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.

Last modified on 2016-09-07 18:20:49Z by wblock.

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The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE contain + “®” symbol.

Last modified on 2016-09-19 15:17:38Z 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 @@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ “Exec format error.”. [r260594]

Allow pciconf(8) to identify PCI devices that are attached to a driver to be identified by their device name instead of just the selector. Additionally, - an optional device argument to the -l flag - to restrict the output to only listing details about a single - device. [r260910]

A new flag, “onifconsole” + the -l flag now accepts an optional device + argument to list details about a single device. [r260910]

A new flag, “onifconsole” has been added to /etc/ttys. This allows the system to provide a login prompt via serial console if the device is an active kernel console, otherwise it is equivalent @@ -594,7 +593,16 @@ KERN_DEBUGDIR="" to src.conf(5). [r288176] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

[arm64] aarch64 has been switched over to using + The FreeBSD Foundation)

Support for POSIX asynchronous I/O is + now included in the kernel by default. The + VFS_AIOkernel option and + aio.ko kernel module have been removed. + Asynchronous I/O operations on sockets, local files, and + disk devices are permitted by default. However, operations + on other file types are disabled. See the aio(4) + manual page for more details. [r296277] + (Sponsored by + Chelsio Communications)

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

6.3. System Tuning and Controls

The @@ -764,10 +772,14 @@ protocol. [r288654]

8. 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.

8.1. 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 + other sections of this document.

8.1. Hardware Support

Native PCI-express HotPlug support is + enabled by default on amd64, aarch64, and + powerpc. This feature has exposed compatibility issues + on some hardware that result in missing devices or a hang + during boot. To work around such issues, run set + hw.pci.enable_pcie_hp=0 in the boot loader, and + add hw.pci.enable_pcie_hp=0 to + /boot/loader.conf. [r299142]

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