UPDATING revision 306230
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
1420160923	p46	FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl
15
16	Fix multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilitites.
17
1820160725	p45	FreeBSD-SA-16:25.bspatch
19			FreeBSD-EN-16:09.freebsd-update
20
21	Fix bspatch heap overflow vulnerability. [SA-16:25]
22
23	Fix freebsd-update(8) support of FreeBSD 11.0 release
24	distribution. [EN-16:09]
25
2620160604	p44	FreeBSD-SA-16:24.ntp
27
28	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp.
29
3020160531	p43	FreeBSD-SA-16:20.linux
31			FreeBSD-SA-16:21.43bsd
32			FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive
33			FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive
34
35	Fix kernel stack disclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:20]
36	Fix kernel stack disclosure in 4.3BSD compatibility layer. [SA-16:21]
37	Fix directory traversal in cpio(1). [SA-16:22]
38	Fix buffer overflow in libarchive(3). [SA-16:23]
39
4020160517	p42	FreeBSD-SA-16:18.atkbd
41
42	Fix buffer overflow in keyboard driver. [SA-16:18]
43
4420160504	p41	FreeBSD-SA-16:17.openssl
45			FreeBSD-EN-16:08.zfs
46
47	Fix multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilitites. [SA-16:17]
48
49	Fix memory leak in ZFS. [EN-16:08]
50
5120160429	p40	FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp
52
53	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp.
54
5520160316	p39	FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh-xauth
56			FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch
57
58	Fix OpenSSH xauth(1) command injection. [SA-16:14]
59	Fix incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2). [SA-16:15]
60
6120160310	p38	FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind
62			FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl [revised]
63
64	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of BIND. [SA-16:13]
65
66	Fix a regression with OpenSSL patch. [SA-16:12]
67
6820160303	p37	FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl
69
70	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of OpenSSL.
71
7220160130	p36	FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl
73
74	Fix OpenSSL SSLv2 ciphersuite downgrade vulnerability. [SA-16:11]
75
7620160127	p35	FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind
77			FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp
78			FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux
79
80	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-16:08]
81
82	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-16:09]
83
84	Fix Linux compatibility layer issetugid(2) system call
85	vulnerability. [SA-16:10]
86
8720160114	p34	FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh
88
89	Fix OpenSSH client information leak. [SA-16:07]
90
9120160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
92			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
93			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
94			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
95			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
96			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
97			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
98			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
99
100	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
101	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
102	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
103	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
104	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
105	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
106	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
107	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
108
10920151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
110	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
111
11220151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
113
114	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
115
11620151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
117			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
118			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
119
120	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
121	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
122
123	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
124	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
125
126	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
127
128	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
129	memory address. [EN-15:20]
130
13120151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
132
133	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
134
135	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
136	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
137	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
138	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
139
14020151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
141	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
142
14320150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
144
145	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
146
14720150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
148
149	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
150
15120150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
152
153	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
154
15520150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
156			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
157			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
158
159	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
160
161	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
162
163	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
164	[EN-15:15]
165
16620150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
167
168	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
169	[SA-15:20]
170
17120150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
172
173	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
174
17520150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
176			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
177			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
178
179	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
180
181	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
182
183	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
184
18520150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
186
187	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
188	[SA-15:13]
189
19020150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
191	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
192
19320150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
194			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
195
196	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
197
198	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
199	[EN-15:09]
200
20120150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
202	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
203
20420150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
205	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
206
20720150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
208
209	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
210	of service issues.
211
21220150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
213
214	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
215	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
216
21720150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
218			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
219			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
220
221	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
222
223	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
224
225	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
226
22720150320:	p12
228	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
229
23020150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
231	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
232
23320150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
234			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
235			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
236			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
237			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
238
239	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
240
241	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
242
243	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
244
245	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
246
247	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
248
24920150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
250			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
251
252	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
253	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
254
255	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
256
25720150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
258	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
259
26020141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
261			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
262
263	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
264	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
265
26620141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
267			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
268
269	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
270	[SA-14:28]
271
272	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
273
27420141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
275			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
276			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
277
278	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
279	[SA-14:25]
280
281	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
282
283	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
284
28520141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
286			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
287
288	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
289
290	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
291
29220141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
293			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
294			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
295			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
296
297	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
298
299	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
300
301	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
302
303	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
304
30520140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
306	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
307
30820140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
309	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
310
31120140716:
312	9.3-RELEASE.
313
31420140608:
315	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
316	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
317	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
318	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
319	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
320
32120140512:
322	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
323
32420140321:
325	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
326
32720140216:
328	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
329	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
330	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
331	the nfe(4) driver instead.
332
33320131216:
334	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
335	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
336	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
337	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
338	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
339	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
340	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
341	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
342	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
343
34420130930:
345	9.2-RELEASE.
346
34720130823:
348	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
349	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
350	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
351	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
352	subdirectories must be reviewed.
353
35420130705:
355	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
356	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
357
35820130618:
359        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
360        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
361        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
362        write access to that file.
363
36420130605:
365	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
366	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
367
368	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
369	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
370	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
371	to disable this behaviour.
372
373	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
374	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
375	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
376
377	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
378	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
379
38020130524:
381	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
382	equivalent of `status' command.
383	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
384	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
385	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
386
38720130430:
388	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
389	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
390	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
391	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
392	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
393	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
394	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
395	&& make install).
396
397	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
398	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
399	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
400	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
401	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
402	/etc/src.conf.
403
40420130429:
405	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
406
40720130315:
408	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
409	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
410	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
411	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
412	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
413	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
414	used expected to be extremely rare.
415
41620130225:
417	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
418	zpool-features(7) for more information.
419
420	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
421	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
422
42320121224:
424	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
425	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
426	recompiled.
427
42820121218:
429	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
430	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
431	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
432
43320121205:
434	9.1-RELEASE.
435
43620121129:
437	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
438	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
439	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
440	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
441	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
442	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
443	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
444	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
445	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
446
44720121114:
448	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
449	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
450	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
451	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
452	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
453
45420121102:
455	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
456	functionality now turned on by default.
457
45820120913:
459	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
460	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
461	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
462	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
463	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
464	configurations.
465
46620120829:
467	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
468	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
469	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
470	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
471
47220120727:
473	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
474	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
475	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
476
47720120422:
478	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
479	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
480	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
481	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
482	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
483	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
484
48520120109:
486	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
487	/dev/wmistat0.
488
48920120106:
490	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
491	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
492
49320120106:
494	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
495	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
496	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
497
49820120106:
499	9.0-RELEASE.
500
50120111101:
502	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
503	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
504
50520110913:
506	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
507	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
508	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
509	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
510	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
511	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
512	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
513	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
514	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
515	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
516
51720110828:
518	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
519	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
520	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
521	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
522
52320110815:
524	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
525	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
526	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
527	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
528
529	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
530	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
531	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
532
53320110628:
534	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
535	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
536	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
537	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
538
53920110608:
540	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
541		machdep.hlt_cpus
542		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
543	The following sysctl is retired:
544		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
545	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
546	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
547	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
548	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
549	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
550	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
551	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
552	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
553	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
554	a default scheduler.
555
55620110607:
557	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
558	a mask of CPUs.
559
56020110531:
561	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
562	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
563	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
564	world.
565
56620110513:
567	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
568
56920110503:
570	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
571	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
572	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
573	drivers need to be recompiled.
574
575	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
576	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
577	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
578	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
579	branches.
580
58120110430:
582	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
583	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
584
58520110427:
586	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
587	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
588	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
589	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
590	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
591	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
592	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
593	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
594	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
595	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
596	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
597	
598	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
599
600	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
601	a diskless root fs use the old client.
602
60320110424:
604	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
605	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
606	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
607	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
608	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
609	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
610	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
611	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
612	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
613	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
614	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
615	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
616
617	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
618	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
619	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
620	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
621	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
622	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
623	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
624	them are parts of the cam module.
625
626	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
627	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
628	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
629
630	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
631	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
632	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
633	    options        ATA_CAM
634	    device         ahci
635	    device         mvs
636	    device         siis
637	, and instead add back:
638	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
639	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
640	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
641	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
642	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
643
64420110423:
645	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
646	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
647	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
648	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
649	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
650	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
651
65220110418:
653	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
654	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
655	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
656
65720110331:
658	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
659	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
660	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
661	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
662	in order to use ath on everything else.
663
664	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
665	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
666
66720110314:
668	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
669	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
670	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
671
67220110218:
673	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
674	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
675	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
676	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
677	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
678	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
679
68020110218:
681	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
682	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
683	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
684	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
685	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
686	authentication).
687	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
688	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
689
69020110207:
691	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
692	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
693	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
694	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
695	The function remains undocumented.
696
69720110112:
698	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
699	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
700	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
701	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
702	systems where the define is not present can check against
703	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
704
705	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
706	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
707	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
708	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
709	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
710	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
711
71220110103:
713	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
714	the following warning:
715	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
716	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
717	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
718	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
719	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
720	install it on your system.
721
722	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
723	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
724	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
725	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
726
72720101228:
728	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
729	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
730	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
731	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
732	be recompiled.
733
73420101114:
735	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
736	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
737	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
738	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
739	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
740	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
741	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
742	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
743	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
744	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
745	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
746	it, for example via:
747		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
748
749	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
750	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
751	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
752	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
753	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
754	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
755		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
756
757	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
758	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
759
76020101111:
761	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
762	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
763	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
764	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
765	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
766
76720101002:
768	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
769	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
770	migrate local entries to the new format.
771
77220100928:
773	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
774	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
775	upstream sshd.
776
77720100915:
778	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
779	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
780	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
781	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
782	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
783	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
784
78520100913:
786	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
787	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
788
789	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
790	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
791	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
792	default is "AUTO".
793
794	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
795	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
796	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
797	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
798	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
799
800	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
801	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
802	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
803
80420100913:
805	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
806	now i386 and amd64 only.
807	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
808	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
809	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
810	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
811	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
812	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
813
81420100725:
815	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
816	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
817
81820100722:
819	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
820	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
821	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
822	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
823	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
824	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
825	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
826	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
827	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
828	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
829	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
830
83120100713:
832	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
833	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
834	    machine powerpc powerpc
835
836	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
837	after this change.
838
83920100713:
840	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
841	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
842	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
843	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
844	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
845
84620100429:
847	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
848	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
849	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
850	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
851	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
852 
85320100402:
854	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
855	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
856	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
857	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
858	WITH_CTF=yes").
859	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
860	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
861	to unwanted behavior.
862
86320100311:
864	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
865	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
866	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
867	be modified accordingly.
868
86920100113:
870	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
871	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
872	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
873	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
874	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
875	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
876
877	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
878	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
879	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
880	use of utmpx.
881
882	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
883	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
884	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
885	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
886	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
887
88820100108:
889	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
890	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
891	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
892
89320091202:
894	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
895	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
896	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
897	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
898	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
899
900		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
901		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
902		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
903
904	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
905
90620091125:
907	8.0-RELEASE.
908
90920091113:
910	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
911	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
912	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
913	operation of applications on the console.
914
915	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
916	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
917	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
918	cons25.
919
920	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
921	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
922	performed by syscons(4).
923
92420091109:
925	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
926	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
927	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
928
929	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
930	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
931	new structure.
932
93320091025:
934	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
935	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
936	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
937	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
938	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
939	iwn5150fw.
940
94120090926:
942	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
943	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
944
945	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
946	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
947	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
948
949	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
950	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
951
952	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
953	   they are obsolete.
954
955	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
956	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
957
958	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
959	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
960	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
961
962	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
963	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
964	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
965	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
966	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
967	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
968	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
969	   using ifconfig(8) like:
970
971		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
972
973	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
974	   IPv6-preferred.
975
976	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
977
978	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
979	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
980	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
981	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
982	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
983
98420090922:
985	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
986	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
987
98820090912:
989	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
990	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
991	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
992	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
993	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
994	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
995
99620090910:
997	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
998	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
999
100020090825:
1001	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
1002	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
1003	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
1004	is 1000.
1005
100620090813:
1007	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
1008	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
1009	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
1010
101120090803:
1012	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1013	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
1014
101520090719:
1016	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
1017	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
1018	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
1019
102020090714:
1021	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
1022	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
1023	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
1024
102520090713:
1026	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
1027	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
1028	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
1029	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
1030	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
1031
103220090712: 
1033	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
1034	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
1035	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
1036	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
1037	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1038
103920090630:
1040	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
1041	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
1042	may need to be adjusted.
1043
104420090629:
1045	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
1046	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
1047	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
1048	with routing sockets.
1049
105020090628:
1051	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
1052	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
1053	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
1054
105520090624:
1056	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
1057	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
1058	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
1059	800100.
1060
106120090622:
1062	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
1063	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
1064	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
1065
106620090619:
1067	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
1068	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
1069	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
1070	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
1071	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
1072	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
1073	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1074	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1075
1076	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1077	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1078	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1079	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1080	authentication method is used.
1081
108220090616: 
1083	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1084	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1085	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1086	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1087	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1088
108920090613:
1090	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1091	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1092
109320090611:
1094	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1095	be rebuilt.
1096
109720090608:
1098	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1099	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1100
110120090602:
1102	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1103	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1104
110520090601:
1106	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1107	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1108	re-compiled.
1109
111020090601:
1111	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1112	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1113	rebuilt.
1114	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1115
111620090530:
1117	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1118	more valid.
1119
112020090530:
1121	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1122	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1123
112420090529:
1125	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1126	rebuilt.
1127	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1128
112920090528:
1130	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1131	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1132	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1133	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1134	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1135	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1136
113720090527:
1138	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1139	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1140
114120090523:
1142	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1143	need to be rebuilt.
1144	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1145
114620090523:
1147	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1148	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1149
115020090520:
1151	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1152	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1153
115420090520:
1155	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1156	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1157	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1158	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1159	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1160
116120090430:
1162	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1163	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1164	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1165	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1166	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1167	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1168
116920090429:
1170	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1171	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1172	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1173	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1174
1175	For kernel developers:
1176
1177	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1178	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1179	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1180
1181	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1182	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1183	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1184	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1185
1186	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1187	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1188	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1189	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1190	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1191	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1192	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1193	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1194	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1195	     multicast membership on-link.
1196	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1197	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1198	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1199
1200	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1201	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1202	  stack.
1203	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1204	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1205	  semantics.
1206
1207	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1208	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1209	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1210	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1211
1212	For application developers:
1213
1214	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1215	  stack.
1216
1217	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1218	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1219
1220	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1221	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1222	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1223	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1224
1225	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1226	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1227	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1228	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1229	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1230
1231	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1232
1233	For systems administrators:
1234
1235	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1236	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1237	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1238	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1239	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1240
1241	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1242	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1243
1244	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1245	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1246	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1247	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1248
1249	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1250	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1251	  back forwarded datagrams.
1252
1253	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1254
125520090422:
1256	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1257	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1258
125920090419:
1260	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1261	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1262	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1263	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1264
126520090415:
1266	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1267	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1268	state will require a world rebuild.
1269	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1270
127120090415:
1272	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1273	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1274	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1275
127620090414:
1277	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1278	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1279	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1280	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1281	load balancing.
1282	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1283
128420090408:
1285	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1286	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1287	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1288	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1289	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1290	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1291	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1292	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1293
129420090407:
1295	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1296	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1297	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1298
129920090320:
1300	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1301	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1302	introduces some changes:
1303
1304	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1305	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1306	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1307
1308	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1309	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1310	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1311	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1312
1313	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1314	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1315	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1316	the "386BSD" type).
1317
1318	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1319
132020090319:
1321	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1322	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1323	(supported by sane).
1324
132520090319:
1326	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1327	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1328	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1329	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1330	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1331
133220090315:
1333	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1334	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1335	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1336	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1337	used.
1338
133920090313:
1340	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1341	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1342	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1343	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1344
134520090313:
1346	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1347	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1348
134920090309:
1350	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1351	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1352
1353	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1354	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1355	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1356
1357	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1358	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1359	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1360	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1361	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1362	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1363	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1364	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1365
1366	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1367	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1368	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1369	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1370	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1371	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1372
1373	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1374	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1375	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1376	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1377	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1378
1379	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1380	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1381	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1382	via IGMP.
1383
1384	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1385	recompiled to reflect this.
1386	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1387
138820090309:
1389	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1390	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1391	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1392	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1393	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1394	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1395
139620090302:
1397	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1398	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1399	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1400	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1401	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1402	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1403
140420090301:
1405	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1406	network device driver modules.
1407
140820090227:
1409	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1410	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1411
141220090223:
1413	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1414	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1415	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1416	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1417	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1418	apply.
1419
142020090217:
1421	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1422	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1423	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1424	use the new name.
1425
142620090216:
1427	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1428	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1429	add
1430		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1431	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1432	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1433
143420090215:
1435	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1436	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1437	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1438	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1439	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1440	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1441
1442	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1443	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1444	be used for this:
1445		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1446		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1447
144820090209:
1449	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1450	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1451	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1452
145320090203:
1454	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1455	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1456	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1457	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1458	same interface.
1459
146020090201:
1461	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1462	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1463
146420090119:
1465	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1466	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1467	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1468	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1469	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1470	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1471
147220090115:
1473	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1474	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1475	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1476	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1477
147820081225:
1479	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1480	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1481	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1482	in next mpd5.3 release.
1483
148420081219:
1485	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1486	the base system (it was a port).
1487
148820081216:
1489	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1490	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1491
149220081214:
1493	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1494	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1495	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1496	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1497	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1498	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1499	none of the L2 information.
1500
150120081130:
1502	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1503	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1504
1505	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1506
1507	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1508
1509	device	ath_hal
1510
1511	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1512	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1513	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1514	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1515
151620081121:
1517	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1518	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1519	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1520	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1521	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1522	packets.
1523
152420081117:
1525	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1526	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1527	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1528	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1529
153020081028:
1531	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1532
153320081009:
1534	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1535	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1536	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1537	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1538	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1539
1540		uhci_load="YES"
1541		ehci_load="YES"
1542
154320081009:
1544	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1545	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1546	sync.
1547
154820081009:
1549	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1550	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1551	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1552	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1553	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1554	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1555	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1556
155720080820:
1558	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1559	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1560	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1561	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1562	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1563
1564	PCI/ISA:
1565		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1566
1567	USB:
1568		ubser, ucycom
1569
1570	Line disciplines:
1571		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1572
1573	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1574	cause compilation to fail.
1575
157620080818:
1577	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1578
157920080801:
1580	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1581
1582	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1583	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1584	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1585	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1586	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1587	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1588	accepting the RSA key.
1589
1590	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1591	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1592	command line.
1593
1594	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1595	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1596	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1597	behavior.
1598
159920080713:
1600	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1601	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1602	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1603
1604	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1605	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1606	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1607	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1608	use the new device names.
1609
1610	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1611	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1612	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1613	at the loader prompt:
1614
1615		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1616		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1617		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1618		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1619		boot -s
1620
162120080609:
1622	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1623	disks instead.
1624
162520080603:
1626	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1627	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1628	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1629	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1630
163120080525:
1632	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1633	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1634
163520080509:
1636	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1637	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1638	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1639	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1640	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1641
164220080420:
1643	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1644	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1645	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1646	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1647	For example, change:
1648		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1649	to
1650		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1651		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1652	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1653	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1654	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1655
1656	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1657	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1658	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1659
166020080408:
1661	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1662	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1663	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1664	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1665	other operation levels.
1666
166720080312:
1668	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1669	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1670	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1671	compatibility with any prior release:
1672
1673	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1674	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1675	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1676
167720080301:
1678	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1679	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1680	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1681	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1682	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1683	nonetheless.
1684
168520080229:
1686	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1687	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1688	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1689	with older hardware easier to do.
1690
169120080220:
1692	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1693	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1694
169520080211:
1696	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1697	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1698	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1699	firewall rules.
1700
170120080208:
1702	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1703	mbuf chains.
1704
170520080126:
1706	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1707	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1708	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1709	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1710	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1711	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1712	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1713	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1714	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1715	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1716	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1717	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1718
171920080123:
1720	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1721	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1722	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1723
172420071128:
1725	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1726	functionality is the default now.
1727
172820071118:
1729	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1730	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1731	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1732	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1733	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1734
1735	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1736	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1737	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1738
173920071024:
1740	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1741	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1742	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1743	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1744	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1745	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1746	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1747	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1748	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1749	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1750	however.
1751
175220071020:
1753	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1754	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1755	used kproc_start()..
1756	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1757	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1758	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1759
176020071010:
1761	RELENG_7 branched.
1762
1763COMMON ITEMS:
1764
1765	General Notes
1766	-------------
1767	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1768	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1769	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1770	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1771	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1772	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1773	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1774
1775	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1776	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1777	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1778	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1779	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1780
1781	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1782	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1783	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1784	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1785	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1786
1787	ZFS notes
1788	---------
1789	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1790	these two steps:
1791
1792	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1793	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1794
1795	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1796
1797	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1798	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1799	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1800
1801	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1802
1803	To build a kernel
1804	-----------------
1805	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1806	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1807	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1808
1809	make kernel-toolchain
1810	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1811	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1812
1813	To test a kernel once
1814	---------------------
1815	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1816	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1817	debugging information) run
1818	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1819	nextboot -k testkernel
1820
1821	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1822	--------------------------------------------------------------
1823	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1824	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1825	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1826
1827	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1828	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1829	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1830	make depend
1831	make
1832	make install
1833
1834	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1835
1836	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1837	-----------------------------------------------------------
1838	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1839	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1840
1841	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1842	make buildworld
1843	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1844							[1]
1845	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1846	mergemaster -p					[5]
1847	make installworld
1848	mergemaster -i					[4]
1849	make delete-old					[6]
1850	<reboot>
1851
1852
1853	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1854	--------------------------------------------------
1855	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1856	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1857	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1858	# size.
1859
1860	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1861	<boot into -stable>
1862	make buildworld
1863	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1864	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1865	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1866	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1867	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1868	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1869	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1870	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1871	<reboot into current>
1872	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1873	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1874	<reboot>
1875
1876
1877	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1878	----------------------------------------------
1879	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1880	make buildworld					[9]
1881	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1882							[1]
1883	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1884	mergemaster -p					[5]
1885	make installworld
1886	mergemaster -i					[4]
1887	make delete-old					[6]
1888	<reboot>
1889
1890	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1891	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1892	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1893	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1894	the UPDATING entries.
1895
1896	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1897	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1898	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1899	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1900	much fewer pitfalls.
1901
1902	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1903	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1904	system on reboot.
1905
1906	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1907		fsck -p
1908		mount -u /
1909		mount -a
1910		cd src
1911		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1912	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1913	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1914
1915	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1916	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1917	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1918	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1919	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1920	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1921	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1922
1923	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1924	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1925	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1926	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1927	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1928	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1929
1930	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1931	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1932	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1933
1934	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1935	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1936	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1937	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1938	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1939	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1940
1941	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1942	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1943
1944	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1945	cvs prune empty directories.
1946
1947	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1948	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1949	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1950
1951	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1952	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1953	warn if it is improperly defined.
1954FORMAT:
1955
1956This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1957breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1958list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1959If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1960to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1961
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