UPDATING revision 165237
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 7.x IS SLOW:
12	FreeBSD 7.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.
23
2420061214:
25	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
26	disabled again in the bge driver.  Many revisions of the
27	hardware fail to support it properly.  Support can be
28	re-enabled by removing the #define of BGE_DISABLE_MSI in
29	"src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c".
30
3120061214:
32	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been added
33	to the bge driver.  If there are any problems, MSI can be
34	disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi' and
35	'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
36
3720061205:
38	The removal of several facets of the experimental Threading 
39	system from the kernel means that the proc and thread structures 
40	have changed quite a bit. I suggest all kernel modules that might
41	reference these structures be recompiled.. Especially the
42	linux module.
43
4420061126:
45	Sound infrastructure has been updated with various fixes and
46	improvements. Most of the changes are pretty much transparent,
47	with exceptions of followings:
48	1) All sound driver specific sysctls (hw.snd.pcm%d.*) have been
49	   moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, for example:
50		hw.snd.pcm0.vchans -> dev.pcm.0.vchans
51	2) /dev/dspr%d.%d has been deprecated. Each channel now has its
52	   own chardev in the form of "dsp%d.<function>%d", where <function>
53	   is p = playback, r = record and v = virtual, respectively. Users
54	   are encouraged to use these devs instead of (old) "/dev/dsp%d.%d".
55	   This does not affect those who are using "/dev/dsp".
56
5720061122:
58	The following binaries have been disconnected from the build:
59	mount_devfs, mount_ext2fs, mount_fdescfs, mount_procfs, mount_linprocfs,
60	and mount_std.  The functionality of these programs has been
61	moved into the mount program.  For example, to mount a devfs
62	filesystem, instead of using mount_devfs, use: "mount -t devfs".
63	This does not affect entries in /etc/fstab, since entries in
64	/etc/fstab are always processed with "mount -t fstype".
65
6620061113:
67	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts on i386 and amd64
68	has been added to the kernel and various drivers will soon be
69	updated to use MSI when it is available.  If there are any problems,
70	MSI can be disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi'
71	and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
72
7320061110:
74	The MUTEX_PROFILING option has been renamed to LOCK_PROFILING.
75	The lockmgr object layout has been changed as a result of having
76	a lock_object embedded in it. As a consequence all file system
77	kernel modules must be re-compiled. The mutex profiling man page 
78	has not yet been updated to reflect this change.
79
8020061026:
81	KSE in the kernel has now been made optional and turned on by
82	default. Use 'nooption KSE' in your kernel config to turn it
83	off. All kernel modules *must* be recompiled after this change.
84	There-after, modules from a KSE kernel should be compatible with
85	modules from a NOKSE kernel due to the temporary padding fields
86	added to 'struct proc'.
87
8820060929:
89	mrouted and its utilities have been removed from the base system.
90
9120060927:
92	Some ioctl(2) command codes have changed.  Full backward ABI
93	compatibility is provided if the "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" is
94	present in the kernel configuration file.  Make sure to add
95	this option to your kernel config file, or recompile X.Org
96	and the rest of ports; otherwise they may refuse to work.
97
9820060924:
99	tcpslice has been removed from the base system.
100
10120060913:
102	The sizes of struct tcpcb (and struct xtcpcb) have changed due to
103	the rewrite of TCP syncookies.  Tools like netstat, sockstat, and
104	systat needs to be rebuilt.
105
10620060903:
107	libpcap updated to v0.9.4 and tcpdump to v3.9.4
108
10920060816:
110	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED option is gone and the behaviour
111	for IPFIREWALL_FORWARD is now as it was before when it was first
112	committed and for years after. The behaviour is now ON.
113
11420060725:
115	enigma(1)/crypt(1) utility has been changed on 64 bit architectures.
116	Now it can decrypt files created from different architectures.
117	Unfortunately, it is no longer able to decrypt a cipher text
118	generated with an older version on 64 bit architectures.
119	If you have such a file, you need old utility to decrypt it.
120
12120060709:
122 	The interface version of the i4b kernel part has changed. So
123 	after updating the kernel sources and compiling a new kernel,
124 	the i4b user space tools in "/usr/src/usr.sbin/i4b" must also
125 	be rebuilt, and vice versa.
126 
12720060627:
128	The XBOX kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver instead of
129	the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
130	accordingly.
131
13220060514:
133	The i386-only lnc(4) driver for the AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx
134	PCnet family of NICs has been removed. The new le(4) driver serves
135	as an equivalent but cross-platform replacement with the pcn(4)
136	driver still providing performance-optimized support for the subset
137	of AMD Am79C971 PCnet-FAST and greater chips as before.
138
13920060511:
140	The machdep.* sysctls and the adjkerntz utility have been
141	modified a bit.  The new adjkerntz utility uses the new
142	sysctl names and sysctlbyname() calls, so it may be impossible
143	to run an old /sbin/adjkerntz utility in single-user mode
144	with a new kernel.  Replace the `adjkerntz -i' step before
145	`make installworld' with:
146
147	    /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz -i
148
149	and proceed as usual with the rest of the installworld-stage
150	steps.  Otherwise, you risk installing binaries with their
151	timestamp set several hours in the future, especially if
152	you are running with local time set to GMT+X hours.
153
15420060412:
155	The ip6fw utility has been removed.  The behavior provided by
156	ip6fw has been in ipfw2 for a good while and the rc.d scripts
157	have been updated to deal with it.  There are some rules that
158	might not migrate cleanly.  Use rc.firewall6 as a template to
159	rewrite rules.
160
16120060428:
162	The puc(4) driver has been overhauled. The ebus(4) and sbus(4)
163	attachments have been removed. Make sure to configure scc(4)
164	on sparc64. Note also that by default puc(4) will use uart(4)
165	and not sio(4) for serial ports because interrupt handling has
166	been optimized for multi-port serial cards and only uart(4)
167	implements the interface to support it.
168
16920060330:
170	The scc(4) driver replaces puc(4) for Serial Communications
171	Controllers (SCCs) like the Siemens SAB82532 and the Zilog
172	Z8530. On sparc64, it is advised to add scc(4) to the kernel
173	configuration to make sure that the serial ports remain
174	functional.
175
17620060317:
177	Most world/kernel related NO_* build options changed names.
178	New knobs have common prefixes WITHOUT_*/WITH_* (modelled
179	after FreeBSD ports) and should be set in /etc/src.conf
180	(the src.conf(5) manpage is provided).  Full backwards
181	compatibility is maintained for the time being though it's
182	highly recommended to start moving old options out of the
183	system-wide /etc/make.conf file into the new /etc/src.conf
184	while also properly renaming them.  More conversions will
185	likely follow.  Posting to current@:
186
187	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-March/061725.html
188
18920060305:
190	The NETSMBCRYPTO kernel option has been retired because its
191	functionality is always included in NETSMB and smbfs.ko now.
192
19320060303:
194	The TDFX_LINUX kernel option was retired and replaced by the
195	tdfx_linux device.  The latter can be loaded as the 3dfx_linux.ko
196	kernel module.  Loading it alone should suffice to get 3dfx support
197	for Linux apps because it will pull in 3dfx.ko and linux.ko through
198	its dependencies.
199
20020060204:
201	The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
202	in the base system.  Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
203	including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
204
20520060201:
206	The kernel ABI to file system modules was changed on i386.
207	Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in sync.
208	
20920060118:
210	This actually occured some time ago, but installing the kernel
211	now also installs a bunch of symbol files for the kernel modules.
212	This increases the size of /boot/kernel to about 67Mbytes. You
213	will need twice this if you will eventually back this up to kernel.old
214	on your next install.
215	If you have a shortage of room in your root partition, you should add
216	-DINSTALL_NODEBUG to your make arguments or add INSTALL_NODEBUG="yes"
217	to your /etc/make.conf.
218
21920060113:
220	libc's malloc implementation has been replaced.  This change has the
221	potential to uncover application bugs that previously went unnoticed.
222	See the malloc(3) manual page for more details.
223
22420060112:
225	The generic netgraph(4) cookie has been changed. If you upgrade
226	kernel passing this point, you also need to upgrade userland
227	and netgraph(4) utilities like ports/net/mpd or ports/net/mpd4.
228
22920060106:
230	si(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
231	Uses of {cua,tty}A[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}A0[0-9a-f].
232
23320060106:
234	The kernel ABI was mostly destroyed due to a change in the size
235	of struct lock_object which is nested in other structures such
236	as mutexes which are nested in all sorts of other structures.
237	Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
238
23920051231:
240	The page coloring algorithm in the VM subsystem was converted
241	from tuning with kernel options to autotuning. Please remove
242	any PQ_* option except PQ_NOOPT from your kernel config.
243
24420051211:
245	The net80211-related tools in the tools/tools/ath directory
246	have been moved to tools/tools/net80211 and renamed with a
247	"wlan" prefix.  Scripts that use them should be adjusted
248	accordingly.
249
25020051202:
251	Scripts in the local_startup directories (as defined in
252	/etc/defaults/rc.conf) that have the new rc.d semantics will
253	now be run as part of the base system rcorder. If there are
254	errors or problems with one of these local scripts, it could
255	cause boot problems. If you encounter such problems, boot in
256	single user mode, remove that script from the */rc.d directory.
257	Please report the problem to the port's maintainer, and the
258	freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
259
26020051129:
261	The nodev mount option was deprecated in RELENG_6 (where it
262	was a no-op), and is now unsupported.  If you have nodev or dev listed
263	in /etc/fstab, remove it, otherwise it will result in a mount error.
264
26520051129:
266	ABI between ipfw(4) and ipfw(8) has been changed. You need
267	to rebuild ipfw(8) when rebuilding kernel.
268
26920051108:
270	rp(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
271	Uses of {cua,tty}R[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}R0[0-9a-f].
272
27320051029:
274	/etc/rc.d/ppp-user has been renamed to /etc/rc.d/ppp.
275	Its /etc/rc.conf.d configuration file has been `ppp' from
276	the beginning, and hence there is no need to touch it.
277
27820051014:
279	Now most modules get their build-time options from the kernel
280	configuration file.  A few modules still have fixed options
281	due to their non-conformant implementation, but they will be
282	corrected eventually.  You may need to review the options of
283	the modules in use, explicitly specify the non-default options
284	in the kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel and
285	modules afterwards.
286
28720051001:
288	kern.polling.enable sysctl MIB is now deprecated. Use ifconfig(8)
289	to turn polling(4) on your interfaces.
290
29120050927:
292	The old bridge(4) implementation was retired.  The new
293	if_bridge(4) serves as a full functional replacement.
294
29520050722:
296	The ai_addrlen of a struct addrinfo was changed to a socklen_t
297	to conform to POSIX-2001.  This change broke an ABI
298	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  You have to recompile
299	userland programs that use getaddrinfo(3) on 64 bit
300	architecture.
301
30220050711:
303	RELENG_6 branched here.
304
30520050629:
306	The pccard_ifconfig rc.conf variable has been removed and a new
307	variable, ifconfig_DEFAULT has been introduced.  Unlike
308	pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT applies to ALL interfaces that
309	do not have ifconfig_ifn entries rather than just those in
310	removable_interfaces.
311
31220050616:
313	Some previous versions of PAM have permitted the use of
314	non-absolute paths in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/* when referring
315	to third party PAM modules in /usr/local/lib.  A change has been
316	made to require the use of absolute paths in order to avoid
317	ambiguity and dependence on library path configuration, which may
318	affect existing configurations.
319
32020050610:
321	Major changes to network interface API.  All drivers must be
322	recompiled.  Drivers not in the base system will need to be
323	updated to the new APIs.
324
32520050609:
326	Changes were made to kinfo_proc in sys/user.h.  Please recompile
327	userland, or commands like `fstat', `pkill', `ps', `top' and `w'
328	will not behave correctly.
329
330	The API and ABI for hwpmc(4) have changed with the addition
331	of sampling support.  Please recompile lib/libpmc(3) and
332	usr.sbin/{pmcstat,pmccontrol}.
333
33420050606:
335	The OpenBSD dhclient was imported in place of the ISC dhclient
336	and the network interface configuration scripts were updated
337	accordingly.  If you use DHCP to configure your interfaces, you
338	must now run devd.  Also, DNS updating was lost so you will need
339	to find a workaround if you use this feature.
340
341	The '_dhcp' user was added to support the OpenBSD dhclient.  Be
342	sure to run mergemaster -p (like you are supposed to do every time
343	anyway).
344
34520050605:
346	if_bridge was added to the tree. This has changed struct ifnet.
347	Please recompile userland and all network related modules.
348
34920050603:
350	The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
351	1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
352	conform to POSIX-2001.  These changes broke an ABI
353	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  With these changes,
354	shlib major of libpcap was bumped.  You have to recompile
355	userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3),
356	getnetent(3) and/or libpcap on 64 bit architecture.
357
35820050528:
359	Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
360	scripts has changed.  Lines with multiple options likely will
361	fail after this date.  For full details, please see
362		http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/Updating-20050528.txt
363
36420050503:
365	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 3.7
366	Please note the changed anchor syntax and the fact that
367	authpf(8) now needs a mounted fdescfs(5) to function.
368
36920050415:
370	The NO_MIXED_MODE kernel option has been removed from the i386
371	amd64 platforms as its use has been superceded by the new local
372	APIC timer code.  Any kernel config files containing this option
373	should be updated.
374
37520050227:
376	The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine
377	independent.  Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld
378	when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires
379	recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages.
380
38120050225:
382	The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to
383	contain the uptime at which the interface was created or the
384	statistics zeroed rather then the wall clock time because
385	wallclock time may go backwards.  This should have no impact
386	unless an snmp implementation is using this value (I know of
387	none at this point.)
388
38920050224:
390	The acpi_perf and acpi_throttle drivers are now part of the
391	acpi(4) main module.  They are no longer built separately.
392
39320050223:
394	The layout of struct image_params has changed. You have to
395	recompile all compatibility modules (linux, svr4, etc) for use
396	with the new kernel.
397
39820050223:
399	The p4tcc driver has been merged into cpufreq(4).  This makes
400	"options CPU_ENABLE_TCC" obsolete.  Please load cpufreq.ko or
401	compile in "device cpufreq" to restore this functionality.
402
40320050220:
404	The responsibility of recomputing the file system summary of
405	a SoftUpdates-enabled dirty volume has been transferred to the
406	background fsck.  A rebuild of fsck(8) utility is recommended
407	if you have updated the kernel.
408
409	To get the old behavior (recompute file system summary at mount
410	time), you can set vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount=1 before
411	mounting the new volume.
412
41320050206:
414	The cpufreq import is complete.  As part of this, the sysctls for
415	acpi(4) throttling have been removed.  The power_profile script
416	has been updated, so you can use performance/economy_cpu_freq in
417	rc.conf(5) to set AC on/offline cpu frequencies.
418
41920050206:
420	NG_VERSION has been increased. Recompiling kernel (or ng_socket.ko)
421	requires recompiling libnetgraph and userland netgraph utilities.
422
42320050114:
424	Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
425	now deprecated.  Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
426	correct full form when a match occurs.  Some abbreviations may
427	be supported at a later date based on user feedback.  To be
428	considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
429	this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
430
43120041221:
432	By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
433	to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list).  The old
434	spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
435	warnings on stderr.  Make sure you upgrade properly (see
436	the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
437
43820041219:
439	Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
440	been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
441	the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
442	prior to use.  Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
443	with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
444	use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
445	and wlan_xauth as required.
446
44720041213:
448	The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly.  If lqr is enabled
449	(``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
450	negotiation failure.  Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
451	behaviour.  The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
452	reflect the change.
453
45420041201:
455	The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
456	into separate modules.  For static WEP you must configure the
457	wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
458	in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
459	the module when a wep key is configured).
460
46120041201:
462	The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
463	algorithm into a separate module.  You need to include either
464	ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
465
46620041116:
467	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
468	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
469
47020041110:
471	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
472	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
473	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
474	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
475	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
476	their /etc/rc scripts.
477
47820041104:
479	FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here.
480
48120041102:
482	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
483	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
484	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
485
48620041022:
487	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
488	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
489	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
490
49120041016:
492	RELENG_5 branched here.  For older entries, please see updating
493	in the RELENG_5 branch.
494
495COMMON ITEMS:
496
497	General Notes
498	-------------
499	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
500	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
501	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
502	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
503	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
504	on the -current branch).
505
506	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
507	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
508	environment when searching for values for global variables.
509	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
510	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
511	page for more details.
512
513	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally
514	best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch
515	first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested
516	upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful.
517	Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major
518	version upgrade.
519
520	To build a kernel
521	-----------------
522	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
523	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
524	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
525
526	make kernel-toolchain
527	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
528	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
529
530	To test a kernel once
531	---------------------
532	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
533	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
534	debugging information) run
535	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
536	nextboot -k testkernel
537
538	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
539	--------------------------------------------------------------
540	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
541	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
542	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
543
544	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
545	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
546	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
547	make depend
548	make
549	make install
550
551	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
552
553	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
554	-----------------------------------------------------------
555	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
556	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
557
558	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
559	make buildworld
560	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
561							[1]
562	<reboot in single user>				[3]
563	mergemaster -p					[5]
564	make installworld
565	make delete-old
566	mergemaster					[4]
567	<reboot>
568
569
570	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
571	--------------------------------------------------
572	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
573	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
574	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
575	# size.
576
577	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
578	<boot into -stable>
579	make buildworld
580	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
581	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
582	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
583	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
584	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
585	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
586	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
587	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
588	<reboot into current>
589	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
590	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
591 	<reboot>
592
593
594	To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to current
595	----------------------------------------------
596	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
597	make buildworld					[9]
598	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
599							[1]
600	<reboot in single user>				[3]
601	mergemaster -p					[5]
602	make installworld
603	make delete-old
604	mergemaster -i					[4]
605	<reboot>
606
607	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
608	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
609	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
610	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
611	the UPDATING entries.
612
613	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
614	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
615	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
616	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
617	much fewer pitfalls.
618
619	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
620	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
621	system on reboot.
622
623	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
624		fsck -p
625		mount -u /
626		mount -a
627		cd src
628		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
629	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
630	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
631
632	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
633	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
634	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
635	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
636	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
637	for potential gotchas.
638
639	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
640	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
641	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
642	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
643	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
644	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
645
646	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
647	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
648	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
649	that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
650	is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.
651
652	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
653	last time you updated your kernel config file.
654
655	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
656	cvs prune empty directories.
657
658	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
659	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
660	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
661
662	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
663	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
664	warn if it is improperly defined.
665FORMAT:
666
667This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
668breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
669and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
670previous releases if your system is older than this.
671
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