UPDATING revision 189854
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
6
7Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
8/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running
9portupgrade.
10
11NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
12	FreeBSD 8.x has many debugging features turned on, in
13	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
14	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
15	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
16	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
17	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
18	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
19	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
20	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
21	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
22	to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
23	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
24
2520090315:
26	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
27	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
28	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
29	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
30	used.
31
3220090313:
33	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
34	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
35	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
36	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
37
3820090313:
39	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
40	support for K10 and K11 CPU families was added.
41
4220090309:
43	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
44	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
45
46	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
47	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
48	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
49
50	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
51	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
52	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
53	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
54	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
55	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
56	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
57	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
58
59	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
60	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
61	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
62	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
63	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
64	to preserve the existing behaviour.
65
66	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
67	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
68	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
69	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
70	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
71
72	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
73	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
74	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
75	via IGMP.
76
77	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
78	recompiled to reflect this.
79	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
80
8120090309:
82	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
83	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
84	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
85	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
86	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
87	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
88
8920090302:
90	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
91	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
92	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
93	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
94	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitely
95	raised to allow such segments to be created.
96
9720090301:
98	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
99	network device driver modules.
100
10120090227:
102	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
103	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
104
10520090223:
106	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
107	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
108	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
109	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
110	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
111	apply.
112
11320090217:
114	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
115	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
116	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
117	use the new name.
118
11920090216:
120	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
121	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
122	add
123		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
124	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
125	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
126
12720090215:
128	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
129	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
130	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
131	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
132	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
133	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
134
135	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
136	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
137	be used for this:
138		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
139		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
140
14120090203:
142	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
143	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
144	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
145	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
146	same interface.
147
14820090201:
149	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
150	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
151
15220090119:
153	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
154	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
155	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
156	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
157	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
158	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
159
16020090115:
161	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
162	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
163	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
164	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
165
16620081225:
167	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
168	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
169	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
170	in next mpd5.3 release.
171
17220081219:
173	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
174	the base system (it was a port).
175
17620081216:
177	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
178	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
179
18020081214:
181	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
182	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
183	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
184	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
185	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
186	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
187	none of the L2 information.
188
18920081130:
190	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
191	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
192
193	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
194
195	to their kernel config files when specifying:
196
197	device	ath_hal
198
199	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
200	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
201	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
202	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
203
20420081121:
205	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
206	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
207	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
208	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
209	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
210	packets.
211
21220081117:
213	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
214	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
215	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
216	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
217
21820081028:
219	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
220
22120081009:
222	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
223	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
224	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
225	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
226	controller add the following to loader.conf:
227
228		uhci_load="YES"
229		ehci_load="YES"
230
23120081009:
232	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
233	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
234	sync.
235
23620080820:
237	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
238	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
239	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
240	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
241	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
242
243	PCI/ISA:
244		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
245
246	USB:
247		ubser, ucycom
248
249	Line disciplines:
250		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
251
252	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
253	cause compilation to fail.
254
25520080818:
256	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
257
25820080801:
259	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
260
261	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
262	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
263	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
264	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
265	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
266	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
267	accepting the RSA key.
268
269	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
270	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
271	command line.
272
273	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
274	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
275	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
276	behavior.
277
27820080713:
279	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
280	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
281	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
282
283	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
284	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
285	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
286	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
287	use the new device names.
288
289	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
290	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
291	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
292	at the loader prompt:
293
294		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
295		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
296		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
297		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
298		boot -s
299
30020080609:
301	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
302	disks instead.
303
30420080603:
305	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
306	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
307	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
308	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
309
31020080525:
311	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
312	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
313
31420080509:
315	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
316	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
317	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
318	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
319	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
320
32120080420:
322	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
323	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
324	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
325	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
326	For example, change:
327		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
328	to
329		wlans_ath0=wlan0
330		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
331	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
332	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
333	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
334
335	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
336	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
337	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
338
33920080408:
340	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
341	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
342	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
343	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
344	other operation levels.
345
34620080312:
347	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
348	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
349	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
350	compatibility with any prior release:
351
352	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
353	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
354	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
355
35620080301:
357	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
358	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
359	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
360	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
361	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
362	nonetheless.
363
36420080229:
365	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
366	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
367	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
368	with older hardware easier to do.
369
37020080220:
371	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
372	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
373
37420080211:
375	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
376	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
377	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
378	firewall rules.
379
38020080208:
381	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
382	mbuf chains.
383
38420080126:
385	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
386	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
387	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
388	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
389	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
390	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
391	third-party software might fail to build after this change
392	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
393	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
394	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
395	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
396	case that a portable fix is impossible.
397
39820080123:
399	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
400	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
401	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
402
40320071128:
404	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
405	functionality is the default now.
406
40720071118:
408	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
409	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
410	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
411	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
412	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
413
414	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
415	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
416	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
417
41820071024:
419	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
420	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
421	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
422	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
423	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
424	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
425	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
426	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
427	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
428	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
429	however.
430
43120071020:
432	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
433	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
434	used kproc_start()..
435	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
436	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
437	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
438
43920071010:
440	RELENG_7 branched.
441
44220071009:
443	Setting WITHOUT_LIBPTHREAD now means WITHOUT_LIBKSE and
444	WITHOUT_LIBTHR are set.
445
44620070930:
447	The PCI code has been made aware of PCI domains. This means that
448	the location strings as used by pciconf(8) etc are now in the
449	following format: pci<domain>:<bus>:<device>[:<function>]. It
450	also means that consumers of <sys/pciio.h> potentially need to
451	be recompiled; this includes the hal and xorg-server ports.
452
45320070928:
454	The caching daemon (cached) was renamed to nscd. nscd.conf
455	configuration file should be used instead of cached.conf and
456	nscd_enable, nscd_pidfile and nscd_flags options should be used
457	instead of cached_enable, cached_pidfile and cached_flags in
458	rc.conf.
459
46020070921:
461	The getfacl(1) utility now prints owning user and group name
462	instead of owning uid and gid in the three line comment header.
463	This is the same behavior as getfacl(1) on Solaris and Linux.
464
46520070704:
466	The new IPsec code is now compiled in using the IPSEC option.  The
467	IPSEC option now requires "device crypto" be defined in your kernel
468	configuration.  The FAST_IPSEC kernel option is now deprecated.
469
47020070702:
471	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.1 Please
472	note the changed syntax - keep state is now on by default.  Also
473	note the fact that ftp-proxy(8) has been changed from bottom up and
474	has been moved from libexec to usr/sbin.  Changes in the ALTQ
475	handling also affect users of IPFW's ALTQ capabilities.
476
47720070701:
478	Remove KAME IPsec in favor of FAST_IPSEC, which is now the
479	only IPsec supported by FreeBSD.  The new IPsec stack
480	supports both IPv4 and IPv6. The kernel option will change
481	after the code changes have settled in.  For now the kernel
482	option IPSEC is deprecated and FAST_IPSEC is the only option, that
483	will change after some settling time.
484
48520070701:
486	The wicontrol(8) utility has been removed from the base system. wi(4)
487	cards should be configured using ifconfig(8), see the man page for more
488	information.
489
49020070612:
491	The i386/amd64 GENERIC kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver
492	instead of the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
493	accordingly.
494
49520070612:
496	By default, /etc/rc.d/sendmail no longer rebuilds the aliases
497	database if it is missing or older than the aliases file.  If
498	desired, set the new rc.conf option sendmail_rebuild_aliases
499	to "YES" to restore that functionality.
500
50120070612:
502	The IPv4 multicast socket code has been considerably modified, and
503	moved to the file sys/netinet/in_mcast.c. Initial support for the
504	RFC 3678 Source-Specific Multicast Socket API has been added to
505	the IPv4 network stack.
506
507	Strict multicast and broadcast reception is now the default for
508	UDP/IPv4 sockets; the net.inet.udp.strict_mcast_mship sysctl variable
509	has now been removed.
510
511	The RFC 1724 hack for interface selection has been removed; the use
512	of the Linux-derived ip_mreqn structure with IP_MULTICAST_IF has
513	been added to replace it. Consumers such as routed will soon be
514	updated to reflect this.
515
516	These changes affect users who are running routed(8) or rdisc(8)
517	from the FreeBSD base system on point-to-point or unnumbered
518	interfaces.
519
52020070610:
521	The net80211 layer has changed significantly and all wireless
522	drivers that depend on it need to be recompiled.  Further these
523	changes require that any program that interacts with the wireless
524	support in the kernel be recompiled; this includes: ifconfig,
525	wpa_supplicant, hostapd, and wlanstats.  Users must also, for
526	the moment, kldload the wlan_scan_sta and/or wlan_scan_ap modules
527	if they use modules for wireless support.  These modules implement
528	scanning support for station and ap modes, respectively.  Failure
529	to load the appropriate module before marking a wireless interface
530	up will result in a message to the console and the device not
531	operating properly.
532
53320070610:
534	The pam_nologin(8) module ceases to provide an authentication
535	function and starts providing an account management function.
536	Consequent changes to /etc/pam.d should be brought in using
537	mergemaster(8).  Third-party files in /usr/local/etc/pam.d may
538	need manual editing as follows.  Locate this line (or similar):
539
540		auth	required	pam_nologin.so	no_warn
541
542	and change it according to this example:
543
544		account	required	pam_nologin.so	no_warn
545
546	That is, the first word needs to be changed from "auth" to
547	"account".  The new line can be moved to the account section
548	within the file for clarity.  Not updating pam.conf(5) files
549	will result in nologin(5) ignored by the respective services.
550
55120070529:
552	The ether_ioctl() function has been synchronized with ioctl(2)
553	and ifnet.if_ioctl.  Due to that, the size of one of its arguments
554	has changed on 64-bit architectures.  All kernel modules using
555	ether_ioctl() need to be rebuilt on such architectures.
556
55720070516:
558	Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE support has been introduced to the
559	config(8) utility. In order to take advantage of this new
560	functionality, you are expected to recompile and install
561	src/usr.sbin/config. If you don't rebuild config(8), and your
562	kernel configuration depends on INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE, the kernel
563	build will be broken because of a missing "kernconfstring"
564	symbol.
565
56620070513:
567	Symbol versioning is enabled by default.  To disable it, use
568	option WITHOUT_SYMVER.  It is not advisable to attempt to
569	disable symbol versioning once it is enabled; your installworld
570	will break because a symbol version-less libc will get installed
571	before the install tools.  As a result, the old install tools,
572	which previously had symbol dependencies to FBSD_1.0, will fail
573	because the freshly installed libc will not have them.
574
575	The default threading library (providing "libpthread") has been
576	changed to libthr.  If you wish to have libkse as your default,
577	use option DEFAULT_THREAD_LIB=libkse for the buildworld.
578
57920070423:
580	The ABI breakage in sendmail(8)'s libmilter has been repaired
581	so it is no longer necessary to recompile mail filters (aka,
582	milters).  If you recompiled mail filters after the 20070408
583	note, it is not necessary to recompile them again.
584
58520070417:
586	The new trunk(4) driver has been renamed to lagg(4) as it better
587	reflects its purpose. ifconfig will need to be recompiled.
588
58920070408:
590	sendmail(8) has been updated to version 8.14.1.  Mail filters
591	(aka, milters) compiled against the libmilter included in the
592	base operating system should be recompiled.
593
59420070302:
595	Firmwares for ipw(4) and iwi(4) are now included in the base tree.
596	In order to use them one must agree to the respective LICENSE in
597	share/doc/legal and define legal.intel_<name>.license_ack=1 via
598	loader.conf(5) or kenv(1).  Make sure to deinstall the now
599	deprecated modules from the respective firmware ports.
600
60120070228:
602	The name resolution/mapping functions addr2ascii(3) and ascii2addr(3)
603	were removed from FreeBSD's libc. These originally came from INRIA
604	IPv6. Nothing in FreeBSD ever used them. They may be regarded as
605	deprecated in previous releases.
606	The AF_LINK support for getnameinfo(3) was merged from NetBSD to
607	replace it as a more portable (and re-entrant) API.
608
60920070224:
610	To support interrupt filtering a modification to the newbus API
611	has occurred, ABI was broken and __FreeBSD_version was bumped
612	to 700031. Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in
613	sync. For more info:
614	http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070221233124.GA13941
615
61620070224:
617	The IPv6 multicast forwarding code may now be loaded into GENERIC
618	kernels by loading the ip_mroute.ko module. This is built into the
619	module unless WITHOUT_INET6 or WITHOUT_INET6_SUPPORT options are
620	set; see src.conf(5) for more information.
621
62220070214:
623	The output of netstat -r has changed. Without -n, we now only
624	print a "network name" without the prefix length if the network
625	address and mask exactly match a Class A/B/C network, and an entry
626	exists in the nsswitch "networks" map.
627	With -n, we print the full unabbreviated CIDR network prefix in
628	the form "a.b.c.d/p". 0.0.0.0/0 is always printed as "default".
629	This change is in preparation for changes such as equal-cost
630	multipath, and to more generally assist operational deployment
631	of FreeBSD as a modern IPv4 router.
632
63320070210:
634	PIM has been turned on by default in the IPv4 multicast
635	routing code. The kernel option 'PIM' has now been removed.
636	PIM is now built by default if option 'MROUTING' is specified.
637	It may now be loaded into GENERIC kernels by loading the
638	ip_mroute.ko module.
639
64020070207:
641	Support for IPIP tunnels (VIFF_TUNNEL) in IPv4 multicast routing
642	has been removed. Its functionality may be achieved by explicitly
643	configuring gif(4) interfaces and using the 'phyint' keyword in
644	mrouted.conf.
645	XORP does not support source-routed IPv4 multicast tunnels nor the
646	integrated IPIP tunneling, therefore it is not affected by this
647	change. The __FreeBSD_version macro has been bumped to 700030.
648
64920061221:
650	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
651	re-enabled in the bge driver, only for those chips which are
652	believed to support it properly.  If there are any problems,
653	MSI can be disabled completely by setting the
654	'hw.pci.enable_msi' and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0
655	in the loader.
656
65720061214:
658	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
659	disabled again in the bge driver.  Many revisions of the
660	hardware fail to support it properly.  Support can be
661	re-enabled by removing the #define of BGE_DISABLE_MSI in
662	"src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c".
663
66420061214:
665	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been added
666	to the bge driver.  If there are any problems, MSI can be
667	disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi' and
668	'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
669
67020061205:
671	The removal of several facets of the experimental Threading
672	system from the kernel means that the proc and thread structures
673	have changed quite a bit. I suggest all kernel modules that might
674	reference these structures be recompiled.. Especially the
675	linux module.
676
67720061126:
678	Sound infrastructure has been updated with various fixes and
679	improvements. Most of the changes are pretty much transparent,
680	with exceptions of followings:
681	1) All sound driver specific sysctls (hw.snd.pcm%d.*) have been
682	   moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, for example:
683		hw.snd.pcm0.vchans -> dev.pcm.0.vchans
684	2) /dev/dspr%d.%d has been deprecated. Each channel now has its
685	   own chardev in the form of "dsp%d.<function>%d", where <function>
686	   is p = playback, r = record and v = virtual, respectively. Users
687	   are encouraged to use these devs instead of (old) "/dev/dsp%d.%d".
688	   This does not affect those who are using "/dev/dsp".
689
69020061122:
691	geom(4)'s gmirror(8) class metadata structure has been
692	rev'd from v3 to v4. If you update across this point and
693	your metadata is converted for you, you will not be easily
694	able to downgrade since the /boot/kernel.old/geom_mirror.ko
695	kernel module will be unable to read the v4 metadata.  You
696	can resolve this by doing from the loader(8) prompt:
697
698		set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/XXX"
699
700	where XXX is the root slice of one of the disks that composed
701	the mirror (i.e.: /dev/ad0s1a). You can then rebuild
702	the array the same way you built it originally.
703
70420061122:
705	The following binaries have been disconnected from the build:
706	mount_devfs, mount_ext2fs, mount_fdescfs, mount_procfs, mount_linprocfs,
707	and mount_std.  The functionality of these programs has been
708	moved into the mount program.  For example, to mount a devfs
709	filesystem, instead of using mount_devfs, use: "mount -t devfs".
710	This does not affect entries in /etc/fstab, since entries in
711	/etc/fstab are always processed with "mount -t fstype".
712
71320061113:
714	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts on i386 and amd64
715	has been added to the kernel and various drivers will soon be
716	updated to use MSI when it is available.  If there are any problems,
717	MSI can be disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi'
718	and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
719
72020061110:
721	The MUTEX_PROFILING option has been renamed to LOCK_PROFILING.
722	The lockmgr object layout has been changed as a result of having
723	a lock_object embedded in it. As a consequence all file system
724	kernel modules must be re-compiled. The mutex profiling man page
725	has not yet been updated to reflect this change.
726
72720061026:
728	KSE in the kernel has now been made optional and turned on by
729	default. Use 'nooption KSE' in your kernel config to turn it
730	off. All kernel modules *must* be recompiled after this change.
731	There-after, modules from a KSE kernel should be compatible with
732	modules from a NOKSE kernel due to the temporary padding fields
733	added to 'struct proc'.
734
73520060929:
736	mrouted and its utilities have been removed from the base system.
737
73820060927:
739	Some ioctl(2) command codes have changed.  Full backward ABI
740	compatibility is provided if the "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" is
741	present in the kernel configuration file.  Make sure to add
742	this option to your kernel config file, or recompile X.Org
743	and the rest of ports; otherwise they may refuse to work.
744
74520060924:
746	tcpslice has been removed from the base system.
747
74820060913:
749	The sizes of struct tcpcb (and struct xtcpcb) have changed due to
750	the rewrite of TCP syncookies.  Tools like netstat, sockstat, and
751	systat needs to be rebuilt.
752
75320060903:
754	libpcap updated to v0.9.4 and tcpdump to v3.9.4
755
75620060816:
757	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED option is gone and the behaviour
758	for IPFIREWALL_FORWARD is now as it was before when it was first
759	committed and for years after. The behaviour is now ON.
760
76120060725:
762	enigma(1)/crypt(1) utility has been changed on 64 bit architectures.
763	Now it can decrypt files created from different architectures.
764	Unfortunately, it is no longer able to decrypt a cipher text
765	generated with an older version on 64 bit architectures.
766	If you have such a file, you need old utility to decrypt it.
767
76820060709:
769	The interface version of the i4b kernel part has changed. So
770	after updating the kernel sources and compiling a new kernel,
771	the i4b user space tools in "/usr/src/usr.sbin/i4b" must also
772	be rebuilt, and vice versa.
773
77420060627:
775	The XBOX kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver instead of
776	the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
777	accordingly.
778
77920060514:
780	The i386-only lnc(4) driver for the AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx
781	PCnet family of NICs has been removed. The new le(4) driver serves
782	as an equivalent but cross-platform replacement with the pcn(4)
783	driver still providing performance-optimized support for the subset
784	of AMD Am79C971 PCnet-FAST and greater chips as before.
785
78620060511:
787	The machdep.* sysctls and the adjkerntz utility have been
788	modified a bit.  The new adjkerntz utility uses the new
789	sysctl names and sysctlbyname() calls, so it may be impossible
790	to run an old /sbin/adjkerntz utility in single-user mode
791	with a new kernel.  Replace the `adjkerntz -i' step before
792	`make installworld' with:
793
794	    /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz -i
795
796	and proceed as usual with the rest of the installworld-stage
797	steps.  Otherwise, you risk installing binaries with their
798	timestamp set several hours in the future, especially if
799	you are running with local time set to GMT+X hours.
800
80120060412:
802	The ip6fw utility has been removed.  The behavior provided by
803	ip6fw has been in ipfw2 for a good while and the rc.d scripts
804	have been updated to deal with it.  There are some rules that
805	might not migrate cleanly.  Use rc.firewall6 as a template to
806	rewrite rules.
807
80820060428:
809	The puc(4) driver has been overhauled. The ebus(4) and sbus(4)
810	attachments have been removed. Make sure to configure scc(4)
811	on sparc64. Note also that by default puc(4) will use uart(4)
812	and not sio(4) for serial ports because interrupt handling has
813	been optimized for multi-port serial cards and only uart(4)
814	implements the interface to support it.
815
81620060330:
817	The scc(4) driver replaces puc(4) for Serial Communications
818	Controllers (SCCs) like the Siemens SAB82532 and the Zilog
819	Z8530. On sparc64, it is advised to add scc(4) to the kernel
820	configuration to make sure that the serial ports remain
821	functional.
822
82320060317:
824	Most world/kernel related NO_* build options changed names.
825	New knobs have common prefixes WITHOUT_*/WITH_* (modelled
826	after FreeBSD ports) and should be set in /etc/src.conf
827	(the src.conf(5) manpage is provided).  Full backwards
828	compatibility is maintained for the time being though it's
829	highly recommended to start moving old options out of the
830	system-wide /etc/make.conf file into the new /etc/src.conf
831	while also properly renaming them.  More conversions will
832	likely follow.  Posting to current@:
833
834	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-March/061725.html
835
83620060305:
837	The NETSMBCRYPTO kernel option has been retired because its
838	functionality is always included in NETSMB and smbfs.ko now.
839
84020060303:
841	The TDFX_LINUX kernel option was retired and replaced by the
842	tdfx_linux device.  The latter can be loaded as the 3dfx_linux.ko
843	kernel module.  Loading it alone should suffice to get 3dfx support
844	for Linux apps because it will pull in 3dfx.ko and linux.ko through
845	its dependencies.
846
84720060204:
848	The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
849	in the base system.  Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
850	including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
851
85220060201:
853	The kernel ABI to file system modules was changed on i386.
854	Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in sync.
855
85620060118:
857	This actually occured some time ago, but installing the kernel
858	now also installs a bunch of symbol files for the kernel modules.
859	This increases the size of /boot/kernel to about 67Mbytes. You
860	will need twice this if you will eventually back this up to kernel.old
861	on your next install.
862	If you have a shortage of room in your root partition, you should add
863	-DINSTALL_NODEBUG to your make arguments or add INSTALL_NODEBUG="yes"
864	to your /etc/make.conf.
865
86620060113:
867	libc's malloc implementation has been replaced.  This change has the
868	potential to uncover application bugs that previously went unnoticed.
869	See the malloc(3) manual page for more details.
870
87120060112:
872	The generic netgraph(4) cookie has been changed. If you upgrade
873	kernel passing this point, you also need to upgrade userland
874	and netgraph(4) utilities like ports/net/mpd or ports/net/mpd4.
875
87620060106:
877	si(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
878	Uses of {cua,tty}A[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}A0[0-9a-f].
879
88020060106:
881	The kernel ABI was mostly destroyed due to a change in the size
882	of struct lock_object which is nested in other structures such
883	as mutexes which are nested in all sorts of other structures.
884	Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
885
88620051231:
887	The page coloring algorithm in the VM subsystem was converted
888	from tuning with kernel options to autotuning. Please remove
889	any PQ_* option except PQ_NOOPT from your kernel config.
890
89120051211:
892	The net80211-related tools in the tools/tools/ath directory
893	have been moved to tools/tools/net80211 and renamed with a
894	"wlan" prefix.  Scripts that use them should be adjusted
895	accordingly.
896
89720051202:
898	Scripts in the local_startup directories (as defined in
899	/etc/defaults/rc.conf) that have the new rc.d semantics will
900	now be run as part of the base system rcorder. If there are
901	errors or problems with one of these local scripts, it could
902	cause boot problems. If you encounter such problems, boot in
903	single user mode, remove that script from the */rc.d directory.
904	Please report the problem to the port's maintainer, and the
905	freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
906
90720051129:
908	The nodev mount option was deprecated in RELENG_6 (where it
909	was a no-op), and is now unsupported.  If you have nodev or dev listed
910	in /etc/fstab, remove it, otherwise it will result in a mount error.
911
91220051129:
913	ABI between ipfw(4) and ipfw(8) has been changed. You need
914	to rebuild ipfw(8) when rebuilding kernel.
915
91620051108:
917	rp(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
918	Uses of {cua,tty}R[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}R0[0-9a-f].
919
92020051029:
921	/etc/rc.d/ppp-user has been renamed to /etc/rc.d/ppp.
922	Its /etc/rc.conf.d configuration file has been `ppp' from
923	the beginning, and hence there is no need to touch it.
924
92520051014:
926	Now most modules get their build-time options from the kernel
927	configuration file.  A few modules still have fixed options
928	due to their non-conformant implementation, but they will be
929	corrected eventually.  You may need to review the options of
930	the modules in use, explicitly specify the non-default options
931	in the kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel and
932	modules afterwards.
933
93420051001:
935	kern.polling.enable sysctl MIB is now deprecated. Use ifconfig(8)
936	to turn polling(4) on your interfaces.
937
93820050927:
939	The old bridge(4) implementation was retired.  The new
940	if_bridge(4) serves as a full functional replacement.
941
94220050722:
943	The ai_addrlen of a struct addrinfo was changed to a socklen_t
944	to conform to POSIX-2001.  This change broke an ABI
945	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  You have to recompile
946	userland programs that use getaddrinfo(3) on 64 bit
947	architecture.
948
94920050711:
950	RELENG_6 branched here.
951
95220050629:
953	The pccard_ifconfig rc.conf variable has been removed and a new
954	variable, ifconfig_DEFAULT has been introduced.  Unlike
955	pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT applies to ALL interfaces that
956	do not have ifconfig_ifn entries rather than just those in
957	removable_interfaces.
958
95920050616:
960	Some previous versions of PAM have permitted the use of
961	non-absolute paths in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/* when referring
962	to third party PAM modules in /usr/local/lib.  A change has been
963	made to require the use of absolute paths in order to avoid
964	ambiguity and dependence on library path configuration, which may
965	affect existing configurations.
966
96720050610:
968	Major changes to network interface API.  All drivers must be
969	recompiled.  Drivers not in the base system will need to be
970	updated to the new APIs.
971
97220050609:
973	Changes were made to kinfo_proc in sys/user.h.  Please recompile
974	userland, or commands like `fstat', `pkill', `ps', `top' and `w'
975	will not behave correctly.
976
977	The API and ABI for hwpmc(4) have changed with the addition
978	of sampling support.  Please recompile lib/libpmc(3) and
979	usr.sbin/{pmcstat,pmccontrol}.
980
98120050606:
982	The OpenBSD dhclient was imported in place of the ISC dhclient
983	and the network interface configuration scripts were updated
984	accordingly.  If you use DHCP to configure your interfaces, you
985	must now run devd.  Also, DNS updating was lost so you will need
986	to find a workaround if you use this feature.
987
988	The '_dhcp' user was added to support the OpenBSD dhclient.  Be
989	sure to run mergemaster -p (like you are supposed to do every time
990	anyway).
991
99220050605:
993	if_bridge was added to the tree. This has changed struct ifnet.
994	Please recompile userland and all network related modules.
995
99620050603:
997	The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
998	1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
999	conform to POSIX-2001.  These changes broke an ABI
1000	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  With these changes,
1001	shlib major of libpcap was bumped.  You have to recompile
1002	userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3),
1003	getnetent(3) and/or libpcap on 64 bit architecture.
1004
100520050528:
1006	Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
1007	scripts has changed.  Lines with multiple options likely will
1008	fail after this date.  For full details, please see
1009		http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/Updating-20050528.txt
1010
101120050503:
1012	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 3.7
1013	Please note the changed anchor syntax and the fact that
1014	authpf(8) now needs a mounted fdescfs(5) to function.
1015
101620050415:
1017	The NO_MIXED_MODE kernel option has been removed from the i386
1018	amd64 platforms as its use has been superceded by the new local
1019	APIC timer code.  Any kernel config files containing this option
1020	should be updated.
1021
102220050227:
1023	The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine
1024	independent.  Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld
1025	when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires
1026	recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages.
1027
102820050225:
1029	The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to
1030	contain the uptime at which the interface was created or the
1031	statistics zeroed rather then the wall clock time because
1032	wallclock time may go backwards.  This should have no impact
1033	unless an snmp implementation is using this value (I know of
1034	none at this point.)
1035
103620050224:
1037	The acpi_perf and acpi_throttle drivers are now part of the
1038	acpi(4) main module.  They are no longer built separately.
1039
104020050223:
1041	The layout of struct image_params has changed. You have to
1042	recompile all compatibility modules (linux, svr4, etc) for use
1043	with the new kernel.
1044
104520050223:
1046	The p4tcc driver has been merged into cpufreq(4).  This makes
1047	"options CPU_ENABLE_TCC" obsolete.  Please load cpufreq.ko or
1048	compile in "device cpufreq" to restore this functionality.
1049
105020050220:
1051	The responsibility of recomputing the file system summary of
1052	a SoftUpdates-enabled dirty volume has been transferred to the
1053	background fsck.  A rebuild of fsck(8) utility is recommended
1054	if you have updated the kernel.
1055
1056	To get the old behavior (recompute file system summary at mount
1057	time), you can set vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount=1 before
1058	mounting the new volume.
1059
106020050206:
1061	The cpufreq import is complete.  As part of this, the sysctls for
1062	acpi(4) throttling have been removed.  The power_profile script
1063	has been updated, so you can use performance/economy_cpu_freq in
1064	rc.conf(5) to set AC on/offline cpu frequencies.
1065
106620050206:
1067	NG_VERSION has been increased. Recompiling kernel (or ng_socket.ko)
1068	requires recompiling libnetgraph and userland netgraph utilities.
1069
107020050114:
1071	Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
1072	now deprecated.  Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
1073	correct full form when a match occurs.  Some abbreviations may
1074	be supported at a later date based on user feedback.  To be
1075	considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
1076	this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
1077
107820041221:
1079	By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
1080	to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list).  The old
1081	spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
1082	warnings on stderr.  Make sure you upgrade properly (see
1083	the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
1084
108520041219:
1086	Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
1087	been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
1088	the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
1089	prior to use.  Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
1090	with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
1091	use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
1092	and wlan_xauth as required.
1093
109420041213:
1095	The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly.  If lqr is enabled
1096	(``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
1097	negotiation failure.  Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
1098	behaviour.  The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
1099	reflect the change.
1100
110120041201:
1102	The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
1103	into separate modules.  For static WEP you must configure the
1104	wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
1105	in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
1106	the module when a wep key is configured).
1107
110820041201:
1109	The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
1110	algorithm into a separate module.  You need to include either
1111	ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
1112
111320041116:
1114	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
1115	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
1116
111720041110:
1118	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
1119	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
1120	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
1121	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
1122	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
1123	their /etc/rc scripts.
1124
112520041104:
1126	FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here.
1127
112820041102:
1129	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
1130	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
1131	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1132
113320041022:
1134	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
1135	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
1136	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1137
113820041016:
1139	RELENG_5 branched here.  For older entries, please see updating
1140	in the RELENG_5 branch.
1141
1142COMMON ITEMS:
1143
1144	General Notes
1145	-------------
1146	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1147	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1148	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1149	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1150	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1151	on the -current branch).
1152
1153	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1154	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1155	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1156	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1157	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1158	page for more details.
1159
1160	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally
1161	best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch
1162	first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested
1163	upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful.
1164	Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major
1165	version upgrade.
1166
1167	To build a kernel
1168	-----------------
1169	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1170	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1171	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1172
1173	make kernel-toolchain
1174	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1175	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1176
1177	To test a kernel once
1178	---------------------
1179	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1180	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1181	debugging information) run
1182	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1183	nextboot -k testkernel
1184
1185	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1186	--------------------------------------------------------------
1187	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1188	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1189	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1190
1191	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1192	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1193	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1194	make depend
1195	make
1196	make install
1197
1198	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1199
1200	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1201	-----------------------------------------------------------
1202	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1203	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1204
1205	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1206	make buildworld
1207	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1208							[1]
1209	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1210	mergemaster -p					[5]
1211	make installworld
1212	make delete-old
1213	mergemaster					[4]
1214	<reboot>
1215
1216
1217	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1218	--------------------------------------------------
1219	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1220	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1221	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1222	# size.
1223
1224	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1225	<boot into -stable>
1226	make buildworld
1227	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1228	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1229	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1230	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1231	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1232	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1233	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1234	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1235	<reboot into current>
1236	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1237	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1238	<reboot>
1239
1240
1241	To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to current
1242	----------------------------------------------
1243	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1244	make buildworld					[9]
1245	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1246							[1]
1247	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1248	mergemaster -p					[5]
1249	make installworld
1250	make delete-old
1251	mergemaster -i					[4]
1252	<reboot>
1253
1254	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1255	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1256	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1257	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1258	the UPDATING entries.
1259
1260	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1261	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1262	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1263	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1264	much fewer pitfalls.
1265
1266	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1267	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1268	system on reboot.
1269
1270	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1271		fsck -p
1272		mount -u /
1273		mount -a
1274		cd src
1275		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1276	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1277	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1278
1279	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1280	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1281	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1282	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1283	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1284	for potential gotchas.
1285
1286	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1287	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1288	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1289	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1290	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1291	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1292
1293	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1294	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1295	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1296	that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
1297	is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.
1298
1299	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1300	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1301
1302	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1303	cvs prune empty directories.
1304
1305	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1306	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1307	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1308
1309	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1310	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1311	warn if it is improperly defined.
1312FORMAT:
1313
1314This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1315breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1316and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
1317previous releases if your system is older than this.
1318
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