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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 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [ 4<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" 5 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/share/xml/release.ent"> 6 %release; 7<!ENTITY % sponsor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Sponsor Specification//EN" 8 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/share/xml/sponsor.ent"> 9 %sponsor; 10<!ENTITY % vendor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Vendor Specification//EN" 11 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/share/xml/vendor.ent"> 12 %vendor; 13<!ENTITY security PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Security Advisory List//EN" 14 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/share/xml/security.xml"> 15<!ENTITY errata PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Errata List//EN" 16 "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/share/xml/errata.xml"> 17]> 18<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" 19 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"> 20 21 <info> 22 <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> 23 24 <author> 25 <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname> 26 </author> 27 28 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml 319327 2017-05-31 13:33:11Z gjb $</pubdate> 29 30 <copyright> 31 <year>2017</year> 32 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation 33 Project</holder> 34 </copyright> 35 36 <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 37 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 38 &tm-attrib.ibm; 39 &tm-attrib.ieee; 40 &tm-attrib.intel; 41 &tm-attrib.sparc; 42 &tm-attrib.general; 43 </legalnotice> 44 45 <abstract> 46 <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain 47 a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the 48 &release.branch; development line. This document lists 49 applicable security advisories that were issued since the last 50 release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and 51 userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also 52 presented.</para> 53 </abstract> 54 </info> 55 56 <sect1 xml:id="intro"> 57 <title>Introduction</title> 58 59 <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; 60 &release.current;. It describes recently added, changed, or 61 deleted features of &os;. It also provides some notes on 62 upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para> 63 64 <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to 65 which these release notes apply represents the latest point 66 along the &release.branch; development branch since 67 &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, 68 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 69 found at <uri 70 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 71 72 <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to 73 which these release notes apply represents a point along the 74 &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and 75 the future &release.next;. Information regarding pre-built, 76 binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be 77 found at <uri 78 xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> 79 80 <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os; 81 &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be 82 found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or 83 any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or 84 other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the 85 <link 86 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 87 &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link 88 xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; 89 Handbook</link>.</para> 90 91 <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata 92 before installing &os;. The errata document is updated with 93 <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the 94 release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains 95 information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections 96 to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; 97 &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> 98 99 <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed 100 features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para> 101 102 <para>Typical release note items document recent security 103 advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware 104 support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or 105 contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to 106 major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly 107 the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os; 108 between releases; this document focuses primarily on security 109 advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural 110 improvements.</para> 111 </sect1> 112 113 <sect1 xml:id="upgrade"> 114 <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title> 115 116 <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions 117 (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported 118 using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade 119 procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as 120 unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as 121 a part of an official &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; 122 utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet 123 connectivity.</para> 124 125 <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; 126 base system from source code) from previous versions are 127 supported, according to the instructions in 128 <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> 129 130 <important> 131 <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after 132 backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration 133 files.</para> 134 </important> 135 </sect1> 136 137 <sect1 xml:id="security-errata"> 138 <title>Security and Errata</title> 139 140 <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and 141 Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para> 142 143 <sect2 xml:id="security"> 144 <title>Security Advisories</title> 145 146 &security; 147 </sect2> 148 149 <sect2 xml:id="errata"> 150 <title>Errata Notices</title> 151 152 &errata; 153 </sect2> 154 </sect1> 155 156 <sect1 xml:id="userland"> 157 <title>Userland</title> 158 159 <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland 160 applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para> 161 162 <sect2 xml:id="userland-config"> 163 <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title> 164 165 <para revision="313206">The &man.inetd.8; utility is now built 166 without <literal>libwrap</literal> support when 167 <literal>WITHOUT_TCP_WRAPPERS</literal> is set in 168 &man.src.conf.5;.</para> 169 </sect2> 170 171 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 172 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 173 174 <para> </para> 175 </sect2> 176 177 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 178 <title>Contributed Software</title> 179 180 <para revision="309512"><application>Subversion</application> 181 has been updated to version 1.9.5.</para> 182 183 <para revision="309848">&man.file.1; has been updated to version 184 5.29.</para> 185 186 <para revision="310490">The &man.amd.8; utility has been updated 187 to version 6.2.</para> 188 189 <para revision="312516">&man.xz.1; has been updated to version 190 5.2.3.</para> 191 192 <para revision="313796">&man.zlib.3; has been updated to version 193 1.2.11.</para> 194 195 <para revision="315433">&man.libarchive.3; has been updated to 196 version 3.3.1.</para> 197 198 <para revision="316069">&man.ntpd.8; has been updated to version 199 4.2.8p10.</para> 200 201 <para revision="316350">Timezone data files have been updated to 202 version 2017b.</para> 203 204 <para revision="316958">&man.tcsh.1; has been updated to version 205 6.20.00.</para> 206 </sect2> 207 208 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 209 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 210 211 <para> </para> 212 </sect2> 213 214 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 215 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 216 Scripts</title> 217 218 <para> </para> 219 </sect2> 220 221 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 222 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 223 Scripts</title> 224 225 <para> </para> 226 </sect2> 227 228 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 229 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 230 231 <para> </para> 232 </sect2> 233 234 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 235 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 236 237 <para> </para> 238 </sect2> 239 </sect1> 240 241 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 242 <title>Kernel</title> 243 244 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 245 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 246 categorized.</para> 247 248 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 249 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 250 251 <para></para> 252 </sect2> 253 254 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 255 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 256 257 <para> </para> 258 </sect2> 259 260 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 261 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 262 263 <para></para> 264 </sect2> 265 </sect1> 266 267 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 268 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 269 270 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 271 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 272 273 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 274 <title>Device Drivers</title> 275 276 <para> </para> 277 </sect2> 278 279 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 280 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 281 282 <para></para> 283 </sect2> 284 285 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 286 <title>Network Drivers</title> 287 288 <para revision="311507" contrib="sponsor" 289 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 290 to firmware version 1.16.26.0 for T4, T5, and T6 cards.</para> 291 292 <para revision="312359">The &man.alc.4; driver has been updated 293 to provide support for Atheros® Killer E2400™ 294 Gigabit ethernet cards.</para> 295 296 <para revision="314019" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ms;">The 297 &man.alc.4; driver has been updated to provide support for 298 Atheros® Killer E2500™ Gigabit ethernet 299 cards.</para> 300 301 <para revision="316485">The &man.qlnxe.4; driver has been added, 302 providing support for Cavium® Qlogic™ 45000 Series 303 adapters.</para> 304 </sect2> 305 </sect1> 306 307 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 308 <title>Hardware Support</title> 309 310 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 311 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 312 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 313 other sections of this document.</para> 314 315 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 316 <title>Hardware Support</title> 317 318 <para> </para> 319 </sect2> 320 321 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 322 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 323 324 <para></para> 325 </sect2> 326 327 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 328 <title>ARM Support</title> 329 330 <para> </para> 331 </sect2> 332 </sect1> 333 334 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 335 <title>Storage</title> 336 337 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 338 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 339 340 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 341 <title>General Storage</title> 342 343 <para> </para> 344 </sect2> 345 346 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 347 <title>Networked Storage</title> 348 349 <para> </para> 350 </sect2> 351 352 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 353 <title>ZFS</title> 354 355 <para></para> 356 </sect2> 357 358 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 359 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 360 361 <para> </para> 362 </sect2> 363 </sect1> 364 365 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 366 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 367 368 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 369 boot-related changes.</para> 370 371 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 372 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 373 374 <para> </para> 375 </sect2> 376 377 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 378 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 379 380 <para> </para> 381 </sect2> 382 </sect1> 383 384 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 385 <title>Networking</title> 386 387 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 388 &os;.</para> 389 390 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 391 <title>Network Protocols</title> 392 393 <para revision="309340" contrib="sponsor" 394 sponsor="&dellemc;">Support for <acronym>GARP</acronym> 395 (gratuitous <acronym>ARP</acronym>) retransmit has been added. 396 A new &man.sysctl.8;, 397 <literal>net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count</literal>, has 398 been added, which sets the maximum number of retransmissions 399 when set to a non-zero value.</para> 400 </sect2> 401 </sect1> 402 403 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 404 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 405 406 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 407 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 408 installation tools.</para> 409 410 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 411 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 412 413 <para> </para> 414 </sect2> 415 416 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 417 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 418 419 <para> </para> 420 </sect2> 421 </sect1> 422 423 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 424 <title>Documentation</title> 425 426 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 427 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 428 429 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 430 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 431 432 <para> </para> 433 </sect2> 434 435 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 436 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 437 438 <para> </para> 439 </sect2> 440 </sect1> 441 442 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 443 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 444 445 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 446 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 447 448 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 449 <title>Integration Changes</title> 450 451 <para> </para> 452 </sect2> 453 </sect1> 454</article> 455