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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 319328 2017-05-31 13:33:12Z 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> 169 170 <para revision="316046">The &man.libthr.3; library and related 171 files are now evaluated and removed by the 172 <literal>delete-old-libs</literal> target when upgrading the 173 system if <literal>WITHOUT_LIBTHR</literal> is 174 set in &man.src.conf.5;.</para> 175 </sect2> 176 177 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 178 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 179 180 <para> </para> 181 </sect2> 182 183 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 184 <title>Contributed Software</title> 185 186 <para revision="309512"><application>Subversion</application> 187 has been updated to version 1.9.5.</para> 188 189 <para revision="309848">&man.file.1; has been updated to version 190 5.29.</para> 191 192 <para revision="310490">The &man.amd.8; utility has been updated 193 to version 6.2.</para> 194 195 <para revision="312516">&man.xz.1; has been updated to version 196 5.2.3.</para> 197 198 <para revision="313796">&man.zlib.3; has been updated to version 199 1.2.11.</para> 200 201 <para revision="315433">&man.libarchive.3; has been updated to 202 version 3.3.1.</para> 203 204 <para revision="316069">&man.ntpd.8; has been updated to version 205 4.2.8p10.</para> 206 207 <para revision="316350">Timezone data files have been updated to 208 version 2017b.</para> 209 210 <para revision="316958">&man.tcsh.1; has been updated to version 211 6.20.00.</para> 212 </sect2> 213 214 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 215 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 216 217 <para> </para> 218 </sect2> 219 220 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 221 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 222 Scripts</title> 223 224 <para> </para> 225 </sect2> 226 227 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 228 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 229 Scripts</title> 230 231 <para> </para> 232 </sect2> 233 234 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 235 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 236 237 <para> </para> 238 </sect2> 239 240 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 241 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 242 243 <para> </para> 244 </sect2> 245 </sect1> 246 247 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 248 <title>Kernel</title> 249 250 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 251 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 252 categorized.</para> 253 254 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 255 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 256 257 <para></para> 258 </sect2> 259 260 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 261 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 262 263 <para> </para> 264 </sect2> 265 266 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 267 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 268 269 <para></para> 270 </sect2> 271 </sect1> 272 273 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 274 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 275 276 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 277 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 278 279 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 280 <title>Device Drivers</title> 281 282 <para> </para> 283 </sect2> 284 285 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 286 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 287 288 <para></para> 289 </sect2> 290 291 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 292 <title>Network Drivers</title> 293 294 <para revision="311507" contrib="sponsor" 295 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 296 to firmware version 1.16.26.0 for T4, T5, and T6 cards.</para> 297 298 <para revision="312359">The &man.alc.4; driver has been updated 299 to provide support for Atheros® Killer E2400™ 300 Gigabit ethernet cards.</para> 301 302 <para revision="314019" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ms;">The 303 &man.alc.4; driver has been updated to provide support for 304 Atheros® Killer E2500™ Gigabit ethernet 305 cards.</para> 306 307 <para revision="316485">The &man.qlnxe.4; driver has been added, 308 providing support for Cavium® Qlogic™ 45000 Series 309 adapters.</para> 310 </sect2> 311 </sect1> 312 313 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 314 <title>Hardware Support</title> 315 316 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 317 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 318 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 319 other sections of this document.</para> 320 321 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 322 <title>Hardware Support</title> 323 324 <para> </para> 325 </sect2> 326 327 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 328 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 329 330 <para></para> 331 </sect2> 332 333 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 334 <title>ARM Support</title> 335 336 <para> </para> 337 </sect2> 338 </sect1> 339 340 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 341 <title>Storage</title> 342 343 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 344 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 345 346 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 347 <title>General Storage</title> 348 349 <para> </para> 350 </sect2> 351 352 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 353 <title>Networked Storage</title> 354 355 <para> </para> 356 </sect2> 357 358 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 359 <title>ZFS</title> 360 361 <para></para> 362 </sect2> 363 364 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 365 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 366 367 <para> </para> 368 </sect2> 369 </sect1> 370 371 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 372 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 373 374 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 375 boot-related changes.</para> 376 377 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 378 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 379 380 <para> </para> 381 </sect2> 382 383 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 384 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 385 386 <para> </para> 387 </sect2> 388 </sect1> 389 390 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 391 <title>Networking</title> 392 393 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 394 &os;.</para> 395 396 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 397 <title>Network Protocols</title> 398 399 <para revision="309340" contrib="sponsor" 400 sponsor="&dellemc;">Support for <acronym>GARP</acronym> 401 (gratuitous <acronym>ARP</acronym>) retransmit has been added. 402 A new &man.sysctl.8;, 403 <literal>net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count</literal>, has 404 been added, which sets the maximum number of retransmissions 405 when set to a non-zero value.</para> 406 </sect2> 407 </sect1> 408 409 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 410 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 411 412 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 413 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 414 installation tools.</para> 415 416 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 417 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 418 419 <para> </para> 420 </sect2> 421 422 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 423 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 424 425 <para> </para> 426 </sect2> 427 </sect1> 428 429 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 430 <title>Documentation</title> 431 432 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 433 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 434 435 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 436 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 437 438 <para> </para> 439 </sect2> 440 441 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 442 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 443 444 <para> </para> 445 </sect2> 446 </sect1> 447 448 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 449 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 450 451 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 452 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 453 454 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 455 <title>Integration Changes</title> 456 457 <para> </para> 458 </sect2> 459 </sect1> 460</article> 461