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This document lists - applicable security advisories that were issued since the last - release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and - userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also - presented.</para> - </abstract> - </info> - - <sect1 xml:id="intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - - <para>This document contains the release notes for &os; - &release.current;. It describes recently added, changed, or - deleted features of &os;. It also provides some notes on - upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para> - - <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to - which these release notes apply represents the latest point - along the &release.branch; development branch since - &release.branch; was created. Information regarding pre-built, - binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be - found at <uri - xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> - - <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to - which these release notes apply represents a point along the - &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and - the future &release.next;. Information regarding pre-built, - binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be - found at <uri - xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para> - - <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os; - &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution. It can be - found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or - any of its mirrors. More information on obtaining this (or - other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the - <link - xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining - &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link - xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; - Handbook</link>.</para> - - <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata - before installing &os;. The errata document is updated with - <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the - release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains - information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections - to documentation. An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os; - &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para> - - <para>This document describes the most user-visible new or changed - features in &os; since &release.prev;. In general, changes - described here are unique to the &release.branch; branch unless - specifically marked as &merged; features.</para> - - <para>Typical release note items document recent security - advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware - support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or - contributed software upgrades. They may also list changes to - major ports/packages or release engineering practices. Clearly - the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os; - between releases; this document focuses primarily on security - advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural - improvements.</para> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="upgrade"> - <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title> - - <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions - (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported - using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade - procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as - unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official - &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that - the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para> - - <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; - base system from source code) from previous versions are - supported, according to the instructions in - <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> - - <important> - <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up - <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para> - </important> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="security-errata"> - <title>Security and Errata</title> - - <para>This section lists the various Security Advisories and - Errata Notices since &release.prev;.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="security"> - <title>Security Advisories</title> - - <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> - <tgroup cols="3"> - <colspec colwidth="40%"/> - <colspec colwidth="30%"/> - <colspec colwidth="30%"/> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>Advisory</entry> - <entry>Date</entry> - <entry>Topic</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-19:25.mcepsc.asc">FreeBSD-SA-19:25.mcepce</link></entry> - <entry>12 November 2019</entry> - <entry><para>Machine Check Exception on Page Size - Change</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu.asc">FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu</link></entry> - <entry>12 November 2019</entry> - <entry><para>Intel CPU Microcode Update</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:01.libfetch.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:01.libfetch</link></entry> - <entry>28 January 2020</entry> - <entry><para>&man.fetch.3; buffer overflow</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:03.thrmisc.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:03.thrmisc</link></entry> - <entry>28 January 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Kernel stack data disclosure</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:04.tcp.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:04.tcp</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>TCP IPv6 SYN cache kernel information - disclosure</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:05.if_oce_ioctl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:05.if_oce_ioctl</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Insufficient &man.ioctl.2; privilege - checking</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Insufficient &man.ioctl.2; privilege - checking</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:07.epair.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:07.epair</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Incorrect user-controlled pointer - use</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:08.jail.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:08.jail</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Kernel memory disclosure with nested - jails</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:09.ntp.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:09.ntp</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Multiple denial of service</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:10.ipfw.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:10.ipfw</link></entry> - <entry>21 April 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Invalid &man.mbuf.9; handling</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:11.openssl.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:11.openssl</link></entry> - <entry>21 April 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Remote denial of service</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:12.libalias.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:12.libalias</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Insufficient packet length - validation</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:13.libalias.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:13.libalias</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Memory disclosure vulnerability</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:15.cryptodev</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Use-after-free condition</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:16.cryptodev</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Insufficient MAC key length check</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:17.usb.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:17.usb</link></entry> - <entry>9 June 2020</entry> - <entry><para><acronym>HID</acronym> descriptor parsing - error</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:19.unbound.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:19.unbound</link></entry> - <entry>8 July 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:20.ipv6.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:20.ipv6</link></entry> - <entry>8 July 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Race condition and use-after-free</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:21.usb_net.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:21.usb_net</link></entry> - <entry>5 August 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Memory corruption</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:22.sqlite.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:22.sqlite</link></entry> - <entry>5 August 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Multiple vulnerabilities</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:23.sendmsg.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:23.sendmsg</link></entry> - <entry>5 August 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Privilege escalation</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:25.sctp.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:25.sctp</link></entry> - <entry>2 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Use-after-free bug</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:26.dhclient.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:26.dhclient</link></entry> - <entry>2 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Heap overflow</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:27.ure.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:27.ure</link></entry> - <entry>15 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Packet-in-packet attack</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:28.bhyve_vmcs.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:28.bhyve_vmcs</link></entry> - <entry>15 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Privilege escalation via VMCS</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:29.bhyve_svm.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:29.bhyve_svm</link></entry> - <entry>15 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>SVM guest escape</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-SA-20:30.ftpd.asc">FreeBSD-SA-20:30.ftpd</link></entry> - <entry>15 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Privilege escalation</para></entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="errata"> - <title>Errata Notices</title> - - <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1"> - <tgroup cols="3"> - <colspec colwidth="40%"/> - <colspec colwidth="30%"/> - <colspec colwidth="30%"/> - <thead> - <row> - <entry>Errata</entry> - <entry>Date</entry> - <entry>Topic</entry> - </row> - </thead> - - <tbody> - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-19:19.loader.asc">FreeBSD-EN-19:19.loader</link></entry> - <entry>12 November 2019</entry> - <entry><para>UEFI Loader Memory Fragmentation</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:01.ssp.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:01.ssp</link></entry> - <entry>28 January 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Imprecise orderring of canary - initialization</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:03.sshd.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:03.sshd</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Misleading log messages upon successful - login</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:05.mlx5en.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:05.mlx5en</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Fix packet forwarding performance</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:06.ipv6.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:06.ipv6</link></entry> - <entry>18 March 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Incorrect checksum calculations</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:07.quotad.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:07.quotad</link></entry> - <entry>21 April 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Regression with certain <acronym>NFS</acronym> - servers</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:08.tzdata.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:08.tzdata</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Timezone database update</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:09.igb.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:09.igb</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Fix failure to switch to inactive - state</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:10.build.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:10.build</link></entry> - <entry>12 May 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Incorrect build host clang version - detection</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:11.ena.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:11.ena</link></entry> - <entry>9 June 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Stability issues in &man.ena.4;</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:12.iflib.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:12.iflib</link></entry> - <entry>9 June 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Watchdog timeout resetting idle - queues</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:13.bhyve.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:13.bhyve</link></entry> - <entry>8 July 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Crash with PCI device passthrough</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:14.linuxkpi.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:14.linuxkpi</link></entry> - <entry>8 July 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Kernel panic</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:15.mps.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:15.mps</link></entry> - <entry>8 July 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Kernel panic</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:16.vmx.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:16.vmx</link></entry> - <entry>5 August 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Packet loss and degraded - performance</para></entry> - </row> - - <row> - <entry><link - xlink:href="&security.url;/FreeBSD-EN-20:17.linuxthread.asc">FreeBSD-EN-20:17.linuxthread</link></entry> - <entry>2 September 2020</entry> - <entry><para>Kernel panic</para></entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="userland"> - <title>Userland</title> - - <para>This section covers changes and additions to userland - applications, contributed software, and system utilities.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="userland-config"> - <title>Userland Configuration Changes</title> - - <para revision="364883" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">A new - &man.rc.conf.5; variable has been added, - <literal>linux_mounts_enable</literal>, which controls if - &linux;-specific filesystems are mounted in - <filename class="directory">/compat/linux</filename> if - <literal>linux_enable</literal> is set to - <literal>YES</literal>.</para> - - <para revision="365540">The &man.devd.8; utility has been - updated to change the default &man.syslogd.8; notification for - resume from <literal>kern</literal> to - <literal>kernel</literal>.</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="userland-programs"> - <title>Userland Application Changes</title> - - <para revision="353134">The &man.cron.8; utility has been - updated to support two new flags in &man.crontab.5;, - <literal>-n</literal> and <literal>-q</literal>, which - suppress mail on successful runs and suppress logging of - command execution, respectively.</para> - - <para revision="355520">The &man.dd.1; utility has been updated - to include new operands:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><literal>conv=fsync</literal></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><literal>conf=fdatasync</literal></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><literal>oflag=fsync</literal></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><literal>oflag=sync</literal></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><literal>iflag=fullblock</literal></para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para>See &man.dd.1; for usage details.</para> - - <para revision="357568">The &man.fsck.msdosfs.8; utility has - been updated to include a variety of enhancements, including - reducing the memory footprint, a new flag, - <literal>-M</literal>, which disables the use of &man.mmap.2;, - and others.</para> - - <para revision="357078">The &man.showmount.8; utility has been - updated to implement support for long options.</para> - - <para revision="357082">The &man.certctl.8; utility has been - added.</para> - - <para revision="359739">The &man.syslogd.8; utility has been - updated to add property-based filters.</para> - - <para revision="362602">The &man.mountd.8; utility has been - updated to fix incorrect group listing under certain - conditions when <literal>-maproot</literal> or - <literal>-mapall</literal> is used for exports.</para> - - <para revision="362687">The &man.sed.1; utility has been updated - to read commands from &man.stdin.4; when <quote><literal>-f - -</literal></quote> is specified.</para> - - <para revision="363441">The &man.hostapd.8; and - &man.wpa.supplicant.8; utilities have been updated to support - 802.11n, 802.11w, 802.11ac, and 802.11ax.</para> - - <para revision="364115">The &man.sesutil.8; utility has been - updated to include a <literal>show</literal> subcommand - to print output in a user-friendly way.</para> - - <para revision="364334">The &man.bhyve.8; utility has been - updated to support setting additional - <acronym>AHCI</acronym> controller parameters.</para> - - <para>The &man.jail.8; utility has been updated to allow - running &linux; in a jailed environment.</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="userland-contrib"> - <title>Contributed Software</title> - - <para revision="354191" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&darpa_afrl;">The &man.tcsh.1; utility has been - updated to version 6.21.00.</para> - - <para revision="355503">The &man.less.1; utility has been - updated to version v551.</para> - - <para revision="355603">The &man.libbsdxml.3; library has - been updated to version 2.2.9.</para> - - <para revision="355745">The &man.resolvconf.8; utility has - been updated to version 3.9.2.</para> - - <para revision="356340">The &man.pcap.3; library has been - updated to version 1.9.1.</para> - - <para revision="356340">The &man.tcpdump.1; utility has been - updated to version 4.9.3.</para> - - <para revision="356532">The &man.mtree.8; utility has been - updated to address an issue with <literal>-f</literal> not - considering type changes, fix username logic with - <literal>-c</literal> when &man.getlogin.2; fails, and to fix - <literal>-O</literal> not descending when a hash collision - occurs.</para> - - <para revision="358779" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The - Elf Tool Chain has been updated to upstream revision - r3769.</para> - - <para revision="359635">The &man.xz.1; utility has been updated - to version 5.2.5.</para> - - <para revision="360313" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&ff;"><application>OpenSSH</application> has been - updated to version 7.9p1.</para> - - <para revision="360361">The timezone database files have been - updated to version 2020a.</para> - - <para revision="361435">The &man.unbound.8; utility has been - updated to version 1.10.1.</para> - - <para revision="362132">The &man.libarchive.3; library has been - updated to version 3.4.3.</para> - - <para revision="362180">The private - <application>apr</application> library has been updated to - version 1.7.0.</para> - - <para revision="362180">The - <application>svn{,lite}</application> utility has been updated - to version 1.14.0 LTS.</para> - - <para revision="362716">The &man.ntpd.8; suite of utilities have - been updated to version 4.2.8p15.</para> - - <para revision="362842">The &man.file.1; utility has been - updated to version 5.39.</para> - - <para revision="362987">The &man.bc.1; utility has been updated - to version 3.1.1.</para> - - <para revision="363179">The private - <application>sqlite3</application> utility has been updated to - version 3.32.3.</para> - - <para revision="363352">The <acronym>BSD</acronym> &man.make.1; - utility has been updated to version 20200719.</para> - - <para revision="363465">The <application>Sendmail</application> - utility has been updated to version 8.16.1.</para> - - <para revision="363474">The &man.nc.1; utility has been updated - to include a new <literal>--sctp</literal> flag.</para> - - <para revision="363494">The <application>clang</application>, - <application>llvm</application>, - <application>lld</application>, - <application>lldb</application>, - <application>compiler-rt</application> utilities and - <application>libc++</application> have been updated to version - 10.0.1.</para> - - <para revision="366177"><application>OpenSSL</application> has - been updated to version 1.1.1h.</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="userland-deprecated-programs"> - <title>Deprecated Applications</title> - - <para revision="355075">The &man.amd.8; utility has been marked - as deprecated, and targeted for removal in - &os; 13.0.</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="userland-libraries"> - <title>Runtime Libraries and API</title> - - <para revision="363037">The <literal>ifconfig</literal> library - has been updated to report the status of a &man.bridge.4; - interface, similarly to &man.lagg.4;.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="kernel"> - <title>Kernel</title> - - <para>This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system - tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise - categorized.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="kernel-general"> - <title>General Kernel Changes</title> - - <para revision="363017">The &man.read.2; system call has been - changed to disable <function>read()</function> calls on - directories by default. A new &man.sysctl.8; has been added, - <literal>security.bsd.allow_read_dir</literal>, which when set - to <literal>1</literal> will restore the previous - behavior.</para> - - <para revision="363712">The &man.ixl.4; driver has now been - enabled by default for &os;/&arch.powerpc64;.</para> - - <para revision="364002">The - <literal>machdep.kdb_on_nmi</literal> &man.sysctl.8; has been - removed. The <literal>machdep.panic_on_nmi</literal> - &man.sysctl.8; tunable has changed to directly enter the - debugger.</para> - - <para revision="364003" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ix;">Support - for <acronym>APEI</acronym> (<acronym>ACPI</acronym> Platform - Error Interfaces) has been added.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="drivers"> - <title>Devices and Drivers</title> - - <para>This section covers changes and additions to devices and - device drivers since &release.prev;.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="drivers-device"> - <title>Device Drivers</title> - - <para revision="361044">The &man.ubsec.4; driver has been marked - as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para> - - <para revision="364431">The &man.ufm.4; driver has been marked - as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para> - - <para revision="365542">The &man.apm.4; driver has been marked - as deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para> - - <para revision="365542" contrib="sponsor" sponsor="&ff;">The - &man.ctau.4; and &man.cx.4; drivers have been marked as - deprecated, and will be removed in &os; 13.0.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="storage"> - <title>Storage</title> - - <para>This section covers changes and additions to file systems - and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="storage-general"> - <title>General Storage</title> - - <para revision="352741">The &man.mps.4; driver has been removed - from the 32-bit <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel - configuration.</para> - - <para revision="365702" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&klara;">The &man.virtio.blk.4; driver has been - updated to support <acronym>TRIM</acronym>.</para> - - <para revision="365917" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&klara;">The ZFS file system has been updated to - include read/write <literal>kstat</literal> output per - dataset.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="boot"> - <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> - - <para>This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other - boot-related changes.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader"> - <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> - - <para revision="366691">The console is now displayed within the - boot loader, allowing to toggle between available console - devices.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="network"> - <title>Networking</title> - - <para>This section describes changes that affect networking in - &os;.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="network-general"> - <title>General Network</title> - - <para revision="354060">The &man.tap.4; and &man.tun.4; devices - have been updated to create <filename - class="directory">/dev</filename> aliases when they are - renamed.</para> - - <para revision="359694">The &man.ipfw.4; driver has been updated - to support RFC6598/Carrier Grade NAT subnets.</para> - - <para revision="359697">The &man.ng.nat.4; driver has been - updated to allow attaching to an ethernet interface.</para> - - <para revision="363876" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&intelcorp;">The &man.ixl.4; driver has been updated - to version 1.11.29.</para> - - <para revision="365381" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&amazon;">The &man.ena.4; driver has been updated to - version 2.2.0.</para> - - <para revision="365670" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&netgate;">Updates to the wireless networking stack - and various drivers have been introduced to provide better - 802.11n and 802.11ac support.</para> - - <para revision="365733" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&intelcorp;">The <literal>ice(4)</literal> driver has - been added, supporting &intel; 100Gb ethernet cards.</para> - - <para revision="365961" contrib="sponsor" - sponsor="&chelsio;">The &man.cxgbe.4; driver has been updated - to version 1.25.0.0.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="ports"> - <title>Ports Collection and Package Infrastructure</title> - - <para>This section covers changes to the &os; Ports - Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and - installation tools.</para> - - <sect2 xml:id="ports-packages "> - <title>Packaging Changes</title> - - <para>The &man.pkg.8; utility has been updated to version - 1.15.10.</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 xml:id="future-releases"> - <title>General Notes Regarding Future &os; Releases</title> - - <sect2 xml:id="future-releases-cputype"> - <title>Default <varname>CPUTYPE</varname> Change</title> - - <para>Starting with &os;-13.0, the default - <varname>CPUTYPE</varname> for the &arch.i386; - architecture will change from <literal>486</literal> to - <literal>686</literal>.</para> - - <para>This means that, by default, binaries produced will - require a 686-class <acronym>CPU</acronym>, including but - not limited to binaries provided by the &os; Release - Engineering team. &os; 13.0 will continue to support - older <acronym>CPU</acronym>s, however users needing this - functionality will need to build their own releases for - official support.</para> - - <para>As the primary use for i486 and i586 - <acronym>CPU</acronym>s is generally in the embedded market, - the general end-user impact is expected to be minimal, as new - hardware with these <acronym>CPU</acronym> types has long - faded, and much of the deployed base of such systems is - nearing retirement age, statistically.</para> - - <para>There were several factors taken into account for this - change. For example, i486 does not have 64-bit atomics, and - while they can be emulated in the kernel, they cannot be - emulated in the userland. Additionally, the 32-bit amd64 - libraries have been i686 since their inception.</para> - - <para>As the majority of 32-bit testing is done by developers - using the lib32 libraries on 64-bit hardware with the - <varname>COMPAT_FREEBSD32</varname> option in the kernel, - this change ensures better coverage and user experience. - This also aligns with what the majority of &linux; - distributions have been doing for quite some time.</para> - - <para>This is expected to be the final bump of the default - <varname>CPUTYPE</varname> in &arch.i386;.</para> - - <para> - <important> - <para>This change does not affect the &os; 12.x or - 11.x series of releases.</para> - </important> - </para> - </sect2> - </sect1> -</article> |