UPDATING revision 189772
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
6
7Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
8/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running
9portupgrade.
10
11NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
12	FreeBSD 8.x has many debugging features turned on, in
13	both the kernel and userland.  These features attempt to detect
14	incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
15	through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics.  They
16	also substantially impact system performance.  If you want to
17	do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
18	you'll want to turn them off.  This includes various WITNESS-
19	related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
20	in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel.  Many
21	developers choose to disable these features on build machines
22	to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
23	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
24
2520090313:
26	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
27	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
28	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
29	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
30
3120090313:
32	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
33	support for K10 and K11 CPU families was added.
34
3520090309:
36	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
37	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
38
39	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
40	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
41	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
42
43	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
44	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
45	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
46	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
47	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
48	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
49	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
50	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
51
52	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
53	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
54	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
55	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
56	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
57	to preserve the existing behaviour.
58
59	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
60	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
61	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
62	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
63	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
64
65	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
66	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
67	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
68	via IGMP.
69
70	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
71	recompiled to reflect this.
72	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
73
7420090309:
75	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
76	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
77	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
78	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
79	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
80	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
81
8220090302:
83	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
84	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
85	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
86	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
87	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitely
88	raised to allow such segments to be created.
89
9020090301:
91	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
92	network device driver modules.
93
9420090227:
95	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
96	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
97
9820090223:
99	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
100	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
101	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
102	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
103	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
104	apply.
105
10620090217:
107	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
108	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
109	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
110	use the new name.
111
11220090216:
113	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
114	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
115	add
116		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
117	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
118	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
119
12020090215:
121	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
122	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
123	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
124	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
125	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
126	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
127
128	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
129	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
130	be used for this:
131		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
132		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
133
13420090203:
135	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
136	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
137	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
138	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
139	same interface.
140
14120090201:
142	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
143	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
144
14520090119:
146	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
147	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
148	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
149	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
150	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
151	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
152
15320090115:
154	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
155	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
156	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
157	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
158
15920081225:
160	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
161	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
162	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
163	in next mpd5.3 release.
164
16520081219:
166	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
167	the base system (it was a port).
168
16920081216:
170	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
171	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
172
17320081214:
174	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
175	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
176	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
177	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
178	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
179	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
180	none of the L2 information.
181
18220081130:
183	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
184	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
185
186	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
187
188	to their kernel config files when specifying:
189
190	device	ath_hal
191
192	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
193	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
194	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
195	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
196
19720081121:
198	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
199	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
200	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
201	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
202	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
203	packets.
204
20520081117:
206	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
207	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
208	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
209	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
210
21120081028:
212	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
213
21420081009:
215	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
216	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
217	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
218	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
219	controller add the following to loader.conf:
220
221		uhci_load="YES"
222		ehci_load="YES"
223
22420081009:
225	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
226	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
227	sync.
228
22920080820:
230	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
231	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
232	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
233	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
234	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
235
236	PCI/ISA:
237		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
238
239	USB:
240		ubser, ucycom
241
242	Line disciplines:
243		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
244
245	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
246	cause compilation to fail.
247
24820080818:
249	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
250
25120080801:
252	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
253
254	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
255	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
256	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
257	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
258	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
259	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
260	accepting the RSA key.
261
262	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
263	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
264	command line.
265
266	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
267	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
268	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
269	behavior.
270
27120080713:
272	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
273	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
274	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
275
276	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
277	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
278	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
279	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
280	use the new device names.
281
282	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
283	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
284	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
285	at the loader prompt:
286
287		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
288		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
289		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
290		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
291		boot -s
292
29320080609:
294	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
295	disks instead.
296
29720080603:
298	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
299	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
300	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
301	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
302
30320080525:
304	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
305	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
306
30720080509:
308	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
309	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
310	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
311	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
312	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
313
31420080420:
315	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
316	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
317	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
318	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
319	For example, change:
320		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
321	to
322		wlans_ath0=wlan0
323		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
324	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
325	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
326	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
327
328	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
329	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
330	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
331
33220080408:
333	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
334	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
335	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
336	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
337	other operation levels.
338
33920080312:
340	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
341	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
342	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
343	compatibility with any prior release:
344
345	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
346	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
347	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
348
34920080301:
350	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
351	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
352	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
353	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
354	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
355	nonetheless.
356
35720080229:
358	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
359	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
360	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
361	with older hardware easier to do.
362
36320080220:
364	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
365	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
366
36720080211:
368	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
369	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
370	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
371	firewall rules.
372
37320080208:
374	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
375	mbuf chains.
376
37720080126:
378	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
379	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
380	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
381	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
382	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
383	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
384	third-party software might fail to build after this change
385	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
386	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
387	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
388	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
389	case that a portable fix is impossible.
390
39120080123:
392	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
393	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
394	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
395
39620071128:
397	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
398	functionality is the default now.
399
40020071118:
401	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
402	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
403	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
404	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
405	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
406
407	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
408	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
409	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
410
41120071024:
412	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
413	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
414	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
415	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
416	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
417	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
418	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
419	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
420	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
421	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
422	however.
423
42420071020:
425	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
426	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
427	used kproc_start()..
428	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
429	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
430	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
431
43220071010:
433	RELENG_7 branched.
434
43520071009:
436	Setting WITHOUT_LIBPTHREAD now means WITHOUT_LIBKSE and
437	WITHOUT_LIBTHR are set.
438
43920070930:
440	The PCI code has been made aware of PCI domains. This means that
441	the location strings as used by pciconf(8) etc are now in the
442	following format: pci<domain>:<bus>:<device>[:<function>]. It
443	also means that consumers of <sys/pciio.h> potentially need to
444	be recompiled; this includes the hal and xorg-server ports.
445
44620070928:
447	The caching daemon (cached) was renamed to nscd. nscd.conf
448	configuration file should be used instead of cached.conf and
449	nscd_enable, nscd_pidfile and nscd_flags options should be used
450	instead of cached_enable, cached_pidfile and cached_flags in
451	rc.conf.
452
45320070921:
454	The getfacl(1) utility now prints owning user and group name
455	instead of owning uid and gid in the three line comment header.
456	This is the same behavior as getfacl(1) on Solaris and Linux.
457
45820070704:
459	The new IPsec code is now compiled in using the IPSEC option.  The
460	IPSEC option now requires "device crypto" be defined in your kernel
461	configuration.  The FAST_IPSEC kernel option is now deprecated.
462
46320070702:
464	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.1 Please
465	note the changed syntax - keep state is now on by default.  Also
466	note the fact that ftp-proxy(8) has been changed from bottom up and
467	has been moved from libexec to usr/sbin.  Changes in the ALTQ
468	handling also affect users of IPFW's ALTQ capabilities.
469
47020070701:
471	Remove KAME IPsec in favor of FAST_IPSEC, which is now the
472	only IPsec supported by FreeBSD.  The new IPsec stack
473	supports both IPv4 and IPv6. The kernel option will change
474	after the code changes have settled in.  For now the kernel
475	option IPSEC is deprecated and FAST_IPSEC is the only option, that
476	will change after some settling time.
477
47820070701:
479	The wicontrol(8) utility has been removed from the base system. wi(4)
480	cards should be configured using ifconfig(8), see the man page for more
481	information.
482
48320070612:
484	The i386/amd64 GENERIC kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver
485	instead of the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
486	accordingly.
487
48820070612:
489	By default, /etc/rc.d/sendmail no longer rebuilds the aliases
490	database if it is missing or older than the aliases file.  If
491	desired, set the new rc.conf option sendmail_rebuild_aliases
492	to "YES" to restore that functionality.
493
49420070612:
495	The IPv4 multicast socket code has been considerably modified, and
496	moved to the file sys/netinet/in_mcast.c. Initial support for the
497	RFC 3678 Source-Specific Multicast Socket API has been added to
498	the IPv4 network stack.
499
500	Strict multicast and broadcast reception is now the default for
501	UDP/IPv4 sockets; the net.inet.udp.strict_mcast_mship sysctl variable
502	has now been removed.
503
504	The RFC 1724 hack for interface selection has been removed; the use
505	of the Linux-derived ip_mreqn structure with IP_MULTICAST_IF has
506	been added to replace it. Consumers such as routed will soon be
507	updated to reflect this.
508
509	These changes affect users who are running routed(8) or rdisc(8)
510	from the FreeBSD base system on point-to-point or unnumbered
511	interfaces.
512
51320070610:
514	The net80211 layer has changed significantly and all wireless
515	drivers that depend on it need to be recompiled.  Further these
516	changes require that any program that interacts with the wireless
517	support in the kernel be recompiled; this includes: ifconfig,
518	wpa_supplicant, hostapd, and wlanstats.  Users must also, for
519	the moment, kldload the wlan_scan_sta and/or wlan_scan_ap modules
520	if they use modules for wireless support.  These modules implement
521	scanning support for station and ap modes, respectively.  Failure
522	to load the appropriate module before marking a wireless interface
523	up will result in a message to the console and the device not
524	operating properly.
525
52620070610:
527	The pam_nologin(8) module ceases to provide an authentication
528	function and starts providing an account management function.
529	Consequent changes to /etc/pam.d should be brought in using
530	mergemaster(8).  Third-party files in /usr/local/etc/pam.d may
531	need manual editing as follows.  Locate this line (or similar):
532
533		auth	required	pam_nologin.so	no_warn
534
535	and change it according to this example:
536
537		account	required	pam_nologin.so	no_warn
538
539	That is, the first word needs to be changed from "auth" to
540	"account".  The new line can be moved to the account section
541	within the file for clarity.  Not updating pam.conf(5) files
542	will result in nologin(5) ignored by the respective services.
543
54420070529:
545	The ether_ioctl() function has been synchronized with ioctl(2)
546	and ifnet.if_ioctl.  Due to that, the size of one of its arguments
547	has changed on 64-bit architectures.  All kernel modules using
548	ether_ioctl() need to be rebuilt on such architectures.
549
55020070516:
551	Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE support has been introduced to the
552	config(8) utility. In order to take advantage of this new
553	functionality, you are expected to recompile and install
554	src/usr.sbin/config. If you don't rebuild config(8), and your
555	kernel configuration depends on INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE, the kernel
556	build will be broken because of a missing "kernconfstring"
557	symbol.
558
55920070513:
560	Symbol versioning is enabled by default.  To disable it, use
561	option WITHOUT_SYMVER.  It is not advisable to attempt to
562	disable symbol versioning once it is enabled; your installworld
563	will break because a symbol version-less libc will get installed
564	before the install tools.  As a result, the old install tools,
565	which previously had symbol dependencies to FBSD_1.0, will fail
566	because the freshly installed libc will not have them.
567
568	The default threading library (providing "libpthread") has been
569	changed to libthr.  If you wish to have libkse as your default,
570	use option DEFAULT_THREAD_LIB=libkse for the buildworld.
571
57220070423:
573	The ABI breakage in sendmail(8)'s libmilter has been repaired
574	so it is no longer necessary to recompile mail filters (aka,
575	milters).  If you recompiled mail filters after the 20070408
576	note, it is not necessary to recompile them again.
577
57820070417:
579	The new trunk(4) driver has been renamed to lagg(4) as it better
580	reflects its purpose. ifconfig will need to be recompiled.
581
58220070408:
583	sendmail(8) has been updated to version 8.14.1.  Mail filters
584	(aka, milters) compiled against the libmilter included in the
585	base operating system should be recompiled.
586
58720070302:
588	Firmwares for ipw(4) and iwi(4) are now included in the base tree.
589	In order to use them one must agree to the respective LICENSE in
590	share/doc/legal and define legal.intel_<name>.license_ack=1 via
591	loader.conf(5) or kenv(1).  Make sure to deinstall the now
592	deprecated modules from the respective firmware ports.
593
59420070228:
595	The name resolution/mapping functions addr2ascii(3) and ascii2addr(3)
596	were removed from FreeBSD's libc. These originally came from INRIA
597	IPv6. Nothing in FreeBSD ever used them. They may be regarded as
598	deprecated in previous releases.
599	The AF_LINK support for getnameinfo(3) was merged from NetBSD to
600	replace it as a more portable (and re-entrant) API.
601
60220070224:
603	To support interrupt filtering a modification to the newbus API
604	has occurred, ABI was broken and __FreeBSD_version was bumped
605	to 700031. Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in
606	sync. For more info:
607	http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070221233124.GA13941
608
60920070224:
610	The IPv6 multicast forwarding code may now be loaded into GENERIC
611	kernels by loading the ip_mroute.ko module. This is built into the
612	module unless WITHOUT_INET6 or WITHOUT_INET6_SUPPORT options are
613	set; see src.conf(5) for more information.
614
61520070214:
616	The output of netstat -r has changed. Without -n, we now only
617	print a "network name" without the prefix length if the network
618	address and mask exactly match a Class A/B/C network, and an entry
619	exists in the nsswitch "networks" map.
620	With -n, we print the full unabbreviated CIDR network prefix in
621	the form "a.b.c.d/p". 0.0.0.0/0 is always printed as "default".
622	This change is in preparation for changes such as equal-cost
623	multipath, and to more generally assist operational deployment
624	of FreeBSD as a modern IPv4 router.
625
62620070210:
627	PIM has been turned on by default in the IPv4 multicast
628	routing code. The kernel option 'PIM' has now been removed.
629	PIM is now built by default if option 'MROUTING' is specified.
630	It may now be loaded into GENERIC kernels by loading the
631	ip_mroute.ko module.
632
63320070207:
634	Support for IPIP tunnels (VIFF_TUNNEL) in IPv4 multicast routing
635	has been removed. Its functionality may be achieved by explicitly
636	configuring gif(4) interfaces and using the 'phyint' keyword in
637	mrouted.conf.
638	XORP does not support source-routed IPv4 multicast tunnels nor the
639	integrated IPIP tunneling, therefore it is not affected by this
640	change. The __FreeBSD_version macro has been bumped to 700030.
641
64220061221:
643	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
644	re-enabled in the bge driver, only for those chips which are
645	believed to support it properly.  If there are any problems,
646	MSI can be disabled completely by setting the
647	'hw.pci.enable_msi' and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0
648	in the loader.
649
65020061214:
651	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
652	disabled again in the bge driver.  Many revisions of the
653	hardware fail to support it properly.  Support can be
654	re-enabled by removing the #define of BGE_DISABLE_MSI in
655	"src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c".
656
65720061214:
658	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been added
659	to the bge driver.  If there are any problems, MSI can be
660	disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi' and
661	'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
662
66320061205:
664	The removal of several facets of the experimental Threading
665	system from the kernel means that the proc and thread structures
666	have changed quite a bit. I suggest all kernel modules that might
667	reference these structures be recompiled.. Especially the
668	linux module.
669
67020061126:
671	Sound infrastructure has been updated with various fixes and
672	improvements. Most of the changes are pretty much transparent,
673	with exceptions of followings:
674	1) All sound driver specific sysctls (hw.snd.pcm%d.*) have been
675	   moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, for example:
676		hw.snd.pcm0.vchans -> dev.pcm.0.vchans
677	2) /dev/dspr%d.%d has been deprecated. Each channel now has its
678	   own chardev in the form of "dsp%d.<function>%d", where <function>
679	   is p = playback, r = record and v = virtual, respectively. Users
680	   are encouraged to use these devs instead of (old) "/dev/dsp%d.%d".
681	   This does not affect those who are using "/dev/dsp".
682
68320061122:
684	geom(4)'s gmirror(8) class metadata structure has been
685	rev'd from v3 to v4. If you update across this point and
686	your metadata is converted for you, you will not be easily
687	able to downgrade since the /boot/kernel.old/geom_mirror.ko
688	kernel module will be unable to read the v4 metadata.  You
689	can resolve this by doing from the loader(8) prompt:
690
691		set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/XXX"
692
693	where XXX is the root slice of one of the disks that composed
694	the mirror (i.e.: /dev/ad0s1a). You can then rebuild
695	the array the same way you built it originally.
696
69720061122:
698	The following binaries have been disconnected from the build:
699	mount_devfs, mount_ext2fs, mount_fdescfs, mount_procfs, mount_linprocfs,
700	and mount_std.  The functionality of these programs has been
701	moved into the mount program.  For example, to mount a devfs
702	filesystem, instead of using mount_devfs, use: "mount -t devfs".
703	This does not affect entries in /etc/fstab, since entries in
704	/etc/fstab are always processed with "mount -t fstype".
705
70620061113:
707	Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts on i386 and amd64
708	has been added to the kernel and various drivers will soon be
709	updated to use MSI when it is available.  If there are any problems,
710	MSI can be disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi'
711	and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
712
71320061110:
714	The MUTEX_PROFILING option has been renamed to LOCK_PROFILING.
715	The lockmgr object layout has been changed as a result of having
716	a lock_object embedded in it. As a consequence all file system
717	kernel modules must be re-compiled. The mutex profiling man page
718	has not yet been updated to reflect this change.
719
72020061026:
721	KSE in the kernel has now been made optional and turned on by
722	default. Use 'nooption KSE' in your kernel config to turn it
723	off. All kernel modules *must* be recompiled after this change.
724	There-after, modules from a KSE kernel should be compatible with
725	modules from a NOKSE kernel due to the temporary padding fields
726	added to 'struct proc'.
727
72820060929:
729	mrouted and its utilities have been removed from the base system.
730
73120060927:
732	Some ioctl(2) command codes have changed.  Full backward ABI
733	compatibility is provided if the "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" is
734	present in the kernel configuration file.  Make sure to add
735	this option to your kernel config file, or recompile X.Org
736	and the rest of ports; otherwise they may refuse to work.
737
73820060924:
739	tcpslice has been removed from the base system.
740
74120060913:
742	The sizes of struct tcpcb (and struct xtcpcb) have changed due to
743	the rewrite of TCP syncookies.  Tools like netstat, sockstat, and
744	systat needs to be rebuilt.
745
74620060903:
747	libpcap updated to v0.9.4 and tcpdump to v3.9.4
748
74920060816:
750	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED option is gone and the behaviour
751	for IPFIREWALL_FORWARD is now as it was before when it was first
752	committed and for years after. The behaviour is now ON.
753
75420060725:
755	enigma(1)/crypt(1) utility has been changed on 64 bit architectures.
756	Now it can decrypt files created from different architectures.
757	Unfortunately, it is no longer able to decrypt a cipher text
758	generated with an older version on 64 bit architectures.
759	If you have such a file, you need old utility to decrypt it.
760
76120060709:
762	The interface version of the i4b kernel part has changed. So
763	after updating the kernel sources and compiling a new kernel,
764	the i4b user space tools in "/usr/src/usr.sbin/i4b" must also
765	be rebuilt, and vice versa.
766
76720060627:
768	The XBOX kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver instead of
769	the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
770	accordingly.
771
77220060514:
773	The i386-only lnc(4) driver for the AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx
774	PCnet family of NICs has been removed. The new le(4) driver serves
775	as an equivalent but cross-platform replacement with the pcn(4)
776	driver still providing performance-optimized support for the subset
777	of AMD Am79C971 PCnet-FAST and greater chips as before.
778
77920060511:
780	The machdep.* sysctls and the adjkerntz utility have been
781	modified a bit.  The new adjkerntz utility uses the new
782	sysctl names and sysctlbyname() calls, so it may be impossible
783	to run an old /sbin/adjkerntz utility in single-user mode
784	with a new kernel.  Replace the `adjkerntz -i' step before
785	`make installworld' with:
786
787	    /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz -i
788
789	and proceed as usual with the rest of the installworld-stage
790	steps.  Otherwise, you risk installing binaries with their
791	timestamp set several hours in the future, especially if
792	you are running with local time set to GMT+X hours.
793
79420060412:
795	The ip6fw utility has been removed.  The behavior provided by
796	ip6fw has been in ipfw2 for a good while and the rc.d scripts
797	have been updated to deal with it.  There are some rules that
798	might not migrate cleanly.  Use rc.firewall6 as a template to
799	rewrite rules.
800
80120060428:
802	The puc(4) driver has been overhauled. The ebus(4) and sbus(4)
803	attachments have been removed. Make sure to configure scc(4)
804	on sparc64. Note also that by default puc(4) will use uart(4)
805	and not sio(4) for serial ports because interrupt handling has
806	been optimized for multi-port serial cards and only uart(4)
807	implements the interface to support it.
808
80920060330:
810	The scc(4) driver replaces puc(4) for Serial Communications
811	Controllers (SCCs) like the Siemens SAB82532 and the Zilog
812	Z8530. On sparc64, it is advised to add scc(4) to the kernel
813	configuration to make sure that the serial ports remain
814	functional.
815
81620060317:
817	Most world/kernel related NO_* build options changed names.
818	New knobs have common prefixes WITHOUT_*/WITH_* (modelled
819	after FreeBSD ports) and should be set in /etc/src.conf
820	(the src.conf(5) manpage is provided).  Full backwards
821	compatibility is maintained for the time being though it's
822	highly recommended to start moving old options out of the
823	system-wide /etc/make.conf file into the new /etc/src.conf
824	while also properly renaming them.  More conversions will
825	likely follow.  Posting to current@:
826
827	http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-March/061725.html
828
82920060305:
830	The NETSMBCRYPTO kernel option has been retired because its
831	functionality is always included in NETSMB and smbfs.ko now.
832
83320060303:
834	The TDFX_LINUX kernel option was retired and replaced by the
835	tdfx_linux device.  The latter can be loaded as the 3dfx_linux.ko
836	kernel module.  Loading it alone should suffice to get 3dfx support
837	for Linux apps because it will pull in 3dfx.ko and linux.ko through
838	its dependencies.
839
84020060204:
841	The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
842	in the base system.  Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
843	including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
844
84520060201:
846	The kernel ABI to file system modules was changed on i386.
847	Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in sync.
848
84920060118:
850	This actually occured some time ago, but installing the kernel
851	now also installs a bunch of symbol files for the kernel modules.
852	This increases the size of /boot/kernel to about 67Mbytes. You
853	will need twice this if you will eventually back this up to kernel.old
854	on your next install.
855	If you have a shortage of room in your root partition, you should add
856	-DINSTALL_NODEBUG to your make arguments or add INSTALL_NODEBUG="yes"
857	to your /etc/make.conf.
858
85920060113:
860	libc's malloc implementation has been replaced.  This change has the
861	potential to uncover application bugs that previously went unnoticed.
862	See the malloc(3) manual page for more details.
863
86420060112:
865	The generic netgraph(4) cookie has been changed. If you upgrade
866	kernel passing this point, you also need to upgrade userland
867	and netgraph(4) utilities like ports/net/mpd or ports/net/mpd4.
868
86920060106:
870	si(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
871	Uses of {cua,tty}A[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}A0[0-9a-f].
872
87320060106:
874	The kernel ABI was mostly destroyed due to a change in the size
875	of struct lock_object which is nested in other structures such
876	as mutexes which are nested in all sorts of other structures.
877	Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
878
87920051231:
880	The page coloring algorithm in the VM subsystem was converted
881	from tuning with kernel options to autotuning. Please remove
882	any PQ_* option except PQ_NOOPT from your kernel config.
883
88420051211:
885	The net80211-related tools in the tools/tools/ath directory
886	have been moved to tools/tools/net80211 and renamed with a
887	"wlan" prefix.  Scripts that use them should be adjusted
888	accordingly.
889
89020051202:
891	Scripts in the local_startup directories (as defined in
892	/etc/defaults/rc.conf) that have the new rc.d semantics will
893	now be run as part of the base system rcorder. If there are
894	errors or problems with one of these local scripts, it could
895	cause boot problems. If you encounter such problems, boot in
896	single user mode, remove that script from the */rc.d directory.
897	Please report the problem to the port's maintainer, and the
898	freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
899
90020051129:
901	The nodev mount option was deprecated in RELENG_6 (where it
902	was a no-op), and is now unsupported.  If you have nodev or dev listed
903	in /etc/fstab, remove it, otherwise it will result in a mount error.
904
90520051129:
906	ABI between ipfw(4) and ipfw(8) has been changed. You need
907	to rebuild ipfw(8) when rebuilding kernel.
908
90920051108:
910	rp(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
911	Uses of {cua,tty}R[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}R0[0-9a-f].
912
91320051029:
914	/etc/rc.d/ppp-user has been renamed to /etc/rc.d/ppp.
915	Its /etc/rc.conf.d configuration file has been `ppp' from
916	the beginning, and hence there is no need to touch it.
917
91820051014:
919	Now most modules get their build-time options from the kernel
920	configuration file.  A few modules still have fixed options
921	due to their non-conformant implementation, but they will be
922	corrected eventually.  You may need to review the options of
923	the modules in use, explicitly specify the non-default options
924	in the kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel and
925	modules afterwards.
926
92720051001:
928	kern.polling.enable sysctl MIB is now deprecated. Use ifconfig(8)
929	to turn polling(4) on your interfaces.
930
93120050927:
932	The old bridge(4) implementation was retired.  The new
933	if_bridge(4) serves as a full functional replacement.
934
93520050722:
936	The ai_addrlen of a struct addrinfo was changed to a socklen_t
937	to conform to POSIX-2001.  This change broke an ABI
938	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  You have to recompile
939	userland programs that use getaddrinfo(3) on 64 bit
940	architecture.
941
94220050711:
943	RELENG_6 branched here.
944
94520050629:
946	The pccard_ifconfig rc.conf variable has been removed and a new
947	variable, ifconfig_DEFAULT has been introduced.  Unlike
948	pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT applies to ALL interfaces that
949	do not have ifconfig_ifn entries rather than just those in
950	removable_interfaces.
951
95220050616:
953	Some previous versions of PAM have permitted the use of
954	non-absolute paths in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/* when referring
955	to third party PAM modules in /usr/local/lib.  A change has been
956	made to require the use of absolute paths in order to avoid
957	ambiguity and dependence on library path configuration, which may
958	affect existing configurations.
959
96020050610:
961	Major changes to network interface API.  All drivers must be
962	recompiled.  Drivers not in the base system will need to be
963	updated to the new APIs.
964
96520050609:
966	Changes were made to kinfo_proc in sys/user.h.  Please recompile
967	userland, or commands like `fstat', `pkill', `ps', `top' and `w'
968	will not behave correctly.
969
970	The API and ABI for hwpmc(4) have changed with the addition
971	of sampling support.  Please recompile lib/libpmc(3) and
972	usr.sbin/{pmcstat,pmccontrol}.
973
97420050606:
975	The OpenBSD dhclient was imported in place of the ISC dhclient
976	and the network interface configuration scripts were updated
977	accordingly.  If you use DHCP to configure your interfaces, you
978	must now run devd.  Also, DNS updating was lost so you will need
979	to find a workaround if you use this feature.
980
981	The '_dhcp' user was added to support the OpenBSD dhclient.  Be
982	sure to run mergemaster -p (like you are supposed to do every time
983	anyway).
984
98520050605:
986	if_bridge was added to the tree. This has changed struct ifnet.
987	Please recompile userland and all network related modules.
988
98920050603:
990	The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
991	1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
992	conform to POSIX-2001.  These changes broke an ABI
993	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  With these changes,
994	shlib major of libpcap was bumped.  You have to recompile
995	userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3),
996	getnetent(3) and/or libpcap on 64 bit architecture.
997
99820050528:
999	Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
1000	scripts has changed.  Lines with multiple options likely will
1001	fail after this date.  For full details, please see
1002		http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/Updating-20050528.txt
1003
100420050503:
1005	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 3.7
1006	Please note the changed anchor syntax and the fact that
1007	authpf(8) now needs a mounted fdescfs(5) to function.
1008
100920050415:
1010	The NO_MIXED_MODE kernel option has been removed from the i386
1011	amd64 platforms as its use has been superceded by the new local
1012	APIC timer code.  Any kernel config files containing this option
1013	should be updated.
1014
101520050227:
1016	The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine
1017	independent.  Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld
1018	when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires
1019	recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages.
1020
102120050225:
1022	The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to
1023	contain the uptime at which the interface was created or the
1024	statistics zeroed rather then the wall clock time because
1025	wallclock time may go backwards.  This should have no impact
1026	unless an snmp implementation is using this value (I know of
1027	none at this point.)
1028
102920050224:
1030	The acpi_perf and acpi_throttle drivers are now part of the
1031	acpi(4) main module.  They are no longer built separately.
1032
103320050223:
1034	The layout of struct image_params has changed. You have to
1035	recompile all compatibility modules (linux, svr4, etc) for use
1036	with the new kernel.
1037
103820050223:
1039	The p4tcc driver has been merged into cpufreq(4).  This makes
1040	"options CPU_ENABLE_TCC" obsolete.  Please load cpufreq.ko or
1041	compile in "device cpufreq" to restore this functionality.
1042
104320050220:
1044	The responsibility of recomputing the file system summary of
1045	a SoftUpdates-enabled dirty volume has been transferred to the
1046	background fsck.  A rebuild of fsck(8) utility is recommended
1047	if you have updated the kernel.
1048
1049	To get the old behavior (recompute file system summary at mount
1050	time), you can set vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount=1 before
1051	mounting the new volume.
1052
105320050206:
1054	The cpufreq import is complete.  As part of this, the sysctls for
1055	acpi(4) throttling have been removed.  The power_profile script
1056	has been updated, so you can use performance/economy_cpu_freq in
1057	rc.conf(5) to set AC on/offline cpu frequencies.
1058
105920050206:
1060	NG_VERSION has been increased. Recompiling kernel (or ng_socket.ko)
1061	requires recompiling libnetgraph and userland netgraph utilities.
1062
106320050114:
1064	Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
1065	now deprecated.  Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
1066	correct full form when a match occurs.  Some abbreviations may
1067	be supported at a later date based on user feedback.  To be
1068	considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
1069	this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
1070
107120041221:
1072	By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
1073	to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list).  The old
1074	spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
1075	warnings on stderr.  Make sure you upgrade properly (see
1076	the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
1077
107820041219:
1079	Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
1080	been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
1081	the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
1082	prior to use.  Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
1083	with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
1084	use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
1085	and wlan_xauth as required.
1086
108720041213:
1088	The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly.  If lqr is enabled
1089	(``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
1090	negotiation failure.  Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
1091	behaviour.  The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
1092	reflect the change.
1093
109420041201:
1095	The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
1096	into separate modules.  For static WEP you must configure the
1097	wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
1098	in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
1099	the module when a wep key is configured).
1100
110120041201:
1102	The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
1103	algorithm into a separate module.  You need to include either
1104	ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
1105
110620041116:
1107	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
1108	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
1109
111020041110:
1111	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
1112	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
1113	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
1114	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
1115	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
1116	their /etc/rc scripts.
1117
111820041104:
1119	FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here.
1120
112120041102:
1122	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
1123	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
1124	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1125
112620041022:
1127	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
1128	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
1129	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1130
113120041016:
1132	RELENG_5 branched here.  For older entries, please see updating
1133	in the RELENG_5 branch.
1134
1135COMMON ITEMS:
1136
1137	General Notes
1138	-------------
1139	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
1140	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1141	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
1142	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1143	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1144	on the -current branch).
1145
1146	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1147	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1148	environment when searching for values for global variables.
1149	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1150	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
1151	page for more details.
1152
1153	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally
1154	best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch
1155	first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested
1156	upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful.
1157	Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major
1158	version upgrade.
1159
1160	To build a kernel
1161	-----------------
1162	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1163	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1164	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1165
1166	make kernel-toolchain
1167	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1168	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1169
1170	To test a kernel once
1171	---------------------
1172	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1173	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1174	debugging information) run
1175	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1176	nextboot -k testkernel
1177
1178	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1179	--------------------------------------------------------------
1180	This assumes you are already running a 5.X system.  Replace
1181	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1182	"alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1183
1184	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1185	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1186	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1187	make depend
1188	make
1189	make install
1190
1191	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1192
1193	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1194	-----------------------------------------------------------
1195	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1196	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1197
1198	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1199	make buildworld
1200	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1201							[1]
1202	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1203	mergemaster -p					[5]
1204	make installworld
1205	make delete-old
1206	mergemaster					[4]
1207	<reboot>
1208
1209
1210	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1211	--------------------------------------------------
1212	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1213	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1214	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1215	# size.
1216
1217	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1218	<boot into -stable>
1219	make buildworld
1220	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1221	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1222	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1223	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1224	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1225	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1226	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1227	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1228	<reboot into current>
1229	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1230	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1231	<reboot>
1232
1233
1234	To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to current
1235	----------------------------------------------
1236	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1237	make buildworld					[9]
1238	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1239							[1]
1240	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1241	mergemaster -p					[5]
1242	make installworld
1243	make delete-old
1244	mergemaster -i					[4]
1245	<reboot>
1246
1247	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1248	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1249	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1250	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1251	the UPDATING entries.
1252
1253	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1254	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1255	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1256	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1257	much fewer pitfalls.
1258
1259	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1260	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1261	system on reboot.
1262
1263	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1264		fsck -p
1265		mount -u /
1266		mount -a
1267		cd src
1268		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1269	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1270	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1271
1272	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1273	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1274	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1275	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1276	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1277	for potential gotchas.
1278
1279	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1280	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1281	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1282	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1283	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1284	from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1285
1286	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1287	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1288	option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1289	that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
1290	is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.
1291
1292	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1293	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1294
1295	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1296	cvs prune empty directories.
1297
1298	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1299	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1300	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1301
1302	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1303	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1304	warn if it is improperly defined.
1305FORMAT:
1306
1307This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1308breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
1309and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
1310previous releases if your system is older than this.
1311
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