UPDATING revision 253305
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
9    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
14NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping
15from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG to bootstrap to the tip of
16head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process from
17older version of current is a bit fragile.
18
19NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
20	FreeBSD 10.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
21	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
22	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
23	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
24	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
25	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
26	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
27	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
28	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
29	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
30	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
31	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
32	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
33
3420130709:
35	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
36	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
37
3820130709:
39	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
40	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
41	statistics, must be rebuilded (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
42
4320130629:
44	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
45	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
46
47	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
48	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
49	overloading the machine.
50
5120130618:
52	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
53	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
54	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
55	write access to that file.
56
5720130615:
58	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
59	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
60
6120130613:
62	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
63
64		make: illegal option -- J
65		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
66			...
67		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
68
69	this likely due to an old instance of make in
70	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
71	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
72	you see the above error:
73
74		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
75
76	should resolve it.
77
7820130516:
79	Use bmake by default.
80	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
81	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
82	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
83
84	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
85	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
86	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
87	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
88	behavior in parallel build.
89
9020130429:
91        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
92
9320130426:
94	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
95	the IDEA patent expired.
96
9720130426:
98	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
99	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
100	enabled by default.
101
10220130425:
103	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
104	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
105	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
106	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
107	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
108	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
109	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
110	&& make install).
111
11220130404:
113	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
114	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
115	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
116	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
117	and removed.
118
11920130319:
120	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
121	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
122	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
123	binaries will not work on older kernels.
124
12520130308:
126	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
127	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
128
12920130304:
130	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
131	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
132	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
133	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
134	is requested.
135
136	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
137	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
138	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
139	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
140	in /boot/loader.conf.
141
14220130301:
143	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
144	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
145	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
146	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
147	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
148
14920130208:
150	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
151	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
152
153	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
154	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
155
15620130129:
157	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
158	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
159	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
160	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
161	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
162
16320130121:
164	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
165	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
166	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
167	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
168	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
169	/etc/src.conf.
170
17120130118:
172	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
173	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
174	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
175	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
176	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
177	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
178	use is expected to be extremely rare.
179
18020121223:
181	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
182	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
183	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
184
18520121222:
186	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
187	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
188	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
189	be updated.
190
19120121217:
192	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
193	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
194	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
195
196		savecore_flags=""
197
19820121201:
199	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
200	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
201	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
202
20320121117:
204	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
205	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
206	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
207	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
208	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
209	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
210
21120121105:
212	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
213	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
214	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
215	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
216	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
217	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
218	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
219	branch point).
220
22120121102:
222	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
223	functionality now turned on by default.
224
22520121023:
226	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
227	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
228	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
229	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
230	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
231	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
232	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
233	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
234	of the two kernel options.
235
23620121023:
237	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
238	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
239	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
240	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
241
24220121022:
243	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
244	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
245	recompiled.
246
24720121018:
248	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
249	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
250	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
251
25220121016:
253	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
254	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
255	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
256	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
257	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
258
25920121015:
260	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
261	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
262	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
263	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
264
26520121014:
266	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
267
26820121013:
269	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
270	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
271	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
272	knob has also gone.
273
27420121006:
275	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
276	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
277	with new kernel.
278
27920121001:
280	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
281	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
282	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
283
28420120913:
285	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
286	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
287	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
288	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
289	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
290	configurations.
291
29220120908:
293	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
294	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
295
29620120828:
297	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
298	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
299	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
300	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
301	manual page.
302
30320120727:
304	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
305	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
306	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
307
30820120712:
309	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
310	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
311	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
312
31320120712:
314	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
315	with other variables:
316	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
317	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
318
31920120628:
320	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
321	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
322	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
323	installed as "bsdsort".
324
32520120611:
326	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
327	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
328	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
329	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
330	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
331	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
332	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
333	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
334	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
335
33620120417:
337	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
338	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
339	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
340	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
341	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
342	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
343	NAMESPACE section).
344
34520120328:
346	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
347	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
348	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
349	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
350	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
351	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
352	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
353
35420120306:
355	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
356	platforms.
357
35820120229:
359	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
360	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
361	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
362	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
363	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
364	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
365
36620120211:
367	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
368	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
369	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
370	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
371	comes from 20111215.
372
37320120114:
374	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
375	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
376	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
377	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
378
379	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
380	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
381
38220120109:
383	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
384	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
385	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
386	tunable/sysctl.
387	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
388
38920111215:
390	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
391	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
392	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
393	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
394	not supported anymore.
395
396	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
397	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
398	need to be recompiled.
399
40020111122:
401	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
402	/dev/wmistat0.
403
40420111108:
405	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
406	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
407	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
408	time.
409
41020111101:
411	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
412	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
413
41420110930:
415	sysinstall has been removed
416
41720110923:
418	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
419	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
420
42120110913:
422	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
423	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
424	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
425	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
426	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
427	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
428	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
429	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
430	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
431	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
432
43320110828:
434	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
435	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
436	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
437	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
438
43920110815:
440	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
441	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
442	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
443	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
444
445	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
446	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
447	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
448
44920110628:
450	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
451	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
452	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
453	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
454
45520110608:
456	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
457		machdep.hlt_cpus
458		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
459	The following sysctl is retired:
460		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
461	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
462	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
463	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
464	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
465	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
466	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
467	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
468	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
469	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
470	a default scheduler.
471
47220110607:
473	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
474	a mask of CPUs.
475
47620110531:
477	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
478	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
479	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
480	world.
481
48220110513:
483	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
484
48520110503:
486	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
487	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
488	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
489	drivers need to be recompiled.
490
491	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
492	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
493	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
494	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
495	branches.
496
49720110430:
498	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
499	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
500
50120110427:
502	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
503	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
504	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
505	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
506	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
507	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
508	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
509	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
510	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
511	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
512	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
513	
514	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
515
516	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
517	a diskless root fs use the old client.
518
51920110424:
520	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
521	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
522	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
523	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
524	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
525	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
526	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
527	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
528	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
529	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
530	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
531	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
532
533	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
534	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
535	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
536	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
537	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
538	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
539	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
540	them are parts of the cam module.
541
542	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
543	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
544	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
545
546	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
547	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
548	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
549	    options        ATA_CAM
550	    device         ahci
551	    device         mvs
552	    device         siis
553	, and instead add back:
554	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
555	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
556	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
557	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
558	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
559
56020110423:
561	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
562	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
563	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
564	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
565	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
566	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
567
56820110418:
569	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
570	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
571	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
572
57320110331:
574	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
575	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
576	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
577	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
578	in order to use ath on everything else.
579
580	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
581	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
582
58320110314:
584	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
585	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
586	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
587
58820110218:
589	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
590	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
591	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
592	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
593	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
594	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
595
59620110218:
597	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
598	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
599	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
600	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
601	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
602	authentication).
603	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
604	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
605
60620110207:
607	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
608	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
609	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
610	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
611	The function remains undocumented.
612
61320110112:
614	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
615	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
616	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
617	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
618	systems where the define is not present can check against
619	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
620
621	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
622	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
623	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
624	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
625	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
626	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
627
62820110103:
629	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
630	the following warning:
631	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
632	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
633	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
634	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
635	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
636	install it on your system.
637
638	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
639	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
640	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
641	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
642
64320101228:
644	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
645	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
646	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
647	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
648	be recompiled.
649
65020101114:
651	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
652	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
653	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
654	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
655	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
656	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
657	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
658	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
659	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
660	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
661	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
662	it, for example via:
663		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
664
665	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
666	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
667	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
668	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
669	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
670	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
671		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
672
673	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
674	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
675
67620101111:
677	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
678	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
679	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
680	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
681	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
682
68320101002:
684	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
685	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
686	migrate local entries to the new format.
687
68820100928:
689	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
690	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
691	upstream sshd.
692
69320100915:
694	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
695	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
696	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
697	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
698	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
699	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
700
70120100913:
702	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
703	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
704
705	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
706	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
707	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
708	default is "AUTO".
709
710	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
711	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
712	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
713	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
714	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
715
716	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
717	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
718	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
719
72020100913:
721	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
722	now i386 and amd64 only.
723	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
724	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
725	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
726	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
727	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
728	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
729
73020100725:
731	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
732	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
733
73420100722:
735	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
736	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
737	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
738	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
739	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
740	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
741	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
742	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
743	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
744	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
745	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
746
74720100713:
748	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
749	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
750	    machine powerpc powerpc
751
752	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
753	after this change.
754
75520100713:
756	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
757	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
758	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
759	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
760	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
761
76220100429:
763	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
764	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
765	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
766	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
767	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
768 
76920100402:
770	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
771	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
772	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
773	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
774	WITH_CTF=yes").
775	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
776	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
777	to unwanted behavior.
778
77920100311:
780	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
781	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
782	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
783	be modified accordingly.
784
78520100113:
786	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
787	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
788	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
789	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
790	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
791	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
792
793	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
794	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
795	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
796	use of utmpx.
797
798	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
799	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
800	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
801	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
802	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
803
80420100108:
805	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
806	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
807	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
808
80920091202:
810	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
811	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
812	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
813	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
814	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
815
816		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
817		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
818		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
819
820	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
821
82220091125:
823	8.0-RELEASE.
824
82520091113:
826	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
827	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
828	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
829	operation of applications on the console.
830
831	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
832	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
833	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
834	cons25.
835
836	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
837	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
838	performed by syscons(4).
839
84020091109:
841	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
842	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
843	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
844
845	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
846	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
847	new structure.
848
84920091025:
850	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
851	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
852	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
853	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
854	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
855	iwn5150fw.
856
85720090926:
858	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
859	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
860
861	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
862	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
863	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
864
865	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
866	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
867
868	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
869	   they are obsolete.
870
871	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
872	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
873
874	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
875	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
876	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
877
878	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
879	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
880	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
881	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
882	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
883	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
884	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
885	   using ifconfig(8) like:
886
887		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
888
889	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
890	   IPv6-preferred.
891
892	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
893
894	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
895	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
896	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
897	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
898	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
899
90020090922:
901	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
902	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
903
90420090912:
905	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
906	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
907	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
908	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
909	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
910	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
911
91220090910:
913	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
914	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
915
91620090825:
917	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
918	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
919	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
920	is 1000.
921
92220090813:
923	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
924	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
925	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
926
92720090803:
928	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
929	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
930
93120090719:
932	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
933	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
934	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
935
93620090714:
937	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
938	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
939	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
940
94120090713:
942	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
943	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
944	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
945	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
946	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
947
94820090712: 
949	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
950	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
951	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
952	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
953	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
954
95520090630:
956	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
957	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
958	may need to be adjusted.
959
96020090629:
961	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
962	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
963	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
964	with routing sockets.
965
96620090628:
967	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
968	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
969	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
970
97120090624:
972	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
973	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
974	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
975	800100.
976
97720090622:
978	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
979	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
980	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
981
98220090619:
983	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
984	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
985	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
986	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
987	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
988	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
989	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
990	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
991
992	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
993	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
994	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
995	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
996	authentication method is used.
997
99820090616: 
999	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1000	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1001	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1002	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1003	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1004
100520090613:
1006	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1007	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1008
100920090611:
1010	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1011	be rebuilt.
1012
101320090608:
1014	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1015	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1016
101720090602:
1018	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1019	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1020
102120090601:
1022	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1023	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1024	re-compiled.
1025
102620090601:
1027	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1028	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1029	rebuilt.
1030	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1031
103220090530:
1033	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1034	more valid.
1035
103620090530:
1037	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1038	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1039
104020090529:
1041	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1042	rebuilt.
1043	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1044
104520090528:
1046	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1047	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1048	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1049	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1050	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1051	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1052
105320090527:
1054	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1055	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1056
105720090523:
1058	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1059	need to be rebuilt.
1060	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1061
106220090523:
1063	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1064	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1065
106620090520:
1067	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1068	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1069
107020090520:
1071	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1072	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1073	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1074	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1075	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1076
107720090430:
1078	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1079	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1080	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1081	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1082	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1083	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1084
108520090429:
1086	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1087	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1088	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1089	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1090
1091	For kernel developers:
1092
1093	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1094	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1095	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1096
1097	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1098	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1099	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1100	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1101
1102	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1103	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1104	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1105	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1106	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1107	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1108	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1109	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1110	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1111	     multicast membership on-link.
1112	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1113	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1114	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1115
1116	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1117	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1118	  stack.
1119	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1120	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1121	  semantics.
1122
1123	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1124	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1125	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1126	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1127
1128	For application developers:
1129
1130	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1131	  stack.
1132
1133	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1134	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1135
1136	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1137	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1138	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1139	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1140
1141	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1142	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1143	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1144	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1145	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1146
1147	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1148
1149	For systems administrators:
1150
1151	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1152	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1153	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1154	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1155	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1156
1157	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1158	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1159
1160	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1161	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1162	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1163	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1164
1165	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1166	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1167	  back forwarded datagrams.
1168
1169	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1170
117120090422:
1172	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1173	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1174
117520090419:
1176	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1177	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1178	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1179	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1180
118120090415:
1182	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1183	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1184	state will require a world rebuild.
1185	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1186
118720090415:
1188	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1189	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1190	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1191
119220090414:
1193	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1194	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1195	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1196	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1197	load balancing.
1198	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1199
120020090408:
1201	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1202	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1203	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1204	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1205	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1206	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1207	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1208	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1209
121020090407:
1211	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1212	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1213	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1214
121520090320:
1216	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1217	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1218	introduces some changes:
1219
1220	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1221	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1222	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1223
1224	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1225	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1226	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1227	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1228
1229	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1230	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1231	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1232	the "386BSD" type).
1233
1234	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1235
123620090319:
1237	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1238	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1239	(supported by sane).
1240
124120090319:
1242	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1243	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1244	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1245	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1246	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1247
124820090315:
1249	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1250	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1251	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1252	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1253	used.
1254
125520090313:
1256	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1257	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1258	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1259	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1260
126120090313:
1262	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1263	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1264
126520090309:
1266	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1267	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1268
1269	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1270	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1271	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1272
1273	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1274	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1275	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1276	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1277	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1278	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1279	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1280	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1281
1282	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1283	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1284	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1285	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1286	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1287	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1288
1289	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1290	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1291	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1292	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1293	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1294
1295	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1296	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1297	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1298	via IGMP.
1299
1300	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1301	recompiled to reflect this.
1302	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1303
130420090309:
1305	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1306	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1307	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1308	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1309	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1310	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1311
131220090302:
1313	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1314	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1315	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1316	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1317	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1318	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1319
132020090301:
1321	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1322	network device driver modules.
1323
132420090227:
1325	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1326	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1327
132820090223:
1329	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1330	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1331	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1332	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1333	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1334	apply.
1335
133620090217:
1337	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1338	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1339	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1340	use the new name.
1341
134220090216:
1343	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1344	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1345	add
1346		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1347	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1348	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1349
135020090215:
1351	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1352	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1353	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1354	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1355	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1356	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1357
1358	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1359	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1360	be used for this:
1361		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1362		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1363
136420090209:
1365	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1366	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1367	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1368
136920090203:
1370	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1371	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1372	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1373	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1374	same interface.
1375
137620090201:
1377	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1378	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1379
138020090119:
1381	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1382	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1383	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1384	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1385	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1386	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1387
138820090115:
1389	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1390	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1391	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1392	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1393
139420081225:
1395	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1396	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1397	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1398	in next mpd5.3 release.
1399
140020081219:
1401	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1402	the base system (it was a port).
1403
140420081216:
1405	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1406	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1407
140820081214:
1409	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1410	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1411	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1412	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1413	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1414	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1415	none of the L2 information.
1416
141720081130:
1418	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1419	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1420
1421	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1422
1423	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1424
1425	device	ath_hal
1426
1427	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1428	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1429	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1430	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1431
143220081121:
1433	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1434	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1435	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1436	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1437	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1438	packets.
1439
144020081117:
1441	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1442	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1443	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1444	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1445
144620081028:
1447	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1448
144920081009:
1450	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1451	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1452	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1453	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1454	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1455
1456		uhci_load="YES"
1457		ehci_load="YES"
1458
145920081009:
1460	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1461	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1462	sync.
1463
146420081009:
1465	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1466	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1467	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1468	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1469	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1470	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1471	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1472
147320080820:
1474	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1475	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1476	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1477	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1478	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1479
1480	PCI/ISA:
1481		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1482
1483	USB:
1484		ubser, ucycom
1485
1486	Line disciplines:
1487		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1488
1489	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1490	cause compilation to fail.
1491
149220080818:
1493	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1494
149520080801:
1496	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1497
1498	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1499	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1500	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1501	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1502	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1503	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1504	accepting the RSA key.
1505
1506	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1507	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1508	command line.
1509
1510	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1511	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1512	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1513	behavior.
1514
151520080713:
1516	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1517	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1518	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1519
1520	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1521	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1522	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1523	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1524	use the new device names.
1525
1526	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1527	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1528	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1529	at the loader prompt:
1530
1531		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1532		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1533		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1534		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1535		boot -s
1536
153720080609:
1538	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1539	disks instead.
1540
154120080603:
1542	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1543	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1544	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1545	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1546
154720080525:
1548	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1549	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1550
155120080509:
1552	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1553	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1554	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1555	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1556	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1557
155820080420:
1559	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1560	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1561	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1562	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1563	For example, change:
1564		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1565	to
1566		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1567		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1568	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1569	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1570	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1571
1572	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1573	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1574	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1575
157620080408:
1577	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1578	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1579	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1580	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1581	other operation levels.
1582
158320080312:
1584	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1585	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1586	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1587	compatibility with any prior release:
1588
1589	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1590	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1591	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1592
159320080301:
1594	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1595	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1596	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1597	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1598	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1599	nonetheless.
1600
160120080229:
1602	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1603	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1604	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1605	with older hardware easier to do.
1606
160720080220:
1608	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1609	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1610
161120080211:
1612	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1613	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1614	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1615	firewall rules.
1616
161720080208:
1618	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1619	mbuf chains.
1620
162120080126:
1622	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1623	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1624	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1625	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1626	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1627	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1628	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1629	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1630	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1631	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1632	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1633	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1634
163520080123:
1636	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1637	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1638	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1639
164020071128:
1641	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1642	functionality is the default now.
1643
164420071118:
1645	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1646	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1647	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1648	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1649	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1650
1651	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1652	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1653	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1654
165520071024:
1656	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1657	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1658	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1659	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1660	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1661	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1662	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1663	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1664	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1665	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1666	however.
1667
166820071020:
1669	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1670	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1671	used kproc_start()..
1672	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1673	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1674	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1675
167620071010:
1677	RELENG_7 branched.
1678
1679COMMON ITEMS:
1680
1681	General Notes
1682	-------------
1683	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1684	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1685	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1686	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1687	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1688	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1689	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1690
1691	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1692	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1693	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1694	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1695	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1696
1697	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1698	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1699	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1700	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1701	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1702
1703	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1704	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1705	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1706	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1707
1708	ZFS notes
1709	---------
1710	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1711	these two steps:
1712
1713	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1714	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1715
1716	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1717
1718	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1719	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1720	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1721
1722	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1723
1724	To build a kernel
1725	-----------------
1726	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1727	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1728	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1729
1730	make kernel-toolchain
1731	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1732	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1733
1734	To test a kernel once
1735	---------------------
1736	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1737	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1738	debugging information) run
1739	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1740	nextboot -k testkernel
1741
1742	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1743	--------------------------------------------------------------
1744	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1745	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1746	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1747
1748	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1749	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1750	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1751	make depend
1752	make
1753	make install
1754
1755	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1756
1757	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1758	-----------------------------------------------------------
1759	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1760	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1761
1762	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1763	make buildworld
1764	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1765							[1]
1766	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1767	mergemaster -p					[5]
1768	make installworld
1769	mergemaster -i					[4]
1770	make delete-old					[6]
1771	<reboot>
1772
1773	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1774	--------------------------------------------------
1775	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1776	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1777	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1778	# size.
1779
1780	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1781	<boot into -stable>
1782	make buildworld
1783	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1784	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1785	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1786	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1787	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1788	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1789	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1790	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1791	<reboot into current>
1792	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1793	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1794	<reboot>
1795
1796
1797	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1798	----------------------------------------------
1799	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1800	make buildworld					[9]
1801	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1802							[1]
1803	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1804	mergemaster -p					[5]
1805	make installworld
1806	mergemaster -i					[4]
1807	make delete-old					[6]
1808	<reboot>
1809
1810	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1811	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1812	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1813	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1814	the UPDATING entries.
1815
1816	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1817	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1818	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1819	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1820	much fewer pitfalls.
1821
1822	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1823	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1824	system on reboot.
1825
1826	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1827		fsck -p
1828		mount -u /
1829		mount -a
1830		cd src
1831		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1832	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1833	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1834
1835	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1836	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1837	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1838	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1839	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1840	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1841	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1842
1843	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1844	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1845	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1846	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1847	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1848	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1849
1850	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1851	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1852	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1853
1854	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1855	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1856	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1857	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1858	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1859	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1860
1861	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1862	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1863
1864	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1865	cvs prune empty directories.
1866
1867	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1868	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1869	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1870
1871	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1872	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1873	warn if it is improperly defined.
1874FORMAT:
1875
1876This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1877breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1878list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1879If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1880to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1881
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