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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 282231 2015-04-29 16:15:34Z gjb $</pubdate> 24 25 <!-- Last rev: 282143 --> 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> 181 182 <para revision="277434" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The 183 &man.fstyp.8; utility has been added, which is used to 184 determine the filesystem on a specified device.</para> 185 186 <para revision="281044">A regression in the &man.libarchive.3; 187 library that would prevent a directory from being included in 188 the archive when <literal>--one-file-system</literal> is used 189 has been fixed.</para> 190 191 <para revision="281161" contrib="sponsor" 192 sponsor="&limelight;">A new flag, <literal>-R</literal>, has 193 been added to the &man.netstat.8; utility, which is used to 194 dump <acronym>RSS</acronym>/flow information.</para> 195 196 <para revision="281936" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The 197 &man.ar.1; utility has been updated to set 198 <literal>ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_SYMLINKS</literal> and 199 <literal>ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NODOTDOT</literal> to disallow 200 directory traversal when extracting an archive, similar to 201 &man.tar.1;.</para> 202 </sect2> 203 204 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 205 <title>Contributed Software</title> 206 207 <para revision="277592"><application>file</application> has been 208 updated to version 5.22.</para> 209 210 <para revision="280304"><application>OpenSSL</application> has 211 been updated to version 1.0.1m.</para> 212 213 <para revision="281687">The &man.acpi.4; subsystem has been 214 updated to version 20150410.</para> 215 </sect2> 216 217 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 218 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 219 220 <para> </para> 221 </sect2> 222 223 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 224 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 225 Scripts</title> 226 227 <para> </para> 228 </sect2> 229 230 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 231 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 232 Scripts</title> 233 234 <para> </para> 235 </sect2> 236 237 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 238 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 239 240 <para revision="275040">A new file configuration library, 241 &man.figpar.3;, has been added to the base system.</para> 242 243 <para revision="280392">The &man.setmode.3; function has been 244 updated to consistently set <literal>errno</literal> on 245 failure.</para> 246 </sect2> 247 248 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 249 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 250 251 <para> </para> 252 </sect2> 253 </sect1> 254 255 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 256 <title>Kernel</title> 257 258 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 259 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 260 categorized.</para> 261 262 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 263 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 264 265 <para> </para> 266 </sect2> 267 268 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 269 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 270 271 <para> </para> 272 </sect2> 273 274 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 275 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 276 277 <para revision="276986">Throttling via <acronym>ACPI</acronym> 278 and <acronym>P4TCC</acronym> via &man.device.hints.5; have 279 been turned off by default.</para> 280 281 <para revision="278982" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The 282 &man.hwpmc.4; default and maximum callchain depths have been 283 increased. The default has been increased from 16 to 32, and 284 the maximum increased from 32 to 128.</para> 285 286 <para revision="281255" contrib="sponsor" 287 sponsor="&ix;, &ff;">The &man.devfs.5; device filesystem has 288 been changed to update timestamps for read/write operations 289 using seconds precision. A new &man.sysctl.8;, 290 <literal>vfs.devfs.dotimes</literal> has been added, which 291 when set to a non-zero value, enables default precision 292 timestamps for these operations.</para> 293 </sect2> 294 </sect1> 295 296 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 297 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 298 299 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 300 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 301 302 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 303 <title>Device Drivers</title> 304 305 <para> </para> 306 </sect2> 307 308 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 309 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 310 311 <para revision="281957">The &man.hptnr.4; driver has been 312 updated to version 1.1.1.</para> 313 </sect2> 314 315 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 316 <title>Network Drivers</title> 317 318 <para> </para> 319 </sect2> 320 </sect1> 321 322 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 323 <title>Hardware Support</title> 324 325 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 326 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 327 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 328 other sections of this document.</para> 329 330 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 331 <title>Hardware Support</title> 332 333 <para> </para> 334 </sect2> 335 336 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 337 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 338 339 <para revision="280370">The &man.bhyve.8; hypervisor has been 340 updated to support <literal>DSM TRIM</literal> commands for 341 virtual <acronym>AHCI</acronym> disks.</para> 342 </sect2> 343 344 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 345 <title>ARM Support</title> 346 347 <para revision="278608">The <literal>bcm2835_cpufreq</literal> 348 driver has been added, which supports <acronym>CPU</acronym> 349 frequency and voltage control on the Raspberry Pi 350 <acronym>SOC</acronym>.</para> 351 </sect2> 352 </sect1> 353 354 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 355 <title>Storage</title> 356 357 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 358 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 359 360 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 361 <title>General Storage</title> 362 363 <para revision="279002" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 364 &man.ctl.4; <acronym>LUN</acronym> mapping has been rewritten, 365 replacing <acronym>iSCSI</acronym>-specific mapping mechanisms 366 with a new mechanism that works for any port.</para> 367 368 <para revision="279055" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 369 &man.ctld.8; utility has been updated to allow controlling 370 non-<acronym>iSCSI</acronym> &man.ctl.4; ports.</para> 371 </sect2> 372 373 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 374 <title>Networked Storage</title> 375 376 <para revision="274939" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 377 &man.ctld.8; utility has been updated to include support for 378 registering <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> targets and portals on 379 <acronym>iSNS</acronym> servers. This provides a mechanism 380 which allows <acronym>iSCSI</acronym> initiators to find 381 targets and portals without requiring active 382 discovery.</para> 383 </sect2> 384 385 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 386 <title>ZFS</title> 387 388 <para revision="275490">A new tunable, 389 <literal>vfs.zfs.spa_slop_shift</literal>, has been added, 390 which controls how much space is reserved by default.</para> 391 392 <para revision="277583">The <literal>arc_meta_limit</literal> 393 statistics are now visible through the 394 <literal>kstat</literal> &man.sysctl.8;. As a result of this 395 change, the <literal>vfs.zfs.arc_meta_used</literal> 396 &man.sysctl.8; has been removed, and replaced with the 397 <literal>kstat.zfs.misc.arcstats.arc_meta_used</literal> 398 &man.sysctl.8;.</para> 399 </sect2> 400 401 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 402 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 403 404 <para revision="275891" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 405 &man.ctl.4; subsystem has been updated, increasing the ports 406 limit from <literal>128</literal> to <literal>256</literal>, 407 and <acronym>LUN</acronym> limit from <literal>256</literal> 408 to <literal>1024</literal>.</para> 409 </sect2> 410 </sect1> 411 412 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 413 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 414 415 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 416 boot-related changes.</para> 417 418 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 419 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 420 421 <para revision="281843">The boot loader has been updated to 422 support entering the <acronym>GELI</acronym> passphrase before 423 loading the kernel. To enable this behavior, add 424 <literal>geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="YES"</literal> to 425 &man.loader.conf.5;.</para> 426 </sect2> 427 428 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 429 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 430 431 <para> </para> 432 </sect2> 433 </sect1> 434 435 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 436 <title>Networking</title> 437 438 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 439 &os;.</para> 440 441 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 442 <title>Network Procols</title> 443 444 <para> </para> 445 </sect2> 446 </sect1> 447 448 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 449 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 450 451 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 452 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 453 installation tools.</para> 454 455 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 456 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 457 458 <para> </para> 459 </sect2> 460 461 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 462 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 463 464 <para> </para> 465 </sect2> 466 </sect1> 467 468 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 469 <title>Documentation</title> 470 471 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 472 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 473 474 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 475 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 476 477 <para> </para> 478 </sect2> 479 480 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 481 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 482 483 <para> </para> 484 </sect2> 485 </sect1> 486 487 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 488 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 489 490 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 491 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 492 493 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 494 <title>Integration Changes</title> 495 496 <para> </para> 497 </sect2> 498 </sect1> 499</article> 500