1 Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
3 This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4 <imp@village.org>. See end of file for further details. For commonly
5 done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
7 Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
8 /usr/ports/UPDATING. Please read that file before running
11 NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
12 FreeBSD 8.x has many debugging features turned on, in
13 both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to detect
14 incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure
15 through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics. They
16 also substantially impact system performance. If you want to
17 do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization,
18 you'll want to turn them off. This includes various WITNESS-
19 related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags
20 in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel. Many
21 developers choose to disable these features on build machines
22 to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
23 ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
26 Remove the option STOP_NMI. The default action is now to use NMI
27 only for KDB via the newly introduced function stop_cpus_hard()
28 and maintain stop_cpus() to just use a normal IPI_STOP on ia32
35 Bump the shared library version numbers for all libraries that
36 do not use symbol versioning as part of the 8.0-RELEASE cycle.
37 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800105.
40 Due to changes in the implementation of virtual network stack
41 support, all network-related kernel modules must be recompiled.
42 As this change breaks the ABI, bump __FreeBSD_version to 800104.
45 The TOE interface to the TCP syncache has been modified to remove struct
46 tcpopt (<netinet/tcp_var.h>) from the ABI of the network stack. The
47 cxgb driver is the only TOE consumer affected by this change, and needs
48 to be recompiled along with the kernel. As this change breaks the ABI,
49 bump __FreeBSD_version to 800103.
52 Padding has been added to struct tcpcb, sackhint and tcpstat in
53 <netinet/tcp_var.h> to facilitate future MFCs and bug fixes whilst
54 maintainig the ABI. However, this change breaks the ABI, so bump
55 __FreeBSD_version to 800102. User space tools that rely on the size of
56 any of these structs (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
59 The NFS_LEGACYRPC option has been removed along with the old
60 kernel RPC implementation that this option selected. Kernel
61 configurations may need to be adjusted.
64 The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have
65 been removed. All ioctl operations can be performed the normal
66 way using routing sockets. The kqueue functionality can
67 generally be replaced with routing sockets.
70 The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project
71 (Handbook, FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by
72 sysinstall(8) and under the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd
73 directory instead of /usr/share/doc.
76 The ABI of various structures related to the SYSV IPC API have
77 been changed. As a result, the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] and COMPAT_43
78 kernel options now all require COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
79 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800100.
82 Layout of struct vnet has changed as routing related variables
83 were moved to their own Vimage module. Modules need to be
84 recompiled. Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800099.
87 NGROUPS_MAX and NGROUPS have been increased from 16 to 1023
88 and 1024 respectively. As long as no more than 16 groups per
89 process are used, no changes should be visible. When more
90 than 16 groups are used, old binaries may fail if they call
91 getgroups() or getgrouplist() with statically sized storage.
92 Recompiling will work around this, but applications should be
93 modified to use dynamically allocated storage for group arrays
94 as POSIX.1-2008 does not cap an implementation's number of
95 supported groups at NGROUPS_MAX+1 as previous versions did.
97 NFS and portalfs mounts may also be affected as the list of
98 groups is truncated to 16. Users of NFS who use more than 16
99 groups, should take care that negative group permissions are not
100 used on the exported file systems as they will not be reliable
101 unless a GSSAPI based authentication method is used.
104 The compiling option ADAPTIVE_LOCKMGRS has been introduced.
105 This option compiles in the support for adaptive spinning for lockmgrs
106 which want to enable it. The lockinit() function now accepts the
107 flag LK_ADAPTIVE in order to make the lock object subject to
108 adaptive spinning when both held in write and read mode.
111 The layout of the structure returned by IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO
112 has changed. User applications that use this ioctl need to be
116 The layout of struct thread has changed. Kernel and modules
120 The layout of structs ifnet, domain, protosw and vnet_net has
121 changed. Kernel modules need to be rebuilt.
122 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800097.
125 window(1) has been removed from the base system. It can now be
126 installed from ports. The port is called misc/window.
129 The way we are storing and accessing `routing table' entries
130 has changed. Programs reading the FIB, like netstat, need to
134 A new netisr implementation has been added for FreeBSD 8. Network
135 file system modules, such as igmp, ipdivert, and others, should be
137 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800096.
140 Remove the tunable/sysctl debug.mpsafevfs as its initial purpose
144 Add VOP_ACCESSX(9). File system modules need to be rebuilt.
145 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800094.
148 Add mnt_xflag field to 'struct mount'. File system modules
150 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800093.
153 The compiling option ADAPTIVE_SX has been retired while it has been
154 introduced the option NO_ADAPTIVE_SX which handles the reversed logic.
155 The KPI for sx_init_flags() changes as accepting flags:
156 SX_ADAPTIVESPIN flag has been retired while the SX_NOADAPTIVE flag
157 has been introduced in order to handle the reversed logic.
158 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800092.
161 Add support for hierarchical jails. Remove global securelevel.
162 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800091.
165 The layout of struct vnet_net has changed, therefore modules
167 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800090.
170 The newly imported zic(8) produces a new format in the
171 output. Please run tzsetup(8) to install the newly created
172 data to /etc/localtime.
175 The sysctl tree for the usb stack has renamed from hw.usb2.* to
176 hw.usb.* and is now consistent again with previous releases.
179 802.11 monitor mode support was revised and driver api's
180 were changed. Drivers dependent on net80211 now support
181 DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO instead of DLT_IEEE802_11. No
182 user-visible data structures were changed but applications
183 that use DLT_IEEE802_11 may require changes.
184 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800088.
187 The layout of the following structs has changed: sysctl_oid,
188 socket, ifnet, inpcbinfo, tcpcb, syncache_head, vnet_inet,
189 vnet_inet6 and vnet_ipfw. Most modules need to be rebuild or
190 panics may be experienced. World rebuild is required for
191 correctly checking networking state from userland.
192 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800085.
195 MLDv2 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
196 to the IPv6 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
197 The implementation of SSM within FreeBSD's IPv6 stack closely
198 follows the IPv4 implementation.
200 For kernel developers:
202 * The most important changes are that the ip6_output() and
203 ip6_input() paths no longer take the IN6_MULTI_LOCK,
204 and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
206 * As with the changes to the IPv4 stack to support SSM, filtering
207 of inbound multicast traffic must now be performed by transport
208 protocols within the IPv6 stack. This does not apply to TCP and
209 SCTP, however, it does apply to UDP in IPv6 and raw IPv6.
211 * The KPIs used by IPv6 multicast are similar to those used by
212 the IPv4 stack, with the following differences:
213 * im6o_mc_filter() is analogous to imo_multicast_filter().
214 * The legacy KAME entry points in6_joingroup and in6_leavegroup()
215 are shimmed to in6_mc_join() and in6_mc_leave() respectively.
216 * IN6_LOOKUP_MULTI() has been deprecated and removed.
217 * IPv6 relies on MLD for the DAD mechanism. KAME's internal KPIs
218 for MLDv1 have an additional 'timer' argument which is used to
219 jitter the initial membership report for the solicited-node
220 multicast membership on-link.
221 * This is not strictly needed for MLDv2, which already jitters
222 its report transmissions. However, the 'timer' argument is
223 preserved in case MLDv1 is active on the interface.
225 * The KAME linked-list based IPv6 membership implementation has
226 been refactored to use a vector similar to that used by the IPv4
228 Code which maintains a list of its own multicast memberships
229 internally, e.g. carp, has been updated to reflect the new
232 * There is a known Lock Order Reversal (LOR) due to in6_setscope()
233 acquiring the IF_AFDATA_LOCK and being called within ip6_output().
234 Whilst MLDv2 tries to avoid this otherwise benign LOR, it is an
235 implementation constraint which needs to be addressed in HEAD.
237 For application developers:
239 * The changes are broadly similar to those made for the IPv4
242 * The use of IPv4 and IPv6 multicast socket options on the same
243 socket, using mapped addresses, HAS NOT been tested or supported.
245 * There are a number of issues with the implementation of various
246 IPv6 multicast APIs which need to be resolved in the API surface
247 before the implementation is fully compatible with KAME userland
248 use, and these are mostly to do with interface index treatment.
250 * The literature available discusses the use of either the delta / ASM
251 API with setsockopt(2)/getsockopt(2), or the full-state / ASM API
252 using setsourcefilter(3)/getsourcefilter(3). For more information
253 please refer to RFC 3768, 'Socket Interface Extensions for
254 Multicast Source Filters'.
256 * Applications which use the published RFC 3678 APIs should be fine.
258 For systems administrators:
260 * The mtest(8) utility has been refactored to support IPv6, in
261 addition to IPv4. Interface addresses are no longer accepted
262 as arguments, their names must be used instead. The utility
263 will map the interface name to its first IPv4 address as
264 returned by getifaddrs(3).
266 * The ifmcstat(8) utility has also been updated to print the MLDv2
267 endpoint state and source filter lists via sysctl(3).
269 * The net.inet6.ip6.mcast.loop sysctl may be tuned to 0 to disable
270 loopback of IPv6 multicast datagrams by default; it defaults to 1
271 to preserve the existing behaviour. Disabling multicast loopback is
272 recommended for optimal system performance.
274 * The IPv6 MROUTING code has been changed to examine this sysctl
275 instead of attempting to perform a group lookup before looping
276 back forwarded datagrams.
278 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800084.
281 Implement low-level Bluetooth HCI API.
282 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800083.
285 The layout of struct malloc_type, used by modules to register new
286 memory allocation types, has changed. Most modules will need to
287 be rebuilt or panics may be experienced.
288 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800081.
291 Anticipate overflowing inp_flags - add inp_flags2.
292 This changes most offsets in inpcb, so checking v4 connection
293 state will require a world rebuild.
294 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800080.
297 Add an llentry to struct route and struct route_in6. Modules
298 embedding a struct route will need to be recompiled.
299 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800079.
302 The size of rt_metrics_lite and by extension rtentry has changed.
303 Networking administration apps will need to be recompiled.
304 The route command now supports show as an alias for get, weighting
305 of routes, sticky and nostick flags to alter the behavior of stateful
307 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800078.
310 Do not use Giant for kbdmux(4) locking. This is wrong and
311 apparently causing more problems than it solves. This will
312 re-open the issue where interrupt handlers may race with
313 kbdmux(4) in polling mode. Typical symptoms include (but
314 not limited to) duplicated and/or missing characters when
315 low level console functions (such as gets) are used while
316 interrupts are enabled (for example geli password prompt,
317 mountroot prompt etc.). Disabling kbdmux(4) may help.
320 The size of structs vnet_net, vnet_inet and vnet_ipfw has changed;
321 kernel modules referencing any of the above need to be recompiled.
322 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800075.
325 GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices,
326 replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It
327 introduces some changes:
329 MSDOS/EBR: the devices created from MSDOS extended partition entries
330 (EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR and are now symlinks
331 to devices with offset-based names. fstabs may need to be modified.
333 BSD: the "geometry does not match label" warning is harmless in most
334 cases but it points to problems in file system misalignment with
335 disk geometry. The "c" partition is now implicit, covers the whole
336 top-level drive and cannot be (mis)used by users.
338 General: Kernel dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices
339 whose partition types indicate they are meant to be used for file
340 systems (or, in case of MSDOS partitions, as something else than
343 Most of these changes date approximately from 200812.
346 The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows
347 Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface
351 The multicast forwarding code has been cleaned up. netstat(1)
352 only relies on KVM now for printing bandwidth upcall meters.
353 The IPv4 and IPv6 modules are split into ip_mroute_mod and
354 ip6_mroute_mod respectively. The config(5) options for statically
355 compiling this code remain the same, i.e. 'options MROUTING'.
358 Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
359 removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
360 longer supported. In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
361 drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
365 POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
366 a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
367 This means that some common libc messages are now localized and
368 they depend on the LC_MESSAGES environmental variable.
371 The k8temp(4) driver has been renamed to amdtemp(4) since
372 support for K10 and K11 CPU families was added.
375 IGMPv3 and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) have been merged
376 to the IPv4 stack. VIMAGE hooks are in but not yet used.
378 For kernel developers, the most important changes are that the
379 ip_output() and ip_input() paths no longer take the IN_MULTI_LOCK(),
380 and this lock has been downgraded to a non-recursive mutex.
382 Transport protocols (UDP, Raw IP) are now responsible for filtering
383 inbound multicast traffic according to group membership and source
384 filters. The imo_multicast_filter() KPI exists for this purpose.
385 Transports which do not use multicast (SCTP, TCP) already reject
386 multicast by default. Forwarding and receive performance may improve
387 as a mutex acquisition is no longer needed in the ip_input()
388 low-level input path. in_addmulti() and in_delmulti() are shimmed
389 to new KPIs which exist to support SSM in-kernel.
391 For application developers, it is recommended that loopback of
392 multicast datagrams be disabled for best performance, as this
393 will still cause the lock to be taken for each looped-back
394 datagram transmission. The net.inet.ip.mcast.loop sysctl may
395 be tuned to 0 to disable loopback by default; it defaults to 1
396 to preserve the existing behaviour.
398 For systems administrators, to obtain best performance with
399 multicast reception and multiple groups, it is always recommended
400 that a card with a suitably precise hash filter is used. Hash
401 collisions will still result in the lock being taken within the
402 transport protocol input path to check group membership.
404 If deploying FreeBSD in an environment with IGMP snooping switches,
405 it is recommended that the net.inet.igmp.sendlocal sysctl remain
406 enabled; this forces 224.0.0.0/24 group membership to be announced
409 The size of 'struct igmpstat' has changed; netstat needs to be
410 recompiled to reflect this.
411 Bump __FreeBSD_version to 800070.
414 libusb20.so.1 is now installed as libusb.so.1 and the ports system
415 updated to use it. This requires a buildworld/installworld in order to
416 update the library and dependencies (usbconfig, etc). Its advisable to
417 rebuild all ports which uses libusb. More specific directions are given
418 in the ports collection UPDATING file. Any /etc/libmap.conf entries for
419 libusb are no longer required and can be removed.
422 A workaround is committed to allow the creation of System V shared
423 memory segment of size > 2 GB on the 64-bit architectures.
424 Due to a limitation of the existing ABI, the shm_segsz member
425 of the struct shmid_ds, returned by shmctl(IPC_STAT) call is
426 wrong for large segments. Note that limits must be explicitly
427 raised to allow such segments to be created.
430 The layout of struct ifnet has changed, requiring a rebuild of all
431 network device driver modules.
434 The /dev handling for the new USB stack has changed, a
435 buildworld/installworld is required for libusb20.
438 The new USB2 stack has now been permanently moved in and all kernel and
439 module names reverted to their previous values (eg, usb, ehci, ohci,
440 ums, ...). The old usb stack can be compiled in by prefixing the name
441 with the letter 'o', the old usb modules have been removed.
442 Updating entry 20090216 for xorg and 20090215 for libmap may still
446 The rc.conf(5) option if_up_delay has been renamed to
447 defaultroute_delay to better reflect its purpose. If you have
448 customized this setting in /etc/rc.conf you need to update it to
452 xorg 7.4 wants to configure its input devices via hald which does not
453 yet work with USB2. If the keyboard/mouse does not work in xorg then
455 Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
456 to your ServerLayout section. This will cause X to use the configured
457 kbd and mouse sections from your xorg.conf.
460 The GENERIC kernels for all architectures now default to the new USB2
461 stack. No kernel config options or code have been removed so if a
462 problem arises please report it and optionally revert to the old USB
463 stack. If you are loading USB kernel modules or have a custom kernel
464 that includes GENERIC then ensure that usb names are also changed over,
465 eg uftdi -> usb2_serial_ftdi.
467 Older programs linked against the ports libusb 0.1 need to be
468 redirected to the new stack's libusb20. /etc/libmap.conf can
470 # Map old usb library to new one for usb2 stack
471 libusb-0.1.so.8 libusb20.so.1
474 The ichsmb(4) driver has been changed to require SMBus slave
475 addresses be left-justified (xxxxxxx0b) rather than right-justified.
476 All of the other SMBus controller drivers require left-justified
477 slave addresses, so this change makes all the drivers provide the
481 INET6 statistics (struct ip6stat) was updated.
482 netstat(1) needs to be recompiled.
485 NTFS has been removed from GENERIC kernel on amd64 to match
486 GENERIC on i386. Should not cause any issues since mount_ntfs(8)
487 will load ntfs.ko module automatically when NTFS support is
488 actually needed, unless ntfs.ko is not installed or security
489 level prohibits loading kernel modules. If either is the case,
490 "options NTFS" has to be added into kernel config.
493 TCP Appropriate Byte Counting (RFC 3465) support added to kernel.
494 New field in struct tcpcb breaks ABI, so bump __FreeBSD_version to
495 800061. User space tools that rely on the size of struct tcpcb in
496 tcp_var.h (e.g. sockstat) need to be recompiled.
499 ng_tty(4) module updated to match the new TTY subsystem.
500 Due to API change, user-level applications must be updated.
501 New API support added to mpd5 CVS and expected to be present
502 in next mpd5.3 release.
505 With __FreeBSD_version 800060 the makefs tool is part of
506 the base system (it was a port).
509 The afdata and ifnet locks have been changed from mutexes to
510 rwlocks, network modules will need to be re-compiled.
513 __FreeBSD_version 800059 incorporates the new arp-v2 rewrite.
514 RTF_CLONING, RTF_LLINFO and RTF_WASCLONED flags are eliminated.
515 The new code reduced struct rtentry{} by 16 bytes on 32-bit
516 architecture and 40 bytes on 64-bit architecture. The userland
517 applications "arp" and "ndp" have been updated accordingly.
518 The output from "netstat -r" shows only routing entries and
519 none of the L2 information.
522 __FreeBSD_version 800057 marks the switchover from the
523 binary ath hal to source code. Users must add the line:
525 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
527 to their kernel config files when specifying:
531 The ath_hal module no longer exists; the code is now compiled
532 together with the driver in the ath module. It is now
533 possible to tailor chip support (i.e. reduce the set of chips
534 and thereby the code size); consult ath_hal(4) for details.
537 __FreeBSD_version 800054 adds memory barriers to
538 <machine/atomic.h>, new interfaces to ifnet to facilitate
539 multiple hardware transmit queues for cards that support
540 them, and a lock-less ring-buffer implementation to
541 enable drivers to more efficiently manage queueing of
545 A new version of ZFS (version 13) has been merged to -HEAD.
546 This version has zpool attribute "listsnapshots" off by
547 default, which means "zfs list" does not show snapshots,
548 and is the same as Solaris behavior.
551 dummynet(4) ABI has changed. ipfw(8) needs to be recompiled.
554 The uhci, ohci, ehci and slhci USB Host controller drivers have
555 been put into separate modules. If you load the usb module
556 separately through loader.conf you will need to load the
557 appropriate *hci module as well. E.g. for a UHCI-based USB 2.0
558 controller add the following to loader.conf:
564 The ABI used by the PMC toolset has changed. Please keep
565 userland (libpmc(3)) and the kernel module (hwpmc(4)) in
569 The TTY subsystem of the kernel has been replaced by a new
570 implementation, which provides better scalability and an
571 improved driver model. Most common drivers have been migrated to
572 the new TTY subsystem, while others have not. The following
573 drivers have not yet been ported to the new TTY layer:
576 cy, digi, rc, rp, sio
582 ng_h4, ng_tty, ppp, sl, snp
584 Adding these drivers to your kernel configuration file shall
585 cause compilation to fail.
588 ntpd has been upgraded to 4.2.4p5.
591 OpenSSH has been upgraded to 5.1p1.
593 For many years, FreeBSD's version of OpenSSH preferred DSA
594 over RSA for host and user authentication keys. With this
595 upgrade, we've switched to the vendor's default of RSA over
596 DSA. This may cause upgraded clients to warn about unknown
597 host keys even for previously known hosts. Users should
598 follow the usual procedure for verifying host keys before
599 accepting the RSA key.
601 This can be circumvented by setting the "HostKeyAlgorithms"
602 option to "ssh-dss,ssh-rsa" in ~/.ssh/config or on the ssh
605 Please note that the sequence of keys offered for
606 authentication has been changed as well. You may want to
607 specify IdentityFile in a different order to revert this
611 The sio(4) driver has been removed from the i386 and amd64
612 kernel configuration files. This means uart(4) is now the
613 default serial port driver on those platforms as well.
615 To prevent collisions with the sio(4) driver, the uart(4) driver
616 uses different names for its device nodes. This means the
617 onboard serial port will now most likely be called "ttyu0"
618 instead of "ttyd0". You may need to reconfigure applications to
619 use the new device names.
621 When using the serial port as a boot console, be sure to update
622 /boot/device.hints and /etc/ttys before booting the new kernel.
623 If you forget to do so, you can still manually specify the hints
624 at the loader prompt:
626 set hint.uart.0.at="isa"
627 set hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8"
628 set hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
629 set hint.uart.0.irq="4"
633 The gpt(8) utility has been removed. Use gpart(8) to partition
637 The version that Linuxulator emulates was changed from 2.4.2
638 to 2.6.16. If you experience any problems with Linux binaries
639 please try to set sysctl compat.linux.osrelease to 2.4.2 and
640 if it fixes the problem contact emulation mailing list.
643 ISDN4BSD (I4B) was removed from the src tree. You may need to
644 update a your kernel configuration and remove relevant entries.
647 I have checked in code to support multiple routing tables.
648 See the man pages setfib(1) and setfib(2).
649 This is a hopefully backwards compatible version,
650 but to make use of it you need to compile your kernel
651 with options ROUTETABLES=2 (or more up to 16).
654 The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
655 operation on devices that are capable. The underlying device
656 is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
657 cloned with ifconfig. This requires changes to rc.conf files.
659 ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
662 ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
663 see rc.conf(5) for more details. In addition, mergemaster of
664 /etc/rc.d is highly recommended. Simultaneous update of userland
665 and kernel wouldn't hurt either.
667 As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
668 modules were merged into the base wlan module. All references
669 to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed.
672 psm(4) has gained write(2) support in native operation level.
673 Arbitrary commands can be written to /dev/psm%d and status can
674 be read back from it. Therefore, an application is responsible
675 for status validation and error recovery. It is a no-op in
676 other operation levels.
679 Support for KSE threading has been removed from the kernel. To
680 run legacy applications linked against KSE libmap.conf may
681 be used. The following libmap.conf may be used to ensure
682 compatibility with any prior release:
684 libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
685 libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
686 libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3
689 The layout of struct vmspace has changed. This affects libkvm
690 and any executables that link against libkvm and use the
691 kvm_getprocs() function. In particular, but not exclusively,
692 it affects ps(1), fstat(1), pkill(1), systat(1), top(1) and w(1).
693 The effects are minimal, but it's advisable to upgrade world
697 The latest em driver no longer has support in it for the
698 82575 adapter, this is now moved to the igb driver. The
699 split was done to make new features that are incompatible
700 with older hardware easier to do.
703 The new geom_lvm(4) geom class has been renamed to geom_linux_lvm(4),
704 likewise the kernel option is now GEOM_LINUX_LVM.
707 The default NFS mount mode has changed from UDP to TCP for
708 increased reliability. If you rely on (insecurely) NFS
709 mounting across a firewall you may need to update your
713 Belatedly note the addition of m_collapse for compacting
717 The fts(3) structures have been changed to use adequate
718 integer types for their members and so to be able to cope
719 with huge file trees. The old fts(3) ABI is preserved
720 through symbol versioning in libc, so third-party binaries
721 using fts(3) should still work, although they will not take
722 advantage of the extended types. At the same time, some
723 third-party software might fail to build after this change
724 due to unportable assumptions made in its source code about
725 fts(3) structure members. Such software should be fixed
726 by its vendor or, in the worst case, in the ports tree.
727 FreeBSD_version 800015 marks this change for the unlikely
728 case that a portable fix is impossible.
731 To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
732 FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE. Upgrading to -current
733 from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
736 The ADAPTIVE_GIANT kernel option has been retired because its
737 functionality is the default now.
740 The AT keyboard emulation of sunkbd(4) has been turned on
741 by default. In order to make the special symbols of the Sun
742 keyboards driven by sunkbd(4) work under X these now have
743 to be configured the same way as Sun USB keyboards driven
744 by ukbd(4) (which also does AT keyboard emulation), f.e.:
746 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
747 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
748 Option "XkbSymbols" "pc(pc105)+sun_vndr/usb(sun_usb)+us"
751 It has been decided that it is desirable to provide ABI
752 backwards compatibility to the FreeBSD 4/5/6 versions of the
753 PCIOCGETCONF, PCIOCREAD and PCIOCWRITE IOCTLs, which was
754 broken with the introduction of PCI domain support (see the
755 20070930 entry). Unfortunately, this required the ABI of
756 PCIOCGETCONF to be broken again in order to be able to
757 provide backwards compatibility to the old version of that
758 IOCTL. Thus consumers of PCIOCGETCONF have to be recompiled
759 again. As for prominent ports this affects neither pciutils
760 nor xorg-server this time, the hal port needs to be rebuilt
764 The misnamed kthread_create() and friends have been renamed
765 to kproc_create() etc. Many of the callers already
767 I will return kthread_create() and friends in a while
768 with implementations that actually create threads, not procs.
769 Renaming corresponds with version 800002.
775 Setting WITHOUT_LIBPTHREAD now means WITHOUT_LIBKSE and
776 WITHOUT_LIBTHR are set.
779 The PCI code has been made aware of PCI domains. This means that
780 the location strings as used by pciconf(8) etc are now in the
781 following format: pci<domain>:<bus>:<device>[:<function>]. It
782 also means that consumers of <sys/pciio.h> potentially need to
783 be recompiled; this includes the hal and xorg-server ports.
786 The caching daemon (cached) was renamed to nscd. nscd.conf
787 configuration file should be used instead of cached.conf and
788 nscd_enable, nscd_pidfile and nscd_flags options should be used
789 instead of cached_enable, cached_pidfile and cached_flags in
793 The getfacl(1) utility now prints owning user and group name
794 instead of owning uid and gid in the three line comment header.
795 This is the same behavior as getfacl(1) on Solaris and Linux.
798 The new IPsec code is now compiled in using the IPSEC option. The
799 IPSEC option now requires "device crypto" be defined in your kernel
800 configuration. The FAST_IPSEC kernel option is now deprecated.
803 The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 4.1 Please
804 note the changed syntax - keep state is now on by default. Also
805 note the fact that ftp-proxy(8) has been changed from bottom up and
806 has been moved from libexec to usr/sbin. Changes in the ALTQ
807 handling also affect users of IPFW's ALTQ capabilities.
810 Remove KAME IPsec in favor of FAST_IPSEC, which is now the
811 only IPsec supported by FreeBSD. The new IPsec stack
812 supports both IPv4 and IPv6. The kernel option will change
813 after the code changes have settled in. For now the kernel
814 option IPSEC is deprecated and FAST_IPSEC is the only option, that
815 will change after some settling time.
818 The wicontrol(8) utility has been removed from the base system. wi(4)
819 cards should be configured using ifconfig(8), see the man page for more
823 The i386/amd64 GENERIC kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver
824 instead of the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
828 By default, /etc/rc.d/sendmail no longer rebuilds the aliases
829 database if it is missing or older than the aliases file. If
830 desired, set the new rc.conf option sendmail_rebuild_aliases
831 to "YES" to restore that functionality.
834 The IPv4 multicast socket code has been considerably modified, and
835 moved to the file sys/netinet/in_mcast.c. Initial support for the
836 RFC 3678 Source-Specific Multicast Socket API has been added to
837 the IPv4 network stack.
839 Strict multicast and broadcast reception is now the default for
840 UDP/IPv4 sockets; the net.inet.udp.strict_mcast_mship sysctl variable
841 has now been removed.
843 The RFC 1724 hack for interface selection has been removed; the use
844 of the Linux-derived ip_mreqn structure with IP_MULTICAST_IF has
845 been added to replace it. Consumers such as routed will soon be
846 updated to reflect this.
848 These changes affect users who are running routed(8) or rdisc(8)
849 from the FreeBSD base system on point-to-point or unnumbered
853 The net80211 layer has changed significantly and all wireless
854 drivers that depend on it need to be recompiled. Further these
855 changes require that any program that interacts with the wireless
856 support in the kernel be recompiled; this includes: ifconfig,
857 wpa_supplicant, hostapd, and wlanstats. Users must also, for
858 the moment, kldload the wlan_scan_sta and/or wlan_scan_ap modules
859 if they use modules for wireless support. These modules implement
860 scanning support for station and ap modes, respectively. Failure
861 to load the appropriate module before marking a wireless interface
862 up will result in a message to the console and the device not
866 The pam_nologin(8) module ceases to provide an authentication
867 function and starts providing an account management function.
868 Consequent changes to /etc/pam.d should be brought in using
869 mergemaster(8). Third-party files in /usr/local/etc/pam.d may
870 need manual editing as follows. Locate this line (or similar):
872 auth required pam_nologin.so no_warn
874 and change it according to this example:
876 account required pam_nologin.so no_warn
878 That is, the first word needs to be changed from "auth" to
879 "account". The new line can be moved to the account section
880 within the file for clarity. Not updating pam.conf(5) files
881 will result in nologin(5) ignored by the respective services.
884 The ether_ioctl() function has been synchronized with ioctl(2)
885 and ifnet.if_ioctl. Due to that, the size of one of its arguments
886 has changed on 64-bit architectures. All kernel modules using
887 ether_ioctl() need to be rebuilt on such architectures.
890 Improved INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE support has been introduced to the
891 config(8) utility. In order to take advantage of this new
892 functionality, you are expected to recompile and install
893 src/usr.sbin/config. If you don't rebuild config(8), and your
894 kernel configuration depends on INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE, the kernel
895 build will be broken because of a missing "kernconfstring"
899 Symbol versioning is enabled by default. To disable it, use
900 option WITHOUT_SYMVER. It is not advisable to attempt to
901 disable symbol versioning once it is enabled; your installworld
902 will break because a symbol version-less libc will get installed
903 before the install tools. As a result, the old install tools,
904 which previously had symbol dependencies to FBSD_1.0, will fail
905 because the freshly installed libc will not have them.
907 The default threading library (providing "libpthread") has been
908 changed to libthr. If you wish to have libkse as your default,
909 use option DEFAULT_THREAD_LIB=libkse for the buildworld.
912 The ABI breakage in sendmail(8)'s libmilter has been repaired
913 so it is no longer necessary to recompile mail filters (aka,
914 milters). If you recompiled mail filters after the 20070408
915 note, it is not necessary to recompile them again.
918 The new trunk(4) driver has been renamed to lagg(4) as it better
919 reflects its purpose. ifconfig will need to be recompiled.
922 sendmail(8) has been updated to version 8.14.1. Mail filters
923 (aka, milters) compiled against the libmilter included in the
924 base operating system should be recompiled.
927 Firmwares for ipw(4) and iwi(4) are now included in the base tree.
928 In order to use them one must agree to the respective LICENSE in
929 share/doc/legal and define legal.intel_<name>.license_ack=1 via
930 loader.conf(5) or kenv(1). Make sure to deinstall the now
931 deprecated modules from the respective firmware ports.
934 The name resolution/mapping functions addr2ascii(3) and ascii2addr(3)
935 were removed from FreeBSD's libc. These originally came from INRIA
936 IPv6. Nothing in FreeBSD ever used them. They may be regarded as
937 deprecated in previous releases.
938 The AF_LINK support for getnameinfo(3) was merged from NetBSD to
939 replace it as a more portable (and re-entrant) API.
942 To support interrupt filtering a modification to the newbus API
943 has occurred, ABI was broken and __FreeBSD_version was bumped
944 to 700031. Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in
946 http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070221233124.GA13941
949 The IPv6 multicast forwarding code may now be loaded into GENERIC
950 kernels by loading the ip_mroute.ko module. This is built into the
951 module unless WITHOUT_INET6 or WITHOUT_INET6_SUPPORT options are
952 set; see src.conf(5) for more information.
955 The output of netstat -r has changed. Without -n, we now only
956 print a "network name" without the prefix length if the network
957 address and mask exactly match a Class A/B/C network, and an entry
958 exists in the nsswitch "networks" map.
959 With -n, we print the full unabbreviated CIDR network prefix in
960 the form "a.b.c.d/p". 0.0.0.0/0 is always printed as "default".
961 This change is in preparation for changes such as equal-cost
962 multipath, and to more generally assist operational deployment
963 of FreeBSD as a modern IPv4 router.
966 PIM has been turned on by default in the IPv4 multicast
967 routing code. The kernel option 'PIM' has now been removed.
968 PIM is now built by default if option 'MROUTING' is specified.
969 It may now be loaded into GENERIC kernels by loading the
973 Support for IPIP tunnels (VIFF_TUNNEL) in IPv4 multicast routing
974 has been removed. Its functionality may be achieved by explicitly
975 configuring gif(4) interfaces and using the 'phyint' keyword in
977 XORP does not support source-routed IPv4 multicast tunnels nor the
978 integrated IPIP tunneling, therefore it is not affected by this
979 change. The __FreeBSD_version macro has been bumped to 700030.
982 Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
983 re-enabled in the bge driver, only for those chips which are
984 believed to support it properly. If there are any problems,
985 MSI can be disabled completely by setting the
986 'hw.pci.enable_msi' and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0
990 Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been
991 disabled again in the bge driver. Many revisions of the
992 hardware fail to support it properly. Support can be
993 re-enabled by removing the #define of BGE_DISABLE_MSI in
994 "src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c".
997 Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts has been added
998 to the bge driver. If there are any problems, MSI can be
999 disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi' and
1000 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
1003 The removal of several facets of the experimental Threading
1004 system from the kernel means that the proc and thread structures
1005 have changed quite a bit. I suggest all kernel modules that might
1006 reference these structures be recompiled.. Especially the
1010 Sound infrastructure has been updated with various fixes and
1011 improvements. Most of the changes are pretty much transparent,
1012 with exceptions of followings:
1013 1) All sound driver specific sysctls (hw.snd.pcm%d.*) have been
1014 moved to their own dev sysctl nodes, for example:
1015 hw.snd.pcm0.vchans -> dev.pcm.0.vchans
1016 2) /dev/dspr%d.%d has been deprecated. Each channel now has its
1017 own chardev in the form of "dsp%d.<function>%d", where <function>
1018 is p = playback, r = record and v = virtual, respectively. Users
1019 are encouraged to use these devs instead of (old) "/dev/dsp%d.%d".
1020 This does not affect those who are using "/dev/dsp".
1023 geom(4)'s gmirror(8) class metadata structure has been
1024 rev'd from v3 to v4. If you update across this point and
1025 your metadata is converted for you, you will not be easily
1026 able to downgrade since the /boot/kernel.old/geom_mirror.ko
1027 kernel module will be unable to read the v4 metadata. You
1028 can resolve this by doing from the loader(8) prompt:
1030 set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/XXX"
1032 where XXX is the root slice of one of the disks that composed
1033 the mirror (i.e.: /dev/ad0s1a). You can then rebuild
1034 the array the same way you built it originally.
1037 The following binaries have been disconnected from the build:
1038 mount_devfs, mount_ext2fs, mount_fdescfs, mount_procfs, mount_linprocfs,
1039 and mount_std. The functionality of these programs has been
1040 moved into the mount program. For example, to mount a devfs
1041 filesystem, instead of using mount_devfs, use: "mount -t devfs".
1042 This does not affect entries in /etc/fstab, since entries in
1043 /etc/fstab are always processed with "mount -t fstype".
1046 Support for PCI Message Signalled Interrupts on i386 and amd64
1047 has been added to the kernel and various drivers will soon be
1048 updated to use MSI when it is available. If there are any problems,
1049 MSI can be disabled completely by setting the 'hw.pci.enable_msi'
1050 and 'hw.pci.enable_msix' tunables to 0 in the loader.
1053 The MUTEX_PROFILING option has been renamed to LOCK_PROFILING.
1054 The lockmgr object layout has been changed as a result of having
1055 a lock_object embedded in it. As a consequence all file system
1056 kernel modules must be re-compiled. The mutex profiling man page
1057 has not yet been updated to reflect this change.
1060 KSE in the kernel has now been made optional and turned on by
1061 default. Use 'nooption KSE' in your kernel config to turn it
1062 off. All kernel modules *must* be recompiled after this change.
1063 There-after, modules from a KSE kernel should be compatible with
1064 modules from a NOKSE kernel due to the temporary padding fields
1065 added to 'struct proc'.
1068 mrouted and its utilities have been removed from the base system.
1071 Some ioctl(2) command codes have changed. Full backward ABI
1072 compatibility is provided if the "options COMPAT_FREEBSD6" is
1073 present in the kernel configuration file. Make sure to add
1074 this option to your kernel config file, or recompile X.Org
1075 and the rest of ports; otherwise they may refuse to work.
1078 tcpslice has been removed from the base system.
1081 The sizes of struct tcpcb (and struct xtcpcb) have changed due to
1082 the rewrite of TCP syncookies. Tools like netstat, sockstat, and
1083 systat needs to be rebuilt.
1086 libpcap updated to v0.9.4 and tcpdump to v3.9.4
1089 The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD_EXTENDED option is gone and the behaviour
1090 for IPFIREWALL_FORWARD is now as it was before when it was first
1091 committed and for years after. The behaviour is now ON.
1094 enigma(1)/crypt(1) utility has been changed on 64 bit architectures.
1095 Now it can decrypt files created from different architectures.
1096 Unfortunately, it is no longer able to decrypt a cipher text
1097 generated with an older version on 64 bit architectures.
1098 If you have such a file, you need old utility to decrypt it.
1101 The interface version of the i4b kernel part has changed. So
1102 after updating the kernel sources and compiling a new kernel,
1103 the i4b user space tools in "/usr/src/usr.sbin/i4b" must also
1104 be rebuilt, and vice versa.
1107 The XBOX kernel now defaults to the nfe(4) driver instead of
1108 the nve(4) driver. Please update your configuration
1112 The i386-only lnc(4) driver for the AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx
1113 PCnet family of NICs has been removed. The new le(4) driver serves
1114 as an equivalent but cross-platform replacement with the pcn(4)
1115 driver still providing performance-optimized support for the subset
1116 of AMD Am79C971 PCnet-FAST and greater chips as before.
1119 The machdep.* sysctls and the adjkerntz utility have been
1120 modified a bit. The new adjkerntz utility uses the new
1121 sysctl names and sysctlbyname() calls, so it may be impossible
1122 to run an old /sbin/adjkerntz utility in single-user mode
1123 with a new kernel. Replace the `adjkerntz -i' step before
1124 `make installworld' with:
1126 /usr/obj/usr/src/sbin/adjkerntz/adjkerntz -i
1128 and proceed as usual with the rest of the installworld-stage
1129 steps. Otherwise, you risk installing binaries with their
1130 timestamp set several hours in the future, especially if
1131 you are running with local time set to GMT+X hours.
1134 The ip6fw utility has been removed. The behavior provided by
1135 ip6fw has been in ipfw2 for a good while and the rc.d scripts
1136 have been updated to deal with it. There are some rules that
1137 might not migrate cleanly. Use rc.firewall6 as a template to
1141 The puc(4) driver has been overhauled. The ebus(4) and sbus(4)
1142 attachments have been removed. Make sure to configure scc(4)
1143 on sparc64. Note also that by default puc(4) will use uart(4)
1144 and not sio(4) for serial ports because interrupt handling has
1145 been optimized for multi-port serial cards and only uart(4)
1146 implements the interface to support it.
1149 The scc(4) driver replaces puc(4) for Serial Communications
1150 Controllers (SCCs) like the Siemens SAB82532 and the Zilog
1151 Z8530. On sparc64, it is advised to add scc(4) to the kernel
1152 configuration to make sure that the serial ports remain
1156 Most world/kernel related NO_* build options changed names.
1157 New knobs have common prefixes WITHOUT_*/WITH_* (modelled
1158 after FreeBSD ports) and should be set in /etc/src.conf
1159 (the src.conf(5) manpage is provided). Full backwards
1160 compatibility is maintained for the time being though it's
1161 highly recommended to start moving old options out of the
1162 system-wide /etc/make.conf file into the new /etc/src.conf
1163 while also properly renaming them. More conversions will
1164 likely follow. Posting to current@:
1166 http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-March/061725.html
1169 The NETSMBCRYPTO kernel option has been retired because its
1170 functionality is always included in NETSMB and smbfs.ko now.
1173 The TDFX_LINUX kernel option was retired and replaced by the
1174 tdfx_linux device. The latter can be loaded as the 3dfx_linux.ko
1175 kernel module. Loading it alone should suffice to get 3dfx support
1176 for Linux apps because it will pull in 3dfx.ko and linux.ko through
1180 The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
1181 in the base system. Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
1182 including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
1185 The kernel ABI to file system modules was changed on i386.
1186 Please make sure that your kernel and modules are in sync.
1189 This actually occured some time ago, but installing the kernel
1190 now also installs a bunch of symbol files for the kernel modules.
1191 This increases the size of /boot/kernel to about 67Mbytes. You
1192 will need twice this if you will eventually back this up to kernel.old
1193 on your next install.
1194 If you have a shortage of room in your root partition, you should add
1195 -DINSTALL_NODEBUG to your make arguments or add INSTALL_NODEBUG="yes"
1196 to your /etc/make.conf.
1199 libc's malloc implementation has been replaced. This change has the
1200 potential to uncover application bugs that previously went unnoticed.
1201 See the malloc(3) manual page for more details.
1204 The generic netgraph(4) cookie has been changed. If you upgrade
1205 kernel passing this point, you also need to upgrade userland
1206 and netgraph(4) utilities like ports/net/mpd or ports/net/mpd4.
1209 si(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
1210 Uses of {cua,tty}A[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}A0[0-9a-f].
1213 The kernel ABI was mostly destroyed due to a change in the size
1214 of struct lock_object which is nested in other structures such
1215 as mutexes which are nested in all sorts of other structures.
1216 Make sure your kernel and modules are in sync.
1219 The page coloring algorithm in the VM subsystem was converted
1220 from tuning with kernel options to autotuning. Please remove
1221 any PQ_* option except PQ_NOOPT from your kernel config.
1224 The net80211-related tools in the tools/tools/ath directory
1225 have been moved to tools/tools/net80211 and renamed with a
1226 "wlan" prefix. Scripts that use them should be adjusted
1230 Scripts in the local_startup directories (as defined in
1231 /etc/defaults/rc.conf) that have the new rc.d semantics will
1232 now be run as part of the base system rcorder. If there are
1233 errors or problems with one of these local scripts, it could
1234 cause boot problems. If you encounter such problems, boot in
1235 single user mode, remove that script from the */rc.d directory.
1236 Please report the problem to the port's maintainer, and the
1237 freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
1240 The nodev mount option was deprecated in RELENG_6 (where it
1241 was a no-op), and is now unsupported. If you have nodev or dev listed
1242 in /etc/fstab, remove it, otherwise it will result in a mount error.
1245 ABI between ipfw(4) and ipfw(8) has been changed. You need
1246 to rebuild ipfw(8) when rebuilding kernel.
1249 rp(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
1250 Uses of {cua,tty}R[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}R0[0-9a-f].
1253 /etc/rc.d/ppp-user has been renamed to /etc/rc.d/ppp.
1254 Its /etc/rc.conf.d configuration file has been `ppp' from
1255 the beginning, and hence there is no need to touch it.
1258 Now most modules get their build-time options from the kernel
1259 configuration file. A few modules still have fixed options
1260 due to their non-conformant implementation, but they will be
1261 corrected eventually. You may need to review the options of
1262 the modules in use, explicitly specify the non-default options
1263 in the kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel and
1267 kern.polling.enable sysctl MIB is now deprecated. Use ifconfig(8)
1268 to turn polling(4) on your interfaces.
1271 The old bridge(4) implementation was retired. The new
1272 if_bridge(4) serves as a full functional replacement.
1275 The ai_addrlen of a struct addrinfo was changed to a socklen_t
1276 to conform to POSIX-2001. This change broke an ABI
1277 compatibility on 64 bit architecture. You have to recompile
1278 userland programs that use getaddrinfo(3) on 64 bit
1282 RELENG_6 branched here.
1285 The pccard_ifconfig rc.conf variable has been removed and a new
1286 variable, ifconfig_DEFAULT has been introduced. Unlike
1287 pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT applies to ALL interfaces that
1288 do not have ifconfig_ifn entries rather than just those in
1289 removable_interfaces.
1292 Some previous versions of PAM have permitted the use of
1293 non-absolute paths in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/* when referring
1294 to third party PAM modules in /usr/local/lib. A change has been
1295 made to require the use of absolute paths in order to avoid
1296 ambiguity and dependence on library path configuration, which may
1297 affect existing configurations.
1300 Major changes to network interface API. All drivers must be
1301 recompiled. Drivers not in the base system will need to be
1302 updated to the new APIs.
1305 Changes were made to kinfo_proc in sys/user.h. Please recompile
1306 userland, or commands like `fstat', `pkill', `ps', `top' and `w'
1307 will not behave correctly.
1309 The API and ABI for hwpmc(4) have changed with the addition
1310 of sampling support. Please recompile lib/libpmc(3) and
1311 usr.sbin/{pmcstat,pmccontrol}.
1314 The OpenBSD dhclient was imported in place of the ISC dhclient
1315 and the network interface configuration scripts were updated
1316 accordingly. If you use DHCP to configure your interfaces, you
1317 must now run devd. Also, DNS updating was lost so you will need
1318 to find a workaround if you use this feature.
1320 The '_dhcp' user was added to support the OpenBSD dhclient. Be
1321 sure to run mergemaster -p (like you are supposed to do every time
1325 if_bridge was added to the tree. This has changed struct ifnet.
1326 Please recompile userland and all network related modules.
1329 The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
1330 1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
1331 conform to POSIX-2001. These changes broke an ABI
1332 compatibility on 64 bit architecture. With these changes,
1333 shlib major of libpcap was bumped. You have to recompile
1334 userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3),
1335 getnetent(3) and/or libpcap on 64 bit architecture.
1338 Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
1339 scripts has changed. Lines with multiple options likely will
1340 fail after this date. For full details, please see
1341 http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/Updating-20050528.txt
1344 The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 3.7
1345 Please note the changed anchor syntax and the fact that
1346 authpf(8) now needs a mounted fdescfs(5) to function.
1349 The NO_MIXED_MODE kernel option has been removed from the i386
1350 amd64 platforms as its use has been superceded by the new local
1351 APIC timer code. Any kernel config files containing this option
1355 The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine
1356 independent. Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld
1357 when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires
1358 recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages.
1361 The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to
1362 contain the uptime at which the interface was created or the
1363 statistics zeroed rather then the wall clock time because
1364 wallclock time may go backwards. This should have no impact
1365 unless an snmp implementation is using this value (I know of
1366 none at this point.)
1369 The acpi_perf and acpi_throttle drivers are now part of the
1370 acpi(4) main module. They are no longer built separately.
1373 The layout of struct image_params has changed. You have to
1374 recompile all compatibility modules (linux, svr4, etc) for use
1375 with the new kernel.
1378 The p4tcc driver has been merged into cpufreq(4). This makes
1379 "options CPU_ENABLE_TCC" obsolete. Please load cpufreq.ko or
1380 compile in "device cpufreq" to restore this functionality.
1383 The responsibility of recomputing the file system summary of
1384 a SoftUpdates-enabled dirty volume has been transferred to the
1385 background fsck. A rebuild of fsck(8) utility is recommended
1386 if you have updated the kernel.
1388 To get the old behavior (recompute file system summary at mount
1389 time), you can set vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount=1 before
1390 mounting the new volume.
1393 The cpufreq import is complete. As part of this, the sysctls for
1394 acpi(4) throttling have been removed. The power_profile script
1395 has been updated, so you can use performance/economy_cpu_freq in
1396 rc.conf(5) to set AC on/offline cpu frequencies.
1399 NG_VERSION has been increased. Recompiling kernel (or ng_socket.ko)
1400 requires recompiling libnetgraph and userland netgraph utilities.
1403 Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
1404 now deprecated. Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
1405 correct full form when a match occurs. Some abbreviations may
1406 be supported at a later date based on user feedback. To be
1407 considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
1408 this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
1411 By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
1412 to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list). The old
1413 spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
1414 warnings on stderr. Make sure you upgrade properly (see
1415 the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
1418 Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
1419 been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
1420 the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
1421 prior to use. Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
1422 with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
1423 use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
1424 and wlan_xauth as required.
1427 The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly. If lqr is enabled
1428 (``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
1429 negotiation failure. Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
1430 behaviour. The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
1434 The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
1435 into separate modules. For static WEP you must configure the
1436 wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
1437 in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
1438 the module when a wep key is configured).
1441 The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
1442 algorithm into a separate module. You need to include either
1443 ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
1446 Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed. Please
1447 use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
1450 We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
1451 R/W if the device were named 'md*'. As part of the vnode
1452 work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack. People
1453 building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
1454 may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
1455 their /etc/rc scripts.
1458 FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here.
1461 The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
1462 of RFC1644 T/TCP. You have to recompile userland programs that
1463 read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1466 The size of struct tcpcb has changed. You have to recompile
1467 userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
1468 (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
1471 RELENG_5 branched here. For older entries, please see updating
1472 in the RELENG_5 branch.
1478 Avoid using make -j when upgrading. From time to time in the
1479 past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
1480 installworld. This is especially true when upgrading between
1481 "distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
1482 or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
1483 on the -current branch).
1485 Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1486 poisoning. This can happen because the make utility reads its
1487 environment when searching for values for global variables.
1488 To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
1489 prefix all make commands with 'env -i '. See the env(1) manual
1490 page for more details.
1492 When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally
1493 best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch
1494 first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested
1495 upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful.
1496 Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major
1501 If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1502 a few days old), you should follow this procedure. It is the most
1503 failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1505 make kernel-toolchain
1506 make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1507 make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1509 To test a kernel once
1510 ---------------------
1511 If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1512 if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1513 debugging information) run
1514 make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1515 nextboot -k testkernel
1517 To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1518 --------------------------------------------------------------
1519 This assumes you are already running a 5.X system. Replace
1520 ${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1521 "alpha", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
1523 cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1524 config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1525 cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1530 If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1532 To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1533 -----------------------------------------------------------
1534 # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1535 # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1537 <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1539 make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1541 <reboot in single user> [3]
1549 To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1550 --------------------------------------------------
1551 # In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1552 # current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories. A partition
1553 # holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1556 <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1559 make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1560 <maybe newfs current's root partition>
1561 <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1562 make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1563 make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1564 make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1565 cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab # if newfs'd
1566 <edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1567 <reboot into current>
1568 <do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1569 <maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1573 To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to current
1574 ----------------------------------------------
1575 <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1577 make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8]
1579 <reboot in single user> [3]
1586 Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1587 tweaks to various things you need. At this point in the life
1588 cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1589 to cope. The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1590 the UPDATING entries.
1592 Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1593 freebsd-current@freebsd.org. Make sure that before you update
1594 your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1595 messages there. If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1596 much fewer pitfalls.
1598 [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1599 should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1602 [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1607 adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time
1608 Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1609 you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1611 [4] Note: This step is non-optional. Failure to do this step
1612 can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1613 system. Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1614 that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1615 as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1616 for potential gotchas.
1618 [5] Usually this step is a noop. However, from time to time
1619 you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1620 step. It never hurts to do it all the time. You may need to
1621 install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1622 install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1623 from current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.
1625 [8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries
1626 needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4
1627 option in your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system
1628 that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
1629 is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.
1631 Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1632 last time you updated your kernel config file.
1634 [9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1635 cvs prune empty directories.
1637 If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1638 "?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1639 override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1641 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1642 not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf. buildworld will
1643 warn if it is improperly defined.
1646 This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1647 breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here,
1648 and it only starts on October 16, 2004. Updating files can found in
1649 previous releases if your system is older than this.
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