Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:03:56 +0000 From: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: b78abf1e81 - main - releases/15.0R/relnotes: Add notes for commits mentioning relnotes, batch 4 Message-ID: <692dd88c.21f81.5b45dd0c@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by olce: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b78abf1e81245d7a77b6a63e316a1f81bc56dd27 commit b78abf1e81245d7a77b6a63e316a1f81bc56dd27 Author: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-12-01 17:41:01 +0000 Commit: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-01 18:03:35 +0000 releases/15.0R/relnotes: Add notes for commits mentioning relnotes, batch 4 Add more content coming from RELNOTES. Content in this commit corresponds to stopping at eeb04a736cb9 included. Remove duplicated "virtual channels" info. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 48 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc index c3dfcbce81..9fad2c028d 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc @@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ gitref:516009ce8d38[repository=src] The man:date[1] program now supports nanoseconds. For example: `date -Ins` prints "2024-04-22T12:20:28,763742224+02:00" and `date +%N` prints "415050400". gitref:eeb04a736cb9[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "Klara, Inc." >}} The man:dtrace[1] utility can now generate machine-readable output in JSON, XML, and HTML using man:libxo[3]. gitref:aef4504139a4[repository=src] {{< sponsored "Innovate UK" >}} @@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ gitref:615c9ce250ee[repository=src] The man:grep[1] utility no longer follows symbolic links by default for recursive searches. This matches the documented behavior in the manual page. -gitref:3a2ec5957ea9[repository=src] +gitref:fc12c191c087[repository=src] The man:mdo[1] utility now supports fully specifying all users and groups in the target credentials. As a convenience, in addition to a full explicit specification, it allows starting from a baseline providing default values for all attributes, which is either the login credentials from some user in the password database or the current credentials, and then amending these attributes selectively. @@ -772,6 +773,10 @@ It is compatible with OpenStack and many hosting facilities. See the https://cloud-init.io[cloud-init] web site and the commit messages, gitref:16a6da44e28d[repository=src] gitref:227e7a205edf[repository=src] {{< sponsored "OVHcloud" >}} +Basic Cloudinit images no longer generate RSA host keys by default for +SSH. +gitref:b22be3bbb2de[repository=src] + The FreeBSD project is now publishing OCI-compatible container images. gitref:8a688fcc242e[repository=src] @@ -800,6 +805,12 @@ gitref:584265890303[repository=src] {{< sponsored "Amazon" >}} FreeBSD "base" EC2 images now boot up to 76% faster than corresponding {releasePrev} images, with the largest improvements found on arm64 ("Graviton") instances. +EC2 AMIs no longer generate RSA host keys by default for SSH. +RSA host key generation can be re-enabled by setting `sshd_rsa_enable="YES"` in +`/etc/rc.conf` if it is necessary to support very old SSH clients. +gitref:0aabcd75dbc2[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "Amazon" >}} + [[kernel]] == Kernel @@ -890,6 +901,14 @@ Since these sysctls do not trigger any (de-)allocations anymore, their effect is gitref:960ee8094913[repository=src]. {{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} +The `hw.snd.version` man:sysctl[8] knob was removed. +gitref:7398d1ece5cf[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} + +The `unit.*` code in man:sound[4] was retired, and as part of that the `hw.snd.maxunit` man:loader[8] tunable was removed. +gitref:25723d66369f[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} + Gradual slowdowns and freezes experienced by owners of some AMD GPUs using the amdgpu DRM driver from the `drm-kmod` ports, starting with v5.15 (`graphics/drm-515-kmod` port), have been fixed. In particular, owners of graphics cards with Green Sardine, Polaris 10 and 20 and Vega chips were known to be affected. Recent Intel-based GPUs (gen 13+) may also have been affected. @@ -1400,12 +1419,24 @@ Furthermore, it is possible to define a man:domainset[9] policy for each guest N This is supported only for amd64 guests for now. gitref:f1d705d4f431[repository=src] -The NVMM hypervisor is now detected. -gitref:34f40baca641[repository=src] - The VNC server in man:bhyve[8] will now show the correct colors when using the package:www/novnc[] client. gitref:f9e09dc5b1d5[repository=src] +When running man:bhyve[8] guests with a boot ROM, i.e., bhyveload(8) is not used, bhyve now assumes that the boot ROM will enable PCI BAR decoding. +This is incompatible with some boot ROMs, particularly outdated builds of `edk2-bhyve`. +To restore the old behavior, add `pci.enable_bars='true'` to your bhyve configuration. +Note that the `uefi-edk2-bhyve` package has been renamed to `edk2-bhyve`. +gitref:e962b37bf0ff[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "Innovate UK" >}} + +amd64 man:bhyve[8]'s `lpc.bootrom` and `lpc.bootvars` options are deprecated. +Use the top-level `bootrom` and `bootvars` options instead. +gitref:43caa2e805c2[repository=src] +{{< sponsored "Innovate UK" >}} + +The NVMM hypervisor is now detected. +gitref:34f40baca641[repository=src] + Under Hyper-V, TLB flushes are now performed using hypercalls rather than IPIs, providing up to a 40% improvement in TLB performance. gitref:7ece5993b787[repository=src] {{< sponsored "Microsoft" >}} @@ -1426,12 +1457,6 @@ Many improvements to the audio stack including support for hot-swapping in man:m gitref:cf9d2fb18433[repository=src] {{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} gitref:7224e9f2d4af[repository=src] {{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} -In the audio stack, `hw.snd.maxautovchans` has been retired. -The `hw.snd.vchans_enable` sysctl has been introduced which, along with `dev.pcm.X.{play|rec}.vchans`, from now on work as tunables to only enable/disable vchans, as opposed to setting their number and/or (de-)allocating vchans.* -Since these sysctls do not trigger any (de-)allocations anymore, their effect is instantaneous, whereas before we could have frozen the machine (when trying to allocate new vchans) when setting `dev.pcm.X.{play|rec}.vchans` to a very large value. -gitref:02d4eeabfd73e6a8[repository=src] -{{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} - A new utility man:sndctl[8] has been added to concentrate the various interfaces for viewing and manipulating audio device settings (sysctls, `/dev/sndstat`), into a single utility with a similar control-driven @@ -1462,6 +1487,9 @@ This section covers changes to manual (man:man[1]) pages and other documentation [[man-pages]] === Man Pages +Filesystem manual pages have been moved to section four. +gitref:1687d77197c0[repository=src] + A new man:networking[7] manual page provides a quickstart guide to connecting the system to networks including Wi-Fi, and links to other manual pages and the handbook. gitref:39f92a4c4c49[repository=src]
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