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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 279070 2015-02-20 18:06:33Z 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> 249 250 <para revision="278982" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The 251 &man.hwpmc.4; default and maximum callchain depths have been 252 increased. The default has been increased from 16 to 32, and 253 the maximum increased from 32 to 128.</para> 254 </sect2> 255 </sect1> 256 257 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 258 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 259 260 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 261 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 262 263 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 264 <title>Device Drivers</title> 265 266 <para> </para> 267 </sect2> 268 269 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 270 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 271 272 <para> </para> 273 </sect2> 274 275 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 276 <title>Network Drivers</title> 277 278 <para> </para> 279 </sect2> 280 </sect1> 281 282 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 283 <title>Hardware Support</title> 284 285 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 286 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 287 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 288 other sections of this document.</para> 289 290 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 291 <title>Hardware Support</title> 292 293 <para> </para> 294 </sect2> 295 296 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 297 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 298 299 <para> </para> 300 </sect2> 301 302 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 303 <title>ARM Support</title> 304 305 <para> </para> 306 </sect2> 307 </sect1> 308 309 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 310 <title>Storage</title> 311 312 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 313 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 314 315 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 316 <title>Networked Storage</title> 317 318 <para revision="274939" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 319 &man.ctld.8; utility has been updated to include support for 320 registering <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> targets and portals on 321 <acronym>iSNS</acronym> servers. This provides a mechanism 322 which allows <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> initiators to find 323 targets and portals without requiring active 324 discovery.</para> 325 </sect2> 326 327 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 328 <title>ZFS</title> 329 330 <para revision="275490">A new tunable, 331 <literal>vfs.zfs.spa_slop_shift</literal>, has been added, 332 which controls how much space is reserved by default.</para> 333 </sect2> 334 335 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 336 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 337 338 <para revision="275891" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 339 &man.ctl.4; subsystem has been updated, increasing the ports 340 limit from <literal>128</literal> to <literal>256</literal>, 341 and <acronym>LUN</acronym> limit from <literal>256</literal> 342 to <literal>1024</literal>.</para> 343 </sect2> 344 </sect1> 345 346 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 347 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 348 349 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 350 boot-related changes.</para> 351 352 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 353 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 354 355 <para> </para> 356 </sect2> 357 358 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 359 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 360 361 <para> </para> 362 </sect2> 363 </sect1> 364 365 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 366 <title>Networking</title> 367 368 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 369 &os;.</para> 370 371 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 372 <title>Network Procols</title> 373 374 <para> </para> 375 </sect2> 376 </sect1> 377 378 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 379 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 380 381 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 382 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 383 installation tools.</para> 384 385 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 386 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 387 388 <para> </para> 389 </sect2> 390 391 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 392 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 393 394 <para> </para> 395 </sect2> 396 </sect1> 397 398 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 399 <title>Documentation</title> 400 401 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 402 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 403 404 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 405 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 406 407 <para> </para> 408 </sect2> 409 410 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 411 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 412 413 <para> </para> 414 </sect2> 415 </sect1> 416 417 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 418 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 419 420 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 421 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 422 423 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 424 <title>Integration Changes</title> 425 426 <para> </para> 427 </sect2> 428 </sect1> 429</article> 430