20050429]
	ehci(4): Various bug fixes.  The most visible is that low/full speed
		devices can now be connected to high speed hubs.
		[augustss 20050501]
	acpi(4): Import ACPI-CA 20050408 [kochi 20050502]
	psh3tp(4): Support touch-panel for PERSONA SH3 machines.
		   [kiyohara 20050523]
	evbarm: Add support for the Arcom Viper.  [pooka 20050606]
	scan_ffs(8): Added scan_ffs from OpenBSD. Utility to find FFSv1/FFSv2
		partitions, to recover lost disklabels. [xtraeme 20050615]
	ataraid(4): Add man page and adapt support for Adaptec HostRAID
		from FreeBSD. [briggs 20050620]
	wtf(6): Now searches all acronyms databases (the -t switch is
		gone), whatis(1) and then pkg_info(1). [hubertf 20050622]
	i386: Add cd9660 file system support to the BIOS bootloader.
		[junyoung 20050622]
	tlp(4): added support for ASIX AX88140A and AX88141.
		[rpaulo 20050624]
	pss(4): Remove the pss(4) driver.  It has never been workable.
		[kent 20050628]
	deroff(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629]
	spell(1): brought back from the dead. [perry 20050629]
	ching(6):  brought back from the dead. [perry 20050630]
	pf(4): PF from OpenBSD 3.7 imported [peter 20050701]
	i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT is now enabled in GENERIC kernel.
		[rpaulo 20050702]
	awk(1): Upgrade to nawk 20050424 [jdolecek 20050702]
	ieee1394: ieee1394 from FreeBSD imported [kiyohara 20050711]
	ral(4): Add driver for Ralink PCI/Cardbus/USB wlan adapters
		(written by Damien Bergamini, ported by FUKAUMI Naoki)
		[drochner 20050714]
	uipaq(4): USB driver for iPAQ devices.  From OpenBSD.
		[augustss 20050718]
	netinet: Implement PMTU checks and ignore ICMP Source Quench messages
		for TCP as described in:
		http://www.gont.com.ar/drafts/icmp-attacks-against-tcp.html
		[christos 20050719]
	config(1): Implement "no <dev> at <attachment>". [cube 20050724]
	ucycom(4): Add driver for Cypress microcontroller based serial
		devices. [skrll 20050731]
	hpcmips: Add teliosio(4) driver for the Sharp Telios LCD screen and
		Battery unit. [nakayama 20050731]
	scan_lfs(8): Program to find LFS partitions on disks [xtraeme 20050731]
	ftpd(8): Implement option "-D", for running ftpd(8) in standalone mode.
		[peter 20050804]
	bpf(4): Add two new sysctls to retrieve statistics and current
		peers, viewable with netstat(1). [rpaulo 20050805]
	postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.5. [rpaulo 20050818]
	kernel: 64 bit inode changes [christos 20050819]
	getent(1): Add support for "ethers" database. [ginsbach 20050824]
	ftpd(8): Add new ftpd.conf(5) option, recvbufsize, and make
		readsize option also apply to network reads for transfers to
		the server. [ginsbach 20050824]
	UFS: Add experimental support for file-backed extended attributes
		on UFS1 file systems, adapted from FreeBSD.  [thorpej 20050828]
	psh3lcd(4): Support LCD screen driver for PERSONA SH3 machines.
		   [kiyohara 20050906]
	i386: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC.MPACPI,
		GENERIC_LAPTOP and XEN0 kernels. [rpaulo 20050909]
	amd64: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT enabled in GENERIC kernel.
		[rpaulo 20050909]
	kernel: Add tmpfs file system. [jmmv 20050910]
	mount_tmpfs(8): Add utility to mount a tmpfs file system.
		[jmmv 20050910]
	kernel, libc: Re-factor compatibility code to hide compatibility
		info from the header files and to allow libc to compile
		without the compatibility hooks [christos 20050912]
	am-utils: Upgrade to 6.1.2.1 [rpaulo 20050920]
	pam_afslog(8): Add module to obtain AFS tokens from krb5
		credentials and create a PAG if necessary. [tsarna 20050921]
	kernel: Reset the AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller. [dyoung 20050922]
	geodewdog(4): Add driver for AMD Geode SC1100 microcontroller's
		watchdog timer. [dyoung 20050922]
	kernel: Add the VFS hooks interface so that kernel subsystems
		other than VFS can execute code upon VFS operations.
		[jmmv 20050923]
	kernel: Re-factor NFS exports list code handling, making it simpler
		by abstracting all the details into the NFS generic code,
		using the previously mentioned VFS hooks interface to make
		it work. [jmmv 20050923]
	mountd(8): Make this utility file system independent, also simplifying
		its code. [jmmv 20050923]
	gpio(4): Import general purpose I/O framework from OpenBSD.
		[jmcneill 20050926]
	gpioctl(8): Import utility to talk to general purpose I/O devices
		from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20050926]
	config(1): Implement "no device at <attachment>" and "no <device>".
		[cube 20050930]
	wpa:	Add wpa_cli and wpa_supplicant.
		[scw 20051001]
	xen:	Improvements to the network backend to avoid data copy when
		possible. [bouyer 20051002]
	file(1): update to 4.16.  [pooka 20051018]
	evbarm: Add support for the Atmark Techno Armadillo-9.
		[hamajima 20051113]
	ipv6: rc.conf(5) $ip6sitelocal variable has been removed. You
		should use Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses defined by RFC 4193
		and control how they are routed with the $ip6uniquelocal
		variable. [rpaulo 20051124]
	openssl: update to 0.9.8a [christos 20051125]
	kernel:	Switch to a stateful read-ahead algorithm. [yamt 20051130]
	posix_fadvise(2): Add.  (Only POSIX_FADV_NORMAL, POSIX_FADV_RANDOM,
		and POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL are implemented.) [yamt 20051130]
	postfix(1): Updated to 2.2.6. [rpaulo 20051201]
	auich(4): Now it supports ICH7 and Intel 6300ESB audio controllers.
		[xtraeme 20051204]
	lmc(4): New driver from David Boggs [christos 20051205]
	kernel: Add a new ktrace record type for SA upcalls and add LWP
		information to ktrace records
		[darrenr, skrll, christos 20051211]
	userland: Generation and decode of new ktrace record type (sa_upcall)
		and LWP information for kdump and ktruss. Ability to trace
		upcalls. [skrll, christos 20051211]
	sip(4): Now enabled and known working for sparc64.  [mrg 20051220]
	bind:	Imported 9.3.2 for named and tools [christos 20051221]
	dkctl(8), bufq(9): Add a functionality to switch bufq strategy
		on the fly.  [yamt 20051226]
	mbrlabel(8): Add the -s option to specify the sector in which sector
		the partition table is located.  [jmmv 20051227]
	kernel: Add preliminary support for System V Boot File System.
		Written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229]
	newfs_sysvbfs(8), mount_sysvbfs(8): Add utilities for System V
		Boot File System. Also written by UCHIYAMA Yasushi.
		[20051229 tsutsui]
	ews4800mips: Initial import of ews4800mips port. Most porting work
		was done by UCHIYAMA Yasushi. [tsutsui 20051229]
	rtw(4): Add support for GCT Semiconductor GRF5101
		transceiver/synthesizer.  [dyoung 20051229]