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  16   <info>
  17     <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
  18
  19     <author>
  20       <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname>
  21     </author>
  22
  23     <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
  24
  25     <!-- First rev: 285831 -->
  26     <!-- Last rev: 284813 -->
  27
  28     <copyright>
  29       <year>2015</year>
  30       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
  31         Project</holder>
  32     </copyright>
  33
  34     <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
  35       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
  36       &tm-attrib.ibm;
  37       &tm-attrib.ieee;
  38       &tm-attrib.intel;
  39       &tm-attrib.sparc;
  40       &tm-attrib.general;
  41     </legalnotice>
  42
  43     <abstract>
  44       <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain
  45         a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
  46         &release.branch; development line.  This document lists
  47         applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
  48         release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and
  49         userland.  Some brief remarks on upgrading are also
  50         presented.</para>
  51     </abstract>
  52   </info>
  53
  54   <sect1 xml:id="intro">
  55     <title>Introduction</title>
  56
  57     <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
  58       &release.current;.  It describes recently added, changed, or
  59       deleted features of &os;.  It also provides some notes on
  60       upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
  61
  62     <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to
  63       which these release notes apply represents the latest point
  64       along the &release.branch; development branch since
  65       &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built,
  66       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  67       found at <uri
  68         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  69
  70     <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to
  71       which these release notes apply represents a point along the
  72       &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and
  73       the future &release.next;.  Information regarding pre-built,
  74       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  75       found at <uri
  76         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  77
  78     <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os;
  79       &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution.  It can be
  80       found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or
  81       any of its mirrors.  More information on obtaining this (or
  82       other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the
  83       <link
  84         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
  85           &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link
  86         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os;
  87         Handbook</link>.</para>
  88
  89     <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata
  90       before installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
  91       <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
  92       release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
  93       information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections
  94       to documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
  95       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
  96
  97     <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed
  98       features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para>
  99
 100     <para>Typical release note items document recent security
 101       advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
 102       support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
 103       contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
 104       major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
 105       the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
 106       between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
 107       advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
 108       improvements.</para>
 109   </sect1>
 110
 111   <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
 112     <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
 113
 114     <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
 115       (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
 116       using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
 117       procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
 118       unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as
 119       a part of an official &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8;
 120       utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet
 121       connectivity.</para>
 122
 123     <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
 124       base system from source code) from previous versions are
 125       supported, according to the instructions in
 126       <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
 127
 128     <important>
 129       <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after
 130         backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration
 131         files.</para>
 132     </important>
 133   </sect1>
 134
 135   <sect1 xml:id="security-errata">
 136     <title>Security and Errata</title>
 137
 138     <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and
 139       Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para>
 140
 141     <sect2 xml:id="security">
 142       <title>Security Advisories</title>
 143
 144       &security;
 145     </sect2>
 146
 147     <sect2 xml:id="errata">
 148       <title>Errata Notices</title>
 149
 150       &errata;
 151     </sect2>
 152   </sect1>
 153
 154   <sect1 xml:id="userland">
 155     <title>Userland</title>
 156
 157     <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland
 158       applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para>
 159
 160     <sect2 xml:id="userland-config">
 161       <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title>
 162
 163       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 164     </sect2>
 165
 166     <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs">
 167       <title>Userland Application Changes</title>
 168
 169       <para revision="286064">The &man.jail.8; utility has been
 170         updated to include a new flag, <literal>-l</literal>, which
 171         ensures a clean environment in the target jail when used.
 172         Additionally, &man.jail.8; will run a shell within the target
 173         jail when run no commands are specified.</para>
 174
 175       <para revision="287122">The &man.mkimg.1; utility has been
 176         updated to include support for <literal>NTFS</literal>
 177         filesystems in both <acronym>MBR</acronym> and
 178         <acronym>GPT</acronym> partitioning schemes.</para>
 179
 180       <para revision="288202" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The
 181         &man.ar.1; utility now enables deterministic mode
 182         (<literal>-D</literal>) by default.  This behavior can be
 183         disabled by specifying the <literal>-U</literal> flag.</para>
 184
 185       <para revision="287746">The &man.pciconf.8; utility has been
 186         updated to use the PCI ID database from the <filename
 187           role="package">misc/pciids</filename> package, if present,
 188         falling back to the PCI ID database in the &os; base
 189         system.</para>
 190
 191       <para revision="288710" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&gandi;">A
 192         new utility, &man.sesutil.8;, has been added, which is used
 193         to manage &man.ses.4; devices.</para>
 194     </sect2>
 195
 196     <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib">
 197       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 198
 199       <para revision="286082">The &man.libarchive.3; library has been
 200         updated to properly skip a sparse file entry in a &man.tar.1;
 201         file, which would previously produce errors.</para>
 202
 203       <para revision="286751">Timezone data files have been updated to
 204         version 2015f.</para>
 205
 206       <para revision="295690">The
 207         <literal>unbound-control-setup</literal> script has been
 208         removed from the base system.</para>
 209
 210       <para revision="295691">The &man.unbound.8; utility has been
 211         updated to enable the <literal>insecure-lan-zones</literal>
 212         option in preference of listing each <acronym>AS112</acronym>
 213         zone individually.</para>
 214
 215       <para revision="296317">The <application>OpenSSL</application>
 216         suite has been updated to version 1.0.1s.</para>
 217     </sect2>
 218
 219     <sect2 xml:id="userland-installer">
 220       <title>Installation and Configuration Tools</title>
 221
 222       <para revision="295264" contrib="sponsor"
 223         sponsor="&scaleengine;">The &man.bsdinstall.8; utility has
 224         been updated to support <acronym>ZFS</acronym> installation
 225         on <acronym>EFI</acronym>-based systems.</para>
 226     </sect2>
 227
 228     <sect2 xml:id="userland-rc">
 229       <title><filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d</filename>
 230         Scripts</title>
 231
 232       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 233     </sect2>
 234
 235     <sect2 xml:id="userland-periodic">
 236       <title><filename class="directory">/etc/periodic</filename>
 237         Scripts</title>
 238
 239       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 240     </sect2>
 241
 242     <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries">
 243       <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title>
 244
 245       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 246     </sect2>
 247
 248     <sect2 xml:id="userland-abi">
 249       <title>ABI Compatibility</title>
 250
 251       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 252     </sect2>
 253   </sect1>
 254
 255   <sect1 xml:id="kernel">
 256     <title>Kernel</title>
 257
 258     <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system
 259       tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise
 260       categorized.</para>
 261
 262     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-bugfix">
 263       <title>Kernel Bug Fixes</title>
 264
 265       <para revision="288167" contrib="sponsor"
 266         sponsor="&multiplay;">The &man.kqueue.2; system call has been
 267         updated to handle write events to files larger than 2
 268         gigabytes.</para>
 269     </sect2>
 270
 271     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-config">
 272       <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
 273
 274       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 275     </sect2>
 276
 277     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl">
 278       <title>System Tuning and Controls</title>
 279
 280       <para revision="287037">The &man.uart.4; driver has been
 281         updated to allow tuning pulses per second captured in the
 282         CTS line during runtime, whereas previously only the DCD line
 283         could be used without rebuilding the kernel.</para>
 284     </sect2>
 285   </sect1>
 286
 287   <sect1 xml:id="drivers">
 288     <title>Devices and Drivers</title>
 289
 290     <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and
 291       device drivers since &release.prev;.</para>
 292
 293     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device">
 294       <title>Device Drivers</title>
 295
 296       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 297     </sect2>
 298
 299     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-storage">
 300       <title>Storage Drivers</title>
 301
 302       <para revision="288732" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">The
 303         <acronym>CTL</acronym> High Availability implementation has
 304         been rewritten.</para>
 305
 306       <para revision="288810">The &man.ctl.4; driver has been updated
 307         to support CD-ROM and removable devices.</para>
 308     </sect2>
 309
 310     <sect2 xml:id="drivers-network">
 311       <title>Network Drivers</title>
 312
 313       <para revision="295524" contrib="sponsor"
 314         sponsor="&limelight;, &intelcorp;">The &man.ixgbe.4; driver
 315         has been updated to version 3.1.13-k.</para>
 316     </sect2>
 317   </sect1>
 318
 319   <sect1 xml:id="hardware">
 320     <title>Hardware Support</title>
 321
 322     <para>This section covers general hardware support for physical
 323       machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well
 324       as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in
 325       other sections of this document.</para>
 326
 327     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-support">
 328       <title>Hardware Support</title>
 329
 330       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 331     </sect2>
 332
 333     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-virtualization">
 334       <title>Virtualization Support</title>
 335
 336       <para revision="287802">The &man.xen.4; driver has been updated
 337         to include support for <literal>blkif</literal> indirect
 338         segment I/O.</para>
 339     </sect2>
 340
 341     <sect2 xml:id="hardware-arm">
 342       <title>ARM Support</title>
 343
 344       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 345     </sect2>
 346   </sect1>
 347
 348   <sect1 xml:id="storage">
 349     <title>Storage</title>
 350
 351     <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems
 352       and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para>
 353
 354     <sect2 xml:id="storage-general">
 355       <title>General Storage</title>
 356
 357       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 358     </sect2>
 359
 360     <sect2 xml:id="storage-net">
 361       <title>Networked Storage</title>
 362
 363       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 364     </sect2>
 365
 366     <sect2 xml:id="storage-zfs">
 367       <title>ZFS</title>
 368
 369       <para revision="287665" contrib="sponsor"
 370         sponsor="&clusterhq;">The &man.zfs.8; <literal>l2arc</literal>
 371         code has been updated to take <literal>ashift</literal> into
 372         account when gathering buffers to be written to the
 373         <literal>l2arc</literal> device.</para>
 374     </sect2>
 375
 376     <sect2 xml:id="storage-geom">
 377       <title>&man.geom.4;</title>
 378
 379       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 380     </sect2>
 381   </sect1>
 382
 383   <sect1 xml:id="boot">
 384     <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 385
 386     <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other
 387       boot-related changes.</para>
 388
 389     <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader">
 390       <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 391
 392       <para revision="294999" contrib="sponsor"
 393         sponsor="&multiplay;">Initial <acronym>ZFS</acronym> boot
 394         support has been added to the <acronym>EFI</acronym>
 395         implementation.</para>
 396
 397       <para revision="295475" contrib="sponsor"
 398         sponsor="&scaleengine;">The <acronym>UEFI</acronym> loader has
 399         been updated to support multiple <acronym>ZFS</acronym> boot
 400         environments, such as those provided by <filename
 401           role="package">sysutils/beadm</filename>.</para>
 402     </sect2>
 403
 404     <sect2 xml:id="boot-menu">
 405       <title>Boot Menu Changes</title>
 406
 407       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 408     </sect2>
 409   </sect1>
 410
 411   <sect1 xml:id="network">
 412     <title>Networking</title>
 413
 414     <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in
 415       &os;.</para>
 416
 417     <sect2 xml:id="network-protocols">
 418       <title>Network Protocols</title>
 419
 420       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 421     </sect2>
 422   </sect1>
 423
 424   <sect1 xml:id="ports">
 425     <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title>
 426
 427     <para>This section covers changes to the &os;&nbsp;Ports
 428       Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and
 429       installation tools.</para>
 430
 431     <sect2 xml:id="ports-infrastructure">
 432       <title>Infrastructure Changes</title>
 433
 434       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 435     </sect2>
 436
 437     <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages ">
 438       <title>Packaging Changes</title>
 439
 440       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 441     </sect2>
 442   </sect1>
 443
 444   <sect1 xml:id="doc">
 445     <title>Documentation</title>
 446
 447     <para>This section covers changes to the &os;&nbsp;Documentation
 448       Project sources and toolchain.</para>
 449
 450     <sect2 xml:id="doc-sources">
 451       <title>Documentation Source Changes</title>
 452
 453       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 454     </sect2>
 455
 456     <sect2 xml:id="doc-toolchain">
 457       <title>Documentation Toolchain Changes</title>
 458
 459       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 460     </sect2>
 461   </sect1>
 462
 463   <sect1 xml:id="releng">
 464     <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 465
 466     <para>This section convers changes that are specific to the
 467       &os;&nbsp;Release Engineering processes.</para>
 468
 469     <sect2 xml:id="releng-changes">
 470       <title>Integration Changes</title>
 471
 472       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 473     </sect2>
 474   </sect1>
 475 </article>