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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
5420170623:
55	Forward compatibility for the "ino64" project have been committed. This
56	will allow most new binaries to run on older kernels in a limited
57	fashion.  This prevents many of the common foot-shooting actions in the
58	upgrade as well as the limited ability to roll back the kernel across
59	the ino64 upgrade. Complicated use cases may not work properly, though
60	enough simpler ones work to allow recovery in most situations. There is an
61	issue with dependencies which may not properly rebuild everything needed
62	when doing a NO_CLEAN build. Removing *stat*o in lib/libc obj tree is
63	sufficient to avoid this issue.
64
6520170620:
66	Switch back to the BSDL dtc (Device Tree Compiler). Set WITH_GPL_DTC
67	if you require the GPL compiler.
68
6920170618:
70	The internal ABI used for communication between the NFS kernel modules
71	was changed by r320085, so __FreeBSD_version was bumped to
72	ensure all the NFS related modules are updated together.
73
7420170617:
75	The ABI of struct event was changed by extending the data
76	member to 64bit and adding ext fields.  For upgrade, same
77	precautions as for the entry 20170523 "ino64" must be
78	followed.
79
8020170531:
81	The GNU roff toolchain has been removed from base. To render manpages
82	which are not supported by mandoc(1), man(1) can fallback on GNU roff
83	from ports (and recommends to install it).
84	To render roff(7) documents, consider using GNU roff from ports or the
85	heirloom doctools roff toolchain from ports via pkg install groff or
86	via pkg install heirloom-doctools.
87
8820170524:
89	The ath(4) and ath_hal(4) modules now build piecemeal to allow for
90	smaller runtime footprint builds.  This is useful for embedded systems
91	which only require one chipset support.
92
93	If you load it as a module, make sure this is in /boot/loader.conf:
94
95	if_ath_load="YES"
96
97	This will load the HAL, all chip/RF backends and if_ath_pci.
98	If you have if_ath_pci in /boot/loader.conf, ensure it is after
99	if_ath or it will not load any HAL chipset support.
100
101	If you want to selectively load things (eg on ye cheape ARM/MIPS
102	platforms where RAM is at a premium) you should:
103
104	* load ath_hal
105	* load the chip modules in question
106	* load ath_rate, ath_dfs
107	* load ath_main
108	* load if_ath_pci and/or if_ath_ahb depending upon your particular
109	  bus bind type - this is where probe/attach is done.
110
111	For further comments/feedback, poke adrian@ .
112
11320170523:
114	The "ino64" 64-bit inode project has been committed, which extends
115	a number of types to 64 bits.  Upgrading in place requires care and
116	adherence to the documented upgrade procedure.
117
118	If using a custom kernel configuration ensure that the
119	COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option is included (as during the upgrade the
120	system will be running the ino64 kernel with the existing world).
121
122	For the safest in-place upgrade begin by removing previous build
123	artifacts via "rm -rf /usr/obj/*".   Then, carefully follow the
124	full procedure documented below under the heading "To rebuild
125	everything and install it on the current system."  Specifically,
126	a reboot is required after installing the new kernel before
127	installing world.
128
12920170424:
130	The NATM framework including the en(4), fatm(4), hatm(4), and
131	patm(4) devices has been removed.  Consumers should plan a
132	migration before the end-of-life date for FreeBSD 11.
133
13420170420:
135	GNU diff has been replaced by a BSD licensed diff. Some features of GNU
136	diff has not been implemented, if those are needed a newer version of
137	GNU diff is available via the diffutils package under the gdiff name.
138
13920170413:
140	As of r316810 for ipfilter, keep frags is no longer assumed when
141	keep state is specified in a rule. r316810 aligns ipfilter with
142	documentation in man pages separating keep frags from keep state.
143	This allows keep state to be specified without forcing keep frags
144	and allows keep frags to be specified independently of keep state.
145	To maintain previous behaviour, also specify keep frags with
146	keep state (as documented in ipf.conf.5).
147
14820170407:
149	arm64 builds now use the base system LLD 4.0.0 linker by default,
150	instead of requiring that the aarch64-binutils port or package be
151	installed. To continue using aarch64-binutils, set
152	CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX=/usr/local/aarch64-freebsd/bin .
153
15420170405:
155	The UDP optimization in entry 20160818 that added the sysctl
156	net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast has been reverted.  L2 broadcast
157	packets will no longer be treated as L3 broadcast packets.
158
15920170331:
160	Binds and sends to the loopback addresses, IPv6 and IPv4, will now
161	use any explicitly assigned loopback address available in the jail
162	instead of using the first assigned address of the jail.
163
16420170329:
165	The ctl.ko module no longer implements the iSCSI target frontend:
166	cfiscsi.ko does instead.
167
168	If building cfiscsi.ko as a kernel module, the module can be loaded
169	via one of the following methods:
170	- `cfiscsi_load="YES"` in loader.conf(5).
171	- Add `cfiscsi` to `$kld_list` in rc.conf(5).
172	- ctladm(8)/ctld(8), when compiled with iSCSI support
173	  (`WITH_ISCSI=yes` in src.conf(5))
174
175	Please see cfiscsi(4) for more details.
176
17720170316:
178	The mmcsd.ko module now additionally depends on geom_flashmap.ko.
179	Also, mmc.ko and mmcsd.ko need to be a matching pair built from the
180	same source (previously, the dependency of mmcsd.ko on mmc.ko was
181	missing, but mmcsd.ko now will refuse to load if it is incompatible
182	with mmc.ko).
183
18420170315:
185	The syntax of ipfw(8) named states was changed to avoid ambiguity.
186	If you have used named states in the firewall rules, you need to modify
187	them after installworld and before rebooting. Now named states must
188	be prefixed with colon.
189
19020170311:
191	The old drm (sys/dev/drm/) drivers for i915 and radeon have been
192	removed as the userland we provide cannot use them. The KMS version
193	(sys/dev/drm2) supports the same hardware.
194
19520170302:
196	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 4.0.0.
197	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
198	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
199
20020170221:
201	The code that provides support for ZFS .zfs/ directory functionality
202	has been reimplemented.  It's not possible now to create a snapshot
203	by mkdir under .zfs/snapshot/.  That should be the only user visible
204	change.
205
20620170216:
207	EISA bus support has been removed. The WITH_EISA option is no longer
208	valid.
209
21020170215:
211	MCA bus support has been removed.
212
21320170127:
214	The WITH_LLD_AS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_AS_LD build knobs have been renamed
215	WITH_LLD_IS_LD / WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD, for consistency with CLANG_IS_CC.
216
21720170112:
218	The EM_MULTIQUEUE kernel configuration option is deprecated now that
219	the em(4) driver conforms to iflib specifications.
220
22120170109:
222	The igb(4), em(4) and lem(4) ethernet drivers are now implemented via
223	IFLIB.  If you have a custom kernel configuration that excludes em(4)
224	but you use igb(4), you need to re-add em(4) to your custom configuration.
225
22620161217:
227	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.1.
228	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
229	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
230
23120161124:
232	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.9.0.
233	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
234	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
235
23620161119:
237	The layout of the pmap structure has changed for powerpc to put the pmap
238	statistics at the front for all CPU variations.  libkvm(3) and all tools
239	that link against it need to be recompiled.
240
24120161030:
242	isl(4) and cyapa(4) drivers now require a new driver,
243	chromebook_platform(4), to work properly on Chromebook-class hardware.
244	On other types of hardware the drivers may need to be configured using
245	device hints.  Please see the corresponding manual pages for details.
246
24720161017:
248	The urtwn(4) driver was merged into rtwn(4) and now consists of
249	rtwn(4) main module + rtwn_usb(4) and rtwn_pci(4) bus-specific
250	parts.
251	Also, firmware for RTL8188CE was renamed due to possible name
252	conflict (rtwnrtl8192cU(B) -> rtwnrtl8192cE(B))
253
25420161015:
255	GNU rcs has been removed from base.  It is available as packages:
256	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
257	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) before it was
258	removed from base.
259
26020161008:
261	Use of the cc_cdg, cc_chd, cc_hd, or cc_vegas congestion control
262	modules now requires that the kernel configuration contain the
263	TCP_HHOOK option. (This option is included in the GENERIC kernel.)
264
26520161003:
266	The WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
267	ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy is always installed as /usr/bin/objcopy.
268
26920160924:
270	Relocatable object files with the extension of .So have been renamed
271	to use an extension of .pico instead.  The purpose of this change is
272	to avoid a name clash with shared libraries on case-insensitive file
273	systems.  On those file systems, foo.So is the same file as foo.so.
274
27520160918:
276	GNU rcs has been turned off by default.  It can (temporarily) be built
277	again by adding WITH_RCS knob in src.conf.
278	Otherwise, GNU rcs is available from packages:
279	- rcs: Latest GPLv3 GNU rcs version.
280	- rcs57: Copy of the latest version of GNU rcs (GPLv2) from base.
281
28220160918:
283	The backup_uses_rcs functionality has been removed from rc.subr.
284
28520160908:
286	The queue(3) debugging macro, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG, has been split into
287	two separate components, QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRACE and
288	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG_TRASH.  Define both for the original
289	QUEUE_MACRO_DEBUG behavior.
290
29120160824:
292	r304787 changed some ioctl interfaces between the iSCSI userspace
293	programs and the kernel.  ctladm, ctld, iscsictl, and iscsid must be
294	rebuilt to work with new kernels.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped
295	to 1200005.
296
29720160818:
298	The UDP receive code has been updated to only treat incoming UDP
299	packets that were addressed to an L2 broadcast address as L3
300	broadcast packets.  It is not expected that this will affect any
301	standards-conforming UDP application.  The new behaviour can be
302	disabled by setting the sysctl net.inet.udp.require_l2_bcast to
303	0.
304
30520160818:
306	Remove the openbsd_poll system call.
307	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
308
30920160622:
310	The libc stub for the pipe(2) system call has been replaced with
311	a wrapper that calls the pipe2(2) system call and the pipe(2)
312	system call is now only implemented by the kernels that include
313	"options COMPAT_FREEBSD10" in their config file (this is the
314	default).  Users should ensure that this option is enabled in
315	their kernel or upgrade userspace to r302092 before upgrading their
316	kernel.
317
31820160527:
319	CAM will now strip leading spaces from SCSI disks' serial numbers.
320	This will affect users who create UFS filesystems on SCSI disks using
321	those disk's diskid device nodes.  For example, if /etc/fstab
322	previously contained a line like
323	"/dev/diskid/DISK-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ABCDEFG0123456", you should
324	change it to "/dev/diskid/DISK-ABCDEFG0123456".  Users of geom
325	transforms like gmirror may also be affected.  ZFS users should
326	generally be fine.
327
32820160523:
329	The bitstring(3) API has been updated with new functionality and
330	improved performance.  But it is binary-incompatible with the old API.
331	Objects built with the new headers may not be linked against objects
332	built with the old headers.
333
33420160520:
335	The brk and sbrk functions have been removed from libc on arm64.
336	Binutils from ports has been updated to not link to these
337	functions and should be updated to the latest version before
338	installing a new libc.
339
34020160517:
341	The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
342	for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
343	is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
344	This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
345	and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
346	packages will be needed.
347
348	To update an existing self-hosted armv6hf system, you must add
349	TARGET_ARCH=armv6 on the make command line for both the build
350	and the install steps.
351
35220160510:
353	Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
354	installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.  Many kernel
355	modules built this way (such as those in ports) already overrode
356	KMODDIR explicitly to install into /boot/modules.  However,
357	manually building and installing a module from /sys/modules will
358	now install to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel.
359
36020160414:
361	The CAM I/O scheduler has been committed to the kernel. There should be
362	no user visible impact. This does enable NCQ Trim on ada SSDs. While the
363	list of known rogues that claim support for this but actually corrupt
364	data is believed to be complete, be on the lookout for data
365	corruption. The known rogue list is believed to be complete:
366
367		o Crucial MX100, M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
368		o Micron M510 and M550 drives with MU01 firmware.
369		o Micron M500 prior to MU07 firmware
370		o Samsung 830, 840, and 850 all firmwares
371		o FCCT M500 all firmwares
372
373	Crucial has firmware http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware
374	with working NCQ TRIM. For Micron branded drives, see your sales rep for
375	updated firmware. Black listed drives will work correctly because these
376	drives work correctly so long as no NCQ TRIMs are sent to them. Given
377	this list is the same as found in Linux, it's believed there are no
378	other rogues in the market place. All other models from the above
379	vendors work.
380
381	To be safe, if you are at all concerned, you can quirk each of your
382	drives to prevent NCQ from being sent by setting:
383		kern.cam.ada.X.quirks="0x2"
384	in loader.conf. If the drive requires the 4k sector quirk, set the
385	quirks entry to 0x3.
386
38720160330:
388	The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is
389	now the one true way.  The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has
390	been removed.  See 20160311 for further details.
391
39220160317:
393	Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t.  All
394	drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled.
395
39620160311:
397	WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree
398	builds.  It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the
399	'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran
400	when building 'make all' and will generate all SRCS and DPSRCS before
401	building anything else.  Dependencies are gathered at compile time with
402	-MF flags kept in separate .depend files per object file.  Users should
403	run 'make cleandepend' once if using -DNO_CLEAN to clean out older
404	stale .depend files.
405
40620160306:
407	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
408	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
409	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
410	rebooting, e.g.:
411
412	make buildworld
413	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
414	make -C sys/boot install
415	<reboot in single user>
416
417	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
418	below.
419
42020160305:
421	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
422	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
423	upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
424
42520160301:
426	The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel.  The
427	VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed.
428	Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only
429	permitted on sockets and raw disks by default.  To enable
430	asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the
431	vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value.
432
43320160226:
434	The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the
435	ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a
436	drop-in replacement, with the addition of arm64 support. The
437	(temporary) src.conf knob WITHOUT_ELFCOPY_AS_OBJCOPY knob may be set
438	to obtain the GNU version if necessary.
439
44020160129:
441	Building ZFS pools on top of zvols is prohibited by default.  That
442	feature has never worked safely; it's always been prone to deadlocks.
443	Using a zvol as the backing store for a VM guest's virtual disk will
444	still work, even if the guest is using ZFS.  Legacy behavior can be
445	restored by setting vfs.zfs.vol.recursive=1.
446
44720160119:
448	The NONE and HPN patches has been removed from OpenSSH.  They are
449	still available in the security/openssh-portable port.
450
45120160113:
452	With the addition of ypldap(8), a new _ypldap user is now required
453	during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add the user
454	prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
455
45620151216:
457	The tftp loader (pxeboot) now uses the option root-path directive. As a
458	consequence it no longer looks for a pxeboot.4th file on the tftp
459	server. Instead it uses the regular /boot infrastructure as with the
460	other loaders.
461
46220151211:
463	The code to start recording plug and play data into the modules has
464	been committed. While the old tools will properly build a new kernel,
465	a number of warnings about "unknown metadata record 4" will be produced
466	for an older kldxref. To avoid such warnings, make sure to rebuild
467	the kernel toolchain (or world). Make sure that you have r292078 or
468	later when trying to build 292077 or later before rebuilding.
469
47020151207:
471	Debug data files are now built by default with 'make buildworld' and
472	installed with 'make installworld'. This facilitates debugging but
473	requires more disk space both during the build and for the installed
474	world. Debug files may be disabled by setting WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES=yes
475	in src.conf(5).
476
47720151130:
478	r291527 changed the internal interface between the nfsd.ko and
479	nfscommon.ko modules. As such, they must both be upgraded to-gether.
480	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped because of this.
481
48220151108:
483	Add support for unicode collation strings leads to a change of
484	order of files listed by ls(1) for example. To get back to the old
485	behaviour, set LC_COLLATE environment variable to "C".
486
487	Databases administrators will need to reindex their databases given
488	collation results will be different.
489
490	Due to a bug in install(1) it is recommended to remove the ancient
491	locales before running make installworld.
492
493	rm -rf /usr/share/locale/*
494
49520151030:
496	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.2d.  Any binaries requiring
497	libcrypto.so.7 or libssl.so.7 must be recompiled.
498
49920151020:
500	Qlogic 24xx/25xx firmware images were updated from 5.5.0 to 7.3.0.
501	Kernel modules isp_2400_multi and isp_2500_multi were removed and
502	should be replaced with isp_2400 and isp_2500 modules respectively.
503
50420151017:
505	The build previously allowed using 'make -n' to not recurse into
506	sub-directories while showing what commands would be executed, and
507	'make -n -n' to recursively show commands.  Now 'make -n' will recurse
508	and 'make -N' will not.
509
51020151012:
511	If you specify SENDMAIL_MC or SENDMAIL_CF in make.conf, mergemaster
512	and etcupdate will now use this file. A custom sendmail.cf is now
513	updated via this mechanism rather than via installworld.  If you had
514	excluded sendmail.cf in mergemaster.rc or etcupdate.conf, you may
515	want to remove the exclusion or change it to "always install".
516	/etc/mail/sendmail.cf is now managed the same way regardless of
517	whether SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF is used.  If you are not using
518	SENDMAIL_MC/SENDMAIL_CF there should be no change in behavior.
519
52020151011:
521	Compatibility shims for legacy ATA device names have been removed.
522	It includes ATA_STATIC_ID kernel option, kern.cam.ada.legacy_aliases
523	and kern.geom.raid.legacy_aliases loader tunables, kern.devalias.*
524	environment variables, /dev/ad* and /dev/ar* symbolic links.
525
52620151006:
527	Clang, llvm, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ have been upgraded to 3.7.0.
528	Please see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites
529	and upgrading, if you are not already using clang 3.5.0 or higher.
530
53120150924:
532	Kernel debug files have been moved to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/,
533	and renamed from .symbols to .debug. This reduces the size requirements
534	on the boot partition or file system and provides consistency with
535	userland debug files.
536
537	When using the supported kernel installation method the
538	/usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel directory will be renamed (to kernel.old)
539	as is done with /boot/kernel.
540
541	Developers wishing to maintain the historical behavior of installing
542	debug files in /boot/kernel/ can set KERN_DEBUGDIR="" in src.conf(5).
543
54420150827:
545	The wireless drivers had undergone changes that remove the 'parent
546	interface' from the ifconfig -l output. The rc.d network scripts
547	used to check presence of a parent interface in the list, so old
548	scripts would fail to start wireless networking. Thus, etcupdate(3)
549	or mergemaster(8) run is required after kernel update, to update your
550	rc.d scripts in /etc.
551
55220150827:
553	pf no longer supports 'scrub fragment crop' or 'scrub fragment drop-ovl'
554	These configurations are now automatically interpreted as
555	'scrub fragment reassemble'.
556
55720150817:
558	Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
559	them, the kernel must have
560
561	device	random
562	options	RANDOM_LOADABLE
563
564	kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
565	or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
566	function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
567	the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
568
569	The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
570	unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
571
57220150813:
573	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
574	Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
575	the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
576
57720150810:
578	The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
579	uart(4) driver has been corrected.  Prior to this change the PPS
580	"assert" event corresponded to the trailing edge of a positive PPS
581	pulse and the "clear" event was the leading edge of the next pulse.
582
583	As the width of a PPS pulse in a typical GPS receiver is on the
584	order of 1 millisecond, most users will not notice any significant
585	difference with this change.
586
587	Anyone who has compensated for the historical polarity reversal by
588	configuring a negative offset equal to the pulse width will need to
589	remove that workaround.
590
59120150809:
592	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
593	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
594	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
595	with:
596
597	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
598
59920150806:
600	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during
601	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and
602	loader.rc.local instead.
603
60420150805:
605	GNU Binutils versions of addr2line, c++filt, nm, readelf, size,
606	strings and strip have been removed. The src.conf(5) knob
607	WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS no longer provides the binutils tools.
608
60920150728:
610	As ZFS requires more kernel stack pages than is the default on some
611	architectures e.g. i386, it now warns if KSTACK_PAGES is less than
612	ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES (which is 4 at the time of writing).
613
614	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=X' where X is greater
615	than or equal to ZFS_MIN_KSTACK_PAGES i.e. 4 in such configurations.
616
61720150706:
618	sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2.  Starting with FreeBSD 11.0
619	and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by
620	default, i.e., they will not contain "::".  For example, instead
621	of ::1, it will be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1.  This permits a zero subnet
622	to have a more specific match, such as different map entries for
623	IPv6:0:0 vs IPv6:0.  This change requires that configuration
624	data (including maps, files, classes, custom ruleset, etc.) must
625	use the same format, so make certain such configuration data is
626	upgrading.  As a very simple check search for patterns like
627	'IPv6:[0-9a-fA-F:]*::' and 'IPv6::'.  To return to the old
628	behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or
629	the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses.
630
63120150630:
632	The default kernel entropy-processing algorithm is now
633	Fortuna, replacing Yarrow.
634
635	Assuming you have 'device random' in your kernel config
636	file, the configurations allow a kernel option to override
637	this default. You may choose *ONE* of:
638
639	options	RANDOM_YARROW	# Legacy /dev/random algorithm.
640	options	RANDOM_DUMMY	# Blocking-only driver.
641
642	If you have neither, you get Fortuna.  For most people,
643	read no further, Fortuna will give a /dev/random that works
644	like it always used to, and the difference will be irrelevant.
645
646	If you remove 'device random', you get *NO* kernel-processed
647	entropy at all. This may be acceptable to folks building
648	embedded systems, but has complications. Carry on reading,
649	and it is assumed you know what you need.
650
651	*PLEASE* read random(4) and random(9) if you are in the
652	habit of tweaking kernel configs, and/or if you are a member
653	of the embedded community, wanting specific and not-usual
654	behaviour from your security subsystems.
655
656	NOTE!! If you use RANDOM_DUMMY and/or have no 'device
657	random', you will NOT have a functioning /dev/random, and
658	many cryptographic features will not work, including SSH.
659	You may also find strange behaviour from the random(3) set
660	of library functions, in particular sranddev(3), srandomdev(3)
661	and arc4random(3). The reason for this is that the KERN_ARND
662	sysctl only returns entropy if it thinks it has some to
663	share, and with RANDOM_DUMMY or no 'device random' this
664	will never happen.
665
66620150623:
667	An additional fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail
668	entry below has been been committed in revision 284717.
669
67020150616:
671	FreeBSD's old make (fmake) has been removed from the system. It is
672	available as the devel/fmake port or via pkg install fmake.
673
67420150615:
675	The fix for the issue described in the 20150614 sendmail entry
676	below has been been committed in revision 284436.  The work
677	around described in that entry is no longer needed unless the
678	default setting is overridden by a confDH_PARAMETERS configuration
679	setting of '5' or pointing to a 512 bit DH parameter file.
680
68120150614:
682	ALLOW_DEPRECATED_ATF_TOOLS/ATFFILE support has been removed from
683	atf.test.mk (included from bsd.test.mk). Please upgrade devel/atf
684	and devel/kyua to version 0.20+ and adjust any calling code to work
685	with Kyuafile and kyua.
686
68720150614:
688	The import of openssl to address the FreeBSD-SA-15:10.openssl
689	security advisory includes a change which rejects handshakes
690	with DH parameters below 768 bits.  sendmail releases prior
691	to 8.15.2 (not yet released), defaulted to a 512 bit
692	DH parameter setting for client connections.  To work around
693	this interoperability, sendmail can be configured to use a
694	2048 bit DH parameter by:
695
696	1. Edit /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc
697	2. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS does not exist or
698	   exists and is set to a string beginning with '5',
699	   replace it with '2'.
700	3. If a setting for confDH_PARAMETERS exists and is set to
701	   a file path, create a new file with:
702		openssl dhparam -out /path/to/file 2048
703	4. Rebuild the .cf file:
704		cd /etc/mail/; make; make install
705	5. Restart sendmail:
706		cd /etc/mail/; make restart
707
708	A sendmail patch is coming, at which time this file will be
709	updated.
710
71120150604:
712	Generation of legacy formatted entries have been disabled by default
713	in pwd_mkdb(8), as all base system consumers of the legacy formatted
714	entries were converted to use the new format by default when the new,
715	machine independent format have been added and supported since FreeBSD
716	5.x.
717
718	Please see the pwd_mkdb(8) manual page for further details.
719
72020150525:
721	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.6.1 release.  Please see the
722	20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
723	if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
724
72520150521:
726	TI platform code switched to using vendor DTS files and this update
727	may break existing systems running on Beaglebone, Beaglebone Black,
728	and Pandaboard:
729
730	- dtb files should be regenerated/reinstalled. Filenames are the
731	  same but content is different now
732	- GPIO addressing was changed, now each GPIO bank (32 pins per bank)
733	  has its own /dev/gpiocX device, e.g. pin 121 on /dev/gpioc0 in old
734	  addressing scheme is now pin 25 on /dev/gpioc3.
735	- Pandaboard: /etc/ttys should be updated, serial console device is
736	  now /dev/ttyu2, not /dev/ttyu0
737
73820150501:
739	soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by usr.bin/soelim.
740	If you need the GNU extension from groff soelim(1), install groff
741	from package: pkg install groff, or via ports: textproc/groff.
742
74320150423:
744	chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp now affect symlinks in -R mode as
745	defined in symlink(7); previously symlinks were silently ignored.
746
74720150415:
748	The const qualifier has been removed from iconv(3) to comply with
749	POSIX.  The ports tree is aware of this from r384038 onwards.
750
75120150416:
752	Libraries specified by LIBADD in Makefiles must have a corresponding
753	DPADD_<lib> variable to ensure correct dependencies.  This is now
754	enforced in src.libnames.mk.
755
75620150324:
757	From legacy ata(4) driver was removed support for SATA controllers
758	supported by more functional drivers ahci(4), siis(4) and mvs(4).
759	Kernel modules ataahci and ataadaptec were removed completely,
760	replaced by ahci and mvs modules respectively.
761
76220150315:
763	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.6.0 release.  Please see
764	the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and
765	upgrading, if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
766
76720150307:
768	The 32-bit PowerPC kernel has been changed to a position-independent
769	executable. This can only be booted with a version of loader(8)
770	newer than January 31, 2015, so make sure to update both world and
771	kernel before rebooting.
772
77320150217:
774	If you are running a -CURRENT kernel since r273872 (Oct 30th, 2014),
775	but before r278950, the RNG was not seeded properly.  Immediately
776	upgrade the kernel to r278950 or later and regenerate any keys (e.g.
777	ssh keys or openssl keys) that were generated w/ a kernel from that
778	range.  This does not affect programs that directly used /dev/random
779	or /dev/urandom.  All userland uses of arc4random(3) are affected.
780
78120150210:
782	The autofs(4) ABI was changed in order to restore binary compatibility
783	with 10.1-RELEASE.  The automountd(8) daemon needs to be rebuilt to work
784	with the new kernel.
785
78620150131:
787	The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent
788	executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8),
789	so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting.
790
79120150118:
792	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release.  This is a bugfix
793	only release, no new features have been added.  Please see the 20141231
794	entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading, if you
795	are not already using 3.5.0.
796
79720150107:
798	ELF tools addr2line, elfcopy (strip), nm, size, and strings are now
799	taken from the ELF Tool Chain project rather than GNU binutils. They
800	should be drop-in replacements, with the addition of arm64 support.
801	The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS= knob may be used to obtain the
802	binutils tools, if necessary. See 20150805 for updated information.
803
80420150105:
805	The default Unbound configuration now enables remote control
806	using a local socket.  Users who have already enabled the
807	local_unbound service should regenerate their configuration
808	by running "service local_unbound setup" as root.
809
81020150102:
811	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages have been removed.
812	To be able to view GNU info pages please install texinfo from ports.
813
81420141231:
815	Clang, llvm and lldb have been upgraded to 3.5.0 release.
816
817	As of this release, a prerequisite for building clang, llvm and lldb is
818	a C++11 capable compiler and C++11 standard library.  This means that to
819	be able to successfully build the cross-tools stage of buildworld, with
820	clang as the bootstrap compiler, your system compiler or cross compiler
821	should either be clang 3.3 or later, or gcc 4.8 or later, and your
822	system C++ library should be libc++, or libdstdc++ from gcc 4.8 or
823	later.
824
825	On any standard FreeBSD 10.x or 11.x installation, where clang and
826	libc++ are on by default (that is, on x86 or arm), this should work out
827	of the box.
828
829	On 9.x installations where clang is enabled by default, e.g. on x86 and
830	powerpc, libc++ will not be enabled by default, so libc++ should be
831	built (with clang) and installed first.  If both clang and libc++ are
832	missing, build clang first, then use it to build libc++.
833
834	On 8.x and earlier installations, upgrade to 9.x first, and then follow
835	the instructions for 9.x above.
836
837	Sparc64 and mips users are unaffected, as they still use gcc 4.2.1 by
838	default, and do not build clang.
839
840	Many embedded systems are resource constrained, and will not be able to
841	build clang in a reasonable time, or in some cases at all.  In those
842	cases, cross building bootable systems on amd64 is a workaround.
843
844	This new version of clang introduces a number of new warnings, of which
845	the following are most likely to appear:
846
847	-Wabsolute-value
848
849	This warns in two cases, for both C and C++:
850	* When the code is trying to take the absolute value of an unsigned
851	  quantity, which is effectively a no-op, and almost never what was
852	  intended.  The code should be fixed, if at all possible.  If you are
853	  sure that the unsigned quantity can be safely cast to signed, without
854	  loss of information or undefined behavior, you can add an explicit
855	  cast, or disable the warning.
856
857	* When the code is trying to take an absolute value, but the called
858	  abs() variant is for the wrong type, which can lead to truncation.
859	  If you want to disable the warning instead of fixing the code, please
860	  make sure that truncation will not occur, or it might lead to unwanted
861	  side-effects.
862
863	-Wtautological-undefined-compare and
864	-Wundefined-bool-conversion
865
866	These warn when C++ code is trying to compare 'this' against NULL, while
867	'this' should never be NULL in well-defined C++ code.  However, there is
868	some legacy (pre C++11) code out there, which actively abuses this
869	feature, which was less strictly defined in previous C++ versions.
870
871	Squid and openjdk do this, for example.  The warning can be turned off
872	for C++98 and earlier, but compiling the code in C++11 mode might result
873	in unexpected behavior; for example, the parts of the program that are
874	unreachable could be optimized away.
875
87620141222:
877	The old NFS client and server (kernel options NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER)
878	kernel sources have been removed. The .h files remain, since some
879	utilities include them. This will need to be fixed later.
880	If "mount -t oldnfs ..." is attempted, it will fail.
881	If the "-o" option on mountd(8), nfsd(8) or nfsstat(1) is used,
882	the utilities will report errors.
883
88420141121:
885	The handling of LOCAL_LIB_DIRS has been altered to skip addition of
886	directories to top level SUBDIR variable when their parent
887	directory is included in LOCAL_DIRS.  Users with build systems with
888	such hierarchies and without SUBDIR entries in the parent
889	directory Makefiles should add them or add the directories to
890	LOCAL_DIRS.
891
89220141109:
893	faith(4) and faithd(8) have been removed from the base system. Faith
894	has been obsolete for a very long time.
895
89620141104:
897	vt(4), the new console driver, is enabled by default. It brings
898	support for Unicode and double-width characters, as well as
899	support for UEFI and integration with the KMS kernel video
900	drivers.
901
902	You may need to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf,
903	most probably the keymap. During boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will
904	indicate what you need to do.
905
906	vt(4) still has issues and lacks some features compared to
907	syscons(4). See the wiki for up-to-date information:
908	  https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
909
910	If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can do so by adding
911	the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
912	  kern.vty=sc
913
91420141102:
915	pjdfstest has been integrated into kyua as an opt-in test suite.
916	Please see share/doc/pjdfstest/README for more details on how to
917	execute it.
918
91920141009:
920	gperf has been removed from the base system for architectures
921	that use clang. Ports that require gperf will obtain it from the
922	devel/gperf port.
923
92420140923:
925	pjdfstest has been moved from tools/regression/pjdfstest to
926	contrib/pjdfstest .
927
92820140922:
929	At svn r271982, The default linux compat kernel ABI has been adjusted
930	to 2.6.18 in support of the linux-c6 compat ports infrastructure
931	update.  If you wish to continue using the linux-f10 compat ports,
932	add compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to your local sysctl.conf.  Users are
933	encouraged to update their linux-compat packages to linux-c6 during
934	their next update cycle.
935
93620140729:
937	The ofwfb driver, used to provide a graphics console on PowerPC when
938	using vt(4), no longer allows mmap() of all physical memory. This
939	will prevent Xorg on PowerPC with some ATI graphics cards from
940	initializing properly unless x11-servers/xorg-server is updated to
941	1.12.4_8 or newer.
942
94320140723:
944	The xdev targets have been converted to using TARGET and
945	TARGET_ARCH instead of XDEV and XDEV_ARCH.
946
94720140719:
948	The default unbound configuration has been modified to address
949	issues with reverse lookups on networks that use private
950	address ranges.  If you use the local_unbound service, run
951	"service local_unbound setup" as root to regenerate your
952	configuration, then "service local_unbound reload" to load the
953	new configuration.
954
95520140709:
956	The GNU texinfo and GNU info pages are not built and installed
957	anymore, WITH_INFO knob has been added to allow to built and install
958	them again.
959	UPDATE: see 20150102 entry on texinfo's removal
960
96120140708:
962	The GNU readline library is now an INTERNALLIB - that is, it is
963	statically linked into consumers (GDB and variants) in the base
964	system, and the shared library is no longer installed.  The
965	devel/readline port is available for third party software that
966	requires readline.
967
96820140702:
969	The Itanium architecture (ia64) has been removed from the list of
970	known architectures. This is the first step in the removal of the
971	architecture.
972
97320140701:
974	Commit r268115 has added NFSv4.1 server support, merged from
975	projects/nfsv4.1-server.  Since this includes changes to the
976	internal interfaces between the NFS related modules, a full
977	build of the kernel and modules will be necessary.
978	__FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
979
98020140629:
981	The WITHOUT_VT_SUPPORT kernel config knob has been renamed
982	WITHOUT_VT.  (The other _SUPPORT knobs have a consistent meaning
983	which differs from the behaviour controlled by this knob.)
984
98520140619:
986	Maximal length of the serial number in CTL was increased from 16 to
987	64 chars, that breaks ABI.  All CTL-related tools, such as ctladm
988	and ctld, need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
989
99020140606:
991	The libatf-c and libatf-c++ major versions were downgraded to 0 and
992	1 respectively to match the upstream numbers.  They were out of
993	sync because, when they were originally added to FreeBSD, the
994	upstream versions were not respected.  These libraries are private
995	and not yet built by default, so renumbering them should be a
996	non-issue.  However, unclean source trees will yield broken test
997	programs once the operator executes "make delete-old-libs" after a
998	"make installworld".
999
1000	Additionally, the atf-sh binary was made private by moving it into
1001	/usr/libexec/.  Already-built shell test programs will keep the
1002	path to the old binary so they will break after "make delete-old"
1003	is run.
1004
1005	If you are using WITH_TESTS=yes (not the default), wipe the object
1006	tree and rebuild from scratch to prevent spurious test failures.
1007	This is only needed once: the misnumbered libraries and misplaced
1008	binaries have been added to OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc so they will
1009	be removed during a clean upgrade.
1010
101120140512:
1012	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4.1 release.
1013
101420140508:
1015	We bogusly installed src.opts.mk in /usr/share/mk. This file should
1016	be removed to avoid issues in the future (and has been added to
1017	ObsoleteFiles.inc).
1018
101920140505:
1020	/etc/src.conf now affects only builds of the FreeBSD src tree. In the
1021	past, it affected all builds that used the bsd.*.mk files. The old
1022	behavior was a bug, but people may have relied upon it. To get this
1023	behavior back, you can .include /etc/src.conf from /etc/make.conf
1024	(which is still global and isn't changed). This also changes the
1025	behavior of incremental builds inside the tree of individual
1026	directories. Set MAKESYSPATH to ".../share/mk" to do that.
1027	Although this has survived make universe and some upgrade scenarios,
1028	other upgrade scenarios may have broken. At least one form of
1029	temporary breakage was fixed with MAKESYSPATH settings for buildworld
1030	as well... In cases where MAKESYSPATH isn't working with this
1031	setting, you'll need to set it to the full path to your tree.
1032
1033	One side effect of all this cleaning up is that bsd.compiler.mk
1034	is no longer implicitly included by bsd.own.mk. If you wish to
1035	use COMPILER_TYPE, you must now explicitly include bsd.compiler.mk
1036	as well.
1037
103820140430:
1039	The lindev device has been removed since /dev/full has been made a
1040	standard device.  __FreeBSD_version has been bumped.
1041
104220140424:
1043	The knob WITHOUT_VI was added to the base system, which controls
1044	building ex(1), vi(1), etc. Older releases of FreeBSD required ex(1)
1045	in order to reorder files share/termcap and didn't build ex(1) as a
1046	build tool, so building/installing with WITH_VI is highly advised for
1047	build hosts for older releases.
1048
1049	This issue has been fixed in stable/9 and stable/10 in r277022 and
1050	r276991, respectively.
1051
105220140418:
1053	The YES_HESIOD knob has been removed. It has been obsolete for
1054	a decade. Please move to using WITH_HESIOD instead or your builds
1055	will silently lack HESIOD.
1056
105720140405:
1058	The uart(4) driver has been changed with respect to its handling
1059	of the low-level console. Previously the uart(4) driver prevented
1060	any process from changing the baudrate or the CLOCAL and HUPCL
1061	control flags. By removing the restrictions, operators can make
1062	changes to the serial console port without having to reboot.
1063	However, when getty(8) is started on the serial device that is
1064	associated with the low-level console, a misconfigured terminal
1065	line in /etc/ttys will now have a real impact.
1066	Before upgrading the kernel, make sure that /etc/ttys has the
1067	serial console device configured as 3wire without baudrate to
1068	preserve the previous behaviour. E.g:
1069	    ttyu0  "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"  vt100  on  secure
1070
107120140306:
1072	Support for libwrap (TCP wrappers) in rpcbind was disabled by default
1073	to improve performance.  To re-enable it, if needed, run rpcbind
1074	with command line option -W.
1075
107620140226:
1077	Switched back to the GPL dtc compiler due to updates in the upstream
1078	dts files not being supported by the BSDL dtc compiler. You will need
1079	to rebuild your kernel toolchain to pick up the new compiler. Core dumps
1080	may result while building dtb files during a kernel build if you fail
1081	to do so. Set WITHOUT_GPL_DTC if you require the BSDL compiler.
1082
108320140216:
1084	Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.4 release.
1085
108620140216:
1087	The nve(4) driver has been removed.  Please use the nfe(4) driver
1088	for NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet adapters instead.
1089
109020140212:
1091	An ABI incompatibility crept into the libc++ 3.4 import in r261283.
1092	This could cause certain C++ applications using shared libraries built
1093	against the previous version of libc++ to crash.  The incompatibility
1094	has now been fixed, but any C++ applications or shared libraries built
1095	between r261283 and r261801 should be recompiled.
1096
109720140204:
1098	OpenSSH will now ignore errors caused by kernel lacking of Capsicum
1099	capability mode support.  Please note that enabling the feature in
1100	kernel is still highly recommended.
1101
110220140131:
1103	OpenSSH is now built with sandbox support, and will use sandbox as
1104	the default privilege separation method.  This requires Capsicum
1105	capability mode support in kernel.
1106
110720140128:
1108	The libelf and libdwarf libraries have been updated to newer
1109	versions from upstream. Shared library version numbers for
1110	these two libraries were bumped. Any ports or binaries
1111	requiring these two libraries should be recompiled.
1112	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100006.
1113
111420140110:
1115	If a Makefile in a tests/ directory was auto-generating a Kyuafile
1116	instead of providing an explicit one, this would prevent such
1117	Makefile from providing its own Kyuafile in the future during
1118	NO_CLEAN builds.  This has been fixed in the Makefiles but manual
1119	intervention is needed to clean an objdir if you use NO_CLEAN:
1120	  # find /usr/obj -name Kyuafile | xargs rm -f
1121
112220131213:
1123	The behavior of gss_pseudo_random() for the krb5 mechanism
1124	has changed, for applications requesting a longer random string
1125	than produced by the underlying enctype's pseudo-random() function.
1126	In particular, the random string produced from a session key of
1127	enctype aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 or aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 will
1128	be different at the 17th octet and later, after this change.
1129	The counter used in the PRF+ construction is now encoded as a
1130	big-endian integer in accordance with RFC 4402.
1131	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1100004.
1132
113320131108:
1134	The WITHOUT_ATF build knob has been removed and its functionality
1135	has been subsumed into the more generic WITHOUT_TESTS.  If you were
1136	using the former to disable the build of the ATF libraries, you
1137	should change your settings to use the latter.
1138
113920131025:
1140	The default version of mtree is nmtree which is obtained from
1141	NetBSD.  The output is generally the same, but may vary
1142	slightly.  If you found you need identical output adding
1143	"-F freebsd9" to the command line should do the trick.  For the
1144	time being, the old mtree is available as fmtree.
1145
114620131014:
1147	libbsdyml has been renamed to libyaml and moved to /usr/lib/private.
1148	This will break ports-mgmt/pkg. Rebuild the port, or upgrade to pkg
1149	1.1.4_8 and verify bsdyml not linked in, before running "make
1150	delete-old-libs":
1151	  # make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg build deinstall install clean
1152	  or
1153	  # pkg install pkg; ldd /usr/local/sbin/pkg | grep bsdyml
1154
115520131010:
1156	The stable/10 branch has been created in subversion from head
1157	revision r256279.
1158
115920131010:
1160	The rc.d/jail script has been updated to support jail(8)
1161	configuration file.  The "jail_<jname>_*" rc.conf(5) variables
1162	for per-jail configuration are automatically converted to
1163	/var/run/jail.<jname>.conf before the jail(8) utility is invoked.
1164	This is transparently backward compatible.  See below about some
1165	incompatibilities and rc.conf(5) manual page for more details.
1166
1167	These variables are now deprecated in favor of jail(8) configuration
1168	file.  One can use "rc.d/jail config <jname>" command to generate
1169	a jail(8) configuration file in /var/run/jail.<jname>.conf without
1170	running the jail(8) utility.   The default pathname of the
1171	configuration file is /etc/jail.conf and can be specified by
1172	using $jail_conf or $jail_<jname>_conf variables.
1173
1174	Please note that jail_devfs_ruleset accepts an integer at
1175	this moment.  Please consider to rewrite the ruleset name
1176	with an integer.
1177
117820130930:
1179	BIND has been removed from the base system.  If all you need
1180	is a local resolver, simply enable and start the local_unbound
1181	service instead.  Otherwise, several versions of BIND are
1182	available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
1183
1184	With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
1185	system.  Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) which are
1186	in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
1187	be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.
1188
118920130916:
1190	With the addition of unbound(8), a new unbound user is now
1191	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1192	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1193
119420130911:
1195	OpenSSH is now built with DNSSEC support, and will by default
1196	silently trust signed SSHFP records.  This can be controlled with
1197	the VerifyHostKeyDNS client configuration setting.  DNSSEC support
1198	can be disabled entirely with the WITHOUT_LDNS option in src.conf.
1199
120020130906:
1201	The GNU Compiler Collection and C++ standard library (libstdc++)
1202	are no longer built by default on platforms where clang is the system
1203	compiler.  You can enable them with the WITH_GCC and WITH_GNUCXX
1204	options in src.conf.
1205
120620130905:
1207	The PROCDESC kernel option is now part of the GENERIC kernel
1208	configuration and is required for the rwhod(8) to work.
1209	If you are using custom kernel configuration, you should include
1210	'options PROCDESC'.
1211
121220130905:
1213	The API and ABI related to the Capsicum framework was modified
1214	in backward incompatible way. The userland libraries and programs
1215	have to be recompiled to work with the new kernel. This includes the
1216	following libraries and programs, but the whole buildworld is
1217	advised: libc, libprocstat, dhclient, tcpdump, hastd, hastctl,
1218	kdump, procstat, rwho, rwhod, uniq.
1219
122020130903:
1221	AES-NI intrinsic support has been added to gcc.  The AES-NI module
1222	has been updated to use this support.  A new gcc is required to build
1223	the aesni module on both i386 and amd64.
1224
122520130821:
1226	The PADLOCK_RNG and RDRAND_RNG kernel options are now devices.
1227	Thus "device padlock_rng" and "device rdrand_rng" should be
1228	used instead of "options PADLOCK_RNG" & "options RDRAND_RNG".
1229
123020130813:
1231	WITH_ICONV has been split into two feature sets.  WITH_ICONV now
1232	enables just the iconv* functionality and is now on by default.
1233	WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT enables the libiconv api and link time
1234	compatibility.  Set WITHOUT_ICONV to build the old way.
1235	If you have been using WITH_ICONV before, you will very likely
1236	need to turn on WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT.
1237
123820130806:
1239	INVARIANTS option now enables DEBUG for code with OpenSolaris and
1240	Illumos origin, including ZFS.  If you have INVARIANTS in your
1241	kernel configuration, then there is no need to set DEBUG or ZFS_DEBUG
1242	explicitly.
1243	DEBUG used to enable witness(9) tracking of OpenSolaris (mostly ZFS)
1244	locks if WITNESS option was set.  Because that generated a lot of
1245	witness(9) reports and all of them were believed to be false
1246	positives, this is no longer done.  New option OPENSOLARIS_WITNESS
1247	can be used to achieve the previous behavior.
1248
124920130806:
1250	Timer values in IPv6 data structures now use time_uptime instead
1251	of time_second.  Although this is not a user-visible functional
1252	change, userland utilities which directly use them---ndp(8),
1253	rtadvd(8), and rtsold(8) in the base system---need to be updated
1254	to r253970 or later.
1255
125620130802:
1257	find -delete can now delete the pathnames given as arguments,
1258	instead of only files found below them or if the pathname did
1259	not contain any slashes. Formerly, the following error message
1260	would result:
1261
1262	find: -delete: <path>: relative path potentially not safe
1263
1264	Deleting the pathnames given as arguments can be prevented
1265	without error messages using -mindepth 1 or by changing
1266	directory and passing "." as argument to find. This works in the
1267	old as well as the new version of find.
1268
126920130726:
1270	Behavior of devfs rules path matching has been changed.
1271	Pattern is now always matched against fully qualified devfs
1272	path and slash characters must be explicitly matched by
1273	slashes in pattern (FNM_PATHNAME). Rulesets involving devfs
1274	subdirectories must be reviewed.
1275
127620130716:
1277	The default ARM ABI has changed to the ARM EABI. The old ABI is
1278	incompatible with the ARM EABI and all programs and modules will
1279	need to be rebuilt to work with a new kernel.
1280
1281	To keep using the old ABI ensure the WITHOUT_ARM_EABI knob is set.
1282
1283	NOTE: Support for the old ABI will be removed in the future and
1284	users are advised to upgrade.
1285
128620130709:
1287	pkg_install has been disconnected from the build if you really need it
1288	you should add WITH_PKGTOOLS in your src.conf(5).
1289
129020130709:
1291	Most of network statistics structures were changed to be able
1292	keep 64-bits counters. Thus all tools, that work with networking
1293	statistics, must be rebuilt (netstat(1), bsnmpd(1), etc.)
1294
129520130618:
1296	Fix a bug that allowed a tracing process (e.g. gdb) to write
1297	to a memory-mapped file in the traced process's address space
1298	even if neither the traced process nor the tracing process had
1299	write access to that file.
1300
130120130615:
1302	CVS has been removed from the base system.  An exact copy
1303	of the code is available from the devel/cvs port.
1304
130520130613:
1306	Some people report the following error after the switch to bmake:
1307
1308		make: illegal option -- J
1309		usage: make [-BPSXeiknpqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable]
1310			...
1311		*** [buildworld] Error code 2
1312
1313	this likely due to an old instance of make in
1314	${MAKEPATH} (${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/make.${MACHINE})
1315	which src/Makefile will use that blindly, if it exists, so if
1316	you see the above error:
1317
1318		rm -rf `make -V MAKEPATH`
1319
1320	should resolve it.
1321
132220130516:
1323	Use bmake by default.
1324	Whereas before one could choose to build with bmake via
1325	-DWITH_BMAKE one must now use -DWITHOUT_BMAKE to use the old
1326	make. The goal is to remove these knobs for 10-RELEASE.
1327
1328	It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command
1329	line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the
1330	command line.  Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer
1331	than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent
1332	behavior in parallel build.
1333
133420130429:
1335	Fix a bug that allows NFS clients to issue READDIR on files.
1336
133720130426:
1338	The WITHOUT_IDEA option has been removed because
1339	the IDEA patent expired.
1340
134120130426:
1342	The sysctl which controls TRIM support under ZFS has been renamed
1343	from vfs.zfs.trim_disable -> vfs.zfs.trim.enabled and has been
1344	enabled by default.
1345
134620130425:
1347	The mergemaster command now uses the default MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1348	rather than creating it's own in the temporary directory in
1349	order allow access to bootstrapped versions of tools such as
1350	install and mtree.  When upgrading from version of FreeBSD where
1351	the install command does not support -l, you will need to
1352	install a new mergemaster command if mergemaster -p is required.
1353	This can be accomplished with the command (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster
1354	&& make install).
1355
135620130404:
1357	Legacy ATA stack, disabled and replaced by new CAM-based one since
1358	FreeBSD 9.0, completely removed from the sources.  Kernel modules
1359	atadisk and atapi*, user-level tools atacontrol and burncd are
1360	removed.  Kernel option `options ATA_CAM` is now permanently enabled
1361	and removed.
1362
136320130319:
1364	SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK flags have been added to socket(2)
1365	and socketpair(2). Software, in particular Kerberos, may
1366	automatically detect and use these during building. The resulting
1367	binaries will not work on older kernels.
1368
136920130308:
1370	CTL_DISABLE has also been added to the sparc64 GENERIC (for further
1371	information, see the respective 20130304 entry).
1372
137320130304:
1374	Recent commits to callout(9) changed the size of struct callout,
1375	so the KBI is probably heavily disturbed. Also, some functions
1376	in callout(9)/sleep(9)/sleepqueue(9)/condvar(9) KPIs were replaced
1377	by macros. Every kernel module using it won't load, so rebuild
1378	is requested.
1379
1380	The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
1381	but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
1382	option) to save memory.  To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
1383	option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
1384	in /boot/loader.conf.
1385
138620130301:
1387	The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
1388	This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system
1389	initialisation time by the ctl driver which was only used if
1390	a CAM target device was created.  This makes a FreeBSD system
1391	unusable on 128MB or less of RAM.
1392
139320130208:
1394	A new compression method (lz4) has been merged to -HEAD.  Please
1395	refer to zpool-features(7) for more information.
1396
1397	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1398	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1399
140020130129:
1401	A BSD-licensed patch(1) variant has been added and is installed
1402	as bsdpatch, being the GNU version the default patch.
1403	To inverse the logic and use the BSD-licensed one as default,
1404	while having the GNU version installed as gnupatch, rebuild
1405	and install world with the WITH_BSD_PATCH knob set.
1406
140720130121:
1408	Due to the use of the new -l option to install(1) during build
1409	and install, you must take care not to directly set the INSTALL
1410	make variable in your /etc/make.conf, /etc/src.conf, or on the
1411	command line.  If you wish to use the -C flag for all installs
1412	you may be able to add INSTALL+=-C to /etc/make.conf or
1413	/etc/src.conf.
1414
141520130118:
1416	The install(1) option -M has changed meaning and now takes an
1417	argument that is a file or path to append logs to.  In the
1418	unlikely event that -M was the last option on the command line
1419	and the command line contained at least two files and a target
1420	directory the first file will have logs appended to it.  The -M
1421	option served little practical purpose in the last decade so its
1422	use is expected to be extremely rare.
1423
142420121223:
1425	After switching to Clang as the default compiler some users of ZFS
1426	on i386 systems started to experience stack overflow kernel panics.
1427	Please consider using 'options KSTACK_PAGES=4' in such configurations.
1428
142920121222:
1430	GEOM_LABEL now mangles label names read from file system metadata.
1431	Mangling affect labels containing spaces, non-printable characters,
1432	'%' or '"'. Device names in /etc/fstab and other places may need to
1433	be updated.
1434
143520121217:
1436	By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved.  To
1437	restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
1438	stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
1439
1440		savecore_flags=""
1441
144220121201:
1443	With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
1444	required during installworld.  "mergemaster -p" can be used to
1445	add the user prior to installworld, as documented in the handbook.
1446
144720121117:
1448	The sin6_scope_id member variable in struct sockaddr_in6 is now
1449	filled by the kernel before passing the structure to the userland via
1450	sysctl or routing socket.  This means the KAME-specific embedded scope
1451	id in sin6_addr.s6_addr[2] is always cleared in userland application.
1452	This behavior can be controlled by net.inet6.ip6.deembed_scopeid.
1453	__FreeBSD_version is bumped to 1000025.
1454
145520121105:
1456	On i386 and amd64 systems WITH_CLANG_IS_CC is now the default.
1457	This means that the world and kernel will be compiled with clang
1458	and that clang will be installed as /usr/bin/cc, /usr/bin/c++,
1459	and /usr/bin/cpp.  To disable this behavior and revert to building
1460	with gcc, compile with WITHOUT_CLANG_IS_CC. Really old versions
1461	of current may need to bootstrap WITHOUT_CLANG first if the clang
1462	build fails (its compatibility window doesn't extend to the 9 stable
1463	branch point).
1464
146520121102:
1466	The IPFIREWALL_FORWARD kernel option has been removed. Its
1467	functionality now turned on by default.
1468
146920121023:
1470	The ZERO_COPY_SOCKET kernel option has been removed and
1471	split into SOCKET_SEND_COW and SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP.
1472	NB: SOCKET_SEND_COW uses the VM page based copy-on-write
1473	mechanism which is not safe and may result in kernel crashes.
1474	NB: The SOCKET_RECV_PFLIP mechanism is useless as no current
1475	driver supports disposeable external page sized mbuf storage.
1476	Proper replacements for both zero-copy mechanisms are under
1477	consideration and will eventually lead to complete removal
1478	of the two kernel options.
1479
148020121023:
1481	The IPv4 network stack has been converted to network byte
1482	order. The following modules need to be recompiled together
1483	with kernel: carp(4), divert(4), gif(4), siftr(4), gre(4),
1484	pf(4), ipfw(4), ng_ipfw(4), stf(4).
1485
148620121022:
1487	Support for non-MPSAFE filesystems was removed from VFS. The
1488	VFS_VERSION was bumped, all filesystem modules shall be
1489	recompiled.
1490
149120121018:
1492	All the non-MPSAFE filesystems have been disconnected from
1493	the build. The full list includes: codafs, hpfs, ntfs, nwfs,
1494	portalfs, smbfs, xfs.
1495
149620121016:
1497	The interface cloning API and ABI has changed. The following
1498	modules need to be recompiled together with kernel:
1499	ipfw(4), pfsync(4), pflog(4), usb(4), wlan(4), stf(4),
1500	vlan(4), disc(4), edsc(4), if_bridge(4), gif(4), tap(4),
1501	faith(4), epair(4), enc(4), tun(4), if_lagg(4), gre(4).
1502
150320121015:
1504	The sdhci driver was split in two parts: sdhci (generic SD Host
1505	Controller logic) and sdhci_pci (actual hardware driver).
1506	No kernel config modifications are required, but if you
1507	load sdhc as a module you must switch to sdhci_pci instead.
1508
150920121014:
1510	Import the FUSE kernel and userland support into base system.
1511
151220121013:
1513	The GNU sort(1) program has been removed since the BSD-licensed
1514	sort(1) has been the default for quite some time and no serious
1515	problems have been reported.  The corresponding WITH_GNU_SORT
1516	knob has also gone.
1517
151820121006:
1519	The pfil(9) API/ABI for AF_INET family has been changed. Packet
1520	filtering modules: pf(4), ipfw(4), ipfilter(4) need to be recompiled
1521	with new kernel.
1522
152320121001:
1524	The net80211(4) ABI has been changed to allow for improved driver
1525	PS-POLL and power-save support.  All wireless drivers need to be
1526	recompiled to work with the new kernel.
1527
152820120913:
1529	The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
1530	generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
1531	Add the padlock_rng device in the custom kernel config if
1532	needed.  The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
1533	device, so the change only affects the custom kernel
1534	configurations.
1535
153620120908:
1537	The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
1538	snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
1539
154020120828:
1541	A new ZFS feature flag "com.delphix:empty_bpobj" has been merged
1542	to -HEAD. Pools that have empty_bpobj in active state can not be
1543	imported read-write with ZFS implementations that do not support
1544	this feature. For more information read the zpool-features(5)
1545	manual page.
1546
154720120727:
1548	The sparc64 ZFS loader has been changed to no longer try to auto-
1549	detect ZFS providers based on diskN aliases but now requires these
1550	to be explicitly listed in the OFW boot-device environment variable.
1551
155220120712:
1553	The OpenSSL has been upgraded to 1.0.1c.  Any binaries requiring
1554	libcrypto.so.6 or libssl.so.6 must be recompiled.  Also, there are
1555	configuration changes.  Make sure to merge /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf.
1556
155720120712:
1558	The following sysctls and tunables have been renamed for consistency
1559	with other variables:
1560	  kern.cam.da.da_send_ordered   -> kern.cam.da.send_ordered
1561	  kern.cam.ada.ada_send_ordered -> kern.cam.ada.send_ordered
1562
156320120628:
1564	The sort utility has been replaced with BSD sort.  For now, GNU sort
1565	is also available as "gnusort" or the default can be set back to
1566	GNU sort by setting WITH_GNU_SORT.  In this case, BSD sort will be
1567	installed as "bsdsort".
1568
156920120611:
1570	A new version of ZFS (pool version 5000) has been merged to -HEAD.
1571	Starting with this version the old system of ZFS pool versioning
1572	is superseded by "feature flags". This concept enables forward
1573	compatibility against certain future changes in functionality of ZFS
1574	pools. The first read-only compatible "feature flag" for ZFS pools
1575	is named "com.delphix:async_destroy". For more information
1576	read the new zpool-features(5) manual page.
1577	Please refer to the "ZFS notes" section of this file for information
1578	on upgrading boot ZFS pools.
1579
158020120417:
1581	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
1582	as contrib/jemalloc.  The most disruptive API change is to
1583	/etc/malloc.conf.  If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
1584	delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
1585	new format after rebooting.  See malloc.conf(5) for details
1586	(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
1587	NAMESPACE section).
1588
158920120328:
1590	Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb".  mips64eb
1591	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
1592	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
1593	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
1594	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
1595	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
1596	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
1597
159820120306:
1599	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported
1600	platforms.
1601
160220120229:
1603	Now unix domain sockets behave "as expected" on	nullfs(5). Previously
1604	nullfs(5) did not pass through all behaviours to the underlying layer,
1605	as a result if we bound to a socket on the lower layer we could connect
1606	only to the lower path; if we bound to the upper layer we could connect
1607	only to	the upper path. The new behavior is one can connect to both the
1608	lower and the upper paths regardless what layer path one binds to.
1609
161020120211:
1611	The getifaddrs upgrade path broken with 20111215 has been restored.
1612	If you have upgraded in between 20111215 and 20120209 you need to
1613	recompile libc again with your kernel.  You still need to recompile
1614	world to be able to configure CARP but this restriction already
1615	comes from 20111215.
1616
161720120114:
1618	The set_rcvar() function has been removed from /etc/rc.subr.  All
1619	base and ports rc.d scripts have been updated, so if you have a
1620	port installed with a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d you can either
1621	hand-edit the rcvar= line, or reinstall the port.
1622
1623	An easy way to handle the mass-update of /etc/rc.d:
1624	rm /etc/rc.d/* && mergemaster -i
1625
162620120109:
1627	panic(9) now stops other CPUs in the SMP systems, disables interrupts
1628	on the current CPU and prevents other threads from running.
1629	This behavior can be reverted using the kern.stop_scheduler_on_panic
1630	tunable/sysctl.
1631	The new behavior can be incompatible with kern.sync_on_panic.
1632
163320111215:
1634	The carp(4) facility has been changed significantly. Configuration
1635	of the CARP protocol via ifconfig(8) has changed, as well as format
1636	of CARP events submitted to devd(8) has changed. See manual pages
1637	for more information. The arpbalance feature of carp(4) is currently
1638	not supported anymore.
1639
1640	Size of struct in_aliasreq, struct in6_aliasreq has changed. User
1641	utilities using SIOCAIFADDR, SIOCAIFADDR_IN6, e.g. ifconfig(8),
1642	need to be recompiled.
1643
164420111122:
1645	The acpi_wmi(4) status device /dev/wmistat has been renamed to
1646	/dev/wmistat0.
1647
164820111108:
1649	The option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE option has been added in order to
1650	explicitely support non-MPSAFE filesystems.
1651	It is on by default for all supported platform at this present
1652	time.
1653
165420111101:
1655	The broken amd(4) driver has been replaced with esp(4) in the amd64,
1656	i386 and pc98 GENERIC kernel configuration files.
1657
165820110930:
1659	sysinstall has been removed
1660
166120110923:
1662	The stable/9 branch created in subversion.  This corresponds to the
1663	RELENG_9 branch in CVS.
1664
1665COMMON ITEMS:
1666
1667	General Notes
1668	-------------
1669	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  While generally safe, there are
1670	sometimes problems using -j to upgrade.  If your upgrade fails with
1671	-j, please try again without -j.  From time to time in the past there
1672	have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or installworld.  This
1673	is especially true when upgrading between "distant" versions (eg one
1674	that cross a major release boundary or several minor releases, or when
1675	several months have passed on the -current branch).
1676
1677	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
1678	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
1679	environment when searching for values for global variables.  To run
1680	your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", prefix all make
1681	commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual page for more details.
1682
1683	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally best to
1684	upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then
1685	do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested upgrade path,
1686	and has the highest probability of being successful.  Please try this
1687	approach if you encounter problems with a major version upgrade.  Since
1688	the stable 4.x branch point, one has generally been able to upgade from
1689	anywhere in the most recent stable branch to head / current (or even the
1690	last couple of stable branches). See the top of this file when there's
1691	an exception.
1692
1693	When upgrading a live system, having a root shell around before
1694	installing anything can help undo problems. Not having a root shell
1695	around can lead to problems if pam has changed too much from your
1696	starting point to allow continued authentication after the upgrade.
1697
1698	This file should be read as a log of events. When a later event changes
1699	information of a prior event, the prior event should not be deleted.
1700	Instead, a pointer to the entry with the new information should be
1701	placed in the old entry. Readers of this file should also sanity check
1702	older entries before relying on them blindly. Authors of new entries
1703	should write them with this in mind.
1704
1705	ZFS notes
1706	---------
1707	When upgrading the boot ZFS pool to a new version, always follow
1708	these two steps:
1709
1710	1.) recompile and reinstall the ZFS boot loader and boot block
1711	(this is part of "make buildworld" and "make installworld")
1712
1713	2.) update the ZFS boot block on your boot drive
1714
1715	The following example updates the ZFS boot block on the first
1716	partition (freebsd-boot) of a GPT partitioned drive ada0:
1717	"gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0"
1718
1719	Non-boot pools do not need these updates.
1720
1721	To build a kernel
1722	-----------------
1723	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
1724	a few days old), you should follow this procedure.  It is the most
1725	failsafe as it uses a /usr/obj tree with a fresh mini-buildworld,
1726
1727	make kernel-toolchain
1728	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1729	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1730
1731	To test a kernel once
1732	---------------------
1733	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
1734	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
1735	debugging information) run
1736	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
1737	nextboot -k testkernel
1738
1739	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
1740	--------------------------------------------------------------
1741	This assumes you are already running a CURRENT system.  Replace
1742	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
1743	"arm", "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", "powerpc", "mips", etc).
1744
1745	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
1746	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1747	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
1748	make depend
1749	make
1750	make install
1751
1752	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
1753
1754	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
1755	-----------------------------------------------------------
1756	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
1757	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
1758
1759	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1760	make buildworld
1761	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1762							[1]
1763	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1764	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1765	make installworld
1766	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1767	make delete-old					[6]
1768	<reboot>
1769
1770	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
1771	--------------------------------------------------
1772	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
1773	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
1774	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
1775	# size.
1776
1777	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1778	<boot into -stable>
1779	make buildworld
1780	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
1781	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
1782	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
1783	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
1784	make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
1785	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
1786	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab 		   # if newfs'd
1787	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
1788	<reboot into current>
1789	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
1790	<maybe install compatibility libraries from ports/misc/compat*>
1791	<reboot>
1792
1793
1794	To upgrade in-place from stable to current
1795	----------------------------------------------
1796	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
1797	make buildworld					[9]
1798	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE		[8]
1799							[1]
1800	<reboot in single user>				[3]
1801	mergemaster -Fp					[5]
1802	make installworld
1803	mergemaster -Fi					[4]
1804	make delete-old					[6]
1805	<reboot>
1806
1807	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
1808	tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
1809	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
1810	to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
1811	the UPDATING entries.
1812
1813	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
1814	freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
1815	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
1816	messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
1817	much fewer pitfalls.
1818
1819	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
1820	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
1821	system on reboot.
1822
1823	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
1824		fsck -p
1825		mount -u /
1826		mount -a
1827		cd src
1828		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
1829	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
1830	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
1831
1832	[4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
1833	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
1834	system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
1835	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
1836	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
1837	for potential gotchas.  The -U option is also useful to consider.
1838	See mergemaster(8) for more information.
1839
1840	[5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
1841	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
1842	step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.  You may need to
1843	install a new mergemaster (cd src/usr.sbin/mergemaster && make
1844	install) after the buildworld before this step if you last updated
1845	from current before 20130425 or from -stable before 20130430.
1846
1847	[6] This only deletes old files and directories. Old libraries
1848	can be deleted by "make delete-old-libs", but you have to make
1849	sure that no program is using those libraries anymore.
1850
1851	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 4.x binaries needed to
1852	do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option in
1853	your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
1854	hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is
1855	required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.  And so on
1856	for COMPAT_FREEBSD6 and COMPAT_FREEBSD7.
1857
1858	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
1859	last time you updated your kernel config file.
1860
1861	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
1862	cvs prune empty directories.
1863
1864	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
1865	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
1866	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
1867
1868	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
1869	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
1870	warn if it is improperly defined.
1871FORMAT:
1872
1873This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
1874breakages in tracking -current.  It is not guaranteed to be a complete
1875list of such breakages, and only contains entries since September 23, 2011.
1876If you need to see UPDATING entries from before that date, you will need
1877to fetch an UPDATING file from an older FreeBSD release.
1878
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