Significant changes from NetBSD 4.0 to 5.0

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Updated: Sat Jun 9 12:39:26 2007

Changes by date (Most recent first) (top)

June 2007

zyd(4)
Added OpenBSD's driver. Supports ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device. [kiyohara 20070609]
file(1)
update to 4.21. [pooka 20070607]
amd64
The Enhanced Speedstep driver is now able to work on EM64T CPUs running in 64bit mode. [xtraeme 20070603]
smsc(4)
Added a driver for the hardware monitoring portion of the SMSC LPC47B397 [blymn 20070601]
powerpc
Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]

May 2007

libcurses
Merge in wide curses work done by Ruibiao Qui as a Google Summer of Code project [blymn 20070529]
aac(4)
Compile and run on amd64. [briggs 20070525]
top(1)
Allow a single process to be selected by pid. Add a 'thread mode' that displays LWPs. [ad 20070524]
uslsa(4)
added CP210x USB-RS232 ucom driver, as submitted by Jonathan A. Kollasch in PR kern/33496 [dogcow 20070520]
postfix(1)
Updated to 2.4.1 [heas 20070519]
ld.elf_so
Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths. [christos 20070518]
idlelwp
yamt-idlelwp branch was merged. 1. separate context switching and thread scheduling. 2. implement idle lwp. 3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces. 4. make scheduler(s) modular. [yamt 20070518]
kernel
add jmide(4), a driver for the JMicron Technology JMB36x PCIe to SATA II/PATA controllers. [bouyer 20070515]
xen
Add timecounter support. [jld 20070512]
pf(4)
Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating'). Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state policies. [dyoung 20070510]
kernel
Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk at root mount time. [manu 20070508]
puffs(3)
Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer management and event loop for networked file systems using puffs_cc(3). Convert mount_psshfs(8) and mount_9p(8) to use it. [pooka 20070505]

April 2007

kernel
Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430]
prep
add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine. Other RAVEN based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426]
kernel
Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used to locate files within an emulation's root directory. Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first. [dsl 20070422]
mount_9p(8)
Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs. [pooka 20070421]
bluetooth(4)
add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421]
xargs(1)
Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]
puffs(4)
Support NFS exporting puffs file servers [pooka 20070416]
coda
overhaul kernel module (vnode locking rules, uvm_fault handling, general cleanup) [gdt 20070415]
sparc64
add support for hardware monitoring on Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4) [tnn 20070414]
sgimips
import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412]
sgimips
add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412]
genfb
generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus frontends [macallan 20070411]
sh5, evbsh5
Port deleted [scw 20070408]

March 2007

libc
add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]
i386, amd64
Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD. See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
evbmips
add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
aiboost(4)
ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver, adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]
openssh
import 4.6 [christos 20070310]
ipv6
add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]
openssl
Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]
i386, amd64
switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
hfs
Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]
file(1)
update to 4.20. [pooka 20070304]
luna68k
Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
x68k
Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
makedev(8), makedev.local(8)
Let MAKEDEV.local use functions defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]

Febuary 2007

eeprom(8)
Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept eeprom from actually changing firmware settings [macallan 20070228]
mutex(9), rwlock(9)
Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]
btuartd(8)
Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon. [kiyohara 20070221]
btuart(4)
Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver. [kiyohara 20070221]
sdiff(1)
Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]
i386
added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
refuse
added file system in userspace compatibility functionality, layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211]
news68k
Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
newlock2
Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]
i386, amd64
add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]

January 2007

scsictl(8)
added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the optical drive should use for reading data, contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]
acpitools
added from FreeBSD via fvdl [christos 20070114]
gcc
Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110. [mrg 20070111]
kernel
global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
ntp
Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface address changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface addresses are re-configured (WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]
i386
add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
zaurus
add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]

December 2006

mount_psshfs(8)
add puffs sshfs [pooka 20061229]
nfs
Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]
postfix(1)
Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220]
ixp425
add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]
mac68k
add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
evbppc
add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]

Port specific changes (top)

acorn26	acorn32	algor	alpha	amd64	amiga	amigappc	arc	arm26	arm32	atari
bebox	cats	cobalt	dreamcast	evbarm	evbmips	evbppc	evbsh3	evbsh5	ews4800mips	hp300
hp700	hpcarm	hpcmips	hpcsh	i386	ibmnws	iyonix	luna68k	mac68k	macppc	mipsco
mmeye	mvme68k	mvmeppc	netwinder	news68k	newsmips	next68k	ofppc	pc532	playstation2	pmax
pmppc	prep	sandpoint	sbmips	sgimips	sparc	sparc64	sun2	sun3	vax	walnut
x68k	xen	zaurus

Changes to NetBSD/acorn26 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-acorn26.

Changes to NetBSD/acorn32 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-acorn32.

Changes to NetBSD/algor 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-algor.

Changes to NetBSD/alpha 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-alpha.

Changes to NetBSD/amd64 5.0

add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD. See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
The Enhanced Speedstep driver is now able to work on EM64T CPUs running in 64bit mode. [xtraeme 20070603]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amd64.

Changes to NetBSD/amiga 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amiga.

Changes to NetBSD/amigappc 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amigappc.

Changes to NetBSD/arc 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arc.

Changes to NetBSD/arm26 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm26.

Changes to NetBSD/arm32 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm32.

Changes to NetBSD/atari 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-atari.

Changes to NetBSD/bebox 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-bebox.

Changes to NetBSD/cats 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-cats.

Changes to NetBSD/cobalt 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-cobalt.

Changes to NetBSD/dreamcast 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-dreamcast.

Changes to NetBSD/evbarm 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbarm.

Changes to NetBSD/evbmips 5.0

add Infineon ADM5120 port. [dyoung 20070320]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbmips.

Changes to NetBSD/evbppc 5.0

add support for Xilinx Virtex II-Pro/4-FX. [freza 20061202]
powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbppc.

Changes to NetBSD/evbsh3 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbsh3.

Changes to NetBSD/evbsh5 5.0

sh5: Port deleted [scw 20070408]
Port deleted [scw 20070408]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbsh5.

Changes to NetBSD/ews4800mips 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ews4800mips.

Changes to NetBSD/hp300 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hp300.

Changes to NetBSD/hp700 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hp700.

Changes to NetBSD/hpcarm 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hpcarm.

Changes to NetBSD/hpcmips 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hpcmips.

Changes to NetBSD/hpcsh 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hpcsh.

Changes to NetBSD/i386 5.0

add support for Microsoft Xbox. [jmcneill 20070105]
add cmos(4), driver for x86 CMOS RAM. [dyoung 20070206]
added an opencrypto provider for VIA ACE (AES encryption instructions), ported from OpenBSD. [daniel 20070217]
switch bootable iso images to native boot format, and add different bootable kenrels on the iso images. Enable ACPI in default INSTALL and GENERIC kernels. [bouyer 20070306]
Intel(R) On Demand Clock Modulation driver, to save power and overheating in CPUs supporting the Thermal Monitor feature (TM). Adapted from OpenBSD/FreeBSD. See options(4) for more information. [xtraeme 20070320]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-i386.

Changes to NetBSD/ibmnws 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ibmnws.

Changes to NetBSD/iyonix 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-iyonix.

Changes to NetBSD/luna68k 5.0

Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-luna68k.

Changes to NetBSD/mac68k 5.0

add support for four more Nubus video cards, including the VillageTronic MacPicasso 340. [hauke 20061206]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mac68k.

Changes to NetBSD/macppc 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-macppc.

Changes to NetBSD/mipsco 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mipsco.

Changes to NetBSD/mmeye 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mmeye.

Changes to NetBSD/mvme68k 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mvme68k.

Changes to NetBSD/mvmeppc 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mvmeppc.

Changes to NetBSD/netwinder 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-netwinder.

Changes to NetBSD/news68k 5.0

Implement generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070210]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-news68k.

Changes to NetBSD/newsmips 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-newsmips.

Changes to NetBSD/next68k 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-next68k.

Changes to NetBSD/ofppc 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ofppc.

Changes to NetBSD/pc532 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pc532.

Changes to NetBSD/playstation2 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-playstation2.

Changes to NetBSD/pmax 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pmax.

Changes to NetBSD/pmppc 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pmppc.

Changes to NetBSD/prep 5.0

add support for the MTX604 RAVEN based machine. Other RAVEN based machines are also likely to work now. [garbled 20070426]
powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-prep.

Changes to NetBSD/sandpoint 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sandpoint.

Changes to NetBSD/sbmips 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sbmips.

Changes to NetBSD/sgimips 5.0

add support for SGI O2 PS/2 controller macekbc(4) and onboard display adapter crmfb(4) [jmcneill 20070412]
import mavb(4) audio device driver for SGI O2 from OpenBSD [jmcneill 20070412]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sgimips.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc64 5.0

add support for hardware monitoring on Ultra Enterprise 450. See envctrl(4) [tnn 20070414]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc64.

Changes to NetBSD/sun2 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sun2.

Changes to NetBSD/sun3 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sun3.

Changes to NetBSD/vax 5.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-vax.

Changes to NetBSD/walnut 5.0

powerpc: Add booted_kernel and booted_device sysctl [nisimura 20070601]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-walnut.

Changes to NetBSD/x68k 5.0

Add generic softintr(9) support. [tsutsui 20070304]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-x68k.

Changes to NetBSD/xen 5.0

Add timecounter support. [jld 20070512]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-xen.

Changes to NetBSD/zaurus 5.0

add support for Sharp C3x00 PDA. [ober 20070105]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-zaurus.

Non port-specific changes (top)

aac(4)

Compile and run on amd64. [briggs 20070525]

acpitools

added from FreeBSD via fvdl [christos 20070114]

aiboost(4)

ASUS AI Booster ACPI Hardware monitor driver, adapted from FreeBSD for envsys(4). [xtraeme 20070313]

bluetooth(4)

add 'service level' security [plunky 20070421]

btuart(4)

Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) driver. [kiyohara 20070221]

btuartd(8)

Add support for Bluetooth HCI UART (H4) daemon. [kiyohara 20070221]

coda

overhaul kernel module (vnode locking rules, uvm_fault handling, general cleanup) [gdt 20070415]

eeprom(8)

Add the missing kernel bits on arm and powerpc that kept eeprom from actually changing firmware settings [macallan 20070228]

file(1)

update to 4.20. [pooka 20070304]
update to 4.21. [pooka 20070607]

gcc

Updated to version 4.1.2-20070110. [mrg 20070111]

genfb

generic framebuffer console driver with PCI and SBus frontends [macallan 20070411]

hfs

Add read-only Apple HFS+ file system support. [dillo 20070305]

idlelwp

yamt-idlelwp branch was merged. 1. separate context switching and thread scheduling. 2. implement idle lwp. 3. clean up related MD/MI interfaces. 4. make scheduler(s) modular. [yamt 20070518]

ipv6

add ipv6 fast forward. [liamjfoy 20070307]

ixp425

add support for NPE Ethernet. [scw 20061210]

kernel

global 'securelevel' variable removed; it is now internal to the secmodel. [elad 20070110]
Remove the CHECK_ALT_xxx() defines and emul_find() used to locate files within an emulation's root directory. Instead get namei() to check the emulation root first. [dsl 20070422]
Added support for POSIX Asynchronous I/O. [rmind 20070430]
Add the TFTPROOT kernel option for TFTP'ing root RAMdisk at root mount time. [manu 20070508]
add jmide(4), a driver for the JMicron Technology JMB36x PCIe to SATA II/PATA controllers. [bouyer 20070515]

ld.elf_so

Support Solaris $ORIGIN etc. expansions in paths. [christos 20070518]

libc

add support for LC_TIME [manu 20070328]

libcurses

Merge in wide curses work done by Ruibiao Qui as a Google Summer of Code project [blymn 20070529]

makedev(8)

Let MAKEDEV.local use functions defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]

makedev.local(8)

Let MAKEDEV.local use functions defined in MAKEDEV. [apb 20070303]

mount_9p(8)

Add support to mount a 9P file service with puffs. [pooka 20070421]

mount_psshfs(8)

add puffs sshfs [pooka 20061229]

mutex(9)

Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]

newlock2

Merge the newlock2 branch. Introduces a number of new kernel synchronization primitives, improves scalability on MP systems, and replaces the existing SA threads model with a 1:1 threading model. [ad 20070209]

nfs

Remove NQNFS support from kernel. [yamt 20061227]

ntp

Import ntp 4.2.4 (20061228). Tracking of network interface address changes is now supported - no more ntpd restarts when interface addresses are re-configured (WLAN/DSL/ppp/...). [kardel 20070106]

openssh

import 4.6 [christos 20070310]

openssl

Import OpenSSL 0.9.8e. [mjf 20070307]

pf(4)

Make 'nat' and 'rdr' translation rules obey state policy flags ('if-bound', 'group-bound', 'floating'). Extend pf.conf(5) syntax to express the translation-state policies. [dyoung 20070510]

postfix(1)

Updated to 2.3.5. [rpaulo 20061220]
Updated to 2.4.1 [heas 20070519]

puffs(3)

Add puffs_framebuf(3), which abstracts the buffer management and event loop for networked file systems using puffs_cc(3). Convert mount_psshfs(8) and mount_9p(8) to use it. [pooka 20070505]

puffs(4)

Support NFS exporting puffs file servers [pooka 20070416]

refuse

added file system in userspace compatibility functionality, layered on top of libpuffs [agc 20070211]

rwlock(9)

Support priority inheritance. [yamt 20070226]

scsictl(8)

added setspeed command, to set the highest speed that the optical drive should use for reading data, contributed by Kimura Fuyuki. [bouyer 20070122]

sdiff(1)

Replaced by OpenBSD sdiff(1) (public domain). [rmind 20070219]

smsc(4)

Added a driver for the hardware monitoring portion of the SMSC LPC47B397 [blymn 20070601]

top(1)

Allow a single process to be selected by pid. Add a 'thread mode' that displays LWPs. [ad 20070524]

uslsa(4)

added CP210x USB-RS232 ucom driver, as submitted by Jonathan A. Kollasch in PR kern/33496 [dogcow 20070520]

xargs(1)

Bring in xargs from FreeBSD to gain -I, -J etc. but keep our GNU compatible exit values. [christos 20070418]

zyd(4)

Added OpenBSD's driver. Supports ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device. [kiyohara 20070609]

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