en Copyright 2015 Java http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#d70e5b3a735ef294477889646f8a58afa0b45000 conf: Add COMPAT_FREEBSD15Define it everywhere that wants COMPAT_FREEBSD14.Reviewed by: imp, kib, emasteSponsored by: OPNsenseSponsored by: Klara, Inc.Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D59017 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:08:38 +0200 Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#23a6997e3071cea8d8fc5238792fdd0ad5b5dc9a fwdv: add AV/C DV capture driver for FireWire camcordersAdd fwdv(4) driver for DV video capture from FireWire camcordersusing AV/C protocol and isochronous streaming.Supports AV/C tape transport commands (play, stop, ff, rewind, pause,record, eject) with NTSC/PAL auto-detection and read(2) interfacefor frame capture.Reviewed by: adrianDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58122 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:25:52 +0200 Abdelkader Boudih <freebsd@seuros.com> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#e2d56447b3a9d2ef9bd0b80c3aaa69e681f4be0f hrfkill: Add driver to report RFKILL button pressThis driver only reports the RFKILL button presses.This is needed for the "airplane" key on some Framework laptops.Reviewed by: wulf, ziaeeEvent: Halifax Hackathon 202606Location: vishwin@'s carCo-authored-by: Daniel ShaeferSponsored by: Framework Computer IncSponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57838 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:03:36 +0200 Aymeric Wibo <obiwac@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#cd7b65080f2f2e038ddba42048f24f8e98b011f2 fwisound: add Apple FireWire audio driverExpose audio capture from Apple FireWire devices as a standardpcm(4)/dsp(4) device via the newpcm framework.(adrian: I've tested this on an isight camera and loopedit back to USB speakers via "sox -t oss /dev/dsp3 -t oss /dev/dsp4")Reviewed by: adrianDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58109 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:52:43 +0200 Abdelkader Boudih <freebsd@seuros.com> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#40e05479718460820cd24c22e59519a4f13eba3d fwcam: add IIDC 1394 FireWire camera driverAdd fwcam(4), a driver for IIDC v1.30 (TA Document 1999023) digitalcameras over IEEE 1394.Supports Format_0 (VGA) video modes with isochronous receive DMA,feature control (brightness, exposure, gain, shutter, white balance,focus, etc.), poll/kqueue, and hot-plug via bus reset handling.Reviewed by: adrianDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57685 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:14:22 +0200 Abdelkader Boudih <freebsd@seuros.com> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#cfec995c87f39e59c80554b85625b4aaa8ddf8db ixgbe: add MDIO bus supportThis works enough to let me see the marvell switch on the MDIO bus.It uses clause 22, which ixgbe's existing MDIO code doesn't currentlysupport, so it's implemented in a new source file.Since mdio(4) is now required, add it where appropriate to GENERIC kernels.Reviewed by: kbowlingDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50128 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:11:42 +0200 Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#e44d2e941e8ebd74e6a1b1fdbed83fe86671cbc6 if_geneve: Add Support for Geneve (RFC8926)geneve creates a generic network virtualization tunnel interfacefor Tentant Systems over an L3 (IP/UDP) underlay network that providesa Layer 2 (ethernet) or Layer 3 service using the geneve protocol.This implementation is based on RFC8926.Reviewed by: glebius, adrianDiscussed with: zlei, kpRelnotes: yesDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54172 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:12:01 +0200 Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <pouria@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#254b23eb1f540844cf2a90f2781ae4231c5701ce routing: Retire ROUTE_MPATH compile optionThe ROUTE_MPATH compile option was introduced totest the new multipath implementation.Since compiling it has no overhead and it's enabledby default, remove it.Reviewed by: melifaro, markjRelnotes: yesDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55884 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:20:05 +0100 Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <pouria@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#72e85a4d977eff23fcd2b12a3513f0e8fd2ac332 snd_dummy: Add to sys/conf/files and sys/conf/NOTESSponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationMFC after: 1 weekReviewed by: markjDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56040 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:32:13 +0100 Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#9318336f2af134b26adcb217f78f70bfdcf5f222 sound: Retire SND_FEEDER_MULTIFORMAT and SND_FEEDER_FULL_MULTIFORMATThere is no reason to have these legacy controls anymore, all theseformats can be handled just fine nowadays.Sponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationMFC after: 1 weekReviewed by: markjDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55937 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:31:34 +0100 Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#bf0e5d987ecd2cbec2200e100bad6d6e724e9315 sound: Retire SND_OLDSTEREOThis is a legacy option and does not serve a good purpose anymore.Sponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationMFC after: 1 weekReviewed by: markjDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55933 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:31:22 +0100 Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#5d311c75324a205f3cd8a8a404a25ebdadb18b54 sound: Retire SND_DEBUGNot useful anymore.Sponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationMFC after: 1 weekReviewed by: markjDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55932 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:31:17 +0100 Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#092687a031064dc08ac198648c6393cc50b06cee kernel: Be clearer about what ZSTDIO is forZSTDIO is not just for core dumps, and it is now required by ZFS, somove it (and GZIO, which is still just for dumps) to a new “Compressionsupport” section in GENERIC, and add them both to MINIMAL.MFC after: 1 weekReviewed by: impDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55940 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:21:24 +0100 Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#7a323f873662dae95a061d1eaf8b1d9d1a0f8a23 sys: Retire le(4)We retired most obsolete 10 and 10/100 Ethernet NIC drivers in 2019 --see commits following ebcf740a32ae ("FCP-101: remove obsolete 10 and10/100 Ethernet drivers.).le(4) was retained with with the note "Emulated by QEMU, alternativesdon't yet work for mips64." MIPS has since been removed from the treeand emulators and virtual machines offer many other, more suitabledevices.Reviewed by: brooksRelnotes: YesSponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55516 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:26:03 +0200 Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#1322760fd1274930cbb61048d9a6ba3bc1782b2a sys: enable both SCHED_ULE and SCHED_4BSD for some configsGlobally enable both schedulers for LINT.Enable both schedulers for GENERIC on amd64.Reviewed by: olceTested by: phoSponsored by: The FreeBSD FoundationMFC after: 1 weekDifferential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54831 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:15:09 +0100 Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#afbb21bd1d6261a00b078c0847d5ecc8863585b7 aq: remove from NOTES; it's unfortunately amd64 onlyUnfortunately the aq driver is using readl/writel calls insteadof bus space routines.This broke, well, everything else.Fixes: c75eff16ef54aaae7b5dc52ed894cc73a855f469 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:59:34 +0100 Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#c75eff16ef54aaae7b5dc52ed894cc73a855f469 aq: Add to amd64 GENERIC and to sys/conf/NOTESReviewed by: adrianDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54633 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sat, 17 Jan 2026 04:23:19 +0100 Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#9d015a916745e320aed50fc759f111fc7622e427 Remove the DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS kernel optionAfter commit 3bd8fab2415b ("vfs: Move DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS checks toINVARIANTS"), this option has no effect. Let's finish the removal.There are a couple of additional uses in zfs, I will submit a separatepatch upstream for them.Reviewed by: mckusick, kibDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54662 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:50:20 +0100 Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#e28529ca4d34084452ca9acf63aa40279787239a rge: Add to amd64 GENERIC and to sys/conf/NOTESReviewed by: adrianDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54609 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:57:17 +0100 Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com> http://kernelsources.org:8080/source/history/freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES#0ff0c19e7f70bc4d3f98196a8ad43de635cf13e5 ipfilter: Disable ipfs(8) by defaultAt the moment ipfs(8) is a tool that can be easily abused. Though theconcept is sound the implementation needs some work.ipfs(8) should be considered experimental at the moment.This commit also makes ipfs support in the kernel optional.Reviewed by: emaste, glebiusMFC after: 1 weekDifferential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53787 List of files: /freebsd/sys/conf/NOTES Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:39:19 +0100 Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>