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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V5.0-Based Extension//EN" 3 "../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [ 4<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" "release.ent"> 5 %release; 6<!ENTITY % sponsor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Sponsor Specification//EN" "sponsor.ent"> 7 %sponsor; 8<!ENTITY % vendor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Vendor Specification//EN" "vendor.ent"> 9 %vendor; 10<!ENTITY security SYSTEM "../../share/xml/security.xml"> 11<!ENTITY errata SYSTEM "../../share/xml/errata.xml"> 12]> 13<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" 14 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"> 15 16 <info> 17 <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> 18 19 <author> 20 <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname> 21 </author> 22 23 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml 278267 2015-02-05 16:28:18Z gjb $</pubdate> 24 25 <!-- Last rev: 276991 --> 26 27 <copyright> 28 <year>2015</year> 29 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation 30 Project</holder> 31 </copyright> 32 33 <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 34 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 35 &tm-attrib.ibm; 36 &tm-attrib.ieee; 37 &tm-attrib.intel; 38 &tm-attrib.sparc; 39 &tm-attrib.general; 40 </legalnotice> 41 42 <abstract> 43 <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain 44 a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the 45 &release.branch; development line. This document lists 46 applicable security advisories that were issued since the last 47 release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and 48 userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also 49 presented.</para> 50 </abstract> 51 </info> 52 53 <sect1 xml:id="intro"> 54 <title>Introduction</title> 55 56 <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; 57 &release.current;. It describes recently added, changed, or 58 deleted features of &os;. It also provides some notes on 59 upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para> 60 61 <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to 62 which these release notes apply represents the latest point 63 along the &release.branch; development branch since 64 &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, 65 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 66 found at <uri 67 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 68 69 <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to 70 which these release notes apply represents a point along the 71 &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and 72 the future &release.next;. Information regarding pre-built, 73 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 74 found at <uri 75 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 76 77 <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os; 78 &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be 79 found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or 80 any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or 81 other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the 82 <link 83 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 84 &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link 85 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; 86 Handbook</link>.</para> 87 88 <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata 89 before installing &os;. The errata document is updated with 90 <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the 91 release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains 92 information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections 93 to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; 94 &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> 95 96 <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed 97 features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para> 98 99 <para>Typical release note items document recent security 100 advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware 101 support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or 102 contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to 103 major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly 104 the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os; 105 between releases; this document focuses primarily on security 106 advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural 107 improvements.</para> 108 </sect1> 109 110 <sect1 xml:id="upgrade"> 111 <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title> 112 113 <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions 114 (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported 115 using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade 116 procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as 117 unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as 118 a part of an official &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; 119 utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet 120 connectivity.</para> 121 122 <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; 123 base system from source code) from previous versions are 124 supported, according to the instructions in 125 <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> 126 127 <important> 128 <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after 129 backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration 130 files.</para> 131 </important> 132 </sect1> 133 134 <sect1 xml:id="security-errata"> 135 <title>Security and Errata</title> 136 137 <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and 138 Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para> 139 140 <sect2 xml:id="security"> 141 <title>Security Advisories</title> 142 143 &security; 144 </sect2> 145 146 <sect2 xml:id="errata"> 147 <title>Errata Notices</title> 148 149 &errata; 150 </sect2> 151 </sect1> 152 153 <sect1 xml:id="userland"> 154 <title>Userland</title> 155 156 <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland 157 applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para> 158 159 <sect2 xml:id="userland-config"> 160 <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title> 161 162 <para revision="276991">The &man.termcap.5; file is installed 163 as-is from sources, instead of reordering, creating 164 <filename>/etc/termcap.db</filename> by default, providing 165 a performance improvements to applications that use the 166 &man.termcap.5; database, such as &man.vi.1; and 167 &man.ncurses.3;.</para> 168 </sect2> 169 170 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 171 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 172 173 <para revision="275040">A new utility, &man.dpv.1;, has been 174 added to the base system, providing a &man.dialog.1;-style 175 progress view from one or more input streams. A corresponding 176 library, &man.dpv.3;, has also been added.</para> 177 178 <para revision="275945">The &man.elfdump.1; utility has been 179 updated to support capability mode provided by 180 &man.capsicum.4;.</para> 181 </sect2> 182 183 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 184 <title>Contributed Software</title> 185 186 <para revision="277597"><application>OpenSSL</application> has 187 been updated to version 1.0.1l.</para> 188 </sect2> 189 190 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 191 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 192 193 <para> </para> 194 </sect2> 195 196 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 197 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 198 Scripts</title> 199 200 <para> </para> 201 </sect2> 202 203 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 204 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 205 Scripts</title> 206 207 <para> </para> 208 </sect2> 209 210 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 211 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 212 213 <para revision="275040">A new file configuration library, 214 &man.figpar.3;, has been added to the base system.</para> 215 </sect2> 216 217 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 218 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 219 220 <para> </para> 221 </sect2> 222 </sect1> 223 224 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 225 <title>Kernel</title> 226 227 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 228 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 229 categorized.</para> 230 231 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 232 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 233 234 <para> </para> 235 </sect2> 236 237 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 238 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 239 240 <para> </para> 241 </sect2> 242 243 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 244 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 245 246 <para revision="276986">Throttling via <acronym>ACPI</acronym> 247 and <acronym>P4TCC</acronym> via &man.device.hints.5; have 248 been turned off by default.</para> 249 </sect2> 250 </sect1> 251 252 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 253 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 254 255 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 256 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 257 258 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 259 <title>Device Drivers</title> 260 261 <para> </para> 262 </sect2> 263 264 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 265 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 266 267 <para> </para> 268 </sect2> 269 270 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 271 <title>Network Drivers</title> 272 273 <para> </para> 274 </sect2> 275 </sect1> 276 277 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 278 <title>Hardware Support</title> 279 280 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 281 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 282 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 283 other sections of this document.</para> 284 285 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 286 <title>Hardware Support</title> 287 288 <para> </para> 289 </sect2> 290 291 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 292 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 293 294 <para> </para> 295 </sect2> 296 297 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 298 <title>ARM Support</title> 299 300 <para> </para> 301 </sect2> 302 </sect1> 303 304 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 305 <title>Storage</title> 306 307 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 308 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 309 310 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 311 <title>Networked Storage</title> 312 313 <para revision="274939" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 314 &man.ctld.8; utility has been updated to include support for 315 registering <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> targets and portals on 316 <acronym>iSNS</acronym> servers. This provides a mechanism 317 which allows <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> initiators to find 318 targets and portals without requiring active 319 discovery.</para> 320 </sect2> 321 322 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 323 <title>ZFS</title> 324 325 <para revision="275490">A new tunable, 326 <literal>vfs.zfs.spa_slop_shift</literal>, has been added, 327 which controls how much space is reserved by default.</para> 328 </sect2> 329 330 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 331 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 332 333 <para revision="275891" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 334 &man.ctl.4; subsystem has been updated, increasing the ports 335 limit from <literal>128</literal> to <literal>256</literal>, 336 and <acronym>LUN</acronym> limit from <literal>256</literal> 337 to <literal>1024</literal>.</para> 338 </sect2> 339 </sect1> 340 341 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 342 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 343 344 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 345 boot-related changes.</para> 346 347 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 348 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 349 350 <para> </para> 351 </sect2> 352 353 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 354 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 355 356 <para> </para> 357 </sect2> 358 </sect1> 359 360 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 361 <title>Networking</title> 362 363 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 364 &os;.</para> 365 366 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 367 <title>Network Procols</title> 368 369 <para> </para> 370 </sect2> 371 </sect1> 372 373 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 374 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 375 376 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 377 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 378 installation tools.</para> 379 380 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 381 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 382 383 <para> </para> 384 </sect2> 385 386 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 387 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 388 389 <para> </para> 390 </sect2> 391 </sect1> 392 393 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 394 <title>Documentation</title> 395 396 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 397 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 398 399 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 400 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 401 402 <para> </para> 403 </sect2> 404 405 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 406 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 407 408 <para> </para> 409 </sect2> 410 </sect1> 411 412 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 413 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 414 415 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 416 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 417 418 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 419 <title>Integration Changes</title> 420 421 <para> </para> 422 </sect2> 423 </sect1> 424</article> 425