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= FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE Release Notes

== Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 10.1-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.

== Table of Contents

* <<intro,Introduction>>
* <<new,What's New>>
* <<upgrade,Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD>>

[[intro]]
== Introduction

This document contains the release notes for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE. It describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of FreeBSD. It also provides some notes on upgrading from previous versions of FreeBSD.

This distribution of FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE is a release distribution. It can be found at `http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/` or any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or other) release distributions of FreeBSD can be found in the link:{handbook}#mirrors[Obtaining FreeBSD' appendix] to the link:{handbook}[FreeBSD Handbook].

All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before installing FreeBSD. The errata document is updated with "late-breaking" information discovered late in the release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE can be found on the FreeBSD Web site.

[[new]]
== What's New

This section describes the most user-visible new or changed features in FreeBSD since 10.0-RELEASE.

Typical release note items document recent security advisories issued after 10.0-RELEASE, new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly the release notes cannot list every single change made to FreeBSD between releases; this document focuses primarily on security advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural improvements.

[[security]]
== Security Advisories

The following security advisories have been issued since FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE:

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|Advisory |Date |Topic
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:14.openssh.asc[SA-13:14.openssh] |19 November 2013 |OpenSSH AES-GCM memory corruption vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:01.bsnmpd.asc[SA-14:01.bsnmpd] |14 January 2014 |bsnmpd remote denial of service vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:02.ntpd.asc[SA-14:02.ntpd] |14 January 2014 |ntpd distributed reflection Denial of Service vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:03.openssl.asc[SA-14:03.openssl] |14 January 2014 |OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind.asc[SA-14:04.bind] |14 January 2014 |BIND remote denial of service vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:05.nfsserver.asc[SA-14:05.nfsserver] |8 April 2014 |Deadlock in the NFS server
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:06.openssl.asc[SA-14:06.openssl] |8 April 2014 |OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:07.devfs.asc[SA-14:07.devfs] |30 April 2014 |Fix devfs rules not applied by default for jails
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:08.tcp.asc[SA-14:08.tcp] |30 April 2014 |Fix TCP reassembly vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:09.openssl.asc[SA-14:09.openssl] |30 April 2014 |Fix OpenSSL use-after-free vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:10.openssl.asc[SA-14:10.openssl] |15 May 2014 |Fix OpenSSL NULL pointer deference vulnerability
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:11.sendmail.asc[SA-14:11.sendmail] |3 June 2014 |Fix sendmail improper close-on-exec flag handling
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc[SA-14:13.pam] |3 June 2014 |Fix incorrect error handling in PAM policy parser
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:14.openssl.asc[SA-14:14.openssl] |5 June 2014 |Multiple vulnerabilities
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:15.iconv.asc[SA-14:15.iconv] |24 June 2014 |NULL pointer dereference and out-of-bounds array access
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:16.file.asc[SA-14:16.file] |24 June 2014 |Multiple vulnerabilities
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc[SA-14:17.kmem] |8 July 2014 |Kernel memory disclosure in control messages and SCTP notifications
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:18.openssl.asc[SA-14:18.openssl] |9 September 2014 |Multiple vulnerabilities
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp.asc[SA-14:19.tcp] |16 September 2014 |Denial of Service in TCP packet processing.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:20.rtsold.asc[SA-14:20.rtsold] |21 October 2014 |Remote buffer overflow vulnerability.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:21.routed.asc[SA-14:21.routed] |21 October 2014 |Remote denial of service vulnerability.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei.asc[SA-14:22.namei] |21 October 2014 |Memory leak in sandboxed namei lookup.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:23.openssl.asc[SA-14:23.openssl] |21 October 2014 |Multiple vulerabilities.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin.asc[SA-14:25.setlogin] |04 November 2014 |Kernel stack disclosure.
|http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:26.ftp.asc[SA-14:26.ftp] |04 November 2014 |Remote code execution.
|===

[[kernel]]
== Kernel Changes

A new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)], `kern.panic_reboot_wait_time`, has been added, which allows controlling how long the system will wait after http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=panic&sektion=9[panic(9)] before rebooting. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260431[(r260431)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] driver has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. To enable http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)], enter `set kern.vty=vt` at the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)] prompt during boot, or add `kern.vty=vt` to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf&sektion=5[loader.conf(5)] and reboot the system. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262861[(r262861)]

Support for http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hwpmc&sektion=4[hwpmc(4)] has been added for PowerPC(R) 970 class processors. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263122[(r263122)]

Support for ADT7460 and ADT7467 fan controllers found in newer PowerBooks™ and iBooks™ has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iicbus&sektion=4[iicbus(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263197[(r263197)]

A panic triggered by removing a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4[urtwn(4)] device has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263256[(r263256)]

A potential deadlock in the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4[usb(4)] stack triggered by detaching USB devices that create character devices has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263799[(r263799)]

Support for AMD(R) Family 16h sensor devices has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=amdtemp&sektion=4[amdtemp(4)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263869[(r263869)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uslcom&sektion=4[uslcom(4)] driver has been updated to support 26 new devices. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265610[(r265610)]

A kernel bug that inhibited proper functionality of the `dev.cpu.0.freq` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] on Intel(R) processors with Turbo Boost™ enabled has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266165[(r266165)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uart&sektion=4[uart(4)] driver has been updated to include support for the Intel(R) Lynx Point KT AMT serial port. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266436[(r266436)]

The `radeonkms(4)` driver has been updated to include 32-bit http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ioctl&sektion=2[ioctl(2)] support, allowing 32-bit applications to run on a 64-bit system. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266594[(r266594)]

A bug that would prevent a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] from setting the correct IPv4 source address with some operations that required `security.jail.allow_raw_sockets` has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266718[(r266718)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hwpmc&sektion=4[hwpmc(4)] driver has been updated to support core events from the Atom™ Silvermont architecture. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266911[(r266911)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=oce&sektion=4[oce(4)] driver has been updated with vendor-supplied fixes for big endian support, and 20GB/s and 25GB/s link speeds. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268046[(r268046)]

The FreeBSD virtual memory subsystem has been updated to implement "fast path" for the page fault handler. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270630[(r270630)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=asmc&sektion=4[asmc(4)] driver has been updated to support the Apple(R) Mac Mini 3,1. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271069[(r271069)]

The FreeBSD/powerpc64 default kernel configuration, [.filename]`GENERIC64`, has been updated to enable the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] console driver for the Sony  Playstation 3™ platform. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271111[(r271111)]

The FreeBSD/powerpc `ofwfb` driver, used to provide a graphics console when the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] console driver is used, has been modified to work with the [.filename]`x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb` port. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271116[(r271116)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

[.note]
*Note*: +
If using an ATI graphics card with the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] driver, the [.filename]`x11-servers/xorg-server` package must be updated to version 1.12.4_8 or newer.

Several performance enchancements to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] driver have been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271128[(r271128)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The default stack size (`KSTACK_PAGES`) has been increased from `4` to `8` for the powerpc64 architecture. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271153[(r271153)]

The FreeBSD/powerpc ATI driver has been updated to support enabling and disabling the Radeon 9700 backlight, found in the Apple(R) PowerBook(TM) G4. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271205[(r271205)]

Hardware context support has been added to the `drm/i915` driver, adding support for Mesa 9.2 and later. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271816[(r271816)]

[[kernel-virtualization]]
== Virtualization support

Support for Microsoft(R) Hyper-V has been added to FreeBSD/i386 as loadable modules, however not available in the `GENERIC` kernel configuration. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=259450[(r259450)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=4[bhyve(4)] hypervisor now supports soft power-off functionality via the ACPI S5 state. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=261090[(r261090)]

Support for FreeBSD/i386 guests has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=4[bhyve(4)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267399[(r267399)]

Support for virtualized `XSAVE` has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=4[bhyve(4)], allowing guest operating systems to use `XSAVE` and `XSAVE`-enabled features, such as AVX. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267427[(r267427)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=4[bhyve(4)] hypervisor now supports booting from a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystem. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268932[(r268932)]

A new driver, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=virtio_random&sektion=4[virtio_random(4)], has been added, which allows FreeBSD virtual machines to harvest entropy from the hypervisor. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268933[(r268933)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=4[bhyve(4)] hypervisor has been synced with the version in FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270159[(r270159)]

A number of enhancements have been added, and several bug fixes, including:

* Post-mortem debugging has been added when a guest virtual machine exits with an "EPT Misconfiguration" error.
* The hypervisor http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=virtio&sektion=4[virtio(4)] API has been expanded from 32- to 64-bit.
* Support for identifying capabilities of the virtual CPU has been added.
* Support for emulating legacy x86 task switching has been added.
* Support to list the VT-x features in base kernel http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8[dmesg(8)] has been added.
* Support for extended PCI configuration space has been added.

[[kernel-arm]]
== ARM support

The [.filename]`WANDBOARD` kernel configuration file has been added. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=259355[(r259355)]

Boot devices may now be specified by setting a u-boot environment variable. If a boot device is not specified, the probe mechanism will be used. To specify the boot device, set the `loaderdev=device` u-boot environment variable. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265067[(r265067)]

The `nexus(4)` driver has been updated to include "Flattened Device Tree" support, replacing the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fdtbus&sektion=4[fdtbus(4)] driver in most cases. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266000[(r266000)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpioiic&sektion=4[gpioiic(4)] and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpioled&sektion=4[gpioled(4)] have been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266105[(r266105)]

Support for hardware floating point was added to the kernel, and enabled by default in the configuration files for all platforms that contain the required hardware.

C++ exception handling now works with GCC.

Support for SMP was added to the kernel, and enabled by default in the configuration files for all platforms that contain multi-core CPUs.

Support was added for:

* CHROMEBOOK (Samsung Exynos 5250)
* COLIBRI (Freescale Vybrid)
* COSMIC (Freescale Vybrid)
* IMX53-QSB (Freescale i.MX53)
* QUARTZ (Freescale Vybrid)
* RADXA (Rockchip rk30xx)
* WANDBOARD (Freescale i.MX6)

An I2C driver was added for the RaspberryPi.

Drivers have been added to support TI platforms, such as BEAGLEBONE and PANDABOARD:

* PRUSS (Programmable Realtime Unit Subsystem)
* MBOX (Mailbox hardware)
* SDHCI (new faster driver for MMC/SD storage)
* PPS (Pulse Per Second input on a GPIO/timer pin)
* PWM (Pulse Width Modulation output)
* ADC (Analog to Digital converter)

[[boot]]
==  Boot Loader Changes

A kernel selection menu has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)]. If the "beastie menu" is enabled, the kernel to boot may be selected from the kernel selection menu. Additional kernels may be listed in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf&sektion=5[loader.conf(5)] as a comma- or space-separated list. By default, `kernel` and `kernel.old` are listed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262701[(r262701)]

The [.filename]`sys/boot/` sources have been rearranged, moving http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libstand&sektion=3[libstand(3)] to a directory indicating the library is built as 32-bit. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271130[(r271130)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libstand&sektion=3[libstand(3)] library has been updated to produce a 64-bit shared library for the FreeBSD/amd64 and FreeBSD/powerpc64 architectures. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271135[(r271135)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

Initial support for UEFI boot has been added. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271135[(r271135)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

Three new files are installed to `/boot`, supporting UEFI boot: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271136[(r271136)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

* [.filename]`boot1.efi`: The UEFI first stage bootstrap file.
* [.filename]`boot1.efifat`: A FAT filesystem image containing an EFI system partition.
* [.filename]`loader.efi`: The third stage bootstrap file.

Serial console and null console support has been added to the UEFI boot loader. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271880[(r271880)]

Support has been added to cache http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geli&sektion=8[geli(8)] passphrases during system boot. When a system is configured with multiple `GEOM_ELI` providers all using the same passphrase, the passphrase that is cached after the first entry is used for the subsequent `GEOM_ELI` provider. If the passphrase in the cache is incorrect, then a prompt for the passphrase for the next provider is displayed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=272006[(r272006)]

[[proc]]
== Hardware Support

[[net-if]]
== Network Interface Support

Support for Ralink RT5370 and RT5372 chipsets has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=run&sektion=4[run(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=259453[(r259453)]

Firmware for the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=run&sektion=4[run(4)] driver has been updated to version 0.33. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260120[(r260120)]

Support for the Ralink RT3593 chipset has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=run&sektion=4[run(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=261868[(r261868)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nve&sektion=4[nve(4)] driver is now deprecated, and the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4[nfe(4)] driver should be used instead. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=261972[(r261972)]

Support for the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=axge&sektion=4[axge(4)] driver has been added. This driver supports the ASIX AX88178A and AX88179 USB ethernet adapters. The AX88178A supports USB 2.0, and the AX88179 supports USB 2.0 and 3.0. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262137[(r262137)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urndis&sektion=4[urndis(4)] driver has been imported from OpenBSD. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262363[(r262363)]

Support for multiple transmitter/receiver queues has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmx&sektion=4[vmx(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264866[(r264866)]

[.note]
*Note*: +
The FreeBSD guest operating system must have MSIX enabled as a prerequisite for multiple queues.

Support for the ASUS USB-N10 Nano wireless card has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4[urtwn(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265345[(r265345)]

Transmission checksum offloading has been disabled for the RTL8168C and RTL8168CP chipsets in the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4[re(4)] driver for TCP and UDP frames. This is due to a report of UDP datagrams with IP options generating corrupt frames. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266212[(r266212)]

Preliminary support has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4[urtwn(4)] driver for the Realtek RTL8188EUS and RTL8188ETV chipsets. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266578[(r266578)]

A bug in the fast receiver buffer recycle path has been fixed in the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cxgbe&sektion=4[cxgbe(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267694[(r267694)]

The bundled http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cxgbe&sektion=4[cxgbe(4)] firmware for T4 and T5 cards has been updated to version 1.11.27.0. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267849[(r267849)] [.contrib]#(Contributed / provided by Chelsio)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4[em(4)] driver has been updated to version 7.4.2. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269196[(r269196)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ixgbe&sektion=4[ixgbe(4)] tunables have been renamed to match their http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] counterparts: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269975[(r269975)]

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|===
|Old Name |New Name
|`hw.ixgbe.enable_aim` |`hw.ix.enable_aim`
|`hw.ixgbe.max_interrupt_rate` |`hw.ix.max_interrupt_rate`
|`hw.ixgbe.rx_process_limit` |`hw.ix.rx_process_limit`
|`hw.ixgbe.tx_process_limit` |`hw.ix.tx_process_limit`
|`hw.ixgbe.enable_msix` |`hw.ix.enable_msix`
|`hw.ixgbe.num_queues` |`hw.ix.num_queues`
|`hw.ixgbe.txd` |`hw.ix.txd`
|`hw.ixgbe.rxd` |`hw.ix.rxd`
|`hw.ixgbe.unsupported_sfp` |`hw.ix.unsupported_sfp`
|===

Be sure to update http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf&sektion=5[loader.conf(5)] if using the old tunables before upgrading to FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE.

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=if_nf10bmac&sektion=4[if_nf10bmac(4)] driver has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT to support the NetFPGA-10G Embedded CPU Ethernet Core. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270061[(r270061)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cxgbe&sektion=4[cxgbe(4)] driver has been updated to support http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=netmap&sektion=4[netmap(4)] for the T5 10G/40G cards. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270297[(r270297)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vtnet&sektion=4[vtnet(4)] driver has been updated to support http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=netmap&sektion=4[netmap(4)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270509[(r270509)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4[urtwn(4)] driver has been updated to support the ASUS USB-AC51 wireless card. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270514[(r270514)]

The Intel(R)  XL710 ethernet controller driver, `ixlv(4)`, has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270631[(r270631)]

[[net-proto]]
== Network Protocols

Support for the UDP-Lite protocol (RFC 3828) has been added to the IPv4 and IPv6 stacks. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265946[(r265946)]

A bug in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sctp&sektion=4[sctp(4)] that would allow two listening sockets bound to the same port has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267771[(r267771)]

Kernel RPC code, which is a base of NFS server took multiple optimizations, that significantly improved its performance and SMP scalability. [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

The iSCSI initiator has been updated to support redirection handling when an iSCSI device is configured with multiple IP addresses across different network interfaces. Previously, clients connecting to such iSCSI devices could require additional client-side configuration. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269065[(r269065)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

A new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)], `kern.iscsi.fail_on_disconnection`, has been added, which allows iSCSI clients to remove the attached disk device when the connection to the target is dropped, where previously I/O would stop until the connection is restored. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265523[(r265523)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The iSCSI transmit code has been optimized to coalesce PDUs and avoid lock contention. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265524[(r265524)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

Several performance optimizations have been made to the iSCSI subsystem, including deferring wakeup until enough data has been received to read or write a file, reducing CPU usage and throughput performance with large I/O workloads. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265524[(r265524)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

Support for hostname- and IP-based access restriction has been added to the iSCSI http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ctld&sektion=8[ctld(8)] daemon. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263720[(r263720)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ctld&sektion=8[ctld(8)] daemon has been updated to allow overriding the "default" `portal-group` configuration. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263725[(r263725)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ctld&sektion=8[ctld(8)] daemon now includes a new `auth-group`, "default", defaulting to `deny`, which is possible to override. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263726[(r263726)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

[[disks]]
== Disks and Storage

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=4[geom(4)] subsystem has been updated to support I/O direct dispatch. When safety requirements are met, it enables avoiding passing I/O requests to GEOM `g_up`/`g_down` thread, executing them directly in the caller context, avoiding CPU bottlenecks in `g_up`/`g_down` threads, plus avoid several context switches per I/O. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260385[(r260385)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=4[geom(4)] RAID driver has been updated to support unmapped I/O. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260385[(r260385)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cam&sektion=4[cam(4)] subsystem has been updated to support finer-grained locking, direct dispatch and multi-queue, which combined with http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=4[geom(4)] direct dispatch, reduces lock congestion and improves SMP scalability of the SCSI/ATA stack. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260387[(r260387)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=8[geom(8)] `GEOM_MULTIPATH` class has been updated to support automatic live partition resizing. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260478[(r260478)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=virtio_blk&sektion=4[virtio_blk(4)] driver has been updated to support unmapped I/O. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260857[(r260857)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=virtio_scsi&sektion=4[virtio_scsi(4)] driver has been updated to support unmapped I/O. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260858[(r260858)]

Support for LUN-based CD changers has been removed from the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=cd&sektion=4[cd(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264522[(r264522)]

Support for `BIO_DELETE` has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] `zvol` volumes. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264732[(r264732)]

Support for 9th generation HP host bus adapter cards has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4[ciss(4)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264734[(r264734)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mpr&sektion=4[mpr(4)] device has been added, providing support for LSI Fusion-MPT 3 12Gb SCSI/SATA controllers. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265388[(r265388)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by LSI)#

A new `zvol` property `volmode` and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] `vfs.zfs.vol.mode` has been added to allow switching `zvol` between three different ways of exposing it to a user: `geom`, `dev` and `none`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265678[(r265678)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mrsas&sektion=4[mrsas(4)] driver has been added, providing support for LSI MegaRAID SAS controllers. The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4[mfi(4)] driver will attach to the controller, by default. To enable http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mrsas&sektion=4[mrsas(4)] add `hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=1` to [.filename]`/boot/loader.conf`, which turns off http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4[mfi(4)] device probing. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265922[(r265922)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by LSI)#

[.note]
*Note*: +
At this time, the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfiutil&sektion=8[mfiutil(8)] utility and the FreeBSD version of MegaCLI and StorCli do not work with http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mrsas&sektion=4[mrsas(4)].

Fixed accounting of `BIO_FLUSH` operation in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=8[geom(8)] `GEOM_DISK` class http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266608[(r266608)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gstat&sektion=8[gstat(8)] utility now has an `-o` option, to display "other" operations, such as `BIO_FLUSH`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266610[(r266610)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4[mfi(4)] driver has been updated to include support for unmapped I/O. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267084[(r267084)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hpt27xx&sektion=4[hpt27xx(4)] driver has been updated with various vendor-supplied bug fixes. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267457[(r267457)]

Support for unmapped I/O has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xen&sektion=4[xen(4)] `blkfront` driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270130[(r270130)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by Citrix Systems R&D)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=8[geom(8)] `label` class is now aware of resized partitions. This corrects an issue where `geom resize` would resize the partition, but the label provider in [.filename]`/dev/gptid/` would not be resized. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=259328[(r259328)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gmirror&sektion=8[gmirror(8)] utility now has a `resize` command, making it easier to resize the size of a mirror when all of its components have been replaced. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260502[(r260502)]

Support for MegaRAID Fury cards has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4[mfi(4)] driver. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262967[(r262967)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=aacraid&sektion=4[aacraid(4)] driver has been updated to version 3.2.5. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263024[(r263024)]

The `GEOM_VINUM` option is now able to be built both directly into the kernel or as a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldload&sektion=8[kldload(8)] loadable module. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265536[(r265536)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=8[geom(8)] `GEOM_PART` class has been updated to support automatic partition resizing. Changes to the partition size are not saved to disk until `gpart commit` is run, and prior to saving, can be reverted with `gpart undo`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265912[(r265912)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom_uncompress&sektion=4[geom_uncompress(4)] module is built by default which, similar to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom_uzip&sektion=4[geom_uzip(4)], provides support for compressed, read-only disk images. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266220[(r266220)]

Support for the `disklabel64` partitioning scheme has been added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gpart&sektion=8[gpart(8)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268091[(r268091)]

A new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)] tunable, `kern.geom.part.mbr.enforce_chs` has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&sektion=8[geom(8)] `MBR` partition class. When set to a non-zero value, `GEOM_PART_MBR` will automatically recalculate the user-specified offset and size for alignment with the disk geometry. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270552[(r270552)]

Many improvements to the CAM Target Layer (CTL): [.contrib]#(Sponsored by iXsystems)#

* Support for `UNMAP`, `WRITE SAME`, `COMPARE AND WRITE`, `XCOPY` and some other SCSI commands was added to support VMWare VAAI and Microsoft ODX storage acceleration.
* The `READ`/`WRITE` size limitations were removed by supporting multiple data moves per command. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265642[(r265642)]
* Finer-grained per-LUN locking and multiple worker threads for better SMP scapability. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268556[(r268556)]
* Memory consumption reduced by several times by disabling some never used functionality. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269297[(r269297)]
* The maximum number of SCSI ports increased from 32 to 128. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269298[(r269298)]
* Improved `zvol` integration for better performance. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269429[(r269429)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hptnr&sektion=4[hptnr(4)] driver has been updated to version 1.0.1. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270810[(r270810)] [.contrib]#(Contributed / provided by HighPoint)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mrsas&sektion=4[mrsas(4)] driver has been added to the [.filename]`GENERIC` kernel configuration on amd64 and i386 architectures. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271234[(r271234)]

[[fs]]
== File Systems

The `vfs.zfs.zio.use_uma` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] has been re-enabled. On multi-CPU machines with enough RAM, this can easily double http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] performance or reduce CPU usage in half. It was originally disabled due to memory and KVA exhaustion problem reports, which should be resolved due to several changes in the VM subsystem. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260338[(r260338)]

A new flag, `-R`, has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fsck_ffs&sektion=8[fsck_ffs(8)] utility. When used, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fsck_ffs&sektion=8[fsck_ffs(8)] will restart itself when too many critical errors have been detected. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260178[(r260178)] [.contrib]#(Contributed / provided by Netflix)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystem has been updated to implement "bookmarks". See http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] for further details. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263407[(r263407)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystem has been updated to allow tuning the minimum "ashift" value when creating new top-level virtual devices (vdevs). To set the minimum ashift value, for example when creating a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool&sektion=8[zpool(8)] on "Advanced Format" drives, set the `vfs.zfs.min_auto_ashift` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)] accordingly. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266122[(r266122)]

The `libzfs` thread pool API has been imported from OpenSolaris, and adapted for FreeBSD. This change allows parallel disk scanning, which can reduce http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool&sektion=8[zpool(8)] overall import time in some workloads. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266612[(r266612)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=restore&sektion=8[restore(8)] utility has been updated to prevent assertion failures when restoring a UFS filesystem dump to a ZFS filesystem by writing restored files in block sizes that are a multiple of 1024. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269651[(r269651)]

Two http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8[sysctl(8)]s have been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystem: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269774[(r269774)]

* `vfs.zfs.mg_fragmentation_threshold`: The percentage of the metaslab group size that should be considered eligible for allocation, unless all metaslab groups within the metaslab class have also crossed this threshold.
* `vfs.zfs.metaslab.fragmentation_threshold`: The maximum percentage of metaslab fragmentation level to keep their active state

The default http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] ARC hash table size has been increased, and a new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)] tunable, `vfs.zfs.arc_average_blocksize`, has been added. Previously, the hash table could be too small, which would lead to long hash chains and limit performance for cached reads. The `vfs.zfs.arc_average_blocksize` tunable allows overriding the default block size. The previous default was 65536, and default of the new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)] tunable is 8192. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269846[(r269846)]

The Fast File System (FFS) has been updated to support multi-threaded soft updates. Previously, soft updates were handled by a single thread, and as of this change, now have one thread per FFS mountpoint. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270157[(r270157)]

The new filesystem automount facility, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=autofs&sektion=5[autofs(5)], has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. The new http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=autofs&sektion=5[autofs(5)] facility is similar to that found in other UNIX(R) -like operating systems, such as OS X(TM) and Solaris(TM). The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=autofs&sektion=5[autofs(5)] facility uses a Sun(TM)-compatible http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=auto_master&sektion=5[auto_master(5)] configuration file, and is administered with the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=automount&sektion=8[automount(8)] userland utility, and the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=automountd&sektion=8[automountd(8)] and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=autounmountd&sektion=8[autounmountd(8)] daemons. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270892[(r270892)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

[[userland]]
== Userland Changes

A new flag is added to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=camcontrol&sektion=8[camcontrol(8)], `-b`, which outputs the existing buses and their parents. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=260177[(r260177)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by Netflix)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newsyslog&sektion=8[newsyslog(8)] utility has been updated to rotate files based on the actual file size instead of the blocks on disk. This matches the behavior documented in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newsyslog.conf&sektion=5[newsyslog.conf(5)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262075[(r262075)]

The location of the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rctl&sektion=8[rctl(8)] configuration file can now be overridden in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5[rc.conf(5)]. To use a non-default location, set `rctl_rules` in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5[rc.conf(5)] to the location of the file. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262384[(r262384)]

The [.application]#ATF# test suite has been updated to version 0.20. The test suite is disabled by default in FreeBSD 10.1, and can be enabled by adding `WITH_TESTS=yes` to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=src.conf&sektion=5[src.conf(5)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262855[(r262855)]

The `libucl` library (Unified Configuration Library) has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263019[(r263019)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=7[pkg(7)] bootstrapping utility has been synced with the version in FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263020[(r263020)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] userland utility has been updated to include aliases for `snapshot`, which allows use of `zfs list -t snap` and `zfs snap`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263403[(r263403)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] userland utility has been updated to include a new flag to `zfs list`, `-p`, which when specified, prints the output in a parsable format. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263405[(r263405)]

The Blowfish password format implementation has been updated. Support for $2b$ has been added, allowing use of passwords greater than 256 characters long. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263783[(r263783)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iconv&sektion=3[iconv(3)] library has been updated to match NetBSD, providing several bug fixes. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264497[(r264497)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=date&sektion=1[date(1)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-R`, which prints the date and time output as specified in RFC 2822. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265265[(r265265)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bc&sektion=1[bc(1)] utility has been updated to version 1.1, in sync with the version in OpenBSD. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265533[(r265533)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pmcstat&sektion=8[pmcstat(8)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-a`, which when specified, produces a full stack track on the sampled points. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265604[(r265604)] [.contrib]#(Contributed / provided by Netflix)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=netstat&sektion=8[netstat(8)] and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8[route(8)] utilities have been updated to include a shorthand equivalent to the `-f inet` and `-f inet6` address specifiers, `-4` and `-6`, respectively. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265701[(r265701)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3[crypt(3)] library now defaults to SHA512 for password hashing. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=265879[(r265879)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gvinum&sektion=8[gvinum(8)] utility has been updated to allow forceful configuration reset with the `-f` flag. Additionally, a bug that would prevent `-f` from properly creating a http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gvinum&sektion=8[gvinum(8)] configuration has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266014[(r266014)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5[login.conf(5)] file now takes precedence over the shell-specific environment files. In particular, the `PATH`, `BLOCKSIZE` variables are commented from [.filename]`/usr/share/skel/dot.profile`, and the `path`, `BLOCKSIZE`, and `umask` variables have been commented from [.filename]`/usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266029[(r266029)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=binmiscctl&sektion=8[binmiscctl(8)] userland utility and related image activator features have been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266272[(r266272)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1[ps(1)] utility has been updated to include the `-J` flag, used to filter output by matching http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] IDs and names. Additionally, argument `0` can be used to `-J` to only list processes running on the host system. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266279[(r266279)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1[top(1)] utility has been updated to filter by http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] ID or name, in followup to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1[ps(1)] change in `r265229`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266280[(r266280)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gstat&sektion=8[gstat(8)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-o`. When set, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gstat&sektion=8[gstat(8)] will display statistics for operations such as `BIO_FLUSH`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266610[(r266610)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fetch&sektion=3[fetch(3)] library has been updated to look for root SSL certificates in [.filename]`/usr/local/etc/ssl/` before [.filename]`/etc/ssl/`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266632[(r266632)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=clang&sektion=1[clang(1)]/llvm suite has been updated to version 3.4.1. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266715[(r266715)]

The Blowfish password format has been changed to $2b$ by default. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266816[(r266816)]

The amount of data collected for http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hwpmc&sektion=4[hwpmc(4)] has been updated to work with modern processors and larger amounts of available memory. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266888[(r266888)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pmcstat&sektion=8[pmcstat(8)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-l`, which ends event collection after the specified number of seconds. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266890[(r266890)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mergemaster&sektion=8[mergemaster(8)] utility has been updated to avoid printing "/var/tmp/temproot disappeared" if there is nothing to compare. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266953[(r266953)]

The FreeBSD installer, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdinstall&sektion=8[bsdinstall(8)], has been updated to include optional http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geli&sektion=8[geli(8)]-encrypted or http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gmirror&sektion=8[gmirror(8)]-mirrored swap devices when installing onto a full http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystem. Additionally, the parent http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] dataset is now configured with `lz4` compression enabled. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267056[(r267056)]

The default http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newsyslog.conf&sektion=5[newsyslog.conf(5)] now includes files in the [.filename]`/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/` and [.filename]`/usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/` directories by default for http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newsyslog&sektion=8[newsyslog(8)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267113[(r267113)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=realpath&sektion=1[realpath(1)] utility has been updated to return `ENOTDIR` on paths components "." and ".." that are not directories, such as [.filename]`/dev/null/.` or [.filename]`/dev/null/..`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267161[(r267161)]

A new flag, "onifconsole" has been added to `/etc/ttys`. This allows the system to provide a login prompt via serial console if the device is an active kernel console, otherwise it is equivalent to `off`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267236[(r267236)]

Support for legacy PCI devices has been removed from http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=8[bhyve(8)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267341[(r267341)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=8[bhyve(8)] userland utility has been updated to include SMBIOS support. A new flag has been added, `-U`, which allows specifying the UUID of the guest in the System Information structure. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267450[(r267450)]

The FreeBSD Project has migrated from the GNATS bug tracking system to Bugzilla. The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1[send-pr(1)] utility used for submitting problem reports has been replaced with a stub shell script that instructs to use the Bugzilla web interface. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267734[(r267734)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=patch&sektion=1[patch(1)] utility has been updated to include a `--dry-run` flag, which is equivalent to `--check` and `-C`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267747[(r267747)]

A bug in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdgrep&sektion=1[bsdgrep(1)] that would prevent patterns from being matched under certain conditions has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267878[(r267878)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procstat&sektion=1[procstat(1)] utility has been updated to include two new flags, `-r` and `-H`. When `-r` is specified, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procstat&sektion=1[procstat(1)] will print current resource usage about the process(es). When `-H` is specified, http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procstat&sektion=1[procstat(1)] will print information about threads rather than the process(es). http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=267979[(r267979)]

[.note]
*Note*: +
The `-H` flag is currently only used with `-r` to display resource usage for individual threads, rather than the entire process.

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sed&sektion=1[sed(1)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-u`, which enables unbuffered output when specified. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268019[(r268019)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility has been merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268161[(r268161)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=camcontrol&sektion=8[camcontrol(8)] has been updated to include a new `persist` command, which allows issuing `SCSI PERSISTENT RESERVE IN` and `SCSI PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268700[(r268700)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by Spectra Logic)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gstat&sektion=8[gstat(8)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-p`, which displays only physical providers when specified. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268791[(r268791)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldstat&sektion=8[kldstat(8)] utility has been updated to allow `-q` to be specified when also specifying `-n module.ko`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268903[(r268903)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility has been updated to include support for both fixed- and dynamically-allocated images for the VHD and VMDK formats. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269177[(r269177)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=random&sektion=4[random(4)] entropy collection script, [.filename]`/usr/libexec/save-entropy`, no longer runs within http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] environments. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269220[(r269220)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyve&sektion=8[bhyve(8)] wrapper script, [.filename]`/usr/share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh`, has been synced with FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269397[(r269397)]

This update includes:

* A new flag, `-e`, has been added, which is used to set http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8[loader(8)] environment variables.
* A new flag, `-C`, has been added, which is used to specify the guest console device.
* A new flag, `-H`, has been added, which is used to pass the host path to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bhyveload&sektion=8[bhyveload(8)].
* Support for multiple disk and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tap&sektion=4[tap(4)] devices has been added.
* The `-I` flag has been removed.

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nfsd&sektion=8[nfsd(8)] server update to 4.1, adding support for RFC5661, has merged from FreeBSD-CURRENT. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269398[(r269398)]

[ia64] The serial terminals [.filename]`ttyu0` and [.filename]`ttyu1` have been updated to `onifconsole` by default in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ttys&sektion=5[ttys(5)], which either can be the serial console, depending on the platform. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269432[(r269432)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8[ping6(8)] utility has been updated to reset `itimer` when the maximum number of packets to send have been reached. This prevents http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping6&sektion=8[ping6(8)] from exiting when the interval in set to a small value and a low number of packets to send has been specified. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269800[(r269800)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] utility has been updated to support extra http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8[ifconfig(8)] arguments for the `ip4.addr` and `ip6.addr` parameters. This change allows http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=carp&sektion=4[carp(4)] interfaces to be used within the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)]. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269805[(r269805)]

Support for generating and compiling USDT DTrace probes has been improved. DTrace USDT files are now handled similar to http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lex&sektion=1[lex(1)] and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=yacc&sektion=1[yacc(1)] files, meaning support for handling D files as part of the build process is built into the `SRCS` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1[make(1)] environment variable. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269946[(r269946)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iscsictl&sektion=8[iscsictl(8)] utility has been updated to include a new flag, `-M`, which allows modifying the iSCSI session parameters without requiring the session to be removed and added back. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269968[(r269968)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount_nfs&sektion=8[mount_nfs(8)] utility has been updated to support specifying the NFS version as a `key=value` pair argument to the `-o` flag. For example, to specify NFS version 4, the syntax to use is `-o vers=4`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270043[(r270043)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd&sektion=8[devd(8)] client socket type has been changed to `SOCK_SEQPACKET`, providing sequential packet support. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270242[(r270242)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by Spectra Logic)#

Support for the "account" facility has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pam_group&sektion=8[pam_group(8)] module. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270401[(r270401)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pathchk&sektion=1[pathchk(1)] utility has been updated to ensure bytes greater than or equal to 128 are considered non-portable. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270890[(r270890)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zdb&sektion=8[zdb(8)] utility is now included in the set of applications installed in the [.filename]`/rescue` environment, making it possible to examine http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&sektion=8[zfs(8)] filesystems when [.filename]`/usr` is unavailable. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270997[(r270997)] [.contrib]#(Contributed / provided by FreeNAS)#

Several `libc` improvements have been merged from illumos™ and Apple(R), providing better internationalization support and POSIX(R) compliance.

Support for adding empty partitions has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271967[(r271967)]

Support for QCOW and QCOW2 disk image formats has been added to the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=272819[(r272819)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility has been updated to include three options used to print information about http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] itself: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=273098[(r273098)]

[cols=",",options="header",]
|===
|Option |Output
|`--version` |The current version of the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)] utility
|`--formats` |The disk image file formats supported by http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)]
|`--schemes` |The partition schemes supported by http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)]
|===

[(rc-scripts]]
== [.filename]`/etc/rc.d` Scripts

The [.filename]`network.subr` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8[rc(8)] script has been updated to loosen the requirement of listing network aliases in numeric order. Previously, a network alias of `_alias2` would not be created if `_alias1` was not defined. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264438[(r264438)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=service&sektion=8[service(8)] utility has been updated to check that the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8[rc.d(8)] directory exists before traversing the directory. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268098[(r268098)]

A regression introduced in FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE that would prevent proper IPv6 allocation via the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=8[jail(8)] http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8[rc(8)] startup script has been fixed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=259141[(r259141)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc&sektion=8[rc(8)] restriction requiring http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdconfig&sektion=8[mdconfig(8)] devices defined in http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5[rc.conf(5)] to be listed sequentially has been removed. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264438[(r264438)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8[sshd(8)] http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8[rc.d(8)] startup script now generates `ED25519` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8[sshd(8)] host keys if keys do not already exist when `ssh_keygen_alg()` is invoked. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=262566[(r262566)]

Support for http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vt&sektion=4[vt(4)] keyboard maps has been added to the `syscons` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8[rc.d(8)] startup script. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271095[(r271095)]

Support for subdirectories within [.filename]`/etc/rc.conf.d/service`/ has been added the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8[rc.d(8)]. This allows creating separate configuration files for services such as [.filename]`netif`, for example, where each network interface can have a separate configuration file. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271260[(r271260)]

The default http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5[rc.conf(5)], [.filename]`/etc/defaults/rc.conf`, has been updated to include [.filename]`/usr/lib32/compat` in the default [.filename]`ld-elf32.so.1` search path. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=272078[(r272078)]

[[periodic-scripts]]
== [.filename]`/etc/periodic` Scripts

The daily http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&sektion=8[periodic(8)] script [.filename]`110.clean-tmps` has been updated to avoid crossing filesystem mount boundaries when cleaning files in [.filename]`/tmp`. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=272430[(r272430)]

[[contrib]]
== Contributed Software

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xz&sektion=1[xz(1)] utility has been updated to a post-5.0.5 snapshot. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263285[(r263285)]

OpenSSH has been updated to version 6.6p1. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264377[(r264377)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1[nc(1)] utility has been updated to match the version in OpenBSD 5.5. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=264911[(r264911)]

Sendmail has been updated to 8.14.9. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=266692[(r266692)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=file&sektion=1[file(1)] utility and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libmagic&sektion=3[libmagic(3)] library have been updated to 5.19. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268515[(r268515)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=byacc&sektion=1[byacc(1)] parser has been updated to version 20140422. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=268899[(r268899)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lldb&sektion=1[lldb(1)] debugging library has been updated to the r202189 snapshot. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269024[(r269024)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by DARPA, AFRL)#

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=unbound&sektion=8[unbound(8)] caching resolver and `ldns` have been updated to version 1.4.22. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269257[(r269257)]

The "lite" version of Subversion included in the FreeBSD base system and its dependencies have been updated: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=269847[(r269847)]

* apr has been updated to version 1.5.1.
* apr-util has been updated to version 1.5.3.
* serf has been updated to version 1.3.7.
* svnlite has been updated to version 1.8.10.

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nvi&sektion=1[nvi(1)] editor has been update to version 2.1.2-c80f493b038. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270026[(r270026)]

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fparseln&sektion=3[fparseln(3)] library has been updated to version 1.7. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270031[(r270031)]

The lukemftpd FTP server has been removed from the FreeBSD base system. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270415[(r270415)]

The timezone database has been updated to version tzdata2014f. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=270817[(r270817)]

OpenPAM has been updated to Ourouparia (20140912). http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271947[(r271947)]

OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.0.1j. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=273399[(r273399)]

[[ports]]
== Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8[pkg(8)] package management utility has been updated to version 1.3.8.

[[releng]]
== Release Engineering and Integration

The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=services.mkdb&sektion=8[services.mkdb(8)] utility has been updated to include endianness awareness, allowing the [.filename]`services.db` database to be created as part of the release build, regardless of native- or cross-built releases. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=263028[(r263028)]

The `release/` scripts have been updated to produce UEFI-capable and BIOS-capable CD-ROM ISOs as well as memory stick images for the FreeBSD/amd64 architecture. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271470[(r271470)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The [.filename]`release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh` script has been updated to include a symlink to the on-disc version of http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=8[pkg(8)] in the [.filename]`packages/` structure on the DVD installer. This allows the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=7[pkg(7)] bootstrap utility to properly locate the [.filename]`Latest/pkg.txz` package on the DVD when `REPOS_DIR` is set to [.filename]`/dist/packages/repos`, eliminating the need for a network connection or explicitly providing the path to the version included on the DVD installation medium. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=271943[(r271943)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The FreeBSD Release Engineering build tools have been updated to provide support for building virtual machine disk images as part of the release build process using http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mkimg&sektion=1[mkimg(1)]. The disk image formats currently supported include QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, and raw formats. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=release&sektion=7[release(7)] for additional information. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=273101[(r273101)] [.contrib]#(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

The FreeBSD Release Engineering build tools have been updated to provide support for building FreeBSD virtual machine disk images for the Microsoft(R) Azure cloud hosting platform. This functionality is not connected directly to the default `release` http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1[make(1)] target, however can be invoked by specifying the `vm-azure` target directly. http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=273199[(r273199)] [.contrib]##(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)#

[[upgrade]]
== Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD

[amd64,i386] Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported using the http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8[freebsd-update(8)] utility. The binary upgrade procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified `GENERIC` kernel distributed as a part of an official FreeBSD release. The http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8[freebsd-update(8)] utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.

Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the FreeBSD base system from source code) from previous versions are supported, according to the instructions in [.filename]`/usr/src/UPDATING`.

[.important]
*Important:* +
Upgrading FreeBSD should only be attempted after backing up _all_ data and configuration files.