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<info><title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> <info><title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
<author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author> <author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author>
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<year>2012</year> <year>2012</year>
<year>2013</year> <year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year> <year>2014</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
Project</holder>
</copyright> </copyright>
<legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
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</legalnotice> </legalnotice>
<abstract> <abstract>
<para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain
of the changes made to the &os; base system on the a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
&release.branch; development line. &release.branch; development line. This document lists
This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
the last release, as well as significant changes to the &os; release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and
kernel and userland. userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also
Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para> presented.</para>
</abstract> </abstract>
</info> </info>
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<title>Introduction</title> <title>Introduction</title>
<para>This document contains the release notes for &os; <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
&release.current;. It &release.current;. It describes recently added, changed, or
describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;. deleted features of &os;. It also provides some notes on
It also provides some notes on upgrading upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
from previous versions of &os;.</para>
<para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to which
apply represents the latest point along the &release.branch; development these release notes apply represents the latest point along the
branch since &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, binary &release.branch; development branch since &release.branch; was
&release.type; distributions along this branch created. Information regarding pre-built, binary &release.type;
can be found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> distributions along this branch can be found at <uri
xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
<para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to
apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development which these release notes apply represents a point along the
branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and the
Information regarding future &release.next;. Information regarding pre-built, binary
pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch &release.type; distributions along this branch can be found at
can be found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
<para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os;
&release.type; distribution. It can be found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or any of its mirrors. More &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be
information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or
distributions of &os; can be found in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or other)
&os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the <link
Handbook</link>.</para> xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
&os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link
xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; Handbook</link>.</para>
<para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before
installing &os;. The errata document is updated with installing &os;. The errata document is updated with
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information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to
documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
&release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
</sect1> </sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="new"> <sect1 xml:id="new">
<title>What's New</title> <title>What's New</title>
<para>This section describes <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed
the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; features in &os; since &release.prev;. In general, changes
since &release.prev;. described here are unique to the &release.branch; branch unless
In general, changes described here are unique to the &release.branch; specifically marked as &merged; features.</para>
branch unless specifically marked as &merged; features.
</para>
<para>Typical release note items <para>Typical release note items document recent security advisories
document recent security advisories issued after issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware support, new
&release.prev;, commands or options, major bug fixes, or contributed software
new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options, upgrades. They may also list changes to major ports/packages or
major bug fixes, or contributed software upgrades. They may also release engineering practices. Clearly the release notes cannot
list changes to major ports/packages or release engineering list every single change made to &os; between releases; this
practices. Clearly the release notes cannot list every single document focuses primarily on security advisories, user-visible
change made to &os; between releases; this document focuses changes, and major architectural improvements.</para>
primarily on security advisories, user-visible changes, and major
architectural improvements.</para>
<sect2 xml:id="security"> <sect2 xml:id="security">
<title>Security Advisories</title> <title>Security Advisories</title>
<para/> <para>No advisories.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="kernel"> <sect2 xml:id="kernel">
<title>Kernel Changes</title> <title>Kernel Changes</title>
<para revision="248508">The use of unmapped VMIO buffers eliminates the need to perform <para revision="248508">The use of unmapped VMIO buffers
TLB shootdown for mapping on buffer creation and reuse, greatly reducing the eliminates the need to perform TLB shootdown for mapping on
amount of IPIs for shootdown on big-SMP machines and eliminating up to 25-30% buffer creation and reuse, greatly reducing the amount of IPIs
for shootdown on big-SMP machines and eliminating up to 25-30%
of the system time on i/o intensive workloads.</para> of the system time on i/o intensive workloads.</para>
<para arch="amd64" revision="254466">The maximum amount of memory the &os; kernel <para arch="amd64" revision="254466">The maximum amount of memory
can address has been increased from 1TB to 4TB.</para> the &os; kernel can address has been increased from 1TB to
4TB.</para>
<para role="merged">The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture <para role="merged">The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an
facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured output capture facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can
to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or now be captured to a memory buffer for later inspection using
a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls &man.sysctl.8; or a textdump. The new
this feature.</para> <command>capture</command> command controls this feature.</para>
<para role="merged">The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting <para role="merged">The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple
facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a scripting facility, which supports a set of named scripts
set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from consisting of a set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can
within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8; be managed from within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new
utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual &man.ddb.8; utility. More details can be found in the
page.</para> &man.ddb.4; manual page.</para>
<para arch="amd64,i386" revision="240135">Support was added for <para arch="amd64,i386" revision="240135">Support was added for
the new Intel on-CPU Bull Mountain random number the new Intel on-CPU Bull Mountain random number generator,
generator, found on IvyBridge and supposedly later CPUs, found on IvyBridge and supposedly later CPUs, accessible with
accessible with RDRAND instruction.</para> RDRAND instruction.</para>
<sect3 xml:id="kernel-virtualization"> <sect3 xml:id="kernel-virtualization">
<title>Virtualization support</title> <title>Virtualization support</title>
<para arch="amd64" revision="245652">The BSD Hypervisor, &man.bhyve.8; is included
with &os;. &man.bhyve.8; requires Intel CPUs with VT-x and Extended Page Table (EPT) <para arch="amd64" revision="245652">The BSD Hypervisor,
support. These features are on all Nehalem models and beyond &man.bhyve.8; is included with &os;. &man.bhyve.8; requires
(e.g. Nehalem and newer), but not on the lower-end Atom CPUs.</para> Intel CPUs with VT-x and Extended Page Table (EPT) support.
These features are on all Nehalem models and beyond (e.g.
<para revision="227652">&man.virtio.4; support has been added. &man.virtio.4; is the Nehalem and newer), but not on the lower-end Atom CPUs.</para>
name for the paravirtualization interface developed for the Linux KVM, but
since adopted to other virtual machine hypervisors (with the notable exception of Xen). <para revision="227652">&man.virtio.4; support has been added.
This work brings in a BSD-licensed clean-room implementation of the virtio kernel drivers &man.virtio.4; is the name for the paravirtualization
for disk IO (&man.virtio_blk.4; and &man.virtio_scsi.4;), network IO (&man.vtnet.4;), interface developed for the Linux KVM, but since adopted to
memory ballooning (&man.virtio_balloon.4;), and PCI. other virtual machine hypervisors (with the notable exception
Tested with on Qemu/KVM, VirtualBox, and &man.bhyve.4;.</para> of Xen). This work brings in a BSD-licensed clean-room
implementation of the virtio kernel drivers for disk IO
<para arch="amd64,i386" revision="255524">Paravirtualized drivers which (&man.virtio_blk.4; and &man.virtio_scsi.4;), network IO
support Microsoft Hyper-V have been imported and made (&man.vtnet.4;), memory ballooning (&man.virtio_balloon.4;),
part of the amd64 GENERIC kernel. For i386, these drivers are not part of and PCI. Tested with on Qemu/KVM, VirtualBox, and
GENERIC, so the following lines must be added to &man.bhyve.4;.</para>
<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> to load these drivers:
<programlisting>hv_ata_pci_disengage_load="YES" <para arch="amd64,i386" revision="255524">Paravirtualized
drivers which support Microsoft Hyper-V have been imported and
made part of the amd64 GENERIC kernel. For i386, these
drivers are not part of GENERIC, so the following lines must
be added to <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> to load
these drivers:</para>
<programlisting>hv_ata_pci_disengage_load="YES"
hv_netsvc_load="YES" hv_netsvc_load="YES"
hv_utils_load="YES" hv_utils_load="YES"
hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be added to the i386 hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting>
kernel by adding <literal>device hyperv</literal> to the kernel config, and then
recompiling the kernel. Please refer to: <para>Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be added to the
<link xlink:href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/HyperV">FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V support</link> i386 kernel by adding <literal>device hyperv</literal> to the
for full instructions on how to set up Hyper-V support under FreeBSD.</para> kernel config, and then recompiling the kernel. Please refer
to: <link xlink:href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/HyperV">FreeBSD
and Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V support</link> for full
instructions on how to set up Hyper-V support under
FreeBSD.</para>
<para revision="254738">The &man.vmx.4; driver has been added. <para revision="254738">The &man.vmx.4; driver has been added.
&man.vmx.4; is a VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver ported from &man.vmx.4; is a VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver ported from
OpenBSD.</para> OpenBSD.</para>
<para revision="255744" arch="amd64,i386">Xen PVHVM virtualization is now <para revision="255744" arch="amd64,i386">Xen PVHVM
part of the GENERIC kernel.</para> virtualization is now part of the GENERIC kernel.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
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<title>ARM support</title> <title>ARM support</title>
<para revision="239922">Raspberry PI support has been added. <para revision="239922">Raspberry PI support has been added.
Refer to these <link xlink:href="http://kernelnomicon.org/?p=164">setup instructions</link> Refer to these <link
and <link xlink:href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide">quick start xlink:href="http://kernelnomicon.org/?p=164">setup
guide</link>.</para> instructions</link> and <link
xlink:href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide">quick
<para revision="253396">The default ABI on ARM is now the ARM EABI. This brings a number of start guide</link>.</para>
improvements and allows future support for VFP and Thumb-2.</para>
<para revision="253396">The default ABI on ARM is now the ARM
<para revision="239268">ARM support has been greatly improved, including support EABI. This brings a number of improvements and allows future
for ARMv6 and ARMv7, SMP and thread-local storage (TLS). support for VFP and Thumb-2.</para>
Additionally support for some newer SoC like the MV78x60 and OMAP4 was added.
See <link xlink:href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arm/2012-August/003757.html">this announcement</link> <para revision="239268">ARM support has been greatly improved,
for further details.</para> including support for ARMv6 and ARMv7, SMP and thread-local
storage (TLS). Additionally support for some newer SoC like
<para revision="254918">Superpages support on ARM has been added. Superpages support the MV78x60 and OMAP4 was added. See <link
provides improved performance and scalability by allowing TLB xlink:href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arm/2012-August/003757.html">this
translations to dynamically cover large physical memory regions. announcement</link> for further details.</para>
All ARMv6 and ARMv7-based platforms can take advantage of this feature.
See <link xlink:href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/ARMSuperpages">this page</link> <para revision="254918">Superpages support on ARM has been
for further details.</para> added. Superpages support provides improved performance and
scalability by allowing TLB translations to dynamically cover
large physical memory regions. All ARMv6 and ARMv7-based
platforms can take advantage of this feature. See <link
xlink:href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/ARMSuperpages">this
page</link> for further details.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
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<sect3 xml:id="boot"> <sect3 xml:id="boot">
<title>Boot Loader Changes</title> <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
<para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">The BTX kernel used by the boot <para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">The BTX kernel used by the
loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real boot loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real
mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB
devices.</para> devices.</para>
<para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">A new gptboot boot loader has <para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">A new gptboot boot loader
been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A has been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk.
new <command>boot</command> command has been added to A new <command>boot</command> command has been added to
&man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the
required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot
partition if required.</para> partition if required.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
--> -->
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<sect4 xml:id="mm"> <sect4 xml:id="mm">
<title>Multimedia Support</title> <title>Multimedia Support</title>
<para revision="240609">Support for version 2.0 of the USB Audio reference design <para revision="240609">Support for version 2.0 of the USB
has been added. New devices should support higher bandwidth, Audio reference design has been added. New devices should
increased sampling frequency and wider dynamic range.</para> support higher bandwidth, increased sampling frequency and
wider dynamic range.</para>
</sect4> </sect4>
<sect4 xml:id="net-if"> <sect4 xml:id="net-if">
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number of outstanding issues. It also now works on all number of outstanding issues. It also now works on all
architectures.</para> architectures.</para>
<para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">The &man.wpi.4; driver has <para arch="amd64,i386" role="merged">The &man.wpi.4; driver
been updated to include a number of stability fixes.</para> has been updated to include a number of stability
fixes.</para>
<para revision="248925">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated to support <para revision="248925">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been
40G/10G Ethernet NICs based on Chelsio's Terminator 5 (T5) ASIC.</para> updated to support 40G/10G Ethernet NICs based on Chelsio's
Terminator 5 (T5) ASIC.</para>
<para revision="256694">The iw_cxgbe driver has been added. This is an <para revision="256694">The iw_cxgbe driver has been added.
experimental iWARP/RDMA driver This is an experimental iWARP/RDMA driver (kernel verbs
(kernel verbs only) for Chelsio's T4 and T5 based cards.</para> only) for Chelsio's T4 and T5 based cards.</para>
<para revision="255932">The Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) and <para revision="255932">The Open Fabrics Enterprise
OFED Infiniband core has been Distribution (OFED) and OFED Infiniband core has been
updated to the same version as supplied by Linux version 3.7</para> updated to the same version as supplied by Linux version
3.7</para>
<para revision="255932">The Mellanox Infiniband driver has been updated to firmware <para revision="255932">The Mellanox Infiniband driver has
version 2.30.3200 for ConnectX3 NICs. Support has been added for ConnectX3 VPI NICs, where been updated to firmware version 2.30.3200 for ConnectX3
each port can be used as Infiniband 56 GB/s or Ethernet 40 GB/s. Support has been added NICs. Support has been added for ConnectX3 VPI NICs, where
for dynamically loading kernel modules for Infiniband core (ibcore) and each port can be used as Infiniband 56 GB/s or Ethernet 40
IP over Infiniband (ipoib).</para> GB/s. Support has been added for dynamically loading kernel
modules for Infiniband core (ibcore) and IP over Infiniband
<para revision="227614">&man.netmap.4; has been added. &man.netmap.4; is a framework for (ipoib).</para>
high-performance direct-to-hardware packet IO, offering low latency and high PPS
rates to userland applications while bypassing any kernel-side packet processing.
With &man.netmap.4; it is trivially possible to fully saturate a 10 Gbps network interface with
minimal packet sizes. For more information, see:
<link xlink:href="http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/">Netmap Project</link>.</para>
<para revision="227614">&man.netmap.4; has been added.
&man.netmap.4; is a framework for high-performance
direct-to-hardware packet IO, offering low latency and high
PPS rates to userland applications while bypassing any
kernel-side packet processing. With &man.netmap.4; it is
trivially possible to fully saturate a 10 Gbps network
interface with minimal packet sizes. For more information,
see: <link
xlink:href="http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/">Netmap
Project</link>.</para>
</sect4> </sect4>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 xml:id="net-proto"> <sect3 xml:id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title> <title>Network Protocols</title>
<para revision="228571">&man.carp.4; has been rewritten to make addresses <para revision="228571">&man.carp.4; has been rewritten to make
more sane from the viewpoint of routing daemons such as addresses more sane from the viewpoint of routing daemons such
quagga/zebra. It also brings support for a single redundant as quagga/zebra. It also brings support for a single redundant
address on the subnet (carpdev), switching state with address on the subnet (carpdev), switching state with
&man.ifconfig.8;, better locking and using modern kernel &man.ifconfig.8;, better locking and using modern kernel
interfaces to allocate multicast memberships. interfaces to allocate multicast memberships. Configuration
Configuration of the CARP protocol via &man.ifconfig.8; has changed, as well as format of the CARP protocol via &man.ifconfig.8; has changed, as well
of CARP events submitted to &man.devd.8; has changed. See &man.carp.4; as format of CARP events submitted to &man.devd.8; has
for more information. The arpbalance feature of &man.carp.4; is currently changed. See &man.carp.4; for more information. The arpbalance
not supported anymore.</para> feature of &man.carp.4; is currently not supported
anymore.</para>
<para revision="240233">The &man.pf.4; firewall now supports fine-grain locking <para revision="240233">The &man.pf.4; firewall now supports
and better utilization on multi-cpu machines resulting in fine-grain locking and better utilization on multi-cpu
significant improvements in performance.</para> machines resulting in significant improvements in
performance.</para>
<para revision="250700">Support for up to 65536 routing tables has been <para revision="250700">Support for up to 65536 routing tables
introduced.</para> has been introduced.</para>
<para revision="248552">Support for setting/matching differentiated services
codepoints (DSCP) in IP header has been added to
&man.ipfw.8;.</para>
<para revision="248552">Support for setting/matching
differentiated services codepoints (DSCP) in IP header has
been added to &man.ipfw.8;.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 xml:id="disks"> <sect3 xml:id="disks">
<title>Disks and Storage</title> <title>Disks and Storage</title>
<para role="merged">The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes larger than <para role="merged">The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes
2TB in size.</para> larger than 2TB in size.</para>
<para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a spindown command for <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a spindown command for
disks; after a configurable amount of time, if no requests disks; after a configurable amount of time, if no requests
have been received for a disk, the disk will be spun down have been received for a disk, the disk will be spun down
until the next request. The &man.atacontrol.8; utility now until the next request. The &man.atacontrol.8; utility now
supports a <command>spindown</command> command to configure supports a <command>spindown</command> command to configure
this feature.</para> this feature.</para>
<para role="merged">The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 <para role="merged">The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to
from Highpoint.</para> version 1.2 from Highpoint.</para>
<para revision="240616">&man.nvme.4; has been added and provides NVM Express support.
NVM Express is an optimized register interface, command set and feature set of
PCI Express (PCIe)-based Solid-State Drives (SSDs). For more information,
see <link xlink:href="http://http://www.nvmexpress.org/">nvmexpress.org</link>.</para>
<para revision="240616">&man.nvme.4; has been added and provides
NVM Express support. NVM Express is an optimized register
interface, command set and feature set of PCI Express
(PCIe)-based Solid-State Drives (SSDs). For more information,
see <link
xlink:href="http://http://www.nvmexpress.org/">nvmexpress.org</link>.</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3 xml:id="fs"> <sect3 xml:id="fs">
<title>File Systems</title> <title>File Systems</title>
<para revision="255570">A new kernel-based iSCSI target and initiator has been <para revision="255570">A new kernel-based iSCSI target and
added</para> initiator has been added</para>
<para revision="243246">UFS filesystems can now be enlarged with &man.growfs.8; while <para revision="243246">UFS filesystems can now be enlarged with
mounted read-write. This is especially useful for virtual &man.growfs.8; while mounted read-write. This is especially
machines, allowing the addition of more harddrive space without useful for virtual machines, allowing the addition of more
interruption of service.</para> harddrive space without interruption of service.</para>
<para revision="241519">A state of the art FUSE implementation is now part of the <para revision="241519">A state of the art FUSE implementation
base system. It allows the use of nearly all fusefs file is now part of the base system. It allows the use of nearly
systems</para> all fusefs file systems</para>
<sect4 xml:id="fs-zfs"> <sect4 xml:id="fs-zfs">
<title>ZFS</title> <title>ZFS</title>
<para revision="256361">&man.bsdinstall.8; now supports installing <para revision="256361">&man.bsdinstall.8; now supports
ZFS on the root file system. It includes a single configuration menu installing ZFS on the root file system. It includes
that allows you to select all of the required details, including a single configuration menu that allows you to select all of
which drives to use, what ZFS RAID level to use (taking into consideration the required details, including which drives to use, what
the selected number of drives), GPT or MBR, GELI encryption, forcing 4K sectors, ZFS RAID level to use (taking into consideration the
pool name, etc.</para> selected number of drives), GPT or MBR, GELI encryption,
forcing 4K sectors, pool name, etc.</para>
<para revision="240868">TRIM support has been added for <para revision="240868">TRIM support has been added for
ZFS.</para> ZFS.</para>
<para revision="246586">Support for the high performance LZ4 compression algorithm <para revision="246586">Support for the high performance LZ4
has been added to ZFS. LZ4 is usually faster and can achieve a compression algorithm has been added to ZFS. LZ4 is usually
higher compression ratio than LZJB, the default compression faster and can achieve a higher compression ratio than LZJB,
algorithm</para> the default compression algorithm</para>
<para revision="252140">Support for L2ARC compression has been added to ZFS.</para> <para revision="252140">Support for L2ARC compression has been
added to ZFS.</para>
<para revision="243524">The zio nop-write improvement from Illumos <para revision="243524">The zio nop-write improvement from
was imported into &os;. To reduce I/O, nop-write skips overwriting Illumos was imported into &os;. To reduce I/O, nop-write
data if the checksum (cryptographically secure) of new data skips overwriting data if the checksum (cryptographically
matches the checksum of existing data. It also saves space if secure) of new data matches the checksum of existing data.
snapshots are in use. This improvement only works only on It also saves space if snapshots are in use. This
datasets with enabled compression, disabled deduplication and improvement only works only on datasets with enabled
sha256 checksums.</para> compression, disabled deduplication and sha256
checksums.</para>
<para>ZFS will now compare the checksums of incoming writes to
the checksum of the existing on-disk data and avoid issuing any
write I/O for data that has not changed. This will reduce I/O
as well as space usage because if the old block is referenced
by a snapshot, both copies of the block are kept even though
both contain the same data.</para>
<para>ZFS will now compare the checksums of incoming writes to
the checksum of the existing on-disk data and avoid issuing
any write I/O for data that has not changed. This will
reduce I/O as well as space usage because if the old block
is referenced by a snapshot, both copies of the block are
kept even though both contain the same data.</para>
</sect4> </sect4>
</sect3> </sect3>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="userland"> <sect2 xml:id="userland">
<title>Userland Changes</title> <title>Userland Changes</title>
<para revision="255321">On platforms where &man.clang.1; is the default <para revision="255321">On platforms where &man.clang.1; is the
system compiler, (such as i386, amd64, arm) GCC and GNU libstdc++ are no default system compiler, (such as i386, amd64, arm) GCC and GNU
longer built by default. &man.clang.1; and libc++ from LLVM are used on libstdc++ are no longer built by default. &man.clang.1; and
these platforms by instead. GCC 4.2.1 and libstdc++ are still built libc++ from LLVM are used on these platforms by instead. GCC
and used by default on pc98 and all other platforms where &man.clang.1; 4.2.1 and libstdc++ are still built and used by default on pc98
is not the default system compiler. and all other platforms where &man.clang.1; is not the default
</para> system compiler.</para>
<para revision="251662">&man.clang.1; and llvm have been updated to <para revision="251662">&man.clang.1; and llvm have been updated
version 3.3 release. Please refer to to version 3.3 release. Please refer to <link
<link xlink:href="http://llvm.org/releases/3.3/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html"> xlink:href="http://llvm.org/releases/3.3/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html">
Clang 3.3 Release Notes.</link></para> Clang 3.3 Release Notes.</link></para>
<para role="merged" revision="255949">BIND has been replaced by &man.unbound.8; for <para role="merged" revision="255949">BIND has been replaced by
local dns resolution in the base system. With this change, nslookup &man.unbound.8; for local dns resolution in the base system.
and dig are no longer a part of the base system. Users should With this change, nslookup and dig are no longer a part of the
instead use &man.host.1; and &man.drill.1; Alternatively, base system. Users should instead use &man.host.1; and
nslookup and dig can be obtained by installing the &man.drill.1; Alternatively, nslookup and dig can be obtained by
dns/bind-tools port.</para> installing the dns/bind-tools port.</para>
<para revision="225937">sysinstall has been removed from the base system. <para revision="225937">sysinstall has been removed from the base
Auxiliary libraries and tools used by sysinstall such as libdisk, libftpio, system. Auxiliary libraries and tools used by sysinstall such
and sade have also been removed. sysinstall has been replaced by as libdisk, libftpio, and sade have also been removed.
&man.bsdinstall.8; and &man.bsdconfig.8;.</para> sysinstall has been replaced by &man.bsdinstall.8; and
&man.bsdconfig.8;.</para>
<para revision="256106">&man.freebsd-version.1; has been added. This tool <para revision="256106">&man.freebsd-version.1; has been added.
makes a best effort to determine the version and patch level of This tool makes a best effort to determine the version and patch
the installed kernel and userland.</para> level of the installed kernel and userland.</para>
<para revision="255191">GNU patch has been removed from the base system, and replaced <para revision="255191">GNU patch has been removed from the base
by a BSD-licensed &man.patch.1; program.</para> system, and replaced by a BSD-licensed &man.patch.1;
program.</para>
<para revision="241511">GNU sort has been removed from the base system, and replaced <para revision="241511">GNU sort has been removed from the base
by a BSD-licensed &man.sort.1; program.</para> system, and replaced by a BSD-licensed &man.sort.1;
program.</para>
<para revision="235723">Berkely yacc (byacc) has been imported <para revision="235723">Berkely yacc (byacc) has been imported
from <link xlink:href="http://invisible-island.net/byacc/">invisible island</link>. from <link
This brings bison compatibilities to &man.yacc.1; while preserving full xlink:href="http://invisible-island.net/byacc/">invisible
backwards compatibility with previous version of &man.yacc.1;.</para> island</link>. This brings bison compatibilities to
&man.yacc.1; while preserving full backwards compatibility with
previous version of &man.yacc.1;.</para>
<para revision="250881">&man.lex.1; has been replaced by flex 2.5.37</para> <para revision="250881">&man.lex.1; has been replaced by flex
2.5.37</para>
<para revision="250699">&man.make.1; has been replaced with the <para revision="250699">&man.make.1; has been replaced with the
"Portable" BSD make tool (bmake) from NetBSD.</para> "Portable" BSD make tool (bmake) from NetBSD.</para>
<para revision="243023">Support for usernames up to 32 <para revision="243023">Support for usernames up to 32
@ -454,10 +485,10 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
<para>BSD-licensed versions of &man.bc.1; and &man.dc.1; have <para>BSD-licensed versions of &man.bc.1; and &man.dc.1; have
replaced their GNU counterparts.</para> replaced their GNU counterparts.</para>
<para role="merged">&man.chflags.1; now supports a <option>-v</option> flag for <para role="merged">&man.chflags.1; now supports
verbose output and a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors a <option>-v</option> flag for verbose output and
with the same semantics as (for example) a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors with the same
&man.chmod.1;.</para> semantics as (for example) &man.chmod.1;.</para>
<para>For compatibility with other implementations, &man.cp.1; now <para>For compatibility with other implementations, &man.cp.1; now
supports a <option>-a</option> flag, which is equivalent to supports a <option>-a</option> flag, which is equivalent to
@ -469,12 +500,13 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
<filename>gcpio</filename>.</para> <filename>gcpio</filename>.</para>
<para>The &man.env.1; program now supports <option>-u <para>The &man.env.1; program now supports <option>-u
<replaceable>name</replaceable></option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></option> which will completely
which will completely unset the given variable unset the given variable <replaceable>name</replaceable> by
<replaceable>name</replaceable> by removing it from the environment, removing it from the environment, instead of just setting it to
instead of just setting it to a null value.</para> a null value.</para>
<para>The &man.fdopendir.3; library function has been added.</para> <para>The &man.fdopendir.3; library function has been
added.</para>
<para role="merged">The &man.fetch.3; library now support HTTP 1.1 <para role="merged">The &man.fetch.3; library now support HTTP 1.1
If-Modified-Since behavior. The &man.fetch.1; program now If-Modified-Since behavior. The &man.fetch.1; program now
@ -509,10 +541,10 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also
accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para> accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para>
<para>&man.sh.1; has many bug fixes, some new features, and will now <para>&man.sh.1; has many bug fixes, some new features, and will
refuse to parse some invalid scripts. Additionally, it now now refuse to parse some invalid scripts. Additionally, it now
has filename completion and defaults to the &quot;emacs&quot; editing has filename completion and defaults to the &quot;emacs&quot;
mode.</para> editing mode.</para>
<para>The &man.split.1; utility now supports a <option>-n</option> <para>The &man.split.1; utility now supports a <option>-n</option>
flag to split a file into a certain number of chunks.</para> flag to split a file into a certain number of chunks.</para>
@ -540,8 +572,8 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
<para>&man.top.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> flag to <para>&man.top.1; now supports a <option>-P</option> flag to
provide per-CPU usage statistics.</para> provide per-CPU usage statistics.</para>
<para>&man.zdump.8; is now working properly on 64 bit architectures. <para>&man.zdump.8; is now working properly on 64 bit
</para> architectures.</para>
<para>&man.traceroute.8; now has the ability to print the AS <para>&man.traceroute.8; now has the ability to print the AS
number for each hop with the new <option>-a</option> switch; a number for each hop with the new <option>-a</option> switch; a
@ -555,102 +587,106 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
<sect3 xml:id="rc-scripts"> <sect3 xml:id="rc-scripts">
<title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
<para/> <para>&nbsp;</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="contrib"> <sect2 xml:id="contrib">
<title>Contributed Software</title> <title>Contributed Software</title>
<para revision="251300">&man.jemalloc.3; has been updated to 3.4.0. <para revision="251300">&man.jemalloc.3; has been updated to
See <link xlink:href="http://www.facebook.com/jemalloc/">this link</link>. 3.4.0. See <link
for more details.</para> xlink:href="http://www.facebook.com/jemalloc/">this
link</link> for more details.</para>
<para role="merged"><application>AMD</application> has been updated from 6.0.10 <para role="merged"><application>AMD</application> has been
to 6.1.5.</para> updated from 6.0.10 to 6.1.5.</para>
<para role="merged"><application>awk</application> has been updated from 1 May <para role="merged"><application>awk</application> has been
updated from 1 May
2007 release to the 20121220 release.</para> 2007 release to the 20121220 release.</para>
<para revision="251794"><application>CVS</application> has been removed from the <para revision="251794"><application>CVS</application> has been
base system, but is still available from ports</para> removed from the base system, but is still available from
ports</para>
<para revision="251886">Subversion has been imported into the base system and <para revision="251886">Subversion has been imported into the base
is installed as <application>svnlite</application>. <application>svnlite</application> system and is installed as <application>svnlite</application>.
should only be used for checking out &os; source and committing, and does not <application>svnlite</application> should only be used for
replace the full Subversion port.</para> checking out &os; source and committing, and does not replace
the full Subversion port.</para>
<para revision="234449"><application>file</application> has been updated to 5.11.</para> <para revision="234449"><application>file</application> has been
updated to 5.11.</para>
<para revision="252726"><application>hostapd</application> has been <para revision="252726"><application>hostapd</application> has
updated from 0.5.8 to 0.5.10.</para> been updated from 0.5.8 to 0.5.10.</para>
<para><application>IPFilter</application> has been updated to 5.1.2.</para> <para><application>IPFilter</application> has been updated to
5.1.2.</para>
<para revision="250592"><application>less</application> has been updated to <para revision="250592"><application>less</application> has been
v458.</para> updated to v458.</para>
<para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated from <para><application>ncurses</application> has been updated from to
to 5.7-20081102.</para> 5.7-20081102.</para>
<para role="merged"><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated <para role="merged"><application>OpenSSH</application> has been
to 6.4.</para> updated to 6.4.</para>
<para revision="236109"><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated to <para revision="236109"><application>OpenPAM</application> has
the Micrampelis release.</para> been updated to the Micrampelis release.</para>
<para role="merged"><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from <para role="merged"><application>sendmail</application> has been
8.14.1 to 8.14.7.</para> updated from 8.14.1 to 8.14.7.</para>
<para role="merged">The timezone database has been updated from <para role="merged">The timezone database has been updated from
the <application>tzdata2008h</application> release to the <application>tzdata2008h</application> release to
the <application>tzdata2009m</application> release.</para> the <application>tzdata2009m</application> release.</para>
<para>The stdtime part of libc, &man.zdump.8; and &man.zic.8; <para>The stdtime part of libc, &man.zdump.8; and &man.zic.8; have
have been updated from the <application>tzcode2004a</application> been updated from the <application>tzcode2004a</application>
release to the <application>tzcode2009h</application> release. release to the <application>tzcode2009h</application> release.
If you have upgraded from source or via the &man.freebsd-update.8;, If you have upgraded from source or via the
then please run &man.tzsetup.8; to install a new /etc/localtime. &man.freebsd-update.8;, then please run &man.tzsetup.8; to
</para> install a new /etc/localtime.</para>
<para revision="252726"><application>WPA Supplicant</application> has been <para revision="252726"><application>WPA Supplicant</application>
updated to 2.0.</para> has been updated to 2.0.</para>
<para role="merged"><application>xz</application> has been updated <para role="merged"><application>xz</application> has been updated
from snapshot as of 12 April 2010 to 5.0.0.</para> from snapshot as of 12 April 2010 to 5.0.0.</para>
<para revision="258231" role="merged">&man.nvi.1; has been updated to 2.1.2.</para> <para revision="258231" role="merged">&man.nvi.1; has been updated
to 2.1.2.</para>
<para revision="254225">&man.nvi.1; supports wide character locales.</para>
<para revision="254225">&man.nvi.1; supports wide character
locales.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="ports"> <sect2 xml:id="ports">
<title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
<para revision="257444">The pkg_add, pkg_create, pkg_delete, pkg_info, <para revision="257444">The pkg_add, pkg_create, pkg_delete,
pkg_updating, and pkg_version utilities have been removed. pkg_info, pkg_updating, and pkg_version utilities have been
&man.pkg.7; must now be used to install binary packages. &man.pkg.7; removed. &man.pkg.7; must now be used to install binary
is the next generation &os; package manager, also referred to as "pkgng".</para> packages. &man.pkg.7; is the next generation &os; package
manager, also referred to as "pkgng".</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="releng"> <sect2 xml:id="releng">
<title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
<para role="merged">The supported version of <para role="merged">The supported version of the
the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment
(<package>x11/gnome2</package>) has been (<package>x11/gnome2</package>) has been updated from 2.20.1
updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22.</para> to 2.22.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="doc"> <sect2 xml:id="doc">
<title>Documentation</title> <title>Documentation</title>
<para/> <para>&nbsp;</para>
</sect2> </sect2>
</sect1> </sect1>
@ -671,9 +707,8 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Alternatively, the Hyper-V drivers can be
<filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
<important> <important>
<para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
files.</para>
</important> </important>
</sect1> </sect1>
</article> </article>