UPDATING revision 216591
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook.
8
9Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
10/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
11
12NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW:
13	FreeBSD 9.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
14	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
15	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
16	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
17	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
18	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
19	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
20	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
21	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
22	machines to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
23	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
24
2520101114:
26	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
27	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
28	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
29	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
30	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
31	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
32	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
33	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
34	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
35	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
36	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
37	it, for example via:
38		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
39
40	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
41	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
42	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
43	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
44	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
45	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
46		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
47
48	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
49	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
50
5120101111:
52	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
53	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
54	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
55	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
56	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
57
5820101002:
59	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
60	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
61	migrate local entries to the new format.
62
6320100928:
64	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
65	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
66	upstream sshd.
67
6820100915:
69	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
70	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
71	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
72	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
73	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
74	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
75
7620100913:
77	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
78	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
79
80	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
81	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
82	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
83	default is "AUTO".
84
85	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
86	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
87	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
88	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
89	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
90
91	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
92	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
93	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
94
9520100913:
96	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
97	now i386 and amd64 only.
98	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
99	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
100	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
101	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
102	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
103	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
104
10520100725:
106	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
107	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
108
10920100722:
110	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
111	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
112	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
113	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
114	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
115	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
116	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
117	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
118	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
119	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
120	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
121
12220100713:
123	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
124	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
125	    machine powerpc powerpc
126
127	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
128	after this change.
129
13020100713:
131	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
132	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
133	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
134	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
135	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
136
13720100429:
138	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
139	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
140	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
141	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
142	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
143 
14420100402:
145	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
146	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
147	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
148	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
149	WITH_CTF=yes").
150	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
151	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
152	to unwanted behavior.
153
15420100311:
155	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
156	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
157	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
158	be modified accordingly.
159
16020100113:
161	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
162	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
163	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
164	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
165	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
166	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
167
168	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
169	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
170	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
171	use of utmpx.
172
173	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
174	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
175	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
176	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
177	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
178
17920100108:
180	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
181	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
182	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
183
18420091202:
185	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
186	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
187	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
188	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
189	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
190
191		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
192		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
193		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
194
195	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
196
19720091125:
198	8.0-RELEASE.
199
20020091113:
201	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
202	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
203	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
204	operation of applications on the console.
205
206	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
207	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
208	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
209	cons25.
210
211	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
212	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
213	performed by syscons(4).
214
21520091109:
216	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
217	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
218	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
219
220	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
221	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
222	new structure.
223
22420091025:
225	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
226	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
227	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
228	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
229	your wireless card, use the the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
230	iwn5150fw.
231
23220090926:
233	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
234	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
235
236	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
237	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
238	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
239
240	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
241	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
242
243	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
244	   they are obsolete.
245
246	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
247	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
248
249	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
250	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
251	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
252
253	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
254	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
255	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
256	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
257	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
258	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
259	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
260	   using ifconfig(8) like:
261
262		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
263
264	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
265	   IPv6-preferred.
266
267	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
268
269	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
270	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
271	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
272	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
273	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
274
27520090922:
276	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
277	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
278
27920090912:
280	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
281	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
282	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
283	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
284	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
285	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
286
28720090910:
288	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
289	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
290
29120090825:
292	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
293	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
294	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
295	is 1000.
296
29720090813:
298	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
299	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
300	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
301
30220090803:
303	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
304	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
305
30620090719:
307	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
308	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
309	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
310
31120090714:
312	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
313	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
314	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
315
31620090713:
317	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
318	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
319	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
320	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
321	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
322
32320090712: 
324	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
325	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
326	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
327	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
328	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
329
33020090630:
331	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
332	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
333	may need to be adjusted.
334
33520090629:
336	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
337	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
338	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
339	with routing sockets.
340
34120090628:
342	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
343	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
344	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
345
34620090624:
347	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
348	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
349	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
350	800100.
351
35220090622:
353	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
354	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
355	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
356
35720090619:
358	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
359	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
360	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
361	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
362	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
363	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
364	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
365	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
366
367	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
368	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
369	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
370	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
371	authentication method is used.
372
37320090616: 
374	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
375	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
376	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
377	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
378	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
379
38020090613:
381	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
382	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
383
38420090611:
385	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
386	be rebuilt.
387
38820090608:
389	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
390	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
391
39220090602:
393	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
394	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
395
39620090601:
397	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
398	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
399	re-compiled.
400
40120090601:
402	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
403	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
404	rebuilt.
405	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
406
40720090530:
408	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
409	more valid.
410
41120090530:
412	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
413	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
414
41520090529:
416	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
417	rebuilt.
418	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
419
42020090528:
421	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
422	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
423	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
424	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
425	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
426	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
427
42820090527:
429	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
430	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
431
43220090523:
433	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
434	need to be rebuilt.
435	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
436
43720090523:
438	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
439	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
440
44120090520:
442	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
443	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
444
44520090520:
446	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
447	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
448	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
449	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
450	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
451
45220090430:
453	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
454	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
455	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
456	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
457	correctly checking networking state from userland.
458	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
459
46020090429:
461	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
462	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
463	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
464	follows the IPv4 implementation.
465
466	For kernel developers:
467
468	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
469	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
470	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
471
472	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
473	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
474	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
475	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
476
477	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
478	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
479	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
480	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
481	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
482	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
483	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
484	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
485	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
486	     multicast membership on-link.
487	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
488	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
489	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
490
491	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
492	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
493	  stack.
494	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
495	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
496	  semantics.
497
498	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
499	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
500	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
501	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
502
503	For application developers:
504
505	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
506	  stack.
507
508	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
509	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
510
511	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
512	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
513	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
514	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
515
516	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
517	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
518	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
519	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
520	  Multicast Source Filters'.
521
522	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
523
524	For systems administrators:
525
526	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
527	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
528	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
529	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
530	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
531
532	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
533	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
534
535	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
536	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
537	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
538	  recommended for optimal system performance.
539
540	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
541	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
542	  back forwarded datagrams.
543
544	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
545
54620090422:
547	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
548	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
549
55020090419:
551	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
552	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
553	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
554	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
555
55620090415:
557	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
558	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
559	state will require a world rebuild.
560	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
561
56220090415:
563	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
564	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
565	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
566
56720090414:
568	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
569	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
570	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
571	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
572	load balancing.
573	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
574
57520090408:
576	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
577	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
578	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
579	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
580	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
581	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
582	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
583	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
584
58520090407:
586	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
587	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
588	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
589
59020090320:
591	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
592	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
593	introduces some changes:
594
595	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
596	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
597	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
598
599	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
600	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
601	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
602	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
603
604	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
605	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
606	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
607	the "386BSD" type).
608
609	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
610
61120090319:
612	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
613	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
614	(supported by sane).
615
61620090319:
617	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
618	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
619	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
620	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
621	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
622
62320090315:
624	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
625	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
626	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
627	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
628	used.
629
63020090313:
631	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
632	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
633	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
634	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
635
63620090313:
637	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
638	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
639
64020090309:
641	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
642	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
643
644	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
645	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
646	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
647
648	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
649	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
650	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
651	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
652	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
653	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
654	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
655	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
656
657	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
658	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
659	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
660	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
661	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
662	to preserve the existing behaviour.
663
664	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
665	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
666	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
667	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
668	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
669
670	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
671	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
672	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
673	via IGMP.
674
675	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
676	recompiled to reflect this.
677	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
678
67920090309:
680	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
681	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
682	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
683	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
684	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
685	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
686
68720090302:
688	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
689	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
690	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
691	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
692	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
693	raised to allow such segments to be created.
694
69520090301:
696	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
697	network device driver modules.
698
69920090227:
700	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
701	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
702
70320090223:
704	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
705	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
706	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
707	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
708	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
709	apply.
710
71120090217:
712	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
713	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
714	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
715	use the new name.
716
71720090216:
718	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
719	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
720	add
721		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
722	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
723	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
724
72520090215:
726	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
727	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
728	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
729	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
730	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
731	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
732
733	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
734	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
735	be used for this:
736		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
737		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
738
73920090209:
740	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
741	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
742	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
743
74420090203:
745	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
746	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
747	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
748	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
749	same interface.
750
75120090201:
752	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
753	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
754
75520090119:
756	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
757	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
758	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
759	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
760	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
761	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
762
76320090115:
764	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
765	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
766	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
767	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
768
76920081225:
770	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
771	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
772	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
773	in next mpd5.3 release.
774
77520081219:
776	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
777	the base system (it was a port).
778
77920081216:
780	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
781	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
782
78320081214:
784	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
785	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
786	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
787	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
788	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
789	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
790	none of the L2 information.
791
79220081130:
793	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
794	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
795
796	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
797
798	to their kernel config files when specifying:
799
800	device	ath_hal
801
802	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
803	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
804	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
805	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
806
80720081121:
808	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
809	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
810	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
811	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
812	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
813	packets.
814
81520081117:
816	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
817	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
818	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
819	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
820
82120081028:
822	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
823
82420081009:
825	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
826	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
827	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
828	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
829	controller add the following to loader.conf:
830
831		uhci_load="YES"
832		ehci_load="YES"
833
83420081009:
835	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
836	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
837	sync.
838
83920081009:
840	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
841	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
842	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
843	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
844	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
845	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
846	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
847
84820080820:
849	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
850	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
851	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
852	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
853	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
854
855	PCI/ISA:
856		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
857
858	USB:
859		ubser, ucycom
860
861	Line disciplines:
862		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
863
864	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
865	cause compilation to fail.
866
86720080818:
868	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
869
87020080801:
871	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
872
873	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
874	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
875	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
876	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
877	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
878	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
879	accepting the RSA key.
880
881	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
882	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
883	command line.
884
885	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
886	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
887	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
888	behavior.
889
89020080713:
891	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
892	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
893	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
894
895	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
896	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
897	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
898	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
899	use the new device names.
900
901	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
902	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
903	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
904	at the loader prompt:
905
906		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
907		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
908		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
909		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
910		boot -s
911
91220080609:
913	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
914	disks instead.
915
91620080603:
917	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
918	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
919	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
920	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
921
92220080525:
923	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
924	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
925
92620080509:
927	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
928	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
929	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
930	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
931	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
932
93320080420:
934	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
935	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
936	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
937	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
938	For example, change:
939		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
940	to
941		wlans_ath0=wlan0
942		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
943	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
944	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
945	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
946
947	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
948	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
949	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
950
95120080408:
952	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
953	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
954	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
955	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
956	other operation levels.
957
95820080312:
959	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
960	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
961	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
962	compatibility with any prior release:
963
964	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
965	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
966	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
967
96820080301:
969	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
970	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
971	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
972	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
973	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
974	nonetheless.
975
97620080229:
977	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
978	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
979	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
980	with older hardware easier to do.
981
98220080220:
983	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
984	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
985
98620080211:
987	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
988	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
989	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
990	firewall rules.
991
99220080208:
993	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
994	mbuf chains.
995
99620080126:
997	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
998	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
999	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1000	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1001	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1002	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1003	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1004	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1005	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1006	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1007	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1008	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1009
101020080123:
1011	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1012	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1013	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1014
101520071128:
1016	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1017	functionality is the default now.
1018
101920071118:
1020	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1021	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1022	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1023	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1024	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1025
1026	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1027	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1028	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1029
103020071024:
1031	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1032	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1033	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1034	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1035	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1036	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1037	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1038	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1039	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1040	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1041	however.
1042
104320071020:
1044	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1045	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1046	used kproc_start()..
1047	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1048	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1049	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1050
105120071010:
1052	RELENG_7 branched.
1053
1054COMMON ITEMS:
1055
1056	General Notes
1057	-------------
1058	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1059	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1060	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1061	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1062	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1063	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1064	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1065
1066	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1067	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1068	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1069	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1070	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1071
1072	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1073	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1074	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1075	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1076	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1077
1078	ZFS notes
1079	---------
1080	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1081	these two steps:
1082
1083	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1084	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1085
1086	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1087
1088	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1089	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1090	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1091
1092	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1093
1094	To build a kernel
1095	-----------------
1096	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1097	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1098	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1099
1100	make kernel-toolchain
1101	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1102	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1103
1104	To test a kernel once
1105	---------------------
1106	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1107	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1108	debugging information) run
1109	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1110	nextboot -k testkernel
1111
1112	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1113	--------------------------------------------------------------
1114	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1115	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1116	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1117
1118	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1119	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1120	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1121	make depend
1122	make
1123	make install
1124
1125	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1126
1127	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1128	-----------------------------------------------------------
1129	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1130	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1131
1132	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1133	make buildworld
1134	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1135							[1]
1136	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1137	mergemaster -p					[5]
1138	make installworld
1139	mergemaster -i					[4]
1140	make delete-old					[6]
1141	<reboot>
1142
1143
1144	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1145	--------------------------------------------------
1146	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1147	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1148	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1149	# size.
1150
1151	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1152	<boot into -stable>
1153	make buildworld
1154	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1155	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1156	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1157	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1158	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1159	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1160	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1161	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1162	<reboot into current>
1163	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1164	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1165	<reboot>
1166
1167
1168	To upgrade in-place from 8.x-stable to current
1169	----------------------------------------------
1170	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1171	make buildworld					[9]
1172	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1173							[1]
1174	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1175	mergemaster -p					[5]
1176	make installworld
1177	mergemaster -i					[4]
1178	make delete-old					[6]
1179	<reboot>
1180
1181	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1182	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1183	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1184	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1185	the UPDATING entries.
1186
1187	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1188	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1189	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1190	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1191	much fewer pitfalls.
1192
1193	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1194	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1195	system on reboot.
1196
1197	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1198		fsck -p
1199		mount -u /
1200		mount -a
1201		cd src
1202		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1203	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1204	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1205
1206	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1207	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1208	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1209	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1210	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1211	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1212	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1213
1214	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1215	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1216	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1217	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1218	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1219	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1220
1221	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1222	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1223	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1224
1225	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1226	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1227	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1228	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1229	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1230	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1231
1232	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1233	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1234
1235	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1236	cvs prune empty directories.
1237
1238	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1239	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1240	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1241
1242	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1243	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1244	warn if it is improperly defined.
1245FORMAT:
1246
1247This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1248breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1249and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
1250previous releases if your system is older than this.
1251
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