UPDATING revision 217309
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook.
8
9Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
10/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
11
12NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW:
13	FreeBSD 9.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
14	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
15	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
16	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
17	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
18	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
19	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
20	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
21	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
22	machines to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
23	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
24
2520110112:
26	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
27	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
28	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
29	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
30	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
31	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
32
3320110103:
34	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
35	the following warning:
36"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
37	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
38	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
39	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
40	install it on your system.
41
42	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
43	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
44	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old systems
45	will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
46
4720101228:
48	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
49	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
50	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
51	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
52	be recompiled.
53
5420101114:
55	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
56	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
57	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
58	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
59	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
60	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
61	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
62	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
63	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
64	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
65	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
66	it, for example via:
67		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
68
69	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
70	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
71	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
72	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
73	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
74	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
75		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
76
77	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
78	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
79
8020101111:
81	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
82	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
83	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
84	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
85	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
86
8720101002:
88	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
89	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
90	migrate local entries to the new format.
91
9220100928:
93	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
94	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
95	upstream sshd.
96
9720100915:
98	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
99	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
100	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
101	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
102	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
103	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
104
10520100913:
106	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
107	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
108
109	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
110	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
111	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
112	default is "AUTO".
113
114	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
115	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
116	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
117	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
118	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
119
120	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
121	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
122	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
123
12420100913:
125	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
126	now i386 and amd64 only.
127	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
128	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
129	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
130	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
131	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
132	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
133
13420100725:
135	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
136	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
137
13820100722:
139	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
140	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
141	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
142	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
143	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
144	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
145	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
146	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
147	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
148	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
149	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
150
15120100713:
152	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
153	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
154	    machine powerpc powerpc
155
156	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
157	after this change.
158
15920100713:
160	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
161	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
162	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
163	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
164	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
165
16620100429:
167	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
168	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
169	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
170	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
171	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
172 
17320100402:
174	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
175	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
176	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
177	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
178	WITH_CTF=yes").
179	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
180	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
181	to unwanted behavior.
182
18320100311:
184	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
185	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
186	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
187	be modified accordingly.
188
18920100113:
190	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
191	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
192	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
193	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
194	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
195	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
196
197	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
198	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
199	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
200	use of utmpx.
201
202	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
203	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
204	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
205	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
206	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
207
20820100108:
209	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
210	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
211	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
212
21320091202:
214	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
215	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
216	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
217	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
218	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
219
220		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
221		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
222		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
223
224	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
225
22620091125:
227	8.0-RELEASE.
228
22920091113:
230	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
231	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
232	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
233	operation of applications on the console.
234
235	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
236	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
237	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
238	cons25.
239
240	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
241	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
242	performed by syscons(4).
243
24420091109:
245	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
246	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
247	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
248
249	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
250	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
251	new structure.
252
25320091025:
254	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
255	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
256	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
257	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
258	your wireless card, use the the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
259	iwn5150fw.
260
26120090926:
262	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
263	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
264
265	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
266	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
267	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
268
269	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
270	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
271
272	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
273	   they are obsolete.
274
275	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
276	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
277
278	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
279	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
280	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
281
282	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
283	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
284	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
285	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
286	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
287	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
288	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
289	   using ifconfig(8) like:
290
291		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
292
293	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
294	   IPv6-preferred.
295
296	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
297
298	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
299	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
300	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
301	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
302	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
303
30420090922:
305	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
306	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
307
30820090912:
309	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
310	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
311	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
312	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
313	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
314	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
315
31620090910:
317	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
318	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
319
32020090825:
321	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
322	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
323	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
324	is 1000.
325
32620090813:
327	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
328	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
329	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
330
33120090803:
332	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
333	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
334
33520090719:
336	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
337	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
338	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
339
34020090714:
341	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
342	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
343	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
344
34520090713:
346	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
347	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
348	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
349	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
350	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
351
35220090712: 
353	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
354	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
355	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
356	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
357	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
358
35920090630:
360	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
361	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
362	may need to be adjusted.
363
36420090629:
365	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
366	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
367	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
368	with routing sockets.
369
37020090628:
371	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
372	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
373	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
374
37520090624:
376	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
377	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
378	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
379	800100.
380
38120090622:
382	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
383	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
384	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
385
38620090619:
387	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
388	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
389	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
390	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
391	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
392	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
393	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
394	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
395
396	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
397	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
398	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
399	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
400	authentication method is used.
401
40220090616: 
403	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
404	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
405	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
406	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
407	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
408
40920090613:
410	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
411	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
412
41320090611:
414	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
415	be rebuilt.
416
41720090608:
418	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
419	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
420
42120090602:
422	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
423	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
424
42520090601:
426	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
427	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
428	re-compiled.
429
43020090601:
431	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
432	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
433	rebuilt.
434	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
435
43620090530:
437	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
438	more valid.
439
44020090530:
441	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
442	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
443
44420090529:
445	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
446	rebuilt.
447	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
448
44920090528:
450	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
451	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
452	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
453	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
454	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
455	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
456
45720090527:
458	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
459	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
460
46120090523:
462	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
463	need to be rebuilt.
464	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
465
46620090523:
467	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
468	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
469
47020090520:
471	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
472	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
473
47420090520:
475	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
476	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
477	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
478	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
479	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
480
48120090430:
482	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
483	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
484	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
485	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
486	correctly checking networking state from userland.
487	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
488
48920090429:
490	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
491	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
492	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
493	follows the IPv4 implementation.
494
495	For kernel developers:
496
497	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
498	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
499	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
500
501	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
502	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
503	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
504	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
505
506	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
507	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
508	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
509	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
510	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
511	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
512	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
513	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
514	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
515	     multicast membership on-link.
516	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
517	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
518	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
519
520	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
521	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
522	  stack.
523	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
524	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
525	  semantics.
526
527	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
528	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
529	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
530	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
531
532	For application developers:
533
534	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
535	  stack.
536
537	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
538	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
539
540	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
541	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
542	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
543	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
544
545	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
546	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
547	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
548	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
549	  Multicast Source Filters'.
550
551	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
552
553	For systems administrators:
554
555	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
556	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
557	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
558	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
559	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
560
561	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
562	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
563
564	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
565	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
566	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
567	  recommended for optimal system performance.
568
569	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
570	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
571	  back forwarded datagrams.
572
573	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
574
57520090422:
576	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
577	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
578
57920090419:
580	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
581	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
582	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
583	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
584
58520090415:
586	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
587	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
588	state will require a world rebuild.
589	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
590
59120090415:
592	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
593	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
594	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
595
59620090414:
597	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
598	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
599	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
600	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
601	load balancing.
602	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
603
60420090408:
605	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
606	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
607	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
608	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
609	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
610	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
611	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
612	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
613
61420090407:
615	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
616	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
617	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
618
61920090320:
620	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
621	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
622	introduces some changes:
623
624	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
625	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
626	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
627
628	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
629	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
630	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
631	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
632
633	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
634	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
635	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
636	the "386BSD" type).
637
638	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
639
64020090319:
641	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
642	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
643	(supported by sane).
644
64520090319:
646	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
647	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
648	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
649	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
650	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
651
65220090315:
653	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
654	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
655	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
656	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
657	used.
658
65920090313:
660	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
661	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
662	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
663	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
664
66520090313:
666	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
667	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
668
66920090309:
670	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
671	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
672
673	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
674	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
675	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
676
677	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
678	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
679	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
680	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
681	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
682	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
683	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
684	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
685
686	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
687	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
688	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
689	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
690	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
691	to preserve the existing behaviour.
692
693	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
694	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
695	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
696	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
697	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
698
699	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
700	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
701	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
702	via IGMP.
703
704	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
705	recompiled to reflect this.
706	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
707
70820090309:
709	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
710	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
711	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
712	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
713	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
714	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
715
71620090302:
717	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
718	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
719	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
720	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
721	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
722	raised to allow such segments to be created.
723
72420090301:
725	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
726	network device driver modules.
727
72820090227:
729	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
730	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
731
73220090223:
733	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
734	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
735	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
736	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
737	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
738	apply.
739
74020090217:
741	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
742	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
743	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
744	use the new name.
745
74620090216:
747	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
748	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
749	add
750		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
751	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
752	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
753
75420090215:
755	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
756	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
757	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
758	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
759	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
760	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
761
762	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
763	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
764	be used for this:
765		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
766		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
767
76820090209:
769	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
770	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
771	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
772
77320090203:
774	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
775	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
776	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
777	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
778	same interface.
779
78020090201:
781	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
782	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
783
78420090119:
785	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
786	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
787	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
788	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
789	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
790	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
791
79220090115:
793	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
794	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
795	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
796	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
797
79820081225:
799	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
800	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
801	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
802	in next mpd5.3 release.
803
80420081219:
805	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
806	the base system (it was a port).
807
80820081216:
809	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
810	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
811
81220081214:
813	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
814	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
815	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
816	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
817	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
818	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
819	none of the L2 information.
820
82120081130:
822	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
823	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
824
825	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
826
827	to their kernel config files when specifying:
828
829	device	ath_hal
830
831	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
832	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
833	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
834	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
835
83620081121:
837	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
838	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
839	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
840	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
841	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
842	packets.
843
84420081117:
845	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
846	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
847	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
848	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
849
85020081028:
851	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
852
85320081009:
854	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
855	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
856	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
857	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
858	controller add the following to loader.conf:
859
860		uhci_load="YES"
861		ehci_load="YES"
862
86320081009:
864	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
865	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
866	sync.
867
86820081009:
869	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
870	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
871	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
872	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
873	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
874	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
875	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
876
87720080820:
878	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
879	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
880	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
881	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
882	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
883
884	PCI/ISA:
885		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
886
887	USB:
888		ubser, ucycom
889
890	Line disciplines:
891		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
892
893	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
894	cause compilation to fail.
895
89620080818:
897	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
898
89920080801:
900	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
901
902	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
903	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
904	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
905	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
906	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
907	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
908	accepting the RSA key.
909
910	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
911	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
912	command line.
913
914	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
915	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
916	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
917	behavior.
918
91920080713:
920	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
921	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
922	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
923
924	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
925	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
926	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
927	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
928	use the new device names.
929
930	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
931	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
932	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
933	at the loader prompt:
934
935		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
936		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
937		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
938		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
939		boot -s
940
94120080609:
942	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
943	disks instead.
944
94520080603:
946	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
947	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
948	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
949	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
950
95120080525:
952	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
953	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
954
95520080509:
956	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
957	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
958	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
959	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
960	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
961
96220080420:
963	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
964	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
965	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
966	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
967	For example, change:
968		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
969	to
970		wlans_ath0=wlan0
971		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
972	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
973	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
974	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
975
976	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
977	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
978	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
979
98020080408:
981	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
982	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
983	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
984	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
985	other operation levels.
986
98720080312:
988	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
989	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
990	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
991	compatibility with any prior release:
992
993	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
994	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
995	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
996
99720080301:
998	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
999	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1000	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1001	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1002	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1003	nonetheless.
1004
100520080229:
1006	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1007	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1008	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1009	with older hardware easier to do.
1010
101120080220:
1012	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1013	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1014
101520080211:
1016	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1017	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1018	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1019	firewall rules.
1020
102120080208:
1022	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1023	mbuf chains.
1024
102520080126:
1026	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1027	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1028	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1029	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1030	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1031	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1032	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1033	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1034	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1035	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1036	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1037	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1038
103920080123:
1040	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1041	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1042	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1043
104420071128:
1045	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1046	functionality is the default now.
1047
104820071118:
1049	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1050	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1051	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1052	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1053	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1054
1055	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1056	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1057	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1058
105920071024:
1060	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1061	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1062	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1063	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1064	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1065	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1066	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1067	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1068	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1069	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1070	however.
1071
107220071020:
1073	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1074	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1075	used kproc_start()..
1076	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1077	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1078	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1079
108020071010:
1081	RELENG_7 branched.
1082
1083COMMON ITEMS:
1084
1085	General Notes
1086	-------------
1087	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1088	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1089	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1090	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1091	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1092	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1093	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1094
1095	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1096	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1097	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1098	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1099	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1100
1101	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1102	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1103	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1104	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1105	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1106
1107	ZFS notes
1108	---------
1109	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1110	these two steps:
1111
1112	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1113	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1114
1115	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1116
1117	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1118	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1119	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1120
1121	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1122
1123	To build a kernel
1124	-----------------
1125	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1126	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1127	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1128
1129	make kernel-toolchain
1130	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1131	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1132
1133	To test a kernel once
1134	---------------------
1135	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1136	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1137	debugging information) run
1138	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1139	nextboot -k testkernel
1140
1141	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1142	--------------------------------------------------------------
1143	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1144	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1145	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1146
1147	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1148	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1149	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1150	make depend
1151	make
1152	make install
1153
1154	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1155
1156	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1157	-----------------------------------------------------------
1158	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1159	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1160
1161	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1162	make buildworld
1163	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1164							[1]
1165	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1166	mergemaster -p					[5]
1167	make installworld
1168	mergemaster -i					[4]
1169	make delete-old					[6]
1170	<reboot>
1171
1172
1173	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1174	--------------------------------------------------
1175	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1176	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1177	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1178	# size.
1179
1180	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1181	<boot into -stable>
1182	make buildworld
1183	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1184	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1185	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1186	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1187	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1188	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1189	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1190	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1191	<reboot into current>
1192	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1193	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1194	<reboot>
1195
1196
1197	To upgrade in-place from 8.x-stable to current
1198	----------------------------------------------
1199	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1200	make buildworld					[9]
1201	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1202							[1]
1203	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1204	mergemaster -p					[5]
1205	make installworld
1206	mergemaster -i					[4]
1207	make delete-old					[6]
1208	<reboot>
1209
1210	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1211	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1212	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1213	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1214	the UPDATING entries.
1215
1216	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1217	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1218	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1219	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1220	much fewer pitfalls.
1221
1222	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1223	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1224	system on reboot.
1225
1226	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1227		fsck -p
1228		mount -u /
1229		mount -a
1230		cd src
1231		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1232	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1233	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1234
1235	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1236	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1237	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1238	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1239	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1240	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1241	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1242
1243	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1244	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1245	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1246	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1247	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1248	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1249
1250	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1251	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1252	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1253
1254	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1255	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1256	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1257	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1258	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1259	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1260
1261	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1262	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1263
1264	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1265	cvs prune empty directories.
1266
1267	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1268	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1269	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1270
1271	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1272	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1273	warn if it is improperly defined.
1274FORMAT:
1275
1276This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1277breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1278and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
1279previous releases if your system is older than this.
1280
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