Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:51:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49478 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/11.0R Message-ID: <201610101551.u9AFpc4M043328@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Mon Oct 10 15:51:38 2016 New Revision: 49478 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49478 Log: Add the errata.html file. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Added: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/11.0R/errata.html (contents, props changed) Added: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/11.0R/errata.html ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/11.0R/errata.html Mon Oct 10 15:51:38 2016 (r49478) @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Errata</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, containing significant information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before installing this version of FreeBSD. This errata document for FreeB SD 11.0-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE." /><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="/layout/js/google.js"></script></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="idp57656440"></a>FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Errata </h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2016 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks"></a><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD is a registered trademark of + the FreeBSD Foundation. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Intel, Celeron, Centrino, Core, EtherExpress, i386, + i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered + trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United + States and other countries. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">SPARC, SPARC64, and + UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc in the United + States and other countries. SPARC International, Inc owns all of the + SPARC trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use + of these trademarks by its members. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Many of the designations used by + manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed + as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, + and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the + designations have been followed by the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">™</span>”</span> or the + <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">®</span>”</span> symbol. </p></div></div><div>Last modified on 2016-10-10 15:49:49Z by gjb.</div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="abstract"><div class="abstract-title">Abstract</div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, + containing significant information discovered after the release + or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise included in the + release documentation. + This information includes security advisories, as well as news + relating to the software or documentation that could affect its + operation or usability. An up-to-date version of this document + should always be consulted before installing this version of + FreeBSD. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This errata document for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE + will be maintained until the release of FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE. </p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><div class="toc-title">Table of Contents</div><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#intro">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#security">2. Security Advisories</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#errata">3. Errata Notices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#open-issues">4. Open Issues</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#late-news">5. Late-Breaking News</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="intro"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This errata document contains <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">late-breaking news</span>”</span> + about FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE + Before installing this version, it is important to consult this + document to learn about any post-release discoveries or problems + that may already have been found and fixed. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Any version of this errata document actually distributed + with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be + out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on + the Internet and should be consulted as the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">current + errata</span>”</span> for this release. These other copies of the + errata are located at + <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/" target="_top">https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, + plus any sites + which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE also + contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of + the snapshot). </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see + <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/" target="_top">https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a>. </p></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="security"></a>2. Security Advisories</h2></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="40%" /><col width="30%" /><col width="30%" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Advisory</th><th>Date</th><th>Topic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">No advisories. </p></td><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"> </p></td><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="errata"></a>3. Errata Notic es</h2></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="40%" /><col width="30%" /><col width="30%" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Errata</th><th>Date</th><th>Topic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">No errata notices. </p></td><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"> </p></td><td><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="open-issues"></a>4. Open Issues</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">An issue was discovered with Amazon® EC2™ + images which would cause the virtual machine to hang during + boot when upgrading from previous FreeBSD versions. New + EC2™ installations are not affected, but exisiting + installations running earlier releases are advised to wait + until the issue is resolved in an Errata Notice before + upgrading. An Errata Notice to address this is planned + following the release. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD/i386 installed on ZFS may crash during boot + when the ZFS pool mount is attempted while booting an + unmodified <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">GENERIC</code> kernel. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">A system tunable has been added as of revision + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">r286584</code> to make the + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">kern.kstack_pages</code> tunable configurable + without recompiling the kernel. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">To mitigate system crashes with such configurations, + chose <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">Escape to loader prompt</code> in the boot + menu and enter the following lines from <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">loader</span>(8)</span></a> + prompt, after an <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">OK</code>: </p><pre class="screen">set kern.kstack_pages=4 +boot</pre><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Add this line to + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/boot/loader.conf</code> for the change to + persist across reboots: </p><pre class="programlisting">kern.kstack_pages=4</pre></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">A bug was diagnosed in interaction of the + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">pmap_activate()</code> function and + <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">TLB</acronym> shootdown <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">IPI</acronym> + handler on amd64 systems which have <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">PCID</acronym> + features but do not implement the <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">INVPCID</acronym> + instruction. On such machines, such as SandyBridge™ + and IvyBridge™ microarchitectures, set the loader + tunable <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0</code> during + boot: </p><pre class="screen">set vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0 +boot</pre><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Add this line to + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/boot/loader.conf</code> for the change to + persist across reboots: </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">To check if the system is affected, check + <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dmesg&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dmesg</span>(8)</span></a> for <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">PCID</acronym> listed in the + "Features2", and absence of + <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">INVPCID</acronym> in the "Structured Extended + Features". If the <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">PCID</acronym> feature is + not present, or <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">INVPCID</acronym> is present, + system is not affected. </p><pre class="programlisting">vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0</pre></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The Release Notes errorneously states the + <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER</code> <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=src.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">src.conf</span>(5)</span></a> + option is enabled by default, however this was disabled + prior to the final release build. </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="late-news"></a>5. Late-Breaking News</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">No news. </p></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, + can be downloaded from <a href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/">https://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/</a>.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the + <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a>; before + contacting <<a href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>All users of FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE should + subscribe to the <<a href="mailto:stable@FreeBSD.org">stable@FreeBSD.org</a>> + mailing list.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, + e-mail <<a href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p></body></html> \ No newline at end of file
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