UPDATING revision 298770
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
1420150429	p40	FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp
15
16	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp.
17
1820160316	p39	FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh-xauth
19			FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch
20
21	Fix OpenSSH xauth(1) command injection. [SA-16:14]
22	Fix incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2). [SA-16:15]
23
2420160310	p38	FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind
25			FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl [revised]
26
27	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of BIND. [SA-16:13]
28
29	Fix a regression with OpenSSL patch. [SA-16:12]
30
3120160303	p37	FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl
32
33	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of OpenSSL.
34
3520160130	p36	FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl
36
37	Fix OpenSSL SSLv2 ciphersuite downgrade vulnerability. [SA-16:11]
38
3920160127	p35	FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind
40			FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp
41			FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux
42
43	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-16:08]
44
45	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-16:09]
46
47	Fix Linux compatibility layer issetugid(2) system call
48	vulnerability. [SA-16:10]
49
5020160114	p34	FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh
51
52	Fix OpenSSH client information leak. [SA-16:07]
53
5420160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
55			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
56			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
57			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
58			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
59			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
60			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
61			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
62
63	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
64	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
65	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
66	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
67	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
68	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
69	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
70	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
71
7220151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
73	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
74
7520151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
76
77	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
78
7920151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
80			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
81			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
82
83	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
84	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
85
86	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
87	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
88
89	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
90
91	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
92	memory address. [EN-15:20]
93
9420151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
95
96	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
97
98	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
99	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
100	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
101	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
102
10320151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
104	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
105
10620150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
107
108	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
109
11020150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
111
112	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
113
11420150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
115
116	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
117
11820150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
119			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
120			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
121
122	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
123
124	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
125
126	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
127	[EN-15:15]
128
12920150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
130
131	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
132	[SA-15:20]
133
13420150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
135
136	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
137
13820150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
139			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
140			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
141
142	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
143
144	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
145
146	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
147
14820150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
149
150	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
151	[SA-15:13]
152
15320150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
154	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
155
15620150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
157			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
158
159	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
160
161	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
162	[EN-15:09]
163
16420150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
165	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
166
16720150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
168	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
169
17020150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
171
172	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
173	of service issues.
174
17520150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
176
177	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
178	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
179
18020150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
181			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
182			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
183
184	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
185
186	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
187
188	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
189
19020150320:	p12
191	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
192
19320150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
194	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
195
19620150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
197			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
198			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
199			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
200			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
201
202	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
203
204	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
205
206	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
207
208	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
209
210	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
211
21220150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
213			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
214
215	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
216	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
217
218	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
219
22020150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
221	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
222
22320141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
224			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
225
226	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
227	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
228
22920141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
230			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
231
232	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
233	[SA-14:28]
234
235	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
236
23720141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
238			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
239			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
240
241	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
242	[SA-14:25]
243
244	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
245
246	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
247
24820141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
249			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
250
251	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
252
253	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
254
25520141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
256			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
257			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
258			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
259
260	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
261
262	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
263
264	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
265
266	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
267
26820140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
269	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
270
27120140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
272	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
273
27420140716:
275	9.3-RELEASE.
276
27720140608:
278	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
279	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
280	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
281	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
282	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
283
28420140512:
285	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
286
28720140321:
288	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
289
29020140216:
291	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
292	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
293	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
294	the nfe(4) driver instead.
295
29620131216:
297	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
298	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
299	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
300	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
301	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
302	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
303	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
304	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
305	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
306
30720130930:
308	9.2-RELEASE.
309
31020130823:
311	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
312	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
313	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
314	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
315	subdirectories must be reviewed.
316
31720130705:
318	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
319	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
320
32120130618:
322        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
323        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
324        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
325        write access to that file.
326
32720130605:
328	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
329	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
330
331	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
332	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
333	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
334	to disable this behaviour.
335
336	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
337	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
338	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
339
340	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
341	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
342
34320130524:
344	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
345	equivalent of `status' command.
346	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
347	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
348	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
349
35020130430:
351	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
352	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
353	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
354	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
355	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
356	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
357	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
358	&& make install).
359
360	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
361	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
362	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
363	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
364	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
365	/etc/src.conf.
366
36720130429:
368	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
369
37020130315:
371	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
372	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
373	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
374	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
375	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
376	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
377	used expected to be extremely rare.
378
37920130225:
380	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
381	zpool-features(7) for more information.
382
383	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
384	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
385
38620121224:
387	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
388	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
389	recompiled.
390
39120121218:
392	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
393	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
394	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
395
39620121205:
397	9.1-RELEASE.
398
39920121129:
400	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
401	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
402	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
403	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
404	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
405	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
406	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
407	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
408	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
409
41020121114:
411	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
412	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
413	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
414	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
415	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
416
41720121102:
418	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
419	functionality now turned on by default.
420
42120120913:
422	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
423	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
424	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
425	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
426	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
427	configurations.
428
42920120829:
430	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
431	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
432	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
433	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
434
43520120727:
436	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
437	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
438	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
439
44020120422:
441	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
442	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
443	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
444	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
445	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
446	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
447
44820120109:
449	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
450	/dev/wmistat0.
451
45220120106:
453	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
454	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
455
45620120106:
457	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
458	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
459	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
460
46120120106:
462	9.0-RELEASE.
463
46420111101:
465	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
466	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
467
46820110913:
469	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
470	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
471	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
472	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
473	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
474	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
475	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
476	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
477	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
478	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
479
48020110828:
481	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
482	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
483	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
484	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
485
48620110815:
487	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
488	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
489	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
490	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
491
492	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
493	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
494	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
495
49620110628:
497	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
498	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
499	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
500	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
501
50220110608:
503	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
504		machdep.hlt_cpus
505		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
506	The following sysctl is retired:
507		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
508	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
509	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
510	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
511	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
512	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
513	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
514	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
515	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
516	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
517	a default scheduler.
518
51920110607:
520	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
521	a mask of CPUs.
522
52320110531:
524	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
525	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
526	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
527	world.
528
52920110513:
530	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
531
53220110503:
533	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
534	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
535	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
536	drivers need to be recompiled.
537
538	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
539	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
540	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
541	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
542	branches.
543
54420110430:
545	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
546	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
547
54820110427:
549	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
550	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
551	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
552	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
553	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
554	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
555	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
556	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
557	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
558	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
559	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
560	
561	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
562
563	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
564	a diskless root fs use the old client.
565
56620110424:
567	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
568	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
569	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
570	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
571	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
572	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
573	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
574	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
575	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
576	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
577	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
578	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
579
580	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
581	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
582	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
583	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
584	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
585	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
586	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
587	them are parts of the cam module.
588
589	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
590	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
591	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
592
593	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
594	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
595	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
596	    options        ATA_CAM
597	    device         ahci
598	    device         mvs
599	    device         siis
600	, and instead add back:
601	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
602	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
603	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
604	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
605	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
606
60720110423:
608	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
609	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
610	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
611	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
612	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
613	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
614
61520110418:
616	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
617	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
618	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
619
62020110331:
621	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
622	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
623	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
624	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
625	in order to use ath on everything else.
626
627	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
628	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
629
63020110314:
631	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
632	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
633	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
634
63520110218:
636	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
637	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
638	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
639	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
640	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
641	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
642
64320110218:
644	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
645	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
646	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
647	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
648	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
649	authentication).
650	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
651	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
652
65320110207:
654	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
655	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
656	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
657	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
658	The function remains undocumented.
659
66020110112:
661	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
662	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
663	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
664	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
665	systems where the define is not present can check against
666	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
667
668	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
669	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
670	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
671	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
672	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
673	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
674
67520110103:
676	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
677	the following warning:
678	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
679	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
680	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
681	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
682	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
683	install it on your system.
684
685	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
686	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
687	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
688	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
689
69020101228:
691	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
692	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
693	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
694	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
695	be recompiled.
696
69720101114:
698	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
699	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
700	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
701	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
702	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
703	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
704	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
705	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
706	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
707	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
708	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
709	it, for example via:
710		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
711
712	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
713	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
714	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
715	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
716	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
717	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
718		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
719
720	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
721	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
722
72320101111:
724	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
725	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
726	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
727	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
728	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
729
73020101002:
731	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
732	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
733	migrate local entries to the new format.
734
73520100928:
736	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
737	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
738	upstream sshd.
739
74020100915:
741	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
742	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
743	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
744	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
745	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
746	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
747
74820100913:
749	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
750	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
751
752	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
753	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
754	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
755	default is "AUTO".
756
757	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
758	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
759	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
760	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
761	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
762
763	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
764	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
765	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
766
76720100913:
768	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
769	now i386 and amd64 only.
770	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
771	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
772	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
773	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
774	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
775	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
776
77720100725:
778	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
779	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
780
78120100722:
782	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
783	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
784	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
785	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
786	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
787	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
788	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
789	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
790	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
791	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
792	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
793
79420100713:
795	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
796	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
797	    machine powerpc powerpc
798
799	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
800	after this change.
801
80220100713:
803	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
804	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
805	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
806	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
807	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
808
80920100429:
810	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
811	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
812	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
813	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
814	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
815 
81620100402:
817	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
818	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
819	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
820	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
821	WITH_CTF=yes").
822	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
823	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
824	to unwanted behavior.
825
82620100311:
827	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
828	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
829	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
830	be modified accordingly.
831
83220100113:
833	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
834	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
835	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
836	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
837	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
838	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
839
840	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
841	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
842	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
843	use of utmpx.
844
845	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
846	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
847	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
848	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
849	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
850
85120100108:
852	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
853	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
854	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
855
85620091202:
857	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
858	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
859	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
860	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
861	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
862
863		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
864		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
865		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
866
867	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
868
86920091125:
870	8.0-RELEASE.
871
87220091113:
873	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
874	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
875	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
876	operation of applications on the console.
877
878	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
879	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
880	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
881	cons25.
882
883	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
884	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
885	performed by syscons(4).
886
88720091109:
888	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
889	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
890	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
891
892	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
893	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
894	new structure.
895
89620091025:
897	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
898	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
899	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
900	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
901	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
902	iwn5150fw.
903
90420090926:
905	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
906	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
907
908	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
909	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
910	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
911
912	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
913	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
914
915	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
916	   they are obsolete.
917
918	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
919	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
920
921	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
922	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
923	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
924
925	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
926	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
927	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
928	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
929	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
930	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
931	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
932	   using ifconfig(8) like:
933
934		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
935
936	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
937	   IPv6-preferred.
938
939	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
940
941	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
942	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
943	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
944	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
945	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
946
94720090922:
948	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
949	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
950
95120090912:
952	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
953	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
954	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
955	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
956	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
957	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
958
95920090910:
960	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
961	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
962
96320090825:
964	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
965	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
966	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
967	is 1000.
968
96920090813:
970	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
971	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
972	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
973
97420090803:
975	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
976	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
977
97820090719:
979	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
980	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
981	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
982
98320090714:
984	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
985	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
986	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
987
98820090713:
989	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
990	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
991	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
992	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
993	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
994
99520090712: 
996	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
997	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
998	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
999	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
1000	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1001
100220090630:
1003	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
1004	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
1005	may need to be adjusted.
1006
100720090629:
1008	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
1009	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
1010	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
1011	with routing sockets.
1012
101320090628:
1014	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
1015	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
1016	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
1017
101820090624:
1019	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
1020	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
1021	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
1022	800100.
1023
102420090622:
1025	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
1026	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
1027	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
1028
102920090619:
1030	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
1031	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
1032	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
1033	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
1034	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
1035	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
1036	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1037	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1038
1039	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1040	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1041	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1042	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1043	authentication method is used.
1044
104520090616: 
1046	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1047	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1048	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1049	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1050	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1051
105220090613:
1053	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1054	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1055
105620090611:
1057	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1058	be rebuilt.
1059
106020090608:
1061	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1062	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1063
106420090602:
1065	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1066	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1067
106820090601:
1069	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1070	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1071	re-compiled.
1072
107320090601:
1074	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1075	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1076	rebuilt.
1077	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1078
107920090530:
1080	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1081	more valid.
1082
108320090530:
1084	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1085	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1086
108720090529:
1088	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1089	rebuilt.
1090	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1091
109220090528:
1093	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1094	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1095	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1096	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1097	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1098	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1099
110020090527:
1101	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1102	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1103
110420090523:
1105	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1106	need to be rebuilt.
1107	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1108
110920090523:
1110	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1111	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1112
111320090520:
1114	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1115	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1116
111720090520:
1118	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1119	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1120	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1121	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1122	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1123
112420090430:
1125	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1126	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1127	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1128	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1129	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1130	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1131
113220090429:
1133	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1134	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1135	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1136	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1137
1138	For kernel developers:
1139
1140	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1141	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1142	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1143
1144	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1145	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1146	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1147	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1148
1149	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1150	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1151	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1152	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1153	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1154	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1155	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1156	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1157	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1158	     multicast membership on-link.
1159	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1160	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1161	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1162
1163	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1164	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1165	  stack.
1166	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1167	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1168	  semantics.
1169
1170	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1171	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1172	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1173	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1174
1175	For application developers:
1176
1177	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1178	  stack.
1179
1180	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1181	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1182
1183	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1184	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1185	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1186	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1187
1188	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1189	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1190	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1191	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1192	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1193
1194	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1195
1196	For systems administrators:
1197
1198	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1199	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1200	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1201	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1202	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1203
1204	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1205	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1206
1207	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1208	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1209	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1210	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1211
1212	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1213	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1214	  back forwarded datagrams.
1215
1216	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1217
121820090422:
1219	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1220	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1221
122220090419:
1223	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1224	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1225	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1226	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1227
122820090415:
1229	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1230	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1231	state will require a world rebuild.
1232	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1233
123420090415:
1235	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1236	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1237	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1238
123920090414:
1240	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1241	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1242	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1243	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1244	load balancing.
1245	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1246
124720090408:
1248	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1249	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1250	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1251	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1252	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1253	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1254	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1255	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1256
125720090407:
1258	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1259	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1260	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1261
126220090320:
1263	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1264	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1265	introduces some changes:
1266
1267	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1268	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1269	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1270
1271	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1272	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1273	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1274	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1275
1276	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1277	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1278	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1279	the "386BSD" type).
1280
1281	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1282
128320090319:
1284	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1285	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1286	(supported by sane).
1287
128820090319:
1289	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1290	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1291	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1292	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1293	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1294
129520090315:
1296	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1297	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1298	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1299	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1300	used.
1301
130220090313:
1303	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1304	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1305	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1306	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1307
130820090313:
1309	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1310	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1311
131220090309:
1313	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1314	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1315
1316	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1317	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1318	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1319
1320	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1321	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1322	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1323	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1324	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1325	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1326	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1327	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1328
1329	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1330	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1331	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1332	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1333	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1334	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1335
1336	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1337	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1338	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1339	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1340	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1341
1342	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1343	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1344	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1345	via IGMP.
1346
1347	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1348	recompiled to reflect this.
1349	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1350
135120090309:
1352	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1353	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1354	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1355	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1356	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1357	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1358
135920090302:
1360	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1361	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1362	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1363	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1364	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1365	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1366
136720090301:
1368	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1369	network device driver modules.
1370
137120090227:
1372	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1373	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1374
137520090223:
1376	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1377	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1378	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1379	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1380	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1381	apply.
1382
138320090217:
1384	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1385	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1386	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1387	use the new name.
1388
138920090216:
1390	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1391	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1392	add
1393		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1394	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1395	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1396
139720090215:
1398	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1399	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1400	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1401	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1402	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1403	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1404
1405	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1406	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1407	be used for this:
1408		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1409		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1410
141120090209:
1412	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1413	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1414	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1415
141620090203:
1417	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1418	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1419	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1420	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1421	same interface.
1422
142320090201:
1424	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1425	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1426
142720090119:
1428	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1429	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1430	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1431	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1432	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1433	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1434
143520090115:
1436	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1437	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1438	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1439	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1440
144120081225:
1442	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1443	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1444	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1445	in next mpd5.3 release.
1446
144720081219:
1448	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1449	the base system (it was a port).
1450
145120081216:
1452	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1453	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1454
145520081214:
1456	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1457	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1458	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1459	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1460	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1461	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1462	none of the L2 information.
1463
146420081130:
1465	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1466	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1467
1468	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1469
1470	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1471
1472	device	ath_hal
1473
1474	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1475	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1476	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1477	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1478
147920081121:
1480	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1481	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1482	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1483	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1484	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1485	packets.
1486
148720081117:
1488	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1489	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1490	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1491	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1492
149320081028:
1494	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1495
149620081009:
1497	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1498	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1499	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1500	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1501	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1502
1503		uhci_load="YES"
1504		ehci_load="YES"
1505
150620081009:
1507	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1508	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1509	sync.
1510
151120081009:
1512	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1513	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1514	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1515	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1516	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1517	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1518	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1519
152020080820:
1521	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1522	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1523	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1524	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1525	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1526
1527	PCI/ISA:
1528		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1529
1530	USB:
1531		ubser, ucycom
1532
1533	Line disciplines:
1534		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1535
1536	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1537	cause compilation to fail.
1538
153920080818:
1540	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1541
154220080801:
1543	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1544
1545	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1546	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1547	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1548	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1549	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1550	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1551	accepting the RSA key.
1552
1553	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1554	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1555	command line.
1556
1557	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1558	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1559	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1560	behavior.
1561
156220080713:
1563	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1564	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1565	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1566
1567	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1568	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1569	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1570	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1571	use the new device names.
1572
1573	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1574	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1575	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1576	at the loader prompt:
1577
1578		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1579		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1580		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1581		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1582		boot -s
1583
158420080609:
1585	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1586	disks instead.
1587
158820080603:
1589	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1590	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1591	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1592	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1593
159420080525:
1595	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1596	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1597
159820080509:
1599	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1600	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1601	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1602	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1603	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1604
160520080420:
1606	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1607	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1608	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1609	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1610	For example, change:
1611		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1612	to
1613		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1614		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1615	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1616	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1617	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1618
1619	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1620	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1621	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1622
162320080408:
1624	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1625	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1626	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1627	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1628	other operation levels.
1629
163020080312:
1631	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1632	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1633	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1634	compatibility with any prior release:
1635
1636	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1637	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1638	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1639
164020080301:
1641	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1642	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1643	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1644	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1645	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1646	nonetheless.
1647
164820080229:
1649	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1650	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1651	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1652	with older hardware easier to do.
1653
165420080220:
1655	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1656	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1657
165820080211:
1659	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1660	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1661	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1662	firewall rules.
1663
166420080208:
1665	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1666	mbuf chains.
1667
166820080126:
1669	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1670	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1671	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1672	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1673	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1674	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1675	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1676	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1677	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1678	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1679	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1680	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1681
168220080123:
1683	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1684	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1685	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1686
168720071128:
1688	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1689	functionality is the default now.
1690
169120071118:
1692	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1693	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1694	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1695	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1696	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1697
1698	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1699	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1700	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1701
170220071024:
1703	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1704	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1705	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1706	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1707	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1708	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1709	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1710	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1711	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1712	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1713	however.
1714
171520071020:
1716	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1717	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1718	used kproc_start()..
1719	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1720	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1721	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1722
172320071010:
1724	RELENG_7 branched.
1725
1726COMMON ITEMS:
1727
1728	General Notes
1729	-------------
1730	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1731	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1732	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1733	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1734	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1735	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1736	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1737
1738	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1739	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1740	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1741	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1742	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1743
1744	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1745	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1746	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1747	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1748	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1749
1750	ZFS notes
1751	---------
1752	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1753	these two steps:
1754
1755	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1756	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1757
1758	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1759
1760	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1761	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1762	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1763
1764	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1765
1766	To build a kernel
1767	-----------------
1768	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1769	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1770	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1771
1772	make kernel-toolchain
1773	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1774	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1775
1776	To test a kernel once
1777	---------------------
1778	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1779	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1780	debugging information) run
1781	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1782	nextboot -k testkernel
1783
1784	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1785	--------------------------------------------------------------
1786	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1787	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1788	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1789
1790	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1791	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1792	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1793	make depend
1794	make
1795	make install
1796
1797	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1798
1799	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1800	-----------------------------------------------------------
1801	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1802	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1803
1804	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1805	make buildworld
1806	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1807							[1]
1808	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1809	mergemaster -p					[5]
1810	make installworld
1811	mergemaster -i					[4]
1812	make delete-old					[6]
1813	<reboot>
1814
1815
1816	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1817	--------------------------------------------------
1818	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1819	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1820	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1821	# size.
1822
1823	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1824	<boot into -stable>
1825	make buildworld
1826	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1827	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1828	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1829	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1830	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1831	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1832	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1833	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1834	<reboot into current>
1835	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1836	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1837	<reboot>
1838
1839
1840	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1841	----------------------------------------------
1842	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1843	make buildworld					[9]
1844	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1845							[1]
1846	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1847	mergemaster -p					[5]
1848	make installworld
1849	mergemaster -i					[4]
1850	make delete-old					[6]
1851	<reboot>
1852
1853	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1854	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1855	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1856	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1857	the UPDATING entries.
1858
1859	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1860	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1861	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1862	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1863	much fewer pitfalls.
1864
1865	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1866	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1867	system on reboot.
1868
1869	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1870		fsck -p
1871		mount -u /
1872		mount -a
1873		cd src
1874		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1875	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1876	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1877
1878	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1879	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1880	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1881	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1882	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1883	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1884	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1885
1886	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1887	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1888	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1889	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1890	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1891	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1892
1893	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1894	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1895	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1896
1897	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1898	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1899	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1900	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1901	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1902	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1903
1904	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1905	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1906
1907	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1908	cvs prune empty directories.
1909
1910	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1911	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1912	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1913
1914	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1915	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1916	warn if it is improperly defined.
1917FORMAT:
1918
1919This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1920breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1921list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1922If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1923to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1924
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