Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:11:29 +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-11@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r307732 - stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata Message-ID: <201610211611.u9LGBTRO057317@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Fri Oct 21 16:11:29 2016 New Revision: 307732 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/307732 Log: Document two errata items that may affect systems with ZFS boot pools on GPT. Submitted by: lidl Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml ============================================================================== --- stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Fri Oct 21 15:23:54 2016 (r307731) +++ stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Fri Oct 21 16:11:29 2016 (r307732) @@ -209,6 +209,44 @@ boot</screen> <acronym>UEFI</acronym> mode, or choose the "GPT + Active" scheme.</para> </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>[2016-10-21] Support for <literal>sha512</literal> and + <literal>skein</literal> checksumming has been added to the + <acronym>ZFS</acronym> filesystem. This was not mentioned + in the release notes.</para> + + <para>Systems being upgraded from earlier &os; releases with + <acronym>ZFS</acronym> will see a message in <literal>zpool + status</literal> output noting the pool is not at the + latest version, and some features may not be enabled. + Additional instructions on how to any <acronym>ZFS</acronym> + pools to the latest version and update the boot blocks for + all boot drives in the pool will also be provided in the + output.</para> + + <para>This information is also documented is also documented + in <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>, which is + included if the <literal>src</literal> component is selected + during installation.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>[2016-10-21] The size of the <acronym>GPT</acronym> + enabled <acronym>ZFS</acronym> boot blocks + (<filename>/boot/gptzfsboot</filename>) has increased past + 64K. Systems upgraded from older releases may experience + a problem where the size of the existing + "freebsd-boot" partition is too small to hold the + new <filename>gptzfsboot</filename>.</para> + + <para>Systems where the boot partition is immediately followed + by the swap partition, such as those installed via + &man.bsdinstall.8;, can resize the swap partition slightly + using the &man.gpart.8; <literal>resize</literal> command, + so space can be reclaimed to increase the size of the + freebsd-boot partition.</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1>
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