UPDATING revision 252419
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
3420130629:
35	Fix targets that run multiple make's to use && rather than ;
36	so that subsequent steps depend on success of previous.
37
38	NOTE: if building 'universe' with -j* on stable/8 or stable/9
39	it would be better to start the build using bmake, to avoid
40	overloading the machine.
41
4220130618:
43	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
44	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
45	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
46	write access to that file.
47
4820130615:
49	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
50	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
51
5220130613:
53	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
54
55		make: illegal option -- J
56		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
57			...
58		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
59
60	this likely due to an old instance of make in
61	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
62	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
63	you see the above error:
64
65		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
66
67	should resolve it.
68
6920130516:
70	Use bmake by default.
71	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
72	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
73	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
74
75	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
76	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
77	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
78	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
79	behavior in parallel build.
80
8120130429:
82        Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
83
8420130426:
85	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
86	the IDEA patent expired.
87
8820130426:
89	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
90	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
91	enabled by default.
92
9320130425:
94	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
95	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
96	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
97	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
98	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
99	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
100	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
101	&& make install).
102
10320130404:
104	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
105	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
106	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
107	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
108	and removed.
109
11020130319:
111	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
112	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
113	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
114	binaries will not work on older kernels.
115
11620130308:
117	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
118	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
119
12020130304:
121	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
122	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
123	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
124	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
125	is requested.
126
127	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
128	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
129	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
130	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
131	in /boot/loader.conf.
132
13320130301:
134	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
135	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
136	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
137	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
138	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
139
14020130208:
141	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
142	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
143
144	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
145	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
146
14720130129:
148	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
149	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
150	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
151	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
152	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
153
15420130121:
155	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
156	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
157	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
158	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
159	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
160	/etc/src.conf.
161
16220130118:
163	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
164	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
165	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
166	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
167	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
168	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
169	use is expected to be extremely rare.
170
17120121223:
172	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
173	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
174	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
175
17620121222:
177	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
178	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
179	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
180	be updated.
181
18220121217:
183	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
184	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
185	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
186
187		savecore_flags=""
188
18920121201:
190	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
191	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
192	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
193
19420121117:
195	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
196	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
197	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
198	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
199	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
200	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
201
20220121105:
203	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
204	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
205	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
206	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
207	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
208	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
209	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
210	branch point).
211
21220121102:
213	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
214	functionality now turned on by default.
215
21620121023:
217	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
218	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
219	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
220	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
221	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
222	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
223	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
224	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
225	of the two kernel options.
226
22720121023:
228	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
229	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
230	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
231	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
232
23320121022:
234	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
235	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
236	recompiled.
237
23820121018:
239	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
240	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
241	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
242
24320121016:
244	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
245	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
246	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
247	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
248	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
249
25020121015:
251	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
252	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
253	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
254	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
255
25620121014:
257	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
258
25920121013:
260	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
261	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
262	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
263	knob has also gone.
264
26520121006:
266	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
267	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
268	with new kernel.
269
27020121001:
271	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
272	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
273	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
274
27520120913:
276	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
277	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
278	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
279	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
280	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
281	configurations.
282
28320120908:
284	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
285	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
286
28720120828:
288	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
289	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
290	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
291	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
292	manual page.
293
29420120727:
295	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
296	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
297	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable. 
298
29920120712:
300	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
301	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
302	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
303
30420120712:
305	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
306	with other variables:
307	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
308	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
309
31020120628:
311	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
312	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
313	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
314	installed as "bsdsort".
315
31620120611:
317	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
318	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
319	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
320	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
321	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
322	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
323	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
324	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
325	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
326
32720120417:
328	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
329	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
330	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
331	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
332	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
333	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
334	NAMESPACE section).
335
33620120328:
337	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
338	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
339	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
340	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
341	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
342	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
343	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
344
34520120306:
346	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
347	platforms.
348
34920120229:
350	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
351	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
352	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
353	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
354	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
355	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
356
35720120211:
358	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
359	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
360	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
361	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
362	comes from 20111215.
363
36420120114:
365	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
366	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
367	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
368	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
369
370	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
371	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
372
37320120109:
374	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
375	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
376	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
377	tunable/sysctl.
378	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
379
38020111215:
381	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
382	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
383	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
384	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
385	not supported anymore.
386
387	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
388	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
389	need to be recompiled.
390
39120111122:
392	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
393	/dev/wmistat0.
394
39520111108:
396	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
397	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
398	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
399	time.
400
40120111101:
402	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
403	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
404
40520110930:
406	sysinstall has been removed
407
40820110923:
409	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
410	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
411
41220110913:
413	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
414	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
415	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
416	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
417	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
418	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
419	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
420	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
421	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
422	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
423
42420110828:
425	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
426	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
427	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
428	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
429
43020110815:
431	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
432	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
433	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
434	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
435
436	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
437	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
438	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
439
44020110628:
441	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
442	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
443	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
444	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
445
44620110608:
447	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
448		machdep.hlt_cpus
449		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
450	The following sysctl is retired:
451		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
452	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
453	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
454	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
455	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
456	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
457	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
458	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
459	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
460	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
461	a default scheduler.
462
46320110607:
464	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
465	a mask of CPUs.
466
46720110531:
468	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
469	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
470	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
471	world.
472
47320110513:
474	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
475
47620110503:
477	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
478	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
479	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
480	drivers need to be recompiled.
481
482	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
483	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
484	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
485	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
486	branches.
487
48820110430:
489	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
490	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
491
49220110427:
493	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
494	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
495	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
496	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
497	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
498	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
499	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
500	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
501	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
502	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
503	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
504	
505	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
506
507	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
508	a diskless root fs use the old client.
509
51020110424:
511	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
512	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
513	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
514	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
515	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
516	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
517	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
518	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
519	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
520	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
521	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
522	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
523
524	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
525	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
526	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
527	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
528	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
529	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
530	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
531	them are parts of the cam module.
532
533	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
534	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
535	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
536
537	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
538	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
539	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
540	    options        ATA_CAM
541	    device         ahci
542	    device         mvs
543	    device         siis
544	, and instead add back:
545	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
546	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
547	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
548	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
549	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
550
55120110423:
552	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
553	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
554	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
555	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
556	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
557	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
558
55920110418:
560	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
561	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
562	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
563
56420110331:
565	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
566	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
567	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
568	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
569	in order to use ath on everything else.
570
571	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
572	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
573
57420110314:
575	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
576	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
577	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
578
57920110218:
580	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
581	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
582	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
583	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
584	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
585	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
586
58720110218:
588	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
589	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
590	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
591	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
592	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
593	authentication).
594	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
595	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
596
59720110207:
598	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
599	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
600	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
601	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
602	The function remains undocumented.
603
60420110112:
605	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
606	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
607	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
608	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
609	systems where the define is not present can check against
610	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
611
612	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
613	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
614	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
615	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
616	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
617	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
618
61920110103:
620	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
621	the following warning:
622	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
623	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
624	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
625	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
626	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
627	install it on your system.
628
629	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
630	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
631	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
632	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
633
63420101228:
635	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
636	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
637	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
638	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
639	be recompiled.
640
64120101114:
642	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
643	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
644	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
645	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
646	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
647	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
648	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
649	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
650	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
651	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
652	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
653	it, for example via:
654		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
655
656	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
657	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
658	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
659	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
660	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
661	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
662		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
663
664	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
665	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
666
66720101111:
668	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
669	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
670	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
671	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
672	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
673
67420101002:
675	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
676	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
677	migrate local entries to the new format.
678
67920100928:
680	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
681	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
682	upstream sshd.
683
68420100915:
685	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
686	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
687	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
688	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
689	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
690	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
691
69220100913:
693	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
694	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
695
696	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
697	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
698	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
699	default is "AUTO".
700
701	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
702	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
703	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
704	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
705	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
706
707	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
708	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
709	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
710
71120100913:
712	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
713	now i386 and amd64 only.
714	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
715	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
716	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
717	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
718	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
719	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
720
72120100725:
722	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
723	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
724
72520100722:
726	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
727	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
728	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
729	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
730	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
731	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
732	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
733	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
734	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
735	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
736	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
737
73820100713:
739	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
740	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
741	    machine powerpc powerpc
742
743	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
744	after this change.
745
74620100713:
747	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
748	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
749	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
750	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
751	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
752
75320100429:
754	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
755	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
756	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
757	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
758	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
759 
76020100402:
761	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
762	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
763	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
764	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
765	WITH_CTF=yes").
766	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
767	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
768	to unwanted behavior.
769
77020100311:
771	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
772	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
773	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
774	be modified accordingly.
775
77620100113:
777	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
778	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
779	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
780	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
781	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
782	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
783
784	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
785	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
786	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
787	use of utmpx.
788
789	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
790	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
791	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
792	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
793	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
794
79520100108:
796	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
797	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
798	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
799
80020091202:
801	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
802	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
803	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
804	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
805	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
806
807		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
808		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
809		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
810
811	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
812
81320091125:
814	8.0-RELEASE.
815
81620091113:
817	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
818	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
819	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
820	operation of applications on the console.
821
822	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
823	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
824	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
825	cons25.
826
827	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
828	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
829	performed by syscons(4).
830
83120091109:
832	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
833	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
834	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
835
836	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
837	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
838	new structure.
839
84020091025:
841	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
842	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
843	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
844	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
845	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
846	iwn5150fw.
847
84820090926:
849	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
850	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
851
852	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
853	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
854	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
855
856	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
857	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
858
859	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
860	   they are obsolete.
861
862	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
863	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
864
865	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
866	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
867	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
868
869	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
870	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
871	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
872	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
873	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
874	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
875	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
876	   using ifconfig(8) like:
877
878		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
879
880	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
881	   IPv6-preferred.
882
883	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
884
885	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
886	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
887	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
888	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
889	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
890
89120090922:
892	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
893	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
894
89520090912:
896	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
897	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
898	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
899	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
900	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
901	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
902
90320090910:
904	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
905	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
906
90720090825:
908	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
909	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
910	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
911	is 1000.
912
91320090813:
914	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
915	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
916	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
917
91820090803:
919	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
920	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
921
92220090719:
923	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
924	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
925	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
926
92720090714:
928	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
929	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
930	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
931
93220090713:
933	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
934	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
935	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
936	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
937	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
938
93920090712: 
940	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
941	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
942	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
943	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
944	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
945
94620090630:
947	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
948	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
949	may need to be adjusted.
950
95120090629:
952	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
953	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
954	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
955	with routing sockets.
956
95720090628:
958	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
959	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
960	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
961
96220090624:
963	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
964	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
965	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
966	800100.
967
96820090622:
969	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
970	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
971	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
972
97320090619:
974	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
975	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
976	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
977	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
978	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
979	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
980	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
981	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
982
983	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
984	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
985	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
986	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
987	authentication method is used.
988
98920090616: 
990	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
991	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
992	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
993	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
994	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
995
99620090613:
997	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
998	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
999
100020090611:
1001	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1002	be rebuilt.
1003
100420090608:
1005	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1006	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1007
100820090602:
1009	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1010	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1011
101220090601:
1013	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1014	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1015	re-compiled.
1016
101720090601:
1018	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1019	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1020	rebuilt.
1021	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1022
102320090530:
1024	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1025	more valid.
1026
102720090530:
1028	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1029	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1030
103120090529:
1032	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1033	rebuilt.
1034	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1035
103620090528:
1037	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1038	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1039	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1040	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1041	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1042	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1043
104420090527:
1045	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1046	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1047
104820090523:
1049	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1050	need to be rebuilt.
1051	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1052
105320090523:
1054	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1055	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1056
105720090520:
1058	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1059	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1060
106120090520:
1062	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1063	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1064	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1065	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1066	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1067
106820090430:
1069	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1070	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1071	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1072	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1073	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1074	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1075
107620090429:
1077	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1078	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1079	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1080	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1081
1082	For kernel developers:
1083
1084	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1085	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1086	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1087
1088	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1089	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1090	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1091	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1092
1093	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1094	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1095	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1096	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1097	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1098	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1099	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1100	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1101	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1102	     multicast membership on-link.
1103	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1104	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1105	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1106
1107	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1108	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1109	  stack.
1110	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1111	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1112	  semantics.
1113
1114	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1115	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1116	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1117	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1118
1119	For application developers:
1120
1121	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1122	  stack.
1123
1124	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1125	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1126
1127	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1128	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1129	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1130	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1131
1132	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1133	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1134	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1135	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1136	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1137
1138	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1139
1140	For systems administrators:
1141
1142	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1143	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1144	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1145	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1146	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1147
1148	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1149	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1150
1151	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1152	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1153	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1154	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1155
1156	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1157	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1158	  back forwarded datagrams.
1159
1160	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1161
116220090422:
1163	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1164	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1165
116620090419:
1167	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1168	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1169	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1170	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1171
117220090415:
1173	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1174	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1175	state will require a world rebuild.
1176	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1177
117820090415:
1179	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1180	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1181	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1182
118320090414:
1184	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1185	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1186	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1187	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1188	load balancing.
1189	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1190
119120090408:
1192	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1193	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1194	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1195	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1196	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1197	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1198	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1199	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1200
120120090407:
1202	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1203	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1204	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1205
120620090320:
1207	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1208	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1209	introduces some changes:
1210
1211	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1212	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1213	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1214
1215	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1216	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1217	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1218	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1219
1220	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1221	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1222	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1223	the "386BSD" type).
1224
1225	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1226
122720090319:
1228	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1229	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1230	(supported by sane).
1231
123220090319:
1233	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1234	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1235	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1236	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1237	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1238
123920090315:
1240	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1241	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1242	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1243	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1244	used.
1245
124620090313:
1247	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1248	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1249	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1250	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1251
125220090313:
1253	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1254	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1255
125620090309:
1257	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1258	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1259
1260	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1261	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1262	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1263
1264	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1265	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1266	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1267	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1268	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1269	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1270	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1271	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1272
1273	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1274	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1275	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1276	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1277	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1278	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1279
1280	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1281	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1282	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1283	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1284	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1285
1286	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1287	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1288	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1289	via IGMP.
1290
1291	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1292	recompiled to reflect this.
1293	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1294
129520090309:
1296	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1297	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1298	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1299	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1300	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1301	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1302
130320090302:
1304	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1305	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1306	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1307	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1308	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1309	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1310
131120090301:
1312	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1313	network device driver modules.
1314
131520090227:
1316	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1317	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1318
131920090223:
1320	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1321	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1322	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1323	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1324	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1325	apply.
1326
132720090217:
1328	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1329	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1330	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1331	use the new name.
1332
133320090216:
1334	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1335	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1336	add
1337		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1338	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1339	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1340
134120090215:
1342	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1343	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1344	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1345	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1346	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1347	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1348
1349	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1350	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1351	be used for this:
1352		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1353		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1354
135520090209:
1356	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1357	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1358	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1359
136020090203:
1361	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1362	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1363	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1364	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1365	same interface.
1366
136720090201:
1368	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1369	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1370
137120090119:
1372	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1373	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1374	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1375	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1376	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1377	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1378
137920090115:
1380	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1381	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1382	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1383	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1384
138520081225:
1386	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1387	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1388	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1389	in next mpd5.3 release.
1390
139120081219:
1392	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1393	the base system (it was a port).
1394
139520081216:
1396	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1397	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1398
139920081214:
1400	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1401	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1402	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1403	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1404	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1405	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1406	none of the L2 information.
1407
140820081130:
1409	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1410	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1411
1412	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1413
1414	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1415
1416	device	ath_hal
1417
1418	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1419	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1420	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1421	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1422
142320081121:
1424	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1425	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1426	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1427	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1428	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1429	packets.
1430
143120081117:
1432	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1433	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1434	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1435	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1436
143720081028:
1438	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1439
144020081009:
1441	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1442	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1443	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1444	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1445	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1446
1447		uhci_load="YES"
1448		ehci_load="YES"
1449
145020081009:
1451	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1452	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1453	sync.
1454
145520081009:
1456	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1457	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1458	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1459	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1460	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1461	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1462	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1463
146420080820:
1465	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1466	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1467	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1468	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1469	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1470
1471	PCI/ISA:
1472		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1473
1474	USB:
1475		ubser, ucycom
1476
1477	Line disciplines:
1478		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1479
1480	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1481	cause compilation to fail.
1482
148320080818:
1484	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1485
148620080801:
1487	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1488
1489	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1490	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1491	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1492	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1493	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1494	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1495	accepting the RSA key.
1496
1497	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1498	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1499	command line.
1500
1501	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1502	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1503	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1504	behavior.
1505
150620080713:
1507	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1508	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1509	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1510
1511	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1512	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1513	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1514	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1515	use the new device names.
1516
1517	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1518	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1519	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1520	at the loader prompt:
1521
1522		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1523		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1524		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1525		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1526		boot -s
1527
152820080609:
1529	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1530	disks instead.
1531
153220080603:
1533	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1534	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1535	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1536	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1537
153820080525:
1539	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1540	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1541
154220080509:
1543	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1544	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1545	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1546	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1547	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1548
154920080420:
1550	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1551	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1552	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1553	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1554	For example, change:
1555		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1556	to
1557		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1558		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1559	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1560	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1561	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1562
1563	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1564	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1565	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1566
156720080408:
1568	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1569	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1570	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1571	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1572	other operation levels.
1573
157420080312:
1575	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1576	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1577	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1578	compatibility with any prior release:
1579
1580	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1581	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1582	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1583
158420080301:
1585	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1586	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1587	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1588	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1589	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1590	nonetheless.
1591
159220080229:
1593	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1594	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1595	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1596	with older hardware easier to do.
1597
159820080220:
1599	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1600	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1601
160220080211:
1603	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1604	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1605	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1606	firewall rules.
1607
160820080208:
1609	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1610	mbuf chains.
1611
161220080126:
1613	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1614	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1615	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1616	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1617	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1618	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1619	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1620	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1621	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1622	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1623	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1624	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1625
162620080123:
1627	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1628	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1629	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1630
163120071128:
1632	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1633	functionality is the default now.
1634
163520071118:
1636	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1637	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1638	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1639	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1640	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1641
1642	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1643	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1644	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1645
164620071024:
1647	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1648	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1649	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1650	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1651	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1652	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1653	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1654	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1655	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1656	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1657	however.
1658
165920071020:
1660	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1661	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1662	used kproc_start()..
1663	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1664	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1665	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1666
166720071010:
1668	RELENG_7 branched.
1669
1670COMMON ITEMS:
1671
1672	General Notes
1673	-------------
1674	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1675	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1676	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1677	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1678	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1679	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1680	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1681
1682	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1683	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1684	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1685	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1686	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1687
1688	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1689	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1690	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1691	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1692	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1693
1694	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1695	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1696	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1697	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1698
1699	ZFS notes
1700	---------
1701	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1702	these two steps:
1703
1704	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1705	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1706
1707	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1708
1709	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1710	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1711	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1712
1713	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1714
1715	To build a kernel
1716	-----------------
1717	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1718	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1719	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1720
1721	make kernel-toolchain
1722	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1723	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1724
1725	To test a kernel once
1726	---------------------
1727	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1728	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1729	debugging information) run
1730	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1731	nextboot -k testkernel
1732
1733	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1734	--------------------------------------------------------------
1735	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1736	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1737	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1738
1739	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1740	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1741	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1742	make depend
1743	make
1744	make install
1745
1746	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1747
1748	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1749	-----------------------------------------------------------
1750	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1751	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1752
1753	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1754	make buildworld
1755	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1756							[1]
1757	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1758	mergemaster -p					[5]
1759	make installworld
1760	mergemaster -i					[4]
1761	make delete-old					[6]
1762	<reboot>
1763
1764	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1765	--------------------------------------------------
1766	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1767	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1768	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1769	# size.
1770
1771	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1772	<boot into -stable>
1773	make buildworld
1774	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1775	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1776	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1777	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1778	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1779	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1780	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1781	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1782	<reboot into current>
1783	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1784	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1785	<reboot>
1786
1787
1788	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1789	----------------------------------------------
1790	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1791	make buildworld					[9]
1792	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1793							[1]
1794	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1795	mergemaster -p					[5]
1796	make installworld
1797	mergemaster -i					[4]
1798	make delete-old					[6]
1799	<reboot>
1800
1801	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1802	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1803	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1804	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1805	the UPDATING entries.
1806
1807	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1808	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1809	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1810	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1811	much fewer pitfalls.
1812
1813	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1814	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1815	system on reboot.
1816
1817	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1818		fsck -p
1819		mount -u /
1820		mount -a
1821		cd src
1822		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1823	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1824	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1825
1826	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1827	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1828	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1829	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1830	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1831	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1832	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1833
1834	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1835	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1836	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1837	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1838	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1839	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1840
1841	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1842	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1843	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1844
1845	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1846	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1847	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1848	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1849	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1850	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1851
1852	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1853	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1854
1855	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1856	cvs prune empty directories.
1857
1858	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1859	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1860	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1861
1862	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1863	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1864	warn if it is improperly defined.
1865FORMAT:
1866
1867This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1868breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1869list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1870If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1871to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1872
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