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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 288938 2015-10-06 17:42:37Z gjb $</pubdate> 24 25 <!-- First rev: 285831 --> 26 <!-- Last rev: 284813 --> 27 28 <copyright> 29 <year>2015</year> 30 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation 31 Project</holder> 32 </copyright> 33 34 <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 35 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 36 &tm-attrib.ibm; 37 &tm-attrib.ieee; 38 &tm-attrib.intel; 39 &tm-attrib.sparc; 40 &tm-attrib.general; 41 </legalnotice> 42 43 <abstract> 44 <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain 45 a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the 46 &release.branch; development line. This document lists 47 applicable security advisories that were issued since the last 48 release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and 49 userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also 50 presented.</para> 51 </abstract> 52 </info> 53 54 <sect1 xml:id="intro"> 55 <title>Introduction</title> 56 57 <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; 58 &release.current;. It describes recently added, changed, or 59 deleted features of &os;. It also provides some notes on 60 upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para> 61 62 <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to 63 which these release notes apply represents the latest point 64 along the &release.branch; development branch since 65 &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, 66 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 67 found at <uri 68 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 69 70 <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to 71 which these release notes apply represents a point along the 72 &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and 73 the future &release.next;. Information regarding pre-built, 74 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 75 found at <uri 76 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 77 78 <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os; 79 &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be 80 found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or 81 any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or 82 other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the 83 <link 84 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 85 &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link 86 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; 87 Handbook</link>.</para> 88 89 <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata 90 before installing &os;. The errata document is updated with 91 <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the 92 release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains 93 information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections 94 to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; 95 &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> 96 97 <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed 98 features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para> 99 100 <para>Typical release note items document recent security 101 advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware 102 support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or 103 contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to 104 major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly 105 the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os; 106 between releases; this document focuses primarily on security 107 advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural 108 improvements.</para> 109 </sect1> 110 111 <sect1 xml:id="upgrade"> 112 <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title> 113 114 <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions 115 (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported 116 using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade 117 procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as 118 unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as 119 a part of an official &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; 120 utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet 121 connectivity.</para> 122 123 <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; 124 base system from source code) from previous versions are 125 supported, according to the instructions in 126 <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> 127 128 <important> 129 <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after 130 backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration 131 files.</para> 132 </important> 133 </sect1> 134 135 <sect1 xml:id="security-errata"> 136 <title>Security and Errata</title> 137 138 <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and 139 Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para> 140 141 <sect2 xml:id="security"> 142 <title>Security Advisories</title> 143 144 &security; 145 </sect2> 146 147 <sect2 xml:id="errata"> 148 <title>Errata Notices</title> 149 150 &errata; 151 </sect2> 152 </sect1> 153 154 <sect1 xml:id="userland"> 155 <title>Userland</title> 156 157 <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland 158 applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para> 159 160 <sect2 xml:id="userland-config"> 161 <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title> 162 163 <para> </para> 164 </sect2> 165 166 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 167 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 168 169 <para revision="286064">The &man.jail.8; utility has been 170 updated to include a new flag, <literal>-l</literal>, which 171 ensures a clean environment in the target jail when used. 172 Additionally, &man.jail.8; will run a shell within the target 173 jail when run no commands are specified.</para> 174 175 <para revision="287122">The &man.mkimg.1; utility has been 176 updated to include support for <literal>NTFS</literal> 177 filesystems in both <acronym>MBR</acronym> and 178 <acronym>GPT</acronym> partitioning schemes.</para> 179 180 <para revision="288202" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The 181 &man.ar.1; utility now enables deterministic mode 182 (<literal>-D</literal>) by default. This behavior can be 183 disabled by specifying the <literal>-U</literal> flag.</para> 184 185 <para revision="287746">The &man.pciconf.8; utility has been 186 updated to use the PCI ID database from the <filename 187 role="package">misc/pciids</filename> package, if present, 188 falling back to the PCI ID database in the &os; base 189 system.</para> 190 191 <para revision="288710" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&gandi;">A 192 new utility, &man.sesutil.8;, has been added, which is used 193 to manage &man.ses.4; devices.</para> 194 </sect2> 195 196 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 197 <title>Contributed Software</title> 198 199 <para revision="286082">The &man.libarchive.3; library has been 200 updated to properly skip a sparse file entry in a &man.tar.1; 201 file, which would previously produce errors.</para> 202 </sect2> 203 204 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 205 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 206 207 <para> </para> 208 </sect2> 209 210 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 211 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 212 Scripts</title> 213 214 <para> </para> 215 </sect2> 216 217 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 218 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 219 Scripts</title> 220 221 <para> </para> 222 </sect2> 223 224 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 225 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 226 227 <para> </para> 228 </sect2> 229 230 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 231 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 232 233 <para> </para> 234 </sect2> 235 </sect1> 236 237 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 238 <title>Kernel</title> 239 240 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 241 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 242 categorized.</para> 243 244 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 245 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 246 247 <para revision="288167" contrib="sponsor" 248 sponsor="&multiplay;">The &man.kqueue.2; system call has been 249 updated to handle write events to files larger than 2 250 gigabytes.</para> 251 </sect2> 252 253 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 254 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 255 256 <para> </para> 257 </sect2> 258 259 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 260 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 261 262 <para revision="287037">The &man.uart.4; driver has been 263 updated to allow tuning packets per second captured during 264 runtime.</para> 265 </sect2> 266 </sect1> 267 268 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 269 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 270 271 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 272 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 273 274 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 275 <title>Device Drivers</title> 276 277 <para> </para> 278 </sect2> 279 280 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 281 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 282 283 <para revision="288732" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The 284 <acronym>CTL</acronym> High Availability implementation has 285 been rewritten.</para> 286 287 <para revision="288810">The &man.ctl.4; driver has been updated 288 to support CD-ROM and removable devices.</para> 289 </sect2> 290 291 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 292 <title>Network Drivers</title> 293 294 <para> </para> 295 </sect2> 296 </sect1> 297 298 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 299 <title>Hardware Support</title> 300 301 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 302 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 303 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 304 other sections of this document.</para> 305 306 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 307 <title>Hardware Support</title> 308 309 <para> </para> 310 </sect2> 311 312 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 313 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 314 315 <para revision="287802">The &man.xen.4; driver has been updated 316 to include support for <literal>blkif</literal> indirect 317 segment I/O.</para> 318 </sect2> 319 320 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 321 <title>ARM Support</title> 322 323 <para> </para> 324 </sect2> 325 </sect1> 326 327 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 328 <title>Storage</title> 329 330 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 331 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 332 333 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 334 <title>General Storage</title> 335 336 <para> </para> 337 </sect2> 338 339 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 340 <title>Networked Storage</title> 341 342 <para> </para> 343 </sect2> 344 345 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 346 <title>ZFS</title> 347 348 <para revision="287665" contrib="sponsor" 349 sponsor="&clusterhq;">The &man.zfs.8; <literal>l2arc</literal> 350 code has been updated to take <literal>ashift</literal> into 351 account when gathering buffers to be written to the 352 <literal>l2arc</literal> device.</para> 353 </sect2> 354 355 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 356 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 357 358 <para> </para> 359 </sect2> 360 </sect1> 361 362 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 363 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 364 365 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 366 boot-related changes.</para> 367 368 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 369 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 370 371 <para> </para> 372 </sect2> 373 374 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 375 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 376 377 <para> </para> 378 </sect2> 379 </sect1> 380 381 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 382 <title>Networking</title> 383 384 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 385 &os;.</para> 386 387 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 388 <title>Network Protocols</title> 389 390 <para> </para> 391 </sect2> 392 </sect1> 393 394 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 395 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 396 397 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 398 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 399 installation tools.</para> 400 401 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 402 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 403 404 <para> </para> 405 </sect2> 406 407 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 408 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 409 410 <para> </para> 411 </sect2> 412 </sect1> 413 414 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 415 <title>Documentation</title> 416 417 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 418 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 419 420 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 421 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 422 423 <para> </para> 424 </sect2> 425 426 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 427 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 428 429 <para> </para> 430 </sect2> 431 </sect1> 432 433 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 434 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 435 436 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 437 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 438 439 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 440 <title>Integration Changes</title> 441 442 <para> </para> 443 </sect2> 444 </sect1> 445</article> 446