UPDATING revision 301049
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
1420160531	p43	FreeBSD-SA-16:20.linux
15			FreeBSD-SA-16:21.43bsd
16			FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive
17			FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive
18
19	Fix kernel stack disclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:20]
20	Fix kernel stack disclosure in 4.3BSD compatibility layer. [SA-16:21]
21	Fix directory traversal in cpio(1). [SA-16:22]
22	Fix buffer overflow in libarchive(3). [SA-16:23]
23
2420160517	p42	FreeBSD-SA-16:18.atkbd
25
26	Fix buffer overflow in keyboard driver. [SA-16:18]
27
2820160504	p41	FreeBSD-SA-16:17.openssl
29			FreeBSD-EN-16:08.zfs
30
31	Fix multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilitites. [SA-16:17]
32
33	Fix memory leak in ZFS. [EN-16:08]
34
3520160429	p40	FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp
36
37	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp.
38
3920160316	p39	FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh-xauth
40			FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch
41
42	Fix OpenSSH xauth(1) command injection. [SA-16:14]
43	Fix incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2). [SA-16:15]
44
4520160310	p38	FreeBSD-SA-16:13.bind
46			FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl [revised]
47
48	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of BIND. [SA-16:13]
49
50	Fix a regression with OpenSSL patch. [SA-16:12]
51
5220160303	p37	FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl
53
54	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of OpenSSL.
55
5620160130	p36	FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl
57
58	Fix OpenSSL SSLv2 ciphersuite downgrade vulnerability. [SA-16:11]
59
6020160127	p35	FreeBSD-SA-16:08.bind
61			FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp
62			FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux
63
64	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-16:08]
65
66	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-16:09]
67
68	Fix Linux compatibility layer issetugid(2) system call
69	vulnerability. [SA-16:10]
70
7120160114	p34	FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh
72
73	Fix OpenSSH client information leak. [SA-16:07]
74
7520160114	p33	FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf
76			FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib
77			FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp
78			FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp
79			FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux
80			FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux
81			FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp
82			FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd
83
84	Fix pf(4) generating bad TCP checksums. [EN-16:02]
85	Fix infinite loop in YP/NIS client library. [EN-16:03]
86	Fix remote denial of service in SCTP. [SA-16:01]
87	Update NTP to 4.2.8p5. [SA-16:02]
88	Fix kernel memory diclosure in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:03]
89	Fix kernel memory overwrite in Linux compatibility layer. [SA-16:04]
90	Fix crash in TCP MD5 signatures. [SA-16:05]
91	Fix insecure default permissions for snmpd.config. [SA-16:06]
92
9320151216	p32	FreeBSD-SA-15:27.bind
94	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:27]
95
9620151205	p31	FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl
97
98	Fix OpenSSL X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak. [SA-15:26]
99
10020151104	p30	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp [revised]
101			FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue
102			FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm
103
104	Fix regression of ntpq(8) utility exiting due to trap 6 in
105	9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
106
107	Fix regression in ntpd(8) lacking support for RAWDCF reference
108	clock in 9.3-RELEASE-p29. [SA-15:25]
109
110	Fix kqueue write events never fired for files greater 2GB. [EN-15:19]
111
112	Fix applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct
113	memory address. [EN-15:20]
114
11520151026:	p29	FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp
116
117	Fix multiple NTP vulnerabilities. New NTP version is 4.2.8p4.
118
119	The configuration file syntax has been changed, thus mergemaster
120	run is recommended.  Now the "kod" parameter requires "limited" 
121	parameter.  If the ntp.conf is not updated, the ntpd will run 
122	successfully, but with KoD disabled.
123
12420151002:	p28	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind [revised]
125	Revised patch to address a regression that prevents NIS from working.
126
12720150929:	p27	FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind
128
129	Fix rpcbind(8) remote denial of service. [SA-15:24]
130
13120150916:	p26	FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg
132
133	Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap. [EN-15:18]
134
13520150902:	p25	FreeBSD-SA-15:23.bind
136
137	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:23]
138
13920150825:	p24	FreeBSD-SA-15:21.amd64
140			FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh
141			FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg
142
143	Fix local privilege escalation in IRET handler. [SA-15:21]
144
145	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:22]
146
147	Fix insufficient check of unsupported pkg(7) signature methods.
148	[EN-15:15]
149
15020150818:	p23	FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat
151
152	Fix multiple integer overflows in expat (libbsdxml) XML parser.
153	[SA-15:20]
154
15520150805:	p22	FreeBSD-SA-15:19.routed
156
157	Fix routed remote denial of service vulnerability.
158
15920150728:	p21	FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp
160			FreeBSD-SA-15:16.openssh
161			FreeBSD-SA-15:17.bind
162
163	Fix resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly. [SA-15:15]
164
165	Fix OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-15:16]
166
167	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:17]
168
16920150721:	p20	FreeBSD-SA-15:13.tcp
170
171	Fix resource exhaustion due to sessions stuck in LAST_ACK state.
172	[SA-15:13]
173
17420150707:	p19	FreeBSD-SA-15:11.bind
175	Fix BIND resolver remote denial of service when validating.
176
17720150630:	p18	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail [revised]
178			FreeBSD-EN-15:09.xlocale
179
180	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
181
182	Fix inconsistency between locale and rune locale states.
183	[EN-15:09]
184
18520150618:	p17	FreeBSD-EN-15:08.sendmail
186	Improvements to sendmail TLS/DH interoperability. [EN-15:08]
187
18820150612:	p16	FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
189	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:10]
190
19120150609:	p15	FreeBSD-EN-15:06.file
192
193	Updated base system file(1) to 5.22 to address multiple denial
194	of service issues.
195
19620150513:	p14	FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update
197
198	Fix bug with freebsd-update(8) that does not ensure the previous
199	upgrade was completed. [EN-15:04]
200
20120150407:	p13	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp [revised]
202			FreeBSD-SA-15:07.ntp
203			FreeBSD-SA-15:09.ipv6
204
205	Improved patch for SA-15:04.igmp.
206
207	Fix multiple vulnerabilities of ntp. [SA-15:07]
208
209	Fix Denial of Service with IPv6 Router Advertisements. [SA-15:09]
210
21120150320:	p12
212	Fix patch for SA-15:06.openssl.
213
21420150319:	p11	FreeBSD-SA-15:06.openssl
215	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:06]
216
21720150225:	p10	FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp
218			FreeBSD-SA-15:05.bind
219			FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt
220			FreeBSD-EN-15:02.openssl
221			FreeBSD-EN-15:03.freebsd-update
222
223	Fix integer overflow in IGMP protocol. [SA-15:04]
224
225	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-15:05]
226
227	Fix vt(4) crash with improper ioctl parameters. [EN-15:01]
228
229	Updated base system OpenSSL to 0.9.8zd. [EN-15:02]
230
231	Fix freebsd-update libraries update ordering issue. [EN-15:03]
232
23320150127:	p9	FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
234			FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp
235
236	Fix SCTP SCTP_SS_VALUE kernel memory corruption and disclosure
237	vulnerability.  [SA-15:02]
238
239	Fix SCTP stream reset vulnerability.  [SA-15:03]
240
24120150114:	p8	FreeBSD-SA-15:01.openssl
242	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL.  [SA-15:01]
243
24420141223:	p7	FreeBSD-SA-14:31.ntp
245			FreeBSD-EN-14:13.freebsd-update
246
247	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in NTP suite.  [SA-14:31]
248	Fix directory deletion issue in freebsd-update.	 [EN-14:13]
249
25020141210:	p6	FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file
251			FreeBSD-SA-14:29.bind
252
253	Fix multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3).
254	[SA-14:28]
255
256	Fix BIND remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:29]
257
25820141104:	p5	FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin
259			FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp
260			FreeBSD-EN-14:12.zfs
261
262	Fix kernel stack disclosure in setlogin(2) / getlogin(2).
263	[SA-14:25]
264
265	Fix remote command execution in ftp(1). [SA-14:26]
266
267	Fix NFSv4 and ZFS cache consistency issue. [EN-14:12]
268
26920141022:	p4	FreeBSD-EN-14:10.tzdata
270			FreeBSD-EN-14:11.crypt
271
272	Time zone data file update. [EN-14:10]
273
274	Change crypt(3) default hashing algorithm back to DES. [EN-14:11]
275
27620141021:	p3	FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold
277			FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed
278			FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei
279			FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl
280
281	Fix rtsold(8) remote buffer overflow vulnerability. [SA-14:20]
282
283	Fix routed(8) remote denial of service vulnerability. [SA-14:21]
284
285	Fix memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup. [SA-14:22]
286
287	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:23]
288
28920140916:	p2	FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp
290	Fix Denial of Service in TCP packet processing. [SA-14:19]
291
29220140909:	p1	FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl
293	Fix OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities. [SA-14:18]
294
29520140716:
296	9.3-RELEASE.
297
29820140608:
299	On i386 and amd64 systems, the onifconsole flag is now set by default
300	in /etc/ttys for ttyu0. This causes ttyu0 to be automatically enabled
301	as a login TTY if it is set in the bootloader as an active kernel
302	console. No changes in behavior should result otherwise. To revert to
303	the previous behavior, set ttyu0 to "off" in /etc/ttys.
304
30520140512:
306	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
307
30820140321:
309	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
310
31120140216:
312	The nve(4) driver for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters has
313	been deprecated and will not be part of FreeBSD 11.0 and later
314	releases.  If you use this driver, please consider switching to
315	the nfe(4) driver instead.
316
31720131216:
318	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
319	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
320	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
321	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
322	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
323	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
324	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
325	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
326	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 902505.
327
32820130930:
329	9.2-RELEASE.
330
33120130823:
332	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
333	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
334	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
335	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
336	subdirectories must be reviewed.
337
33820130705:
339	hastctl(8)'s `status' command output changed to terse one-liner format.
340	Scripts using this should switch to `list' command or be rewritten.
341
34220130618:
343        Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
344        to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
345        even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
346        write access to that file.
347
34820130605:
349	Added ZFS TRIM support which is enabled by default. To disable
350	ZFS TRIM support set vfs.zfs.trim.enabled=0 in loader.conf.
351
352	Creating new ZFS pools and adding new devices to existing pools
353	first performs a full device level TRIM which can take a significant
354	amount of time. The sysctl vfs.zfs.vdev.trim_on_init can be set to 0
355	to disable this behaviour.
356
357	ZFS TRIM requires the underlying device support BIO_DELETE which
358	is currently provided by methods such as ATA TRIM and SCSI UNMAP
359	via CAM, which are typically supported by SSD's.
360
361	Stats for ZFS TRIM can be monitored by looking at the sysctl's
362	under kstat.zfs.misc.zio_trim.
363
36420130524:
365	`list' command has been added to hastctl(8).  For now, it is full
366	equivalent of `status' command.
367	WARNING: in the near future the output of hastctl's status command
368	will change to more terse format.  If you use `hastctl status'
369	for parsing in your scripts, switch to `hastctl list'.
370
37120130430:
372	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
373	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
374	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
375	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
376	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
377	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
378	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
379	&& make install).
380
381	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
382	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
383	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
384	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
385	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
386	/etc/src.conf.
387
38820130429:
389	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
390
39120130315:
392	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
393	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
394	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
395	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
396	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
397	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so it's
398	used expected to be extremely rare.
399
40020130225:
401	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to.  Please refer to
402	zpool-features(7) for more information.
403
404	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
405	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
406
40720121224:
408	The VFS KBI was changed with the merge of several nullfs
409	optimizations and fixes.  All filesystem modules must be
410	recompiled.
411
41220121218:
413	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
414	depended on during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
415	the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
416
41720121205:
418	9.1-RELEASE.
419
42020121129:
421	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to 9-STABLE.
422	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
423	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
424	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
425	pools. The first two read-only compatible "feature flags" for ZFS
426	pools are "com.delphix:async_destroy" and "com.delphix:empty_bpobj".
427	For more information read the new zpool-features(7) manual page.
428	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
429	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
430
43120121114:
432	The commit introducing bsd.compiler.mk breaks the traditional
433	building of kernels before this point. Add -m ${SRC}/share/mk
434	(for the right value of SRC) to your command lines to work
435	around; update your useland to a point after this; or use the
436	buildkernel/installkernel top-level targets. See also 20120829.
437
43820121102:
439	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
440	functionality now turned on by default.
441
44220120913:
443	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
444	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
445	Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
446	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
447	option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
448	configurations.
449
45020120829:
451	The amd64 kernel now uses xsetbv, xrstor instructions. To compile with
452	the traditional method, you must update your system with an installworld
453	before the kernel will build. The documented make buildkernel/installkernel
454	interfaces (coupled with fresh make kernel-toolchain) continue to work.
455
45620120727:
457	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
458	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
459	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
460
46120120422:
462	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
463	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
464	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
465	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
466	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
467	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
468
46920120109:
470	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
471	/dev/wmistat0.
472
47320120106:
474	A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support posix_fadvise(2).  All
475	filesystem modules must be recompiled.
476
47720120106:
478	The interface of the VOP_VPTOCNP(9) changed, now the returned
479	vnode shall be referenced, previously it was required to be
480	only held.  All in-tree filesystems are converted.
481
48220120106:
483	9.0-RELEASE.
484
48520111101:
486	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
487	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
488
48920110913:
490	This commit modifies vfs_register() so that it uses a hash
491	calculation to set vfc_typenum, which is enabled by default.
492	The first time a system is booted after this change, the
493	vfc_typenum values will change for all file systems. The
494	main effect of this is a change to the NFS server file handles
495	for file systems that use vfc_typenum in their fsid, such as ZFS.
496	It will, however, prevent vfc_typenum from changing when file
497	systems are loaded in a different order for subsequent reboots.
498	To disable this, you can set vfs.typenumhash=0 in /boot/loader.conf
499	until you are ready to remount all NFS clients after a reboot.
500
50120110828:
502	Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that
503	do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared
504	to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped.
505	Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle.
506
50720110815:
508	During the merge of Capsicum features, the fget(9) KPI was modified.
509	This may require the rebuilding of out-of-tree device drivers --
510	issues have been reported specifically with the nVidia device driver.
511	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 900041.
512
513	Also, there is a period between 20110811 and 20110814 where the
514	special devices /dev/{stdin,stdout,stderr} did not work correctly.
515	Building world from a kernel during that window may not work.
516
51720110628:
518	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.5.
519	You need to update userland tools to be in sync with kernel.
520	This update breaks backward compatibility with earlier pfsync(4)
521	versions.  Care must be taken when updating redundant firewall setups.
522
52320110608:
524	The following sysctls and tunables are retired on x86 platforms:
525		machdep.hlt_cpus
526		machdep.hlt_logical_cpus
527	The following sysctl is retired:
528		machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
529	The sysctls were supposed to provide a way to dynamically offline and
530	online selected CPUs on x86 platforms, but the implementation has not
531	been reliable especially with SCHED_ULE scheduler.
532	machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable is still available to ignore
533	hyperthreading CPUs at OS level.
534	Individual CPUs can be disabled using hint.lapic.X.disabled tunable,
535	where X is an APIC ID of a CPU.  Be advised, though, that disabling
536	CPUs in non-uniform fashion will result in non-uniform topology and
537	may lead to sub-optimal system performance with SCHED_ULE, which is
538	a default scheduler.
539
54020110607:
541	cpumask_t type is retired and cpuset_t is used in order to describe
542	a mask of CPUs.
543
54420110531:
545	Changes to ifconfig(8) for dynamic address family detection mandate
546	that you are running a kernel of 20110525 or later.  Make sure to
547	follow the update procedure to boot a new kernel before installing
548	world.
549
55020110513:
551	Support for sun4v architecture is officially dropped
552
55320110503:
554	Several KPI breaking changes have been committed to the mii(4) layer,
555	the PHY drivers and consequently some Ethernet drivers using mii(4).
556	This means that miibus.ko and the modules of the affected Ethernet
557	drivers need to be recompiled.
558
559	Note to kernel developers: Given that the OUI bit reversion problem
560	was fixed as part of these changes all mii(4) commits related to OUIs,
561	i.e. to sys/dev/mii/miidevs, PHY driver probing and vendor specific
562	handling, no longer can be merged verbatim to stable/8 and previous
563	branches.
564
56520110430:
566	Users of the Atheros AR71xx SoC code now need to add 'device ar71xx_pci'
567	into their kernel configurations along with 'device pci'.
568
56920110427:
570	The default NFS client is now the new NFS client, so fstype "newnfs"
571	is now "nfs" and the regular/old NFS client is now fstype "oldnfs".
572	Although mounts via fstype "nfs" will usually work without userland
573	changes, it is recommended that the mount(8) and mount_nfs(8)
574	commands be rebuilt from sources and that a link to mount_nfs called
575	mount_oldnfs be created. The new client is compiled into the
576	kernel with "options NFSCL" and this is needed for diskless root
577	file systems. The GENERIC kernel configs have been changed to use
578	NFSCL and NFSD (the new server) instead of NFSCLIENT and NFSSERVER.
579	To use the regular/old client, you can "mount -t oldnfs ...". For
580	a diskless root file system, you must also include a line like:
581	
582	vfs.root.mountfrom="oldnfs:"
583
584	in the boot/loader.conf on the root fs on the NFS server to make
585	a diskless root fs use the old client.
586
58720110424:
588	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new
589	CAM-based ATA stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers were
590	removed and replaced by respective CAM drivers. If you are using
591	ATA device names in /etc/fstab or other places, make sure to update
592	them respectively (adX -> adaY, acdX -> cdY, afdX -> daY, astX -> saY,
593	where 'Y's are the sequential numbers starting from zero for each type
594	in order of detection, unless configured otherwise with tunables,
595	see cam(4)). There will be symbolic links created in /dev/ to map
596	old adX devices to the respective adaY. They should provide basic
597	compatibility for file systems mounting in most cases, but they do
598	not support old user-level APIs and do not have respective providers
599	in GEOM. Consider using updated management tools with new device names.
600
601	It is possible to load devices ahci, ata, siis and mvs as modules,
602	but option ATA_CAM should remain in kernel configuration to make ata
603	module work as CAM driver supporting legacy ATA controllers. Device ata
604	still can be used in modular fashion (atacore + ...). Modules atadisk
605	and atapi* are not used and won't affect operation in ATA_CAM mode.
606	Note that to use CAM-based ATA kernel should include CAM devices
607	scbus, pass, da (or explicitly ada), cd and optionally others. All of
608	them are parts of the cam module.
609
610	ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
611	To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
612	for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
613
614	No kernel config options or code have been removed, so if a problem
615	arises, please report it and optionally revert to the old ATA stack.
616	In order to do it you can remove from the kernel config:
617	    options        ATA_CAM
618	    device         ahci
619	    device         mvs
620	    device         siis
621	, and instead add back:
622	    device         atadisk         # ATA disk drives
623	    device         ataraid         # ATA RAID drives
624	    device         atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
625	    device         atapifd         # ATAPI floppy drives
626	    device         atapist         # ATAPI tape drives
627
62820110423:
629	The default NFS server has been changed to the new server, which
630	was referred to as the experimental server. If you need to switch
631	back to the old NFS server, you must now put the "-o" option on
632	both the mountd and nfsd commands. This can be done using the
633	mountd_flags and nfs_server_flags rc.conf variables until an
634	update to the rc scripts is committed, which is coming soon.
635
63620110418:
637	The GNU Objective-C runtime library (libobjc), and other Objective-C
638	related components have been removed from the base system.  If you
639	require an Objective-C library, please use one of the available ports.
640
64120110331:
642	ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains
643	the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
644	contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb
645	contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath
646	in order to use ath on everything else.
647
648	TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only
649	need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
650
65120110314:
652	As part of the replacement of sysinstall, the process of building
653	release media has changed significantly. For details, please re-read
654	release(7), which has been updated to reflect the new build process.
655
65620110218:
657	GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD.  This
658	is the last available version under GPLv2.  It brings a number of new
659	features, such as support for newer x86 CPU's (with SSE-3, SSSE-3, SSE
660	4.1 and SSE 4.2), better support for powerpc64, a number of new
661	directives, and lots of other small improvements.  See the ChangeLog
662	file in contrib/binutils for the full details.
663
66420110218:
665	IPsec's HMAC_SHA256-512 support has been fixed to be RFC4868
666	compliant, and will now use half of hash for authentication.
667	This will break interoperability with all stacks (including all
668	actual FreeBSD versions) who implement
669	draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-sha-256-00 (they use 96 bits of hash for
670	authentication).
671	The only workaround with such peers is to use another HMAC
672	algorithm for IPsec ("phase 2") authentication.
673
67420110207:
675	Remove the uio_yield prototype and symbol.  This function has
676	been misnamed since it was introduced and should not be
677	globally exposed with this name.  The equivalent functionality
678	is now available using kern_yield(curthread->td_user_pri).
679	The function remains undocumented.
680
68120110112:
682	A SYSCTL_[ADD_]UQUAD was added for unsigned uint64_t pointers,
683	symmetric with the existing SYSCTL_[ADD_]QUAD.  Type checking
684	for scalar sysctls is defined but disabled.  Code that needs
685	UQUAD to pass the type checking that must compile on older
686	systems where the define is not present can check against
687	__FreeBSD_version >= 900030.
688
689	The system dialog(1) has been replaced with a new version previously
690	in ports as devel/cdialog. dialog(1) is mostly command-line compatible
691	with the previous version, but the libdialog associated with it has
692	a largely incompatible API. As such, the original version of libdialog
693	will be kept temporarily as libodialog, until its base system consumers
694	are replaced or updated. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900030.
695
69620110103:
697	If you are trying to run make universe on a -stable system, and you get
698	the following warning:
699	"Makefile", line 356: "Target architecture for i386/conf/GENERIC 
700	unknown.  config(8) likely too old."
701	or something similar to it, then you must upgrade your -stable system
702	to 8.2-Release or newer (really, any time after r210146 7/15/2010 in
703	stable/8) or build the config from the latest stable/8 branch and
704	install it on your system.
705
706	Prior to this date, building a current universe on 8-stable system from
707	between 7/15/2010 and 1/2/2011 would result in a weird shell parsing
708	error in the first kernel build phase.  A new config on those old 
709	systems will fix that problem for older versions of -current.
710
71120101228:
712	The TCP stack has been modified to allow Khelp modules to interact with
713	it via helper hook points and store per-connection data in the TCP
714	control block. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900029. User space tools that
715	rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to
716	be recompiled.
717
71820101114:
719	Generic IEEE 802.3 annex 31B full duplex flow control support has been
720	added to mii(4) and bge(4), bce(4), msk(4), nfe(4) and stge(4) along
721	with brgphy(4), e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy() have been converted
722	to take advantage of it instead of using custom implementations.  This
723	means that these drivers now no longer unconditionally advertise
724	support for flow control but only do so if flow control is a selected
725	media option.  This was implemented in the generic support that way in
726	order to allow flow control to be switched on and off via ifconfig(8)
727	with the PHY specific default to typically off in order to protect
728	from unwanted effects.  Consequently, if you used flow control with
729	one of the above mentioned drivers you now need to explicitly enable
730	it, for example via:
731		ifconfig bge0 media auto mediaopt flowcontrol
732
733	Along with the above mentioned changes generic support for setting
734	1000baseT master mode also has been added and brgphy(4), ciphy(4),
735	e1000phy(4) as well as ip1000phy(4) have been converted to take
736	advantage of it.  This means that these drivers now no longer take the
737	link0 parameter for selecting master mode but the master media option
738	has to be used instead, for example like in the following:
739		ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseT mediaopt full-duplex,master
740
741	Selection of master mode now is also available with all other PHY
742	drivers supporting 1000baseT.
743
74420101111:
745	The TCP stack has received a significant update to add support for
746	modularised congestion control and generally improve the clarity of
747	congestion control decisions. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 900025. User
748	space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in tcp_var.h (e.g.
749	sockstat) need to be recompiled.
750
75120101002:
752	The man(1) utility has been replaced by a new version that no longer
753	uses /etc/manpath.config. Please consult man.conf(5) for how to
754	migrate local entries to the new format.
755
75620100928:
757	The copyright strings printed by login(1) and sshd(8) at the time of a
758	new connection have been removed to follow other operating systems and
759	upstream sshd.
760
76120100915:
762	A workaround for a fixed ld bug has been removed in kernel code,
763	so make sure that your system ld is built from sources after
764	revision 210245 from 2010-07-19 (r211583 if building head kernel
765	on stable/8, r211584 for stable/7; both from 2010-08-21).
766	A symptom of incorrect ld version is different addresses for
767	set_pcpu section and __start_set_pcpu symbol in kernel and/or modules.
768
76920100913:
770	The $ipv6_prefer variable in rc.conf(5) has been split into
771	$ip6addrctl_policy and $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces.
772
773	The $ip6addrctl_policy is a variable to choose a pre-defined
774	address selection policy set by ip6addrctl(8).  A value
775	"ipv4_prefer", "ipv6_prefer" or "AUTO" can be specified.  The
776	default is "AUTO".
777
778	The $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces specifies whether IFDISABLED
779	flag (see an entry of 20090926) is set on an interface with no
780	corresponding $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 line.  The default is "NO" for
781	security reason.  If you want IPv6 link-local address on all
782	interfaces by default, set this to "YES".
783
784	The old ipv6_prefer="YES" is equivalent to
785	ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" and
786	ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer".
787
78820100913:
789	DTrace has grown support for userland tracing. Due to this, DTrace is
790	now i386 and amd64 only.
791	dtruss(1) is now installed by default on those systems and a new
792	kernel module is needed for userland tracing: fasttrap.
793	No changes to your kernel config file are necessary to enable
794	userland tracing, but you might consider adding 'STRIP=' and
795	'CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer' to your make.conf if you want
796	to have informative userland stack traces in DTrace (ustack).
797
79820100725:
799	The acpi_aiboost(4) driver has been removed in favor of the new
800	aibs(4) driver. You should update your kernel configuration file.
801
80220100722:
803	BSD grep has been imported to the base system and it is built by
804	default.  It is completely BSD licensed, highly GNU-compatible, uses
805	less memory than its GNU counterpart and has a small codebase.
806	However, it is slower than its GNU counterpart, which is mostly
807	noticeable for larger searches, for smaller ones it is measurable
808	but not significant.  The reason is complex, the most important factor
809	is that we lack a modern and efficient regex library and GNU
810	overcomes this by optimizing the searches internally.  Future work
811	on improving the regex performance is planned, for the meantime,
812	users that need better performance, can build GNU grep instead by
813	setting the WITH_GNU_GREP knob.
814
81520100713:
816	Due to the import of powerpc64 support, all existing powerpc kernel
817	configuration files must be updated with a machine directive like this:
818	    machine powerpc powerpc
819
820	In addition, an updated config(8) is required to build powerpc kernels
821	after this change.
822
82320100713:
824	A new version of ZFS (version 15) has been merged to -HEAD.
825	This version uses a python library for the following subcommands:
826	zfs allow, zfs unallow, zfs groupspace, zfs userspace.
827	For full functionality of these commands the following port must
828	be installed: sysutils/py-zfs
829
83020100429:
831	'vm_page's are now hashed by physical address to an array of mutexes.
832	Currently this is only used to serialize access to hold_count. Over 
833	time the page queue mutex will be peeled away. This changes the size
834	of pmap on every architecture. And requires all callers of vm_page_hold
835	and vm_page_unhold to be updated. 
836 
83720100402:
838	WITH_CTF can now be specified in src.conf (not recommended, there
839	are some problems with static executables), make.conf (would also
840	affect ports which do not use GNU make and do not override the
841	compile targets) or in the kernel config (via "makeoptions
842	WITH_CTF=yes").
843	When WITH_CTF was specified there before this was silently ignored,
844	so make sure that WITH_CTF is not used in places which could lead
845	to unwanted behavior.
846
84720100311:
848	The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
849	to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
850	configurations on amd64 and ia64 platforms using these options must
851	be modified accordingly.
852
85320100113:
854	The utmp user accounting database has been replaced with utmpx,
855	the user accounting interface standardized by POSIX.
856	Unfortunately the semantics of utmp and utmpx don't match,
857	making it practically impossible to support both interfaces.
858	The user accounting database is used by tools like finger(1),
859	last(1), talk(1), w(1) and ac(8).
860
861	All applications in the base system use utmpx.  This means only
862	local binaries (e.g. from the ports tree) may still use these
863	utmp database files.  These applications must be rebuilt to make
864	use of utmpx.
865
866	After the system has been upgraded, it is safe to remove the old
867	log files (/var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog and /var/log/wtmp*),
868	assuming their contents is of no importance anymore.  Old wtmp
869	databases can only be used by last(1) and ac(8) after they have
870	been converted to the new format using wtmpcvt(1).
871
87220100108:
873	Introduce the kernel thread "deadlock resolver" (which can be enabled
874	via the DEADLKRES option, see NOTES for more details) and the
875	sleepq_type() function for sleepqueues.
876
87720091202:
878	The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
879	rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
880	According to the removal of rc.d/ip6fw, ipv6_firewall_* rc
881	variables are obsoleted.  Instead, the following new rc
882	variables are added to rc.d/ipfw:
883
884		firewall_client_net_ipv6, firewall_simple_iif_ipv6,
885		firewall_simple_inet_ipv6, firewall_simple_oif_ipv6,
886		firewall_simple_onet_ipv6, firewall_trusted_ipv6
887
888	The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
889
89020091125:
891	8.0-RELEASE.
892
89320091113:
894	The default terminal emulation for syscons(4) has been changed
895	from cons25 to xterm on all platforms except pc98.  This means
896	that the /etc/ttys file needs to be updated to ensure correct
897	operation of applications on the console.
898
899	The terminal emulation style can be toggled per window by using
900	vidcontrol(1)'s -T flag.  The TEKEN_CONS25 kernel configuration
901	options can be used to change the compile-time default back to
902	cons25.
903
904	To prevent graphical artifacts, make sure the TERM environment
905	variable is set to match the terminal emulation that is being
906	performed by syscons(4).
907
90820091109:
909	The layout of the structure ieee80211req_scan_result has changed.
910	Applications that require wireless scan results (e.g. ifconfig(8))
911	from net80211 need to be recompiled.
912
913	Applications such as wpa_supplicant(8) may require a full world
914	build without using NO_CLEAN in order to get synchronized with the
915	new structure.
916
91720091025:
918	The iwn(4) driver has been updated to support the 5000 and 5150 series.
919	There's one kernel module for each firmware. Adding "device iwnfw"
920	to the kernel configuration file means including all three firmware
921	images inside the kernel. If you want to include just the one for
922	your wireless card, use the devices iwn4965fw, iwn5000fw or
923	iwn5150fw.
924
92520090926:
926	The rc.d/network_ipv6, IPv6 configuration script has been integrated
927	into rc.d/netif.  The changes are the following:
928
929	1. To use IPv6, simply define $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 like $ifconfig_IF
930	   for IPv4.  For aliases, $ifconfig_IF_aliasN should be used.
931	   Note that both variables need the "inet6" keyword at the head.
932
933	   Do not set $ipv6_network_interfaces manually if you do not
934	   understand what you are doing.  It is not needed in most cases. 
935
936	   $ipv6_ifconfig_IF and $ipv6_ifconfig_IF_aliasN still work, but
937	   they are obsolete.
938
939	2. $ipv6_enable is obsolete.  Use $ipv6_prefer and
940	   "inet6 accept_rtadv" keyword in ifconfig(8) instead.
941
942	   If you define $ipv6_enable=YES, it means $ipv6_prefer=YES and
943	   all configured interfaces have "inet6 accept_rtadv" in the
944	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  These are for backward compatibility.
945
946	3. A new variable $ipv6_prefer has been added.  If NO, IPv6
947	   functionality of interfaces with no corresponding
948	   $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 is disabled by using "inet6 ifdisabled" flag,
949	   and the default address selection policy of ip6addrctl(8) 
950	   is the IPv4-preferred one (see rc.d/ip6addrctl for more details).
951	   Note that if you want to configure IPv6 functionality on the
952	   disabled interfaces after boot, first you need to clear the flag by
953	   using ifconfig(8) like:
954
955		ifconfig em0 inet6 -ifdisabled
956
957	   If YES, the default address selection policy is set as
958	   IPv6-preferred.
959
960	   The default value of $ipv6_prefer is NO.
961
962	4. If your system need to receive Router Advertisement messages,
963	   define "inet6 accept_rtadv" in $ifconfig_IF_ipv6.  The rc(8)
964	   scripts automatically invoke rtsol(8) when the interface becomes
965	   UP.  The Router Advertisement messages are used for SLAAC
966	   (State-Less Address AutoConfiguration).
967
96820090922:
969	802.11s D3.03 support was committed. This is incompatible with the
970	previous code, which was based on D3.0.
971
97220090912:
973	A sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv now sets the default value
974	of a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_ACCEPT_RTADV, not a global knob to
975	control whether accepting Router Advertisement messages or not.
976	Also, a per-interface flag ND6_IFF_AUTO_LINKLOCAL has been added and
977	a sysctl variable net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal is its default value.
978	The ifconfig(8) utility now supports these flags.
979
98020090910:
981	ZFS snapshots are now mounted with MNT_IGNORE flag. Use -v option for
982	mount(8) and -a option for df(1) to see them.
983
98420090825:
985	The old tunable hw.bus.devctl_disable has been superseded by
986	hw.bus.devctl_queue.  hw.bus.devctl_disable=1 in loader.conf should be
987	replaced by hw.bus.devctl_queue=0.  The default for this new tunable
988	is 1000.
989
99020090813:
991	Remove the option STOP_NMI.  The default action is now to use NMI only
992	for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard() and
993	maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32 and amd64.
994
99520090803:
996	The stable/8 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
997	RELENG_8 branch in CVS.
998
99920090719:
1000	Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that do not
1001	use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.  Bump
1002	__FreeBSD_version to 800105.
1003
100420090714:
1005	Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack support,
1006	all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.  As this change
1007	breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
1008
100920090713:
1010	The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove
1011	struct tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack.
1012	The cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and
1013	needs to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks
1014	the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
1015
101620090712: 
1017	Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
1018	<netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
1019	maintaining the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
1020	__FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
1021	any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1022
102320090630:
1024	The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old kernel
1025	RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel configurations
1026	may need to be adjusted.
1027
102820090629:
1029	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have been
1030	removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal way using
1031	routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can generally be replaced
1032	with routing sockets.
1033
103420090628:
1035	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project (Handbook,
1036	FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by sysinstall(8) and under
1037	the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
1038
103920090624:
1040	The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have been
1041	changed.  As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43 kernel
1042	options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to
1043	800100.
1044
104520090622:
1046	Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables were
1047	moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be recompiled.  Bump
1048	__FreeBSD_version to 800099.
1049
105020090619:
1051	NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023 and 1024
1052	respectively.  As long as no more than 16 groups per process are used,
1053	no changes should be visible.  When more than 16 groups are used, old
1054	binaries may fail if they call getgroups() or getgrouplist() with
1055	statically sized storage.  Recompiling will work around this, but
1056	applications should be modified to use dynamically allocated storage
1057	for group arrays as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's
1058	number of supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
1059
1060	NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of groups is
1061	truncated to 16.  Users of NFS who use more than 16 groups, should
1062	take care that negative group permissions are not used on the exported
1063	file systems as they will not be reliable unless a GSSAPI based
1064	authentication method is used.
1065
106620090616: 
1067	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.  This
1068	option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
1069	which want to enable it.  The lockinit() function now accepts the flag
1070	LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to adaptive
1071	spinning when both held in write and read mode.
1072
107320090613:
1074	The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO has
1075	changed.  User applications that use this ioctl need to be rebuilt.
1076
107720090611:
1078	The layout of struct thread has changed.  Kernel and modules need to
1079	be rebuilt.
1080
108120090608:
1082	The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has changed.
1083	Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.  Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
1084
108520090602:
1086	window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
1087	installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
1088
108920090601:
1090	The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries has
1091	changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to be
1092	re-compiled.
1093
109420090601:
1095	A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8.  Network
1096	file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
1097	rebuilt.
1098	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
1099
110020090530:
1101	Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose is no
1102	more valid.
1103
110420090530:
1105	Add VOP_ACCESSX(9).  File system modules need to be rebuilt.
1106	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
1107
110820090529:
1109	Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'.  File system modules need to be
1110	rebuilt.
1111	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
1112
111320090528:
1114	The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
1115	introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
1116	The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
1117	SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag has
1118	been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
1119	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
1120
112120090527:
1122	Add support for hierarchical jails.  Remove global securelevel.
1123	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
1124
112520090523:
1126	The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
1127	need to be rebuilt.
1128	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
1129
113020090523:
1131	The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the output. Please
1132	run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created data to /etc/localtime.
1133
113420090520:
1135	The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
1136	hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
1137
113820090520:
1139	802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's were changed.
1140	Drivers dependent on net80211 now support DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead
1141	of DLT_IEEE802_11.  No user-visible data structures were changed but
1142	applications that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
1143	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
1144
114520090430:
1146	The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
1147	socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
1148	vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw.  Most modules need to be rebuild or
1149	panics may be experienced.  World rebuild is required for
1150	correctly checking networking state from userland.
1151	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
1152
115320090429:
1154	MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1155	to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1156	The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
1157	follows the IPv4 implementation.
1158
1159	For kernel developers:
1160
1161	* The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
1162	  ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
1163	  and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1164
1165	* As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
1166	  of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
1167	  protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
1168	  SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
1169
1170	* The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
1171	  the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
1172	   * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
1173	   * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
1174	     are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
1175	   * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
1176	   * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
1177	     for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
1178	     jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
1179	     multicast membership on-link.
1180	   * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
1181	     its report transmissions.  However, the 'timer' argument is
1182	     preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
1183
1184	* The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
1185	  been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
1186	  stack.
1187	  Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
1188	  internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
1189	  semantics.
1190
1191	* There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
1192	  acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
1193	  Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
1194	  implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
1195
1196	For application developers:
1197
1198	* The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
1199	  stack.
1200
1201	* The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
1202	  socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
1203
1204	* There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
1205	  IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
1206	  before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
1207	  use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
1208
1209	* The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
1210	  API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
1211	  using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
1212	  please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
1213	  Multicast Source Filters'.
1214
1215	* Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
1216
1217	For systems administrators:
1218
1219	* The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
1220	  addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
1221	  as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
1222	  will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
1223	  returned by getifaddrs(3).
1224
1225	* The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
1226	  endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
1227
1228	* The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
1229	  loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
1230	  to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
1231	  recommended for optimal system performance.
1232
1233	* The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
1234	  instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
1235	  back forwarded datagrams.
1236
1237	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
1238
123920090422:
1240	Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
1241	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
1242
124320090419:
1244	The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
1245	memory allocation types, has changed.  Most modules will need to
1246	be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
1247	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
1248
124920090415:
1250	Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
1251	This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
1252	state will require a world rebuild.
1253	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
1254
125520090415:
1256	Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
1257	embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
1258	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
1259
126020090414:
1261	The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
1262	Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
1263	The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
1264	of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
1265	load balancing.
1266	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
1267
126820090408:
1269	Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
1270	apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
1271	re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
1272	kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
1273	not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
1274	low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
1275	interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
1276	mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
1277
127820090407:
1279	The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
1280	kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
1281	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
1282
128320090320:
1284	GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
1285	replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
1286	introduces some changes:
1287
1288	MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
1289	(EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
1290	to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
1291
1292	BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
1293	cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
1294	disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
1295	top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
1296
1297	General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
1298	whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
1299	systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
1300	the "386BSD" type).
1301
1302	Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
1303
130420090319:
1305	The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
1306	Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
1307	(supported by sane).
1308
130920090319:
1310	The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
1311	only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
1312	The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
1313	ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
1314	compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
1315
131620090315:
1317	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
1318	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
1319	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
1320	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
1321	used.
1322
132320090313:
1324	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
1325	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
1326	This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
1327	they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
1328
132920090313:
1330	The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
1331	support for Family 10 and Family 11 CPU families was added.
1332
133320090309:
1334	IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
1335	to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
1336
1337	For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
1338	ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
1339	and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
1340
1341	Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
1342	inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
1343	filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
1344	Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
1345	multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
1346	as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
1347	low-level input path.  in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
1348	to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
1349
1350	For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
1351	multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
1352	will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
1353	datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
1354	be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
1355	to preserve the existing behaviour.
1356
1357	For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
1358	multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
1359	that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
1360	collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
1361	transport protocol input path to check group membership.
1362
1363	If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
1364	it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
1365	enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
1366	via IGMP.
1367
1368	The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
1369	recompiled to reflect this.
1370	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
1371
137220090309:
1373	libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
1374	updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
1375	update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
1376	rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
1377	in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
1378	libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
1379
138020090302:
1381	A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
1382	memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
1383	Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
1384	of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
1385	wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
1386	raised to allow such segments to be created.
1387
138820090301:
1389	The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
1390	network device driver modules.
1391
139220090227:
1393	The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
1394	buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
1395
139620090223:
1397	The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
1398	module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
1399	ums, ...).  The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
1400	with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
1401	Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
1402	apply.
1403
140420090217:
1405	The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
1406	defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
1407	customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
1408	use the new name.
1409
141020090216:
1411	xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
1412	yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
1413	add
1414		Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
1415	to your ServerLayout section.  This will cause X to use the configured
1416	kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
1417
141820090215:
1419	The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
1420	stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
1421	problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
1422	stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
1423	that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
1424	eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
1425
1426	Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
1427	redirected to the new stack's libusb20.  /etc/libmap.conf can
1428	be used for this:
1429		# Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
1430		libusb-0.1.so.8	libusb20.so.1
1431
143220090209:
1433	All USB ethernet devices now attach as interfaces under the name ueN
1434	(eg. ue0). This is to provide a predictable name as vendors often
1435	change usb chipsets in a product without notice.
1436
143720090203:
1438	The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
1439	addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
1440	All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
1441	slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
1442	same interface.
1443
144420090201:
1445	INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
1446	netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
1447
144820090119:
1449	NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
1450	GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
1451	will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
1452	actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
1453	level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
1454	"options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
1455
145620090115:
1457	TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
1458	New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
1459	800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
1460	tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
1461
146220081225:
1463	ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
1464	Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
1465	New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
1466	in next mpd5.3 release.
1467
146820081219:
1469	With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
1470	the base system (it was a port).
1471
147220081216:
1473	The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
1474	rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
1475
147620081214:
1477	__FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
1478	RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
1479	The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
1480	architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
1481	applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
1482	The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
1483	none of the L2 information.
1484
148520081130:
1486	__FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
1487	binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
1488
1489	options	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
1490
1491	to their kernel config files when specifying:
1492
1493	device	ath_hal
1494
1495	The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
1496	together with the driver in the ath module.  It is now
1497	possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
1498	and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
1499
150020081121:
1501	__FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
1502	<machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
1503	multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
1504	them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
1505	enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
1506	packets.
1507
150820081117:
1509	A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
1510	This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
1511	default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
1512	and is the same as Solaris behavior.
1513
151420081028:
1515	dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
1516
151720081009:
1518	The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
1519	been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
1520	separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
1521	appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
1522	controller add the following to loader.conf:
1523
1524		uhci_load="YES"
1525		ehci_load="YES"
1526
152720081009:
1528	The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed.  Please keep
1529	userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
1530	sync.
1531
153220081009:
1533	atapci kernel module now includes only generic PCI ATA
1534	driver. AHCI driver moved to ataahci kernel module.
1535	All vendor-specific code moved into separate kernel modules:
1536	ataacard, ataacerlabs, ataadaptec, ataamd, ataati, atacenatek,
1537	atacypress, atacyrix, atahighpoint, ataintel, ataite, atajmicron,
1538	atamarvell, atamicron, atanational, atanetcell, atanvidia,
1539	atapromise, ataserverworks, atasiliconimage, atasis, atavia
1540
154120080820:
1542	The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
1543	implementation, which provides better scalability and an
1544	improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
1545	the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
1546	drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
1547
1548	PCI/ISA:
1549		cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
1550
1551	USB:
1552		ubser, ucycom
1553
1554	Line disciplines:
1555		ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
1556
1557	Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
1558	cause compilation to fail.
1559
156020080818:
1561	ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
1562
156320080801:
1564	OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
1565
1566	For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
1567	over RSA for host and user authentication keys.  With this
1568	upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
1569	DSA.  This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
1570	host keys even for previously known hosts.  Users should
1571	follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
1572	accepting the RSA key.
1573
1574	This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
1575	option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
1576	command line.
1577
1578	Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
1579	authentication has been changed as well.  You may want to
1580	specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
1581	behavior.
1582
158320080713:
1584	The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
1585	kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
1586	default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
1587
1588	To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
1589	uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
1590	onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
1591	instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
1592	use the new device names.
1593
1594	When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
1595	/boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
1596	If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
1597	at the loader prompt:
1598
1599		set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
1600		set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
1601		set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
1602		set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
1603		boot -s
1604
160520080609:
1606	The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
1607	disks instead.
1608
160920080603:
1610	The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
1611	to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
1612	please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
1613	if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
1614
161520080525:
1616	ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
1617	update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
1618
161920080509:
1620	I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
1621	See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
1622	This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
1623	but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
1624	with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
1625
162620080420:
1627	The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
1628	operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
1629	is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
1630	cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.
1631	For example, change:
1632		ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
1633	to
1634		wlans_ath0=wlan0
1635		ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
1636	see rc.conf(5) for more details.  In addition, mergemaster of
1637	/etc/rc.d is highly recommended.  Simultaneous update of userland
1638	and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
1639
1640	As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
1641	modules were merged into the base wlan module.  All references
1642	to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
1643
164420080408:
1645	psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
1646	Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
1647	be read back from it.  Therefore, an application is responsible
1648	for status validation and error recovery.  It is a no-op in
1649	other operation levels.
1650
165120080312:
1652	Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel.  To
1653	run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
1654	be used.  The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
1655	compatibility with any prior release:
1656
1657	libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
1658	libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
1659	libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
1660
166120080301:
1662	The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
1663	and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
1664	kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
1665	it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
1666	The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
1667	nonetheless.
1668
166920080229:
1670	The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
1671	82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
1672	split was done to make new features that are incompatible
1673	with older hardware easier to do.
1674
167520080220:
1676	The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
1677	likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
1678
167920080211:
1680	The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
1681	increased reliability.  If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
1682	mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
1683	firewall rules.
1684
168520080208:
1686	Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
1687	mbuf chains.
1688
168920080126:
1690	The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
1691	integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
1692	with huge file trees.  The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
1693	through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
1694	using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
1695	advantage of the extended types.  At the same time, some
1696	third-party software might fail to build after this change
1697	due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
1698	fts(3) structure members.  Such software should be fixed
1699	by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
1700	FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
1701	case that a portable fix is impossible.
1702
170320080123:
1704	To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
1705	FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE.  Upgrading to -current
1706	from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
1707
170820071128:
1709	The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
1710	functionality is the default now.
1711
171220071118:
1713	The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
1714	by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
1715	keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
1716	to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
1717	by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
1718
1719	Option	"XkbLayout" "us"
1720	Option	"XkbRules" "xorg"
1721	Option	"XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
1722
172320071024:
1724	It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
1725	backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
1726	PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
1727	broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
1728	20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
1729	PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
1730	provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
1731	IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
1732	again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
1733	nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
1734	however.
1735
173620071020:
1737	The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
1738	to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
1739	used kproc_start()..
1740	I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
1741	with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
1742	Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
1743
174420071010:
1745	RELENG_7 branched.
1746
1747COMMON ITEMS:
1748
1749	General Notes
1750	-------------
1751	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1752	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1753	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1754	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1755	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1756	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1757	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1758
1759	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1760	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1761	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1762	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1763	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1764
1765	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best
1766	to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first,
1767	then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade
1768	path, and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try
1769	this approach before reporting problems with a major version upgrade.
1770
1771	ZFS notes
1772	---------
1773	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1774	these two steps:
1775
1776	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1777	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1778
1779	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1780
1781	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1782	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ad0:
1783	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0"
1784
1785	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1786
1787	To build a kernel
1788	-----------------
1789	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1790	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1791	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1792
1793	make kernel-toolchain
1794	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1795	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1796
1797	To test a kernel once
1798	---------------------
1799	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1800	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1801	debugging information) run
1802	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1803	nextboot -k testkernel
1804
1805	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1806	--------------------------------------------------------------
1807	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1808	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1809	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1810
1811	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1812	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1813	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1814	make depend
1815	make
1816	make install
1817
1818	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1819
1820	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1821	-----------------------------------------------------------
1822	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1823	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1824
1825	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1826	make buildworld
1827	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1828							[1]
1829	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1830	mergemaster -p					[5]
1831	make installworld
1832	mergemaster -i					[4]
1833	make delete-old					[6]
1834	<reboot>
1835
1836
1837	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1838	--------------------------------------------------
1839	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1840	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1841	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1842	# size.
1843
1844	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1845	<boot into -stable>
1846	make buildworld
1847	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1848	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1849	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1850	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1851	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1852	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1853	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1854	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1855	<reboot into current>
1856	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1857	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1858	<reboot>
1859
1860
1861	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1862	----------------------------------------------
1863	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1864	make buildworld					[9]
1865	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1866							[1]
1867	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1868	mergemaster -p					[5]
1869	make installworld
1870	mergemaster -i					[4]
1871	make delete-old					[6]
1872	<reboot>
1873
1874	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1875	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1876	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1877	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1878	the UPDATING entries.
1879
1880	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1881	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1882	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1883	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1884	much fewer pitfalls.
1885
1886	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1887	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1888	system on reboot.
1889
1890	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1891		fsck -p
1892		mount -u /
1893		mount -a
1894		cd src
1895		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1896	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1897	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1898
1899	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1900	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1901	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1902	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1903	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1904	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1905	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1906
1907	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1908	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1909	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1910	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1911	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1912	from [78]-stable or 9-stable before 20130430.
1913
1914	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1915	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1916	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1917
1918	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1919	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1920	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1921	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1922	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1923	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1924
1925	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1926	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1927
1928	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1929	cvs prune empty directories.
1930
1931	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1932	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1933	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1934
1935	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1936	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1937	warn if it is improperly defined.
1938FORMAT:
1939
1940This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1941breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1942list of such breakages, and only contains entries since October 10, 2007.
1943If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1944to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1945
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