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      1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.60 $>
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      4 [Note: This file does not mention every change made to the NetBSD source tree.
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     10 Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 1.7:
     11 	libcrypt: support bcrypt password entries.  can be chosen with
     12 		"blowfish" keyword in passwd.conf.  from openbsd
     13 		[itojun 20020524]
     14 	tcp: implement path MTU discovery blackhole detection (turn off path
     15 		MTU discovery if the connection is losing).  PR 12790.
     16 		[itojun 20020526]
     17 	pppd(8): import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529]
     18 	ftpd(8): optionally and experimentally use mmap(2) instead of read(2)
     19 		for binary file transfer [enami 20020530]
     20 	prep: support IBM RS/6000 43P 7043-140. [nonaka 20020530]
     21 	pmppc: a port to Artesyn's PM/PPC board.  [augustss 20020531]
     22 	tcpdump(8): upgrade to 3.7.1 as of 2002/5/31. [itojun 20020531]
     23 	amdpm(4): driver for AMD768 Power Management Controller (but currently
     24 		an interface to rnd(4) only.)  [enami 20020602]
     25 	gspahextoc: was obsoleted by the -c option to gspa(1) a long
     26 		time ago, and has thus been removed [is 20020607]
     27 	netinet6: synchronize with recent interface/router/prefix management
     28 		logic from KAME.  [itojun 20020608]
     29 	greconfig(8): obsoleted.  use ifconfig(8) for configuration.
     30 		[itojun 20020609]
     31 	netinet: path MTU discovery is turned on by default (currently used
     32 		for TCP only).  [itojun 20020613]
     33 	amd(8): add new mount option "xlatecookie" to support NFS v3 mounts
     34 		with cookie translation.  [tron 20020614]
     35 	factor(6): Use a Pollard Rho algorithm to factor arbitrary sized
     36 		numbers.  [simonb 20020615]
     37 	systrace: Integrate Niels Provos' systrace(1) binary sand-boxing,
     38 		device and userland support. [christos 20020617]
     39 	netstat(1): add -q flag to print information about
     40 		software interrupt queue.  [enami 20020703]
     41 	Socket buffer insertion is now O(C).  This can provide a
     42 		substantial performance boost to some applications
     43 		which use large socket buffers.  [thorpej 20020703]
     44 	Added support for the SuperH SH-5 CPU architecture.
     45 		[scw 20020705]
     46 	chflags(1), chgrp(1), chmod(1), chown(8): Change default behaviour
     47 		to follow symlinks on the command line rather than ignoring
     48 		them, finally fixing PR 563.  [bjh21 20020707]
     49 	file(1): update to 3.39. [pooka 20020709]
     50 	Import pdisk 0.8a1, the Apple disk partitioning utility [dbj 20020709]
     51 	Switch to a signal trampoline provided by libc.  The kernel
     52 		will provide one for backward compatibility, and
     53 		for emulations.  [thorpej 20020710]
     54 	m68k-based ports now use __HAVE_SYSCALL_INTERN syscall interface.
     55 		[scw 20020713]
     56 	evbarm: Add support for the Intel IXM1200 eval board for
     57 		the ixp12x0 Network Processor.  [ichiro 20020715]
     58 	mopd(8): Added "-s <mopdir>" to avoid hard coding /tftpboot/mop.
     59 		[mrg 20020719]
     60 	hpcarm: X server for the Jornada 720 now works [manu 20020722]
     61 	pciide(4): added support for the Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller.
     62 		[onoe 20020726]
     63 	macppc: finished support for 2nd CPU on 9500/180MP and 9600/200MP
     64 		[chs 20020728]
     65 	systrace: Update systrace(1) and the kernel code.  Note that the
     66 		update contains backward-incompatible change in ioctl.
     67 		[itojun 20020730]
     68 	Added dmover(4) API, interface to hardware-assisted data
     69 		movers.  [thorpej 20020801]
     70 	pkg_admin(8): Add 'pmatch' keyword to return true if 'pkg' matches
     71 		'pattern', false else. [hubertf 20020804]
     72 	macppc: added support for 2nd CPU on dual G4 boxes [chs 20020805]
     73 	pmc(9): Added new performance counter framework.  [briggs 20020806]
     74 	auich(4): Added support for ICH4 and SiS 7012.  [kent 20020807]
     75 	pmc(3): Added new performance counter interface library.
     76 		[thorpej 20020808]
     77 	Added slhci(4), ScanLogic SL811HS/T USB Host Controller.
     78 		[isaki 20020811]
     79 	Added new "ibss", "ibss-master", and "hostap" ifmedia media options
     80 		for 802.11 interfaces.  [thorpej 20020810]
     81 	wi(4): Add experimental Host-AP support, allowing Intelsil
     82 		Prism2/2.5/3-based boards to be used to make an
     83 		802.11 Access Point.  [thorpej 20020811]
     84 	arm: New versions of copyin(), copyout(), and kcopy().  These make
     85 		almost all user/kernel interactions faster.  [briggs 20020812]
     86 	lpd(8): add libwrap support. [itojun 20020812]
     87 	sparc64: Add sab driver for sab82532 serial controller. Written by
     88 		Jason L. Wright for OpenBSD. [petrov 20020816]
     89 	wscons(4): Add wsmoused(8) for mouse cut and paste in wscons vga
     90 		driver. [christos 20020820]
     91 	utmpx: All userland programs have been converted to understand both
     92 		utmp and utmpx, wtmp and wtmpx, lastlog and lastlogx
     93 		[christos 20020821]
     94 	rescue: enable /rescue system recovery tools.  [lukem 20020822]
     95 	boot: allow path to init(8) to be entered when booting with
     96 		RB_ASKNAME ("boot -a").  [lukem 20020823]
     97 	rasctl(2): Restartable Atomic Sequences (RAS).  [gmcgarry 20020828]
     98 	pmap(1): Added to tree.  Prints the address space of a given
     99 		process (or processes).  [atatat 20020831]
    100 	zx(4): Add a driver for the Sun ZX/Leo framebuffer.  [ad 20020913]
    101 	ipf(8): updated to version 3.4.29. [martti 20020919]
    102 	mount(2): Add MNT_GETARGS support to retrieve mounted filesystem
    103 		specific arguments. [christos 20020921]
    104 	compat/irix: sproc emulation supports share groups with private
    105 		memory mappings. [manu 20020922]
    106 	mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in
    107 		a fully dynamically linked system.  [lukem 20020923]
    108 	iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924]
    109 	Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c.
    110 		[thorpej 20020925]
    111 	Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in
    112 		a "parent spec" in the kernel. [thorpej 20020925]
    113 	libcrypto: mdc2 is a patented algorithm, so move it out of libcrypto.
    114 		if you need mdc2, define MKCRYPTO_MDC2 to get libcrypto_mdc2.a.
    115 		[itojun 20020926]
    116 	Don't reference cfdriver structures directly in the cfdata entries;
    117 		instead, a string names the driver, which is looked up from
    118 		a list that is built at run-time.  [thorpej 20020926]
    119 	Add support for the Apple UFS variation on ffs
    120 		See PR 17345 [dbj 20020928]
    121 	sh(1): Use vfork(2) rather than fork(2) where appropriate.
    122 		See PR 5475 [christos,elric 20020928]
    123 	Remove umask setting from /etc/skel/.{cshrc,profile} so that
    124 		user files are not created group writable by default.
    125 		[grant 20020929]
    126 	sendmail(8): Include DOMAIN(generic) in prototype configuration
    127 		to enable standard sendmail features. [grant 20020930]
    128 	mrouted(8): moved to gnusrc, as it is not under BSD license.
    129 		[itojun 20021001]
    130 	i386: merge the sommerfeld_i386mp_1 branch [fvdl 20021001]
    131 	ssh(1): upgrade OpenBSD-based Secure Shell, based on OpenSSH 3.5
    132 		around 20021001.  [itojun 20021001]
    133 	Don't reference cfattach structures directly in the cfdata entries;
    134 		instead, a string names the attachment, which is looked up
    135 		from a list that is built at run-time.  [thorpej 20021003]
    136 	Add CryptoGraphic Disk driver, cgd(4).  [elric 20021004]
    137 	pciide(4): Added support for VIA VT8235 [kent 20021005]
    138 	auvia(4): Added support for VT8233/VT8235 [kent 20021005]
    139 	auvia(4): Enabled sampling rate conversion for fixed-rate AC'97 codec
    140 		[kent 20021008]
    141 	ubsa(4): Driver for Belkin serial adapters ported from FreeBSD
    142 		[augustss 20021008]
    143 	tar(1): upgrade to GNU tar 1.13.25 for security fixes
    144 		[itojun 20021010]
    145 	Allow pseudo-devices to be parents of "real" devices.
    146 		[thorpej 20021009]
    147 	Allow options to register dependencies on attributes (the way it already
    148 		can for other options).  [thorpej 20021010]
    149 	Allow devices to be orphaned in the kernel config file, but
    150 		emit an informational message when this happens.
    151 		[thorpej 20021010]
    152 	tar(1), cpio(1): We are now using pax(1) for those instead of
    153 		the gnu version. [christos 20021016]
    154 	basename(3), dirname(3): Change to return pointer to static
    155 		storage, rather than modifying their input arguments.
    156 		The new behavior is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std
    157 		1003.1-2001.  [thorpej 20021016]
    158 	build.sh: add '-k kernel', to configure and build the given
    159 		kernel using the new toolchain.
    160 		From Alan Barrett in PR#18739.  [lukem 20021021]
    161 	kernel: kqueue branch merged [jdolecek 20021023]
    162 	kernel: keep separate read & write disk statistics.  [mrg 20021101]
    163 	iostat(8): report read/write stats in iostat -x.  [mrg 20021101]
    164 	systat(1): report read/write stats in iostat "rw" mode.  [mrg 20021101]
    165 	sparc64: Find the correct boot path for all IDE disks.  [mrg 20021102]
    166 	eap(4): Add support for second DAC [pooka 20021104]
    167 	Added two sysctl(8) flags to stop process just after creation by
    168 		fork(2) or exec(2).  [manu 20021106]
    169 	mtd(4): Add driver for Myson Technologies MTD803 3-in-1 Fast Ethernet
    170 		cards from Peter Bex. [martin 20021107]
    171 	iop(4): Add support for Adaptec 2000S and 2005S [msaitoh 20021108]
    172 	vnd(4): Now also available as an LKM.  [mrg 20021116]
    173 	etc/postinstall: Add support for examining the obsolete sets for
    174 		obsolete entries to check or remove.  [lukem 20021117]
    175 	named(8): Upgrade to BIND 8.3.4. [itojun 20021117]
    176 	gcc/gas: Fixed bug in how NetBSD ARM ELF binaries were marked.
    177 		They now properly reflect ATPCS + Soft-VFP.
    178 		[thorpej 20021121]
    179 	lib/csu: Split crtbegin/crtend into crti/crtbegin/crtend/crtn.
    180 		This is inline with what other ELF systems do, and paves
    181 		the way to using GCC-supplied crtbegin/crtend.
    182 		[thorpej 20021121]
    183 	i386: reworked interrupt code to be more independent of the
    184 		underlying interrupt controller, to perform better
    185 		with shared lines, and to be more clean in general
    186 		[fvdl 20021122]
    187 	postfix: upgrade to 1.1.12.  [itojun 20021126]
    188 	mk.conf(5): removed support for SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks; <sys/*.h>
    189 		include files are always copied now.  [lukem 20021126]
    190 	cvs: upgrade to 1.11.2 [christos 20021127]
    191 	strsuftoll(3), strsuftollx(3): Add functions to parse numbers
    192 		with optional suffices and/or products.  [lukem 20021129]
    193 	am-utils: upgrade to 6.1b1 [christos 20021129]
    194 	routed: upgrade to 2.27 [christos 20021129]
    195 	fparseln(3): migrated from libutil to libc.  [lukem 20021130]
    196 	x68k: add bmd(4), memory disk driver for Nereid bank memory.
    197 		[isaki 20021201]
    198 	i386: biosboot bootblocks now support booting off 2.88MB drive
    199 		using 1.44MB floppy disk [jdolecek 20021204]
    200 	edquota(8): Added command-line options to allow setting quotas
    201 		from command line.  [bouyer 20021204]
    202 	build.sh: add -E, to enable "expert mode", which allows builds
    203 		to DESTDIR=/.  [lukem 20021208]
    204 	Added arch/evbppc for PowerPC-based evaluation boards, with the
    205 		existing Walnut port as its first member. [scw 20021209]
    206 	db(1): Added.  Manipulates db(3) btree(3) and hash(3) databases.
    207 		[lukem 20021211]
    208 	mips: support fully coherent data caches on MIPS32 and MIPS64 cpus
    209 		(enabled for Au1x00 and SB-1 CPUS).  [simonb 20021217].
    210 	install(1): added -N dbdir, to specify different location for user
    211 	    and group databases.  [lukem 20021219]
    212 	build system: Users and groups for the build are now obtained from
    213 	    src/etc instead of the host systems' passwd(5) and group(5)
    214 	    databases.  [lukem 20021219]
    215 	sunlabel(8): Now enabled by default.  Manipulates SunOS disklabels. 
    216 		[lukem 20021221]
    217 	vis(1): Add `-e extra', to provide a list of extra characters to
    218 		encode (per svis(3)).  [lukem 20021223]
    219