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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 319335 2017-05-31 13:44:54Z 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 revision="316040">The &man.kvm.close.3; function has been 246 updated to return the accumulated error from previous 247 &man.close.2; calls.</para> 248 </sect2> 249 250 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 251 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 252 253 <para> </para> 254 </sect2> 255 </sect1> 256 257 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 258 <title>Kernel</title> 259 260 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 261 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 262 categorized.</para> 263 264 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 265 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 266 267 <para revision="317434">The &man.ipf.4; packet filter has been 268 updated to prevent <literal>keep state</literal> from 269 incorrectly implying <literal>keep frags</literal>, matching 270 the behavior documented in &man.ipf.5;.</para> 271 </sect2> 272 273 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 274 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 275 276 <para> </para> 277 </sect2> 278 279 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 280 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 281 282 <para></para> 283 </sect2> 284 </sect1> 285 286 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 287 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 288 289 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 290 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 291 292 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 293 <title>Device Drivers</title> 294 295 <para> </para> 296 </sect2> 297 298 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 299 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 300 301 <para></para> 302 </sect2> 303 304 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 305 <title>Network Drivers</title> 306 307 <para revision="312359">The &man.alc.4; driver has been updated 308 to provide support for Atheros® Killer E2400™ 309 Gigabit ethernet cards.</para> 310 311 <para revision="314019" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ms;">The 312 &man.alc.4; driver has been updated to provide support for 313 Atheros® Killer E2500™ Gigabit ethernet 314 cards.</para> 315 316 <para revision="316485">The &man.qlnxe.4; driver has been added, 317 providing support for Cavium® Qlogic™ 45000 Series 318 adapters.</para> 319 320 <para revision="319270" contrib="sponsor" 321 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 322 to firmware version 1.16.45.0 for T4, T5, and T6 cards.</para> 323 </sect2> 324 </sect1> 325 326 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 327 <title>Hardware Support</title> 328 329 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 330 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 331 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 332 other sections of this document.</para> 333 334 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 335 <title>Hardware Support</title> 336 337 <para> </para> 338 </sect2> 339 340 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 341 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 342 343 <para></para> 344 </sect2> 345 346 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 347 <title>ARM Support</title> 348 349 <para> </para> 350 </sect2> 351 </sect1> 352 353 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 354 <title>Storage</title> 355 356 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 357 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 358 359 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 360 <title>General Storage</title> 361 362 <para> </para> 363 </sect2> 364 365 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 366 <title>Networked Storage</title> 367 368 <para> </para> 369 </sect2> 370 371 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 372 <title>ZFS</title> 373 374 <para></para> 375 </sect2> 376 377 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 378 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 379 380 <para> </para> 381 </sect2> 382 </sect1> 383 384 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 385 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 386 387 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 388 boot-related changes.</para> 389 390 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 391 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 392 393 <para> </para> 394 </sect2> 395 396 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 397 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 398 399 <para> </para> 400 </sect2> 401 </sect1> 402 403 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 404 <title>Networking</title> 405 406 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 407 &os;.</para> 408 409 <sect2 xml:id="network-general"> 410 <title>General Networking Changes</title> 411 412 <para revision="313558" contrib="sponsor" 413 sponsor="&dellemc;">The network stack has been modified to fix 414 incorrect or invalid <acronym>IP</acronym> addresses if 415 multiple threads emit a <acronym>UDP</acronym> 416 <literal>log_in_vain</literal> message concurrently.</para> 417 418 <para revision="317375" contrib="sponsor" 419 sponsor="&multiplay;">The <acronym>TCP</acronym> stack has 420 been changed to use the estimated <acronym>RTT</acronym> 421 instead of timestamps for receive buffer auto resizing.</para> 422 </sect2> 423 424 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 425 <title>Network Protocols</title> 426 427 <para revision="309340" contrib="sponsor" 428 sponsor="&dellemc;">Support for <acronym>GARP</acronym> 429 (gratuitous <acronym>ARP</acronym>) retransmit has been added. 430 A new &man.sysctl.8;, 431 <literal>net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count</literal>, has 432 been added, which sets the maximum number of retransmissions 433 when set to a non-zero value.</para> 434 </sect2> 435 </sect1> 436 437 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 438 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 439 440 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 441 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 442 installation tools.</para> 443 444 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 445 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 446 447 <para> </para> 448 </sect2> 449 450 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 451 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 452 453 <para> </para> 454 </sect2> 455 </sect1> 456 457 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 458 <title>Documentation</title> 459 460 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 461 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 462 463 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 464 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 465 466 <para> </para> 467 </sect2> 468 469 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 470 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 471 472 <para> </para> 473 </sect2> 474 </sect1> 475 476 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 477 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 478 479 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 480 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 481 482 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 483 <title>Integration Changes</title> 484 485 <para> </para> 486 </sect2> 487 </sect1> 488</article> 489