UPDATING revision 296465
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
1420160303	p37	FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl
15
16	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of OpenSSL.
17
1820160130	p36	FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl
19
20	Fix OpenSSL SSLv2 ciphersuite downgrade vulnerability. [SA-16:11]
21
2220160127	p35	FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind
23			FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp
24			FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux
25
26	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-16:08]
27
28	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-16:09]
29
30	Fix Linux compatibility layer issetugid(2) system call
31	vulnerability. [SA-16:10]
32
3320160114	p34	FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh
34
35	Fix OpenSSH client information leak. [SA-16:07]
36
3720160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
38			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
39			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
40			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
41			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
42			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
43			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
44			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
45
46	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
47	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
48	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
49	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
50	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
51	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
52	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
53	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
54
5520151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
56	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
57
5820151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
59
60	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
61
6220151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
63			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
64			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
65
66	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
67	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
68
69	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
70	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
71
72	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
73
74	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
75	memory address. [EN-15:20]
76
7720151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
78
79	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
80
81	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
82	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
83	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
84	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
85
8620151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
87	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
88
8920150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
90
91	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
92
9320150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
94
95	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
96
9720150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
98
99	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
100
10120150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
102			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
103			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
104
105	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
106
107	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
108
109	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
110	[EN-15:15]
111
11220150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
113
114	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
115	[SA-15:20]
116
11720150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
118
119	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
120
12120150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
122			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
123			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
124
125	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
126
127	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
128
129	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
130
13120150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
132
133	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
134	[SA-15:13]
135
13620150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
137	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
138
13920150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
140			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
141
142	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
143
144	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
145	[EN-15:09]
146
14720150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
148	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
149
15020150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
151	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
152
15320150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
154
155	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
156	of service issues.
157
15820150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
159
160	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
161	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
162
16320150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
164			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
165			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
166
167	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
168
169	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
170
171	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
172
17320150320:	p12
174	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
175
17620150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
177	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
178
17920150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
180			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
181			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
182			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
183			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
184
185	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
186
187	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
188
189	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
190
191	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
192
193	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
194
19520150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
196			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
197
198	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
199	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
200
201	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
202
20320150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
204	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
205
20620141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
207			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
208
209	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
210	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
211
21220141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
213			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
214
215	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
216	[SA-14:28]
217
218	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
219
22020141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
221			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
222			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
223
224	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
225	[SA-14:25]
226
227	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
228
229	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
230
23120141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
232			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
233
234	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
235
236	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
237
23820141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
239			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
240			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
241			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
242
243	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
244
245	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
246
247	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
248
249	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
250
25120140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
252	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
253
25420140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
255	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
256
25720140716:
258	9.3-RELEASE.
259
26020140608:
261	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
262	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
263	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
264	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
265	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
266
26720140512:
268	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
269
27020140321:
271	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
272
27320140216:
274	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
275	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
276	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
277	the nfe(4) driver instead.
278
27920131216:
280	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
281	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
282	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
283	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
284	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
285	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
286	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
287	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
288	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
289
29020130930:
291	9.2-RELEASE.
292
29320130823:
294	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
295	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
296	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
297	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
298	subdirectories must be reviewed.
299
30020130705:
301	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
302	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
303
30420130618:
305        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
306        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
307        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
308        write access to that file.
309
31020130605:
311	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
312	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
313
314	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
315	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
316	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
317	to disable this behaviour.
318
319	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
320	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
321	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
322
323	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
324	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
325
32620130524:
327	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
328	equivalent of `status' command.
329	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
330	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
331	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
332
33320130430:
334	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
335	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
336	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
337	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
338	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
339	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
340	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
341	&& make install).
342
343	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
344	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
345	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
346	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
347	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
348	/etc/src.conf.
349
35020130429:
351	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
352
35320130315:
354	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
355	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
356	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
357	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
358	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
359	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
360	used expected to be extremely rare.
361
36220130225:
363	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
364	zpool-features(7) for more information.
365
366	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
367	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
368
36920121224:
370	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
371	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
372	recompiled.
373
37420121218:
375	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
376	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
377	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
378
37920121205:
380	9.1-RELEASE.
381
38220121129:
383	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
384	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
385	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
386	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
387	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
388	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
389	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
390	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
391	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
392
39320121114:
394	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
395	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
396	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
397	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
398	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
399
40020121102:
401	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
402	functionality now turned on by default.
403
40420120913:
405	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
406	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
407	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
408	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
409	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
410	configurations.
411
41220120829:
413	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
414	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
415	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
416	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
417
41820120727:
419	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
420	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
421	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
422
42320120422:
424	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
425	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
426	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
427	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
428	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
429	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
430
43120120109:
432	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
433	/dev/wmistat0.
434
43520120106:
436	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
437	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
438
43920120106:
440	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
441	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
442	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
443
44420120106:
445	9.0-RELEASE.
446
44720111101:
448	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
449	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
450
45120110913:
452	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
453	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
454	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
455	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
456	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
457	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
458	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
459	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
460	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
461	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
462
46320110828:
464	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
465	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
466	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
467	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
468
46920110815:
470	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
471	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
472	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
473	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
474
475	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
476	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
477	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
478
47920110628:
480	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
481	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
482	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
483	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
484
48520110608:
486	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
487		machdep.hlt_cpus
488		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
489	The following sysctl is retired:
490		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
491	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
492	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
493	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
494	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
495	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
496	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
497	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
498	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
499	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
500	a default scheduler.
501
50220110607:
503	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
504	a mask of CPUs.
505
50620110531:
507	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
508	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
509	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
510	world.
511
51220110513:
513	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
514
51520110503:
516	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
517	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
518	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
519	drivers need to be recompiled.
520
521	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
522	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
523	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
524	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
525	branches.
526
52720110430:
528	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
529	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
530
53120110427:
532	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
533	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
534	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
535	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
536	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
537	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
538	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
539	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
540	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
541	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
542	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
543	
544	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
545
546	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
547	a diskless root fs use the old client.
548
54920110424:
550	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
551	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
552	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
553	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
554	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
555	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
556	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
557	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
558	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
559	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
560	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
561	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
562
563	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
564	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
565	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
566	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
567	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
568	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
569	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
570	them are parts of the cam module.
571
572	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
573	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
574	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
575
576	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
577	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
578	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
579	    options        ATA_CAM
580	    device         ahci
581	    device         mvs
582	    device         siis
583	, and instead add back:
584	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
585	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
586	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
587	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
588	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
589
59020110423:
591	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
592	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
593	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
594	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
595	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
596	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
597
59820110418:
599	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
600	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
601	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
602
60320110331:
604	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
605	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
606	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
607	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
608	in order to use ath on everything else.
609
610	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
611	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
612
61320110314:
614	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
615	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
616	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
617
61820110218:
619	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
620	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
621	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
622	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
623	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
624	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
625
62620110218:
627	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
628	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
629	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
630	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
631	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
632	authentication).
633	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
634	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
635
63620110207:
637	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
638	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
639	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
640	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
641	The function remains undocumented.
642
64320110112:
644	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
645	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
646	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
647	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
648	systems where the define is not present can check against
649	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
650
651	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
652	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
653	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
654	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
655	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
656	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
657
65820110103:
659	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
660	the following warning:
661	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
662	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
663	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
664	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
665	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
666	install it on your system.
667
668	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
669	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
670	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
671	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
672
67320101228:
674	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
675	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
676	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
677	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
678	be recompiled.
679
68020101114:
681	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
682	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
683	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
684	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
685	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
686	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
687	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
688	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
689	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
690	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
691	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
692	it, for example via:
693		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
694
695	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
696	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
697	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
698	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
699	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
700	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
701		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
702
703	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
704	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
705
70620101111:
707	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
708	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
709	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
710	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
711	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
712
71320101002:
714	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
715	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
716	migrate local entries to the new format.
717
71820100928:
719	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
720	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
721	upstream sshd.
722
72320100915:
724	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
725	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
726	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
727	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
728	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
729	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
730
73120100913:
732	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
733	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
734
735	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
736	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
737	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
738	default is "AUTO".
739
740	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
741	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
742	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
743	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
744	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
745
746	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
747	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
748	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
749
75020100913:
751	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
752	now i386 and amd64 only.
753	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
754	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
755	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
756	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
757	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
758	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
759
76020100725:
761	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
762	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
763
76420100722:
765	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
766	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
767	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
768	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
769	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
770	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
771	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
772	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
773	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
774	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
775	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
776
77720100713:
778	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
779	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
780	    machine powerpc powerpc
781
782	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
783	after this change.
784
78520100713:
786	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
787	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
788	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
789	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
790	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
791
79220100429:
793	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
794	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
795	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
796	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
797	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
798 
79920100402:
800	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
801	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
802	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
803	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
804	WITH_CTF=yes").
805	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
806	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
807	to unwanted behavior.
808
80920100311:
810	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
811	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
812	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
813	be modified accordingly.
814
81520100113:
816	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
817	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
818	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
819	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
820	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
821	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
822
823	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
824	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
825	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
826	use of utmpx.
827
828	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
829	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
830	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
831	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
832	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
833
83420100108:
835	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
836	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
837	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
838
83920091202:
840	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
841	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
842	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
843	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
844	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
845
846		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
847		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
848		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
849
850	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
851
85220091125:
853	8.0-RELEASE.
854
85520091113:
856	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
857	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
858	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
859	operation of applications on the console.
860
861	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
862	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
863	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
864	cons25.
865
866	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
867	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
868	performed by syscons(4).
869
87020091109:
871	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
872	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
873	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
874
875	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
876	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
877	new structure.
878
87920091025:
880	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
881	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
882	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
883	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
884	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
885	iwn5150fw.
886
88720090926:
888	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
889	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
890
891	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
892	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
893	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
894
895	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
896	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
897
898	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
899	   they are obsolete.
900
901	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
902	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
903
904	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
905	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
906	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
907
908	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
909	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
910	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
911	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
912	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
913	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
914	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
915	   using ifconfig(8) like:
916
917		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
918
919	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
920	   IPv6-preferred.
921
922	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
923
924	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
925	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
926	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
927	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
928	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
929
93020090922:
931	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
932	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
933
93420090912:
935	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
936	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
937	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
938	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
939	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
940	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
941
94220090910:
943	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
944	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
945
94620090825:
947	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
948	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
949	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
950	is 1000.
951
95220090813:
953	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
954	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
955	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
956
95720090803:
958	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
959	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
960
96120090719:
962	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
963	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
964	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
965
96620090714:
967	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
968	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
969	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
970
97120090713:
972	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
973	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
974	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
975	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
976	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
977
97820090712: 
979	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
980	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
981	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
982	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
983	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
984
98520090630:
986	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
987	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
988	may need to be adjusted.
989
99020090629:
991	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
992	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
993	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
994	with routing sockets.
995
99620090628:
997	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
998	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
999	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
1000
100120090624:
1002	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
1003	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
1004	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
1005	800100.
1006
100720090622:
1008	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
1009	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
1010	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
1011
101220090619:
1013	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
1014	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
1015	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
1016	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
1017	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
1018	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
1019	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1020	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1021
1022	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1023	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1024	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1025	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1026	authentication method is used.
1027
102820090616: 
1029	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1030	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1031	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1032	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1033	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1034
103520090613:
1036	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1037	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1038
103920090611:
1040	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1041	be rebuilt.
1042
104320090608:
1044	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1045	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1046
104720090602:
1048	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1049	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1050
105120090601:
1052	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1053	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1054	re-compiled.
1055
105620090601:
1057	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1058	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1059	rebuilt.
1060	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1061
106220090530:
1063	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1064	more valid.
1065
106620090530:
1067	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1068	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1069
107020090529:
1071	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1072	rebuilt.
1073	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1074
107520090528:
1076	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1077	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1078	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1079	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1080	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1081	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1082
108320090527:
1084	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1085	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1086
108720090523:
1088	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1089	need to be rebuilt.
1090	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1091
109220090523:
1093	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1094	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1095
109620090520:
1097	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1098	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1099
110020090520:
1101	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1102	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1103	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1104	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1105	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1106
110720090430:
1108	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1109	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1110	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1111	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1112	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1113	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1114
111520090429:
1116	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1117	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1118	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1119	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1120
1121	For kernel developers:
1122
1123	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1124	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1125	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1126
1127	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1128	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1129	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1130	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1131
1132	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1133	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1134	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1135	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1136	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1137	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1138	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1139	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1140	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1141	     multicast membership on-link.
1142	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1143	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1144	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1145
1146	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1147	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1148	  stack.
1149	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1150	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1151	  semantics.
1152
1153	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1154	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1155	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1156	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1157
1158	For application developers:
1159
1160	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1161	  stack.
1162
1163	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1164	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1165
1166	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1167	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1168	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1169	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1170
1171	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1172	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1173	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1174	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1175	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1176
1177	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1178
1179	For systems administrators:
1180
1181	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1182	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1183	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1184	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1185	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1186
1187	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1188	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1189
1190	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1191	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1192	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1193	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1194
1195	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1196	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1197	  back forwarded datagrams.
1198
1199	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1200
120120090422:
1202	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1203	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1204
120520090419:
1206	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1207	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1208	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1209	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1210
121120090415:
1212	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1213	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1214	state will require a world rebuild.
1215	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1216
121720090415:
1218	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1219	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1220	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1221
122220090414:
1223	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1224	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1225	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1226	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1227	load balancing.
1228	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1229
123020090408:
1231	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1232	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1233	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1234	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1235	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1236	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1237	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1238	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1239
124020090407:
1241	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1242	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1243	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1244
124520090320:
1246	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1247	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1248	introduces some changes:
1249
1250	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1251	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1252	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1253
1254	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1255	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1256	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1257	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1258
1259	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1260	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1261	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1262	the "386BSD" type).
1263
1264	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1265
126620090319:
1267	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1268	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1269	(supported by sane).
1270
127120090319:
1272	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1273	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1274	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1275	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1276	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1277
127820090315:
1279	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1280	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1281	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1282	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1283	used.
1284
128520090313:
1286	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1287	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1288	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1289	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1290
129120090313:
1292	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1293	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1294
129520090309:
1296	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1297	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1298
1299	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1300	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1301	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1302
1303	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1304	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1305	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1306	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1307	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1308	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1309	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1310	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1311
1312	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1313	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1314	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1315	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1316	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1317	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1318
1319	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1320	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1321	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1322	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1323	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1324
1325	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1326	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1327	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1328	via IGMP.
1329
1330	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1331	recompiled to reflect this.
1332	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1333
133420090309:
1335	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1336	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1337	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1338	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1339	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1340	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1341
134220090302:
1343	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1344	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1345	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1346	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1347	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1348	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1349
135020090301:
1351	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1352	network device driver modules.
1353
135420090227:
1355	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1356	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1357
135820090223:
1359	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1360	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1361	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1362	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1363	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1364	apply.
1365
136620090217:
1367	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1368	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1369	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1370	use the new name.
1371
137220090216:
1373	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1374	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1375	add
1376		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1377	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1378	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1379
138020090215:
1381	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1382	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1383	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1384	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1385	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1386	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1387
1388	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1389	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1390	be used for this:
1391		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1392		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1393
139420090209:
1395	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1396	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1397	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1398
139920090203:
1400	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1401	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1402	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1403	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1404	same interface.
1405
140620090201:
1407	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1408	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1409
141020090119:
1411	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1412	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1413	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1414	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1415	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1416	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1417
141820090115:
1419	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1420	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1421	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1422	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1423
142420081225:
1425	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1426	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1427	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1428	in next mpd5.3 release.
1429
143020081219:
1431	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1432	the base system (it was a port).
1433
143420081216:
1435	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1436	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1437
143820081214:
1439	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1440	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1441	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1442	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1443	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1444	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1445	none of the L2 information.
1446
144720081130:
1448	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1449	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1450
1451	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1452
1453	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1454
1455	device	ath_hal
1456
1457	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1458	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1459	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1460	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1461
146220081121:
1463	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1464	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1465	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1466	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1467	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1468	packets.
1469
147020081117:
1471	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1472	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1473	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1474	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1475
147620081028:
1477	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1478
147920081009:
1480	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1481	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1482	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1483	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1484	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1485
1486		uhci_load="YES"
1487		ehci_load="YES"
1488
148920081009:
1490	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1491	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1492	sync.
1493
149420081009:
1495	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1496	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1497	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1498	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1499	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1500	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1501	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1502
150320080820:
1504	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1505	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1506	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1507	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1508	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1509
1510	PCI/ISA:
1511		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1512
1513	USB:
1514		ubser, ucycom
1515
1516	Line disciplines:
1517		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1518
1519	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1520	cause compilation to fail.
1521
152220080818:
1523	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1524
152520080801:
1526	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1527
1528	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1529	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1530	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1531	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1532	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1533	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1534	accepting the RSA key.
1535
1536	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1537	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1538	command line.
1539
1540	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1541	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1542	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1543	behavior.
1544
154520080713:
1546	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1547	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1548	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1549
1550	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1551	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1552	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1553	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1554	use the new device names.
1555
1556	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1557	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1558	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1559	at the loader prompt:
1560
1561		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1562		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1563		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1564		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1565		boot -s
1566
156720080609:
1568	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1569	disks instead.
1570
157120080603:
1572	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1573	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1574	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1575	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1576
157720080525:
1578	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1579	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1580
158120080509:
1582	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1583	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1584	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1585	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1586	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1587
158820080420:
1589	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1590	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1591	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1592	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1593	For example, change:
1594		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1595	to
1596		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1597		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1598	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1599	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1600	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1601
1602	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1603	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1604	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1605
160620080408:
1607	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1608	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1609	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1610	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1611	other operation levels.
1612
161320080312:
1614	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1615	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1616	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1617	compatibility with any prior release:
1618
1619	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1620	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1621	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1622
162320080301:
1624	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1625	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1626	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1627	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1628	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1629	nonetheless.
1630
163120080229:
1632	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1633	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1634	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1635	with older hardware easier to do.
1636
163720080220:
1638	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1639	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1640
164120080211:
1642	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1643	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1644	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1645	firewall rules.
1646
164720080208:
1648	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1649	mbuf chains.
1650
165120080126:
1652	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1653	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1654	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1655	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1656	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1657	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1658	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1659	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1660	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1661	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1662	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1663	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1664
166520080123:
1666	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1667	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1668	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1669
167020071128:
1671	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1672	functionality is the default now.
1673
167420071118:
1675	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1676	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1677	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1678	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1679	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1680
1681	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1682	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1683	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1684
168520071024:
1686	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1687	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1688	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1689	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1690	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1691	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1692	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1693	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1694	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1695	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1696	however.
1697
169820071020:
1699	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1700	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1701	used kproc_start()..
1702	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1703	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1704	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1705
170620071010:
1707	RELENG_7 branched.
1708
1709COMMON ITEMS:
1710
1711	General Notes
1712	-------------
1713	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1714	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1715	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1716	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1717	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1718	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1719	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1720
1721	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1722	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1723	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1724	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1725	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1726
1727	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1728	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1729	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1730	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1731	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1732
1733	ZFS notes
1734	---------
1735	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1736	these two steps:
1737
1738	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1739	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1740
1741	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1742
1743	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1744	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1745	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1746
1747	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1748
1749	To build a kernel
1750	-----------------
1751	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1752	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1753	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1754
1755	make kernel-toolchain
1756	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1757	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1758
1759	To test a kernel once
1760	---------------------
1761	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1762	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1763	debugging information) run
1764	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1765	nextboot -k testkernel
1766
1767	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1768	--------------------------------------------------------------
1769	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1770	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1771	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1772
1773	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1774	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1775	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1776	make depend
1777	make
1778	make install
1779
1780	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1781
1782	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1783	-----------------------------------------------------------
1784	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1785	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1786
1787	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1788	make buildworld
1789	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1790							[1]
1791	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1792	mergemaster -p					[5]
1793	make installworld
1794	mergemaster -i					[4]
1795	make delete-old					[6]
1796	<reboot>
1797
1798
1799	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1800	--------------------------------------------------
1801	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1802	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1803	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1804	# size.
1805
1806	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1807	<boot into -stable>
1808	make buildworld
1809	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1810	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1811	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1812	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1813	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1814	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1815	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1816	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1817	<reboot into current>
1818	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1819	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1820	<reboot>
1821
1822
1823	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1824	----------------------------------------------
1825	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1826	make buildworld					[9]
1827	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1828							[1]
1829	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1830	mergemaster -p					[5]
1831	make installworld
1832	mergemaster -i					[4]
1833	make delete-old					[6]
1834	<reboot>
1835
1836	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1837	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1838	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1839	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1840	the UPDATING entries.
1841
1842	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1843	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1844	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1845	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1846	much fewer pitfalls.
1847
1848	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1849	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1850	system on reboot.
1851
1852	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1853		fsck -p
1854		mount -u /
1855		mount -a
1856		cd src
1857		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1858	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1859	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1860
1861	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1862	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1863	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1864	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1865	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1866	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1867	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1868
1869	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1870	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1871	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1872	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1873	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1874	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1875
1876	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1877	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1878	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1879
1880	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1881	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1882	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1883	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1884	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1885	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1886
1887	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1888	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1889
1890	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1891	cvs prune empty directories.
1892
1893	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1894	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1895	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1896
1897	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1898	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1899	warn if it is improperly defined.
1900FORMAT:
1901
1902This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1903breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1904list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1905If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1906to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1907
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