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Updating Information for MidnightBSD users

Items affecting the mports and packages system can be found in
/usr/mports/UPDATING. 

20061226:
        Setup /usr/share/examples/cvsup SUPfiles for the new
        MidnightBSD CVSup server. 

        Fix a bug in burncd where it would continue forever while
        erasing CDRW media.

        Add csup to /usr/bin.  csup is a CVSup replacement written
        in C. 

        Fixed a bug with bsnmpd build from Oct 30.  

        Corrected some race conditions and fixed a few bugs in
        geom.  Imported changes from FreeBSD RELENG_6.

20061225:
        Fixed a typo in src/lib/libc/sparc64/fpu/fpu_implode.c
        that caused long double to long and long long 
        conversion of negative numbers to always result in -1.

20061221:
        Fixed acpi_battery.c to not report an ERROR if no
        batteries are present.

        Performed some minor updates on the RL and RE NIC drivers.
        RL should no longer panic when trying to print errors.

        Corrected a bug with TTY.

20061218:
        Corrected a bug with libpthread where newly created suspended
        threads don't get scheduled.

20061206:
        Fixed a typo with the firewire security patch.

20061129:
        Minor cleanups to utilities in bin.

        Fixed msdos file system short file name behavior to match
        FreeBSD.

20061031:
        Updated man pages in section 7.

20061030:
        Updated sys/dev/drm to support intel 915 and radeon 
        r300 cards properly.  

        Synced snmpd with FreeBSD-stable.

        Fixed a bug in rm which could cause data loss.  

20061027:
        Added Intel ICH8 and nForce 5 support to ATA. cam, mpt,
        random, kbdmux, atkbd, and usb were updated.  Changes
        to clearing registers on SSE enabled processors (i386)
        commited.  

        lukemftpd updated.  

        openssh rc script was altered which effects initial
        seeding.  

20061014:
        Workaround for em driver problem on shared IRQ.

        Started removal of alpha support.

20061013:
        ATA driver was updated.  USB/USB1/USB2 types added.

20061010: 
        OpenSSH was updated to 4.4p1.   

20060909:
        OpenNTPD was added to MidnightBSD.  Run make delete-old to remove
        the old ntpd daemon.

        cat has a new option -D which allows you to timestamp output
        on a per line basis.

        The kernel has a keyboard mux which allows you to have multiple
        keyboard connected simultaneously.  USB keyboard support was also
        improved with this patch.

        The Intel em driver was updated.  Network performance was greatly
        increased on many systems.  Additional models are supported.

        The ATA driver was patched to fix a potential deadlock.

        Bind was patched to fix a potential denial of service condition.

20060817:
        ksh has been added to the base system.  If you previously had
        the port installed, it will be overwritten on the next buildworld.


        To build a kernel
        -----------------
        If you are updating from a prior version of MidnightBSD (even one just
        a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
        /usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
        make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE

        To test a kernel once
        ---------------------
        If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
        if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
        debugging information) run
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
        nextboot -k testkernel

        To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
        --------------------------------------------------------------
        This assumes you are already running a 6.X system.  Replace
        ${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
        "amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).

        cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
        config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
        cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
        make depend
        make
        make install

        If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.

        To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
        -----------------------------------------------------------
        # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
        # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.

        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        make buildworld
        make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
                                                        [1]
        <reboot in single user>                         [3]
        mergemaster -p                                  [5]
        make installworld
        make delete-old
        mergemaster                                     [4]
        <reboot>


        To cross-install current onto a separate partition
        --------------------------------------------------
        # In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
        # current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories.   A partition
        # holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
        # size.

        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        <boot into -stable>
        make buildworld
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        <maybe newfs current's root partition>
        <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
        make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
        cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
        cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab                    # if newfs'd
        <edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
        <reboot into current>
        <do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
        <maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
        <reboot>


        To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable or higher to 6.x-stable
        -----------------------------------------------------------
        <make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
        make buildworld                                 [9]
        make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE           [8]
                                                        [1]
        <reboot in single user>                         [3]
        mergemaster -p                                  [5]
        make installworld
        make delete-old
        mergemaster -i                                  [4]
        <reboot>

        Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
        tweaks to various things you need.  At this point in the life
        cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
        to cope.  The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
        the UPDATING entries.

        Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
        freebsd-current@freebsd.org.  Make sure that before you update
        your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
        messages there.  If in doubt, please track -stable which has
        much fewer pitfalls.

        [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
        should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
        system on reboot.

        [3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
                fsck -p
                mount -u /
                mount -a
                cd src
                adjkerntz -i            # if CMOS is wall time
        Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
        you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.

        [4] Note: This step is non-optional.  Failure to do this step
        can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
        system.  Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
        that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
        as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
        for potential gotchas.

        [5] Usually this step is a noop.  However, from time to time
        you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
        step.  It never hurts to do it all the time.

        [8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 5.x binaries
        needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD5
        option in your kernel.  Failure to do so may leave you with a system
        that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
        is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.

        Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
        last time you updated your kernel config file.

        [9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
        cvs prune empty directories.

        If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
        "?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
        override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.

        MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
        not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf.  buildworld will
        warn if it is improperly defined.

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HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
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$FreeBSD: src/UPDATING,v 1.416.2.18 2006/02/22 11:51:57 yar Exp $
$MidnightBSD: src/UPDATING,v 1.7 2006/12/26 22:38:02 laffer1 Exp $
Revision:	376
Committed:	Wed Dec 27 05:02:27 2006 UTC (17 years, 5 months ago) by laffer1
File size:	9274 byte(s)
Log Message:	Documented changes to bsnmpd, geom, etc.
#	Content
1	Updating Information for MidnightBSD users
2
3	Items affecting the mports and packages system can be found in
4	/usr/mports/UPDATING.
5
6	20061226:
7	Setup /usr/share/examples/cvsup SUPfiles for the new
8	MidnightBSD CVSup server.
9
10	Fix a bug in burncd where it would continue forever while
11	erasing CDRW media.
12
13	Add csup to /usr/bin. csup is a CVSup replacement written
14	in C.
15
16	Fixed a bug with bsnmpd build from Oct 30.
17
18	Corrected some race conditions and fixed a few bugs in
19	geom. Imported changes from FreeBSD RELENG_6.
20
21	20061225:
22	Fixed a typo in src/lib/libc/sparc64/fpu/fpu_implode.c
23	that caused long double to long and long long
24	conversion of negative numbers to always result in -1.
25
26	20061221:
27	Fixed acpi_battery.c to not report an ERROR if no
28	batteries are present.
29
30	Performed some minor updates on the RL and RE NIC drivers.
31	RL should no longer panic when trying to print errors.
32
33	Corrected a bug with TTY.
34
35	20061218:
36	Corrected a bug with libpthread where newly created suspended
37	threads don't get scheduled.
38
39	20061206:
40	Fixed a typo with the firewire security patch.
41
42	20061129:
43	Minor cleanups to utilities in bin.
44
45	Fixed msdos file system short file name behavior to match
46	FreeBSD.
47
48	20061031:
49	Updated man pages in section 7.
50
51	20061030:
52	Updated sys/dev/drm to support intel 915 and radeon
53	r300 cards properly.
54
55	Synced snmpd with FreeBSD-stable.
56
57	Fixed a bug in rm which could cause data loss.
58
59	20061027:
60	Added Intel ICH8 and nForce 5 support to ATA. cam, mpt,
61	random, kbdmux, atkbd, and usb were updated. Changes
62	to clearing registers on SSE enabled processors (i386)
63	commited.
64
65	lukemftpd updated.
66
67	openssh rc script was altered which effects initial
68	seeding.
69
70	20061014:
71	Workaround for em driver problem on shared IRQ.
72
73	Started removal of alpha support.
74
75	20061013:
76	ATA driver was updated. USB/USB1/USB2 types added.
77
78	20061010:
79	OpenSSH was updated to 4.4p1.
80
81	20060909:
82	OpenNTPD was added to MidnightBSD. Run make delete-old to remove
83	the old ntpd daemon.
84
85	cat has a new option -D which allows you to timestamp output
86	on a per line basis.
87
88	The kernel has a keyboard mux which allows you to have multiple
89	keyboard connected simultaneously. USB keyboard support was also
90	improved with this patch.
91
92	The Intel em driver was updated. Network performance was greatly
93	increased on many systems. Additional models are supported.
94
95	The ATA driver was patched to fix a potential deadlock.
96
97	Bind was patched to fix a potential denial of service condition.
98
99	20060817:
100	ksh has been added to the base system. If you previously had
101	the port installed, it will be overwritten on the next buildworld.
102
103
104
105	To build a kernel
106	-----------------
107	If you are updating from a prior version of MidnightBSD (even one just
108	a few days old), you should follow this procedure. With a
109	/usr/obj tree with a fresh buildworld,
110	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
111	make -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
112
113	To test a kernel once
114	---------------------
115	If you just want to boot a kernel once (because you are not sure
116	if it works, or if you want to boot a known bad kernel to provide
117	debugging information) run
118	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=/boot/testkernel
119	nextboot -k testkernel
120
121	To just build a kernel when you know that it won't mess you up
122	--------------------------------------------------------------
123	This assumes you are already running a 6.X system. Replace
124	${arch} with the architecture of your machine (e.g. "i386",
125	"amd64", "ia64", "pc98", "sparc64", etc).
126
127	cd src/sys/${arch}/conf
128	config KERNEL_NAME_HERE
129	cd ../compile/KERNEL_NAME_HERE
130	make depend
131	make
132	make install
133
134	If this fails, go to the "To build a kernel" section.
135
136	To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
137	-----------------------------------------------------------
138	# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
139	# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
140
141	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
142	make buildworld
143	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
144	[1]
145	<reboot in single user> [3]
146	mergemaster -p [5]
147	make installworld
148	make delete-old
149	mergemaster [4]
150	<reboot>
151
152
153	To cross-install current onto a separate partition
154	--------------------------------------------------
155	# In this approach we use a separate partition to hold
156	# current's root, 'usr', and 'var' directories. A partition
157	# holding "/", "/usr" and "/var" should be about 2GB in
158	# size.
159
160	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
161	<boot into -stable>
162	make buildworld
163	make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
164	<maybe newfs current's root partition>
165	<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
166	make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
167	cd src/etc; make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
168	make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
169	cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab # if newfs'd
170	<edit ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab to mount "/" from the correct partition>
171	<reboot into current>
172	<do a "native" rebuild/install as described in the previous section>
173	<maybe install compatibility libraries from src/lib/compat>
174	<reboot>
175
176
177	To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable or higher to 6.x-stable
178	-----------------------------------------------------------
179	<make sure you have good level 0 dumps>
180	make buildworld [9]
181	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8]
182	[1]
183	<reboot in single user> [3]
184	mergemaster -p [5]
185	make installworld
186	make delete-old
187	mergemaster -i [4]
188	<reboot>
189
190	Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand the
191	tweaks to various things you need. At this point in the life
192	cycle of current, things change often and you are on your own
193	to cope. The defaults can also change, so please read ALL of
194	the UPDATING entries.
195
196	Also, if you are tracking -current, you must be subscribed to
197	freebsd-current@freebsd.org. Make sure that before you update
198	your sources that you have read and understood all the recent
199	messages there. If in doubt, please track -stable which has
200	much fewer pitfalls.
201
202	[1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
203	should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
204	system on reboot.
205
206	[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
207	fsck -p
208	mount -u /
209	mount -a
210	cd src
211	adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time
212	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
213	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
214
215	[4] Note: This step is non-optional. Failure to do this step
216	can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
217	system. Attempting to do it by hand is not recommended and those
218	that pursue this avenue should read this file carefully, as well
219	as the archives of freebsd-current and freebsd-hackers mailing lists
220	for potential gotchas.
221
222	[5] Usually this step is a noop. However, from time to time
223	you may need to do this if you get unknown user in the following
224	step. It never hurts to do it all the time.
225
226	[8] In order to have a kernel that can run the 5.x binaries
227	needed to do an installworld, you must include the COMPAT_FREEBSD5
228	option in your kernel. Failure to do so may leave you with a system
229	that is hard to boot to recover. A similar kernel option COMPAT_FREEBSD5
230	is required to run the 5.x binaries on more recent kernels.
231
232	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
233	last time you updated your kernel config file.
234
235	[9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have
236	cvs prune empty directories.
237
238	If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
239	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can
240	override the CPUTYPE if it needs to.
241
242	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX must be defined in an environment variable, and
243	not on the command line, or in /etc/make.conf. buildworld will
244	warn if it is improperly defined.
245
246	Copyright information:
247
248	Copyright 1998-2005 M. Warner Losh. All Rights Reserved.
249
250	Redistribution, publication, translation and use, with or without
251	modification, in full or in part, in any form or format of this
252	document are permitted without further permission from the author.
253
254	THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED BY WARNER LOSH ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
255	IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
256	WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
257	DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL WARNER LOSH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
258	INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
259	(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
260	SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
261	HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
262	STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
263	IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
264	POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
265
266	If you find this document useful, and you want to, you may buy the
267	author a beer.
268
269	Contact Warner Losh if you have any questions about your use of
270	this document.
271
272	$FreeBSD: src/UPDATING,v 1.416.2.18 2006/02/22 11:51:57 yar Exp $
273	$MidnightBSD: src/UPDATING,v 1.7 2006/12/26 22:38:02 laffer1 Exp $