FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE Release Notes

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IBM, AIX, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 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 “™” or the - “®” symbol.

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Last modified on 2016-08-29 23:57:00Z by gjb.

Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 11.0-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last @@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ LOCALBASE environment variable, which defaults to /usr/local if unset. [r270675]

The MK_ARM_EABI - src.conf(5) option has been removed. [r272350]

The ntp suite - has been updated to version 4.2.8p8. [r301247]

4.2. Userland Application Changes

When unable to load a kernel module with + src.conf(5) option has been removed. [r272350]

The WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER + src.conf(5) option is enabled by default. [r302177]

The ntp suite + has been updated to version 4.2.8p8. [r301247]

The + /etc/ntp/leap-seconds + has been updated to version 3676752000. [r301247]

4.2. Userland Application Changes

When unable to load a kernel module with kldload(8), a message informing to view output of dmesg(8) is now printed, opposed to the previous output “Exec format error.”. [r260594]

Allow pciconf(8) to identify PCI @@ -220,19 +223,21 @@ Gandi.net)

The pciconf(8) utility has been updated to use the PCI ID database from the misc/pciids package, if present, falling back to the PCI ID database in the FreeBSD base - system. [r287522]

The ifconfig(8) utility has been - updated to always exit with an error code if an important - ioctl(2) fails. [r287842] - (Sponsored by - ScaleEngine, Inc.)

4.3. Contributed Software

byacc(1) has been updated to + system. [r287522]

By default the ifconfig(8) utility + will set the default regulatory domain to FCC + on wireless interfaces. As a result, newly created wireless + interfaces with default settings will have less chances to + violate country-specific regulations. [r287842]

4.3. Contributed Software

byacc(1) has been updated to version 20140101. [r260445]

OpenSSH has - been updated to 7.2p2. [r296633]

mdocml has + been updated to 7.2p2. [r296633]

SSHv1 support has been removed from + OpenSSH. [r303716]

Support for DSA is disabled by default in + OpenSSH. [r303719]

mdocml has been updated to version 1.12.3. [r261344]

The binutils suite of utilities has been updated to include upstream patches that add new relocations for powerpc support. [r275718]

The ELF Tool Chain has been updated to - upstream revision r3136. [r276398] + upstream revision r3272. [r292120] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

The texinfo utility and info pages were removed from @@ -309,7 +314,8 @@ compiler_rt utility has been updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

ACPICA has been updated to version 20160527. [r300879]

OpenBSM has been - updated to version 1.2 alpha 4. [r292432]

The NetBSD + updated to version 1.2 alpha 4. [r292432]

libucl has + been updated to version 0.8.0. [r298166]

The NetBSD Project's libblacklist(3) library and applications have been ported and integrated into the system. Packet filtering support for the pf(4) packet filtering systems @@ -576,6 +582,9 @@ KERN_DEBUGDIR="" to src.conf(5). [r288176] (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

[arm64] aarch64 has been switched over to using + INTRNG by default. [r301565] + (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

5.3. System Tuning and Controls

The hwpmc(4) default and maximum callchain depths have been increased. The default has been increased from 16 to 32, and @@ -743,7 +752,10 @@ protocol. [r288654]

7. Hardware Support

This section covers general hardware support for physical machines, hypervisors, and virtualization environments, as well as hardware changes and updates that do not otherwise fit in - other sections of this document.

7.1. Hardware Support

The asmc(4) driver has been + other sections of this document.

7.1. Hardware Support

Native PCI-express HotPlug + support is enabled by default on amd64, aarch64 and + powerpc [r299142]

PCI-express HotPlug support has been + enabled for slots with power controllers [r304246]

The asmc(4) driver has been updated to support the Apple® MacMini 3,1. [r268303]

Support for FreeBSD/ia64 has been dropped as of FreeBSD 11. [r268351]

An issue that could cause a system to hang when entering ACPI @@ -816,7 +828,8 @@ (Sponsored by Microsoft Open Source Technology Center)

The xen(4) driver has been updated to include support for blkif indirect - segment I/O. [r286062]

7.3. ARM Support

The nand(4) device is enabled for + segment I/O. [r286062]

Indirect segment I/O is enabled by default + in the Xen blkfront driver when running on AWS EC2. [r302288]

7.3. ARM Support

The nand(4) device is enabled for ARM devices by default. [r260921]

[arm] Support for the Exynos 5420 Octa system has been added. [r266943]

[arm] The SMP option has been enabled for all Exynos 5 systems supported by @@ -854,7 +867,9 @@ has been added. [r299688]

[arm] Support for X-Powers AXP813 and AXP818 power management integrated circuits have been added. [r299786]

[arm] Support for GPIO, Sensors and interrupts on AXP209 power management integrated circuits have been - added. [r300777]

8. Storage

This section covers changes and additions to file systems + added. [r300777]

[arm] Support for the Allwinner + Reduced Serial Bus (RSB) has been added. [r299781]

[arm] Support for Allwinner A20 HDMI + has been added. [r296064]

8. Storage

This section covers changes and additions to file systems and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.

8.1. General Storage

The ctl(4) LUN mapping has been rewritten, replacing iSCSI-specific mapping mechanisms @@ -864,6 +879,10 @@ ctld(8) utility has been updated to allow controlling non-iSCSI ctl(4) ports. [r278354] (Sponsored by + iXsystems)

Support + for parsing libucl-based configuration files has been added to + ctld(8). [r295212] + (Sponsored by iXsystems)

The autofs(5) subsystem has been updated to include a new auto_master(5) map, -media, which @@ -892,7 +911,11 @@ Support for managing Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives has been added. [r300207] (Sponsored by - Spectra Logic)

8.2. Networked Storage

The new + Spectra Logic)

The + camcontrol(8) command can manually force updating capacity + data after a disk gets resized using the reprobe subcommand. [r299371] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

8.2. Networked Storage

The new filesystem automount facility, autofs(5), has been added. The new autofs(5) facility is similar to that found in other UNIX®-like operating systems, such as OS X™ @@ -907,7 +930,10 @@ noac, and proto options have been added to mount_nfs(8). [r273849] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

8.3. ZFS

The arc_meta_limit + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The Mellanox implementation of iSER (iSCSI + Extensions for RDMA) has been imported. [r300723]

The ability to discover iSCSI targets without + having to attach to a target has been added to the + iscsictl(8) command. [r301033]

8.3. ZFS

The arc_meta_limit statistics are now visible through the kstat sysctl(8). As a result of this change, the vfs.zfs.arc_meta_used @@ -922,7 +948,15 @@ which manages hotspares and replements in drive slots that publish physical paths. [r300906] (Sponsored by - iXsystems, Spectra Logic)

8.4. geom(4)

Support for the + iXsystems, Spectra Logic)

The + minimum and maximum values for the ZFS adaptive replacement + cache can be modified at runtime. [r302265] + (Sponsored by + Multiplay)

Four new + resources have been added to rctl(8) to allow + throttles to be set on filesystem IO. [r297633] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

8.4. geom(4)

Support for the disklabel64 partitioning scheme has been added to gpart(8). [r267359]

Support for the apple-boot, apple-hfs, @@ -957,8 +991,13 @@ ttyu2, and ttyu3 by default, if the callin port is an active console port. [r284683] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

9.2. Boot Menu Changes

10. Networking

This section describes changes that affect networking in - FreeBSD.

10.1. Network Protocols

Support for the IPX network transport + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The default installation directory for modules + has been changed to /boot/modules. [r299393]

9.2. Boot Menu Changes

10. Networking

This section describes changes that affect networking in + FreeBSD.

The unused SIOCSIFALIFETIME_IN6 + ioctl has been removed. [r301875]

Support to + be able to reroot into a NFSv4 volume has been added. [r299848] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

10.1. Network Protocols

Support for the IPX network transport protocol has been removed, and will not be supported in FreeBSD 11 and later releases. [r263140]

Support for PLPMTUD blackhole detection (RFC 4821) has been