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      1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.720 $>
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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 4.0 to NetBSD 5.0:
     11 	iwi(4): Use firmload(9) to load firmware images. You no longer need to
     12 		use iwictl(8) to load the firmware. [skrll 20060809]
     13 	acorn32: Remove the old, pre-wscons, console code.  Kernel
     14 		configurations using the old console (kbd, vt, and vidcconsole)
     15 		will need to be updated to use wscons. [bjh21 20060814]
     16 	wpi(4): Driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.  OpenBSD wpi driver
     17 		ported by Jean-Baptiste Campesato. [simonb 20060818]
     18 	acorn32: Correctly detect the display refresh rate being used under
     19 		RISC OS and look for a matching mode in a list of standard
     20 		video modes.  This removes the requirement for compiling
     21 		RISC OS monitor definitions into the kernel. [bjh21 20060820]
     22 	netns: Support for XNS in the kernel and userspace has been
     23 		removed. [matt 20060825]
     24 	netccit: Support for CCITT/X.26 in the kernel and userspace has
     25 		been removed. [matt 20060825]
     26 	mips64: Preliminary support for a MIPS64 toolchain using the N64
     27 		ABI. [matt 20060825]
     28 	postfix: Updated to 2.3.3 [rpaulo 20060827]
     29 	landisk: Initial import of landisk port for SuperH based
     30 		network storage appliances by I-O DATA.  The port was
     31 		done by NONAKA Kimihiro <nonaka (a] NetBSD.org>.
     32 		[uwe 20060901]
     33 	evbmips: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060901]
     34 	todr(9): New machine independent time-of-day chip framework for
     35 		drivers, which provides uniform handling across all ports.
     36 		Not all ports have adopted it yet.  [gdamore 20060902]
     37 	sun2: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060903]
     38 	gcc(1): Switch sh5 to GCC4. [scw 20060904]
     39 	tcp: Add support for Explicit Congestion Notification as defined
     40 		in RFC 3168. Sponsored by Google SoC. [rpaulo 20060905]
     41 	prep: Convert prep to MI todr(9) driver. [garbled 20060905]
     42 	sun3: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060905]
     43 	cesfic: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060906]
     44 	prep: Add support for the IBM 7025-F40. [garbled 20060907]
     45 	lockstat(8): Add the lockstat command: displays a summary of kernel
     46 		locking events recorded over the lifetime of a called program.
     47 		[ad 20060907]
     48 	cobalt: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060907]
     49 	njata(4): Add driver for Workbit NinjaATA-32 busmastering PIO IDE
     50 		controller. [itohy 20060907]
     51 	ews4800mips: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060909]
     52 	arc: Add timecounter support. [gdamore 20060909]
     53 	news68k: Add timecounter support. From gdamore. [tsutsui 20060909]
     54 	msk(4): Driver for Marvell Yukon 2 Gigabit Ethernet. [riz 20060909]
     55 	evbsh5: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060909]
     56 	hp300: Add timecounter support.  [tsutsui 20060909]
     57 	ipsec-tools: ipsec-tools CVS is now part of NetBSD. [manu 20060909]
     58 	iyonix: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060910]
     59 	next68k: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060911]
     60 	cats: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060911]
     61 	netwinder: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060911]
     62 	shark: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060913]
     63 	newsmips: Add timecounter support. From gdamore. [tsutsui 20060913]
     64 	luna68k: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060914]
     65 	mipsco: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060915]
     66 	hpcmips: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060915]
     67 	sgimips: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060916]
     68 	veriexec: Add veriexecgen(8), a tool for easy and fast generation
     69 		  of Veriexec fingerprint files. [elad 20060916]
     70 	gcc(1): Switch m68k to GCC4 [tsutsui 20060917]
     71 	gcc(1): Switch mips to GCC4 [simonb 20060919]
     72 	x68k: Add timecounter support.  [gdamore 20060919]
     73 	who(1): Change -u behaviour to also print PID of process on 
     74 		terminal, and add -d to print more information from
     75 		utmpx. [hubertf 20060919]
     76 	init(8): Add system boot, login process, runlevel, system down
     77 		utmpx records [christos 20060919]
     78 	gcc(1): Switch hppa to GCC4. [skrll 20060922]
     79 	cdplay(1): Add digital transfer mode support, not enabled by
     80 		default. Thanks to Sergey Svishchev for the patch.
     81 		[xtraeme 20060922]
     82 	wscons: Add fr_CA.iso8859-1 keyboard mapping support. Thanks to
     83 		Matthew Mondor for the patch. [jmcneill 20060922]
     84 	sh3: Add timecounter support to all sh3 ports. From gdamore with
     85 		some fixes by me. [tsutsui 20060924]
     86 	kernel: Modify powerhook_establish(9) API to accept a name
     87 		argument. [jmcneill 20060924]
     88 	twa(4): 3ware's tw_cli management tools now works [manu 20060924]
     89 	csplit(1): Added from FreeBSD/OpenBSD [christos 20060925]
     90 	evbmips: Add AR5315/2315 support, specifically the Meraki Mini,
     91 		which can be found at http://www.meraki.net/
     92 		[gdamore 20060925]
     93 	ssh: Import openssh-4.4 [christos 20060928]
     94 	macppc: add timecounter support [macallan 20060929]
     95 	ofctl(8): initial import, formerly known as ofdump2. For macppc,
     96 		shark, sparc64.
     97 		Written by Matt Thomas. [macallan 20060929]
     98 	pcictl(8): Add "list -n" to print ID and class numerical, instead
     99 		of resolving to strings [hubertf 20061001]
    100 	sun3: Add initial bus_space(9) support. [tsutsui 20061001]
    101 	sec(4): New driver for Acorn SCSI Expansion Card, intended to replace
    102 		acorn32 asc(4).  [bjh21 20061001]
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