UPDATING revision 253396
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook:
8
9    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
14NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping
15from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG to bootstrap to the tip of
16head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process from
17older version of current is a bit fragile.
18
19NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
20	FreeBSD 10.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
21	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
22	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
23	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
24	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
25	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
26	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
27	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
28	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
29	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
30	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
31	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
32	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
33
3420130716:
35	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
36	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
37	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
38
39	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
40
41	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
42	users are advised to upgrade.
43
4420130709:
45	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
46	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
47
4820130709:
49	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
50	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
51	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
52
5320130629:
54	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
55	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
56
57	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
58	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
59	overloading the machine.
60
6120130618:
62	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
63	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
64	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
65	write access to that file.
66
6720130615:
68	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
69	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
70
7120130613:
72	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
73
74		make: illegal option -- J
75		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
76			...
77		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
78
79	this likely due to an old instance of make in
80	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
81	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
82	you see the above error:
83
84		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
85
86	should resolve it.
87
8820130516:
89	Use bmake by default.
90	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
91	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
92	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
93
94	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
95	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
96	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
97	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
98	behavior in parallel build.
99
10020130429:
101        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
102
10320130426:
104	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
105	the IDEA patent expired.
106
10720130426:
108	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
109	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
110	enabled by default.
111
11220130425:
113	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
114	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
115	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
116	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
117	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
118	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
119	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
120	&& make install).
121
12220130404:
123	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
124	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
125	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
126	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
127	and removed.
128
12920130319:
130	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
131	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
132	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
133	binaries will not work on older kernels.
134
13520130308:
136	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
137	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
138
13920130304:
140	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
141	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
142	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
143	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
144	is requested.
145
146	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
147	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
148	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
149	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
150	in /boot/loader.conf.
151
15220130301:
153	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
154	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
155	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
156	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
157	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
158
15920130208:
160	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
161	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
162
163	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
164	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
165
16620130129:
167	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
168	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
169	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
170	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
171	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
172
17320130121:
174	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
175	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
176	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
177	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
178	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
179	/etc/src.conf.
180
18120130118:
182	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
183	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
184	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
185	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
186	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
187	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
188	use is expected to be extremely rare.
189
19020121223:
191	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
192	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
193	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
194
19520121222:
196	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
197	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
198	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
199	be updated.
200
20120121217:
202	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
203	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
204	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
205
206		savecore_flags=""
207
20820121201:
209	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
210	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
211	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
212
21320121117:
214	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
215	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
216	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
217	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
218	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
219	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
220
22120121105:
222	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
223	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
224	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
225	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
226	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
227	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
228	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
229	branch point).
230
23120121102:
232	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
233	functionality now turned on by default.
234
23520121023:
236	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
237	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
238	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
239	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
240	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
241	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
242	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
243	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
244	of the two kernel options.
245
24620121023:
247	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
248	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
249	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
250	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
251
25220121022:
253	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
254	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
255	recompiled.
256
25720121018:
258	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
259	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
260	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
261
26220121016:
263	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
264	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
265	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
266	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
267	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
268
26920121015:
270	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
271	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
272	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
273	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
274
27520121014:
276	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
277
27820121013:
279	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
280	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
281	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
282	knob has also gone.
283
28420121006:
285	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
286	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
287	with new kernel.
288
28920121001:
290	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
291	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
292	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
293
29420120913:
295	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
296	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
297	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
298	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
299	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
300	configurations.
301
30220120908:
303	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
304	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
305
30620120828:
307	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
308	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
309	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
310	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
311	manual page.
312
31320120727:
314	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
315	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
316	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
317
31820120712:
319	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
320	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
321	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
322
32320120712:
324	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
325	with other variables:
326	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
327	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
328
32920120628:
330	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
331	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
332	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
333	installed as "bsdsort".
334
33520120611:
336	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
337	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
338	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
339	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
340	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
341	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
342	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
343	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
344	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
345
34620120417:
347	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
348	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
349	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
350	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
351	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
352	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
353	NAMESPACE section).
354
35520120328:
356	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
357	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
358	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
359	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
360	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
361	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
362	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
363
36420120306:
365	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
366	platforms.
367
36820120229:
369	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
370	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
371	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
372	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
373	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
374	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
375
37620120211:
377	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
378	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
379	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
380	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
381	comes from 20111215.
382
38320120114:
384	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
385	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
386	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
387	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
388
389	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
390	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
391
39220120109:
393	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
394	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
395	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
396	tunable/sysctl.
397	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
398
39920111215:
400	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
401	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
402	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
403	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
404	not supported anymore.
405
406	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
407	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
408	need to be recompiled.
409
41020111122:
411	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
412	/dev/wmistat0.
413
41420111108:
415	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
416	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
417	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
418	time.
419
42020111101:
421	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
422	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
423
42420110930:
425	sysinstall has been removed
426
42720110923:
428	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
429	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
430
43120110913:
432	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
433	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
434	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
435	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
436	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
437	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
438	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
439	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
440	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
441	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
442
44320110828:
444	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
445	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
446	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
447	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
448
44920110815:
450	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
451	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
452	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
453	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
454
455	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
456	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
457	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
458
45920110628:
460	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
461	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
462	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
463	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
464
46520110608:
466	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
467		machdep.hlt_cpus
468		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
469	The following sysctl is retired:
470		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
471	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
472	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
473	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
474	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
475	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
476	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
477	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
478	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
479	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
480	a default scheduler.
481
48220110607:
483	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
484	a mask of CPUs.
485
48620110531:
487	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
488	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
489	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
490	world.
491
49220110513:
493	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
494
49520110503:
496	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
497	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
498	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
499	drivers need to be recompiled.
500
501	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
502	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
503	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
504	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
505	branches.
506
50720110430:
508	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
509	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
510
51120110427:
512	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
513	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
514	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
515	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
516	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
517	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
518	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
519	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
520	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
521	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
522	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
523	
524	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
525
526	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
527	a diskless root fs use the old client.
528
52920110424:
530	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
531	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
532	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
533	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
534	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
535	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
536	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
537	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
538	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
539	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
540	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
541	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
542
543	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
544	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
545	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
546	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
547	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
548	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
549	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
550	them are parts of the cam module.
551
552	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
553	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
554	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
555
556	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
557	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
558	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
559	    options        ATA_CAM
560	    device         ahci
561	    device         mvs
562	    device         siis
563	, and instead add back:
564	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
565	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
566	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
567	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
568	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
569
57020110423:
571	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
572	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
573	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
574	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
575	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
576	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
577
57820110418:
579	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
580	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
581	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
582
58320110331:
584	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
585	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
586	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
587	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
588	in order to use ath on everything else.
589
590	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
591	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
592
59320110314:
594	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
595	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
596	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
597
59820110218:
599	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
600	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
601	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
602	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
603	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
604	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
605
60620110218:
607	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
608	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
609	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
610	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
611	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
612	authentication).
613	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
614	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
615
61620110207:
617	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
618	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
619	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
620	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
621	The function remains undocumented.
622
62320110112:
624	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
625	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
626	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
627	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
628	systems where the define is not present can check against
629	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
630
631	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
632	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
633	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
634	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
635	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
636	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
637
63820110103:
639	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
640	the following warning:
641	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
642	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
643	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
644	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
645	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
646	install it on your system.
647
648	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
649	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
650	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
651	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
652
65320101228:
654	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
655	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
656	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
657	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
658	be recompiled.
659
66020101114:
661	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
662	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
663	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
664	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
665	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
666	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
667	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
668	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
669	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
670	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
671	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
672	it, for example via:
673		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
674
675	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
676	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
677	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
678	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
679	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
680	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
681		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
682
683	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
684	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
685
68620101111:
687	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
688	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
689	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
690	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
691	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
692
69320101002:
694	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
695	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
696	migrate local entries to the new format.
697
69820100928:
699	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
700	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
701	upstream sshd.
702
70320100915:
704	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
705	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
706	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
707	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
708	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
709	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
710
71120100913:
712	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
713	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
714
715	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
716	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
717	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
718	default is "AUTO".
719
720	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
721	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
722	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
723	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
724	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
725
726	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
727	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
728	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
729
73020100913:
731	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
732	now i386 and amd64 only.
733	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
734	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
735	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
736	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
737	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
738	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
739
74020100725:
741	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
742	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
743
74420100722:
745	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
746	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
747	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
748	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
749	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
750	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
751	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
752	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
753	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
754	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
755	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
756
75720100713:
758	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
759	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
760	    machine powerpc powerpc
761
762	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
763	after this change.
764
76520100713:
766	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
767	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
768	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
769	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
770	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
771
77220100429:
773	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
774	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
775	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
776	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
777	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
778 
77920100402:
780	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
781	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
782	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
783	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
784	WITH_CTF=yes").
785	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
786	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
787	to unwanted behavior.
788
78920100311:
790	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
791	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
792	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
793	be modified accordingly.
794
79520100113:
796	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
797	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
798	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
799	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
800	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
801	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
802
803	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
804	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
805	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
806	use of utmpx.
807
808	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
809	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
810	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
811	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
812	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
813
81420100108:
815	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
816	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
817	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
818
81920091202:
820	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
821	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
822	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
823	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
824	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
825
826		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
827		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
828		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
829
830	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
831
83220091125:
833	8.0-RELEASE.
834
83520091113:
836	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
837	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
838	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
839	operation of applications on the console.
840
841	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
842	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
843	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
844	cons25.
845
846	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
847	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
848	performed by syscons(4).
849
85020091109:
851	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
852	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
853	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
854
855	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
856	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
857	new structure.
858
85920091025:
860	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
861	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
862	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
863	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
864	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
865	iwn5150fw.
866
86720090926:
868	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
869	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
870
871	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
872	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
873	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
874
875	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
876	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
877
878	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
879	   they are obsolete.
880
881	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
882	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
883
884	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
885	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
886	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
887
888	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
889	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
890	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
891	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
892	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
893	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
894	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
895	   using ifconfig(8) like:
896
897		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
898
899	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
900	   IPv6-preferred.
901
902	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
903
904	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
905	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
906	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
907	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
908	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
909
91020090922:
911	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
912	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
913
91420090912:
915	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
916	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
917	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
918	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
919	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
920	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
921
92220090910:
923	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
924	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
925
92620090825:
927	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
928	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
929	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
930	is 1000.
931
93220090813:
933	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
934	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
935	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
936
93720090803:
938	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
939	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
940
94120090719:
942	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
943	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
944	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
945
94620090714:
947	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
948	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
949	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
950
95120090713:
952	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
953	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
954	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
955	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
956	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
957
95820090712: 
959	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
960	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
961	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
962	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
963	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
964
96520090630:
966	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
967	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
968	may need to be adjusted.
969
97020090629:
971	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
972	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
973	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
974	with routing sockets.
975
97620090628:
977	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
978	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
979	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
980
98120090624:
982	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
983	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
984	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
985	800100.
986
98720090622:
988	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
989	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
990	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
991
99220090619:
993	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
994	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
995	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
996	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
997	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
998	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
999	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1000	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1001
1002	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1003	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1004	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1005	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1006	authentication method is used.
1007
100820090616: 
1009	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1010	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1011	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1012	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1013	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1014
101520090613:
1016	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1017	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1018
101920090611:
1020	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1021	be rebuilt.
1022
102320090608:
1024	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1025	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1026
102720090602:
1028	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1029	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1030
103120090601:
1032	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1033	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1034	re-compiled.
1035
103620090601:
1037	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1038	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1039	rebuilt.
1040	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1041
104220090530:
1043	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1044	more valid.
1045
104620090530:
1047	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1048	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1049
105020090529:
1051	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1052	rebuilt.
1053	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1054
105520090528:
1056	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1057	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1058	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1059	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1060	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1061	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1062
106320090527:
1064	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1065	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1066
106720090523:
1068	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1069	need to be rebuilt.
1070	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1071
107220090523:
1073	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1074	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1075
107620090520:
1077	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1078	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1079
108020090520:
1081	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1082	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1083	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1084	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1085	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1086
108720090430:
1088	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1089	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1090	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1091	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1092	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1093	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1094
109520090429:
1096	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1097	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1098	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1099	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1100
1101	For kernel developers:
1102
1103	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1104	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1105	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1106
1107	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1108	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1109	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1110	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1111
1112	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1113	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1114	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1115	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1116	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1117	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1118	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1119	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1120	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1121	     multicast membership on-link.
1122	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1123	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1124	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1125
1126	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1127	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1128	  stack.
1129	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1130	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1131	  semantics.
1132
1133	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1134	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1135	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1136	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1137
1138	For application developers:
1139
1140	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1141	  stack.
1142
1143	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1144	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1145
1146	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1147	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1148	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1149	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1150
1151	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1152	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1153	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1154	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1155	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1156
1157	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1158
1159	For systems administrators:
1160
1161	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1162	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1163	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1164	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1165	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1166
1167	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1168	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1169
1170	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1171	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1172	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1173	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1174
1175	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1176	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1177	  back forwarded datagrams.
1178
1179	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1180
118120090422:
1182	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1183	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1184
118520090419:
1186	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1187	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1188	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1189	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1190
119120090415:
1192	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1193	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1194	state will require a world rebuild.
1195	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1196
119720090415:
1198	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1199	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1200	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1201
120220090414:
1203	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1204	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1205	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1206	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1207	load balancing.
1208	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1209
121020090408:
1211	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1212	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1213	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1214	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1215	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1216	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1217	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1218	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1219
122020090407:
1221	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1222	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1223	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1224
122520090320:
1226	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1227	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1228	introduces some changes:
1229
1230	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1231	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1232	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1233
1234	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1235	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1236	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1237	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1238
1239	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1240	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1241	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1242	the "386BSD" type).
1243
1244	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1245
124620090319:
1247	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1248	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1249	(supported by sane).
1250
125120090319:
1252	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1253	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1254	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1255	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1256	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1257
125820090315:
1259	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1260	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1261	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1262	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1263	used.
1264
126520090313:
1266	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1267	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1268	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1269	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1270
127120090313:
1272	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1273	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1274
127520090309:
1276	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1277	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1278
1279	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1280	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1281	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1282
1283	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1284	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1285	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1286	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1287	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1288	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1289	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1290	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1291
1292	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1293	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1294	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1295	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1296	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1297	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1298
1299	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1300	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1301	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1302	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1303	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1304
1305	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1306	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1307	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1308	via IGMP.
1309
1310	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1311	recompiled to reflect this.
1312	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1313
131420090309:
1315	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1316	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1317	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1318	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1319	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1320	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1321
132220090302:
1323	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1324	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1325	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1326	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1327	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1328	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1329
133020090301:
1331	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1332	network device driver modules.
1333
133420090227:
1335	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1336	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1337
133820090223:
1339	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1340	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1341	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1342	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1343	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1344	apply.
1345
134620090217:
1347	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1348	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1349	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1350	use the new name.
1351
135220090216:
1353	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1354	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1355	add
1356		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1357	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1358	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1359
136020090215:
1361	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1362	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1363	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1364	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1365	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1366	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1367
1368	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1369	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1370	be used for this:
1371		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1372		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1373
137420090209:
1375	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1376	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1377	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1378
137920090203:
1380	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1381	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1382	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1383	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1384	same interface.
1385
138620090201:
1387	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1388	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1389
139020090119:
1391	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1392	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1393	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1394	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1395	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1396	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1397
139820090115:
1399	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1400	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1401	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1402	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1403
140420081225:
1405	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1406	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1407	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1408	in next mpd5.3 release.
1409
141020081219:
1411	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1412	the base system (it was a port).
1413
141420081216:
1415	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1416	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1417
141820081214:
1419	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1420	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1421	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1422	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1423	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1424	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1425	none of the L2 information.
1426
142720081130:
1428	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1429	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1430
1431	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1432
1433	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1434
1435	device	ath_hal
1436
1437	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1438	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1439	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1440	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1441
144220081121:
1443	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1444	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1445	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1446	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1447	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1448	packets.
1449
145020081117:
1451	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1452	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1453	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1454	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1455
145620081028:
1457	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1458
145920081009:
1460	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1461	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1462	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1463	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1464	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1465
1466		uhci_load="YES"
1467		ehci_load="YES"
1468
146920081009:
1470	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1471	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1472	sync.
1473
147420081009:
1475	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1476	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1477	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1478	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1479	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1480	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1481	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1482
148320080820:
1484	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1485	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1486	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1487	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1488	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1489
1490	PCI/ISA:
1491		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1492
1493	USB:
1494		ubser, ucycom
1495
1496	Line disciplines:
1497		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1498
1499	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1500	cause compilation to fail.
1501
150220080818:
1503	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1504
150520080801:
1506	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1507
1508	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1509	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1510	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1511	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1512	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1513	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1514	accepting the RSA key.
1515
1516	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1517	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1518	command line.
1519
1520	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1521	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1522	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1523	behavior.
1524
152520080713:
1526	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1527	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1528	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1529
1530	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1531	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1532	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1533	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1534	use the new device names.
1535
1536	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1537	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1538	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1539	at the loader prompt:
1540
1541		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1542		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1543		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1544		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1545		boot -s
1546
154720080609:
1548	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1549	disks instead.
1550
155120080603:
1552	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1553	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1554	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1555	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1556
155720080525:
1558	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1559	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1560
156120080509:
1562	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1563	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1564	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1565	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1566	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1567
156820080420:
1569	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1570	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1571	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1572	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1573	For example, change:
1574		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1575	to
1576		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1577		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1578	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1579	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1580	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1581
1582	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1583	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1584	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1585
158620080408:
1587	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1588	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1589	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1590	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1591	other operation levels.
1592
159320080312:
1594	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1595	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1596	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1597	compatibility with any prior release:
1598
1599	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1600	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1601	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1602
160320080301:
1604	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1605	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1606	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1607	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1608	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1609	nonetheless.
1610
161120080229:
1612	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1613	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1614	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1615	with older hardware easier to do.
1616
161720080220:
1618	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1619	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1620
162120080211:
1622	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1623	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1624	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1625	firewall rules.
1626
162720080208:
1628	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1629	mbuf chains.
1630
163120080126:
1632	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1633	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1634	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1635	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1636	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1637	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1638	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1639	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1640	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1641	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1642	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1643	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1644
164520080123:
1646	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1647	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1648	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1649
165020071128:
1651	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1652	functionality is the default now.
1653
165420071118:
1655	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1656	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1657	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1658	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1659	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1660
1661	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1662	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1663	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1664
166520071024:
1666	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1667	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1668	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1669	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1670	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1671	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1672	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1673	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1674	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1675	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1676	however.
1677
167820071020:
1679	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1680	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1681	used kproc_start()..
1682	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1683	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1684	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1685
168620071010:
1687	RELENG_7 branched.
1688
1689COMMON ITEMS:
1690
1691	General Notes
1692	-------------
1693	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1694	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1695	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1696	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1697	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1698	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1699	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1700
1701	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1702	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1703	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1704	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1705	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1706
1707	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1708	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1709	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1710	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1711	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1712
1713	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1714	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1715	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1716	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1717
1718	ZFS notes
1719	---------
1720	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1721	these two steps:
1722
1723	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1724	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1725
1726	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1727
1728	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1729	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1730	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1731
1732	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1733
1734	To build a kernel
1735	-----------------
1736	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1737	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1738	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1739
1740	make kernel-toolchain
1741	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1742	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1743
1744	To test a kernel once
1745	---------------------
1746	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1747	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1748	debugging information) run
1749	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1750	nextboot -k testkernel
1751
1752	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1753	--------------------------------------------------------------
1754	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1755	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1756	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1757
1758	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1759	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1760	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1761	make depend
1762	make
1763	make install
1764
1765	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1766
1767	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1768	-----------------------------------------------------------
1769	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1770	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1771
1772	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1773	make buildworld
1774	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1775							[1]
1776	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1777	mergemaster -p					[5]
1778	make installworld
1779	mergemaster -i					[4]
1780	make delete-old					[6]
1781	<reboot>
1782
1783	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1784	--------------------------------------------------
1785	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1786	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1787	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1788	# size.
1789
1790	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1791	<boot into -stable>
1792	make buildworld
1793	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1794	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1795	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1796	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1797	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1798	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1799	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1800	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1801	<reboot into current>
1802	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1803	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1804	<reboot>
1805
1806
1807	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1808	----------------------------------------------
1809	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1810	make buildworld					[9]
1811	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1812							[1]
1813	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1814	mergemaster -p					[5]
1815	make installworld
1816	mergemaster -i					[4]
1817	make delete-old					[6]
1818	<reboot>
1819
1820	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1821	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1822	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1823	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1824	the UPDATING entries.
1825
1826	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1827	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1828	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1829	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1830	much fewer pitfalls.
1831
1832	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1833	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1834	system on reboot.
1835
1836	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1837		fsck -p
1838		mount -u /
1839		mount -a
1840		cd src
1841		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1842	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1843	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1844
1845	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1846	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1847	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1848	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1849	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1850	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1851	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1852
1853	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1854	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1855	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1856	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1857	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1858	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1859
1860	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1861	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1862	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1863
1864	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1865	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1866	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1867	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1868	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1869	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1870
1871	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1872	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1873
1874	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1875	cvs prune empty directories.
1876
1877	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1878	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1879	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1880
1881	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1882	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1883	warn if it is improperly defined.
1884FORMAT:
1885
1886This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1887breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1888list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1889If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1890to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1891
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1893
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