FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE Release Notes

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FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

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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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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 @@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ LOCALBASE environment variable, which defaults to /usr/local if unset. [r270675]

The MK_ARM_EABI - src.conf(5) option has been removed. [r272350]

The - WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER src.conf(5) - option is enabled by default. [r302177]

The ntp suite + src.conf(5) option has been removed. [r272350]

The ntp suite has been updated to version 4.2.8p8. [r301247]

The /etc/ntp/leap-seconds has been updated to - version 3676752000. [r301247]

5.2. Userland Application Changes

When unable to load a kernel module with + version 3676752000. [r301247]

The + WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER src.conf(5) + option is enabled by default. [r302177]

5.2. Userland Application Changes

When unable to load a kernel module with kldload(8), a message informing to view output of dmesg(8) is now printed, opposed to the previous output “Exec format error.”. [r260594]

Allow pciconf(8) to identify PCI @@ -235,10 +235,7 @@ newly created wireless interfaces with default settings will have less chances to violate country-specific regulations. [r287842]

5.3. Contributed Software

byacc(1) has been updated to - version 20140101. [r260445]

OpenSSH has - been updated to 7.2p2. [r296633]

SSHv1 support has been removed from - OpenSSH. [r303716]

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

mdocml has + version 20140101. [r260445]

mdocml has been updated to version 1.12.3. [r261344]

The binutils suite of utilities has been updated to include upstream patches that add new relocations for powerpc @@ -268,15 +265,10 @@ elftoolchain utilities have been updated to version 3179. [r280932] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

The xz(1) utility has been updated - to version 5.2.2. [r291125]

The nvi(1) utility has been updated + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The nvi(1) utility has been updated to version 2.1.3. [r281373]

The wpa_supplicant(8) and hostapd(8) utilities have been updated to version - 2.4. [r281806]

The - resolvconf(8) utility has been updated to version - 3.7.3. [r296190] - (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

bmake has + 2.4. [r281806]

bmake has been updated to version 20150606. [r284254]

sendmail has been updated to 8.15.2. Starting with FreeBSD 11.0 and sendmail 8.15, sendmail uses uncompressed IPv6 addresses by @@ -292,8 +284,7 @@ To return to the old behavior, set the m4 option confUSE_COMPRESSED_IPV6_ADDRESSES or the cf option UseCompressedIPv6Addresses. [r285229]

The tcpdump(1) utility has been - updated to version 4.7.4. [r285275]

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

The + updated to version 4.7.4. [r285275]

The ssh(1) utility has been updated to re-implement hostname canonicalization before locating the host in known_hosts. [r285642] @@ -305,24 +296,30 @@ 1.5.2. [r286503]

The serf library used by svnlite(1) has been updated to version 1.3.8. [r286505]

The svnlite(1) utility has been - updated to version 1.8.14. [r286505]

The sqlite3 - library used by svnlite(1) and kerberos(8) has been - updated to version 3.12.1. [r298161]

Timezone data files have been updated to + updated to version 1.8.14. [r286505]

Timezone data files have been updated to version 2015f. [r286750]

The acpi(4) subsystem has been updated to version 20150818. [r287168]

The unbound(8) utility has been updated to version 1.5.4. [r287917]

jemalloc(3) has been updated to - version 4.0.2. [r288090]

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

The nc(1) utility has been updated - to the OpenBSD 5.8 version. [r288303]

Clang has + version 4.0.2. [r288090]

The nc(1) utility has been updated + to the OpenBSD 5.8 version. [r288303]

The xz(1) utility has been updated + to version 5.2.2. [r291125]

OpenBSM has + been updated to version 1.2 alpha 4. [r292432]

Clang has been updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

LLVM has been updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

LLDB has been updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

libc++ has been updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

The compiler_rt utility has been - updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

ACPICA has - been updated to version 20160527. [r300879]

OpenBSM has - been updated to version 1.2 alpha 4. [r292432]

libucl has - been updated to version 0.8.0. [r298166]

The + updated to version 3.8.0. [r296417]

The + resolvconf(8) utility has been updated to version + 3.7.3. [r296190] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

OpenSSH has + been updated to 7.2p2. [r296633]

The sqlite3 + 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]

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

ACPICA has + been updated to version 20160527. [r300879]

The NetBSD Project's libblacklist(3) library and applications have been ported and integrated into the system. Packet filtering support for the pf(4) packet filtering systems @@ -348,7 +345,10 @@ for the ipfilter(4) packet filter has been added to the blacklistd-helper script. [r301843] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

5.4. Installation and Configuration Tools

The bsdinstall(8) partition editor + 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]

5.4. 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 @@ -774,14 +774,7 @@ 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. 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 + other sections of this document.

8.1. 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 hang when entering ACPI @@ -806,7 +799,14 @@ AMT devices on newer systems.

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

8.2. Virtualization Support

Support for the “Virtual Interrupt + The FreeBSD Foundation)

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]

8.2. Virtualization Support

Support for the “Virtual Interrupt Delivery” feature of Intel® VT-x is enabled if supported by the CPU. This feature can be disabled by running sysctl hw.vmm.vmx.use_apic_vid=0. @@ -837,8 +837,7 @@ been added, which provides an interface to VirtIO console devices through a tty(4) device. [r273515]

The bhyve(8) hypervisor has been updated to support DSM TRIM commands for - virtual AHCI disks. [r279957]

Native graphics support has been added - to the bhyve(8) hypervisor. [r302332]

[arm] Support for the + virtual AHCI disks. [r279957]

[arm] Support for the QEMU virt system has been added. [r281439]

The Hyper-V™ drivers have been updated with several @@ -856,7 +855,8 @@ to include support for blkif indirect segment I/O. [r286062]

Indirect segment I/O is enabled by default in the Xen blkfront driver when running on AWS - EC2. [r302288]

8.3. ARM Support

The nand(4) device is enabled for + EC2. [r302288]

Native graphics support has been added + to the bhyve(8) hypervisor. [r302332]

8.3. ARM Support

The nand(4) device is enabled for ARM devices by default. [r260921]

[arm] Support for the Exynos 5420 Octa system has been added. [r266943]

[arm] The SMP option has been enabled for all Exynos 5 systems supported by @@ -893,11 +893,11 @@ Allwinner A20 SoC have been enabled. [r263698]

[arm] Support for the Allwinner H3 SoC has been added. [r299688]

[arm] Support for X-Powers AXP813 and AXP818 power management integrated circuits have been - added. [r299786]

[arm] Support for GPIO, Sensors and - interrupts on AXP209 power management integrated circuits have - been added. [r300777]

[arm] Support for the Allwinner + added. [r299786]

[arm] Support for the Allwinner Reduced Serial Bus (RSB) has been added. [r299781]

[arm] Support for Allwinner A20 - HDMI has been added. [r296064]

9. Storage

This section covers changes and additions to file systems + HDMI has been added. [r296064]

[arm] Support for GPIO, Sensors and + interrupts on AXP209 power management integrated circuits have + been added. [r300777]

9. Storage

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

9.1. General Storage

The ctl(4) LUN mapping has been rewritten, replacing iSCSI-specific mapping mechanisms @@ -907,10 +907,6 @@ ctld(8) utility has been updated to allow controlling non-iSCSI ctl(4) ports. [r278354] (Sponsored by - iXsystems)

Support - for parsing libucl-based configuration files has been added to - ctld(8). [r295212] - (Sponsored by iXsystems)

The autofs(5) subsystem has been updated to include a new auto_master(5) map, -media, which @@ -929,7 +925,16 @@ g_bio(9) bio_cmd field, providing TRIM/UNMAP support on GELI-backed SSD storage - providers. [r286444]

Leading spaces are now stripped off + providers. [r286444]

Support + for parsing libucl-based configuration files has been added to + ctld(8). [r295212] + (Sponsored by + iXsystems)

The + camcontrol(8) command can manually force updating + capacity data after a disk gets resized using the reprobe + subcommand. [r299371] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

Leading spaces are now stripped off SCSI disk serial numbers when populating the CAM serial number. This affects the output of diskinfo(8) and the names of @@ -939,12 +944,7 @@ Spectra Logic)

Support for managing Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives has been added. [r300207] (Sponsored by - Spectra Logic)

The - camcontrol(8) command can manually force updating - capacity data after a disk gets resized using the reprobe - subcommand. [r299371] - (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

9.2. Networked Storage

The new + Spectra Logic)

9.2. Networked Storage

The new filesystem automount facility, autofs(5), has been added. The new autofs(5) facility is similar to that found in other UNIX®-like operating systems, such as OS X™ @@ -973,7 +973,11 @@ account when gathering buffers to be written to the l2arc device. [r287099] (Sponsored by - ClusterHQ)

The zfsd daemon has been added, which manages + ClusterHQ)

Four + new resources have been added to rctl(8) to allow + throttles to be set on filesystem IO. [r297633] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The zfsd daemon has been added, which manages hotspares and replements in drive slots that publish physical paths. [r300906] (Sponsored by @@ -981,11 +985,7 @@ ZFS adaptive replacement cache can be modified at runtime. [r302265] (Sponsored by - Multiplay)

Four - new resources have been added to rctl(8) to allow - throttles to be set on filesystem IO. [r297633] - (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

9.4. geom(4)

Support for the + Multiplay)

9.4. geom(4)

Support for the disklabel64 partitioning scheme has been added to gpart(8). [r267359]

Support for the apple-boot, apple-hfs, @@ -1023,12 +1023,7 @@ The FreeBSD Foundation)

The default installation directory for modules has been changed to /boot/modules. [r299393]

10.2. Boot Menu Changes

11. Networking

This section describes changes that affect networking in - FreeBSD.

The unused - SIOCSIFALIFETIME_IN6 ioctl has been - removed. [r301875]

Support - to be able to reroot into a NFSv4 volume has been added. [r299848] - (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)

11.1. Network Protocols

Support for the IPX network transport + FreeBSD.

11.1. Network Protocols

Support for the IPX network transport protocol has been removed, and will not be supported in FreeBSD 11 and later releases. [r263140]

Support for PLPMTUD blackhole detection (RFC 4821) has been @@ -1056,13 +1051,19 @@ network stack has been updated to fix handling of IPv6 On-Link redirects. [r287798] (Sponsored by - Dell, Inc.)

The net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable sysctl mib + Dell, Inc.)

Support + to be able to reroot into a NFSv4 volume has been + added. [r299848] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)

The net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable sysctl mib has been changed from a binary off/on control to a three way setting. [r300240]

Value	Description
`0`	Totally disable ECN.
`1`	Enable ECN if incoming connections request it. Outgoing connections will request ECN.
`2`	Enable ECN if incoming connections request it. Outgoing conections will not request ECN.

Dummynet AQM, an independent implementation of CoDel and FQ-CoDel for ipfw/dummynet has - been imported to the base system. [r300779]

12. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Ports + been imported to the base system. [r300779]

The unused + SIOCSIFALIFETIME_IN6 ioctl has been + removed. [r301875]

12. Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure

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

12.1. Infrastructure Changes

12.2. Packaging Changes

13. Documentation

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

13.1. Documentation Source Changes

13.2. Documentation Toolchain Changes

14. Release Engineering and Integration

This section convers changes that are specific to the