UPDATING revision 293896
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook:
8
9    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
1420160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
15			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
16			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
17			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
18			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
19			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
20			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
21			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
22
23	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
24	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
25	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
26	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
27	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
28	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
29	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
30	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
31
3220151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
33	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
34
3520151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
36
37	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
38
3920151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
40			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
41			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
42
43	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
44	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
45
46	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
47	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
48
49	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
50
51	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
52	memory address. [EN-15:20]
53
5420151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
55
56	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
57
58	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
59	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
60	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
61	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
62
6320151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
64	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
65
6620150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
67
68	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
69
7020150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
71
72	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
73
7420150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
75
76	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
77
7820150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
79			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
80			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
81
82	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
83
84	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
85
86	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
87	[EN-15:15]
88
8920150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
90
91	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
92	[SA-15:20]
93
9420150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
95
96	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
97
9820150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
99			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
100			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
101
102	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
103
104	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
105
106	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
107
10820150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
109
110	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
111	[SA-15:13]
112
11320150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
114	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
115
11620150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
117			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
118
119	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
120
121	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
122	[EN-15:09]
123
12420150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
125	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
126
12720150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
128	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
129
13020150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
131
132	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
133	of service issues.
134
13520150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
136
137	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
138	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
139
14020150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
141			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
142			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
143
144	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
145
146	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
147
148	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
149
15020150320:	p12
151	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
152
15320150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
154	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
155
15620150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
157			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
158			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
159			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
160			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
161
162	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
163
164	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
165
166	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
167
168	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
169
170	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
171
17220150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
173			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
174
175	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
176	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
177
178	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
179
18020150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
181	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
182
18320141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
184			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
185
186	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
187	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
188
18920141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
190			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
191
192	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
193	[SA-14:28]
194
195	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
196
19720141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
198			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
199			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
200
201	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
202	[SA-14:25]
203
204	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
205
206	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
207
20820141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
209			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
210
211	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
212
213	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
214
21520141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
216			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
217			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
218			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
219
220	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
221
222	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
223
224	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
225
226	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
227
22820140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
229	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
230
23120140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
232	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
233
23420140716:
235	9.3-RELEASE.
236
23720140608:
238	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
239	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
240	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
241	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
242	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
243
24420140512:
245	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
246
24720140321:
248	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
249
25020140216:
251	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
252	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
253	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
254	the nfe(4) driver instead.
255
25620131216:
257	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
258	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
259	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
260	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
261	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
262	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
263	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
264	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
265	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
266
26720130930:
268	9.2-RELEASE.
269
27020130823:
271	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
272	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
273	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
274	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
275	subdirectories must be reviewed.
276
27720130705:
278	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
279	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
280
28120130618:
282        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
283        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
284        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
285        write access to that file.
286
28720130605:
288	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
289	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
290
291	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
292	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
293	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
294	to disable this behaviour.
295
296	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
297	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
298	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
299
300	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
301	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
302
30320130524:
304	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
305	equivalent of `status' command.
306	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
307	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
308	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
309
31020130430:
311	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
312	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
313	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
314	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
315	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
316	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
317	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
318	&& make install).
319
320	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
321	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
322	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
323	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
324	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
325	/etc/src.conf.
326
32720130429:
328	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
329
33020130315:
331	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
332	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
333	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
334	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
335	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
336	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
337	used expected to be extremely rare.
338
33920130225:
340	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
341	zpool-features(7) for more information.
342
343	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
344	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
345
34620121224:
347	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
348	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
349	recompiled.
350
35120121218:
352	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
353	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
354	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
355
35620121205:
357	9.1-RELEASE.
358
35920121129:
360	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
361	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
362	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
363	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
364	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
365	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
366	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
367	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
368	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
369
37020121114:
371	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
372	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
373	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
374	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
375	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
376
37720121102:
378	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
379	functionality now turned on by default.
380
38120120913:
382	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
383	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
384	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
385	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
386	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
387	configurations.
388
38920120829:
390	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
391	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
392	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
393	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
394
39520120727:
396	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
397	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
398	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
399
40020120422:
401	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
402	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
403	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
404	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
405	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
406	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
407
40820120109:
409	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
410	/dev/wmistat0.
411
41220120106:
413	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
414	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
415
41620120106:
417	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
418	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
419	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
420
42120120106:
422	9.0-RELEASE.
423
42420111101:
425	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
426	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
427
42820110913:
429	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
430	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
431	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
432	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
433	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
434	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
435	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
436	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
437	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
438	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
439
44020110828:
441	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
442	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
443	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
444	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
445
44620110815:
447	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
448	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
449	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
450	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
451
452	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
453	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
454	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
455
45620110628:
457	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
458	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
459	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
460	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
461
46220110608:
463	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
464		machdep.hlt_cpus
465		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
466	The following sysctl is retired:
467		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
468	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
469	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
470	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
471	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
472	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
473	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
474	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
475	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
476	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
477	a default scheduler.
478
47920110607:
480	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
481	a mask of CPUs.
482
48320110531:
484	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
485	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
486	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
487	world.
488
48920110513:
490	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
491
49220110503:
493	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
494	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
495	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
496	drivers need to be recompiled.
497
498	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
499	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
500	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
501	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
502	branches.
503
50420110430:
505	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
506	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
507
50820110427:
509	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
510	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
511	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
512	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
513	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
514	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
515	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
516	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
517	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
518	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
519	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
520	
521	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
522
523	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
524	a diskless root fs use the old client.
525
52620110424:
527	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
528	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
529	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
530	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
531	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
532	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
533	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
534	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
535	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
536	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
537	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
538	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
539
540	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
541	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
542	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
543	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
544	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
545	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
546	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
547	them are parts of the cam module.
548
549	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
550	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
551	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
552
553	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
554	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
555	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
556	    options        ATA_CAM
557	    device         ahci
558	    device         mvs
559	    device         siis
560	, and instead add back:
561	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
562	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
563	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
564	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
565	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
566
56720110423:
568	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
569	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
570	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
571	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
572	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
573	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
574
57520110418:
576	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
577	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
578	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
579
58020110331:
581	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
582	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
583	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
584	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
585	in order to use ath on everything else.
586
587	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
588	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
589
59020110314:
591	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
592	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
593	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
594
59520110218:
596	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
597	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
598	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
599	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
600	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
601	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
602
60320110218:
604	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
605	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
606	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
607	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
608	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
609	authentication).
610	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
611	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
612
61320110207:
614	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
615	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
616	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
617	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
618	The function remains undocumented.
619
62020110112:
621	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
622	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
623	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
624	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
625	systems where the define is not present can check against
626	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
627
628	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
629	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
630	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
631	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
632	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
633	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
634
63520110103:
636	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
637	the following warning:
638	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
639	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
640	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
641	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
642	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
643	install it on your system.
644
645	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
646	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
647	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
648	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
649
65020101228:
651	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
652	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
653	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
654	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
655	be recompiled.
656
65720101114:
658	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
659	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
660	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
661	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
662	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
663	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
664	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
665	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
666	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
667	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
668	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
669	it, for example via:
670		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
671
672	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
673	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
674	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
675	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
676	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
677	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
678		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
679
680	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
681	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
682
68320101111:
684	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
685	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
686	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
687	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
688	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
689
69020101002:
691	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
692	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
693	migrate local entries to the new format.
694
69520100928:
696	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
697	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
698	upstream sshd.
699
70020100915:
701	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
702	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
703	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
704	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
705	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
706	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
707
70820100913:
709	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
710	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
711
712	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
713	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
714	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
715	default is "AUTO".
716
717	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
718	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
719	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
720	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
721	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
722
723	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
724	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
725	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
726
72720100913:
728	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
729	now i386 and amd64 only.
730	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
731	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
732	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
733	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
734	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
735	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
736
73720100725:
738	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
739	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
740
74120100722:
742	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
743	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
744	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
745	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
746	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
747	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
748	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
749	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
750	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
751	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
752	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
753
75420100713:
755	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
756	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
757	    machine powerpc powerpc
758
759	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
760	after this change.
761
76220100713:
763	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
764	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
765	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
766	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
767	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
768
76920100429:
770	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
771	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
772	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
773	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
774	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
775 
77620100402:
777	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
778	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
779	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
780	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
781	WITH_CTF=yes").
782	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
783	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
784	to unwanted behavior.
785
78620100311:
787	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
788	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
789	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
790	be modified accordingly.
791
79220100113:
793	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
794	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
795	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
796	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
797	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
798	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
799
800	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
801	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
802	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
803	use of utmpx.
804
805	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
806	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
807	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
808	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
809	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
810
81120100108:
812	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
813	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
814	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
815
81620091202:
817	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
818	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
819	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
820	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
821	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
822
823		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
824		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
825		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
826
827	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
828
82920091125:
830	8.0-RELEASE.
831
83220091113:
833	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
834	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
835	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
836	operation of applications on the console.
837
838	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
839	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
840	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
841	cons25.
842
843	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
844	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
845	performed by syscons(4).
846
84720091109:
848	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
849	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
850	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
851
852	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
853	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
854	new structure.
855
85620091025:
857	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
858	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
859	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
860	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
861	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
862	iwn5150fw.
863
86420090926:
865	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
866	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
867
868	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
869	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
870	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
871
872	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
873	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
874
875	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
876	   they are obsolete.
877
878	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
879	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
880
881	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
882	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
883	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
884
885	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
886	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
887	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
888	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
889	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
890	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
891	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
892	   using ifconfig(8) like:
893
894		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
895
896	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
897	   IPv6-preferred.
898
899	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
900
901	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
902	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
903	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
904	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
905	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
906
90720090922:
908	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
909	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
910
91120090912:
912	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
913	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
914	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
915	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
916	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
917	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
918
91920090910:
920	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
921	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
922
92320090825:
924	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
925	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
926	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
927	is 1000.
928
92920090813:
930	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
931	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
932	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
933
93420090803:
935	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
936	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
937
93820090719:
939	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
940	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
941	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
942
94320090714:
944	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
945	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
946	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
947
94820090713:
949	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
950	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
951	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
952	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
953	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
954
95520090712: 
956	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
957	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
958	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
959	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
960	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
961
96220090630:
963	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
964	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
965	may need to be adjusted.
966
96720090629:
968	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
969	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
970	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
971	with routing sockets.
972
97320090628:
974	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
975	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
976	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
977
97820090624:
979	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
980	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
981	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
982	800100.
983
98420090622:
985	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
986	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
987	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
988
98920090619:
990	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
991	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
992	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
993	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
994	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
995	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
996	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
997	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
998
999	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1000	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1001	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1002	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1003	authentication method is used.
1004
100520090616: 
1006	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1007	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1008	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1009	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1010	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1011
101220090613:
1013	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1014	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1015
101620090611:
1017	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1018	be rebuilt.
1019
102020090608:
1021	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1022	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1023
102420090602:
1025	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1026	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1027
102820090601:
1029	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1030	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1031	re-compiled.
1032
103320090601:
1034	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1035	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1036	rebuilt.
1037	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1038
103920090530:
1040	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1041	more valid.
1042
104320090530:
1044	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1045	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1046
104720090529:
1048	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1049	rebuilt.
1050	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1051
105220090528:
1053	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1054	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1055	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1056	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1057	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1058	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1059
106020090527:
1061	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1062	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1063
106420090523:
1065	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1066	need to be rebuilt.
1067	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1068
106920090523:
1070	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1071	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1072
107320090520:
1074	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1075	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1076
107720090520:
1078	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1079	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1080	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1081	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1082	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1083
108420090430:
1085	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1086	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1087	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1088	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1089	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1090	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1091
109220090429:
1093	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1094	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1095	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1096	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1097
1098	For kernel developers:
1099
1100	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1101	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1102	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1103
1104	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1105	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1106	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1107	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1108
1109	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1110	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1111	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1112	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1113	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1114	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1115	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1116	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1117	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1118	     multicast membership on-link.
1119	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1120	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1121	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1122
1123	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1124	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1125	  stack.
1126	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1127	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1128	  semantics.
1129
1130	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1131	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1132	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1133	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1134
1135	For application developers:
1136
1137	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1138	  stack.
1139
1140	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1141	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1142
1143	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1144	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1145	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1146	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1147
1148	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1149	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1150	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1151	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1152	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1153
1154	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1155
1156	For systems administrators:
1157
1158	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1159	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1160	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1161	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1162	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1163
1164	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1165	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1166
1167	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1168	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1169	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1170	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1171
1172	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1173	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1174	  back forwarded datagrams.
1175
1176	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1177
117820090422:
1179	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1180	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1181
118220090419:
1183	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1184	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1185	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1186	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1187
118820090415:
1189	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1190	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1191	state will require a world rebuild.
1192	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1193
119420090415:
1195	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1196	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1197	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1198
119920090414:
1200	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1201	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1202	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1203	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1204	load balancing.
1205	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1206
120720090408:
1208	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1209	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1210	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1211	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1212	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1213	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1214	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1215	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1216
121720090407:
1218	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1219	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1220	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1221
122220090320:
1223	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1224	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1225	introduces some changes:
1226
1227	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1228	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1229	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1230
1231	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1232	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1233	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1234	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1235
1236	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1237	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1238	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1239	the "386BSD" type).
1240
1241	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1242
124320090319:
1244	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1245	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1246	(supported by sane).
1247
124820090319:
1249	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1250	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1251	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1252	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1253	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1254
125520090315:
1256	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1257	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1258	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1259	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1260	used.
1261
126220090313:
1263	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1264	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1265	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1266	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1267
126820090313:
1269	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1270	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1271
127220090309:
1273	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1274	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1275
1276	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1277	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1278	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1279
1280	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1281	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1282	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1283	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1284	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1285	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1286	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1287	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1288
1289	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1290	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1291	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1292	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1293	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1294	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1295
1296	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1297	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1298	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1299	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1300	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1301
1302	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1303	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1304	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1305	via IGMP.
1306
1307	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1308	recompiled to reflect this.
1309	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1310
131120090309:
1312	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1313	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1314	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1315	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1316	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1317	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1318
131920090302:
1320	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1321	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1322	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1323	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1324	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1325	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1326
132720090301:
1328	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1329	network device driver modules.
1330
133120090227:
1332	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1333	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1334
133520090223:
1336	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1337	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1338	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1339	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1340	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1341	apply.
1342
134320090217:
1344	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1345	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1346	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1347	use the new name.
1348
134920090216:
1350	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1351	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1352	add
1353		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1354	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1355	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1356
135720090215:
1358	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1359	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1360	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1361	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1362	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1363	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1364
1365	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1366	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1367	be used for this:
1368		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1369		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1370
137120090209:
1372	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1373	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1374	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1375
137620090203:
1377	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1378	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1379	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1380	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1381	same interface.
1382
138320090201:
1384	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1385	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1386
138720090119:
1388	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1389	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1390	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1391	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1392	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1393	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1394
139520090115:
1396	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1397	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1398	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1399	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1400
140120081225:
1402	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1403	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1404	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1405	in next mpd5.3 release.
1406
140720081219:
1408	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1409	the base system (it was a port).
1410
141120081216:
1412	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1413	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1414
141520081214:
1416	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1417	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1418	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1419	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1420	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1421	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1422	none of the L2 information.
1423
142420081130:
1425	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1426	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1427
1428	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1429
1430	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1431
1432	device	ath_hal
1433
1434	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1435	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1436	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1437	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1438
143920081121:
1440	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1441	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1442	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1443	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1444	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1445	packets.
1446
144720081117:
1448	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1449	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1450	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1451	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1452
145320081028:
1454	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1455
145620081009:
1457	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1458	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1459	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1460	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1461	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1462
1463		uhci_load="YES"
1464		ehci_load="YES"
1465
146620081009:
1467	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1468	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1469	sync.
1470
147120081009:
1472	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1473	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1474	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1475	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1476	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1477	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1478	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1479
148020080820:
1481	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1482	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1483	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1484	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1485	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1486
1487	PCI/ISA:
1488		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1489
1490	USB:
1491		ubser, ucycom
1492
1493	Line disciplines:
1494		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1495
1496	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1497	cause compilation to fail.
1498
149920080818:
1500	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1501
150220080801:
1503	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1504
1505	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1506	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1507	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1508	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1509	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1510	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1511	accepting the RSA key.
1512
1513	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1514	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1515	command line.
1516
1517	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1518	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1519	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1520	behavior.
1521
152220080713:
1523	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1524	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1525	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1526
1527	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1528	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1529	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1530	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1531	use the new device names.
1532
1533	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1534	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1535	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1536	at the loader prompt:
1537
1538		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1539		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1540		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1541		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1542		boot -s
1543
154420080609:
1545	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1546	disks instead.
1547
154820080603:
1549	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1550	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1551	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1552	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1553
155420080525:
1555	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1556	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1557
155820080509:
1559	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1560	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1561	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1562	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1563	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1564
156520080420:
1566	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1567	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1568	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1569	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1570	For example, change:
1571		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1572	to
1573		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1574		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1575	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1576	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1577	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1578
1579	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1580	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1581	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1582
158320080408:
1584	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1585	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1586	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1587	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1588	other operation levels.
1589
159020080312:
1591	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1592	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1593	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1594	compatibility with any prior release:
1595
1596	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1597	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1598	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1599
160020080301:
1601	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1602	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1603	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1604	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1605	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1606	nonetheless.
1607
160820080229:
1609	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1610	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1611	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1612	with older hardware easier to do.
1613
161420080220:
1615	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1616	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1617
161820080211:
1619	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1620	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1621	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1622	firewall rules.
1623
162420080208:
1625	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1626	mbuf chains.
1627
162820080126:
1629	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1630	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1631	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1632	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1633	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1634	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1635	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1636	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1637	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1638	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1639	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1640	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1641
164220080123:
1643	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1644	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1645	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1646
164720071128:
1648	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1649	functionality is the default now.
1650
165120071118:
1652	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1653	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1654	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1655	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1656	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1657
1658	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1659	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1660	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1661
166220071024:
1663	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1664	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1665	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1666	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1667	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1668	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1669	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1670	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1671	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1672	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1673	however.
1674
167520071020:
1676	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1677	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1678	used kproc_start()..
1679	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1680	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1681	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1682
168320071010:
1684	RELENG_7 branched.
1685
1686COMMON ITEMS:
1687
1688	General Notes
1689	-------------
1690	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1691	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1692	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1693	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1694	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1695	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1696	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1697
1698	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1699	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1700	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1701	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1702	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1703
1704	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1705	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1706	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1707	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1708	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1709
1710	ZFS notes
1711	---------
1712	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1713	these two steps:
1714
1715	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1716	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1717
1718	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1719
1720	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1721	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1722	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1723
1724	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1725
1726	To build a kernel
1727	-----------------
1728	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1729	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1730	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1731
1732	make kernel-toolchain
1733	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1734	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1735
1736	To test a kernel once
1737	---------------------
1738	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1739	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1740	debugging information) run
1741	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1742	nextboot -k testkernel
1743
1744	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1745	--------------------------------------------------------------
1746	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1747	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1748	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1749
1750	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1751	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1752	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1753	make depend
1754	make
1755	make install
1756
1757	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1758
1759	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1760	-----------------------------------------------------------
1761	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1762	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1763
1764	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1765	make buildworld
1766	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1767							[1]
1768	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1769	mergemaster -p					[5]
1770	make installworld
1771	mergemaster -i					[4]
1772	make delete-old					[6]
1773	<reboot>
1774
1775
1776	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1777	--------------------------------------------------
1778	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1779	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1780	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1781	# size.
1782
1783	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1784	<boot into -stable>
1785	make buildworld
1786	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1787	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1788	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1789	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1790	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1791	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1792	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1793	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1794	<reboot into current>
1795	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1796	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1797	<reboot>
1798
1799
1800	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1801	----------------------------------------------
1802	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1803	make buildworld					[9]
1804	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1805							[1]
1806	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1807	mergemaster -p					[5]
1808	make installworld
1809	mergemaster -i					[4]
1810	make delete-old					[6]
1811	<reboot>
1812
1813	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1814	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1815	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1816	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1817	the UPDATING entries.
1818
1819	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1820	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1821	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1822	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1823	much fewer pitfalls.
1824
1825	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1826	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1827	system on reboot.
1828
1829	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1830		fsck -p
1831		mount -u /
1832		mount -a
1833		cd src
1834		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1835	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1836	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1837
1838	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1839	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1840	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1841	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1842	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1843	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1844	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1845
1846	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1847	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1848	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1849	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1850	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1851	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1852
1853	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1854	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1855	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1856
1857	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1858	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1859	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1860	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1861	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1862	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1863
1864	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1865	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1866
1867	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1868	cvs prune empty directories.
1869
1870	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1871	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1872	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1873
1874	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1875	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1876	warn if it is improperly defined.
1877FORMAT:
1878
1879This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1880breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1881list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1882If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1883to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1884
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