Significant changes from NetBSD 8.0 to 9.0

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Updated: Sun Oct 6 08:30:05 2024

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November 2019

micphy(4)
Add support for Microchip KSZ80[0456]1, KSZ8721, KSZ9[01]31, KS8731 and KSZ9477. [msaitoh 20191107]
smscphy(4)
Add support for SMSC LAN87xx 10/100 Ethernet PHY. [msaitoh 20191101]

October 2019

jmphy(4)
Add support for JMicron JMP202 and JMP211 PHY. [msaitoh 20191030]
alc(4)
Add support for Killer E2400 and E2500. [msaitoh 20191017]
ipgphy(4)
Add support for IC Plus IP1000* PHY. [msaitoh 20191017]
evbarm
Add support for Amazon Graviton "a1.metal" instances. [jmcneill 20191015]

September 2019

mcx(4)
Added driver for Mellanox 5th generation ethernet. [jmcneill 20190921]

August 2019

usbnet(9)
Port kue(4) and upl(4). [mrg 20190818]
usbnet(9)
Add common framework for USB network devices. Port the axe(4), axen(4), cdce(4), cue(4), mue(4), smsc(4), udav(4), ure(4), url(4), and urndis(4) drivers fixing many bugs and porting to NET_MPSAFE in the process. [mrg 20190814]
rasops(9)
Major improvements for rasops(9) routines. General putchar functions added for color depths 2 and 4. Width-optimized putchar functions added for depth 32. Anti-aliasing supported for depths 2 and 24. Shadow framebuffer supported for all depths. A lot of bug fixes, both major and minor. Dedup more than 20% of lines, or 50% of characters. [rin 20190810]

July 2019

dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-8.0.2. [roy 20190730]
mac68k
Add genfb(4) framebuffer driver. [rin 20190726]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-8.0.1. [roy 20190725]
libarchive
Import libarchive-3.4.0. [joerg 20190724]
tar(1)
MKBSDTAR now defaults to yes. [roy 20190724]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-8.0.0. [roy 20190724]
mac68k
Enable DMA transfer for SCSI adapters found on 660/840AV. Submitted by Michael Zucca via PR port-mac68k/24883. [rin 20190723]
amdsmn(4), amdzentemp(4)
Add suppor for Ryzen 2xxx and 3xxx. [msaitoh 20190718]
resolvconf(8)
Import openresolv-3.9.1. [roy 20190717]
ixg(4), ixv(4)
Add VLAN hardware filter support. [msaitoh 20190717]
network
Implement VLAN hardware filter. [msaitoh 20190717]
piixpm(4)
Improve AMD chipset support. [msaitoh 20190713]
tzcode
Updated to 2019b. [christos 20190703]

June 2019

dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.2.3. [roy 20190626]
gpt(8)
added uuid subcommand to generate new UUIDS. [jnemeth 20190624]
openssl
Imported 1.1.1c. [christos 20190609]
mac68k
Switch page size to 8KB. [jklos 20190606]
evbarm
Add support for the Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero. [thorpej 20190604]

May 2019

gdb(1)
Updated to 8.3. [christos 20190528]
unbound(8)
Import 1.9.1. [christos 20190525]
nsd
Import 4.1.27. [christos 20190525]
dts
Import dts files from Linux 5.1.4. [jmcneill 20190525]
mount_portal(8)
in portal.conf # only introduces a comment at start of line, or after whitespace (start word). [kre 20190523]
file(1)
Upgraded to 5.37. [christos 20190522]
mount_9p(8)
Initial support for 9P2000.u. [ozaki-r 20190517]
ifmedia(4)
Extend Ethernet's ifmedia word's subword up to 255. [msaitoh 20190517]
moscom(4)
Obsoleted by umcs(4). [mrg 20190507]
installboot(8)
Add support for NetBSD/evbarm boards that use u-boot for bootstrap. [thorpej 20190506]
siginfo(2)
Ship with MI syscall information of a debugged process for SIGTRAP and si_code TRAP_SCE/TRAP_SCX. [kamil 20190506]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.2.2. [roy 20190504]

April 2019

acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20190405. [christos 20190428]
bind
Import version 9.14.1. [christos 20190427]
rktsadc(4)
New thermal sensor driver for RockChip RK3328 and RK3399 on-CPU sensors. [mrg 20190426]
bufq_priocscan(9)
Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]
veriexec(4)
Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]
carp(4)
Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.2.1. [roy 20190426]
libpthread(3)
Import C11 thread support library. [kamil 20190424]
evbarm
Add support for boot configuration (efiboot.plist) and applying device tree overlays to efiboot. [thorpej 20190421]
openssh
Import 8.0. [christos 20190420]
evbarm
Add support for Amlogic GXL family SoCs. [jmcneill 20190419]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.2.0. [roy 20190418]
npf(7)
Include npf_boot rc script which loads npf.boot.conf to protect host during early stages of startup. [sevan 20190410]
pkg_install
Updated to 20190405. [sevan 20190406]
tzcode
Updated to 2019a. [christos 20190404]
indent(1)
Upgraded to the FreeBSD HEAD checkout. [kamil 20190404]

March 2019

evbarm
Add UEFI bootloader support (bootarm.efi). [jmcneill 20190330]
misc
tzdata Updated to 2019a. [kre 20190326]
kernel
Remove COMPAT_OSF1. [maxv 20190325]
ssdfb(4)
Added driver for SSD1306 & SH1106 displays. [tnn 20190317]
openssl
Imported 1.1.1b. [christos 20190312]
mdocml
Import 1.14.5. [christos 20190310]
kcov(4)
Added driver for kernel coverage tracing. [kamil 20190310]
jemalloc(3)
Import 5.1.0. [christos 20190304]

February 2019

evbarm
Add support for Amlogic GXBB family SoCs. [jmcneill 20190225]
bind
Import version 9.13.7. [christos 20190224]
bge(4)
Add support for BCM5762, BCM5725, BCM5727, BCM57764, BCM57767 and BCM57787. [msaitoh 20190220]
macppc
The kernels for the G5s are now built by default. These are currently intended for netbooting via TFTP. [sevan 20190219]
nsd
Import 4.1.26. [prlw1 20190212]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.1.1. [roy 20190207]
ure(4)
Add driver for Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 from OpenBSD. [rin 20190206]

January 2019

macppc
Include EDID block for Clamshell iBook G3 displays. [sevan 20190128]
kernel
Merged [pgoyette-compat] branch - for details, see src/doc/TODO.compat-module. Includes splitting of the monolithic compat-netbsd module into several version- specific modules, introduction of MP-safe module hook mechanism, and removal of various limitations within the kernel module framework. [pgoyette 20190127]
kernel
Remove the satlink driver. [maxv 20190127]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.1.0. [roy 20190122]
evbarm
Update Amlogic S805 SoC support to use FDT based configuration. [jmcneill 20190119]
gcc(1)
Import GCC 7.4. [mrg 20190119]
npf(7)
Major NPF improvements (added support for dynamic NAT address, NETMAP algorithm for static NAT, lock-free lookup for 'ipset' tables, lock-free state lookup, incremental state G/C, etc). [rmind 20190119]
sgimips
Import irisboot, yet another bootloader for pre-ARC sgimips machines. Submitted by Naruaki Etomi via PR port-sgimips/53539. [tsutsui 20190112]
crashme(9)
Add framework for testing kernel crash dumps. [mrg 20190109]
bind
Import version 9.13.2-P1. [christos 20190109]
compiler-rt
Import compiler-rt r350590 LLVM sanitizers. [kamil 20190108]
tpm-tools
Import tpm-tools-1.3.9.1. [christos 20190107]
trousers
Import trousers-0.3.14. [christos 20190107]
macppc
Update install media and documentation for powerpc 601 machines. [scole 20190107]
tmux(1)
Imported 2.8. [christos 20190104]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20181213. [christos 20190104]
wpa
Import wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.7. [christos 20190104]
evbarm
Add SMP support for Allwinner multi-cluster SoCs (A83T, A80). [jmcneill 20190103]
services(5), protocols(5)
Pull iana-generated services and protocols. [christos 20190103]

December 2018

binutils
Updated to FSF binutils 2.31.1. [christos 20181231]
tzcode
Updated to 2018i. [christos 20181231]
tzdata
Updated to 2018i. [kre 20181231]
evbmips
Enable support for "per-priority cyclical scan" buffer queue strategy. [sevan 20181230]
tzdata
Updated to 2018h. [kre 20181230]
kernel
Remove COMPAT_IBCS2. [maxv 20181229]
cgdroot
Support mounting boot partition from a wedge labelled cgd.conf. [alnsn 20181229]
kernel
Remove M_ALIGN, MH_ALIGN, M_COPY_PKTHDR and M_MOVE_PKTHDR. [maxv 20181228]
aarch64
Support kernel crash dumps on arm64 platforms. [mrg 20181227]
systat(1)
Extend vmstat display for better insight about bufcache. [sevan 20181226]
threadpool(9)
Added threadpool(9) API. [thorpej 20181224]
flex(1)
Import flex-2.6.4. [christos 20181223]
byacc
Update to 20180609. [christos 20181223]
network
Add SIOCSETHERCAP ioctl. [msaitoh 20181221]
sqlite3(1)
Import 3.26.0. [christos 20181219]
kernel
Remove COMPAT_SVR4 and COMPAT_SVR4_32. [maxv 20181219]
httpd(8)
Update to bozohttpd-20181215. [mrg 20181215]
evbarm
Add support for NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC SATA. [skrll 20181214]
amdtemp(4)
Add support for AMD family 16h temperature sensors. [is 20181213]
sh(1)
Many bug fixes and enhancements. [kre 20181212]
kernel
Remove the lmc(4) driver, and its associated lmcconfig(8) tool. [maxv 20181212]
openssl
Imported 1.1.1a. [christos 20181208]
atactl(8)
Add support to automatically detect Micron/Crucial devices and their vendor-specific SMART status values. [mrg 20181205]
kernel
Add KLEAK, a feature that can detect kernel information leaks. [maxv 20181202]

November 2018

ena(4)
Add support for Amazon.com Elastic Network Adapter (ENA). [netbsd 20181130]
aarch64
Add support for ARM Server Base System Architecture (SBSA). The SBSA is a hardware system architecture for servers based on 64-bit ARM processors. The Server Base Boot Requirements (SBBR) specification defines a UEFI + ACPI interface for OS bootstrap, which is supported by a combination of a new UEFI bootloader (bootaa64.efi) and the addition of ACPI support in the GENERIC64 kernel config. [jmcneill 20181124]
gcc(1)
Import GCC 6.5. [mrg 20181103]
aarch64
Add support for kASan. [maxv 20181108]
kernel
Add NVMM, the NetBSD virtualization driver, with initial support for x86. [maxv 20181107]

October 2018

libc
Update to tzcode2018g. [christos 20181027]
tzdata
Updated to 2018g. [kre 20181027]
libc
Update to tzcode2018f. [christos 20181019]
amdccp(4)
Add driver for AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor RNG. [jakllsch 20181019]
tzdata
Updated to 2018f. [kre 20181019]
evbarm
Provide generic start code that allows a GENERIC kernel to be used on FDTised boards. [skrll 20181018]
file(1)
Upgraded to 5.35. [christos 20181013]
newsmips
Add support for NWS-4000. Based on nonaka@'s porting effort back in 2002. [tsutsui 20181014]
aarch64
add support for compat_netbsd32(8). [ryo 20181012]

September 2018

ntp
Import ntp 4.2.8p12. [christos 20180929]
npf(7)
Converted to use libnv. [rmind 20180929]
kernel
Remove the ISDN code, including daic(4), iavc(4), isic(4), ifpci(4), ifritz, iwic(4), and all the ISDN-related userland tools. [maxv 20180923]
rkpmic(4)
Add support for Rockchip RK805 Power Management IC. [jmcneill 20180920]
usb(4)
Handle most cases of early boot USB keyboard. [mrg 20180916]
i915(4)
Pull in support for KabyLake CPUs. [mrg 20180913]
libnv
Imported from FreeBSD. [christos 20180908]
kernel
Remove the NATM code. [maxv 20180906]
kernel
Remove en(4). [maxv 20180906]
mpc
Updated to version 1.1.0. [mrg 20180904]
mpfr
Updated to version 4.0.1. [mrg 20180904]
libpcap
Import 1.9.0. [christos 20180903]
nsd
Import 4.1.24. [christos 20180903]
rkpmic(4)
Add driver for Rockchip RK808 Power Management IC. [jmcneill 20180901]

August 2018

unbound(8)
Import 1.7.3. [christos 20180803]
arm
Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
openssh
Imported 7.8. [christos 20180826]
mue(4)
Add driver for Microchip LAN75xx/LAN78xx (Raspberry Pi 3 B+) from OpenBSD. [rin 20180825]
kernel
Remove NDIS. [maxv 20180825]
evbarm
Add UEFI boot loader for ARM64 platforms. [jmcneill 20180824]
amd64
Add support for kASan - Kernel Address Sanitizer. [maxv 20180820]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.8. [roy 20180820]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20180810. [christos 20180818]
openssl
Imported 1.1.0i. [christos 20180818]
gnu-efi
Import version 3.0.8. [jmcneill 20180816]
kernel
Remove etherip(4), replaced by l2tp(4). [maxv 20180814]
mdocml
Import 1.14.4. [christos 20180814]
amd64
Randomize by default all the randomizable VM areas in the kernel. [maxv 20180812]
evbarm
Add support for Rockchip RK3399 SoC. [jmcneill 20180812]
bind
Import version 9.12.2-P1. [christos 20180812]
nullfs(4)
Add 32-bit support. [mrg 20180811]
usb(4)
Many fixes to abort issues fixed for all USB controllers. [mrg/skrll/riastradh 20180809]
kernel
Remove the n8 driver. [maya 20180808]
evbarm
Add driver for ARM GICv3 interrupt controllers. [jmcneill 20180808]
lua
Import version 5.3.5. [alnsn 20180804]
kubsan
Added support for micro-UBSan (kernel-UBSan) as KUBSAN. [kamil 20180803]
uubsan
Added support for micro-UBSan (user-UBSan) in MKLIBCSANITIZER. [kamil 20180803]
ubsan
Imported a clean-room reimplementation of the sanitizer runtime called micro-UBSan. [kamil 20180803]

July 2018

tea5767radio(4)
Add Philips/NXP TEA5767 I2C-controlled stereo FM radio driver. [rkujawa 20180727]
i386
Remove the XEN3_DOM0 and XEN3_DOMU configurations, and drop support for non-PAE-32bit-PV, to leave only PAE-32bit-PV. [maxv 20180726]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.7. [roy 20180724]
evbarm
Add support for ARMv7 performance event monitoring with tprof(4). [jmcneill 20180715]
evbarm
Add support for ARMv8 performance event monitoring with tprof(4). [jmcneill 20180715]
kernel
Remove ipkdb(4). [maxv 20180714]
tprof(4)
Revamped. tpfmt(1) merged into tprof(8). [maxv 20180714]
kernel
Remove pmc(9) and X86PMC. [maxv 20180714]
x86
Support for -static -pie binaries. [joerg 20180712]
ssh-agent(1)
/usr/pkg/lib* whitelisted by default for PKCS11 related libraries, in place of /usr/local/lib*. [sevan 20180710]
viadrm(4)
Removed, superseded by viadrmums. [maya 20180710]
aarch64
Add support for SMP. [ryo 20180709]

June 2018

gcc(1)
add lsan the Leak Sanitizer. [christos 20180626]
bpf(4)
Add the BPF direction filter (BIOC[GS]DIRECTION). [msaitoh 20180626]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.6. [roy 20180621]
evbarm
Add support for Rockchip RK3328 SoC. [jmcneill 20180615]
evbarm
Add support for QEMU ARM Virtual Machine ("virt"). [jmcneill 20180614]
virtio(4)
Add MMIO transport and fdt(4) attachment. [jakllsch 20180606]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.5b. [roy 20180604]
macppc
Enable ipsec(4) and ipsecif(4) support in GENERIC kernel by default. [sevan 20180602]
x86
Backport SpectreV4 mitigations. [maxv 20180609]

May 2018

x86
Add SpectreV4 mitigations. [maxv 20180522]
gpio(4)
Overhauled interrupt support. Added GPIO interrupt capability for Broadcom BCM283x SoCs (e.g. Raspberry Pi). [thorpej 20180519]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20180427. [christos 20180504]
libc
Update to tzcode2018e. [christos 20180504]
tzdata
Updated to 2017e. [kre 20180504]
bozohttpd(3lua)
Add Lua binding for libbozohttpd(3lua). [sevan 20180503]
libbozohttpd(3)
Add the embeddable version of bozohttpd. [sevan 20180503]
midiplay
Add -s option to send all sounds off. [mrg 20180503]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.4. [roy 20180502]
evbarm
Add support for Allwinner H6 SoC. [jmcneill 20180501]

April 2018

netpgp(3lua)
Add Lua binding for libnetpgp(3). [sevan 20180429]
file(1)
Upgraded to 5.33. [christos 20180415]
puc(4)
Add Intel 300 series chipset support. [msaitoh 20180413]
wm(4)
Enable I219 support. [msaitoh 20180413]
ichsmb(4)
Add Intel 300 series chipset support. [msaitoh 20180409]
x86
Enable retpoline by default (SpectreV2 mitigation). [mrg 20180408]
bind
Import version 9.10.7. [christos 20180407]
dhcp
Import version 4.4.1 (move to MPL). [christos 20180407]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20180313. [christos 20180407]
ntp
Import ntp 4.2.8p11. [christos 20180406]
openssl
Imported 1.1.0h. [christos 20180406]
openssh
Imported 7.7. [christos 20180406]
dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.3. [roy 20180406]
amd64
Add SpectreV2 mitigations, based on IBRS and the DIS_IND bit. [maxv 20180404]
aarch64
Add initial support for aarch64. [ryo 20180401]

March 2018

dhcpcd(8)
Import 7.0.2. [roy 20180327]
tzdata
Updated to 2017d. [kre 20180324]
macppc
Enable Bluetooth support by default in GENERIC kernel. [sevan 20180316]
lm(4)
Add NCT6796D support. [msaitoh 20180308]
ichsmb(4)
Add Apollo Lake and Gemini Lake devices. [msaitoh 20180302]

February 2018

imcsmb(4)
For amd64 and i386 on Intel {Ivy,Sandy}bridge and {Broad,Has}well CPUs, enable access to Integrated Memory Controller-based SMBus. [pgoyette 20180228]
amd64
Add SVS (Meltdown mitigation). [maxv 20180226]
macppc
Remove macofcons(4). [sevan 20180226]
mdnsd(8), dns-sd(1), libdns_sd
import mDNSResponder 878.30.4. [christos 20180225]
macppc
Enable awacs(4) by default in kernel configs. [sevan 20180224]
macppc
Enable support for "per-priority cyclical scan" buffer queue strategy. [sevan 20180223]
ichsmb(4)
Add support for Intel C620 devices. [msaitoh 20180222]
sdtemp(4)
Add Microchp EMC1501, another device ID of Maxim MAX6604 support. [msaitoh 20180222]
ddb(4)
Introduce dumpstack sysctl for printing a stack trace on panic, enable by default. [sevan 20180217]
nsd
import 4.1.19. [christos 20180209]
unbound(8)
Import 1.6.8. [christos 20180205]
openldap
Import 2.4.45. [christos 20180205]
gcc(1)
Import GCC 6.4. [mrg 20180201]

January 2018

dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.0.1. [roy 20180129]
i386
Add support for SMAP. [maxv 20180128]
libc
Update to tzcode2018c. [christos 20180125]
zoneinfo
Import tzdata2018c (skipping 2018a & 2018b). [kre 20180124]
raid(4)
Add support for 32-bit on 64-bit kernel. [mrg 20180117]
macppc
Enable Veriexec support in the GENERIC kernel. [sevan 20180117]
cpuctl(8)
Add cpuctl identify support for sparc and sparc64. [mrg 20180116]
mdnsd(8), dns-sd(1), libdns_sd
import mDNSResponder 878.1. [christos 20180114]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.0.0. [roy 20180101]
sparc
Fix time goes backwards. [mrg 20180112]

December 2017

ovadvise
Remove the old vadvise syscall header. [kamil 20171219]
sbrk(2)
Remove the "data section size change" syscall. [kamil 20171219]
sstk
Remove the "stack section size change" syscall. [kamil 20171219]
lua
Applied 6th bugfix to Lua 5.3.4 from lua.org/bugs.html. [mbalmer 20171213]
ihidev(4), ims(4)
Added drivers for i2c HID mice. [bouyer 20171210]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc4. [roy 20171206]

November 2017

gdb(1)
Updated to 8.0.1. [christos 20171128]
qemufwcfg(4)
Add driver for QEMU Firmware Configuration device. [jmcneill 20171125]
libtre
Update to the latest git source. [rin 20171117]
gcc(1)
Import GCC 5.5. [mrg 20171113]
sunxinand(4)
Add driver for Allwinner NAND Flash Controller. [jmcneill 20171113]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20171110. [christos 20171111]
evbarm
Add support for NextThing GR8 SoC. [jmcneill 20171106]

October 2017

kernhist(9)
Reworked the export-via-sysctl code to use uintptr_t arguments, PR kern/52639. Requires contemporaneous update of vmstat(1). [pgoyette 20171028]
bwfm(4)
Add driver for Broadcom BCM43xxx "FullMAC" USB wireless adapters. [jmcneill 20171025]
libc
Update to tzcode2017c. [christos 20171024]
misc
tzdata Updated to 2017c. [kre 20171024]
amd64
Add support for USER_LDT. [maxv 20171021]
amd64
Add support for SMAP. [maxv 20171017]
tmux(1)
Imported 2.6. [christos 20171012]
evbarm
Add support for Allwinner H5 SoC. [jmcneill 20171011]
amd64
Add support for Kernel ASLR. [maxv 20171010]
openssh
Imported 7.6. [christos 20171007]
mvsata(4)
Add support for NCQ, and enable ATAPI support. [jdolecek 20171007]
ahcisata(4), siisata(4)
Add support for NCQ. [jdolecek 20171007]
dhcpcd(8)
Import dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc3. [roy 20171007]

September 2017

dtrace
Install dtruss, execsnoop, opensnoop, and procsystime from the DTrace Toolkit if DTrace support is enabled. [sevan 20170917]
acpi(4)
Updated ACPICA to 20170831. [christos 20170915]
veriexec(4)
Drop support for VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_MD5, VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_SHA1, and VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_RMD160 options. [sevan 20170913]
veriexecgen(8)
Drop support for MD5, SHA1, RMD160. [sevan 20170909]
tcpdump(8)
Import 4.9.2. [christos 20170908]
file(1)
Upgraded to 5.32. [christos 20170908]

August 2017

evbarm
Add support for Allwinner A13 and R8 SoCs. [jmcneill 20170825]
itesio(4)
Add support IT8728GF and IT877[12]E. [hauke 20170814]
ixg(4), ixv(4)
Add C3000 support. Add bypass function support for bypass adapters. [msaitoh 20170830]
gmp/mpfr/mpc
Update to 6.1.2, 3.1.5 and 1.0.3. [mrg 20170821]
powerpc
Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
ismt(4)
Add support for Intel C3000. [msaitoh 20170817]
ichsmb(4)
Add support for Intel C3000. [msaitoh 20170817]
itesio(4)
Add support IT8628E. [hauke 20170814]
i386
Remove vm86. [maxv 20170812]
gzip(1)
Add SIGINFO support. [mrg 20170804]
fsdb(8)
Add "saveblks" command. [mrg 20170804]

July 2017

evbarm
Add support for Allwinner A64 SoC. [jmcneill 20170723]
evbarm
Add support for NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC. [jmcneill 20170720]
lm(4)
Add support for NCT5174D, NCT6775F, NCT6779D and NCT679[1235]D. [msaitoh 20170711]
wbsio(4)
Add support for NCT6795. [msaitoh 20170711]
makedev(8)
Regenerate, documenting lua, dk, plcom, wmcom, hdmicec, mfi, nvme, nvme ns, tpm, and dtrace devices. [sevan 20170710]
evbarm
Add support for Allwinner A83T SoC. [jmcneill 20170707]
wbsio(4)
Add support for Winbond W83627DHG-P, W83627SF, W83627UHG, W83667HGB, W83687THF, W83697UG, Nuvoton NCT5104D, NCT6775, NCT6779, NCT6791, NCT6792 and NCT6793. [msaitoh 20170707]
sunxiemac(4)
Add support for Allwinner Gigabit Ethernet (EMAC). [jmcneill 20170701]

June 2017

bind
Import version 9.10.5-P2. [christos 20170630]
evbarm
Add support for Allwinner H3 SoC. [jmcneill 20170628]
expat
Import 2.2.1 (security fixes). [christos 20170617]
amd64
Support 16TB of PA, and 32TB of kernel VA on the architecture side. [maxv 20170617]
dts
Import dts files from Linux 4.11.5. [jmcneill 20170615]
bind
Import version 9.10.5-P1. [christos 20170615]
wsbell(4)
Added console bell support for all speaker devices, not only those attached at pcppi. [nat 20170612]
vax
Add support for VAXstation 4000 TURBOchannel. [flxd 20170609]
byacc
Update to 20170430. [christos 20170605]

Port specific changes (top)

acorn26 acorn32 algor alpha amd64 amiga amigappc arc arm26 arm32 atari

bebox cats cesfic cobalt dreamcast emips evbarm evbarm64 evbmips evbppc evbsh3

evbsh5 ews4800mips hp300 hp700 hpcarm hpcmips hpcsh i386 ibmnws iyonix landisk

luna68k mac68k macppc mipsco mmeye mvme68k mvmeppc netwinder news68k newsmips next68k

ofppc pc532 playstation2 pmax pmppc prep rs6000 sandpoint sbmips sgimips shark

sparc sparc64 sun2 sun3 vax walnut x68k xen zaurus

Changes to NetBSD/acorn26 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-acorn26.

Changes to NetBSD/acorn32 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-acorn32.

Changes to NetBSD/algor 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/alpha 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/amd64 9.0

Support 16TB of PA, and 32TB of kernel VA on the architecture side. [maxv 20170617]
Add support for Kernel ASLR. [maxv 20171010]
Add support for SMAP. [maxv 20171017]
Add support for USER_LDT. [maxv 20171021]
Add SVS (Meltdown mitigation). [maxv 20180226]
Add SpectreV2 mitigations, based on IBRS and the DIS_IND bit. [maxv 20180404]
Randomize by default all the randomizable VM areas in the kernel. [maxv 20180812]
Add support for kASan - Kernel Address Sanitizer. [maxv 20180820]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amd64.

Changes to NetBSD/amiga 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/amigappc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-amigappc.

Changes to NetBSD/arc 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/arm26 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm26.

Changes to NetBSD/arm32 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-arm32.

Changes to NetBSD/atari 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/bebox 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-bebox.

Changes to NetBSD/cats 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-cats.

Changes to NetBSD/cesfic 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/cobalt 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/dreamcast 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/emips 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/evbarm 9.0

Add support for Allwinner H3 SoC. [jmcneill 20170628]
Add support for Allwinner A83T SoC. [jmcneill 20170707]
Add support for NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC. [jmcneill 20170720]
Add support for Allwinner A64 SoC. [jmcneill 20170723]
Add support for Allwinner A13 and R8 SoCs. [jmcneill 20170825]
Add support for Allwinner H5 SoC. [jmcneill 20171011]
Add support for NextThing GR8 SoC. [jmcneill 20171106]
Add support for Allwinner H6 SoC. [jmcneill 20180501]
Add support for QEMU ARM Virtual Machine ("virt"). [jmcneill 20180614]
Add support for Rockchip RK3328 SoC. [jmcneill 20180615]
Add support for ARMv8 performance event monitoring with tprof(4). [jmcneill 20180715]
Add support for ARMv7 performance event monitoring with tprof(4). [jmcneill 20180715]
Add driver for ARM GICv3 interrupt controllers. [jmcneill 20180808]
Add support for Rockchip RK3399 SoC. [jmcneill 20180812]
Add UEFI boot loader for ARM64 platforms. [jmcneill 20180824]
arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Provide generic start code that allows a GENERIC kernel to be used on FDTised boards. [skrll 20181018]
Add support for NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC SATA. [skrll 20181214]
Add SMP support for Allwinner multi-cluster SoCs (A83T, A80). [jmcneill 20190103]
Update Amlogic S805 SoC support to use FDT based configuration. [jmcneill 20190119]
Add support for Amlogic GXBB family SoCs. [jmcneill 20190225]
Add UEFI bootloader support (bootarm.efi). [jmcneill 20190330]
Add support for Amlogic GXL family SoCs. [jmcneill 20190419]
Add support for boot configuration (efiboot.plist) and applying device tree overlays to efiboot. [thorpej 20190421]
Add support for the Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero. [thorpej 20190604]
Add support for Amazon Graviton "a1.metal" instances. [jmcneill 20191015]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbarm.

Changes to NetBSD/evbarm64 9.0

aarch64: Add initial support for aarch64. [ryo 20180401]
aarch64: Add support for SMP. [ryo 20180709]
aarch64: add support for compat_netbsd32(8). [ryo 20181012]
aarch64: Add support for kASan. [maxv 20181108]
aarch64: Add support for ARM Server Base System Architecture (SBSA). The SBSA is a hardware system architecture for servers based on 64-bit ARM processors. The Server Base Boot Requirements (SBBR) specification defines a UEFI + ACPI interface for OS bootstrap, which is supported by a combination of a new UEFI bootloader (bootaa64.efi) and the addition of ACPI support in the GENERIC64 kernel config. [jmcneill 20181124]
aarch64: Support kernel crash dumps on arm64 platforms. [mrg 20181227]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbarm64.

Changes to NetBSD/evbmips 9.0

Enable support for "per-priority cyclical scan" buffer queue strategy. [sevan 20181230]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbmips.

Changes to NetBSD/evbppc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbppc.

Changes to NetBSD/evbsh3 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/evbsh5 9.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-evbsh5.

Changes to NetBSD/ews4800mips 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/hp300 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/hp700 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/hpcarm 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-hpcarm.

Changes to NetBSD/hpcmips 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/hpcsh 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/i386 9.0

Remove vm86. [maxv 20170812]
Add support for SMAP. [maxv 20180128]
Remove the XEN3_DOM0 and XEN3_DOMU configurations, and drop support for non-PAE-32bit-PV, to leave only PAE-32bit-PV. [maxv 20180726]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-i386.

Changes to NetBSD/ibmnws 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ibmnws.

Changes to NetBSD/iyonix 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-iyonix.

Changes to NetBSD/landisk 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/luna68k 9.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-luna68k.

Changes to NetBSD/mac68k 9.0

Switch page size to 8KB. [jklos 20190606]
Enable DMA transfer for SCSI adapters found on 660/840AV. Submitted by Michael Zucca via PR port-mac68k/24883. [rin 20190723]
Add genfb(4) framebuffer driver. [rin 20190726]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mac68k.

Changes to NetBSD/macppc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Enable Veriexec support in the GENERIC kernel. [sevan 20180117]
Enable support for "per-priority cyclical scan" buffer queue strategy. [sevan 20180223]
Enable awacs(4) by default in kernel configs. [sevan 20180224]
Remove macofcons(4). [sevan 20180226]
Enable Bluetooth support by default in GENERIC kernel. [sevan 20180316]
Enable ipsec(4) and ipsecif(4) support in GENERIC kernel by default. [sevan 20180602]
Update install media and documentation for powerpc 601 machines. [scole 20190107]
Include EDID block for Clamshell iBook G3 displays. [sevan 20190128]
The kernels for the G5s are now built by default. These are currently intended for netbooting via TFTP. [sevan 20190219]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-macppc.

Changes to NetBSD/mipsco 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/mmeye 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/mvme68k 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/mvmeppc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-mvmeppc.

Changes to NetBSD/netwinder 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-netwinder.

Changes to NetBSD/news68k 9.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-news68k.

Changes to NetBSD/newsmips 9.0

Add support for NWS-4000. Based on nonaka@'s porting effort back in 2002. [tsutsui 20181014]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-newsmips.

Changes to NetBSD/next68k 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/ofppc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-ofppc.

Changes to NetBSD/pc532 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/playstation2 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/pmax 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/pmppc 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-pmppc.

Changes to NetBSD/prep 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-prep.

Changes to NetBSD/rs6000 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-rs6000.

Changes to NetBSD/sandpoint 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sandpoint.

Changes to NetBSD/sbmips 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/sgimips 9.0

Import irisboot, yet another bootloader for pre-ARC sgimips machines. Submitted by Naruaki Etomi via PR port-sgimips/53539. [tsutsui 20190112]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sgimips.

Changes to NetBSD/shark 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-shark.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc 9.0

Fix time goes backwards. [mrg 20180112]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc.

Changes to NetBSD/sparc64 9.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-sparc64.

Changes to NetBSD/sun2 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/sun3 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/vax 9.0

Add support for VAXstation 4000 TURBOchannel. [flxd 20170609]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-vax.

Changes to NetBSD/walnut 9.0

powerpc: Bump MAXTSIZ to 128MB for OEA based systems. [sevan 20170818]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-walnut.

Changes to NetBSD/x68k 9.0

None recorded in changes log.
Non port specific changes that may affect port-x68k.

Changes to NetBSD/xen 9.0

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

Changes to NetBSD/zaurus 9.0

arm: Add support multiple cpu clusters(big.LITTLE) [ryo 20180826]
Non port specific changes that may affect port-zaurus.

Non port-specific changes (top)

acpi(4)

Updated ACPICA to 20170831. [christos 20170915]
Updated ACPICA to 20171110. [christos 20171111]
Updated ACPICA to 20180313. [christos 20180407]
Updated ACPICA to 20180427. [christos 20180504]
Updated ACPICA to 20180810. [christos 20180818]
Updated ACPICA to 20181213. [christos 20190104]
Updated ACPICA to 20190405. [christos 20190428]

ahcisata(4)

Add support for NCQ. [jdolecek 20171007]

alc(4)

Add support for Killer E2400 and E2500. [msaitoh 20191017]

amdccp(4)

Add driver for AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor RNG. [jakllsch 20181019]

amdsmn(4)

Add suppor for Ryzen 2xxx and 3xxx. [msaitoh 20190718]

amdtemp(4)

Add support for AMD family 16h temperature sensors. [is 20181213]

amdzentemp(4)

Add suppor for Ryzen 2xxx and 3xxx. [msaitoh 20190718]

atactl(8)

Add support to automatically detect Micron/Crucial devices and their vendor-specific SMART status values. [mrg 20181205]

bge(4)

Add support for BCM5762, BCM5725, BCM5727, BCM57764, BCM57767 and BCM57787. [msaitoh 20190220]

bind

Import version 9.10.5-P1. [christos 20170615]
Import version 9.10.5-P2. [christos 20170630]
Import version 9.10.7. [christos 20180407]
Import version 9.12.2-P1. [christos 20180812]
Import version 9.13.2-P1. [christos 20190109]
Import version 9.13.7. [christos 20190224]
Import version 9.14.1. [christos 20190427]

binutils

Updated to FSF binutils 2.31.1. [christos 20181231]

bozohttpd(3lua)

Add Lua binding for libbozohttpd(3lua). [sevan 20180503]

bpf(4)

Add the BPF direction filter (BIOC[GS]DIRECTION). [msaitoh 20180626]

bufq_priocscan(9)

Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]

bwfm(4)

Add driver for Broadcom BCM43xxx "FullMAC" USB wireless adapters. [jmcneill 20171025]

byacc

Update to 20170430. [christos 20170605]
Update to 20180609. [christos 20181223]

carp(4)

Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]

cgdroot

Support mounting boot partition from a wedge labelled cgd.conf. [alnsn 20181229]

compiler-rt

Import compiler-rt r350590 LLVM sanitizers. [kamil 20190108]

cpuctl(8)

Add cpuctl identify support for sparc and sparc64. [mrg 20180116]

crashme(9)

Add framework for testing kernel crash dumps. [mrg 20190109]

ddb(4)

Introduce dumpstack sysctl for printing a stack trace on panic, enable by default. [sevan 20180217]

dhcp

Import version 4.4.1 (move to MPL). [christos 20180407]

dhcpcd(8)

Import dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc3. [roy 20171007]
Import dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc4. [roy 20171206]
Import dhcpcd-7.0.0. [roy 20180101]
Import dhcpcd-7.0.1. [roy 20180129]
Import 7.0.2. [roy 20180327]
Import 7.0.3. [roy 20180406]
Import 7.0.4. [roy 20180502]
Import 7.0.5b. [roy 20180604]
Import 7.0.6. [roy 20180621]
Import 7.0.7. [roy 20180724]
Import 7.0.8. [roy 20180820]
Import dhcpcd-7.1.0. [roy 20190122]
Import dhcpcd-7.1.1. [roy 20190207]
Import dhcpcd-7.2.0. [roy 20190418]
Import dhcpcd-7.2.1. [roy 20190426]
Import dhcpcd-7.2.2. [roy 20190504]
Import dhcpcd-7.2.3. [roy 20190626]
Import dhcpcd-8.0.0. [roy 20190724]
Import dhcpcd-8.0.1. [roy 20190725]
Import dhcpcd-8.0.2. [roy 20190730]

dns-sd(1)

import mDNSResponder 878.1. [christos 20180114]
import mDNSResponder 878.30.4. [christos 20180225]

dtrace

Install dtruss, execsnoop, opensnoop, and procsystime from the DTrace Toolkit if DTrace support is enabled. [sevan 20170917]

dts

Import dts files from Linux 4.11.5. [jmcneill 20170615]
Import dts files from Linux 5.1.4. [jmcneill 20190525]

ena(4)

Add support for Amazon.com Elastic Network Adapter (ENA). [netbsd 20181130]

expat

Import 2.2.1 (security fixes). [christos 20170617]

file(1)

Upgraded to 5.32. [christos 20170908]
Upgraded to 5.33. [christos 20180415]
Upgraded to 5.35. [christos 20181013]
Upgraded to 5.37. [christos 20190522]

flex(1)

Import flex-2.6.4. [christos 20181223]

fsdb(8)

Add "saveblks" command. [mrg 20170804]

gcc(1)

Import GCC 5.5. [mrg 20171113]
Import GCC 6.4. [mrg 20180201]
add lsan the Leak Sanitizer. [christos 20180626]
Import GCC 6.5. [mrg 20181103]
Import GCC 7.4. [mrg 20190119]

gdb(1)

Updated to 8.0.1. [christos 20171128]
Updated to 8.3. [christos 20190528]

gmp/mpfr/mpc

Update to 6.1.2, 3.1.5 and 1.0.3. [mrg 20170821]

gnu-efi

Import version 3.0.8. [jmcneill 20180816]

gpio(4)

Overhauled interrupt support. Added GPIO interrupt capability for Broadcom BCM283x SoCs (e.g. Raspberry Pi). [thorpej 20180519]

gpt(8)

added uuid subcommand to generate new UUIDS. [jnemeth 20190624]

gzip(1)

Add SIGINFO support. [mrg 20170804]

httpd(8)

Update to bozohttpd-20181215. [mrg 20181215]

i915(4)

Pull in support for KabyLake CPUs. [mrg 20180913]

ichsmb(4)

Add support for Intel C3000. [msaitoh 20170817]
Add support for Intel C620 devices. [msaitoh 20180222]
Add Apollo Lake and Gemini Lake devices. [msaitoh 20180302]
Add Intel 300 series chipset support. [msaitoh 20180409]

ifmedia(4)

Extend Ethernet's ifmedia word's subword up to 255. [msaitoh 20190517]

ihidev(4)

Added drivers for i2c HID mice. [bouyer 20171210]

imcsmb(4)

For amd64 and i386 on Intel {Ivy,Sandy}bridge and {Broad,Has}well CPUs, enable access to Integrated Memory Controller-based SMBus. [pgoyette 20180228]

ims(4)

Added drivers for i2c HID mice. [bouyer 20171210]

indent(1)

Upgraded to the FreeBSD HEAD checkout. [kamil 20190404]

installboot(8)

Add support for NetBSD/evbarm boards that use u-boot for bootstrap. [thorpej 20190506]

ipgphy(4)

Add support for IC Plus IP1000* PHY. [msaitoh 20191017]

ismt(4)

Add support for Intel C3000. [msaitoh 20170817]

itesio(4)

Add support IT8628E. [hauke 20170814]
Add support IT8728GF and IT877[12]E. [hauke 20170814]

ixg(4)

Add C3000 support. Add bypass function support for bypass adapters. [msaitoh 20170830]
Add VLAN hardware filter support. [msaitoh 20190717]

ixv(4)

Add C3000 support. Add bypass function support for bypass adapters. [msaitoh 20170830]
Add VLAN hardware filter support. [msaitoh 20190717]

jemalloc(3)

Import 5.1.0. [christos 20190304]

jmphy(4)

Add support for JMicron JMP202 and JMP211 PHY. [msaitoh 20191030]

kcov(4)

Added driver for kernel coverage tracing. [kamil 20190310]

kernel

Remove pmc(9) and X86PMC. [maxv 20180714]
Remove ipkdb(4). [maxv 20180714]
Remove the n8 driver. [maya 20180808]
Remove etherip(4), replaced by l2tp(4). [maxv 20180814]
Remove NDIS. [maxv 20180825]
Remove en(4). [maxv 20180906]
Remove the NATM code. [maxv 20180906]
Remove the ISDN code, including daic(4), iavc(4), isic(4), ifpci(4), ifritz, iwic(4), and all the ISDN-related userland tools. [maxv 20180923]
Add NVMM, the NetBSD virtualization driver, with initial support for x86. [maxv 20181107]
Add KLEAK, a feature that can detect kernel information leaks. [maxv 20181202]
Remove the lmc(4) driver, and its associated lmcconfig(8) tool. [maxv 20181212]
Remove COMPAT_SVR4 and COMPAT_SVR4_32. [maxv 20181219]
Remove M_ALIGN, MH_ALIGN, M_COPY_PKTHDR and M_MOVE_PKTHDR. [maxv 20181228]
Remove COMPAT_IBCS2. [maxv 20181229]
Remove the satlink driver. [maxv 20190127]
Merged [pgoyette-compat] branch - for details, see src/doc/TODO.compat-module. Includes splitting of the monolithic compat-netbsd module into several version- specific modules, introduction of MP-safe module hook mechanism, and removal of various limitations within the kernel module framework. [pgoyette 20190127]
Remove COMPAT_OSF1. [maxv 20190325]

kernhist(9)

Reworked the export-via-sysctl code to use uintptr_t arguments, PR kern/52639. Requires contemporaneous update of vmstat(1). [pgoyette 20171028]

kubsan

Added support for micro-UBSan (kernel-UBSan) as KUBSAN. [kamil 20180803]

libarchive

Import libarchive-3.4.0. [joerg 20190724]

libbozohttpd(3)

Add the embeddable version of bozohttpd. [sevan 20180503]

libc

Update to tzcode2017c. [christos 20171024]
Update to tzcode2018c. [christos 20180125]
Update to tzcode2018e. [christos 20180504]
Update to tzcode2018f. [christos 20181019]
Update to tzcode2018g. [christos 20181027]

libdns_sd

import mDNSResponder 878.1. [christos 20180114]
import mDNSResponder 878.30.4. [christos 20180225]

libnv

Imported from FreeBSD. [christos 20180908]

libpcap

Import 1.9.0. [christos 20180903]

libpthread(3)

Import C11 thread support library. [kamil 20190424]

libtre

Update to the latest git source. [rin 20171117]

lm(4)

Add support for NCT5174D, NCT6775F, NCT6779D and NCT679[1235]D. [msaitoh 20170711]
Add NCT6796D support. [msaitoh 20180308]

lua

Applied 6th bugfix to Lua 5.3.4 from lua.org/bugs.html. [mbalmer 20171213]
Import version 5.3.5. [alnsn 20180804]

makedev(8)

Regenerate, documenting lua, dk, plcom, wmcom, hdmicec, mfi, nvme, nvme ns, tpm, and dtrace devices. [sevan 20170710]

mcx(4)

Added driver for Mellanox 5th generation ethernet. [jmcneill 20190921]

mdnsd(8)

import mDNSResponder 878.1. [christos 20180114]
import mDNSResponder 878.30.4. [christos 20180225]

mdocml

Import 1.14.4. [christos 20180814]
Import 1.14.5. [christos 20190310]

micphy(4)

Add support for Microchip KSZ80[0456]1, KSZ8721, KSZ9[01]31, KS8731 and KSZ9477. [msaitoh 20191107]

midiplay

Add -s option to send all sounds off. [mrg 20180503]

misc

tzdata Updated to 2017c. [kre 20171024]
tzdata Updated to 2019a. [kre 20190326]

moscom(4)

Obsoleted by umcs(4). [mrg 20190507]

mount_9p(8)

Initial support for 9P2000.u. [ozaki-r 20190517]

mount_portal(8)

in portal.conf # only introduces a comment at start of line, or after whitespace (start word). [kre 20190523]

mpc

Updated to version 1.1.0. [mrg 20180904]

mpfr

Updated to version 4.0.1. [mrg 20180904]

mue(4)

Add driver for Microchip LAN75xx/LAN78xx (Raspberry Pi 3 B+) from OpenBSD. [rin 20180825]

mvsata(4)

Add support for NCQ, and enable ATAPI support. [jdolecek 20171007]

netpgp(3lua)

Add Lua binding for libnetpgp(3). [sevan 20180429]

network

Add SIOCSETHERCAP ioctl. [msaitoh 20181221]
Implement VLAN hardware filter. [msaitoh 20190717]

npf(7)

Converted to use libnv. [rmind 20180929]
Major NPF improvements (added support for dynamic NAT address, NETMAP algorithm for static NAT, lock-free lookup for 'ipset' tables, lock-free state lookup, incremental state G/C, etc). [rmind 20190119]
Include npf_boot rc script which loads npf.boot.conf to protect host during early stages of startup. [sevan 20190410]

nsd

import 4.1.19. [christos 20180209]
Import 4.1.24. [christos 20180903]
Import 4.1.26. [prlw1 20190212]
Import 4.1.27. [christos 20190525]

ntp

Import ntp 4.2.8p11. [christos 20180406]
Import ntp 4.2.8p12. [christos 20180929]

nullfs(4)

Add 32-bit support. [mrg 20180811]

openldap

Import 2.4.45. [christos 20180205]

openssh

Imported 7.6. [christos 20171007]
Imported 7.7. [christos 20180406]
Imported 7.8. [christos 20180826]
Import 8.0. [christos 20190420]

openssl

Imported 1.1.0h. [christos 20180406]
Imported 1.1.0i. [christos 20180818]
Imported 1.1.1a. [christos 20181208]
Imported 1.1.1b. [christos 20190312]
Imported 1.1.1c. [christos 20190609]

ovadvise

Remove the old vadvise syscall header. [kamil 20171219]

piixpm(4)

Improve AMD chipset support. [msaitoh 20190713]

pkg_install

Updated to 20190405. [sevan 20190406]

protocols(5)

Pull iana-generated services and protocols. [christos 20190103]

puc(4)

Add Intel 300 series chipset support. [msaitoh 20180413]

qemufwcfg(4)

Add driver for QEMU Firmware Configuration device. [jmcneill 20171125]

raid(4)

Add support for 32-bit on 64-bit kernel. [mrg 20180117]

rasops(9)

Major improvements for rasops(9) routines. General putchar functions added for color depths 2 and 4. Width-optimized putchar functions added for depth 32. Anti-aliasing supported for depths 2 and 24. Shadow framebuffer supported for all depths. A lot of bug fixes, both major and minor. Dedup more than 20% of lines, or 50% of characters. [rin 20190810]

resolvconf(8)

Import openresolv-3.9.1. [roy 20190717]

rkpmic(4)

Add driver for Rockchip RK808 Power Management IC. [jmcneill 20180901]
Add support for Rockchip RK805 Power Management IC. [jmcneill 20180920]

rktsadc(4)

New thermal sensor driver for RockChip RK3328 and RK3399 on-CPU sensors. [mrg 20190426]

sbrk(2)

Remove the "data section size change" syscall. [kamil 20171219]

sdtemp(4)

Add Microchp EMC1501, another device ID of Maxim MAX6604 support. [msaitoh 20180222]

services(5)

Pull iana-generated services and protocols. [christos 20190103]

sh(1)

Many bug fixes and enhancements. [kre 20181212]

siginfo(2)

Ship with MI syscall information of a debugged process for SIGTRAP and si_code TRAP_SCE/TRAP_SCX. [kamil 20190506]

siisata(4)

Add support for NCQ. [jdolecek 20171007]

smscphy(4)

Add support for SMSC LAN87xx 10/100 Ethernet PHY. [msaitoh 20191101]

sqlite3(1)

Import 3.26.0. [christos 20181219]

ssdfb(4)

Added driver for SSD1306 & SH1106 displays. [tnn 20190317]

ssh-agent(1)

/usr/pkg/lib* whitelisted by default for PKCS11 related libraries, in place of /usr/local/lib*. [sevan 20180710]

sstk

Remove the "stack section size change" syscall. [kamil 20171219]

sunxiemac(4)

Add support for Allwinner Gigabit Ethernet (EMAC). [jmcneill 20170701]

sunxinand(4)

Add driver for Allwinner NAND Flash Controller. [jmcneill 20171113]

systat(1)

Extend vmstat display for better insight about bufcache. [sevan 20181226]

tar(1)

MKBSDTAR now defaults to yes. [roy 20190724]

tcpdump(8)

Import 4.9.2. [christos 20170908]

tea5767radio(4)

Add Philips/NXP TEA5767 I2C-controlled stereo FM radio driver. [rkujawa 20180727]

threadpool(9)

Added threadpool(9) API. [thorpej 20181224]

tmux(1)

Imported 2.6. [christos 20171012]
Imported 2.8. [christos 20190104]

tpm-tools

Import tpm-tools-1.3.9.1. [christos 20190107]

tprof(4)

Revamped. tpfmt(1) merged into tprof(8). [maxv 20180714]

trousers

Import trousers-0.3.14. [christos 20190107]

tzcode

Updated to 2018i. [christos 20181231]
Updated to 2019a. [christos 20190404]
Updated to 2019b. [christos 20190703]

tzdata

Updated to 2017d. [kre 20180324]
Updated to 2017e. [kre 20180504]
Updated to 2018f. [kre 20181019]
Updated to 2018g. [kre 20181027]
Updated to 2018h. [kre 20181230]
Updated to 2018i. [kre 20181231]

ubsan

Imported a clean-room reimplementation of the sanitizer runtime called micro-UBSan. [kamil 20180803]

unbound(8)

Import 1.6.8. [christos 20180205]
Import 1.7.3. [christos 20180803]
Import 1.9.1. [christos 20190525]

ure(4)

Add driver for Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153 from OpenBSD. [rin 20190206]

usb(4)

Many fixes to abort issues fixed for all USB controllers. [mrg/skrll/riastradh 20180809]
Handle most cases of early boot USB keyboard. [mrg 20180916]

usbnet(9)

Add common framework for USB network devices. Port the axe(4), axen(4), cdce(4), cue(4), mue(4), smsc(4), udav(4), ure(4), url(4), and urndis(4) drivers fixing many bugs and porting to NET_MPSAFE in the process. [mrg 20190814]
Port kue(4) and upl(4). [mrg 20190818]

uubsan

Added support for micro-UBSan (user-UBSan) in MKLIBCSANITIZER. [kamil 20180803]

veriexec(4)

Drop support for VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_MD5, VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_SHA1, and VERIFIED_EXEC_FP_RMD160 options. [sevan 20170913]
Enabled by default in GENERIC kernel config of all tier 1 & most tier 2 ports. See system specific config otherwise. [sevan 20190426]

veriexecgen(8)

Drop support for MD5, SHA1, RMD160. [sevan 20170909]

viadrm(4)

Removed, superseded by viadrmums. [maya 20180710]

virtio(4)

Add MMIO transport and fdt(4) attachment. [jakllsch 20180606]

wbsio(4)

Add support for Winbond W83627DHG-P, W83627SF, W83627UHG, W83667HGB, W83687THF, W83697UG, Nuvoton NCT5104D, NCT6775, NCT6779, NCT6791, NCT6792 and NCT6793. [msaitoh 20170707]
Add support for NCT6795. [msaitoh 20170711]

wm(4)

Enable I219 support. [msaitoh 20180413]

wpa

Import wpa_supplicant and hostapd 2.7. [christos 20190104]

wsbell(4)

Added console bell support for all speaker devices, not only those attached at pcppi. [nat 20170612]

x86

Backport SpectreV4 mitigations. [maxv 20180609]
Enable retpoline by default (SpectreV2 mitigation). [mrg 20180408]
Add SpectreV4 mitigations. [maxv 20180522]
Support for -static -pie binaries. [joerg 20180712]

zoneinfo

Import tzdata2018c (skipping 2018a & 2018b). [kre 20180124]

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