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1	<	Updating Information for FreeBSD STABLE users
1	>	Updating Information for MidnightBSD users
2
3	–	This file is maintained and copyrighted by M. Warner Losh
4	–	<imp@village.org>.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5	–	done items, please see the COMMON ITEMS: section later in the file.
6	–
3		Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
4	<	/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before running
9	<	portupgrade.
4	>	/usr/ports/UPDATING.
5
6	<	20060817:
7	<	ksh has been added to the base system.  If you previously had
8	<	the port installed, it will be overwritten on the next buildworld.
6	>	20060909:
7	>	OpenNTPD was added to MidnightBSD.  Run make delete-old to remove
8	>	the old ntpd daemon.
9
10	<	20060211:
11	<	An IPv6 support of ipfw was enabled by default.  If you don't
17	<	want to filter an IPv6 by ipfw, please add following line into
18	<	your ipfw rule:
10	>	cat has a new option -D which allows you to timestamp output
11	>	on a per line basis.
12
13	<	pass ip6 from any to any
13	>	The kernel has a keyboard mux which allows you to have multiple
14	>	keyboard connected simultaneously.  USB keyboard support was also
15	>	improved with this patch.
16
17	<	20060210:
18	<	Now most modules get their build-time options from the kernel
24	<	configuration file.  A few modules still have fixed options
25	<	due to their non-conformant implementation, but they will be
26	<	corrected eventually.  You may need to review the options of
27	<	the modules in use, explicitly specify the non-default options
28	<	in the kernel configuration file, and rebuild the kernel and
29	<	modules afterwards.
17	>	The Intel em driver was updated.  Network performance was greatly
18	>	increased on many systems.  Additional models are supported.
19
20	<	20060122:
32	<	/etc/rc.d/ppp-user has been renamed to /etc/rc.d/ppp.
33	<	Its /etc/rc.conf.d configuration file has been `ppp' from
34	<	the beginning, and hence there is no need to touch it.
20	>	The ATA driver was patched to fix a potential deadlock.
21
22	<	20060113:
37	<	si(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
38	<	Uses of {cua,tty}A[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}A0[0-9a-f].
39	<
40	<	20051230:
41	<	A lot of fixes and new features in the soundsystem. To get all
42	<	benefits, you may want to recompile mplayer (if installed) after
43	<	booting the new world.
22	>	Bind was patched to fix a potential denial of service condition.
23
24	<	20051222:
25	<	Bug fixes to the trimdomain(3) function in libutil may result in
26	<	slight changes to the host names appearing in log files under
48	<	relatively rare circumstances.
24	>	20060817:
25	>	ksh has been added to the base system.  If you previously had
26	>	the port installed, it will be overwritten on the next buildworld.
27
50	–	20051220:
51	–	Scripts in the local_startup directories (as defined in
52	–	/etc/defaults/rc.conf) that have the new rc.d semantics will
53	–	now be run as part of the base system rcorder. If there are
54	–	errors or problems with one of these local scripts, it could
55	–	cause boot problems. If you encounter such problems, boot in
56	–	single user mode, remove that script from the */rc.d directory.
57	–	Please report the problem to the port's maintainer, and the
58	–	freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
28
60	–	20051215:
61	–	The setkey(8) utility was moved from /usr/sbin/setkey to /sbin/setkey.
62	–	You may want to update scripts which depend on its location.
29
64	–	20051108:
65	–	rp(4)'s device files now contain the unit number.
66	–	Uses of {cua,tty}R[0-9a-f] should be replaced by {cua,tty}R0[0-9a-f].
67	–
68	–	20051101:
69	–	FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE
70	–
71	–	20051001:
72	–	kern.polling.enable sysctl MIB is now deprecated. Use ifconfig(8)
73	–	to turn polling(4) on your interfaces.
74	–
75	–	20050722:
76	–	The ai_addrlen of a struct addrinfo was changed to a socklen_t
77	–	to conform to POSIX-2001.  This change broke an ABI
78	–	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  You have to recompile
79	–	userland programs that use getaddrinfo(3) on 64 bit
80	–	architecture.
81	–
82	–	20050711:
83	–	RELENG_6 branched here.
84	–
85	–	20050629:
86	–	The pccard_ifconfig rc.conf variable has been removed and a new
87	–	variable, ifconfig_DEFAULT has been introduced.  Unlike
88	–	pccard_ifconfig, ifconfig_DEFAULT applies to ALL interfaces that
89	–	do not have ifconfig_ifn entries rather than just those in
90	–	removable_interfaces.
91	–
92	–	20050616:
93	–	Some previous versions of PAM have permitted the use of
94	–	non-absolute paths in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/* when referring
95	–	to third party PAM modules in /usr/local/lib.  A change has been
96	–	made to require the use of absolute paths in order to avoid
97	–	ambiguity and dependence on library path configuration, which may
98	–	affect existing configurations.
99	–
100	–	20050610:
101	–	Major changes to network interface API.  All drivers must be
102	–	recompiled.  Drivers not in the base system will need to be
103	–	updated to the new APIs.
104	–
105	–	20050609:
106	–	Changes were made to kinfo_proc in sys/user.h.  Please recompile
107	–	userland, or commands like `fstat', `pkill', `ps', `top' and `w'
108	–	will not behave correctly.
109	–
110	–	The API and ABI for hwpmc(4) have changed with the addition
111	–	of sampling support.  Please recompile lib/libpmc(3) and
112	–	usr.sbin/{pmcstat,pmccontrol}.
113	–
114	–	20050606:
115	–	The OpenBSD dhclient was imported in place of the ISC dhclient
116	–	and the network interface configuration scripts were updated
117	–	accordingly.  If you use DHCP to configure your interfaces, you
118	–	must now run devd.  Also, DNS updating was lost so you will need
119	–	to find a workaround if you use this feature.
120	–
121	–	20050605:
122	–	if_bridge was added to the tree. This has changed struct ifnet.
123	–	Please recompile userland and all network related modules.
124	–
125	–	20050603:
126	–	The n_net of a struct netent was changed to an uint32_t, and
127	–	1st argument of getnetbyaddr() was changed to an uint32_t, to
128	–	conform to POSIX-2001.  These changes broke an ABI
129	–	compatibility on 64 bit architecture.  With these changes,
130	–	shlib major of libpcap was bumped.  You have to recompile
131	–	userland programs that use getnetbyaddr(3), getnetbyname(3),
132	–	getnetent(3) and/or libpcap on 64 bit architecture.
133	–
134	–	20050528:
135	–	Kernel parsing of extra options on '#!' first lines of shell
136	–	scripts has changed.  Lines with multiple options likely will
137	–	fail after this date.  For full details, please see
138	–	http://people.freebsd.org/~gad/Updating-20050528.txt
139	–
140	–	20050503:
141	–	The packet filter (pf) code has been updated to OpenBSD 3.7
142	–	Please note the changed anchor syntax and the fact that
143	–	authpf(8) now needs a mounted fdescfs(5) to function.
144	–
145	–	20050415:
146	–	The NO_MIXED_MODE kernel option has been removed from the i386
147	–	amd64 platforms as its use has been superceded by the new local
148	–	APIC timer code.  Any kernel config files containing this option
149	–	should be updated.
150	–
151	–	20050227:
152	–	The on-disk format of LC_CTYPE files was changed to be machine
153	–	independent.  Please make sure NOT to use NO_CLEAN buildworld
154	–	when crossing this point. Crossing this point also requires
155	–	recompile or reinstall of all locale depended packages.
156	–
157	–	20050225:
158	–	The ifi_epoch member of struct if_data has been changed to
159	–	contain the uptime at which the interface was created or the
160	–	statistics zeroed rather then the wall clock time because
161	–	wallclock time may go backwards.  This should have no impact
162	–	unless an snmp implementation is using this value (I know of
163	–	none at this point.)
164	–
165	–	20050224:
166	–	The acpi_perf and acpi_throttle drivers are now part of the
167	–	acpi(4) main module.  They are no longer built separately.
168	–
169	–	20050223:
170	–	The layout of struct image_params has changed. You have to
171	–	recompile all compatibility modules (linux, svr4, etc) for use
172	–	with the new kernel.
173	–
174	–	20050223:
175	–	The p4tcc driver has been merged into cpufreq(4).  This makes
176	–	"options CPU_ENABLE_TCC" obsolete.  Please load cpufreq.ko or
177	–	compile in "device cpufreq" to restore this functionality.
178	–
179	–	20050220:
180	–	The responsibility of recomputing the file system summary of
181	–	a SoftUpdates-enabled dirty volume has been transferred to the
182	–	background fsck.  A rebuild of fsck(8) utility is recommended
183	–	if you have updated the kernel.
184	–
185	–	To get the old behavior (recompute file system summary at mount
186	–	time), you can set vfs.ffs.compute_summary_at_mount=1 before
187	–	mounting the new volume.
188	–
189	–	20050206:
190	–	The cpufreq import is complete.  As part of this, the sysctls for
191	–	acpi(4) throttling have been removed.  The power_profile script
192	–	has been updated, so you can use performance/economy_cpu_freq in
193	–	rc.conf(5) to set AC on/offline cpu frequencies.
194	–
195	–	20050206:
196	–	NG_VERSION has been increased. Recompiling kernel (or ng_socket.ko)
197	–	requires recompiling libnetgraph and userland netgraph utilities.
198	–
199	–	20050114:
200	–	Support for abbreviated forms of a number of ipfw options is
201	–	now deprecated.  Warnings are printed to stderr indicating the
202	–	correct full form when a match occurs.  Some abbreviations may
203	–	be supported at a later date based on user feedback.  To be
204	–	considered for support, abbreviations must be in use prior to
205	–	this commit and unlikely to be confused with current key words.
206	–
207	–	20041221:
208	–	By a popular demand, a lot of NOFOO options were renamed
209	–	to NO_FOO (see bsd.compat.mk for a full list).  The old
210	–	spellings are still supported, but will cause annoying
211	–	warnings on stderr.  Make sure you upgrade properly (see
212	–	the COMMON ITEMS: section later in this file).
213	–
214	–	20041219:
215	–	Auto-loading of ancillary wlan modules such as wlan_wep has
216	–	been temporarily disabled; you need to statically configure
217	–	the modules you need into your kernel or explicitly load them
218	–	prior to use.  Specifically, if you intend to use WEP encryption
219	–	with an 802.11 device load/configure wlan_wep; if you want to
220	–	use WPA with the ath driver load/configure wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
221	–	and wlan_xauth as required.
222	–
223	–	20041213:
224	–	The behaviour of ppp(8) has changed slightly.  If lqr is enabled
225	–	(``enable lqr''), older versions would revert to LCP ECHO mode on
226	–	negotiation failure.  Now, ``enable echo'' is required for this
227	–	behaviour.  The ppp version number has been bumped to 3.4.2 to
228	–	reflect the change.
229	–
230	–	20041201:
231	–	The wlan support has been updated to split the crypto support
232	–	into separate modules.  For static WEP you must configure the
233	–	wlan_wep module in your system or build and install the module
234	–	in place where it can be loaded (the kernel will auto-load
235	–	the module when a wep key is configured).
236	–
237	–	20041201:
238	–	The ath driver has been updated to split the tx rate control
239	–	algorithm into a separate module.  You need to include either
240	–	ath_rate_onoe or ath_rate_amrr when configuring the kernel.
241	–
242	–	20041116:
243	–	Support for systems with an 80386 CPU has been removed.  Please
244	–	use FreeBSD 5.x or earlier on systems with an 80386.
245	–
246	–	20041110:
247	–	We have had a hack which would mount the root filesystem
248	–	R/W if the device were named 'md*'.  As part of the vnode
249	–	work I'm doing I have had to remove this hack.  People
250	–	building systems which use preloaded MD root filesystems
251	–	may need to insert a "/sbin/mount -u -o rw /dev/md0 /" in
252	–	their /etc/rc scripts.
253	–
254	–	20041104:
255	–	FreeBSD 5.3 shipped here.
256	–
257	–	20041102:
258	–	The size of struct tcpcb has changed again due to the removal
259	–	of RFC1644 T/TCP.  You have to recompile userland programs that
260	–	read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.)
261	–
262	–	20041022:
263	–	The size of struct tcpcb has changed.  You have to recompile
264	–	userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly
265	–	(netstat, sockstat, etc.)
266	–
267	–	20041016:
268	–	RELENG_5 branched here.  For older entries, please see updating
269	–	in the RELENG_5 branch.
270	–
271	–	COMMON ITEMS:
272	–
273	–	General Notes
274	–	-------------
275	–	Avoid using make -j when upgrading.  From time to time in the
276	–	past there have been problems using -j with buildworld and/or
277	–	installworld.  This is especially true when upgrading between
278	–	"distant" versions (eg one that cross a major release boundary
279	–	or several minor releases, or when several months have passed
280	–	on the -current branch).
281	–
282	–	Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment
283	–	poisoning.  This can happen because the make utility reads its
284	–	environment when searching for values for global variables.
285	–	To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room",
286	–	prefix all make commands with 'env -i '.  See the env(1) manual
287	–	page for more details.
288	–
289	–	Due to several updates to the build infrastructure, source
290	–	upgrades from versions prior to 5.3 no longer supported.
291	–
292	–	When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally
293	–	best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch
294	–	first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested
295	–	upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful.
296	–	Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major
297	–	version upgrade.
298	–
30		To build a kernel
31		-----------------
32	<	If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just
32	>	If you are updating from a prior version of MidnightBSD (even one just
33		a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
34		/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
35		make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
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167		MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
168		not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
169		warn if it is improperly defined.
439	–	FORMAT:
170
441	–	This file contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of major
442	–	breakages in tracking -STABLE.  Not all things will be listed here,
443	–	and it only starts on October 16, 2004.  Updating files can found in
444	–	previous releases if your system is older than this.
445	–
171		Copyright information:
172
173		Copyright 1998-2005 M. Warner Losh.  All Rights Reserved.
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195		this document.
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197		$FreeBSD: src/UPDATING,v 1.416.2.18 2006/02/22 11:51:57 yar Exp $
198	+	$MidnightBSD$

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