FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are @@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ 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.

Last modified on 2017-09-19 11:39:47 EDT by gjb.

Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE contain + “®” symbol.

Last modified on 2017-09-20 13:30:01 EDT by gjb.

Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 10.4-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also - presented.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD

3. Security and Errata

3.1. Security Advisories
3.2. Errata Notices

4. Userland

4.1. Userland Configuration Changes
4.2. Userland Application Changes
4.3. Contributed Software
4.4. Installation and Configuration Tools
4.5. /etc/rc.d - Scripts
4.6. /etc/periodic - Scripts
4.7. Runtime Libraries and API
4.8. ABI Compatibility
4.9. Userland Debugging

5. Kernel

5.1. Miscellaneous Kernel Changes
5.2. Kernel Bug Fixes
5.3. Kernel Configuration
5.4. System Tuning and Controls

6. Devices and Drivers

6.1. Device Drivers
6.2. Stora ge Drivers
6.3. Network Drivers

7. Hardware Support

7.1. Hardware Support
7.2. Virtualization Support
7.3. ARM Support

8. Storage

8.1. General Storage
8.2. Networked Storage
8.3. ZFS
8.4. geom(4)

9. Boot Loader Changes

9.1. Boot L! oader Changes
9.2. Boot Menu Changes

10. Networking

10.1. General Networking Changes
10.2. Network Protocols

11. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

11.1. Infrastructure Changes
11.2. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

12.1. Documentation Source Changes
12.2. Documentation Toolchain Changes

13. Release Engineering and Integration

13.1. Integration Changes

1. Introduction

This document contains the release notes for FreeBSD + presented.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD

3. Security and Errata

3.1. Security Advisories
3.2. Errata Notices

4. Userland

4.1. Userland Configuration Changes
4.2. Userland Application Changes
4.3. Contributed Software
4.4. Installation and Configuration Tools
4.5. Runtime Libraries and API
4.6. ABI Compatibility
4.7. Userland Debugging

5. Kernel

5.1. Miscellaneous Kernel Changes
5.2. Kernel Bug Fixes
5.3. System Tuning and Controls

6. Devices and Drivers

6.1. Device Drivers
6.2. Storage Drivers
6.3. Network Drivers

7. Hardware Support

7.1. Virtualization Support

8. Storage

8.1. Networked Storage

9. Boot Loader Changes

10. Networking

10.1. General Networking Changes
10.2. Network Protocols

11. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

11.1. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

12.1. Documentation Source Changes
12.2. Documentation Toolchain Changes

13. Release Engineering and Integration

13.1. Integration Changes

1. Introduction

This document contains the release notes for FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE. It describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of FreeBSD. It also provides some notes on upgrading from previous versions of FreeBSD.

The snapshot distribution to @@ -154,9 +152,7 @@ bsdinstall(8) has been increased from 800KB to 200MB. [r321202] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

4.5. `/etc/rc.d` - Scripts

4.6. `/etc/periodic` - Scripts

4.7. Runtime Libraries and API

The kvm_close(3) function has been + The FreeBSD Foundation)

4.5. Runtime Libraries and API

The kvm_close(3) function has been updated to return the accumulated error from previous close(2) calls. [r316040]

The syslog(3) function has been updated to be more resilent to thread cancellation occurring @@ -165,8 +161,8 @@ threads using the function, such as net/mpd5. [r320312]

The stdio(3) function has been updated to be deferred cancel-safe, eliminating possible lockups in multi-threaded applications using functions such - as funopen(3), fropen(3), and fwopen(3). [r321074]

4.7. Userland Debugging

ptrace(2) now supports events for thread creation and destruction, permitting more reliable debugging of threaded processes. [r304017]

ptrace(2) now supports events for vfork(2), permitting reliable debugging across @@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ incorrectly implying keep frags, matching the behavior documented in ipf(5). [r317434]

The geom(4) JOURNAL class has been updated to fix - flush_queue handling. [r322793]

5.3. Kernel Configuration

5.4. System Tuning and Controls

The + flush_queue handling. [r322793]

5.3. System Tuning and Controls

The kern.features.linux and kern.features.linux64 flags have been added to the kern.features sysctl(8), @@ -223,7 +219,7 @@ Chelsio)

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

7.2. Virtualization Support

PCI passthrough with + other sections of this document.

7.1. Virtualization Support

PCI passthrough with bhyve(4) resets functions via FLR when a virtual machine is started and stopped. [r306520] (Sponsored by @@ -232,8 +228,8 @@ devices to be marked for passthrough or host use at runtime. [r306472] (Sponsored by - Chelsio)

7.3. ARM Support

8. Storage

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

8.1. General Storage

8.2. Networked Storage

The NFS client now + Chelsio)

8. Storage

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

8.1. Networked Storage

The NFS client now properly handles NFS4ERR_BAD_SESSION errors received from an NFS server. Additionally, the kernel RPC client has been updated to @@ -242,8 +238,8 @@ sosend(9). [r318675]

The NFS client has been updated to support pNFS commit through the - DS. [r321031]

8.3. ZFS

8.4. geom(4)

9. Boot Loader Changes

This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other - boot-related changes.

9.1. Boot Loader Changes

9.2. Boot Menu Changes

10. Networking

This section describes changes that affect networking in + DS. [r321031]

9. Boot Loader Changes

This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other + boot-related changes.

10. Networking

This section describes changes that affect networking in FreeBSD.

10.1. General Networking Changes

The network stack has been modified to fix incorrect or invalid IP addresses if multiple threads emit a UDP @@ -264,7 +260,7 @@ (Sponsored by Dell EMC)

11. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Ports Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and - installation tools.

11.1. Infrastructure Changes

11.2. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Documentation + installation tools.

11.1. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Documentation Project sources and toolchain.

12.1. Documentation Source Changes

12.2. Documentation Toolchain Changes

13. Release Engineering and Integration

This section convers changes that are specific to the FreeBSD Release Engineering processes.

FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

1. Introduction

1. Introduction

4.5. /etc/rc.d - Scripts

4.6. /etc/periodic - Scripts

4.7. Runtime Libraries and API

4.5. Runtime Libraries and API

< /a>4.8. ABI Compatibility

4.9. Userland Debugging

< /a>4.6. ABI Compatibility

4.7. Userland Debugging

5.3. Kernel Configuration

5.4. System Tuning and Controls

5.3. System Tuning and Controls

7. Hardware Support

7.1. Hardware Support

7.2. Virtualization Support

7.1. Virtualization Support

7.3. ARM Support

8. Storage

8.1. General Storage

8.2. Networked Storage

8. Storage

8.1. Networked Storage

8.3. ZFS

8.4. geom(4)

9. Boot Loader Changes

9.1. Boot Loader Changes

9.2. Boot Menu Changes

10. Networking

9. Boot Loader Changes

10. Networking

10.1. General Networking Changes

11. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

11.1. Infrastructure Changes

11.2. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

11.1. Packaging Changes

12. Documentation

12.1. Documentation Source Changes

12.2. Documentation Toolchain Changes

13. Release Engineering and Integration

13.1. Integration Changes

4.5. `/etc/rc.d` - Scripts

4.6. `/etc/periodic` - Scripts