Add changes file for 5.9.0

Listing important changes and bug-fixes.

Change-Id: I2f3b131c319feb0e95d8d08e9a07b71078f52a57
Reviewed-by: Alex Blasche <alexander.blasche@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: André Hartmann <aha_1980@gmx.de>

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+Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 5.8.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
+included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html
+
+The Qt version 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+https://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                          Library                                         *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtSerialBus
+-----------
+
+ - QCanBusDevice
+   * [QTBUG-57658] Added buffering details in QCanBusDevice::framesToWrite
+     documentation.
+   * Added QCanBusDevice::DataBitRateKey enum.
+
+ - QCanBusFrame
+   * [QTBUG-56720] Introduced flag to allow data bitrate switching for CAN FD
+     frames. Reference implementation is done for the SocketCAN plugin.
+   * Added error state indicator flag to QCanBusFrame and set it appropriate
+     for received CAN FD frames with the SocketCAN plugin. Setting this flag
+     for testing purposes is also possible.
+
+ - QCanBus
+   * [QTBUG-54298] Added the new class QCanBusDeviceInfo for enumeration of
+     available CAN interfaces and more information about them.
+   * Added a new SystecCAN plugin for Windows support of CAN adapters from
+     http://www.systec-electronic.com.
+
+ - Modified the PeakCAN plugin such that it supports up to 16 USB and
+   16 PCI CAN channels.
+
+ - VectorCAN:
+   * Fixed a crash when device open fails because no device drivers are
+     installed.
+   * [QTBUG-58774] Fixed that 64 bit builds need to load vxlapi64.dll.
+   * [QTBUG-58840] Fixed that received frames with an extended ID are
+     received with ID 0 and marked as invalid.
+   * [QTBUG-59037] Fixed receiving a transmit echo for all sent frames by
+     adding the QCanBusDevice::ReceiveOwnKey configuration.
+
+ - [QTBUG-59050] Fixed that QModbusRtuSerialMaster did not close the
+   serial port on disconnect.
+ - Added code improvements and cleanups throughout the module's examples.
+ - [QTBUG-55045] Improved error handling code throughout all CAN plugins.
+ - Improved canbusutil output formatting and detail level.
+ - Fixed module build when Qt was configured with various -no-feature-xyz
+   options.