FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE Release Notes

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Last modified on 2016-09-22 18:31:50Z by gjb.

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 @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.

Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the FreeBSD base system from source code) from previous versions are supported, using the instructions in - /usr/src/UPDATING.

Important:

Upgrading FreeBSD should only be attempted after backing up + /usr/src/UPDATING.

For information on upgrading via freebsd-update(8), + please see the binary + upgrading section in the Installation page.

Important:

Upgrading FreeBSD should only be attempted after backing up all data and configuration files.

4. Userland

This section covers changes and additions to userland applications, contributed software, and system utilities.

4.1. Userland Configuration Changes

The default newsyslog.conf(5) now includes files in the @@ -332,8 +334,7 @@ library used by svnlite(1) and kerberos(8) has been updated to version 3.12.1. [r298161]

libucl has been updated to version 0.8.0. [r298166]

The svnlite(1) utility has been - updated to version 1.9.4. [r298845]

OpenSSL has - been updated to version 1.0.2h. [r298998]

ACPICA has + updated to version 1.9.4. [r298845]

ACPICA has been updated to version 20160527. [r300879]

The libblacklist(3) library and applications have been ported from the NetBSD Project. Packet filtering support for the @@ -363,7 +364,8 @@ The FreeBSD Foundation)

The file(1) utility has been updated to version 5.28. [r302221]

SSHv1 support has been removed from OpenSSH. [r303716]

Support for DSA is disabled by default - in OpenSSH. [r303719]

4.4. Installation and Configuration Tools

The bsdinstall(8) partition editor + in OpenSSH. [r303719]

OpenSSL has + been updated to version 1.0.2i. [r306198]

4.4. Installation and Configuration Tools

The bsdinstall(8) partition editor and sade(8) utility have been updated to include native ZFS support. [r271539]

The FreeBSD installation utility, bsdinstall(8), has been updated to set the @@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ 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 + Chelsio Communications)

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

5.3. System Tuning and Controls

The @@ -830,7 +832,7 @@ providing support for the fourth generation Intel® I2C SMBus. [r283766]

The uart(4) driver has been updated to support AMT devices on newer systems.

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

The enc(4) driver has updated to allow creating an interface @@ -846,7 +848,7 @@ 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 + enabled by default on amd64, arm64, 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 @@ -932,7 +934,7 @@ been added. [r282779]

Support for the hardware power button on the BeagleBone Black system has been added. [r282827]

Initial ACPI support has been added for - FreeBSD/aarch64. [r284273] + FreeBSD/arm64. [r284273] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

Support for 1-Wire devices has been added, providing support for 1-Wire hardware through @@ -1161,7 +1163,7 @@ the number of xz(1) threads is set to the number of cores available. [r278926]

The Release Engineering build tools have been updated to include - support for building FreeBSD/aarch64 virtual machine and + support for building FreeBSD/arm64 virtual machine and memory stick installation images. [r281802] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

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