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      1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.7 $>
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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: import 2.4.1 [christos 20020529]
     18 	ftpd: 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: 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 	mk.conf(5): MKDYNAMICROOT=yes made as the default, resulting in
    105 		a fully dynamically linked system.  [lukem 20020923]
    106 	iwic(4): Add driver for Winbond W6692 ISDN [pooka 20020924]
    107 	Removed the old rmap code, <sys/map.h> and kern/subr_rmap.c.
    108 		[thorpej 20020925]
    109 	Overhaul device parent matching; now record attributes in
    110 		a "parent spec" in the kernel. [thorpej 20020925]
    111 	libcrypto: mdc2 is a patented algorithm, so move it out of libcrypto.
    112 		if you need mdc2, define MKCRYPTO_MDC2 to get libcrypto_mdc2.a.
    113 		[itojun 20020926]
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