UPDATING revision 251901
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
3420130618:
35	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
36	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
37	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
38	write access to that file.
39
4020130615:
41	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
42	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
43
4420130613:
45	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
46
47		make: illegal option -- J
48		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
49			...
50		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
51
52	this likely due to an old instance of make in
53	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
54	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
55	you see the above error:
56
57		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
58
59	should resolve it.
60
6120130516:
62	Use bmake by default.
63	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
64	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
65	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
66
67	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
68	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
69	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
70	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
71	behavior in parallel build.
72
7320130429:
74        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
75
7620130426:
77	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
78	the IDEA patent expired.
79
8020130426:
81	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
82	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
83	enabled by default.
84
8520130425:
86	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
87	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
88	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
89	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
90	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
91	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
92	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
93	&& make install).
94
9520130404:
96	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
97	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
98	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
99	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
100	and removed.
101
10220130319:
103	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
104	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
105	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
106	binaries will not work on older kernels.
107
10820130308:
109	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
110	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
111
11220130304:
113	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
114	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
115	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
116	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
117	is requested.
118
119	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
120	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
121	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
122	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
123	in /boot/loader.conf.
124
12520130301:
126	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
127	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
128	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
129	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
130	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
131
13220130208:
133	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
134	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
135
136	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
137	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
138
13920130129:
140	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
141	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
142	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
143	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
144	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
145
14620130121:
147	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
148	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
149	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
150	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
151	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
152	/etc/src.conf.
153
15420130118:
155	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
156	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
157	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
158	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
159	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
160	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
161	use is expected to be extremely rare.
162
16320121223:
164	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
165	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
166	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
167
16820121222:
169	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
170	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
171	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
172	be updated.
173
17420121217:
175	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
176	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
177	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
178
179		savecore_flags=""
180
18120121201:
182	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
183	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
184	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
185
18620121117:
187	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
188	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
189	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
190	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
191	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
192	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
193
19420121105:
195	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
196	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
197	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
198	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
199	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
200	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
201	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
202	branch point).
203
20420121102:
205	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
206	functionality now turned on by default.
207
20820121023:
209	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
210	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
211	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
212	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
213	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
214	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
215	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
216	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
217	of the two kernel options.
218
21920121023:
220	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
221	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
222	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
223	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
224
22520121022:
226	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
227	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
228	recompiled.
229
23020121018:
231	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
232	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
233	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
234
23520121016:
236	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
237	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
238	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
239	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
240	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
241
24220121015:
243	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
244	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
245	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
246	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
247
24820121014:
249	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
250
25120121013:
252	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
253	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
254	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
255	knob has also gone.
256
25720121006:
258	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
259	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
260	with new kernel.
261
26220121001:
263	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
264	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
265	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
266
26720120913:
268	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
269	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
270	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
271	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
272	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
273	configurations.
274
27520120908:
276	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
277	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
278
27920120828:
280	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
281	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
282	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
283	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
284	manual page.
285
28620120727:
287	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
288	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
289	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
290
29120120712:
292	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
293	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
294	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
295
29620120712:
297	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
298	with other variables:
299	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
300	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
301
30220120628:
303	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
304	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
305	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
306	installed as "bsdsort".
307
30820120611:
309	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
310	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
311	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
312	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
313	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
314	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
315	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
316	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
317	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
318
31920120417:
320	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
321	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
322	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
323	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
324	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
325	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
326	NAMESPACE section).
327
32820120328:
329	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
330	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
331	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
332	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
333	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
334	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
335	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
336
33720120306:
338	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
339	platforms.
340
34120120229:
342	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
343	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
344	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
345	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
346	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
347	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
348
34920120211:
350	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
351	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
352	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
353	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
354	comes from 20111215.
355
35620120114:
357	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
358	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
359	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
360	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
361
362	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
363	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
364
36520120109:
366	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
367	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
368	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
369	tunable/sysctl.
370	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
371
37220111215:
373	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
374	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
375	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
376	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
377	not supported anymore.
378
379	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
380	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
381	need to be recompiled.
382
38320111122:
384	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
385	/dev/wmistat0.
386
38720111108:
388	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
389	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
390	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
391	time.
392
39320111101:
394	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
395	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
396
39720110930:
398	sysinstall has been removed
399
40020110923:
401	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
402	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
403
40420110913:
405	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
406	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
407	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
408	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
409	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
410	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
411	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
412	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
413	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
414	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
415
41620110828:
417	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
418	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
419	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
420	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
421
42220110815:
423	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
424	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
425	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
426	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
427
428	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
429	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
430	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
431
43220110628:
433	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
434	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
435	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
436	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
437
43820110608:
439	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
440		machdep.hlt_cpus
441		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
442	The following sysctl is retired:
443		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
444	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
445	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
446	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
447	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
448	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
449	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
450	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
451	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
452	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
453	a default scheduler.
454
45520110607:
456	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
457	a mask of CPUs.
458
45920110531:
460	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
461	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
462	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
463	world.
464
46520110513:
466	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
467
46820110503:
469	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
470	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
471	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
472	drivers need to be recompiled.
473
474	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
475	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
476	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
477	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
478	branches.
479
48020110430:
481	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
482	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
483
48420110427:
485	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
486	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
487	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
488	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
489	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
490	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
491	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
492	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
493	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
494	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
495	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
496	
497	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
498
499	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
500	a diskless root fs use the old client.
501
50220110424:
503	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
504	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
505	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
506	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
507	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
508	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
509	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
510	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
511	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
512	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
513	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
514	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
515
516	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
517	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
518	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
519	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
520	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
521	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
522	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
523	them are parts of the cam module.
524
525	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
526	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
527	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
528
529	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
530	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
531	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
532	    options        ATA_CAM
533	    device         ahci
534	    device         mvs
535	    device         siis
536	, and instead add back:
537	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
538	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
539	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
540	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
541	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
542
54320110423:
544	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
545	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
546	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
547	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
548	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
549	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
550
55120110418:
552	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
553	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
554	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
555
55620110331:
557	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
558	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
559	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
560	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
561	in order to use ath on everything else.
562
563	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
564	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
565
56620110314:
567	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
568	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
569	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
570
57120110218:
572	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
573	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
574	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
575	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
576	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
577	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
578
57920110218:
580	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
581	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
582	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
583	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
584	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
585	authentication).
586	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
587	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
588
58920110207:
590	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
591	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
592	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
593	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
594	The function remains undocumented.
595
59620110112:
597	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
598	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
599	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
600	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
601	systems where the define is not present can check against
602	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
603
604	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
605	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
606	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
607	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
608	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
609	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
610
61120110103:
612	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
613	the following warning:
614	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
615	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
616	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
617	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
618	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
619	install it on your system.
620
621	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
622	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
623	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
624	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
625
62620101228:
627	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
628	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
629	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
630	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
631	be recompiled.
632
63320101114:
634	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
635	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
636	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
637	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
638	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
639	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
640	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
641	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
642	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
643	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
644	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
645	it, for example via:
646		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
647
648	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
649	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
650	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
651	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
652	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
653	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
654		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
655
656	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
657	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
658
65920101111:
660	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
661	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
662	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
663	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
664	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
665
66620101002:
667	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
668	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
669	migrate local entries to the new format.
670
67120100928:
672	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
673	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
674	upstream sshd.
675
67620100915:
677	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
678	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
679	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
680	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
681	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
682	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
683
68420100913:
685	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
686	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
687
688	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
689	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
690	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
691	default is "AUTO".
692
693	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
694	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
695	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
696	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
697	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
698
699	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
700	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
701	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
702
70320100913:
704	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
705	now i386 and amd64 only.
706	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
707	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
708	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
709	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
710	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
711	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
712
71320100725:
714	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
715	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
716
71720100722:
718	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
719	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
720	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
721	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
722	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
723	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
724	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
725	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
726	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
727	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
728	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
729
73020100713:
731	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
732	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
733	    machine powerpc powerpc
734
735	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
736	after this change.
737
73820100713:
739	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
740	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
741	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
742	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
743	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
744
74520100429:
746	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
747	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
748	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
749	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
750	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
751 
75220100402:
753	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
754	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
755	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
756	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
757	WITH_CTF=yes").
758	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
759	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
760	to unwanted behavior.
761
76220100311:
763	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
764	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
765	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
766	be modified accordingly.
767
76820100113:
769	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
770	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
771	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
772	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
773	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
774	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
775
776	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
777	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
778	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
779	use of utmpx.
780
781	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
782	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
783	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
784	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
785	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
786
78720100108:
788	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
789	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
790	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
791
79220091202:
793	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
794	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
795	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
796	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
797	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
798
799		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
800		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
801		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
802
803	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
804
80520091125:
806	8.0-RELEASE.
807
80820091113:
809	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
810	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
811	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
812	operation of applications on the console.
813
814	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
815	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
816	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
817	cons25.
818
819	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
820	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
821	performed by syscons(4).
822
82320091109:
824	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
825	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
826	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
827
828	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
829	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
830	new structure.
831
83220091025:
833	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
834	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
835	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
836	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
837	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
838	iwn5150fw.
839
84020090926:
841	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
842	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
843
844	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
845	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
846	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
847
848	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
849	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
850
851	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
852	   they are obsolete.
853
854	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
855	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
856
857	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
858	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
859	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
860
861	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
862	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
863	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
864	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
865	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
866	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
867	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
868	   using ifconfig(8) like:
869
870		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
871
872	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
873	   IPv6-preferred.
874
875	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
876
877	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
878	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
879	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
880	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
881	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
882
88320090922:
884	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
885	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
886
88720090912:
888	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
889	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
890	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
891	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
892	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
893	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
894
89520090910:
896	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
897	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
898
89920090825:
900	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
901	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
902	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
903	is 1000.
904
90520090813:
906	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
907	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
908	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
909
91020090803:
911	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
912	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
913
91420090719:
915	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
916	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
917	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
918
91920090714:
920	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
921	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
922	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
923
92420090713:
925	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
926	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
927	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
928	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
929	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
930
93120090712: 
932	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
933	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
934	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
935	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
936	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
937
93820090630:
939	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
940	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
941	may need to be adjusted.
942
94320090629:
944	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
945	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
946	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
947	with routing sockets.
948
94920090628:
950	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
951	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
952	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
953
95420090624:
955	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
956	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
957	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
958	800100.
959
96020090622:
961	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
962	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
963	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
964
96520090619:
966	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
967	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
968	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
969	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
970	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
971	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
972	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
973	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
974
975	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
976	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
977	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
978	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
979	authentication method is used.
980
98120090616: 
982	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
983	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
984	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
985	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
986	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
987
98820090613:
989	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
990	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
991
99220090611:
993	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
994	be rebuilt.
995
99620090608:
997	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
998	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
999
100020090602:
1001	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1002	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1003
100420090601:
1005	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1006	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1007	re-compiled.
1008
100920090601:
1010	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1011	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1012	rebuilt.
1013	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1014
101520090530:
1016	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1017	more valid.
1018
101920090530:
1020	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1021	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1022
102320090529:
1024	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1025	rebuilt.
1026	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1027
102820090528:
1029	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1030	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1031	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1032	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1033	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1034	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1035
103620090527:
1037	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1038	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1039
104020090523:
1041	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1042	need to be rebuilt.
1043	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1044
104520090523:
1046	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1047	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1048
104920090520:
1050	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1051	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1052
105320090520:
1054	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1055	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1056	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1057	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1058	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1059
106020090430:
1061	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1062	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1063	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1064	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1065	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1066	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1067
106820090429:
1069	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1070	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1071	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1072	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1073
1074	For kernel developers:
1075
1076	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1077	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1078	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1079
1080	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1081	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1082	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1083	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1084
1085	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1086	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1087	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1088	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1089	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1090	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1091	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1092	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1093	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1094	     multicast membership on-link.
1095	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1096	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1097	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1098
1099	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1100	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1101	  stack.
1102	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1103	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1104	  semantics.
1105
1106	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1107	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1108	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1109	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1110
1111	For application developers:
1112
1113	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1114	  stack.
1115
1116	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1117	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1118
1119	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1120	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1121	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1122	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1123
1124	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1125	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1126	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1127	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1128	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1129
1130	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1131
1132	For systems administrators:
1133
1134	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1135	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1136	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1137	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1138	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1139
1140	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1141	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1142
1143	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1144	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1145	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1146	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1147
1148	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1149	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1150	  back forwarded datagrams.
1151
1152	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1153
115420090422:
1155	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1156	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1157
115820090419:
1159	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1160	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1161	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1162	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1163
116420090415:
1165	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1166	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1167	state will require a world rebuild.
1168	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1169
117020090415:
1171	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1172	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1173	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1174
117520090414:
1176	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1177	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1178	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1179	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1180	load balancing.
1181	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1182
118320090408:
1184	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1185	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1186	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1187	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1188	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1189	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1190	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1191	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1192
119320090407:
1194	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1195	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1196	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1197
119820090320:
1199	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1200	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1201	introduces some changes:
1202
1203	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1204	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1205	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1206
1207	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1208	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1209	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1210	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1211
1212	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1213	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1214	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1215	the "386BSD" type).
1216
1217	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1218
121920090319:
1220	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1221	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1222	(supported by sane).
1223
122420090319:
1225	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1226	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1227	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1228	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1229	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1230
123120090315:
1232	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1233	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1234	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1235	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1236	used.
1237
123820090313:
1239	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1240	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1241	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1242	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1243
124420090313:
1245	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1246	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1247
124820090309:
1249	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1250	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1251
1252	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1253	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1254	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1255
1256	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1257	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1258	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1259	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1260	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1261	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1262	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1263	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1264
1265	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1266	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1267	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1268	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1269	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1270	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1271
1272	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1273	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1274	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1275	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1276	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1277
1278	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1279	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1280	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1281	via IGMP.
1282
1283	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1284	recompiled to reflect this.
1285	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1286
128720090309:
1288	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1289	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1290	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1291	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1292	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1293	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1294
129520090302:
1296	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1297	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1298	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1299	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1300	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1301	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1302
130320090301:
1304	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1305	network device driver modules.
1306
130720090227:
1308	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1309	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1310
131120090223:
1312	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1313	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1314	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1315	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1316	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1317	apply.
1318
131920090217:
1320	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1321	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1322	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1323	use the new name.
1324
132520090216:
1326	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1327	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1328	add
1329		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1330	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1331	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1332
133320090215:
1334	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1335	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1336	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1337	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1338	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1339	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1340
1341	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1342	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1343	be used for this:
1344		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1345		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1346
134720090209:
1348	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1349	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1350	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1351
135220090203:
1353	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1354	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1355	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1356	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1357	same interface.
1358
135920090201:
1360	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1361	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1362
136320090119:
1364	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1365	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1366	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1367	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1368	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1369	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1370
137120090115:
1372	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1373	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1374	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1375	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1376
137720081225:
1378	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1379	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1380	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1381	in next mpd5.3 release.
1382
138320081219:
1384	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1385	the base system (it was a port).
1386
138720081216:
1388	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1389	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1390
139120081214:
1392	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1393	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1394	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1395	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1396	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1397	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1398	none of the L2 information.
1399
140020081130:
1401	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1402	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1403
1404	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1405
1406	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1407
1408	device	ath_hal
1409
1410	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1411	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1412	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1413	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1414
141520081121:
1416	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1417	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1418	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1419	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1420	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1421	packets.
1422
142320081117:
1424	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1425	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1426	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1427	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1428
142920081028:
1430	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1431
143220081009:
1433	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1434	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1435	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1436	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1437	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1438
1439		uhci_load="YES"
1440		ehci_load="YES"
1441
144220081009:
1443	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1444	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1445	sync.
1446
144720081009:
1448	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1449	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1450	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1451	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1452	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1453	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1454	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1455
145620080820:
1457	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1458	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1459	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1460	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1461	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1462
1463	PCI/ISA:
1464		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1465
1466	USB:
1467		ubser, ucycom
1468
1469	Line disciplines:
1470		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1471
1472	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1473	cause compilation to fail.
1474
147520080818:
1476	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1477
147820080801:
1479	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1480
1481	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1482	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1483	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1484	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1485	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1486	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1487	accepting the RSA key.
1488
1489	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1490	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1491	command line.
1492
1493	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1494	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1495	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1496	behavior.
1497
149820080713:
1499	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1500	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1501	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1502
1503	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1504	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1505	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1506	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1507	use the new device names.
1508
1509	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1510	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1511	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1512	at the loader prompt:
1513
1514		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1515		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1516		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1517		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1518		boot -s
1519
152020080609:
1521	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1522	disks instead.
1523
152420080603:
1525	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1526	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1527	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1528	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1529
153020080525:
1531	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1532	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1533
153420080509:
1535	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1536	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1537	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1538	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1539	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1540
154120080420:
1542	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1543	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1544	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1545	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1546	For example, change:
1547		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1548	to
1549		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1550		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1551	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1552	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1553	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1554
1555	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1556	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1557	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1558
155920080408:
1560	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1561	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1562	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1563	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1564	other operation levels.
1565
156620080312:
1567	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1568	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1569	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1570	compatibility with any prior release:
1571
1572	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1573	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1574	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1575
157620080301:
1577	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1578	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1579	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1580	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1581	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1582	nonetheless.
1583
158420080229:
1585	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1586	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1587	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1588	with older hardware easier to do.
1589
159020080220:
1591	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1592	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1593
159420080211:
1595	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1596	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1597	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1598	firewall rules.
1599
160020080208:
1601	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1602	mbuf chains.
1603
160420080126:
1605	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1606	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1607	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1608	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1609	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1610	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1611	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1612	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1613	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1614	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1615	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1616	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1617
161820080123:
1619	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1620	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1621	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1622
162320071128:
1624	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1625	functionality is the default now.
1626
162720071118:
1628	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1629	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1630	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1631	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1632	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1633
1634	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1635	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1636	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1637
163820071024:
1639	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1640	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1641	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1642	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1643	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1644	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1645	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1646	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1647	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1648	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1649	however.
1650
165120071020:
1652	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1653	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1654	used kproc_start()..
1655	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1656	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1657	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1658
165920071010:
1660	RELENG_7 branched.
1661
1662COMMON ITEMS:
1663
1664	General Notes
1665	-------------
1666	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1667	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1668	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1669	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1670	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1671	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1672	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1673
1674	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1675	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1676	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1677	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1678	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1679
1680	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1681	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1682	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1683	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1684	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1685
1686	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1687	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1688	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1689	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1690
1691	ZFS notes
1692	---------
1693	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1694	these two steps:
1695
1696	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1697	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1698
1699	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1700
1701	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1702	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1703	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1704
1705	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1706
1707	To build a kernel
1708	-----------------
1709	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1710	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1711	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1712
1713	make kernel-toolchain
1714	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1715	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1716
1717	To test a kernel once
1718	---------------------
1719	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1720	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1721	debugging information) run
1722	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1723	nextboot -k testkernel
1724
1725	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1726	--------------------------------------------------------------
1727	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1728	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1729	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1730
1731	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1732	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1733	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1734	make depend
1735	make
1736	make install
1737
1738	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1739
1740	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1741	-----------------------------------------------------------
1742	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1743	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1744
1745	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1746	make buildworld
1747	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1748							[1]
1749	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1750	mergemaster -p					[5]
1751	make installworld
1752	mergemaster -i					[4]
1753	make delete-old					[6]
1754	<reboot>
1755
1756	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1757	--------------------------------------------------
1758	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1759	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1760	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1761	# size.
1762
1763	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1764	<boot into -stable>
1765	make buildworld
1766	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1767	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1768	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1769	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1770	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1771	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1772	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1773	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1774	<reboot into current>
1775	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1776	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1777	<reboot>
1778
1779
1780	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1781	----------------------------------------------
1782	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1783	make buildworld					[9]
1784	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1785							[1]
1786	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1787	mergemaster -p					[5]
1788	make installworld
1789	mergemaster -i					[4]
1790	make delete-old					[6]
1791	<reboot>
1792
1793	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1794	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1795	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1796	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1797	the UPDATING entries.
1798
1799	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1800	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1801	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1802	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1803	much fewer pitfalls.
1804
1805	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1806	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1807	system on reboot.
1808
1809	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1810		fsck -p
1811		mount -u /
1812		mount -a
1813		cd src
1814		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1815	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1816	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1817
1818	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1819	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1820	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1821	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1822	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1823	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1824	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1825
1826	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1827	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1828	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1829	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1830	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1831	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1832
1833	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1834	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1835	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1836
1837	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1838	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1839	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1840	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1841	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1842	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1843
1844	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1845	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1846
1847	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1848	cvs prune empty directories.
1849
1850	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1851	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1852	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1853
1854	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1855	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1856	warn if it is improperly defined.
1857FORMAT:
1858
1859This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1860breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1861list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1862If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1863to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1864
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