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   8   <info><title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
   9
  10     <author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author>
  11
  12     <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
  13
  14     <copyright>
  15       <year>2014</year>
  16       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
  17     </copyright>
  18
  19     <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
  20       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
  21       &tm-attrib.ibm;
  22       &tm-attrib.ieee;
  23       &tm-attrib.intel;
  24       &tm-attrib.sparc;
  25       &tm-attrib.general;
  26     </legalnotice>
  27
  28     <abstract>
  29       <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary
  30         of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
  31         &release.branch; development line.
  32         This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since
  33         the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os;
  34         kernel and userland.
  35         Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para>
  36     </abstract>
  37   </info>
  38
  39   <sect1 xml:id="intro">
  40     <title>Introduction</title>
  41
  42     <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
  43       &release.current;.  It describes recently added, changed, or
  44       deleted features of &os;.  It also provides some notes on
  45       upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
  46
  47     <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a
  48       &release.type; distribution.  It can be found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or any of its mirrors.  More
  49       information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type;
  50       distributions of &os; can be found in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
  51       &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; Handbook</link>.</para>
  52
  53     <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before
  54       installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
  55       <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
  56       release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
  57       information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to
  58       documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
  59       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
  60   </sect1>
  61
  62   <sect1 xml:id="new">
  63     <title>What's New</title>
  64
  65     <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed
  66       features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para>
  67
  68     <para>Typical release note items document recent security
  69       advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
  70       support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
  71       contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
  72       major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
  73       the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
  74       between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
  75       advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
  76       improvements.</para>
  77
  78     <sect2 xml:id="security">
  79       <title>Security Advisories</title>
  80
  81       <para>Problems described in the following security advisories have
  82         been fixed.  For more information, consult the individual
  83         advisories available from
  84         <uri xlink:href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/">http://security.FreeBSD.org/</uri>.</para>
  85
  86       <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
  87         <tgroup cols="3">
  88           <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
  89           <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
  90           <colspec colwidth="3*"/>
  91           <thead>
  92             <row>
  93               <entry>Advisory</entry>
  94               <entry>Date</entry>
  95               <entry>Topic</entry>
  96             </row>
  97           </thead>
  98
  99           <tbody>
 100             <row>
 101               <entry><link xlink:href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:01.bsnmpd.asc">FreeBSD-SA-14:01.bsnmpd</link></entry>
 102               <entry>1&nbsp;January&nbsp;2014</entry>
 103               <entry><para>Fix &man.bsnmpd.1; remote denial of service
 104                   vulnerability</para></entry>
 105             </row>
 106
 107             <row>
 108               <entry><link xlink:href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:02.ntpd.asc">FreeBSD-SA-14:02.ntpd</link></entry>
 109               <entry>1&nbsp;January&nbsp;2014</entry>
 110               <entry><para>Disable <quote>monitor</quote> feature in
 111                   &man.ntpd.8; by default</para></entry>
 112             </row>
 113
 114             <row>
 115               <entry><link xlink:href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind.asc">FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind</link></entry>
 116               <entry>1&nbsp;January&nbsp;2014</entry>
 117               <entry><para>Remote denial of service
 118                   vulnerability</para></entry>
 119             </row>
 120           </tbody>
 121         </tgroup>
 122       </informaltable>
 123     </sect2>
 124
 125     <sect2 xml:id="kernel">
 126       <title>Kernel Changes</title>
 127
 128       <para revision="260433">A new &man.sysctl.8;,
 129         <literal>kern.panic_reboot_wait_time</literal>, has been
 130         added.  This allows tuning the amount of time the system
 131         will wait before rebooting after &man.panic.9;.  The
 132         <literal>kern.panic_reboot_wait_time</literal> value defaults
 133         to the kernel configuration option,
 134         <literal>PANIC_REBOOT_WAIT_TIME</literal>.</para>
 135
 136       <para revision="260644">Hardware Random Number Generators have
 137         been disabled by default.</para>
 138
 139       <para revision="261483">Support for GPS ports has been added
 140         to the &man.uhso.4; driver.</para>
 141
 142       <para revision="262116">A memory leak of compressed buffers
 143         has been fixed in
 144         <literal>l2arc_write_done()</literal>.</para>
 145
 146       <para revision="262153">The &man.netmap.4; framework has been
 147         updated to match the version in <literal>head/</literal>,
 148         which includes netmap pipes, kqueue support, and enhanced
 149         VALE switch port.</para>
 150
 151       <para revision="262175">A deadlock triggered by sending
 152         a mounted &man.zfs.8; snapshot has been fixed.</para>
 153
 154       <para revision="262231">Support for SIIG X1 PCI-e has been added
 155         to &man.ppc.4;.</para>
 156
 157       <para revision="262564">Support for the ext4 filesystem
 158         has been enabled, supporting read-only mounts.</para>
 159
 160       <para revision="262594">A kernel panic triggered by inserting
 161         a USB ethernet device on VIMAGE-enabled systems has been
 162         fixed.</para>
 163
 164       <para revision="262988">TTM, a memory manager used by video
 165         drivers, has been merged.</para>
 166
 167       <para revision="263103">Support for
 168         <literal>/sys/kernel/random/uuid</literal> has been added
 169         to &man.linprocfs.5;.</para>
 170
 171       <para revision="263128">A memory leak in the
 172         <literal>zpool_in_use()</literal> function has been
 173         fixed.</para>
 174
 175       <para revision="263391">The
 176         <literal>extensible_dataset</literal> &man.zpool.8; feature
 177         has been added.  See &man.zpool-features.7; for more
 178         information.</para>
 179
 180       <para revision="263408">A memory leak has been fixed in
 181         <literal>libzfs</literal>.</para>
 182
 183       <sect3 xml:id="boot">
 184         <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 185
 186         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 187
 188       </sect3>
 189
 190       <sect3 xml:id="proc">
 191         <title>Hardware Support</title>
 192
 193         <para revision="261510">Trackpad support for
 194           &apple;&nbsp;MacBook products has been added.</para>
 195
 196         <para revision="261973">The &man.nve.4; driver has been
 197           deprecated, and the &man.nfe.4; driver should be used
 198           instead.</para>
 199
 200         <para revision="262968">The &man.mfi.4; driver has been
 201           updated to support MegaRAID Fury cards.</para>
 202
 203         <para revision="263170,263171">The Radeon KMS driver has been
 204           added.</para>
 205
 206         <para revision="263340">The &man.aacraid.4; driver has been
 207           updated to version 3.2.5.</para>
 208
 209         <sect4 xml:id="mm">
 210           <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 211
 212           <para>&nbsp;</para>
 213
 214         </sect4>
 215
 216         <sect4 xml:id="net-if">
 217           <title>Network Interface Support</title>
 218
 219           <para revision="260252">The &man.bxe.4; driver has been
 220             merged from <literal>head/</literal>, providing support
 221             for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb PCIe adapters.</para>
 222
 223           <para revision="261865">The &man.run.4; driver has been
 224             updated to include support for the MediaTek/Ralink RT3593
 225             chipset.</para>
 226
 227           <para revision="261933">The &man.run.4; driver has been
 228             updated to include support for the DLINK DWA-127 wireless
 229             adapter.</para>
 230
 231           <para revision="262153">The &man.axge.4; driver has been
 232             added.</para>
 233
 234           <para revision="262362">The &man.urndis.4; driver has been
 235             imported from OpenBSD.</para>
 236
 237         </sect4>
 238       </sect3>
 239
 240       <sect3 xml:id="net-proto">
 241         <title>Network Protocols</title>
 242
 243         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 244
 245       </sect3>
 246
 247       <sect3 xml:id="disks">
 248         <title>Disks and Storage</title>
 249
 250         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 251
 252       </sect3>
 253
 254       <sect3 xml:id="fs">
 255         <title>File Systems</title>
 256
 257         <para revision="263410">The &man.zfs.8; filesystem has been
 258           updated to support the <literal>bookmarks</literal>
 259           feature.</para>
 260
 261       </sect3>
 262     </sect2>
 263
 264     <sect2 xml:id="userland">
 265       <title>Userland Changes</title>
 266
 267       <para revision="260208">The &man.protect.1; command has been
 268         added, which allows exempting processes from being killed
 269         when swap is exhausted.</para>
 270
 271       <para revision="260507">The &man.gmirror.8; utility now prevents
 272         deactivating the last component of a mirror.</para>
 273
 274       <para revision="260507">A new &man.gmirror.8; command,
 275         <command>gmirror destroy</command>, has been added, which will
 276         destroy the &man.geom.8; and erase the &man.gmirror.8;
 277         metadata.</para>
 278
 279       <para revision="260650">The &man.etcupdate.8; utility, a tool
 280         for managing updates to files in <filename
 281           class="directory">/etc</filename>, has been merged from
 282         <literal>head/</literal>.</para>
 283
 284       <para revision="260651">The &man.find.1; utility has been
 285         updated to fix incorrect behavior with the
 286         <literal>-lname</literal> and <literal>-ilname</literal>
 287         flags.</para>
 288
 289       <para revision="260868,260869">The
 290         <literal>hw.uart.console</literal> is now always updated when
 291         the comconsole setup changes.</para>
 292
 293       <para revision="260909">The &man.kldload.8; utility has been
 294         updated to display a message directing to &man.dmesg.8;,
 295         instead of the cryptic message <quote>Exec format
 296           error</quote>.</para>
 297
 298       <para revision="261674">A bug that could trigger an infinite
 299         loop in KDE and X has been fixed.</para>
 300
 301       <para revision="262076">The &man.newsyslog.8; utility has been
 302         changed to use the size of the file, instead of the blocks the
 303         file takes on the disk to matche the behavior documented in
 304         &man.newsyslog.conf.5;.</para>
 305
 306       <para revision="262105">A bug in &man.zdb.8; which would cause
 307         numeric parameters to a flag as being treated as additional
 308         flags has been fixed.</para>
 309
 310       <para revision="262124">The default number of &man.nfsd.8;
 311         threads has been increased from <literal>4</literal> to
 312         <literal>(8 * N)</literal>, where <literal>N</literal> is
 313         the number of CPUs as reported by
 314         <command>sysctl -n hw.ncpu</command>.</para>
 315
 316       <para revision="262134">The &man.pciconf.8; utility now has
 317         a <literal>-V</literal> flag, which lists information such
 318         as serial numbers for each device.</para>
 319
 320       <para revision="262158">A bug that would allow creating
 321         a &man.zfs.8; snapshot of an inconsistent dataset has been
 322         fixed.</para>
 323
 324       <para revision="262160">Receiving a &man.zfs.8; dataset with
 325         <command>zfs recv -F</command> now properly destroys any
 326         snapshots that were created since the incremental source
 327         snapshot.</para>
 328
 329       <para revision="263031">Installation from a read-only
 330         <envar>.OBJDIR</envar> has been fixed.</para>
 331
 332       <para revision="263031">A new shared library directory,
 333         <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/private</filename>,
 334         has been added for internal-use shared libraries.</para>
 335
 336       <para revision="263031">A default
 337         <filename>libmap32.conf</filename> has been added, for 32-bit
 338         applications.</para>
 339
 340       <para revision="263032">The <literal>libucl</literal> library
 341         a JSON-compatible configuration file parsing library,has been
 342         imported.</para>
 343
 344       <para revision="263038">The &man.pkg.7; package management
 345         utility has been syncronized with <literal>head/</literal>.
 346         This implements binary package signature verification when
 347         bootstrapping the system with <command>pkg
 348           bootstrap</command>.</para>
 349
 350       <para revision="263042">The system timezone data files have
 351         been updated to version tzdata2014a.</para>
 352
 353       <para revision="263212">The NetBSD &man.make.1; utility,
 354         <command>bmake</command> has been imported for compatibility
 355         with the &os;&nbsp;Ports Collection.  It is installed as
 356         <command>bmake</command>, and the <command>make</command>
 357         remains the &os; version.</para>
 358
 359       <para revision="263326">The &man.fetch.3; library now
 360         supports <literal>Last-Modified</literal> timestamps which
 361         return UTC instead of GMT.</para>
 362
 363       <para revision="263404">Aliases for the &man.zfs.8; commands
 364         <literal>list -t snap</literal> and <literal>snap</literal>
 365         have been added to match &oracle;&nbsp;Solaris 11.</para>
 366
 367       <para revision="263406">A new flag, <literal>-p</literal>, has
 368         been added to the &man.zfs.8; <literal>list</literal> command,
 369         providing output in a parseable form.</para>
 370
 371       <para revision="263421"><application>OpenPAM</application> has
 372         been updated to Nummularia (20130907), which incorporates
 373         several bug fixes and documentation improvements.  The
 374         &man.openpam.ttyconv.3; library has been completely
 375         rewritten.</para>
 376
 377       <sect3 xml:id="periodic-scripts">
 378         <title>&man.periodic.8; Scripts</title>
 379
 380         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 381
 382       </sect3>
 383
 384       <sect3 xml:id="rc-scripts">
 385         <title>&man.rc.8; Scripts</title>
 386
 387         <para revision="260432">The &man.rc.8; system will now
 388           re-source &man.rc.conf.5; on receipt of
 389           <literal>SIGALRM</literal>.</para>
 390
 391       </sect3>
 392     </sect2>
 393
 394     <sect2 xml:id="contrib">
 395       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 396
 397       <para revision="261375"><application>Sendmail</application> has
 398         been updated to version 8.14.8.</para>
 399
 400       <para revision="262706"><application>BIND</application> has
 401         been updated to version 9.9.5.</para>
 402
 403       <para revision="263286">The &man.xz.1; utility has been updated
 404         to a post-5.0.5 snapshot.</para>
 405
 406     </sect2>
 407
 408     <sect2 xml:id="releng">
 409       <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 410
 411       <para revision="260891">As part of the release build, the
 412         &man.etcupdate.8; utility will bootstrap the system, allowing
 413         &man.etcupdate.8; to work after the first upgrade of a
 414         system.</para>
 415
 416       <para revision="262879">The <filename>release.sh</filename>
 417         script and release <filename>Makefile</filename> have been
 418         updated to use &man.pkg.7; to populate the dvd installation
 419         medium.</para>
 420
 421       <para revision="263028">The &man.services.mkdb.8; utility has
 422         been updated to support multiple byte orders.  Similar to
 423         &man.cap.mkdb.1;, the <filename>services.db</filename> will
 424         be created with proper endinanness as part of
 425         cross-architecture release builds.</para>
 426
 427     </sect2>
 428   </sect1>
 429
 430   <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
 431     <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title>
 432
 433     <sect2>
 434       <title>Upgrading using &man.freebsd-update.8; or a source-based
 435         procedure</title>
 436
 437       <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
 438         (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
 439         using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
 440         procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well
 441         as an unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel,
 442         distributed as a part of an official &os; release.  The
 443         &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the host being
 444         upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
 445
 446       <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
 447         base system from source code) from previous versions are
 448         supported using to the instructions in
 449         <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
 450
 451       <para>For more specific information about upgrading
 452         instructions, see <uri xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/9.1R/installation.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/9.1R/installation.html</uri>.</para>
 453
 454       <important>
 455         <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted
 456           after backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and
 457           configuration files.</para>
 458       </important>
 459     </sect2>
 460
 461     <sect2>
 462       <title xml:id="upgrade-pitfalls">User-visible incompatibilities</title>
 463
 464       <para>FreeBSD 9.0 and later have several incompatibilities in
 465         system configuration which you might want to know before
 466         upgrading your system.  <emphasis>Please read this section and
 467         the <link xlink:href="http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/relnotes-detailed.html#UPGRADE">Upgrading
 468         Section in 9.0-RELEASE Release Notes</link> carefully before
 469         submitting a problem report and/or posting a question to the
 470         FreeBSD mailing lists.</emphasis></para>
 471     </sect2>
 472   </sect1>
 473 </article>