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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 322181 2017-08-07 19:45:23Z 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> 181 182 <para revision="321263">The &man.newsyslog.8; utility has been 183 updated to support logging to &man.syslogd.8; in a format 184 compliant with RFC5424. For more details, see the description 185 for the <literal>T</literal> flag in 186 &man.newsyslog.conf.5;.</para> 187 </sect2> 188 189 <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> 190 <title>Userland Application Changes</title> 191 192 <para revision="298427">The &man.truss.1; utility has been 193 updated to include the <literal>-H</literal> flag, which logs 194 the thread ID of a thread invoking a system call.</para> 195 196 <para revision="308915">The &man.zfsbootcfg.8; utility has been 197 added, providing one-time &man.boot.config.5;-style options 198 for &man.zfsboot.8;.</para> 199 200 <para revision="319390">The &man.cxgbetool.8; utility has been 201 added, providing command-line access to features and debugging 202 facilities of &man.cxgbe.4; devices.</para> 203 </sect2> 204 205 <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> 206 <title>Contributed Software</title> 207 208 <para revision="309512"><application>Subversion</application> 209 has been updated to version 1.9.5.</para> 210 211 <para revision="309848">&man.file.1; has been updated to version 212 5.29.</para> 213 214 <para revision="310490">The &man.amd.8; utility has been updated 215 to version 6.2.</para> 216 217 <para revision="312516">&man.xz.1; has been updated to version 218 5.2.3.</para> 219 220 <para revision="313796">&man.zlib.3; has been updated to version 221 1.2.11.</para> 222 223 <para revision="316069">&man.ntpd.8; has been updated to version 224 4.2.8p10.</para> 225 226 <para revision="316350">Timezone data files have been updated to 227 version 2017b.</para> 228 229 <para revision="316958">&man.tcsh.1; has been updated to version 230 6.20.00.</para> 231 232 <para revision="321304">&man.libarchive.3; has been updated to 233 version 3.3.2.</para> 234 </sect2> 235 236 <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer"> 237 <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title> 238 239 <para> </para> 240 </sect2> 241 242 <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc"> 243 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename> 244 Scripts</title> 245 246 <para> </para> 247 </sect2> 248 249 <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic"> 250 <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename> 251 Scripts</title> 252 253 <para> </para> 254 </sect2> 255 256 <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> 257 <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> 258 259 <para revision="316040">The &man.kvm.close.3; function has been 260 updated to return the accumulated error from previous 261 &man.close.2; calls.</para> 262 </sect2> 263 264 <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi"> 265 <title>ABI Compatibility</title> 266 267 <para revision="309258">The type <literal>max_align_t</literal> 268 is now defined for C11 compliance.</para> 269 </sect2> 270 271 <sect2 xml:id="userland-debug"> 272 <title>Userland Debugging</title> 273 274 <para revision="304017">&man.ptrace.2; now supports events for 275 thread creation and destruction, permitting more reliable 276 debugging of threaded processes.</para> 277 278 <para revision="304499">&man.ptrace.2; now supports events for 279 &man.vfork.2;, permitting reliable debugging across 280 &man.vfork.2; invocations.</para> 281 282 <para revision="306786">Process core dumps now include the 283 process ID (<acronym>PID</acronym>) and command line 284 arguments.</para> 285 </sect2> 286 </sect1> 287 288 <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> 289 <title>Kernel</title> 290 291 <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system 292 tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise 293 categorized.</para> 294 295 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix"> 296 <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title> 297 298 <para revision="317434">The &man.ipf.4; packet filter has been 299 updated to prevent <literal>keep state</literal> from 300 incorrectly implying <literal>keep frags</literal>, matching 301 the behavior documented in &man.ipf.5;.</para> 302 </sect2> 303 304 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config"> 305 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 306 307 <para> </para> 308 </sect2> 309 310 <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl"> 311 <title>System Tuning and Controls</title> 312 313 <para></para> 314 </sect2> 315 </sect1> 316 317 <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> 318 <title>Devices and Drivers</title> 319 320 <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and 321 device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> 322 323 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> 324 <title>Device Drivers</title> 325 326 <para revision="306533" contrib="sponsor" 327 sponsor="&chelsio;">&man.devctl.8; now supports a "clear 328 driver" command as a complement to "set 329 driver".</para> 330 </sect2> 331 332 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage"> 333 <title>Storage Drivers</title> 334 335 <para revision="319436">The &man.mpr.4; driver has been updated 336 to support tri-mode 337 (<acronym>SAS</acronym>/<acronym>SATA</acronym>/<acronym>PCIe</acronym>) 338 Broadcom® storage adapters.</para> 339 </sect2> 340 341 <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network"> 342 <title>Network Drivers</title> 343 344 <para revision="309447" contrib="sponsor" 345 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbev.4; driver has been added, 346 providing support for Virtual Function devices 347 (<acronym>VFs</acronym>) on Chelsio T4 and T5 adapters.</para> 348 349 <para revision="309560" contrib="sponsor" 350 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 351 to provide support for Virtual Function devices 352 (<acronym>VFs</acronym>) on Chelsio T6 adapters.</para> 353 354 <para revision="309560" contrib="sponsor" 355 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver now supports 356 devices using T6-based adapters which support 10, 25, 40, and 357 100 Gbps.</para> 358 359 <para revision="312359">The &man.alc.4; driver has been updated 360 to provide support for Atheros® Killer E2400™ 361 Gigabit ethernet cards.</para> 362 363 <para revision="314019" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ms;">The 364 &man.alc.4; driver has been updated to provide support for 365 Atheros® Killer E2500™ Gigabit ethernet 366 cards.</para> 367 368 <para revision="316485">The &man.qlnxe.4; driver has been added, 369 providing support for Cavium® Qlogic™ 45000 Series 370 adapters.</para> 371 372 <para revision="319270" contrib="sponsor" 373 sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated 374 to firmware version 1.16.45.0 for T4, T5, and T6 cards.</para> 375 </sect2> 376 </sect1> 377 378 <sect1 xml:id="hardware"> 379 <title>Hardware Support</title> 380 381 <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical 382 machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well 383 as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in 384 other sections of this document.</para> 385 386 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support"> 387 <title>Hardware Support</title> 388 389 <para> </para> 390 </sect2> 391 392 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization"> 393 <title>Virtualization Support</title> 394 395 <para revision="306520" contrib="sponsor" 396 sponsor="&chelsio;"><acronym>PCI</acronym> passthrough with 397 &man.bhyve.4; resets functions via <acronym>FLR</acronym> when 398 a virtual machine is started and stopped.</para> 399 400 <para revision="306472" contrib="sponsor" 401 sponsor="&chelsio;"><acronym>PCI</acronym> passthrough with 402 &man.bhyve.4; supports more dynamic configurations permitting 403 devices to be marked for passthrough or host use at 404 runtime.</para> 405 </sect2> 406 407 <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm"> 408 <title>ARM Support</title> 409 410 <para> </para> 411 </sect2> 412 </sect1> 413 414 <sect1 xml:id="storage"> 415 <title>Storage</title> 416 417 <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems 418 and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> 419 420 <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> 421 <title>General Storage</title> 422 423 <para> </para> 424 </sect2> 425 426 <sect2 xml:id="storage-net"> 427 <title>Networked Storage</title> 428 429 <para revision="318675">The <acronym>NFS</acronym> client now 430 properly handles <literal>NFS4ERR_BAD_SESSION</literal> errors 431 received from an <acronym>NFS</acronym> server. Additionally, 432 the kernel <acronym>RPC</acronym> client has been updated to 433 prevent creating new <acronym>TCP</acronym> connections when 434 <literal>ERESTART</literal> is received from 435 &man.sosend.9;.</para> 436 </sect2> 437 438 <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs"> 439 <title>ZFS</title> 440 441 <para></para> 442 </sect2> 443 444 <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom"> 445 <title>&man.geom.4;</title> 446 447 <para> </para> 448 </sect2> 449 </sect1> 450 451 <sect1 xml:id="boot"> 452 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 453 454 <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other 455 boot-related changes.</para> 456 457 <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> 458 <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> 459 460 <para> </para> 461 </sect2> 462 463 <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu"> 464 <title>Boot Menu Changes</title> 465 466 <para> </para> 467 </sect2> 468 </sect1> 469 470 <sect1 xml:id="network"> 471 <title>Networking</title> 472 473 <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in 474 &os;.</para> 475 476 <sect2 xml:id="network-general"> 477 <title>General Networking Changes</title> 478 479 <para revision="313558" contrib="sponsor" 480 sponsor="&dellemc;">The network stack has been modified to fix 481 incorrect or invalid <acronym>IP</acronym> addresses if 482 multiple threads emit a <acronym>UDP</acronym> 483 <literal>log_in_vain</literal> message concurrently.</para> 484 485 <para revision="317375" contrib="sponsor" 486 sponsor="&multiplay;">The <acronym>TCP</acronym> stack has 487 been changed to use the estimated <acronym>RTT</acronym> 488 instead of timestamps for receive buffer auto resizing.</para> 489 </sect2> 490 491 <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols"> 492 <title>Network Protocols</title> 493 494 <para revision="309340" contrib="sponsor" 495 sponsor="&dellemc;">Support for <acronym>GARP</acronym> 496 (gratuitous <acronym>ARP</acronym>) retransmit has been added. 497 A new &man.sysctl.8;, 498 <literal>net.link.ether.inet.garp_rexmit_count</literal>, has 499 been added, which sets the maximum number of retransmissions 500 when set to a non-zero value.</para> 501 </sect2> 502 </sect1> 503 504 <sect1 xml:id="ports"> 505 <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> 506 507 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports 508 Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and 509 installation tools.</para> 510 511 <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure"> 512 <title>Infrastructure Changes</title> 513 514 <para> </para> 515 </sect2> 516 517 <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> 518 <title>Packaging Changes</title> 519 520 <para> </para> 521 </sect2> 522 </sect1> 523 524 <sect1 xml:id="doc"> 525 <title>Documentation</title> 526 527 <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Documentation 528 Project sources and toolchain.</para> 529 530 <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources"> 531 <title>Documentation Source Changes</title> 532 533 <para> </para> 534 </sect2> 535 536 <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain"> 537 <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title> 538 539 <para> </para> 540 </sect2> 541 </sect1> 542 543 <sect1 xml:id="releng"> 544 <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> 545 546 <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the 547 &os; Release Engineering processes.</para> 548 549 <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes"> 550 <title>Integration Changes</title> 551 552 <para> </para> 553 </sect2> 554 </sect1> 555</article> 556