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157199806SWarner LoshUpdating Information for FreeBSD current users
253dfde79SWarner Losh
3f8c77507SWarner LoshThis file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
4ea31d04dSWarner Loshdirectly to him.  See end of file for further details.
5ea31d04dSWarner Losh
60a3f3aa2SWarner Losh19991223:
70a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	Building linux and svr4 compatibility into the kernel now
80a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	requires /usr/bin/genassym.  Go to /usr/src/usr.bin/genassym,
90a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	do "make obj ; make clean depend all install" before building
100a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	your kernel.
110a3f3aa2SWarner Losh
125525aae6SWarner Losh19991218:
135525aae6SWarner Losh	sendmail.cf has moved from /etc/sendmail.cf to
140a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.  You may need to adjust /etc/rc.conf
150a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	and /etc/rc to cope as well as moving sendmail.cf.
165525aae6SWarner Losh
175525aae6SWarner Losh19991216:
180a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	ntp 4.0.98 has replaced the ancient xntpd.  The daemon name
195525aae6SWarner Losh	changed from xntpd to ntpd, so you may need to update your
205525aae6SWarner Losh	/etc/rc.conf file.  The ntp.conf files are compatible with the
215525aae6SWarner Losh	old release, unless you are using a local reference clock.
225525aae6SWarner Losh	Details about ntp4 can be found at http://www.ntp.org/.
235525aae6SWarner Losh
245525aae6SWarner Losh	xntpd will be cvs removed from the repo in about a week.
255525aae6SWarner Losh
26fda36f2fSWarner Losh19991213:
27fda36f2fSWarner Losh	Soren updated the ata driver.  Please update to at least this
28fda36f2fSWarner Losh	version before submitting bug reports.
29fda36f2fSWarner Losh
30fda36f2fSWarner Losh19991210:
31fda36f2fSWarner Losh	The ata driver has become the primary ata/ide/atapi driver in
32fda36f2fSWarner Losh	the kernel.  The wd driver is obsolete.  You should upgrade your
33fda36f2fSWarner Losh	machine to the new ata driver.  You will need to follow the
34fda36f2fSWarner Losh	directions for updating the devices in the 19991205 entry.  You
35fda36f2fSWarner Losh	will need to update all occurances of wd to ad in your config files
36fda36f2fSWarner Losh	(/etc/rc.conf, /etc/fstab, etc).  A compatibility device exists
37fda36f2fSWarner Losh	for wd for the time being, but once you have determined that
38fda36f2fSWarner Losh	ata is working for you, transition to the new ad devices.
39fda36f2fSWarner Losh
40e306923fSPoul-Henning Kamp19991205:
41eeef0dd1SWarner Losh	Block devices are going away.  You will need to update your /dev
42a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	tree with a fresh copy of MAKEDEV for things to always work in
43a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	the future.  fsck is unable to cope with dirty file systems
44a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	after this change, so it may work for you or it may not.
45a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
46a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before
47a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	starting the following:
48a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
49a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh		For N in the list of disks
50fda36f2fSWarner Losh			MAKEDEV N			# eg ad0
51a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh			for M in the list of slices
52fda36f2fSWarner Losh				MAKEDEV NsMa		# eg ad0s1a
53a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
54a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	*** All uses of block devices must be converted to char devices.
55a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	*** Likely the only thing impacted is dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf
56a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
57a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh19991204:
58fda36f2fSWarner Losh	The dc interface has replaced al, ax, dm, pn and mx.  The former
59fda36f2fSWarner Losh	have been removed.
60fda36f2fSWarner Losh
61fda36f2fSWarner Losh19991204:
62a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	Support for the old 'sd' device names has been removed in
63a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	favor of 'da'.  Please update your /etc/fstab, /etc/rc.conf
64a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	and any other places you might have sd names cached.
65a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	Generally these changes are as simple as s=/dev/sd=/dev/da=g,
66a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	but be careful to make sure that things are really that
67a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	simple.  You may also need to create /dev entries for the da
68a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	devices as well.
69a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
70a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before
71a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	starting the following:
72a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh
73a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh		For N in the list of da disks on your system
74a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh			MAKEDEV daN
75a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh			for M in the list of slices
76a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh				MAKEDEV daNsMa
77a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh19991203:
78a2e7fb9fSWarner Losh	BAD144 support has been removed.  Cope or replace the hardware.
79e306923fSPoul-Henning Kamp
80fda36f2fSWarner Losh19991129:
81fda36f2fSWarner Losh	ALPHA users take note.  All klds will need to be recompiled for
82fda36f2fSWarner Losh	kernels build after this date.  It is a good time to update since
83fda36f2fSWarner Losh	pal.s will be going away soon.
84fda36f2fSWarner Losh
857a92b31cSWarner Losh19991126:
867a92b31cSWarner Losh	MFS_ROOT and MFS_ROOT_SIZE are gone, replaced by MD_ROOT and
877a92b31cSWarner Losh	MD_ROOT_SIZE options in the md driver.  md driver now deals with
887a92b31cSWarner Losh	the hacks.  You should add md driver to kerneles that have
897a92b31cSWarner Losh	MFS_ROOT, et al.  See GENERIC or LINT for details.
907a92b31cSWarner Losh
9163f52da7SWarner Losh19991125:
9263f52da7SWarner Losh	The ep changed a while ago and can no longer be used with hard
9363f52da7SWarner Losh	wired addresses in the config file.
9463f52da7SWarner Losh
95fda36f2fSWarner Losh19991122:
96fda36f2fSWarner Losh	The bridge drivers for sound cards have been committed.  Please
97fda36f2fSWarner Losh	see LINT for instructions for your card, if it still works at
98fda36f2fSWarner Losh	all.
99fda36f2fSWarner Losh
1001a50e0c7SWarner Losh19991113:
1011a50e0c7SWarner Losh	Gcc 2.95.2 is now the default compiler.
1021a50e0c7SWarner Losh
1030a3f3aa2SWarner Losh19991030:
1040a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	/etc/radius.conf file format has changed.The format change is
1050a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	as follows.  Each server line in the file should now begin
1060a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	with a new field containing either "auth" for RADIUS
1070a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	authentication, or "acct" for RADIUS accounting.  Formerly
1080a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	only authentication was supported.  If the first field isn't
1090a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	"auth" or "acct" then the code assumes that "auth" is
1100a3f3aa2SWarner Losh	intended.  (That's the compatibility hack.)
1110a3f3aa2SWarner Losh
11225c3f405SWarner Losh19991015:
11325c3f405SWarner Losh	PCCARD has been updated to attach pcic to the isa bus.  Therefore
11425c3f405SWarner Losh	you will need to modify kernel config files that have pcic/card
11525c3f405SWarner Losh	in them as follows:
11625c3f405SWarner Losh		controller	pcic0	at isa?
11725c3f405SWarner Losh		controller	pcic1	at isa?
11825c3f405SWarner Losh		controller	card0
11925c3f405SWarner Losh
12073c86a1fSWarner Losh19990929:
12173c86a1fSWarner Losh	The sigset_t datatype has been changed from an integral type
12273c86a1fSWarner Losh	to a compound type and can hold 128 signals. Syscalls directly
12373c86a1fSWarner Losh	or indirectly using the new sigset_t have been added as to
12420d1019bSChris Costello	maintain compatibility with existing binaries. A new kernel must
12573c86a1fSWarner Losh	be made and installed and booted with before a make world can
12673c86a1fSWarner Losh	be done.
12773c86a1fSWarner Losh
12860dbe536SWarner Losh19990919:
12960dbe536SWarner Losh	New jail syscall format requires recompilation of jail(8) with
13060dbe536SWarner Losh	fresh headers installed (or a make world will do it for you).
13160dbe536SWarner Losh
13260dbe536SWarner Losh19990914:
13360dbe536SWarner Losh	Matt Dillon checked in many vm related things and sent a heads up
13460dbe536SWarner Losh	to -current urging caution and to report vm problems to him.
13560dbe536SWarner Losh	As of the 19th, no killer problems have been reported, but you
13660dbe536SWarner Losh	have been warned.
13760dbe536SWarner Losh
1385f83e348SWarner Losh19990908:
1395f83e348SWarner Losh	The new miibus has been added to the system.  If you are using
1405f83e348SWarner Losh	the dm, rl, sf, sis, ste, tl, wb or xl drivers, you need to
1415f83e348SWarner Losh	add "controller miibus0" to your config file.
1425f83e348SWarner Losh
143d9806965SNick Hibma19990905:
144d9806965SNick Hibma	/var/cron/log has been moved to /var/log/cron to get all the
145d9806965SNick Hibma	log files in one place.
1465f83e348SWarner Losh
14730e90e8bSWarner Losh19990831:
14863f52da7SWarner Losh	tn3270 has been removed from the base system and added as a port.
14930e90e8bSWarner Losh
150f8a59eaeSWarner Losh19990830:
151f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	User-visible TCP timers are now expressed in units of 1ms, instead
152f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	of 500ms, so if you've customized any timer values under
153f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	``net.inet.tcp'', multiply them by 500 to preserve TCP's behavior.
154f8a59eaeSWarner Losh
15530e90e8bSWarner Losh19990828:
15630e90e8bSWarner Losh	RCS Id tags changed to FreeBSD.  This will cause huge cvsup
15730e90e8bSWarner Losh	updates.
15830e90e8bSWarner Losh
159f8a59eaeSWarner Losh19990821:
160f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	On 28-May-1999 libreadline was upgraded from readline-2.2 to
161f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	readline-4.0.  At that time the shared library major version
162f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	number was bumped from "3" to "4".  It has been deemed that
163f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	the interface change between readline-2.2 and readline-4.0 was
16478bcb44aSBill Fumerola	not sufficient to warrant the version number bump.
165f8a59eaeSWarner Losh
166f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	Thus I have reverted it back to "3".  You will need to perform
167f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	the below immediately before your next ``make world'':
168f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	    cd /usr/lib
169f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	    ls -l libreadline.so.4
170f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	        (if you have /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4)
171f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	    mv libreadline.so.4 libreadline.so.3
172f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	    rm -f libreadline.so
173f8a59eaeSWarner Losh	    ln -s libreadline.so.3 libreadline.so
174f8a59eaeSWarner Losh
1757eedd934SWarner Losh19990801:
1767eedd934SWarner Losh	Changes to the pccardd kernel interface require that you recompile
1777eedd934SWarner Losh	pccardd for new kernel.
1787eedd934SWarner Losh
179882984b3SWarner Losh19980725:
180882984b3SWarner Losh	The ipfw interface to the kernel has changed.  You will need to
181882984b3SWarner Losh	recompile ipfw programs for the new kernel.
182882984b3SWarner Losh
183882984b3SWarner Losh19990715:
184882984b3SWarner Losh	The bpfilter device has been renamed to bpf.  You will need to
185882984b3SWarner Losh	change your config files in order to enable this in newer kernels.
186882984b3SWarner Losh
187e5bd655aSWarner Losh19990704:
188e5bd655aSWarner Losh	src/contrib/sys/softupdates is moving to
18995d18cfcSWarner Losh	src/sys/contrib/softupdates.  Update your symbolic links/etc.
190e5bd655aSWarner Losh
191e5bd655aSWarner Losh19990702:
192e5bd655aSWarner Losh	Major changes have been made to vinum and its interface.  See
193e5bd655aSWarner Losh	the man page (vinum(8)) for details.  Look at the concat,
194e5bd655aSWarner Losh	mirror and stripe commands, as well as the SIMPLIFIED
195e5bd655aSWarner Losh	CONFIGURATION section.
196e5bd655aSWarner Losh
197e5bd655aSWarner Losh19990628:
198e5bd655aSWarner Losh	Newsyslog.conf has had a minor, but potentially dangerous,
199e5bd655aSWarner Losh	change to its username/group syntax.  The old syntax was
200e5bd655aSWarner Losh	user.group, while the new syntax is user:group.
201e5bd655aSWarner Losh
202e5bd655aSWarner Losh19990627:
203e5bd655aSWarner Losh	Inetd wrapping default has changed.  Please see the updated
204e5bd655aSWarner Losh	man page for details.
205e5bd655aSWarner Losh
206ed478e7cSWarner Losh19990623:
207ed478e7cSWarner Losh	Compaq Smart Raid driver committed as ida.
208ed478e7cSWarner Losh
209075eeff2SWarner Losh19990622:
210075eeff2SWarner Losh	The second phase of syscons cleanup has happened.  Some
211075eeff2SWarner Losh	functionality has been made optional.  For details, see
212075eeff2SWarner Losh        http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update-June.txt
2136ae429caSWarner Losh	Everyone will need to re-config(8) their kernels, but old
2146ae429caSWarner Losh	binaries will work with the new kernel.
215075eeff2SWarner Losh
216a883e9d3SWarner Losh19990620:
217a883e9d3SWarner Losh	IPFW uid/gid-based filtering support has been committed. This
218a883e9d3SWarner Losh	breaks binary compatibility with previous copies of
219a883e9d3SWarner Losh	ipfw(8). Any utilities using the ioctl()s of ipfw (especially
220a883e9d3SWarner Losh	ipfw(8)) need to be recompiled with the newest headers
221a883e9d3SWarner Losh	installed.
222a883e9d3SWarner Losh
223a883e9d3SWarner Losh19990618:
224a883e9d3SWarner Losh	Inetd now wraps all stream-based services, including internals.
225a883e9d3SWarner Losh	Syslog "severity" options are honoured. Installed syslog.conf
226a883e9d3SWarner Losh	and hosts.allow should be checked.
227a883e9d3SWarner Losh
22807b72539SWarner Losh19990509:
22907b72539SWarner Losh	Most of the problems with newbus have been corrected, but
23007b72539SWarner Losh	it is still current and evolving.
23107b72539SWarner Losh
23207b72539SWarner Losh	libcam's ABI has changed.  You must recompile the world and
23307b72539SWarner Losh	any ports that use it.
23407b72539SWarner Losh
23509fcf3f9SWarner Losh19990427:
23609fcf3f9SWarner Losh	Massive changes to SMP went into the tree that should speed
23709fcf3f9SWarner Losh	things up.  However, if you experience problems with SMP
23809fcf3f9SWarner Losh	machines, you can back off to the PRE_SMP_VMSHARE tag in the
23909fcf3f9SWarner Losh	CVS repository (or run an MP kernel).
24009fcf3f9SWarner Losh
24109fcf3f9SWarner Losh19990420:
24209fcf3f9SWarner Losh	Pccardd and the pccard bus in general seem to be broken or
24309fcf3f9SWarner Losh	most people.  Soren has patches to make it better for some,
24409fcf3f9SWarner Losh	but not all people.  Work is underway to make it better for
24509fcf3f9SWarner Losh	all people.
24609fcf3f9SWarner Losh
247ea31d04dSWarner Losh19990416:
248ea31d04dSWarner Losh	new bus changes integrated into -current.  Many problems were
249ea31d04dSWarner Losh	initially reported, but most have been fixed.  You'll need a
250ea31d04dSWarner Losh	new config and to tweak your kernel config file the way that
251ea31d04dSWarner Losh	GENERIC was tweaked.  Keep a copy of your old kernel when
252ea31d04dSWarner Losh	upgrading in case your new kernel doesn't work (and report the
253ea31d04dSWarner Losh	breakage to current@freebsd.org).
254ea31d04dSWarner Losh
255ea31d04dSWarner Losh	As of 19990421 the remaining problems/quirks are
256ea31d04dSWarner Losh
257ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o sio no longer supports pnp nor pccard.  This will be corrected,
258ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  but the new pccard code needs to be completed.
259ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o Some of the sound drivers broke for some people.  It seems
260ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  inconsistant as to who/what/when/where things broke.
261ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o Duplicate device entries in your config do not work.  Previously
262ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  they were silently ignored.  psm0 seems to be the most common
263ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  duplicate choice, although some reports have come in from people
264ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  that wired their scsi disk entries.
265ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o You must move the keyboard and mouse attachments from the
266ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  isa bus to the atkbdc bus.  See GENERIC for details.
267ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o Machines with multiple host-pci bridges (Intel 450NX) will not
268ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  probe the second pci bus.
269ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o Some probe ordering may have changed, so device naming may change
270ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  with the new kernel.  If you have multiple devices, please double
271ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  check to make sure they didn't move.  This is especially true
272ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  for cards on different buses.
273ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o The bus attachment for vga0 is always isa0 and never pci0 when
274ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  it is in fact a pci card.  It is safe to ignore this.
275ea31d04dSWarner Losh	o The format of the boot messages has changed (and is not
276ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  guaranteed to be constant for a while) so you may see this
277ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  in some shell scripts that diff dmesg from day to day as well
278ea31d04dSWarner Losh	  as scripts that parse dmesg output.
279f8c77507SWarner Losh
280d24adca8SWarner Losh19990414:
281d24adca8SWarner Losh	cc -aout sometimes has problems compiling with -g, remove -g
282d24adca8SWarner Losh	from those compilation units affected until this is corrected.
283d24adca8SWarner Losh
284d24adca8SWarner Losh	cc -aout has problems with producing some threaded libraries,
285d24adca8SWarner Losh	so make world -DWANT_AOUT is not functional at this time.
286d24adca8SWarner Losh
287ea31d04dSWarner Losh	Since make world for a.out isn't functional, you cannot do
288ea31d04dSWarner Losh	make aout-to-elf from a pre-egcs a.out system.  To work around
289ea31d04dSWarner Losh	this problem, make aout-to-elf using 3.1-stable first (or a
290ea31d04dSWarner Losh	pre egcs -current) and then a simple make world will take you
291ea31d04dSWarner Losh	the rest of the way with a -current source base.
292ea31d04dSWarner Losh
293d5ca0636SWarner Losh19990413:
294d24adca8SWarner Losh	Make -j works again for make world.  As always, use it with
295d24adca8SWarner Losh	care, and be sure to try a make world w/o -j before reporting
296d24adca8SWarner Losh	problems (that is, know if the problem exists w/o -j before
297d24adca8SWarner Losh	reporting the problem with -j).
298d24adca8SWarner Losh
299d24adca8SWarner Losh19990413:
300d24adca8SWarner Losh	Note cc -aout, which had been broken since the conversion to
301ea31d04dSWarner Losh	egcs, now supposedly works.  If you have rebuilt things like
302d24adca8SWarner Losh	XFree86 a.out libraries, you should rebuild them again or
303ea31d04dSWarner Losh	progams that use them, including netscape, will fail to work.
304d5ca0636SWarner Losh
3051f692d40SWarner Losh19990409:
3061f692d40SWarner Losh	NOTE: New c++ compiler cannot be used with c++ binaries from
3071f692d40SWarner Losh	the old compiler and vice versa.
3081f692d40SWarner Losh
3091f692d40SWarner Losh19990408:
31081725689SWarner Losh	In recent days egcs has been imported into the tree.  A number
31181725689SWarner Losh	of problems have been discussed in -current.  Here is a highlight
31281725689SWarner Losh	of a few of the more common ones.  With the exception of make
31381725689SWarner Losh	-j n, they have been claimed to have been fixed.
31481725689SWarner Losh
31581725689SWarner Losh	c++ is broken after make world: This is correct.  Because we
31681725689SWarner Losh	changed compilers two make worlds are necessary to get C++
31781725689SWarner Losh	working again.  The code generated by the old compiler and new
31881725689SWarner Losh	compiler are not compatible, so things wind up being
31981725689SWarner Losh	undefined.
32081725689SWarner Losh
32181725689SWarner Losh	cpp is broken in make world:  There was a window where cpp
32281725689SWarner Losh	would be built incorrectly.  The fix for this is
323420d4744SMasafumi Max NAKANE		cd src/gnu/usr.bin/cc
32481725689SWarner Losh		make clean
32581725689SWarner Losh		make all
32681725689SWarner Losh		make install
32781725689SWarner Losh	and this should correct your problems.  See the -current
32881725689SWarner Losh	archives for a version of this that does moer cleaning.
32981725689SWarner Losh
33081725689SWarner Losh	Make -j n doesn't work.  Work contiunes to make this work,
33181725689SWarner Losh	I've seen no reports of success as of April 7th.
33281725689SWarner Losh
333ff5e1f79SWarner Losh19990329:
334ff5e1f79SWarner Losh	Previously, one would define "NOAOUT" to keep from building
335ff5e1f79SWarner Losh	the legacy a.out bits.  Now one would define "WANT_AOUT" to
336ff5e1f79SWarner Losh	build them.
337ff5e1f79SWarner Losh
338fe9af953SWarner Losh19990316:
339fe9af953SWarner Losh	The name of the old wd.c and atapi.c based CDROM driver has
340fe9af953SWarner Losh	been changed back to wcd. So update your config file to use
341fe9af953SWarner Losh	"device wcd" instead of "device acd".
342fe9af953SWarner Losh
343fe9af953SWarner Losh19990314:
344fe9af953SWarner Losh	For those of you using the VN device as a loadable module,
345fe9af953SWarner Losh	please be aware that the new VN device has been committed to
346fe9af953SWarner Losh	-4.x and cannot yet be used as a loadable module.  This will
347fe9af953SWarner Losh	be fixed in the future.
348fe9af953SWarner Losh
349ce32355fSWarner Losh19990309:
350fe9af953SWarner Losh	New loader.rc mechanism.  Please see src/sys/boot/README for
351fe9af953SWarner Losh	details.
352ce32355fSWarner Losh
353f8c77507SWarner Losh19990225:
354f8c77507SWarner Losh	struct proc size changed.  Recompile kernel and the
355f8c77507SWarner Losh	usual suspects.  Make world if in doubt.
3561fc1a0dcSWarner Losh
3570edeb9e7SWarner Losh19990214:
3580edeb9e7SWarner Losh	The nlpt driver has changed names back to be the lpt driver.
3597dd38e55SWarner Losh	See ppbus(4) or http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ppbus.html
3607dd38e55SWarner Losh	for proper configuration details.
3610edeb9e7SWarner Losh
3621fc1a0dcSWarner Losh19990210:
3631fc1a0dcSWarner Losh	The 'lpt' driver is now obsolete.  Replace it with the 'nlpt'
3640edeb9e7SWarner Losh	driver and 'ppbus' controller combination.
36557199806SWarner Losh
3667dd38e55SWarner Losh19990209:
3677dd38e55SWarner Losh	New devstat API requires recompilation of libdevstat, systat,
3687dd38e55SWarner Losh	iostat, vmstat and rpc.rstatd.  A new kernel is also required.
3697dd38e55SWarner Losh	make world + building a kernel should do all of this.  Any
3707dd38e55SWarner Losh	ports that use devstat need to be recompiled as well.
3717dd38e55SWarner Losh
3729a3105eeSWarner Losh19990125:
3739a3105eeSWarner Losh	Linux threads options has gone away (they are now standard in
3749a3105eeSWarner Losh	the FreeBSD kernel).  A recompile of all libkvm using programs
3759a3105eeSWarner Losh	is in order (or better yet a make world).
3769a3105eeSWarner Losh
3779a3105eeSWarner Losh19990122:
3789a3105eeSWarner Losh	On or about this date there was a small window when the boot
3799a3105eeSWarner Losh	blocks had some minor problems which seemed to force one to
3809a3105eeSWarner Losh	edit /etc/fstab.  This has been corrected, if you are seeing this
3819a3105eeSWarner Losh	problem, please rebuild and reinstall your boot blocks.
3829a3105eeSWarner Losh
3839a3105eeSWarner Losh19990121:
3848cd37f69SWarner Losh	Vinum has changed.  The "vinum read" command has changed.  For
3858cd37f69SWarner Losh	updates, please see
3863652181cSWarner Losh
3878cd37f69SWarner Loshhttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=800363+0+current/freebsd-current
3883652181cSWarner Losh
3898cd37f69SWarner Losh	for details.
3908cd37f69SWarner Losh
3918cd37f69SWarner Losh	Matt Dillon committed a boatload of VM changes, for
3928cd37f69SWarner Losh	information please see
3933652181cSWarner Losh
3948cd37f69SWarner Loshhttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=886676+0+current/freebsd-current
3958cd37f69SWarner Losh	or
3968cd37f69SWarner Loshhttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=827400+0+current/freebsd-current
3973652181cSWarner Losh
3988cd37f69SWarner Losh	for details.  These changes will likely not impact anybody,
3998cd37f69SWarner Losh	but large chagnes to the VM need at least a heads up.
4008cd37f69SWarner Losh
4018cd37f69SWarner Losh19990120:
4028cd37f69SWarner Losh	Stable branch created.  You might want to consider using this
4038cd37f69SWarner Losh	branch.  It is tagged with RELENG_3.
4048cd37f69SWarner Losh
405ad56ea87SWarner Losh19990119:
406ad56ea87SWarner Losh	More work on the syscons driver has been committed.  Since
407ad56ea87SWarner Losh	files moved around, you will need to reconfigure your kernel,
408ad56ea87SWarner Losh	and make clean; make depend before rebuilding the kernel.  No
409ad56ea87SWarner Losh	config file changes are needed.
410ad56ea87SWarner Losh
41157199806SWarner Losh19990111:
412a85c0f55SWarner Losh	New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
413a85c0f55SWarner Losh	stage of console driver reorganization.  You are required to
414a85c0f55SWarner Losh	update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
415a85c0f55SWarner Losh	kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
416a85c0f55SWarner Losh	The instruction can be found in
41757199806SWarner Losh
4187dafbc29SWarner Losh		http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt
41957199806SWarner Losh
420a85c0f55SWarner Losh	It has notes on splash screen too.
42157199806SWarner Losh
42257199806SWarner Losh19990106:
4239857e582SWarner Losh	Robert Nordier was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
424db23c94fSWarner Losh	install the new bootblocks:
42557199806SWarner Losh
4267dafbc29SWarner Losh		http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot.txt
42757199806SWarner Losh
4289ba54ae0SWarner Losh	When updating to ELF, make sure that you have updated your
4299ba54ae0SWarner Losh	/etc/rc files which have different ldconfig invocations for
4309ba54ae0SWarner Losh	elf and aout.  Otherwise things like X will stop working with
4319857e582SWarner Losh	messages about being unable to find library files.  The
4329857e582SWarner Losh	mergemaster utility in ports/sysutils/mergemaster helps to
4339857e582SWarner Losh	keep critical files like this in sync, and its use is
4349857e582SWarner Losh	recommended.
43557199806SWarner Losh
43657199806SWarner Losh19990104:
4372c558794SWarner Losh	Information about ELF day (see 19981230) can be found in
43857199806SWarner Losh
4397dafbc29SWarner Losh		http://www.freebsd.org/~peter/elfday.html
44057199806SWarner Losh
4412c558794SWarner Losh	about the upcoming change, its motivations and instructions
4422c558794SWarner Losh	for doing the upgrade.
44357199806SWarner Losh
44457199806SWarner Losh19981230:
445d5513f53SWarner Losh	You should install new bootblocks now.  The ELF kernel will
446e363c17bSWarner Losh	become default soon.  In addition, you'll need to upgrade
447e363c17bSWarner Losh	your userland programs to ELF before then as well.  Use
448e363c17bSWarner Losh	make aout-to-elf to upgrade your userland programs (old
449e363c17bSWarner Losh	a.out programs in, for example, /usr/local/bin will
450e363c17bSWarner Losh	continue to work, even after the upgrade).  See src/Makefile
451e363c17bSWarner Losh	for more details.
45257199806SWarner Losh
45357199806SWarner Losh19981224:
454355edc3eSWarner Losh	The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel.  The
455355edc3eSWarner Losh	driver that replaces it is named acd.  You'll need to change
456355edc3eSWarner Losh	this in your configuration files.
45757199806SWarner Losh
458355edc3eSWarner Losh	Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not
459355edc3eSWarner Losh	configured" at boot time.
46057199806SWarner Losh
461355edc3eSWarner Losh	The floppy tape driver (ft) has been removed from the kernel,
462355edc3eSWarner Losh	with no replacement driver.
46357199806SWarner Losh
46457199806SWarner Losh19981202:
465ab308df6SWarner Losh	New groups from 19981201 commented out of mtree, so they
466ab308df6SWarner Losh	aren't strictly needed, but still a good idea to have.
46757199806SWarner Losh
46857199806SWarner Losh19981201:
469ab308df6SWarner Losh	New user/group added: bind.  From src/etc/master.passwd and
470ab308df6SWarner Losh	src/etc/group:
471ab308df6SWarner Losh		% grep <newstuff> /usr/src/etc/group
472ab308df6SWarner Losh		bind:*:53:
473ab308df6SWarner Losh		% grep <newstuff> /usr/src/etc/master.passwd
474ab308df6SWarner Losh		tty:*:4:65533::0:0:Tty Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
475ab308df6SWarner Losh		kmem:*:5:65533::0:0:KMem Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
476ab308df6SWarner Losh		bind:*:53:53::0:0:Bind Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
47757199806SWarner Losh
47857199806SWarner Losh19981118:
47953dfde79SWarner Losh	PAM integrated into the tree.   Requires new /etc/pam.conf file
48053dfde79SWarner Losh	to silence warnings from authentication programs (login, etc).
48153dfde79SWarner Losh	See src/etc/pam.conf for a sample.
48257199806SWarner Losh
4831fc1a0dcSWarner LoshThis file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
4841fc1a0dcSWarner Loshbreakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
48560dbe536SWarner Loshand it only starts on November 18, 1998.  If you have an earlier
4861fc1a0dcSWarner Loshversion of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18, 1998.
4871fc1a0dcSWarner Losh
488f8c77507SWarner LoshPlease filter your entries through Warner (imp@village.org) so that
489f8c77507SWarner Loshthe style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
490f8c77507SWarner Losh
49197d92980SPeter Wemm$FreeBSD$
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