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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 319333 2017-05-31 13:44:53Z 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> 175 176 <para revision="319243">The 177 <literal>WITH_RPCBIND_WARMSTART_SUPPORT</literal> 178 &man.src.conf.5; knob has been added, which when enabled 179 allows building &man.rpcbind.8; with 180 <literal>warmstart</literal> support.</para> 181 </sect2> 182 183 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 184 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 185 186 <para revision="308915">The &man.zfsbootcfg.8; utility has been 187 added, providing one-time &man.boot.config.5;-style options 188 for &man.zfsboot.8;.</para> 189 </sect2> 190 191 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 192 <title>Contributed Software</title> 193 194 <para revision="309512"><application>Subversion</application> 195 has been updated to version 1.9.5.</para> 196 197 <para revision="309848">&man.file.1; has been updated to version 198 5.29.</para> 199 200 <para revision="310490">The &man.amd.8; utility has been updated 201 to version 6.2.</para> 202 203 <para revision="312516">&man.xz.1; has been updated to version 204 5.2.3.</para> 205 206 <para revision="313796">&man.zlib.3; has been updated to version 207 1.2.11.</para> 208 209 <para revision="315433">&man.libarchive.3; has been updated to 210 version 3.3.1.</para> 211 212 <para revision="316069">&man.ntpd.8; has been updated to version 213 4.2.8p10.</para> 214 215 <para revision="316350">Timezone data files have been updated to 216 version 2017b.</para> 217 218 <para revision="316958">&man.tcsh.1; has been updated to version 219 6.20.00.</para> 220 </sect2> 221 222 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 223 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 224 225 <para> </para> 226 </sect2> 227 228 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 229 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 230 Scripts</title> 231 232 <para> </para> 233 </sect2> 234 235 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 236 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 237 Scripts</title> 238 239 <para> </para> 240 </sect2> 241 242 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 243 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 244 245 <para> </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 revision="317434">The &man.ipf.4; packet filter has been 266 updated to prevent <literal>keep state</literal> from 267 incorrectly implying <literal>keep frags</literal>, matching 268 the behavior documented in &man.ipf.5;.</para> 269 </sect2> 270 271 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 272 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 273 274 <para> </para> 275 </sect2> 276 277 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 278 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 279 280 <para></para> 281 </sect2> 282 </sect1> 283 284 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 285 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 286 287 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 288 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 289 290 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 291 <title>Device Drivers</title> 292 293 <para> </para> 294 </sect2> 295 296 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 297 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 298 299 <para></para> 300 </sect2> 301 302 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 303 <title>Network Drivers</title> 304 305 <para revision="312359">The &man.alc.4; driver has been updated 306 to provide support for Atheros® Killer E2400™ 307 Gigabit ethernet cards.</para> 308 309 <para revision="314019" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ms;">The 310 &man.alc.4; driver has been updated to provide support for 311 Atheros® Killer E2500™ Gigabit ethernet 312 cards.</para> 313 314 <para revision="316485">The &man.qlnxe.4; driver has been added, 315 providing support for Cavium® Qlogic™ 45000 Series 316 adapters.</para> 317 318 <para revision="319270" contrib="sponsor" 319 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 320 to firmware version 1.16.45.0 for T4, T5, and T6 cards.</para> 321 </sect2> 322 </sect1> 323 324 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 325 <title>Hardware Support</title> 326 327 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 328 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 329 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 330 other sections of this document.</para> 331 332 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 333 <title>Hardware Support</title> 334 335 <para> </para> 336 </sect2> 337 338 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 339 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 340 341 <para></para> 342 </sect2> 343 344 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 345 <title>ARM Support</title> 346 347 <para> </para> 348 </sect2> 349 </sect1> 350 351 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 352 <title>Storage</title> 353 354 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 355 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 356 357 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 358 <title>General Storage</title> 359 360 <para> </para> 361 </sect2> 362 363 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 364 <title>Networked Storage</title> 365 366 <para> </para> 367 </sect2> 368 369 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 370 <title>ZFS</title> 371 372 <para></para> 373 </sect2> 374 375 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 376 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 377 378 <para> </para> 379 </sect2> 380 </sect1> 381 382 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 383 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 384 385 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 386 boot-related changes.</para> 387 388 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 389 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 390 391 <para> </para> 392 </sect2> 393 394 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 395 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 396 397 <para> </para> 398 </sect2> 399 </sect1> 400 401 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 402 <title>Networking</title> 403 404 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 405 &os;.</para> 406 407 <sect2 xml:id="network-general"> 408 <title>General Networking Changes</title> 409 410 <para revision="317375" contrib="sponsor" 411 sponsor="&multiplay;">The <acronym>TCP</acronym> stack has 412 been changed to use the estimated <acronym>RTT</acronym> 413 instead of timestamps for receive buffer auto resizing.</para> 414 </sect2> 415 416 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 417 <title>Network Protocols</title> 418 419 <para revision="309340" contrib="sponsor" 420 sponsor="&dellemc;">Support for <acronym>GARP</acronym> 421 (gratuitous <acronym>ARP</acronym>) retransmit has been added. 422 A new &man.sysctl.8;, 423 <literal>net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count</literal>, has 424 been added, which sets the maximum number of retransmissions 425 when set to a non-zero value.</para> 426 </sect2> 427 </sect1> 428 429 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 430 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 431 432 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 433 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 434 installation tools.</para> 435 436 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 437 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 438 439 <para> </para> 440 </sect2> 441 442 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 443 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 444 445 <para> </para> 446 </sect2> 447 </sect1> 448 449 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 450 <title>Documentation</title> 451 452 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 453 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 454 455 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 456 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 457 458 <para> </para> 459 </sect2> 460 461 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 462 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 463 464 <para> </para> 465 </sect2> 466 </sect1> 467 468 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 469 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 470 471 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 472 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 473 474 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 475 <title>Integration Changes</title> 476 477 <para> </para> 478 </sect2> 479 </sect1> 480</article> 481