UPDATING revision 253089
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
3420130709:
35	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
36	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
37	statistics, must be rebuilded (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
38
3920130629:
40	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
41	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
42
43	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
44	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
45	overloading the machine.
46
4720130618:
48	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
49	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
50	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
51	write access to that file.
52
5320130615:
54	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
55	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
56
5720130613:
58	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
59
60		make: illegal option -- J
61		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
62			...
63		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
64
65	this likely due to an old instance of make in
66	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
67	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
68	you see the above error:
69
70		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
71
72	should resolve it.
73
7420130516:
75	Use bmake by default.
76	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
77	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
78	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
79
80	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
81	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
82	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
83	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
84	behavior in parallel build.
85
8620130429:
87        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
88
8920130426:
90	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
91	the IDEA patent expired.
92
9320130426:
94	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
95	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
96	enabled by default.
97
9820130425:
99	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
100	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
101	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
102	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
103	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
104	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
105	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
106	&& make install).
107
10820130404:
109	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
110	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
111	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
112	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
113	and removed.
114
11520130319:
116	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
117	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
118	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
119	binaries will not work on older kernels.
120
12120130308:
122	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
123	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
124
12520130304:
126	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
127	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
128	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
129	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
130	is requested.
131
132	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
133	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
134	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
135	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
136	in /boot/loader.conf.
137
13820130301:
139	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
140	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
141	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
142	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
143	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
144
14520130208:
146	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
147	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
148
149	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
150	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
151
15220130129:
153	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
154	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
155	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
156	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
157	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
158
15920130121:
160	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
161	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
162	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
163	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
164	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
165	/etc/src.conf.
166
16720130118:
168	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
169	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
170	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
171	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
172	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
173	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
174	use is expected to be extremely rare.
175
17620121223:
177	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
178	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
179	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
180
18120121222:
182	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
183	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
184	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
185	be updated.
186
18720121217:
188	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
189	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
190	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
191
192		savecore_flags=""
193
19420121201:
195	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
196	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
197	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
198
19920121117:
200	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
201	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
202	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
203	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
204	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
205	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
206
20720121105:
208	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
209	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
210	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
211	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
212	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
213	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
214	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
215	branch point).
216
21720121102:
218	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
219	functionality now turned on by default.
220
22120121023:
222	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
223	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
224	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
225	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
226	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
227	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
228	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
229	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
230	of the two kernel options.
231
23220121023:
233	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
234	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
235	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
236	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
237
23820121022:
239	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
240	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
241	recompiled.
242
24320121018:
244	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
245	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
246	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
247
24820121016:
249	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
250	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
251	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
252	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
253	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
254
25520121015:
256	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
257	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
258	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
259	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
260
26120121014:
262	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
263
26420121013:
265	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
266	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
267	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
268	knob has also gone.
269
27020121006:
271	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
272	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
273	with new kernel.
274
27520121001:
276	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
277	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
278	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
279
28020120913:
281	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
282	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
283	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
284	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
285	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
286	configurations.
287
28820120908:
289	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
290	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
291
29220120828:
293	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
294	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
295	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
296	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
297	manual page.
298
29920120727:
300	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
301	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
302	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
303
30420120712:
305	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
306	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
307	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
308
30920120712:
310	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
311	with other variables:
312	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
313	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
314
31520120628:
316	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
317	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
318	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
319	installed as "bsdsort".
320
32120120611:
322	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
323	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
324	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
325	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
326	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
327	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
328	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
329	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
330	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
331
33220120417:
333	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
334	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
335	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
336	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
337	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
338	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
339	NAMESPACE section).
340
34120120328:
342	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
343	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
344	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
345	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
346	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
347	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
348	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
349
35020120306:
351	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
352	platforms.
353
35420120229:
355	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
356	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
357	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
358	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
359	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
360	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
361
36220120211:
363	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
364	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
365	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
366	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
367	comes from 20111215.
368
36920120114:
370	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
371	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
372	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
373	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
374
375	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
376	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
377
37820120109:
379	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
380	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
381	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
382	tunable/sysctl.
383	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
384
38520111215:
386	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
387	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
388	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
389	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
390	not supported anymore.
391
392	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
393	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
394	need to be recompiled.
395
39620111122:
397	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
398	/dev/wmistat0.
399
40020111108:
401	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
402	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
403	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
404	time.
405
40620111101:
407	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
408	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
409
41020110930:
411	sysinstall has been removed
412
41320110923:
414	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
415	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
416
41720110913:
418	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
419	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
420	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
421	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
422	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
423	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
424	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
425	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
426	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
427	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
428
42920110828:
430	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
431	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
432	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
433	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
434
43520110815:
436	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
437	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
438	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
439	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
440
441	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
442	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
443	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
444
44520110628:
446	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
447	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
448	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
449	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
450
45120110608:
452	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
453		machdep.hlt_cpus
454		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
455	The following sysctl is retired:
456		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
457	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
458	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
459	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
460	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
461	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
462	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
463	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
464	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
465	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
466	a default scheduler.
467
46820110607:
469	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
470	a mask of CPUs.
471
47220110531:
473	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
474	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
475	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
476	world.
477
47820110513:
479	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
480
48120110503:
482	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
483	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
484	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
485	drivers need to be recompiled.
486
487	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
488	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
489	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
490	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
491	branches.
492
49320110430:
494	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
495	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
496
49720110427:
498	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
499	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
500	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
501	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
502	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
503	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
504	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
505	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
506	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
507	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
508	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
509	
510	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
511
512	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
513	a diskless root fs use the old client.
514
51520110424:
516	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
517	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
518	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
519	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
520	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
521	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
522	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
523	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
524	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
525	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
526	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
527	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
528
529	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
530	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
531	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
532	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
533	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
534	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
535	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
536	them are parts of the cam module.
537
538	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
539	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
540	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
541
542	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
543	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
544	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
545	    options        ATA_CAM
546	    device         ahci
547	    device         mvs
548	    device         siis
549	, and instead add back:
550	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
551	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
552	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
553	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
554	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
555
55620110423:
557	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
558	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
559	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
560	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
561	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
562	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
563
56420110418:
565	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
566	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
567	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
568
56920110331:
570	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
571	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
572	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
573	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
574	in order to use ath on everything else.
575
576	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
577	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
578
57920110314:
580	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
581	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
582	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
583
58420110218:
585	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
586	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
587	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
588	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
589	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
590	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
591
59220110218:
593	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
594	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
595	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
596	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
597	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
598	authentication).
599	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
600	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
601
60220110207:
603	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
604	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
605	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
606	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
607	The function remains undocumented.
608
60920110112:
610	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
611	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
612	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
613	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
614	systems where the define is not present can check against
615	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
616
617	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
618	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
619	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
620	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
621	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
622	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
623
62420110103:
625	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
626	the following warning:
627	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
628	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
629	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
630	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
631	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
632	install it on your system.
633
634	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
635	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
636	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
637	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
638
63920101228:
640	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
641	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
642	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
643	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
644	be recompiled.
645
64620101114:
647	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
648	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
649	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
650	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
651	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
652	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
653	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
654	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
655	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
656	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
657	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
658	it, for example via:
659		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
660
661	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
662	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
663	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
664	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
665	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
666	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
667		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
668
669	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
670	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
671
67220101111:
673	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
674	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
675	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
676	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
677	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
678
67920101002:
680	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
681	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
682	migrate local entries to the new format.
683
68420100928:
685	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
686	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
687	upstream sshd.
688
68920100915:
690	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
691	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
692	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
693	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
694	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
695	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
696
69720100913:
698	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
699	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
700
701	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
702	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
703	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
704	default is "AUTO".
705
706	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
707	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
708	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
709	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
710	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
711
712	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
713	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
714	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
715
71620100913:
717	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
718	now i386 and amd64 only.
719	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
720	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
721	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
722	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
723	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
724	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
725
72620100725:
727	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
728	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
729
73020100722:
731	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
732	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
733	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
734	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
735	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
736	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
737	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
738	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
739	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
740	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
741	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
742
74320100713:
744	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
745	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
746	    machine powerpc powerpc
747
748	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
749	after this change.
750
75120100713:
752	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
753	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
754	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
755	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
756	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
757
75820100429:
759	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
760	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
761	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
762	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
763	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
764 
76520100402:
766	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
767	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
768	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
769	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
770	WITH_CTF=yes").
771	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
772	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
773	to unwanted behavior.
774
77520100311:
776	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
777	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
778	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
779	be modified accordingly.
780
78120100113:
782	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
783	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
784	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
785	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
786	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
787	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
788
789	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
790	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
791	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
792	use of utmpx.
793
794	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
795	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
796	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
797	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
798	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
799
80020100108:
801	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
802	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
803	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
804
80520091202:
806	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
807	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
808	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
809	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
810	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
811
812		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
813		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
814		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
815
816	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
817
81820091125:
819	8.0-RELEASE.
820
82120091113:
822	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
823	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
824	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
825	operation of applications on the console.
826
827	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
828	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
829	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
830	cons25.
831
832	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
833	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
834	performed by syscons(4).
835
83620091109:
837	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
838	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
839	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
840
841	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
842	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
843	new structure.
844
84520091025:
846	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
847	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
848	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
849	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
850	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
851	iwn5150fw.
852
85320090926:
854	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
855	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
856
857	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
858	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
859	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
860
861	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
862	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
863
864	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
865	   they are obsolete.
866
867	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
868	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
869
870	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
871	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
872	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
873
874	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
875	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
876	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
877	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
878	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
879	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
880	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
881	   using ifconfig(8) like:
882
883		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
884
885	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
886	   IPv6-preferred.
887
888	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
889
890	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
891	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
892	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
893	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
894	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
895
89620090922:
897	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
898	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
899
90020090912:
901	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
902	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
903	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
904	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
905	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
906	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
907
90820090910:
909	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
910	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
911
91220090825:
913	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
914	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
915	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
916	is 1000.
917
91820090813:
919	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
920	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
921	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
922
92320090803:
924	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
925	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
926
92720090719:
928	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
929	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
930	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
931
93220090714:
933	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
934	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
935	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
936
93720090713:
938	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
939	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
940	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
941	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
942	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
943
94420090712: 
945	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
946	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
947	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
948	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
949	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
950
95120090630:
952	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
953	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
954	may need to be adjusted.
955
95620090629:
957	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
958	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
959	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
960	with routing sockets.
961
96220090628:
963	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
964	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
965	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
966
96720090624:
968	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
969	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
970	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
971	800100.
972
97320090622:
974	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
975	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
976	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
977
97820090619:
979	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
980	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
981	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
982	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
983	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
984	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
985	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
986	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
987
988	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
989	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
990	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
991	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
992	authentication method is used.
993
99420090616: 
995	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
996	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
997	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
998	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
999	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1000
100120090613:
1002	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1003	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1004
100520090611:
1006	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1007	be rebuilt.
1008
100920090608:
1010	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1011	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1012
101320090602:
1014	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1015	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1016
101720090601:
1018	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1019	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1020	re-compiled.
1021
102220090601:
1023	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1024	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1025	rebuilt.
1026	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1027
102820090530:
1029	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1030	more valid.
1031
103220090530:
1033	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1034	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1035
103620090529:
1037	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1038	rebuilt.
1039	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1040
104120090528:
1042	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1043	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1044	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1045	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1046	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1047	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1048
104920090527:
1050	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1051	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1052
105320090523:
1054	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1055	need to be rebuilt.
1056	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1057
105820090523:
1059	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1060	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1061
106220090520:
1063	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1064	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1065
106620090520:
1067	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1068	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1069	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1070	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1071	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1072
107320090430:
1074	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1075	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1076	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1077	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1078	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1079	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1080
108120090429:
1082	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1083	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1084	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1085	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1086
1087	For kernel developers:
1088
1089	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1090	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1091	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1092
1093	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1094	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1095	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1096	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1097
1098	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1099	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1100	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1101	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1102	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1103	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1104	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1105	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1106	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1107	     multicast membership on-link.
1108	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1109	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1110	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1111
1112	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1113	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1114	  stack.
1115	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1116	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1117	  semantics.
1118
1119	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1120	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1121	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1122	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1123
1124	For application developers:
1125
1126	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1127	  stack.
1128
1129	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1130	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1131
1132	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1133	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1134	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1135	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1136
1137	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1138	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1139	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1140	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1141	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1142
1143	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1144
1145	For systems administrators:
1146
1147	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1148	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1149	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1150	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1151	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1152
1153	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1154	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1155
1156	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1157	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1158	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1159	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1160
1161	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1162	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1163	  back forwarded datagrams.
1164
1165	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1166
116720090422:
1168	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1169	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1170
117120090419:
1172	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1173	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1174	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1175	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1176
117720090415:
1178	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1179	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1180	state will require a world rebuild.
1181	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1182
118320090415:
1184	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1185	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1186	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1187
118820090414:
1189	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1190	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1191	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1192	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1193	load balancing.
1194	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1195
119620090408:
1197	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1198	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1199	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1200	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1201	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1202	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1203	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1204	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1205
120620090407:
1207	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1208	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1209	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1210
121120090320:
1212	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1213	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1214	introduces some changes:
1215
1216	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1217	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1218	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1219
1220	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1221	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1222	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1223	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1224
1225	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1226	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1227	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1228	the "386BSD" type).
1229
1230	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1231
123220090319:
1233	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1234	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1235	(supported by sane).
1236
123720090319:
1238	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1239	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1240	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1241	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1242	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1243
124420090315:
1245	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1246	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1247	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1248	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1249	used.
1250
125120090313:
1252	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1253	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1254	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1255	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1256
125720090313:
1258	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1259	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1260
126120090309:
1262	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1263	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1264
1265	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1266	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1267	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1268
1269	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1270	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1271	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1272	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1273	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1274	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1275	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1276	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1277
1278	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1279	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1280	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1281	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1282	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1283	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1284
1285	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1286	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1287	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1288	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1289	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1290
1291	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1292	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1293	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1294	via IGMP.
1295
1296	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1297	recompiled to reflect this.
1298	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1299
130020090309:
1301	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1302	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1303	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1304	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1305	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1306	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1307
130820090302:
1309	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1310	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1311	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1312	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1313	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1314	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1315
131620090301:
1317	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1318	network device driver modules.
1319
132020090227:
1321	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1322	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1323
132420090223:
1325	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1326	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1327	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1328	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1329	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1330	apply.
1331
133220090217:
1333	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1334	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1335	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1336	use the new name.
1337
133820090216:
1339	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1340	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1341	add
1342		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1343	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1344	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1345
134620090215:
1347	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1348	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1349	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1350	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1351	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1352	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1353
1354	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1355	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1356	be used for this:
1357		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1358		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1359
136020090209:
1361	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1362	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1363	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1364
136520090203:
1366	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1367	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1368	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1369	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1370	same interface.
1371
137220090201:
1373	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1374	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1375
137620090119:
1377	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1378	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1379	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1380	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1381	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1382	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1383
138420090115:
1385	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1386	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1387	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1388	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1389
139020081225:
1391	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1392	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1393	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1394	in next mpd5.3 release.
1395
139620081219:
1397	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1398	the base system (it was a port).
1399
140020081216:
1401	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1402	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1403
140420081214:
1405	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1406	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1407	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1408	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1409	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1410	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1411	none of the L2 information.
1412
141320081130:
1414	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1415	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1416
1417	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1418
1419	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1420
1421	device	ath_hal
1422
1423	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1424	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1425	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1426	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1427
142820081121:
1429	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1430	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1431	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1432	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1433	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1434	packets.
1435
143620081117:
1437	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1438	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1439	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1440	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1441
144220081028:
1443	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1444
144520081009:
1446	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1447	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1448	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1449	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1450	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1451
1452		uhci_load="YES"
1453		ehci_load="YES"
1454
145520081009:
1456	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1457	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1458	sync.
1459
146020081009:
1461	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1462	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1463	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1464	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1465	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1466	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1467	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1468
146920080820:
1470	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1471	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1472	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1473	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1474	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1475
1476	PCI/ISA:
1477		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1478
1479	USB:
1480		ubser, ucycom
1481
1482	Line disciplines:
1483		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1484
1485	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1486	cause compilation to fail.
1487
148820080818:
1489	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1490
149120080801:
1492	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1493
1494	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1495	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1496	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1497	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1498	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1499	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1500	accepting the RSA key.
1501
1502	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1503	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1504	command line.
1505
1506	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1507	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1508	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1509	behavior.
1510
151120080713:
1512	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1513	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1514	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1515
1516	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1517	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1518	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1519	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1520	use the new device names.
1521
1522	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1523	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1524	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1525	at the loader prompt:
1526
1527		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1528		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1529		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1530		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1531		boot -s
1532
153320080609:
1534	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1535	disks instead.
1536
153720080603:
1538	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1539	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1540	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1541	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1542
154320080525:
1544	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1545	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1546
154720080509:
1548	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1549	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1550	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1551	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1552	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1553
155420080420:
1555	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1556	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1557	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1558	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1559	For example, change:
1560		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1561	to
1562		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1563		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1564	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1565	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1566	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1567
1568	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1569	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1570	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1571
157220080408:
1573	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1574	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1575	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1576	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1577	other operation levels.
1578
157920080312:
1580	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1581	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1582	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1583	compatibility with any prior release:
1584
1585	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1586	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1587	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1588
158920080301:
1590	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1591	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1592	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1593	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1594	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1595	nonetheless.
1596
159720080229:
1598	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1599	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1600	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1601	with older hardware easier to do.
1602
160320080220:
1604	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1605	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1606
160720080211:
1608	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1609	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1610	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1611	firewall rules.
1612
161320080208:
1614	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1615	mbuf chains.
1616
161720080126:
1618	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1619	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1620	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1621	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1622	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1623	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1624	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1625	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1626	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1627	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1628	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1629	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1630
163120080123:
1632	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1633	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1634	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1635
163620071128:
1637	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1638	functionality is the default now.
1639
164020071118:
1641	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1642	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1643	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1644	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1645	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1646
1647	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1648	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1649	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1650
165120071024:
1652	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1653	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1654	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1655	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1656	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1657	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1658	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1659	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1660	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1661	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1662	however.
1663
166420071020:
1665	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1666	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1667	used kproc_start()..
1668	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1669	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1670	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1671
167220071010:
1673	RELENG_7 branched.
1674
1675COMMON ITEMS:
1676
1677	General Notes
1678	-------------
1679	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1680	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1681	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1682	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1683	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1684	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1685	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1686
1687	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1688	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1689	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1690	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1691	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1692
1693	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1694	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1695	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1696	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1697	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1698
1699	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1700	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1701	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1702	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1703
1704	ZFS notes
1705	---------
1706	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1707	these two steps:
1708
1709	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1710	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1711
1712	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1713
1714	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1715	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1716	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1717
1718	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1719
1720	To build a kernel
1721	-----------------
1722	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1723	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1724	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1725
1726	make kernel-toolchain
1727	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1728	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1729
1730	To test a kernel once
1731	---------------------
1732	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1733	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1734	debugging information) run
1735	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1736	nextboot -k testkernel
1737
1738	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1739	--------------------------------------------------------------
1740	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1741	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1742	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1743
1744	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1745	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1746	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1747	make depend
1748	make
1749	make install
1750
1751	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1752
1753	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1754	-----------------------------------------------------------
1755	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1756	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1757
1758	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1759	make buildworld
1760	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1761							[1]
1762	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1763	mergemaster -p					[5]
1764	make installworld
1765	mergemaster -i					[4]
1766	make delete-old					[6]
1767	<reboot>
1768
1769	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1770	--------------------------------------------------
1771	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1772	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1773	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1774	# size.
1775
1776	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1777	<boot into -stable>
1778	make buildworld
1779	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1780	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1781	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1782	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1783	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1784	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1785	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1786	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1787	<reboot into current>
1788	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1789	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1790	<reboot>
1791
1792
1793	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1794	----------------------------------------------
1795	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1796	make buildworld					[9]
1797	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1798							[1]
1799	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1800	mergemaster -p					[5]
1801	make installworld
1802	mergemaster -i					[4]
1803	make delete-old					[6]
1804	<reboot>
1805
1806	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1807	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1808	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1809	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1810	the UPDATING entries.
1811
1812	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1813	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1814	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1815	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1816	much fewer pitfalls.
1817
1818	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1819	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1820	system on reboot.
1821
1822	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1823		fsck -p
1824		mount -u /
1825		mount -a
1826		cd src
1827		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1828	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1829	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1830
1831	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1832	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1833	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1834	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1835	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1836	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1837	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1838
1839	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1840	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1841	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1842	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1843	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1844	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1845
1846	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1847	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1848	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1849
1850	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1851	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1852	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1853	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1854	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1855	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1856
1857	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1858	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1859
1860	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1861	cvs prune empty directories.
1862
1863	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1864	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1865	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1866
1867	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1868	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1869	warn if it is improperly defined.
1870FORMAT:
1871
1872This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1873breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1874list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1875If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1876to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1877
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