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      1 LIST OF CHANGES FROM LAST RELEASE:			<$Revision: 1.851 $>
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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 	i386, amd64: add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
     32 	newlock2: Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new
     33 		kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability
     34 		on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model
     35 		with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
     36 	news68k: Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
     37 	refuse: added file system in userspace compatibility functionality,
     38 		layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211]
     39 	i386: added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption
     40 		instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
     41 	sdiff(1): Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
     42 	btuart(4): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver.
     43 		[kiyohara 20070221]
     44 	btuartd(8): Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon.
     45 		[kiyohara 20070221]
     46         mutex(9), rwlock(9): Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
     47 	eeprom(8): Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept
     48 		eeprom from actually changing firmware settings
     49 		[macallan 20070228]
     50 	MAKEDEV(8), MAKEDEV.local(8): Let MAKEDEV.local use functions
     51 		defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]
     52 	x68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
     53 	luna68k: Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
     54 	file(1): update to 4.20.  [pooka 20070304]
     55 	hfs: Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
     56 	build: 'make iso-image' in src/ (or build.sh iso-image) will build
     57 		iso images, eventually bootable, using in-tree tools.
     58 		[bouyer 20070306]
     59 	i386, amd64: switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add
     60 		different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI
     61 		in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
     62 	openssl: Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]
     63 	ipv6: add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
     64 	openssh: import 4.6 [christos 20070310]
     65 	aiboost(4): ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver,
     66 		adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
     67 	evbmips: add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
     68 	i386, amd64: Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save
     69 		power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal
     70 		Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
     71 		See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
     72 	libc: add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]
     73 	bind: import 9.4.0 [ghen 20070330]
     74 	sh5, evbsh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408]
     75 	genfb: generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus
     76 		frontends [macallan 20070411]
     77 	sgimips: add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and
     78 		onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412]
     79 	sgimips: import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from
     80 		OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412]
     81 	sparc64: add support for hardware monitoring on
     82 		Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4) [tnn 20070414]
     83 	ipf(8): Updated to version 4.1.19. [martin 20070414]
     84 	coda: overhaul kernel module (vnode locking rules, uvm_fault
     85 		handling, general cleanup) [gdt 20070415]
     86 	puffs(4): Support NFS exporting puffs file servers [pooka 20070416]
     87 	xargs(1): Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our
     88 		GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]
     89 	bluetooth(4): add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421]
     90 	mount_9p(8): Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs.
     91 		[pooka 20070421]
     92 	kernel: Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used
     93 		to locate files within an emulation's root directory.
     94 		Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first.
     95 		[dsl 20070422]
     96 	prep: add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine.  Other RAVEN
     97 		based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426]
     98 	kernel: Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430]
     99 	bind: import 9.4.1 [christos 20070501]
    100 	puffs(3): Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer
    101 		management and event loop for networked file systems
    102 		using puffs_cc(3).  Convert mount_psshfs(8) and 
    103 		mount_9p(8) to use it.  [pooka 20070505]
    104 	kernel: Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk 
    105 		at root mount time. [manu 20070508]
    106 	pf(4): Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state
    107 		policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating').
    108 		Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state
    109 		policies. [dyoung 20070510]
    110 	xen: Add timecounter support. [jld 20070512]
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