Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:41:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r286736 - stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata Message-ID: <201508131841.t7DIfs3V086161@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Thu Aug 13 18:41:53 2015 New Revision: 286736 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286736 Log: Update the errata article.xml file for 10.2-RELEASE. Approved by: re (implicit) Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Modified: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml ============================================================================== --- stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Thu Aug 13 18:40:32 2015 (r286735) +++ stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Thu Aug 13 18:41:53 2015 (r286736) @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ specific version of <application>VirtualBox</application> or host operating system.</para> + <para>It has been reported that instability may be present on + virtual machines running on other hypervisors, such as Xen + or KVM.</para> + <para>It causes various errors and makes &os; quite unstable. Although the cause is still unclear, disabling unmapped I/O works as a workaround. To disable it, choose @@ -114,15 +118,10 @@ boot</screen> disables unmapped I/O at every boot:</para> <programlisting>vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0</programlisting> - - <para>[2014-04-03 update] It has been reported that - instability may be present on virtual machines running - on other hypervisors, such as Xen or KVM.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>&os;/&arch.i386; 10.1-RELEASE configured with - a multi-disk ZFS dataset (mirror, raidz1, raidz2, raidz3) + <para>&os;/&arch.i386; &release.prev; installed on ZFS may crash during boot when the ZFS pool mount is attempted while booting an unmodified <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel.</para> @@ -143,6 +142,38 @@ boot</screen> &os;/&arch.i386; <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel is strongly discouraged.</para> + <para>If installing &os;/&arch.i386; on ZFS, it is possible to + configure the system after installation to increase the + <literal>KSTACK_PAGES</literal>.</para> + + <para>When prompted by &man.bsdinstall.8; to perform + additional post-installation configuration to the system, + select <guibutton>[ YES ]</guibutton>.</para> + + <para>This procedure requires the system sources available + locally. If the <literal>System source code</literal> + distribution was not selected during installation, it can + be obtained using <application>svnlite</application>:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; mkdir -p /usr/src +&prompt.root; svnlite co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/10.2 /usr/src</screen> + + <para>Build the <literal>kernel-toolchain</literal> required + to rebuild the kernel:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; make -C /usr/src kernel-toolchain</screen> + + <para>Next, create a kernel configuration file to increase the + <literal>KSTACK_PAGES</literal> option:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; printf "include GENERIC\noptions KSTACK_PAGES=4\n" > <filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/<replaceable>ZFS</replaceable></filename></screen> + + <para>Then build and install the + <replaceable>ZFS</replaceable> kernel:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; make -C /usr/src buildkernel KERNCONF=<replaceable>ZFS</replaceable> +&prompt.root; make -C /usr/src installkernel KERNCONF=<replaceable>ZFS</replaceable></screen> + <warning> <para>It is extremely important to take note that, by default, &man.freebsd-update.8; will install the @@ -151,22 +182,12 @@ boot</screen> encouraged to avoid &os;-provided kernel binary upgrades with such configurations.</para> </warning> - - <note> - <para>Although there is slight change in how the crash - manifests on &os;/&arch.i386; between 10.0-RELEASE and - 10.1-RELEASE, and given the date of the - <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> entry, there is no - evidence suggesting this is a regression between - &os; 10.0-RELEASE and &os; 10.1-RELEASE - directly.</para> - </note> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Due to an incompatibility between &man.bsdconfig.8; - and &man.pkg.8; version 1.3, packages included on the - &os; dvd installer will not be recognized by + and &man.pkg.8;, packages included on the &os; dvd + installer will not be recognized by &man.bsdconfig.8;.</para> <para>To install packages from the <literal>dvd1.iso</literal> @@ -214,34 +235,21 @@ boot</screen> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>[2015-02-06] <emphasis>Affects binary upgrade - users:</emphasis> The second phase of - <command>freebsd-update install</command>, the phase where - the running userland is upgraded, fails on systems deployed - with <literal>nss_ldap</literal> enabled in - &man.nsswitch.conf.5; when upgrading from 10.0-RELEASE to - 10.1-RELEASE.</para> - - <para>A workaround is to disable <literal>nss_ldap</literal> - in &man.nsswitch.conf.5; prior to running - <command>freebsd-update install</command> to upgrade the - userland, after which it can be enabled again when the - upgrade process is completed.</para> - - <para>The problem is being investigated, and an Errata Notice - is expected to be issued when a solution to the problem is - identified.</para> + <para>An issue was discovered where the &man.netstat.1; + <literal>-s</literal> option will cause a segmentation fault + on systems with <literal>IPSEC</literal> compiled into the + kernel. The issue was resolved in the + <literal>stable/10</literal> branch, and an Errata Notice is + planned after &release.prev; is released.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>[2015-03-31] Several reports were received regarding the - <acronym>QCOW2</acronym> &os; virtual machine images - crashing on boot. As result of this, these images have been - removed from the <acronym>FTP</acronym> mirrors, and the - hashes removed from <filename>CHECKSUM.SHA256</filename> and - <filename>CHECKSUM.MD5</filename> in the <filename - class="directory">VM-IMAGES/</filename> directory on the - <acronym>FTP</acronym> mirrors.</para> + <para>An issue was discovered that causes &man.make.1; to + generate noisy output when doing source-based upgrades from + &os; 9.3 and earlier. The issue was reported in PR 202277, + and after investigation and determining the issue does not + cause source-based upgrades to fail, a post-release Errata + Notice is planned.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1>
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