UPDATING revision 296953
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
1420160316	p39	FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh-xauth
15			FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch
16
17	Fix OpenSSH xauth(1) command injection. [SA-16:14]
18	Fix incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2). [SA-16:15]
19
2020160310	p38	FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind
21			FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl [revised]
22
23	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of BIND. [SA-16:13]
24
25	Fix a regression with OpenSSL patch. [SA-16:12]
26
2720160303	p37	FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl
28
29	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of OpenSSL.
30
3120160130	p36	FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl
32
33	Fix OpenSSL SSLv2 ciphersuite downgrade vulnerability. [SA-16:11]
34
3520160127	p35	FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind
36			FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp
37			FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux
38
39	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-16:08]
40
41	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-16:09]
42
43	Fix Linux compatibility layer issetugid(2) system call
44	vulnerability. [SA-16:10]
45
4620160114	p34	FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh
47
48	Fix OpenSSH client information leak. [SA-16:07]
49
5020160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
51			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
52			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
53			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
54			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
55			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
56			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
57			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
58
59	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
60	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
61	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
62	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
63	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
64	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
65	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
66	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
67
6820151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
69	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
70
7120151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
72
73	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
74
7520151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
76			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
77			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
78
79	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
80	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
81
82	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
83	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
84
85	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
86
87	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
88	memory address. [EN-15:20]
89
9020151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
91
92	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
93
94	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
95	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
96	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
97	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
98
9920151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
100	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
101
10220150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
103
104	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
105
10620150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
107
108	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
109
11020150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
111
112	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
113
11420150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
115			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
116			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
117
118	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
119
120	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
121
122	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
123	[EN-15:15]
124
12520150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
126
127	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
128	[SA-15:20]
129
13020150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
131
132	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
133
13420150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
135			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
136			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
137
138	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
139
140	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
141
142	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
143
14420150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
145
146	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
147	[SA-15:13]
148
14920150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
150	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
151
15220150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
153			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
154
155	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
156
157	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
158	[EN-15:09]
159
16020150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
161	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
162
16320150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
164	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
165
16620150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
167
168	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
169	of service issues.
170
17120150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
172
173	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
174	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
175
17620150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
177			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
178			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
179
180	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
181
182	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
183
184	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
185
18620150320:	p12
187	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
188
18920150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
190	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
191
19220150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
193			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
194			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
195			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
196			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
197
198	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
199
200	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
201
202	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
203
204	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
205
206	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
207
20820150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
209			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
210
211	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
212	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
213
214	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
215
21620150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
217	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
218
21920141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
220			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
221
222	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
223	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
224
22520141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
226			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
227
228	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
229	[SA-14:28]
230
231	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
232
23320141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
234			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
235			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
236
237	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
238	[SA-14:25]
239
240	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
241
242	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
243
24420141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
245			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
246
247	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
248
249	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
250
25120141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
252			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
253			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
254			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
255
256	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
257
258	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
259
260	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
261
262	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
263
26420140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
265	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
266
26720140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
268	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
269
27020140716:
271	9.3-RELEASE.
272
27320140608:
274	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
275	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
276	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
277	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
278	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
279
28020140512:
281	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
282
28320140321:
284	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
285
28620140216:
287	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
288	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
289	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
290	the nfe(4) driver instead.
291
29220131216:
293	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
294	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
295	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
296	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
297	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
298	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
299	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
300	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
301	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
302
30320130930:
304	9.2-RELEASE.
305
30620130823:
307	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
308	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
309	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
310	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
311	subdirectories must be reviewed.
312
31320130705:
314	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
315	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
316
31720130618:
318        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
319        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
320        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
321        write access to that file.
322
32320130605:
324	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
325	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
326
327	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
328	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
329	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
330	to disable this behaviour.
331
332	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
333	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
334	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
335
336	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
337	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
338
33920130524:
340	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
341	equivalent of `status' command.
342	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
343	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
344	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
345
34620130430:
347	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
348	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
349	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
350	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
351	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
352	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
353	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
354	&& make install).
355
356	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
357	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
358	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
359	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
360	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
361	/etc/src.conf.
362
36320130429:
364	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
365
36620130315:
367	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
368	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
369	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
370	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
371	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
372	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
373	used expected to be extremely rare.
374
37520130225:
376	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
377	zpool-features(7) for more information.
378
379	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
380	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
381
38220121224:
383	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
384	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
385	recompiled.
386
38720121218:
388	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
389	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
390	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
391
39220121205:
393	9.1-RELEASE.
394
39520121129:
396	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
397	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
398	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
399	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
400	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
401	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
402	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
403	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
404	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
405
40620121114:
407	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
408	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
409	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
410	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
411	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
412
41320121102:
414	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
415	functionality now turned on by default.
416
41720120913:
418	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
419	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
420	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
421	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
422	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
423	configurations.
424
42520120829:
426	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
427	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
428	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
429	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
430
43120120727:
432	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
433	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
434	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
435
43620120422:
437	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
438	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
439	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
440	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
441	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
442	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
443
44420120109:
445	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
446	/dev/wmistat0.
447
44820120106:
449	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
450	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
451
45220120106:
453	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
454	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
455	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
456
45720120106:
458	9.0-RELEASE.
459
46020111101:
461	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
462	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
463
46420110913:
465	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
466	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
467	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
468	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
469	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
470	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
471	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
472	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
473	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
474	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
475
47620110828:
477	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
478	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
479	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
480	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
481
48220110815:
483	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
484	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
485	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
486	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
487
488	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
489	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
490	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
491
49220110628:
493	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
494	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
495	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
496	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
497
49820110608:
499	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
500		machdep.hlt_cpus
501		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
502	The following sysctl is retired:
503		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
504	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
505	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
506	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
507	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
508	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
509	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
510	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
511	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
512	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
513	a default scheduler.
514
51520110607:
516	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
517	a mask of CPUs.
518
51920110531:
520	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
521	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
522	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
523	world.
524
52520110513:
526	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
527
52820110503:
529	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
530	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
531	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
532	drivers need to be recompiled.
533
534	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
535	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
536	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
537	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
538	branches.
539
54020110430:
541	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
542	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
543
54420110427:
545	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
546	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
547	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
548	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
549	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
550	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
551	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
552	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
553	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
554	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
555	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
556	
557	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
558
559	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
560	a diskless root fs use the old client.
561
56220110424:
563	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
564	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
565	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
566	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
567	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
568	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
569	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
570	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
571	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
572	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
573	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
574	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
575
576	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
577	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
578	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
579	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
580	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
581	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
582	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
583	them are parts of the cam module.
584
585	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
586	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
587	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
588
589	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
590	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
591	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
592	    options        ATA_CAM
593	    device         ahci
594	    device         mvs
595	    device         siis
596	, and instead add back:
597	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
598	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
599	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
600	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
601	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
602
60320110423:
604	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
605	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
606	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
607	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
608	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
609	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
610
61120110418:
612	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
613	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
614	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
615
61620110331:
617	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
618	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
619	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
620	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
621	in order to use ath on everything else.
622
623	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
624	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
625
62620110314:
627	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
628	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
629	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
630
63120110218:
632	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
633	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
634	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
635	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
636	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
637	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
638
63920110218:
640	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
641	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
642	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
643	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
644	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
645	authentication).
646	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
647	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
648
64920110207:
650	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
651	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
652	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
653	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
654	The function remains undocumented.
655
65620110112:
657	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
658	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
659	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
660	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
661	systems where the define is not present can check against
662	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
663
664	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
665	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
666	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
667	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
668	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
669	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
670
67120110103:
672	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
673	the following warning:
674	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
675	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
676	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
677	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
678	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
679	install it on your system.
680
681	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
682	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
683	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
684	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
685
68620101228:
687	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
688	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
689	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
690	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
691	be recompiled.
692
69320101114:
694	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
695	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
696	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
697	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
698	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
699	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
700	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
701	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
702	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
703	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
704	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
705	it, for example via:
706		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
707
708	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
709	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
710	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
711	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
712	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
713	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
714		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
715
716	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
717	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
718
71920101111:
720	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
721	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
722	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
723	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
724	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
725
72620101002:
727	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
728	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
729	migrate local entries to the new format.
730
73120100928:
732	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
733	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
734	upstream sshd.
735
73620100915:
737	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
738	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
739	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
740	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
741	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
742	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
743
74420100913:
745	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
746	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
747
748	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
749	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
750	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
751	default is "AUTO".
752
753	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
754	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
755	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
756	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
757	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
758
759	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
760	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
761	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
762
76320100913:
764	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
765	now i386 and amd64 only.
766	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
767	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
768	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
769	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
770	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
771	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
772
77320100725:
774	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
775	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
776
77720100722:
778	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
779	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
780	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
781	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
782	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
783	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
784	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
785	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
786	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
787	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
788	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
789
79020100713:
791	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
792	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
793	    machine powerpc powerpc
794
795	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
796	after this change.
797
79820100713:
799	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
800	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
801	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
802	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
803	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
804
80520100429:
806	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
807	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
808	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
809	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
810	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
811 
81220100402:
813	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
814	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
815	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
816	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
817	WITH_CTF=yes").
818	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
819	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
820	to unwanted behavior.
821
82220100311:
823	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
824	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
825	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
826	be modified accordingly.
827
82820100113:
829	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
830	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
831	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
832	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
833	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
834	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
835
836	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
837	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
838	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
839	use of utmpx.
840
841	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
842	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
843	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
844	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
845	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
846
84720100108:
848	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
849	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
850	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
851
85220091202:
853	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
854	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
855	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
856	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
857	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
858
859		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
860		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
861		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
862
863	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
864
86520091125:
866	8.0-RELEASE.
867
86820091113:
869	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
870	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
871	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
872	operation of applications on the console.
873
874	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
875	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
876	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
877	cons25.
878
879	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
880	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
881	performed by syscons(4).
882
88320091109:
884	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
885	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
886	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
887
888	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
889	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
890	new structure.
891
89220091025:
893	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
894	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
895	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
896	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
897	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
898	iwn5150fw.
899
90020090926:
901	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
902	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
903
904	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
905	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
906	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
907
908	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
909	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
910
911	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
912	   they are obsolete.
913
914	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
915	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
916
917	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
918	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
919	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
920
921	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
922	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
923	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
924	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
925	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
926	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
927	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
928	   using ifconfig(8) like:
929
930		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
931
932	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
933	   IPv6-preferred.
934
935	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
936
937	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
938	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
939	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
940	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
941	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
942
94320090922:
944	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
945	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
946
94720090912:
948	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
949	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
950	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
951	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
952	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
953	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
954
95520090910:
956	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
957	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
958
95920090825:
960	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
961	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
962	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
963	is 1000.
964
96520090813:
966	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
967	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
968	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
969
97020090803:
971	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
972	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
973
97420090719:
975	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
976	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
977	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
978
97920090714:
980	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
981	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
982	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
983
98420090713:
985	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
986	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
987	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
988	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
989	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
990
99120090712: 
992	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
993	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
994	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
995	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
996	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
997
99820090630:
999	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
1000	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
1001	may need to be adjusted.
1002
100320090629:
1004	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
1005	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
1006	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
1007	with routing sockets.
1008
100920090628:
1010	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
1011	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
1012	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
1013
101420090624:
1015	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
1016	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
1017	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
1018	800100.
1019
102020090622:
1021	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
1022	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
1023	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
1024
102520090619:
1026	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
1027	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
1028	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
1029	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
1030	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
1031	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
1032	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1033	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1034
1035	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1036	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1037	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1038	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1039	authentication method is used.
1040
104120090616: 
1042	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1043	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1044	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1045	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1046	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1047
104820090613:
1049	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1050	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1051
105220090611:
1053	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1054	be rebuilt.
1055
105620090608:
1057	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1058	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1059
106020090602:
1061	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1062	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1063
106420090601:
1065	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1066	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1067	re-compiled.
1068
106920090601:
1070	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1071	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1072	rebuilt.
1073	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1074
107520090530:
1076	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1077	more valid.
1078
107920090530:
1080	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1081	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1082
108320090529:
1084	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1085	rebuilt.
1086	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1087
108820090528:
1089	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1090	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1091	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1092	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1093	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1094	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1095
109620090527:
1097	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1098	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1099
110020090523:
1101	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1102	need to be rebuilt.
1103	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1104
110520090523:
1106	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1107	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1108
110920090520:
1110	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1111	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1112
111320090520:
1114	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1115	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1116	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1117	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1118	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1119
112020090430:
1121	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1122	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1123	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1124	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1125	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1126	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1127
112820090429:
1129	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1130	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1131	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1132	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1133
1134	For kernel developers:
1135
1136	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1137	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1138	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1139
1140	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1141	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1142	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1143	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1144
1145	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1146	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1147	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1148	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1149	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1150	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1151	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1152	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1153	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1154	     multicast membership on-link.
1155	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1156	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1157	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1158
1159	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1160	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1161	  stack.
1162	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1163	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1164	  semantics.
1165
1166	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1167	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1168	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1169	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1170
1171	For application developers:
1172
1173	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1174	  stack.
1175
1176	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1177	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1178
1179	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1180	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1181	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1182	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1183
1184	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1185	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1186	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1187	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1188	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1189
1190	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1191
1192	For systems administrators:
1193
1194	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1195	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1196	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1197	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1198	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1199
1200	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1201	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1202
1203	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1204	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1205	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1206	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1207
1208	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1209	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1210	  back forwarded datagrams.
1211
1212	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1213
121420090422:
1215	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1216	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1217
121820090419:
1219	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1220	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1221	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1222	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1223
122420090415:
1225	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1226	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1227	state will require a world rebuild.
1228	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1229
123020090415:
1231	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1232	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1233	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1234
123520090414:
1236	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1237	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1238	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1239	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1240	load balancing.
1241	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1242
124320090408:
1244	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1245	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1246	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1247	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1248	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1249	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1250	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1251	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1252
125320090407:
1254	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1255	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1256	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1257
125820090320:
1259	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1260	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1261	introduces some changes:
1262
1263	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1264	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1265	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1266
1267	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1268	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1269	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1270	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1271
1272	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1273	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1274	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1275	the "386BSD" type).
1276
1277	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1278
127920090319:
1280	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1281	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1282	(supported by sane).
1283
128420090319:
1285	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1286	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1287	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1288	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1289	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1290
129120090315:
1292	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1293	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1294	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1295	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1296	used.
1297
129820090313:
1299	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1300	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1301	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1302	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1303
130420090313:
1305	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1306	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1307
130820090309:
1309	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1310	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1311
1312	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1313	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1314	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1315
1316	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1317	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1318	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1319	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1320	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1321	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1322	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1323	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1324
1325	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1326	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1327	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1328	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1329	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1330	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1331
1332	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1333	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1334	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1335	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1336	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1337
1338	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1339	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1340	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1341	via IGMP.
1342
1343	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1344	recompiled to reflect this.
1345	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1346
134720090309:
1348	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1349	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1350	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1351	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1352	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1353	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1354
135520090302:
1356	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1357	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1358	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1359	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1360	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1361	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1362
136320090301:
1364	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1365	network device driver modules.
1366
136720090227:
1368	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1369	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1370
137120090223:
1372	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1373	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1374	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1375	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1376	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1377	apply.
1378
137920090217:
1380	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1381	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1382	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1383	use the new name.
1384
138520090216:
1386	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1387	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1388	add
1389		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1390	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1391	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1392
139320090215:
1394	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1395	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1396	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1397	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1398	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1399	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1400
1401	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1402	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1403	be used for this:
1404		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1405		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1406
140720090209:
1408	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1409	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1410	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1411
141220090203:
1413	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1414	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1415	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1416	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1417	same interface.
1418
141920090201:
1420	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1421	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1422
142320090119:
1424	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1425	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1426	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1427	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1428	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1429	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1430
143120090115:
1432	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1433	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1434	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1435	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1436
143720081225:
1438	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1439	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1440	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1441	in next mpd5.3 release.
1442
144320081219:
1444	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1445	the base system (it was a port).
1446
144720081216:
1448	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1449	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1450
145120081214:
1452	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1453	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1454	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1455	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1456	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1457	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1458	none of the L2 information.
1459
146020081130:
1461	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1462	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1463
1464	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1465
1466	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1467
1468	device	ath_hal
1469
1470	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1471	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1472	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1473	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1474
147520081121:
1476	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1477	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1478	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1479	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1480	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1481	packets.
1482
148320081117:
1484	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1485	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1486	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1487	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1488
148920081028:
1490	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1491
149220081009:
1493	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1494	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1495	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1496	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1497	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1498
1499		uhci_load="YES"
1500		ehci_load="YES"
1501
150220081009:
1503	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1504	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1505	sync.
1506
150720081009:
1508	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1509	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1510	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1511	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1512	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1513	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1514	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1515
151620080820:
1517	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1518	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1519	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1520	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1521	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1522
1523	PCI/ISA:
1524		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1525
1526	USB:
1527		ubser, ucycom
1528
1529	Line disciplines:
1530		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1531
1532	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1533	cause compilation to fail.
1534
153520080818:
1536	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1537
153820080801:
1539	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1540
1541	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1542	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1543	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1544	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1545	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1546	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1547	accepting the RSA key.
1548
1549	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1550	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1551	command line.
1552
1553	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1554	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1555	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1556	behavior.
1557
155820080713:
1559	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1560	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1561	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1562
1563	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1564	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1565	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1566	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1567	use the new device names.
1568
1569	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1570	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1571	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1572	at the loader prompt:
1573
1574		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1575		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1576		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1577		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1578		boot -s
1579
158020080609:
1581	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1582	disks instead.
1583
158420080603:
1585	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1586	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1587	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1588	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1589
159020080525:
1591	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1592	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1593
159420080509:
1595	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1596	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1597	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1598	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1599	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1600
160120080420:
1602	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1603	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1604	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1605	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1606	For example, change:
1607		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1608	to
1609		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1610		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1611	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1612	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1613	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1614
1615	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1616	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1617	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1618
161920080408:
1620	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1621	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1622	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1623	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1624	other operation levels.
1625
162620080312:
1627	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1628	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1629	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1630	compatibility with any prior release:
1631
1632	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1633	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1634	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1635
163620080301:
1637	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1638	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1639	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1640	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1641	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1642	nonetheless.
1643
164420080229:
1645	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1646	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1647	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1648	with older hardware easier to do.
1649
165020080220:
1651	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1652	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1653
165420080211:
1655	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1656	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1657	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1658	firewall rules.
1659
166020080208:
1661	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1662	mbuf chains.
1663
166420080126:
1665	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1666	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1667	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1668	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1669	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1670	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1671	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1672	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1673	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1674	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1675	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1676	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1677
167820080123:
1679	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1680	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1681	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1682
168320071128:
1684	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1685	functionality is the default now.
1686
168720071118:
1688	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1689	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1690	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1691	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1692	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1693
1694	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1695	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1696	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1697
169820071024:
1699	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1700	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1701	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1702	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1703	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1704	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1705	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1706	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1707	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1708	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1709	however.
1710
171120071020:
1712	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1713	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1714	used kproc_start()..
1715	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1716	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1717	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1718
171920071010:
1720	RELENG_7 branched.
1721
1722COMMON ITEMS:
1723
1724	General Notes
1725	-------------
1726	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1727	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1728	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1729	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1730	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1731	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1732	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1733
1734	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1735	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1736	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1737	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1738	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1739
1740	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1741	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1742	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1743	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1744	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1745
1746	ZFS notes
1747	---------
1748	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1749	these two steps:
1750
1751	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1752	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1753
1754	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1755
1756	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1757	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1758	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1759
1760	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1761
1762	To build a kernel
1763	-----------------
1764	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1765	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1766	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1767
1768	make kernel-toolchain
1769	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1770	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1771
1772	To test a kernel once
1773	---------------------
1774	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1775	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1776	debugging information) run
1777	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1778	nextboot -k testkernel
1779
1780	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1781	--------------------------------------------------------------
1782	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1783	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1784	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1785
1786	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1787	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1788	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1789	make depend
1790	make
1791	make install
1792
1793	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1794
1795	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1796	-----------------------------------------------------------
1797	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1798	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1799
1800	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1801	make buildworld
1802	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1803							[1]
1804	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1805	mergemaster -p					[5]
1806	make installworld
1807	mergemaster -i					[4]
1808	make delete-old					[6]
1809	<reboot>
1810
1811
1812	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1813	--------------------------------------------------
1814	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1815	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1816	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1817	# size.
1818
1819	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1820	<boot into -stable>
1821	make buildworld
1822	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1823	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1824	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1825	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1826	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1827	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1828	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1829	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1830	<reboot into current>
1831	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1832	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1833	<reboot>
1834
1835
1836	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1837	----------------------------------------------
1838	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1839	make buildworld					[9]
1840	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1841							[1]
1842	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1843	mergemaster -p					[5]
1844	make installworld
1845	mergemaster -i					[4]
1846	make delete-old					[6]
1847	<reboot>
1848
1849	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1850	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1851	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1852	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1853	the UPDATING entries.
1854
1855	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1856	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1857	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1858	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1859	much fewer pitfalls.
1860
1861	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1862	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1863	system on reboot.
1864
1865	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1866		fsck -p
1867		mount -u /
1868		mount -a
1869		cd src
1870		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1871	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1872	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1873
1874	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1875	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1876	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1877	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1878	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1879	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1880	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1881
1882	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1883	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1884	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1885	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1886	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1887	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1888
1889	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1890	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1891	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1892
1893	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1894	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1895	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1896	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1897	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1898	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1899
1900	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1901	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1902
1903	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1904	cvs prune empty directories.
1905
1906	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1907	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1908	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1909
1910	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1911	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1912	warn if it is improperly defined.
1913FORMAT:
1914
1915This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1916breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1917list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1918If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1919to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1920
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