UPDATING revision 360785
1Updating Information for FreeBSD stable/11 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    https://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 and WITH_GCC to bootstrap to
16the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
17from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
18
1920200507:
20	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt, libc++, libunwind and openmp have
21	been upgraded to 10.0.0.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for
22	information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already
23	using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
24
2520200430:
26	The root certificates of the Mozilla CA Certificate Store have been
27	imported into the base system and can be managed with the certctl(8)
28	utility.  If you have installed the security/ca_root_nss port or package
29	with the ETCSYMLINK option (the default), be advised that there may be
30	differences between those included in the port and those included in
31	base due to differences in nss branch used as well as general update
32	frequency.  Note also that certctl(8) cannot manage certs in the
33	format used by the security/ca_root_nss port.
34
3520190913:
36	ntpd no longer by default locks its pages in memory, allowing them
37	to be paged out by the kernel. Use rlimit memlock to restore
38	historic BSD behaviour. For example, add "rlimit memlock 32"
39	to ntp.conf to lock up to 32 MB of ntpd address space in memory.
40
4120190723:
42	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt, libc++, libunwind and openmp have
43	been upgraded to 8.0.1.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for
44	information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already
45	using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
46
4720190426:
48	CARP now sets DSCP value CS7(Network Traffic) in the flowlabel field
49	of packets by default instead of only setting TOS_LOWDELAY in IPv4,
50	which was deprecated in 1998.  Original behavior can be restored by
51	setting sysctl net.inet.carp.dscp=4.
52
5320190416:
54	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
55	8.0.0.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
56	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
57	or higher.
58
5920190226:
60	geom_uzip(4) depends on the new module xz.  If geom_uzip is statically
61	compiled into your custom kernel, add 'device xz' statement to the
62	kernel config.
63
6420190220:
65	Co-existance for Forth and Lua interpreters in bootloaders has now been
66	merged to ease testing of lualoader.  LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP, documented
67	in build(7), may be used to control which interpreter flavor is used in
68	the default loader to be installed.  For systems where Lua and Forth
69	coexist, this switch can also be made on a running system by creating a
70	link from /boot/loader{,.efi} to /boot/loader_${flavor}{,.efi} rather
71	than requiring a rebuild.
72
73	The default flavor in this branch will remain Forth.  As indicated in
74	the 20190216 UPDATING entry, booting is a complex environment; it would
75	be prudent to assume that lualoader may not work for your setup and make
76	provisions for backup boot methods.
77
7820190220:
79	zfsloader's functionality has now been folded into loader.
80	zfsloader is no longer necesasary once you've updated your
81	boot blocks. For a transition period, we will install a
82	hardlink for zfsloader to loader to allow a smooth transition
83	until the boot blocks can be updated (hard link because old
84	zfs boot blocks don't understand symlinks).
85
8620190216:
87	Lualoader has been merged to facilitate testing on this branch.  It's
88	purely opt-in for now by building WITH_LOADER_LUA and WITHOUT_FORTH in
89	/etc/src.conf, but co-existance will come shortly.  Booting is a complex
90	environment and test coverage for Lua-enabled loaders has been thin, so
91	it would be prudent to assume it might not work and make provisions for
92	backup boot methods.
93
9420190216:
95	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
96	7.0.1.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
97	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
98	or higher.
99
10020181228:
101	r342562 modifies the NFSv4 server so that it obeys vfs.nfsd.nfs_privport
102	in the same as it is applied to NFSv2 and 3.  This implies that NFSv4
103	servers that have vfs.nfsd.nfs_privport set will only allow mounts
104	from clients using a reserved port#. Since both the FreeBSD and Linux
105	NFSv4 clients use reserved port#s by default, this should not affect
106	most NFSv4 mounts.
107
10820181107:
109	The '%I' format in the kern.corefile sysctl limits the number of
110	core files that a process can generate to the number stored in the
111	debug.ncores sysctl. The '%I' format is replaced by the single digit
112	index. Previously, if all indexes were taken the kernel would overwrite
113	only a core file with the highest index in a filename.
114	Currently the system will create a new core file if there is a free
115	index or if all slots are taken it will overwrite the oldest one.
116
11720180818:
118	WITH_OFED option now only enables the build for the OFED libraries
119	and some fundamental client utilities.  OpenSM and rest of the
120	debugging tools are enabled by WITH_OFED_EXTRA build switch.
121	WITH_OFED is turned on by default on amd64.
122
12320180714:
124	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
125	6.0.1.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
126	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
127	or higher.
128
12920180601:
130	The releng/11.2 branch has been created from stable/11@r334458.
131
13220180504:
133	The tz database (tzdb) has been updated to 2018e.  This version more
134	correctly models time stamps in time zones with negative DST such as
135	Europe/Dublin (from 1971 on), Europe/Prague (1946/7), and
136	Africa/Windhoek (1994/2017).  This does not affect the UT offsets, only
137	time zone abbreviations and the tm_isdst flag.
138
13920180409:
140	The use of RSS hash from the network card aka flowid has been
141	disabled by default for lagg(4) as it's currently incompatible with
142	the lacp and loadbalance protocols.
143
144	This can be re-enabled by setting the following in loader.conf:
145	net.link.lagg.default_use_flowid="1"
146
14720180331:
148	Clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to
149	6.0.0.  Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about
150	prerequisites and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0
151	or higher.
152
15320180211:
154	The LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT build variable as been renamed to
155	WITH/OUT_LOADER_FIREWIRE. LOADER_{NO_,}GELI_SUPPORT has been renamed
156	to WITH/OUT_LOADER_GELI.
157
15820180210:
159	The geli password typed at boot is now hidden.  To restore the previous
160	behavior, see geli(8) for configuration options.
161
162	The SW_WATCHDOG option is no longer necessary to enable the
163	hardclock-based software watchdog if no hardware watchdog is
164	configured. As before, SW_WATCHDOG will cause the software
165	watchdog to be enabled even if a hardware watchdog is configured.
166
16720180108:
168	lint(1) binaries and library are no longer built by default.  To
169	enable building them, define WITH_LINT in src.conf.  If you are using
170	a FreeBSD 12 or later system to build 11-stable, you may need to
171	install a lint(1) binary to use WITH_LINT.
172
17320171003:
174	When building multiple kernels using KERNCONF, non-existent KERNCONF
175	files will produce an error and buildkernel will fail. Previously
176	missing KERNCONF files silently failed giving no indication as to
177	why, only to subsequently discover during installkernel that the
178	desired kernel was never built in the first place.
179
18020170926:
181	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 5.0.0.
182	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
183	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
184
18520170822:
186	Since the switch to GPT disk labels, fsck for UFS/FFS has been
187	unable to automatically find alternate superblocks. As of r322806,
188	the information needed to find alternate superblocks has been
189	moved to the end of the area reserved for the boot block.
190	Filesystems created with a newfs of this vintage or later
191	will create the recovery information. If you have a filesystem
192	created prior to this change and wish to have a recovery block
193	created for your filesystem, you can do so by running fsck in
194	forground mode (i.e., do not use the -p or -y options). As it
195	starts, fsck will ask ``SAVE DATA TO FIND ALTERNATE SUPERBLOCKS''
196	to which you should answer yes.
197
19820170629:
199	The releng/11.1 branch has been created from stable/11@r320475.
200
20120170518:
202	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
203	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
204	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
205	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
206
20720170529:
208	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
209	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
210
211	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
212	via one of the following methods:
213	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
214	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
215	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
216	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
217
218	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
219
22020170511:
221	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
222	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
223	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
224	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
225	with mmc.ko).
226
22720170414:
228	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
229	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
230	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
231
23220170413:
233	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
234	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
235	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
236	This allows keep state to specified without forcing keep frags
237	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
238	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
239	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
240
24120170402:
242	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
243	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
244	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
245
24620170323:
247	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
248	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
249	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
250	change.
251
25220170319:
253	Many changes in the IPsec code have been merged from the FreeBSD-CURRENT
254	branch. The IPSEC_FILTERTUNNEL kernel option is removed in favour of
255	corresponding sysctl. The IPSEC_NAT_T kernel option is also removed,
256	and now NAT-T is supported by default. Security associations now use  
257	the single namespace for SPI allocation, so if you use several manually
258	configured security associations with the same SPI, this configuration
259	needs modification.
260
26120161217:
262	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
263	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
264	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
265
26620161124:
267	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
268	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
269	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
270
27120161119:
272	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
273	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
274	that link against it need to be recompiled.
275
27620161030:
277	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
278	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
279	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
280	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
281
28220161210:
283	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
284	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
285	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
286	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
287
28820160811:
289	The releng/11.0 branch has been created from stable/11@r303970.
290
29120160708:
292	The stable/11 branch has been created from head@r302406.
293
29420160622:
295	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
296	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
297	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
298	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
299	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
300	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
301	kernel.
302
30320160527:
304	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
305	This will effect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
306	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
307	previously contained a line like
308	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
309	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
310	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
311	generally be fine.
312
31320160523:
314	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
315	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
316	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
317	built with the old headers.
318
31920160520:
320	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
321	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
322	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
323	installing a new libc.
324
32520160517:
326	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
327	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
328	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
329	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
330	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
331	packages will be needed.
332
333	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
334	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build 
335	and the install steps.
336
33720160510:
338	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
339	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
340	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
341	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
342	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
343	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
344
34520160414:
346	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
347	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
348	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
349	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
350	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
351
352		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
353		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
354		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
355		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
356		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
357
358	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
359	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
360	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
361	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
362	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
363	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
364	vendors work.
365
366	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
367	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
368		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
369	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
370	quirks entry to 0x3.
371
37220160330:
373	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
374	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
375	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
376
37720160317:
378	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
379	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
380
38120160311:
382	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
383	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
384	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
385	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
386	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
387	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
388	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
389	stale .depend files.
390
39120160306:
392	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
393	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
394	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
395	rebooting, e.g.:
396
397	make buildworld
398	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
399	make -C sys/boot install
400	<reboot in single user>
401
402	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
403	below.
404
40520160305:
406	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
407	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
408	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
409
41020160301:
411	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
412	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
413	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
414	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
415	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
416	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
417
41820160226:
419	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
420	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
421	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
422	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
423	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
424
42520160129:
426	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
427	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
428	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
429	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
430	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
431
43220160119:
433	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
434	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
435
43620160113:
437	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
438	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
439	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
440
44120151216:
442	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
443	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
444	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
445	other loaders.
446
44720151211:
448	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
449	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
450	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
451	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
452	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
453	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
454
45520151207:
456	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
457	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
458	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
459	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
460	in src.conf(5).
461
46220151130:
463	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
464	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
465	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
466
46720151108:
468	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
469	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
470	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
471
472	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
473	collation results will be different.
474
475	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
476	locales before running make installworld.
477
478	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
479
48020151030:
481	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
482	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
483
48420151020:
485	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
486	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
487	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
488
48920151017:
490	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
491	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
492	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
493	and 'make -N' will not.
494
49520151012:
496	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
497	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
498	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
499	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
500	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
501	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
502	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
503	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
504
50520151011:
506	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
507	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
508	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
509	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
510
51120151006:
512	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
513	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
514	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
515
51620150924:
517	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
518	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
519	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
520	userland debug files.
521
522	When using the supported kernel installation method the
523	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
524	as is done with /boot/kernel.
525
526	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
527	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
528
52920150827:
530	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
531	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
532	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
533	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
534	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
535	rc.d scripts in /etc.
536
53720150827:
538	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
539	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
540	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
541
54220150817:
543	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
544	them, the kernel must have
545
546	device	random
547	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
548
549	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
550	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
551	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
552	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
553
554	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
555	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
556
55720150813:
558	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
559	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
560	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
561
56220150810:
563	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
564	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
565	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
566	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
567
568	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
569	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
570	difference with this change.
571
572	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
573	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
574	remove that workaround.
575
57620150809:
577	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
578	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
579	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
580	with:
581
582	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
583
58420150806:
585	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during 
586	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
587	loader.rc.local instead.
588
58920150805:
590	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
591	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
592	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
593
59420150728:
595	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
596	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
597	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
598
599	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
600	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
601
60220150706:
603	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
604	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
605	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
606	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
607	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
608	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
609	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
610	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
611	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
612	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
613	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
614	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
615
61620150630:
617	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
618	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
619
620	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
621	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
622	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
623
624	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
625	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
626
627	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
628	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
629	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
630
631	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
632	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
633	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
634	and it is assumed you know what you need.
635
636	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
637	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
638	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
639	behaviour from your security subsystems.
640
641	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
642	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
643	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
644	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
645	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
646	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
647	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
648	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
649	will never happen.
650
65120150623:
652	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
653	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
654
65520150616:
656	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
657	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
658
65920150615:
660	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
661	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
662	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
663	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
664	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
665
66620150614:
667	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
668	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
669	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
670	with Kyuafile and kyua.
671
67220150614:
673	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
674	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
675	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
676	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
677	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
678	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
679	2048 bit DH parameter by:
680
681	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
682	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
683	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
684	   replace it with '2'.
685	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
686	   a file path, create a new file with:
687		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
688	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
689		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
690	5. Restart sendmail:
691		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
692
693	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
694	updated.
695
69620150604:
697	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
698	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
699	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
700	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
701	5.x.
702
703	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
704
70520150525:
706	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
707	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
708	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
709
71020150521:
711	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
712	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
713	and Pandaboard:
714
715	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
716	  same but content is different now
717	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
718	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
719	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
720	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
721	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
722
72320150501:
724	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
725	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
726	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
727
72820150423:
729	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
730	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
731
73220150415:
733	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
734	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
735
73620150416:
737	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
738	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
739	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
740
74120150324:
742	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
743	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
744	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
745	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
746
74720150315:
748	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
749	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
750	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
751
75220150307:
753	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
754	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
755	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
756	kernel before rebooting.
757
75820150217:
759	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
760	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
761	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
762	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
763	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
764	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
765
76620150210:
767	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
768	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
769	with the new kernel.
770
77120150131:
772	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
773	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
774	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
775
77620150118:
777	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
778	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
779	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
780	are not already using 3.5.0.
781
78220150107:
783	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
784	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
785	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
786	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
787	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
788
78920150105:
790	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
791	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
792	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
793	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
794
79520150102:
796	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
797	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
798
79920141231:
800	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
801
802	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
803	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
804	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
805	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
806	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
807	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
808	later.
809
810	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
811	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
812	of the box.
813
814	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
815	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
816	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
817	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
818
819	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
820	the instructions for 9.x above.
821
822	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
823	default, and do not build clang.
824
825	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
826	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
827	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
828
829	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
830	the following are most likely to appear:
831
832	-Wabsolute-value
833
834	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
835	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
836	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
837	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
838	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
839	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
840	  cast, or disable the warning.
841
842	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
843	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
844	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
845	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
846	  side-effects.
847
848	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
849	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
850
851	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
852	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
853	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
854	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
855
856	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
857	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
858	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
859	unreachable could be optimized away.
860
86120141222:
862	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
863	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
864	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
865	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
866	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
867	the utilities will report errors.
868
86920141121:
870	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
871	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
872	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
873	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
874	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
875	LOCAL_DIRS.
876
87720141109:
878	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
879	has been obsolete for a very long time.
880
88120141104:
882	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
883	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
884	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
885	drivers.
886
887	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
888	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
889	indicate what you need to do.
890
891	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
892	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
893	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
894
895	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
896	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
897	  kern.vty=sc
898
89920141102:
900	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
901	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
902	execute it.
903
90420141009:
905	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
906	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
907	devel/gperf port.
908
90920140923:
910	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
911	contrib/pjdfstest .
912
91320140922:
914	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
915	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
916	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
917	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
918	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
919	their next update cycle.
920
92120140729:
922	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
923	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
924	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
925	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
926	1.12.4_8 or newer.
927
92820140723:
929	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
930	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
931
93220140719:
933	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
934	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
935	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
936	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
937	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
938	new configuration.
939
94020140709:
941	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
942	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
943	them again.
944	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
945
94620140708:
947	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
948	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
949	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
950	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
951	requires readline.
952
95320140702:
954	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
955	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
956	architecture.
957
95820140701:
959	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
960	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
961	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
962	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
963	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
964
96520140629:
966	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
967	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
968	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
969
97020140619:
971	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
972	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
973	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
974
97520140606:
976	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
977	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
978	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
979	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
980	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
981	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
982	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
983	"make installworld".
984
985	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
986	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
987	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
988	is run.
989
990	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
991	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
992	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
993	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
994	be removed during a clean upgrade.
995
99620140512:
997	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
998
99920140508:
1000	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
1001	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
1002	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
1003
100420140505:
1005	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
1006	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
1007	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
1008	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
1009	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
1010	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
1011	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
1012	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
1013	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
1014	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
1015	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
1016	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
1017
1018	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
1019	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
1020	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
1021	as well.
1022
102320140430:
1024	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
1025	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1026
102720140424:
1028	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
1029	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
1030	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
1031	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
1032	build hosts for older releases.
1033
1034	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
1035	r276991, respectively.
1036
103720140418:
1038	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
1039	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
1040	will silently lack HESIOD.
1041
104220140405:
1043	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1044	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1045	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1046	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1047	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1048	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1049	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1050	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1051	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1052	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1053	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1054	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1055
105620140306:
1057	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1058	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1059	with command line option -W.
1060
106120140226:
1062	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1063	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1064	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1065	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1066	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1067
106820140216:
1069	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1070
107120140216:
1072	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1073	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1074
107520140212:
1076	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1077	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1078	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1079	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1080	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1081
108220140204:
1083	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1084	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1085	kernel is still highly recommended.
1086
108720140131:
1088	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1089	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1090	capability mode support in kernel.
1091
109220140128:
1093	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1094	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1095	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1096	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1097	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1098
109920140110:
1100	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1101	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1102	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1103	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1104	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1105	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1106
110720131213:
1108	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1109	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1110	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1111	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1112	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1113	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1114	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1115	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1116	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1117
111820131108:
1119	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1120	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1121	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1122	should change your settings to use the latter.
1123
112420131025:
1125	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1126	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1127	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1128	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1129	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1130
113120131014:
1132	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1133	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1134	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1135	delete-old-libs":
1136	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1137	  or
1138	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1139
114020131010:
1141	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1142	revision r256279.
1143
114420131010:
1145	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1146	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1147	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1148	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1149	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1150	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1151
1152	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1153	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1154	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1155	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1156	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1157	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1158
1159	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1160	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1161	with an integer.
1162
116320130930:
1164	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1165	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1166	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1167	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1168
1169	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1170	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1171	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1172	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1173
117420130916:
1175	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1176	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1177	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1178
117920130911:
1180	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1181	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1182	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1183	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1184
118520130906:
1186	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1187	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1188	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1189	options in src.conf.
1190
119120130905:
1192	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1193	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1194	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1195	'options PROCDESC'.
1196
119720130905:
1198	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1199	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1200	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1201	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1202	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1203	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1204
120520130903:
1206	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1207	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1208	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1209
121020130821:
1211	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1212	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1213	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1214
121520130813:
1216	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1217	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1218	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1219	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1220	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1221	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1222
122320130806:
1224	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1225	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1226	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1227	explicitly.
1228	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1229	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1230	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1231	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1232	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1233
123420130806:
1235	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1236	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1237	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1238	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1239	to r253970 or later.
1240
124120130802:
1242	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1243	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1244	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1245	would result:
1246
1247	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1248
1249	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1250	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1251	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1252	old as well as the new version of find.
1253
125420130726:
1255	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1256	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1257	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1258	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1259	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1260
126120130716:
1262	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1263	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1264	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1265
1266	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1267
1268	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1269	users are advised to upgrade.
1270
127120130709:
1272	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1273	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1274
127520130709:
1276	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1277	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1278	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1279
128020130618:
1281	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1282	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1283	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1284	write access to that file.
1285
128620130615:
1287	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1288	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1289
129020130613:
1291	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1292
1293		make: illegal option -- J
1294		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1295			...
1296		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1297
1298	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1299	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1300	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1301	you see the above error:
1302
1303		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1304
1305	should resolve it.
1306
130720130516:
1308	Use bmake by default.
1309	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1310	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1311	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1312
1313	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1314	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1315	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1316	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1317	behavior in parallel build.
1318
131920130429:
1320        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1321
132220130426:
1323	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1324	the IDEA patent expired.
1325
132620130426:
1327	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1328	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1329	enabled by default.
1330
133120130425:
1332	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1333	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1334	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1335	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1336	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1337	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1338	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1339	&& make install).
1340
134120130404:
1342	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1343	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1344	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1345	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1346	and removed.
1347
134820130319:
1349	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1350	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1351	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1352	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1353
135420130308:
1355	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1356	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1357
135820130304:
1359	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1360	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1361	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1362	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1363	is requested.
1364
1365	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1366	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1367	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1368	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1369	in /boot/loader.conf.
1370
137120130301:
1372	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1373	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1374	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1375	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1376	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1377
137820130208:
1379	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1380	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1381
1382	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1383	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1384
138520130129:
1386	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1387	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1388	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1389	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1390	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1391
139220130121:
1393	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1394	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1395	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1396	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1397	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1398	/etc/src.conf.
1399
140020130118:
1401	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1402	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1403	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1404	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1405	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1406	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1407	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1408
140920121223:
1410	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1411	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1412	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1413
141420121222:
1415	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1416	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1417	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1418	be updated.
1419
142020121217:
1421	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1422	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1423	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1424
1425		savecore_flags=""
1426
142720121201:
1428	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1429	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1430	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1431
143220121117:
1433	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1434	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1435	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1436	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1437	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1438	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1439
144020121105:
1441	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1442	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1443	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1444	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1445	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1446	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1447	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1448	branch point).
1449
145020121102:
1451	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1452	functionality now turned on by default.
1453
145420121023:
1455	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1456	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1457	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1458	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1459	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1460	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1461	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1462	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1463	of the two kernel options.
1464
146520121023:
1466	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1467	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1468	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1469	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1470
147120121022:
1472	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1473	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1474	recompiled.
1475
147620121018:
1477	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1478	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1479	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1480
148120121016:
1482	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1483	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1484	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1485	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1486	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1487
148820121015:
1489	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1490	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1491	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1492	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1493
149420121014:
1495	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1496
149720121013:
1498	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1499	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1500	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1501	knob has also gone.
1502
150320121006:
1504	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1505	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1506	with new kernel.
1507
150820121001:
1509	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1510	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1511	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1512
151320120913:
1514	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1515	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1516	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1517	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1518	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1519	configurations.
1520
152120120908:
1522	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1523	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1524
152520120828:
1526	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1527	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1528	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1529	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1530	manual page.
1531
153220120727:
1533	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1534	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1535	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1536
153720120712:
1538	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1539	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1540	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1541
154220120712:
1543	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1544	with other variables:
1545	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1546	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1547
154820120628:
1549	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1550	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1551	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1552	installed as "bsdsort".
1553
155420120611:
1555	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1556	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1557	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1558	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1559	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1560	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1561	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1562	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1563	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1564
156520120417:
1566	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1567	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1568	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1569	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1570	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1571	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1572	NAMESPACE section).
1573
157420120328:
1575	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1576	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1577	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1578	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1579	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1580	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1581	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1582
158320120306:
1584	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1585	platforms.
1586
158720120229:
1588	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1589	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1590	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1591	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1592	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1593	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1594
159520120211:
1596	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1597	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1598	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1599	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1600	comes from 20111215.
1601
160220120114:
1603	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1604	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1605	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1606	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1607
1608	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1609	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1610
161120120109:
1612	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1613	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1614	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1615	tunable/sysctl.
1616	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1617
161820111215:
1619	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1620	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1621	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1622	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1623	not supported anymore.
1624
1625	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1626	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1627	need to be recompiled.
1628
162920111122:
1630	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1631	/dev/wmistat0.
1632
163320111108:
1634	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1635	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1636	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1637	time.
1638
163920111101:
1640	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1641	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1642
164320110930:
1644	sysinstall has been removed
1645
164620110923:
1647	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1648	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1649
1650COMMON ITEMS:
1651
1652	General Notes
1653	-------------
1654	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1655	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1656	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1657	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1658	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1659	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1660	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1661
1662	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1663	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1664	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1665	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1666	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1667
1668	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1669	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1670	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1671	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1672	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1673
1674	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1675	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1676	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1677	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1678
1679	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1680	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1681	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1682	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1683	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1684	should write them with this in mind.
1685
1686	ZFS notes
1687	---------
1688	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1689	these two steps:
1690
1691	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1692	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1693
1694	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1695
1696	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1697	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1698	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1699
1700	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1701
1702	To build a kernel
1703	-----------------
1704	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1705	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1706	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1707
1708	make kernel-toolchain
1709	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1710	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1711
1712	To test a kernel once
1713	---------------------
1714	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1715	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1716	debugging information) run
1717	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1718	nextboot -k testkernel
1719
1720	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1721	--------------------------------------------------------------
1722	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1723	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1724	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1725
1726	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1727	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1728	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1729	make depend
1730	make
1731	make install
1732
1733	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1734
1735	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1736	-----------------------------------------------------------
1737	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1738	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1739
1740	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1741	make buildworld
1742	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1743							[1]
1744	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1745	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1746	make installworld
1747	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1748	make delete-old					[6]
1749	<reboot>
1750
1751	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1752	--------------------------------------------------
1753	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1754	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1755	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1756	# size.
1757
1758	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1759	<boot into -stable>
1760	make buildworld
1761	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1762	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1763	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1764	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1765	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1766	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1767	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1768	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1769	<reboot into current>
1770	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1771	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1772	<reboot>
1773
1774
1775	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1776	----------------------------------------------
1777	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1778	make buildworld					[9]
1779	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1780							[1]
1781	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1782	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1783	make installworld
1784	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1785	make delete-old					[6]
1786	<reboot>
1787
1788	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1789	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1790	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1791	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1792	the UPDATING entries.
1793
1794	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1795	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1796	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1797	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1798	much fewer pitfalls.
1799
1800	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1801	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1802	system on reboot.
1803
1804	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1805		fsck -p
1806		mount -u /
1807		mount -a
1808		cd src
1809		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1810	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1811	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1812
1813	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1814	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1815	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1816	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1817	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1818	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1819	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1820
1821	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1822	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1823	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1824	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1825	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1826	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1827
1828	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1829	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1830	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1831
1832	[8] The new kernel must be able to run existing binaries used by
1833	an installworld.  When upgrading across major versions, the new
1834	kernel's configuration must include the correct COMPAT_FREEBSD<n>
1835	option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x
1836	binaries).  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1837	hard to boot to recover.  A GENERIC kernel will include suitable
1838	compatibility options to run binaries from older branches.
1839
1840	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1841	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1842
1843	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1844	cvs prune empty directories.
1845
1846	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1847	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1848	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1849
1850	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1851	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1852	warn if it is improperly defined.
1853FORMAT:
1854
1855This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1856breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1857list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1858If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1859to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1860
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