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      1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.826 $>
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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 	evbppc: add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
     12 	mac68k: add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the 
     13 		VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
     14 	ixp425: add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
     15 	postfix(1): Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220]
     16 	nfs: Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
     17 	mount_psshfs(8): add puffs sshfs [pooka 20061229]
     18   	zaurus: add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
     19 	i386: add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
     20 	ntp: Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface address
     21 		changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface
     22 		addresses are re-configured (WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]
     23 	kernel: global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to
     24 		the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
     25 	GCC: Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110.  [mrg 20070111]
     26 	acpitools: added from FreeBSD via fvdl [christos 20070114]
     27 	scsictl(8): added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the
     28 		optical drive should use for reading data,
     29 		contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
     30 	bind: import 9.4.0-rc2 [christos 20070127]
     31 	newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
     32 		kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
     33 		on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
     34 		with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
     35 	news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
     36 	refuse: added file system in userspace compatibility functionality,
     37 		layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211]
     38 	i386: added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption
     39 		instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
     40 	sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
     41 	btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver.
     42 		[kiyohara 20070221]
     43 	btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon.
     44 		[kiyohara 20070221]
     45         mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
     46 	eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept
     47 		eeprom from actually changing firmware settings
     48 		[macallan 20070228]
     49 	MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions
     50 		defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]
     51 	x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
     52 	luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
     53 	file(1): update to 4.20.  [pooka 20070304]
     54 	hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
     55 	build: 'make iso-image' in src/ (or build.sh iso-image) will build
     56 		iso images, eventually bootable, using in-tree tools.
     57 		[bouyer 20070306]
     58 	i386, amd64: switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add
     59 		different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI
     60 		in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
     61 	openssl: Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]
     62 	ipv6: add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
     63 	openssh: import 4.6 [christos 20070310]
     64 	aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver,
     65 		adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
     66 	evbmips: add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
     67 	i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save
     68 		power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal
     69 		Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
     70 		See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
     71 	libc: add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]
     72 	bind: import 9.4.0 [ghen 20070330]
     73 	sh5, evbsh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408]
     74 	genfb: generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus
     75 		frontends [macallan 20070411]
     76 	sgimips: add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and
     77 		onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412]
     78 	sgimips: import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from
     79 		OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412]
     80 	sparc64: add support for hardware monitoring on E450 [tnn 20070414]
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