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1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users.
2
3This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>.
4See end of file for further details.  For commonly done items, please see the
5COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.  These instructions assume that you
6basically know what you are doing.  If not, then please consult the FreeBSD
7handbook:
8
9    https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-src.html
10
11Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
12/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running portupgrade.
13
14NOTE: FreeBSD has switched from gcc to clang. If you have trouble bootstrapping
15from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and WITH_GCC to bootstrap to
16the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
17from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
18
19NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
20	FreeBSD 12.x has many debugging features turned on, in both the kernel
21	and userland.  These features attempt to detect incorrect use of
22	system primitives, and encourage loud failure through extra sanity
23	checking and fail stop semantics.  They also substantially impact
24	system performance.  If you want to do performance measurement,
25	benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off.  This
26	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
27	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
28	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
29	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
30	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
31	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
32	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
33
34
35****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
36
37	Due to a bug in some versions of clang that's very hard to workaround in
38	the upgrade process, to upgrade to -current you must first upgrade
39	either stable/9 after r286035 or stable/10 after r286033 (including
40	10.3-RELEASE) or current after r286007 (including stable/11 and
41	11.0-RELEASE). These revisions post-date the 10.2 and 9.3 releases, so
42	you'll need to take the unusual step of upgrading to the tip of the
43	stable branch before moving to 11 or -current via a source upgrade.
44	stable/11 and 11.0-RELEASE have working newer compiler. This differs
45	from the historical situation where one could upgrade from anywhere on
46	the last couple of stable branches, so be careful.
47
48	If you're running a hybrid system on 9.x or 10.x with an updated clang
49	compiler or are using an supported external toolchain, the build system
50	will allow the upgrade. Otherwise it will print a reminder.
51
52****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
53
5420170826:
55       During boot the geli passphrase will be hidden. To restore previous
56       behavior see geli(8) configuration options.
57
5820170825:
59	Move PMTUD blackhole counters to TCPSTATS and remove them from bare
60	sysctl values.  Minor nit, but requires a rebuild of both world/kernel
61	to complete.
62
6320170814:
64	"make check" behavior (made in ^/head@r295380) has been changed to
65	execute from a limited sandbox, as opposed to executing from
66	${TESTSDIR}.
67
68	Behavioral changes:
69	- The "beforecheck" and "aftercheck" targets are now specified.
70	- ${CHECKDIR} (added in commit noted above) has been removed.
71	- Legacy behavior can be enabled by setting
72	  WITHOUT_MAKE_CHECK_USE_SANDBOX in src.conf(5) or the environment.
73
74	If the limited sandbox mode is enabled, "make check" will execute
75	"make distribution", then install, execute the tests, and clean up the
76	sandbox if successful.
77
78	The "make distribution" and "make install" targets are typically run as
79	root to set appropriate permissions and ownership at installation time.
80	The end-user should set "WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER" in src.conf(5) or the
81	environment if executing "make check" with limited sandbox mode using
82	an unprivileged user.
83
8420170808:
85	Since the switch to GPT disk labels, fsck for UFS/FFS has been
86	unable to automatically find alternate superblocks. As of r322297,
87	the information needed to find alternate superblocks has been
88	moved to the end of the area reserved for the boot block.
89	Filesystems created with a newfs of this vintage or later
90	will create the recovery information. If you have a filesystem
91	created prior to this change and wish to have a recovery block
92	created for your filesystem, you can do so by running fsck in
93	forground mode (i.e., do not use the -p or -y options). As it
94	starts, fsck will ask ``SAVE DATA TO FIND ALTERNATE SUPERBLOCKS''
95	to which you should answer yes.
96
9720170728:
98	As of r321665, an NFSv4 server configuration that services
99	Kerberos mounts or clients that do not support the uid/gid in
100	owner/owner_group string capability, must explicitly enable
101	the nfsuserd daemon by adding nfsuserd_enable="YES" to the
102	machine's /etc/rc.conf file.
103
10420170722:
105	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 5.0.0.
106	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
107	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
108
10920170701:
110	WITHOUT_RCMDS is now the default. Set WITH_RCMDS if you need the
111	r-commands (rlogin, rsh, etc.) to be built with the base system.
112
11320170625:
114	The FreeBSD/powerpc platform now uses a 64-bit type for time_t.  This is
115	a very major ABI incompatible change, so users of FreeBSD/powerpc must
116	be careful when performing source upgrades.  It is best to run
117	'make installworld' from an alternate root system, either a live
118	CD/memory stick, or a temporary root partition.  Additionally, all ports
119	must be recompiled.  powerpc64 is largely unaffected, except in the case
120	of 32-bit compatibility.  All 32-bit binaries will be affected.
121
12220170623:
123	Forward compatibility for the "ino64" project have been committed. This
124	will allow most new binaries to run on older kernels in a limited
125	fashion.  This prevents many of the common foot-shooting actions in the
126	upgrade as well as the limited ability to roll back the kernel across
127	the ino64 upgrade. Complicated use cases may not work properly, though
128	enough simpler ones work to allow recovery in most situations.
129
13020170620:
131	Switch back to the BSDL dtc (Device Tree Compiler). Set WITH_GPL_DTC
132	if you require the GPL compiler.
133
13420170618:
135	The internal ABI used for communication between the NFS kernel modules
136	was changed by r320085, so __FreeBSD_version was bumped to
137	ensure all the NFS related modules are updated together.
138
13920170617:
140	The ABI of struct event was changed by extending the data
141	member to 64bit and adding ext fields.  For upgrade, same
142	precautions as for the entry 20170523 "ino64" must be
143	followed.
144
14520170531:
146	The GNU roff toolchain has been removed from base. To render manpages
147	which are not supported by mandoc(1), man(1) can fallback on GNU roff
148	from ports (and recommends to install it).
149	To render roff(7) documents, consider using GNU roff from ports or the
150	heirloom doctools roff toolchain from ports via pkg install groff or
151	via pkg install heirloom-doctools.
152
15320170524:
154	The ath(4) and ath_hal(4) modules now build piecemeal to allow for
155	smaller runtime footprint builds.  This is useful for embedded systems
156	which only require one chipset support.
157
158	If you load it as a module, make sure this is in /boot/loader.conf:
159
160	if_ath_load="YES"
161
162	This will load the HAL, all chip/RF backends and if_ath_pci.
163	If you have if_ath_pci in /boot/loader.conf, ensure it is after
164	if_ath or it will not load any HAL chipset support.
165
166	If you want to selectively load things (eg on ye cheape ARM/MIPS
167	platforms where RAM is at a premium) you should:
168
169	* load ath_hal
170	* load the chip modules in question
171	* load ath_rate, ath_dfs
172	* load ath_main
173	* load if_ath_pci and/or if_ath_ahb depending upon your particular
174	  bus bind type - this is where probe/attach is done.
175
176	For further comments/feedback, poke adrian@ .
177
17820170523:
179	The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
180	a number of types to 64 bits.  Upgrading in place requires care and
181	adherence to the documented upgrade procedure.
182
183	If using a custom kernel configuration ensure that the
184	COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option is included (as during the upgrade the
185	system will be running the ino64 kernel with the existing world).
186
187	For the safest in-place upgrade begin by removing previous build
188	artifacts via "rm -rf /usr/obj/*".   Then, carefully follow the
189	full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
190	everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically,
191	a reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
192	installing world.
193
19420170424:
195	The NATM framework including the en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and
196	patm(4) devices has been removed.  Consumers should plan a
197	migration before the end-of-life date for FreeBSD 11.
198
19920170420:
200	GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some features of GNU
201	diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer version of
202	GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the gdiff name.
203
20420170413:
205	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
206	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
207	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
208	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
209	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
210	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
211	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
212
21320170407:
214	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
215	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
216	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
217	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
218
21920170405:
220	The UDP optimization in entry 20160818 that added the sysctl
221	net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast has been reverted.  L2 broadcast
222	packets will no longer be treated as L3 broadcast packets.
223
22420170331:
225	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
226	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
227	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
228
22920170329:
230	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
231	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
232
233	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
234	via one of the following methods:
235	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
236	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
237	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
238	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
239
240	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
241
24220170316:
243	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
244	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
245	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
246	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
247	with mmc.ko).
248
24920170315:
250	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
251	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
252	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
253	be prefixed with colon.
254
25520170311:
256	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
257	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
258	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
259
26020170302:
261	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
262	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
263	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
264
26520170221:
266	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
267	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
268	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
269	change.
270
27120170216:
272	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
273	valid.
274
27520170215:
276	MCA bus support has been removed.
277
27820170127:
279	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
280	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
281
28220170112:
283	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
284	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
285
28620170109:
287	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
288	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
289	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
290
29120161217:
292	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
293	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
294	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
295
29620161124:
297	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
298	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
299	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
300
30120161119:
302	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
303	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
304	that link against it need to be recompiled.
305
30620161030:
307	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
308	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
309	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
310	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
311
31220161017:
313	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
314	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
315	parts.
316	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
317	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
318
31920161015:
320	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
321	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
322	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
323	removed from base.
324
32520161008:
326	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
327	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
328	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
329
33020161003:
331	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
332	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
333
33420160924:
335	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
336	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
337	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
338	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
339
34020160918:
341	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
342	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
343	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
344	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
345	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
346
34720160918:
348	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
349
35020160908:
351	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
352	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
353	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
354	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
355
35620160824:
357	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
358	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
359	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
360	to 1200005.
361
36220160818:
363	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
364	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
365	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
366	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
367	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
368	0.
369
37020160818:
371	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
372	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
373
37420160622:
375	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
376	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
377	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
378	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
379	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
380	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
381	kernel.
382
38320160527:
384	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
385	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
386	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
387	previously contained a line like
388	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
389	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
390	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
391	generally be fine.
392
39320160523:
394	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
395	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
396	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
397	built with the old headers.
398
39920160520:
400	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
401	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
402	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
403	installing a new libc.
404
40520160517:
406	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
407	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
408	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
409	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
410	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
411	packages will be needed.
412
413	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
414	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
415	and the install steps.
416
41720160510:
418	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
419	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
420	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
421	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
422	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
423	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
424
42520160414:
426	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
427	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
428	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
429	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
430	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
431
432		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
433		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
434		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
435		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
436		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
437
438	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
439	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
440	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
441	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
442	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
443	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
444	vendors work.
445
446	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
447	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
448		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
449	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
450	quirks entry to 0x3.
451
45220160330:
453	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
454	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
455	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
456
45720160317:
458	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
459	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
460
46120160311:
462	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
463	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
464	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
465	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
466	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
467	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
468	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
469	stale .depend files.
470
47120160306:
472	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
473	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
474	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
475	rebooting, e.g.:
476
477	make buildworld
478	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
479	make -C sys/boot install
480	<reboot in single user>
481
482	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
483	below.
484
48520160305:
486	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
487	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
488	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
489
49020160301:
491	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
492	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
493	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
494	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
495	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
496	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
497
49820160226:
499	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
500	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
501	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
502	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
503	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
504
50520160129:
506	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
507	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
508	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
509	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
510	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
511
51220160119:
513	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
514	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
515
51620160113:
517	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
518	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
519	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
520
52120151216:
522	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
523	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
524	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
525	other loaders.
526
52720151211:
528	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
529	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
530	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
531	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
532	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
533	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
534
53520151207:
536	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
537	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
538	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
539	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
540	in src.conf(5).
541
54220151130:
543	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
544	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
545	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
546
54720151108:
548	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
549	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
550	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
551
552	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
553	collation results will be different.
554
555	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
556	locales before running make installworld.
557
558	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
559
56020151030:
561	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
562	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
563
56420151020:
565	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
566	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
567	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
568
56920151017:
570	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
571	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
572	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
573	and 'make -N' will not.
574
57520151012:
576	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
577	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
578	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
579	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
580	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
581	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
582	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
583	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
584
58520151011:
586	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
587	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
588	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
589	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
590
59120151006:
592	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
593	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
594	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
595
59620150924:
597	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
598	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
599	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
600	userland debug files.
601
602	When using the supported kernel installation method the
603	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
604	as is done with /boot/kernel.
605
606	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
607	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
608
60920150827:
610	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
611	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
612	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
613	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
614	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
615	rc.d scripts in /etc.
616
61720150827:
618	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
619	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
620	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
621
62220150817:
623	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
624	them, the kernel must have
625
626	device	random
627	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
628
629	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
630	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
631	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
632	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
633
634	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
635	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
636
63720150813:
638	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
639	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
640	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
641
64220150810:
643	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
644	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
645	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
646	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
647
648	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
649	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
650	difference with this change.
651
652	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
653	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
654	remove that workaround.
655
65620150809:
657	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
658	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
659	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
660	with:
661
662	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
663
66420150806:
665	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
666	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
667	loader.rc.local instead.
668
66920150805:
670	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
671	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
672	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
673
67420150728:
675	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
676	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
677	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
678
679	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
680	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
681
68220150706:
683	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
684	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
685	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
686	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
687	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
688	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
689	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
690	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
691	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
692	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
693	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
694	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
695
69620150630:
697	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
698	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
699
700	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
701	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
702	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
703
704	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
705	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
706
707	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
708	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
709	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
710
711	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
712	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
713	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
714	and it is assumed you know what you need.
715
716	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
717	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
718	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
719	behaviour from your security subsystems.
720
721	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
722	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
723	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
724	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
725	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
726	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
727	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
728	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
729	will never happen.
730
73120150623:
732	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
733	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
734
73520150616:
736	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
737	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
738
73920150615:
740	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
741	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
742	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
743	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
744	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
745
74620150614:
747	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
748	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
749	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
750	with Kyuafile and kyua.
751
75220150614:
753	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
754	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
755	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
756	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
757	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
758	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
759	2048 bit DH parameter by:
760
761	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
762	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
763	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
764	   replace it with '2'.
765	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
766	   a file path, create a new file with:
767		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
768	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
769		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
770	5. Restart sendmail:
771		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
772
773	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
774	updated.
775
77620150604:
777	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
778	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
779	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
780	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
781	5.x.
782
783	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
784
78520150525:
786	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
787	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
788	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
789
79020150521:
791	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
792	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
793	and Pandaboard:
794
795	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
796	  same but content is different now
797	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
798	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
799	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
800	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
801	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
802
80320150501:
804	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
805	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
806	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
807
80820150423:
809	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
810	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
811
81220150415:
813	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
814	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
815
81620150416:
817	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
818	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
819	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
820
82120150324:
822	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
823	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
824	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
825	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
826
82720150315:
828	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
829	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
830	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
831
83220150307:
833	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
834	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
835	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
836	kernel before rebooting.
837
83820150217:
839	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
840	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
841	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
842	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
843	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
844	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
845
84620150210:
847	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
848	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
849	with the new kernel.
850
85120150131:
852	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
853	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
854	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
855
85620150118:
857	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
858	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
859	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
860	are not already using 3.5.0.
861
86220150107:
863	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
864	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
865	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
866	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
867	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
868
86920150105:
870	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
871	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
872	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
873	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
874
87520150102:
876	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
877	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
878
87920141231:
880	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
881
882	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
883	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
884	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
885	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
886	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
887	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
888	later.
889
890	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
891	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
892	of the box.
893
894	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
895	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
896	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
897	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
898
899	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
900	the instructions for 9.x above.
901
902	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
903	default, and do not build clang.
904
905	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
906	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
907	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
908
909	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
910	the following are most likely to appear:
911
912	-Wabsolute-value
913
914	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
915	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
916	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
917	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
918	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
919	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
920	  cast, or disable the warning.
921
922	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
923	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
924	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
925	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
926	  side-effects.
927
928	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
929	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
930
931	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
932	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
933	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
934	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
935
936	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
937	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
938	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
939	unreachable could be optimized away.
940
94120141222:
942	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
943	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
944	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
945	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
946	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
947	the utilities will report errors.
948
94920141121:
950	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
951	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
952	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
953	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
954	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
955	LOCAL_DIRS.
956
95720141109:
958	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
959	has been obsolete for a very long time.
960
96120141104:
962	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
963	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
964	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
965	drivers.
966
967	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
968	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
969	indicate what you need to do.
970
971	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
972	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
973	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
974
975	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
976	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
977	  kern.vty=sc
978
97920141102:
980	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
981	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
982	execute it.
983
98420141009:
985	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
986	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
987	devel/gperf port.
988
98920140923:
990	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
991	contrib/pjdfstest .
992
99320140922:
994	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
995	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
996	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
997	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
998	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
999	their next update cycle.
1000
100120140729:
1002	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
1003	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
1004	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
1005	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
1006	1.12.4_8 or newer.
1007
100820140723:
1009	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
1010	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
1011
101220140719:
1013	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
1014	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
1015	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
1016	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
1017	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
1018	new configuration.
1019
102020140709:
1021	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
1022	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
1023	them again.
1024	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
1025
102620140708:
1027	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
1028	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
1029	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
1030	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
1031	requires readline.
1032
103320140702:
1034	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
1035	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
1036	architecture.
1037
103820140701:
1039	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
1040	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
1041	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
1042	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
1043	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1044
104520140629:
1046	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
1047	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
1048	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
1049
105020140619:
1051	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
1052	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
1053	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1054
105520140606:
1056	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
1057	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
1058	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
1059	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
1060	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
1061	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
1062	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
1063	"make installworld".
1064
1065	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
1066	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
1067	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
1068	is run.
1069
1070	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
1071	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
1072	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
1073	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
1074	be removed during a clean upgrade.
1075
107620140512:
1077	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
1078
107920140508:
1080	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
1081	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
1082	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
1083
108420140505:
1085	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
1086	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
1087	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
1088	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
1089	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
1090	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
1091	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
1092	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
1093	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
1094	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
1095	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
1096	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
1097
1098	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
1099	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
1100	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
1101	as well.
1102
110320140430:
1104	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
1105	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1106
110720140424:
1108	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
1109	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
1110	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
1111	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
1112	build hosts for older releases.
1113
1114	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
1115	r276991, respectively.
1116
111720140418:
1118	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
1119	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
1120	will silently lack HESIOD.
1121
112220140405:
1123	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1124	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1125	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1126	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1127	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1128	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1129	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1130	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1131	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1132	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1133	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1134	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1135
113620140306:
1137	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1138	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1139	with command line option -W.
1140
114120140226:
1142	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1143	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1144	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1145	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1146	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1147
114820140216:
1149	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1150
115120140216:
1152	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1153	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1154
115520140212:
1156	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1157	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1158	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1159	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1160	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1161
116220140204:
1163	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1164	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1165	kernel is still highly recommended.
1166
116720140131:
1168	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1169	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1170	capability mode support in kernel.
1171
117220140128:
1173	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1174	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1175	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1176	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1177	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1178
117920140110:
1180	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1181	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1182	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1183	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1184	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1185	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1186
118720131213:
1188	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1189	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1190	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1191	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1192	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1193	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1194	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1195	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1196	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1197
119820131108:
1199	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1200	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1201	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1202	should change your settings to use the latter.
1203
120420131025:
1205	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1206	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1207	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1208	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1209	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1210
121120131014:
1212	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1213	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1214	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1215	delete-old-libs":
1216	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1217	  or
1218	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1219
122020131010:
1221	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1222	revision r256279.
1223
122420131010:
1225	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1226	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1227	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1228	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1229	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1230	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1231
1232	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1233	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1234	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1235	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1236	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1237	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1238
1239	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1240	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1241	with an integer.
1242
124320130930:
1244	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1245	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1246	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1247	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1248
1249	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1250	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1251	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1252	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1253
125420130916:
1255	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1256	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1257	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1258
125920130911:
1260	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1261	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1262	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1263	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1264
126520130906:
1266	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1267	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1268	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1269	options in src.conf.
1270
127120130905:
1272	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1273	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1274	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1275	'options PROCDESC'.
1276
127720130905:
1278	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1279	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1280	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1281	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1282	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1283	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1284
128520130903:
1286	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1287	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1288	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1289
129020130821:
1291	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1292	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1293	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1294
129520130813:
1296	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1297	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1298	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1299	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1300	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1301	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1302
130320130806:
1304	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1305	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1306	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1307	explicitly.
1308	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1309	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1310	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1311	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1312	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1313
131420130806:
1315	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1316	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1317	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1318	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1319	to r253970 or later.
1320
132120130802:
1322	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1323	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1324	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1325	would result:
1326
1327	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1328
1329	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1330	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1331	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1332	old as well as the new version of find.
1333
133420130726:
1335	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1336	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1337	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1338	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1339	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1340
134120130716:
1342	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1343	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1344	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1345
1346	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1347
1348	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1349	users are advised to upgrade.
1350
135120130709:
1352	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1353	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1354
135520130709:
1356	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1357	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1358	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1359
136020130618:
1361	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1362	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1363	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1364	write access to that file.
1365
136620130615:
1367	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1368	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1369
137020130613:
1371	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1372
1373		make: illegal option -- J
1374		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1375			...
1376		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1377
1378	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1379	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1380	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1381	you see the above error:
1382
1383		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1384
1385	should resolve it.
1386
138720130516:
1388	Use bmake by default.
1389	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1390	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1391	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1392
1393	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1394	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1395	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1396	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1397	behavior in parallel build.
1398
139920130429:
1400	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1401
140220130426:
1403	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1404	the IDEA patent expired.
1405
140620130426:
1407	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1408	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1409	enabled by default.
1410
141120130425:
1412	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1413	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1414	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1415	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1416	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1417	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1418	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1419	&& make install).
1420
142120130404:
1422	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1423	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1424	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1425	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1426	and removed.
1427
142820130319:
1429	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1430	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1431	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1432	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1433
143420130308:
1435	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1436	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1437
143820130304:
1439	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1440	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1441	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1442	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1443	is requested.
1444
1445	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1446	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1447	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1448	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1449	in /boot/loader.conf.
1450
145120130301:
1452	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1453	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1454	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1455	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1456	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1457
145820130208:
1459	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1460	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1461
1462	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1463	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1464
146520130129:
1466	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1467	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1468	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1469	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1470	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1471
147220130121:
1473	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1474	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1475	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1476	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1477	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1478	/etc/src.conf.
1479
148020130118:
1481	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1482	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1483	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1484	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1485	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1486	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1487	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1488
148920121223:
1490	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1491	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1492	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1493
149420121222:
1495	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1496	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1497	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1498	be updated.
1499
150020121217:
1501	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1502	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1503	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1504
1505		savecore_flags=""
1506
150720121201:
1508	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1509	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1510	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1511
151220121117:
1513	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1514	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1515	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1516	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1517	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1518	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1519
152020121105:
1521	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1522	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1523	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1524	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1525	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1526	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1527	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1528	branch point).
1529
153020121102:
1531	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1532	functionality now turned on by default.
1533
153420121023:
1535	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1536	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1537	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1538	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1539	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1540	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1541	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1542	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1543	of the two kernel options.
1544
154520121023:
1546	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1547	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1548	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1549	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1550
155120121022:
1552	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1553	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1554	recompiled.
1555
155620121018:
1557	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1558	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1559	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1560
156120121016:
1562	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1563	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1564	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1565	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1566	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1567
156820121015:
1569	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1570	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1571	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1572	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1573
157420121014:
1575	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1576
157720121013:
1578	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1579	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1580	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1581	knob has also gone.
1582
158320121006:
1584	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1585	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1586	with new kernel.
1587
158820121001:
1589	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1590	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1591	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1592
159320120913:
1594	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1595	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1596	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1597	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1598	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1599	configurations.
1600
160120120908:
1602	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1603	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1604
160520120828:
1606	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1607	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1608	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1609	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1610	manual page.
1611
161220120727:
1613	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1614	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1615	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1616
161720120712:
1618	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1619	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1620	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1621
162220120712:
1623	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1624	with other variables:
1625	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1626	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1627
162820120628:
1629	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1630	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1631	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1632	installed as "bsdsort".
1633
163420120611:
1635	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1636	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1637	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1638	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1639	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1640	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1641	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1642	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1643	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1644
164520120417:
1646	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1647	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1648	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1649	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1650	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1651	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1652	NAMESPACE section).
1653
165420120328:
1655	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1656	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1657	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1658	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1659	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1660	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1661	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1662
166320120306:
1664	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1665	platforms.
1666
166720120229:
1668	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1669	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1670	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1671	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1672	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1673	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1674
167520120211:
1676	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1677	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1678	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1679	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1680	comes from 20111215.
1681
168220120114:
1683	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1684	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1685	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1686	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1687
1688	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1689	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1690
169120120109:
1692	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1693	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1694	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1695	tunable/sysctl.
1696	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1697
169820111215:
1699	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1700	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1701	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1702	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1703	not supported anymore.
1704
1705	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1706	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1707	need to be recompiled.
1708
170920111122:
1710	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1711	/dev/wmistat0.
1712
171320111108:
1714	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1715	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1716	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1717	time.
1718
171920111101:
1720	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1721	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1722
172320110930:
1724	sysinstall has been removed
1725
172620110923:
1727	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1728	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1729
1730COMMON ITEMS:
1731
1732	General Notes
1733	-------------
1734	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1735	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1736	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1737	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1738	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1739	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1740	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1741
1742	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1743	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1744	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1745	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1746	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1747
1748	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1749	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1750	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1751	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1752	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1753	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1754	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1755	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1756	an exception.
1757
1758	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1759	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1760	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1761	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1762
1763	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1764	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1765	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1766	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1767	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1768	should write them with this in mind.
1769
1770	ZFS notes
1771	---------
1772	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1773	these two steps:
1774
1775	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1776	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1777
1778	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1779
1780	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1781	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1782	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1783
1784	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1785
1786	To build a kernel
1787	-----------------
1788	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1789	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1790	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1791
1792	make kernel-toolchain
1793	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1794	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1795
1796	To test a kernel once
1797	---------------------
1798	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1799	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1800	debugging information) run
1801	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1802	nextboot -k testkernel
1803
1804	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1805	--------------------------------------------------------------
1806	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1807	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1808	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1809
1810	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1811	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1812	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1813	make depend
1814	make
1815	make install
1816
1817	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1818
1819	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1820	-----------------------------------------------------------
1821	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1822	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1823
1824	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1825	make buildworld
1826	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1827							[1]
1828	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1829	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1830	make installworld
1831	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1832	make delete-old					[6]
1833	<reboot>
1834
1835	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1836	--------------------------------------------------
1837	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1838	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1839	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1840	# size.
1841
1842	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1843	<boot into -stable>
1844	make buildworld
1845	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1846	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1847	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1848	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1849	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1850	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1851	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1852	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1853	<reboot into current>
1854	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1855	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1856	<reboot>
1857
1858
1859	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1860	----------------------------------------------
1861	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1862	make buildworld					[9]
1863	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1864							[1]
1865	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1866	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1867	make installworld
1868	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1869	make delete-old					[6]
1870	<reboot>
1871
1872	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1873	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1874	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1875	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1876	the UPDATING entries.
1877
1878	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1879	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1880	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1881	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1882	much fewer pitfalls.
1883
1884	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1885	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1886	system on reboot.
1887
1888	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1889		fsck -p
1890		mount -u /
1891		mount -a
1892		cd src
1893		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1894	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1895	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1896
1897	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1898	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1899	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1900	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1901	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1902	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1903	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1904
1905	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1906	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1907	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1908	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1909	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1910	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1911
1912	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1913	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1914	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1915
1916	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1917	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1918	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1919	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1920	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1921	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1922
1923	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1924	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1925
1926	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1927	cvs prune empty directories.
1928
1929	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1930	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1931	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1932
1933	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1934	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1935	warn if it is improperly defined.
1936FORMAT:
1937
1938This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1939breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1940list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1941If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1942to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1943
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