FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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

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Abstract

The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE 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 @@ -391,7 +391,13 @@ scheme when installing on the UFS filesystem has been added to bsdinstall(8). [r285679] (Sponsored by - ScaleEngine, Inc.)

The bsdinstall(8) utility has been + ScaleEngine, Inc.)

The bsdinstall(8) utility now + supports + a "BIOS+UEFI option + during installation, supporting systems with + UEFI or + BIOS/CSM + capability. [r298243]

The bsdinstall(8) utility has been updated to include various system hardening options during installation. [r303447]

4.5. `/etc/rc.d` Scripts

The rc(8) subsystem has been @@ -550,8 +556,8 @@ pmap(9) implementation for 64-bit PowerPC® processors has been overhaulded to improve concurrency. [r279252] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

[arm] A new module for creating - the dtb module for AM335x systems has + The FreeBSD Foundation)

A new module for creating the + dtb module for ARM AM335x systems has been added. [r279824]

The PAE_TABLES kernel configuration option has been added for FreeBSD/i386, which instructs pmap(9) @@ -571,7 +577,7 @@ (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

The SIFTR kernel configuration has been added, allowing building siftr(4) - statically into the kernel. [r282215]

The ARM® boot loader, + statically into the kernel. [r282215]

The ARM boot loader, ubldr, is now relocatable. In addition, ubldr.bin is now created during build time, which is a stripped binary with an entry point of @@ -607,9 +613,11 @@ designing, implementing and testing strongly sandboxed applications more easily. [r285307]

The pms(4) driver has been added to the GENERIC kernel configuration for - supported architectures. [r286231]

[arm] The - CUBIEBOARD2 kernel configuration has been - renamed to A20. [r287306]

Kernel + supported architectures. [r286231]

The CUBIEBOARD2 + kernel configuration has been renamed to + A20 to add support for other boards with + the A20 processor, such as the Banana + Pi. [r287306]

Kernel debugging symbols are now installed to /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel/. To retain the previous behavior, add KERN_DEBUGDIR="" to @@ -690,9 +698,9 @@ been updated to match Linux® version 3.8.13. [r280183]

The psm(4) driver has been updated to include improved support for newer Synaptics ® touchpads and the ClickPad ® mouse on newer - Lenovo ™ laptops. [r281440]

[powerpc] Support for the Freescale + Lenovo ™ laptops. [r281440]

Support for the Freescale PCI Root Complex device has been - added. [r282783]

The cyapa(4) driver has been added, + added to FreeBSD/powerpc. [r282783]

The cyapa(4) driver has been added, supporting the Cypress APA I2C trackpad. [r285876]

The isl(4) driver has been added, supporting the Intersil I2C ISL29018 digital ambient light sensor. [r285883]

6.2. Storage Drivers

The mpr(4) @@ -737,10 +745,7 @@ (Sponsored by iXsystems)

6.3. Network Drivers

Support for Broadcom chipsets BCM57764, BCM57767, BCM57782, BCM57786 and BCM57787 has been added to - bge(4). [r258830]

Support for the Intel® Centrino™ - Wireless-N 135 chipset has been added. [r260448]

Firmware for Intel® Centrino™ - Wireless-N 105 devices has been added to the base - system. [r260552]

The deprecated nve(4) driver has been + bge(4). [r258830]

The deprecated nve(4) driver has been removed. Users of NVIDIA nForce MCP network adapters are advised to use the nfe(4) driver instead, which has been the default driver for this hardware since @@ -753,8 +758,9 @@ interface.

The ath_hal(4) driver has been updated to support the Atheros AR1111 chipset. [r265348] (Sponsored by - Netgate)

Support for the Intel® Centrino™ - Wireless-N 105 chipset has been added. [r266770]

Support for the cxgbe(4) Terminator + Netgate)

The iwn(4) driver was added, + providing support for the Intel® Centrino™ Wireless-N + 105 and 135 chipsets. [r266770]

Support for the cxgbe(4) Terminator 5 (T5) 10G/40G cards has been added to netmap(4). [r266757] (Sponsored by Chelsio Communications)

The alc(4) driver has been updated @@ -800,17 +806,17 @@ 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 - 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 + updated to support the Apple® MacMini 3,1. [r268303]

Support for FreeBSD/ia64 (Itanium) has been + dropped as of FreeBSD 11. [r268351]

An issue that could cause a system to hang when entering ACPI S3 state (suspend to RAM) has been corrected in the acpi(4) - and pci(4) drivers. [r274386]

[powerpc] The power management unit + and pci(4) drivers. [r274386]

The power management unit subsystem has been updated to support power button events on - certain powerpc hardware, such as aluminum - PowerBook ®. [r274733]

[powerpc] The hwpmc(4) - driver has been updated to correct performance counter - sampling on G4 (MPC74xxx) and G5 class processors. [r275171,275190]

The + certain PowerPC hardware, such as aluminum + PowerBook ®. [r274733]

The hwpmc(4) driver has been + updated to correct performance counter sampling on PowerPC G4 + (MPC74xxx) and G5 class processors. [r275171,275190]

The OpenCrypto framework has been updated to include AES-ICM and AES-GCM modes, both of which have also been @@ -824,7 +830,20 @@ AMT devices on newer systems.

[arm64] Initial SMP support has been added to the FreeBSD/aarch64 port. [r285316] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

Native PCI-express HotPlug support is + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The + enc(4) driver has updated to allow creating an interface + via kldload(8) during runtime without requiring + additional kernel and/or userland changes. [r291292] + (Sponsored by + Yandex LLC)

The dtsec(4) driver + for Freescale QorIQ SoCs has been added, supporting P2041, + P3041, P5010, and P5020 systems. [r296177]

Freescale PowerQUICC and QorIQ systems + now support larger address spaces, equivalent to PAE mode on + i386. [r297001]

The e500mc and e5500 PowerPC cores are + now supported, supporting most QorIQ systems. [r297977]

SMP for Multicore + Freescale QorIQ systems now works correctly for SoCs with the + AP cores in boot holdoff mode (not in + spinloop wait mode). [r298237]

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 @@ -1023,9 +1042,12 @@ have been added to mount_nfs(8). [r273849] (Sponsored by 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 + (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] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

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

FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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4.5. /etc/rc.d Scripts

6.2. Storage Drivers

6.3. Network Drivers

7.1. Hardware Support

8.3. ZFS

8.3. ZFS

4.5. `/etc/rc.d` Scripts