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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 7a0da9447e1b..6b334a04ca9a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -4,96 +4,85 @@ <!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN"> %release; - -<!-- Text constants which probably don't need to be changed.--> - -<!ENTITY % include.historic "IGNORE"> -<!ENTITY % no.include.historic "IGNORE"> ]> <article> -<articleinfo> - <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> - - <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> - - <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> - - <copyright> - <year>2000</year> - <year>2001</year> - <year>2002</year> - <year>2003</year> - <year>2004</year> - <year>2005</year> - <year>2006</year> - <year>2007</year> - <year>2008</year> - <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> - </copyright> - - <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> - &tm-attrib.freebsd; - &tm-attrib.ibm; - &tm-attrib.ieee; - &tm-attrib.intel; - &tm-attrib.sparc; - &tm-attrib.general; - </legalnotice> - - <abstract> - <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary - of the changes made to the &os; base system on the - &release.branch; development line. - 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> -</articleinfo> - -<sect1 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> + <articleinfo> + <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title> + + <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> + + <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> + + <copyright> + <year>2000</year> + <year>2001</year> + <year>2002</year> + <year>2003</year> + <year>2004</year> + <year>2005</year> + <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> + <year>2008</year> + <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> + &tm-attrib.freebsd; + &tm-attrib.ibm; + &tm-attrib.ieee; + &tm-attrib.intel; + &tm-attrib.sparc; + &tm-attrib.general; + </legalnotice> + + <abstract> + <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary + of the changes made to the &os; base system on the + &release.branch; development line. + 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> + </articleinfo> + + <sect1 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> <![ %release.type.current [ - - <para>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 <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> - + <para>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 <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> ]]> <![ %release.type.snapshot [ - - <para>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 <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> - + <para>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 <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para> ]]> <![ %release.type.release [ - - <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a - &release.type; distribution. It can be found at <ulink - url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors. More - information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; - distributions of &os; can be found in the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining - &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink - url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; - Handbook</ulink>.</para> - + <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a + &release.type; distribution. It can be found at + <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors. More + information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; + distributions of &os; can be found in the + <ulink url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html" + ><quote>Obtaining &os;</quote> appendix</ulink> + to the <ulink url="&url.books.handbook;/">&os; + Handbook</ulink>.</para> ]]> <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before @@ -103,251 +92,776 @@ 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> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="new"> + <title>What's New</title> + + <para>This section describes + the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; + since &release.prev;.</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> + + <sect2 id="security"> + <title>Security Advisories</title> + + <para>Problems described in the following security advisories has + been fixed. For more information, consult the individual + advisories available from + <ulink url="http://security.FreeBSD.org/"></ulink>.</para> + + <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="0"> + <tgroup cols="3"> + <colspec colwidth="1*"> + <colspec colwidth="1*"> + <colspec colwidth="3*"> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Advisory</entry> + <entry>Date</entry> + <entry>Topic</entry> + </row> + </thead> + + <tbody> + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc" + >SA-08:05.openssh</ulink></entry> + <entry>17 April 2008</entry> + <entry><para>OpenSSH X11-forwarding privilege escalation</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:06.bind.asc" + >SA-08:06.bind</ulink></entry> + <entry>13 July 2008</entry> + <entry><para>DNS cache poisoning</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc" + >SA-08:07.amd64</ulink></entry> + <entry>3 September 2008</entry> + <entry><para>amd64 swapgs local privilege escalation</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:08.nmount.asc" + >SA-08:08.nmount</ulink></entry> + <entry>3 September 2008</entry> + <entry><para>&man.nmount.2; local arbitrary code execution</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6.asc" + >SA-08:09.icmp6</ulink></entry> + <entry>3 September 2008</entry> + <entry><para>Remote kernel panics on IPv6 connections</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:10.nd6.asc" + >SA-08:10.nd6</ulink></entry> + <entry>1 October 2008</entry> + <entry><para>IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol routing vulnerability</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc" + >SA-08:11.arc4random</ulink></entry> + <entry>24 November 2008</entry> + <entry><para>&man.arc4random.9; predictable sequence vulnerability</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:12.ftpd.asc" + >SA-08:12.ftpd</ulink></entry> + <entry>23 December 2008</entry> + <entry><para>Cross-site request forgery in &man.ftpd.8;</para></entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><ulink url="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc" + >SA-08:13.protosw</ulink></entry> + <entry>23 December 2008</entry> + <entry><para>netgraph / bluetooth privilege escalation</para></entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="kernel"> + <title>Kernel Changes</title> + + <para>The &man.clock.gettime.2; and the related system calls now + support a clock ID <literal>CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID</literal>, + defined in POSIX.</para> + + <para>The &man.cpuset.2; system call has been added. This is an + API for thread to CPU binding and CPU resource grouping and + assignment.</para> + + <para>The DTrace, a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework and + &man.dtrace.1; userland utility have been imported from + OpenSolaris. DTrace provides a powerful infrastructure to + permit administrators, developers, and service personnel to + concisely answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the + operating system and user programs.</para> + + <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture + facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured + to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or + a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls + this feature.</para> + + <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting + facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a + set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from + within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8; + utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual + page.</para> + + <para>The &man.ddb.4; <command>ex</command> command now supports + an <option>/S</option> mode which interprets and prints the + value at the requested address as a symbol. For example, + <userinput>ex /S <replaceable>aio_swake</replaceable></userinput> + prints the name of the function currently registered in + via <replaceable>aio_swake</replaceable> hook.</para> + + <para>The &man.ddb.4; <command>show conifhk</command> command has + been added. This lists hooks currently waiting for completion + in <function>run_interrupt_driven_config_hooks()</function>.</para> + + <para>The &man.fcntl.2; system call now supports + <literal>F_DUP2FD</literal> command. This is equivalent to + &man.dup.2;, and compatible with Sun Solaris and IBM AIX.</para> + + <para>The &os;'s &man.linux.4; ABI support now implements + <function>sched_setaffinity()</function> and + <function>get_setaffinity()</function> using real CPU affinity + setting primitives.</para> + + <para>The client side functionality of &man.rpc.lockd.8; has been + implemented in &os; kernel. This implementation provides the + correct semantics for &man.flock.2; style locks which are used + by the &man.lockf.1; command line tool and the &man.pidfile.3; + library. It also implements recovery from server restarts and + ensures that dirty cache blocks are written to the server before + obtaining locks (allowing multiple clients to use file locking + to safely share data). Also, a new kernel option + <literal>options NFSLOCKD</literal> has been added and enabled + by default. If the kernel support is enabled, &man.rpc.lockd.8; + automatically detects and uses the functionality.</para> + + <para>The &os; kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel + dumps. A textdump provides higher-level information via + mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a + simple memory dump. This facility can be used to generate brief + kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but + are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely + synchronized source code. More information can be found in the + &man.textdump.4; manual page.</para> + + <para>The &man.wait4.2; system call now supports + <option>WNOWAIT</option> flag to keep the process whose status + is returned in a waitable state and <option>WSTOPPED</option> + which is equivalent to <option>WUNTRACED</option>.</para> + + <para arch="amd64,i386,sparc64">The &os; kernel now supports + initial support of binding interrupts to CPUs.</para> + + <para arch="amd64,i386"> The &man.sched.ule.4; scheduler is now the default + process scheduler in <filename>GENERIC</filename> + kernels.</para> + + <para>The sysctl + variables <varname>kern.features.compat_freebsd[456]</varname> + have been added. These are corresponding to the kernel options + <literal>COMPAT_FREEBSD[456]</literal>.</para> + + <sect3 id="boot"> + <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> + + <para arch="i386,amd64">The BTX kernel used by the boot + loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real + mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB + devices.</para> + + <para arch="i386,amd64">A new gptboot boot loader has + been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A + new <command>boot</command> command has been added to + &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the + required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot + partition if required.</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="proc"> + <title>Hardware Support</title> + + <para>The &man.cmx.4; driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040 + PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added.</para> + + <para arch="sparc64">The &man.kbdmux.4; driver has been added. + The &man.sunkbd.4; now supports &man.atkbd.4; emulation like + &man.ukbd.4;.</para> + + <para>The <filename>nvram(4)</filename> driver is now + MPSAFE.</para> + + <para>An option of the &man.puc.4; + driver <literal>PUC_FASTINTR</literal> has been no longer + supported.</para> + + <para>The &man.psm.4; driver now attempts detection of Synaptics + touchpad before IntelliMouse. Some touchpads will pretend to + be IntelliMouse causing the IntelliMouse probe to work and the + Synaptics detection never to be done.</para> + + <para>The &man.uslcom.4; driver, a driver for Silicon + Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, has been + imported from OpenBSD.</para> + + <sect4 id="mm"> + <title>Multimedia Support</title> + + <para>The &man.agp.4; driver now supports Intel G33 and + G45.</para> + + <para arch="i386">The <filename>dpms(4)</filename> driver has + been added to use the VESA BIOS for DPMS during suspend and + resume.</para> + + <para>The <application>DRM</application> kernel driver now + supports i915 GME devices.</para> + </sect4> + + <sect4 id="net-if"> + <title>Network Interface Support</title> + + <para>The &man.ale.4; driver has been added to provide support + for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet controllers. + This driver is not enabled in <filename>GENERIC</filename> + kernels for this release.</para> + + <para>The &man.em.4; driver has been split into two drivers + with some common parts. The &man.em.4; driver will continue + to support adapters up to the 82575, as well as new + client/desktop adapters. A new &man.igb.4; driver + will support new server adapters.</para> + + <para>The &man.hme.4; driver has been improved.</para> + + <para>The &man.ixgbe.4; driver has been updated to version + 1.6.2 from Intel.</para> + + <para>A bug in some of the &man.miibus.4; supported drivers that + IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation was performed in a wrong order, + has been fixed. Now it chooses the correct technologies + supported by IEEE 802.3 in the order described in Annex + 28B.3.</para> + + <para>A workaround has been added for a bug in TCP/UDP + hardware checksum offload of the &man.msk.4; driver for + short frames. Note that for frames that requires hardware + VLAN tag insertion, the checksum offload workaround does not + work due to changes of checksum offset in mbuf after the + VLAN tag. So disabling hardware checksum offload for the + VLAN interface is needed in such cases.</para> + + <para>The &man.ndis.4; NDIS miniport driver wrapper has been + improved.</para> + + <para>The &man.sf.4; driver has been improved and now supports + checksum offloading.</para> + + <para>The &man.stge.4; driver now supports WOL (Wake on + LAN).</para> + + <para>The &man.vr.4; driver has been improved.</para> + + <para arch="amd64,i386"> The &man.wpi.4; driver has + been updated to include a number of stability fixes.</para> + </sect4> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="net-proto"> + <title>Network Protocols</title> + + <para>The &man.arp.8; utility now + supports <literal>reject</literal> + and <literal>blackhole</literal> keywords. In the entry + marked as <literal>reject</literal>, traffic to the host will + be discarded and the sender will be notified the host is + unreachable. In the entry marked as <literal>blackhole</literal>, + traffic is discarded but the sender is not notified.</para> + + <para>The &man.bpf.4; now supports an + ioctl <literal>BIOCSETFNR</literal>. This is just like + <literal>BIOCSETF</literal> but it does not drop all the + packets buffered on the descriptor and reset the + statistics.</para> + + <para>The &man.if.bridge.4; now allow to limit the number of + source MACs that can be behind a bridge interface + via <literal>ifmaxaddr</literal> parameter of + &man.ifconfig.8;.</para> + + <para>A bug in the &man.carp.4; interface configuration which + leads to a system panic has been fixed.</para> + + <para>The &man.dummynet.4; subsystem now supports + <literal>fast</literal> mode operation which allows certain + packets to bypass the dummynet scheduler. This can achieve + lower latency and lower overhead when the packet flow is under + the pipe bandwidth, and eliminate recursion in the subsystem. + The new sysctl variable + <varname>net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast</varname> has been + added to enable this feature.</para> + + <para>The &man.enc.4; now supports sysctl variables to + control whether the firewalls or &man.bpf.4; will see inner + and outer headers or just inner or outer headers for incoming + and outgoing IPsec packets.</para> + + <para>The &man.gre.4; now supports + ioctls <literal>GRESKEY</literal> + and <literal>GREGKEY</literal> which allows set or get GRE + key used for outgoing packets.</para> + + <para>A bug in the &man.ipsec.4; subsystem that PMTU was broken + in those cases when there was a route with a lower MTU than + the MTU of the outgoing interface, has been fixed.</para> + + <para>The netatm subsystem has been removed due to + lacking of multiprocessor support.</para> + + <para>The &man.ng.nat.4; now supports redirect functionality + in <filename>libalias</filename>. For more details, see the + manual page.</para> + + <para>The &man.ng.pptpgre.4; now supports multiple hooks like + &man.ng.l2tp.4;, to use one pair of pptpgre and ksocket nodes for all + calls between two peers.</para> + + <para>The &man.resolver.3; now allows underscore in domain + names. Although this is a violation of RFC 1034 [STD 13], it is + accepted by certain name servers as well as other popular operating + systems' resolver library.</para> + + <para>A socket option <literal>TCP_CONGESTION</literal> for TCP + socket has been added. This is for setting and retrieving the + congestion control algorithm. The name used is to allow + compatibility with Linux.</para> + + <para>The &man.rwlock.9; has been used throughout + the <varname>inpcbinfo</varname> and <varname>inpcb</varname> + infrastructure, and protocols that depend on that + infrastructure, including UDP, TCP, and IP raw sockets to + reduce the lock contentions.</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="disks"> + <title>Disks and Storage</title> + + <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now supports 64-bit array support + for RAIDs larger than 2TB and simultaneous opens of the device + for issuing commands to the controller.</para> + + <para>The &man.ata.4; driver now supports a loader variable + <varname>hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin</varname>. This can be + used to disable the 80pin cable check on broken systems such + as certain laptops and Soekris boards. The default value is + <literal>1</literal>.</para> + + <para>A data corruption problem of the &man.ata.4; driver on + ServerWorks HT1000 chipsets has been fixed.</para> + + <para>The &man.ciss.4; driver now supports a loader tunable + <varname>hw.ciss.nop_message_heartbeat</varname> for + NOP-message polling in <function>ciss_periodic()</function>. + This can be used as a workaround for + <literal>ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED</literal> issue. + The default value is <literal>0</literal> (disabled).</para> + + <para>The <filename>geom_part</filename> GEOM class can be built + as a kernel module.</para> + + <para>The <filename>geom_linux_lvm</filename> GEOM class can be + built as a kernel module.</para> + + <para>The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 + from Highpoint.</para> + + <para>A buffer overflow in the &man.iir.4; driver has been + fixed. This likely fixes a great number of weird problems + that have been reported with this driver.</para> + + <para>The &man.mpt.4; driver now supports <literal>mpt_user</literal> + personality.</para> + + <para>The &man.rr232x.4; driver has been superseded by + &man.hptrr.4; driver.</para> + + <para>The &man.twa.4; driver has been improved with regard to + stability on machines with a plenty of memory and high CPU + load.</para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="fs"> + <title>File Systems</title> + + <para>The &man.fdescfs.5; is now MPSAFE.</para> + + <para>The &man.gpart.8; now supports BSD disklabels (option + <literal>GEOM_PART_BSD</literal>) and + VTOC8 disklabels (option + <literal>GEOM_PART_VTOC8</literal>).</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="new"> - <title>What's New</title> - - <para>This section describes - the most user-visible new or changed features in &os; - since &release.prev;. - </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> - - <sect2 id="security"> - <title>Security Advisories</title> - - <para></para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="kernel"> - <title>Kernel Changes</title> - - <para>The &man.ddb.4; kernel debugger now has an output capture - facility. Input and output from &man.ddb.4; can now be captured - to a memory buffer for later inspection using &man.sysctl.8; or - a textdump. The new <command>capture</command> command controls - this feature.</para> - - <para>The &man.ddb.4; debugger now supports a simple scripting - facility, which supports a set of named scripts consisting of a - set of &man.ddb.4; commands. These commands can be managed from - within &man.ddb.4; or with the use of the new &man.ddb.8; - utility. More details can be found in the &man.ddb.4; manual - page.</para> - - <para>The kernel now supports a new textdump format of kernel - dumps. A textdump provides higher-level information via - mechanically generated/extracted debugging output, rather than a - simple memory dump. This facility can be used to generate brief - kernel bug reports that are rich in debugging information, but - are not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely - synchronized source code. More information can be found in the - &man.textdump.4; manual page.</para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The ULE - scheduler is now the default process scheduler - in <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernels.</para> - - <sect3 id="boot"> - <title>Boot Loader Changes</title> - - <para></para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The BTX kernel used by the boot - loader has been changed to invoke BIOS routines from real - mode. This change makes it possible to boot &os; from USB - devices.</para> - - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] A new gptboot boot loader has - been added to support booting from a GPT labeled disk. A - new <command>boot</command> command has been added to - &man.gpt.8;, which makes a GPT disk bootable by writing the - required bits of the boot loader, creating a new boot - partition if required.</para> - - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="proc"> - <title>Hardware Support</title> - - <para>The &man.cmx.4; driver, a driver for Omnikey CardMan 4040 - PCMCIA smartcard readers, has been added.</para> - - <para>The &man.uslcom.4; driver, a driver for Silicon - Laboratories CP2101/CP2102-based USB serial adapters, has been - imported from OpenBSD.</para> - - <sect4 id="mm"> - <title>Multimedia Support</title> - - <para></para> - </sect4> - - <sect4 id="net-if"> - <title>Network Interface Support</title> - - <para>The &man.ale.4; driver has been added to provide support - for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit/Fast Ethernet controllers. - This driver is not enabled in <filename>GENERIC</filename> - kernels for this release.</para> - - <para>The &man.em.4; driver has been split into two drivers - with some common parts. The &man.em.4; driver will continue - to support adapters up to the 82575, as well as new - client/desktop adapters. A new &man.igb.4; driver - will support new server adapters.</para> + <para>The &man.gvinum.8; now accepts <replaceable>volume</replaceable> + parameter when creating a plex.</para> - <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] The &man.wpi.4; driver has - been updated to include a number of stability fixes.</para> + <para>A pathname lookup bug of a UNIX domain socket in the + <filename>unionfs(7)</filename> has been fixed.</para> + </sect3> + </sect2> - </sect4> - </sect3> + <sect2 id="userland"> + <title>Userland Changes</title> - <sect3 id="net-proto"> - <title>Network Protocols</title> + <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility now supports + a <option>-M</option> option to set the mode of a new user's + home directory.</para> - <para></para> + <para>The &man.atacontrol.8; utility now supports + a <command>spindown</command> command to set or report timeout + after which the device will be spun down.</para> - </sect3> + <para>The &man.chflags.1; now supports a <option>-v</option> flag for + verbose output, a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors, + and <option>-h</option> to allow setting flags on symbolic links + with the same semantics as (for example) &man.chmod.1;.</para> - <sect3 id="disks"> - <title>Disks and Storage</title> + <para>The &man.cp.1; now supports a <option>-a</option> flag, which is + equivalent to <option>-RpP</option> flags.</para> - <para>The &man.aac.4; driver now supports volumes larger than - 2TB in size.</para> + <para>A bug in the &man.cp.1; utility which prevents POSIX.1e ACL (see + also &man.acl.3;) from copying properly has been fixed.</para> - <para>The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 - from Highpoint.</para> + <para>The &man.cron.8; utility now supports <option>-m</option> flag which + overrides the default mail recipient for cron mails unless explicitly + provided by <literal>MAILTO=</literal> line in <filename>crontab</filename> + file.</para> - </sect3> + <para>The &man.dhclient.8; now supports more options described in + &man.dhcp-options.5;.</para> + + <para>The &man.dhclient.8; now + supports <function>is_default_interface()</function> function + which determines if this interface is one with the default + route.</para> - <sect3 id="fs"> - <title>File Systems</title> + <para>A bug in the &man.dhclient.8; that prevents removal of the + default route from working has been fixed.</para> - <para></para> - </sect3> - </sect2> + <para>The &man.environ.7;, environment array of strings now + supports unsetting a variable by setting the first character to + NULL. This is required by third-party software such as + <application>Dovecot</application> + and <application>Postfix</application>.</para> + + <para>The &man.fdisk.8; now supports a <option>-q</option> flag to + not display any warnings.</para> - <sect2 id="userland"> - <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para>The &man.fetch.1; program and <filename>libfetch</filename> + library now supports a <varname>NO_PROXY</varname> environment + variable. This specifies comma- or whitespace-separated list of + host names for which proxies should not be used. If a single + asterisk is specified, the use of proxies is disabled.</para> + + <para>The &man.ffsll.3; and &man.flsll.3; functions have been added. + These functions are the same as &man.ffs.3; and &man.fls.3; except that + they accept long long as the arguments.</para> - <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility now supports - a <option>-M</option> option to set the mode of a new user's - home directory.</para> + <para>The &man.fortune.6; program now supports + <varname>FORTUNE_PATH</varname> environment variable to specify + search path of the fortune files.</para> - <para>&man.chflags.1; now supports a <option>-v</option> flag for - verbose output and a <option>-f</option> flag to ignore errors - with the same semantics as (for example) - &man.chmod.1;.</para> + <para>A bug in the &man.fortune.6; program that prevents + <option>-e</option> option with multiple files from working has + been fixed.</para> + + <para>The &man.freebsd-update.conf.5; now supports + <literal>IDSIgnorePaths</literal> statement.</para> + + <para>The &man.fwcontrol.8; utility now supports <option>-f + <replaceable>node</replaceable></option> option which specifies + <replaceable>node</replaceable> as the root node on the next bus + reset.</para> + + <para arch="sparc64"> The &man.gcc.1; now + accepts <option>-mcpu</option> option properly; it was hardcoded + as <option>-mcpu=ultrasparc</option>.</para> + + <para>The &man.gpt.8; now supports ZFS.</para> + + <para>The &man.ifconfig.8; now supports display of WPS IE + (Wireless Provisioning Services Information Element).</para> - <para>The &man.realpath.1; utility now supports - a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also - accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para> - - <para>&man.cron.8; now supports a <option>-m</option> option, - which can help managing cron mails in massive hosting - environment.</para> - - <para>&man.ypserv.8; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to - specify the port number on which it should listen.</para> - - <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> - <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> - - <para></para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contrib"> - <title>Contributed Software</title> - - <para><application>AMD</application> has been updated from 6.0.10 - to 6.1.5.</para> - - <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from 1 May - 2007 release to the 23 October 2007 release.</para> - - <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from 1.0.4 - to 1.0.5.</para> - - <para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the - Figwort release to the Hydrangea release.</para> - - <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from - 4.5p1 to 5.1p1.</para> - - <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from - 8.14.2 to 8.14.3.</para> - - <para>The timezone database has been updated from - the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to - the <application>tzdata2008b</application> release.</para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="ports"> - <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title> - - <para></para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="releng"> - <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> - - <para>The supported version of - the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment - (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) has been - updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22.</para> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="doc"> - <title>Documentation</title> - - <para></para> - </sect2> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="upgrade"> - <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> - - <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, - 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 or - SMP 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>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the - <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main &man.sysinstall.8; - menu on CDROM distribution media. This type of binary upgrade - may be useful on non-&arch.i386;, non-&arch.amd64; machines - or on systems with no 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, of course, only be attempted after - backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration - files.</para> - </important> -</sect1> + <para>The &man.kgdb.1; now supports + an <command>add-kld <replaceable>kld</replaceable></command> + command to locate a &man.kld.4; and load its symbols.</para> + + <para>The &man.kgdb.1; now has a shared library backend for kernel + files that treats &man.kld.4; as shared libraries and + auto-loading symbols for &man.kld.4; on startup.</para> + + <para>The &man.kgdb.1; now supports a <command>tid</command> command + and other kernel module related commands even for a remote + target.</para> + + <para>The &man.kvm.getcptime.3; function to obtain the global CPU + time statistics from the kernel has been added.</para> + + <para>The <filename>libalias</filename> library now supports + <literal>PORT</literal> and + <literal>EPRT</literal> + FTP commands in lowercase.</para> + + <para>The &man.man.1; now includes a limited support of + &man.bzip2.1;-compressed manual pages.</para> + + <para>The &man.mdconfig.8; now supports a <option>-v</option> + (verbose) flag to <option>-l</option> command. It shows size + and backing store of all &man.md.4; devices at one time.</para> + + <para>The &man.memrchr.3; function has been added. This behaves + like &man.memchr.3; except that it locates the last occurrence + of the specified character in the string.</para> + + <para>The incorrect output grammar of &man.morse.6; program has + been fixed.</para> + + <para>The &man.mountd.8; utility now supports <option>-h + <replaceable>bindip</replaceable></option> option which + specifies IP addresses to bind to for TCP and UDP requests. + This option may be specified multiple times. If no + <option>-h</option> option is specified, + <literal>INADDR_ANY</literal> will be used. Note that when + specifying IP addresses with this option, it will + automatically add <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> and if IPv6 is + enabled, <literal>::1</literal> to the list.</para> + + <para>The &man.moused.8; utility now supports <option>-L</option> + flag which changes the speed of scrolling and changes + <option>-U</option> option behavior to only affect the scroll + threshold.</para> + + <para>The &man.mv.1; now support POSIX specification when moving a + directory to an existing directory across devices.</para> + + <para>The &man.periodic.8; now supports + <varname>daily_status_mail_rejects_shorten</varname> + configuration variable in &man.periodic.conf.5;. This allows + the rejected mail reports to tally the rejects per blacklist + without providing details about individual sender hosts. The + default configuration keeps the reports in their original + form.</para> + + <para>The &man.ping6.8; now uses exit status of + <literal>0</literal> and <literal>2</literal> in the same manner + as &man.ping.8;.</para> + + <para>The &man.ping6.8; now supports an <option>-o</option> flag, + which makes &man.ping6.8; exit successfully after receiving one + reply packet.</para> + + <para>The &man.ping6.8; now supports <option>-r</option> + and <option>-R</option> flags, which are equivalent to + &man.ping.8;'s <option>-a</option> and <option>-A</option> + flags, respectively.</para> + + <para>The minimum allowed interval of &man.ping6.8; has been + decreased to 0.000001 from 0.01.</para> + + <para>The &man.realpath.1; utility now supports + a <option>-q</option> flag to suppress warnings; it now also + accepts multiple paths on its command line.</para> + + <para>The &man.rfcomm.pppd.8; now supports a <option>-D</option> + flag to register DUN (Dial-Up Networking) service in addition to + the LAN (LAN Access Using PPP) service.</para> + + <para>The &man.sdpd.8; now supports a <literal>NAP</literal>, + <literal>GN</literal>, and <literal>PANU</literal> + profiles.</para> + + <para>The &man.setkey.8; utility now accepts + <literal>esp</literal> as a protocol name + for the <command>spdadd</command> command.</para> + + <para>A bug in &man.telnetd.8; that it attempts authentication + even when <option>-a off</option> option is specified has been + fixed.</para> + + <para>The &man.top.1; and &man.vmstat.8; now support + <option>-P</option> flag which displays per-CPU statistics.</para> + + <para>The &man.traceroute.8; now supports an + <option>-a</option> flag to display AS number corresponding to + the lookup IP address on each hop. It will query the number to + WHOIS server specified in <option>-A</option> option. If + no <option>-A</option> is + specified, <hostid>whois.radb.net</hostid> will be used as the + default value.</para> + + <para>The &man.uuid.enc.le.3;, &man.uuid.dec.le.3;, + &man.uuid.enc.be.3;, and &man.uuid.dec.be.3; functions have been + added. These functions encode/decode a binary representation of + a UUID.</para> + + <para>The &man.watch.8; utility now supports more than 10 + &man.snp.4; devices at a time.</para> + + <para>The &man.ypserv.8; now supports a <option>-P</option> option to + specify the port number on which it should listen.</para> + + <sect3 id="rc-scripts"> + <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title> + + <para>The &man.rc.conf.5; now supports + <varname>dummynet_enable</varname> variable which allow + &man.dummynet.4; kernel module to be loaded when + <varname>firewall_enable</varname> is <literal>YES</literal>.</para> + + <para>The <filename>ntpd</filename> &man.rc.8; script + can work with no configuration file + <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename> now.</para> + + <para>The <filename>ppp</filename> &man.rc.8; script now + supports multiple instances. For more details, see description of + <varname>ppp_profile</varname> variable in &man.rc.conf.5;.</para> + + <para>The <filename>sysctl</filename> &man.rc.8; script now + supports loading <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf.local</filename> in + addition to <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename>.</para> + + <para>The &man.rc.conf.5; now supports configuration of + interfaces and attached networks for firewall rule set by + <filename>rc.firewall</filename> when + <varname>firewall_type</varname> is <literal>simple</literal> or + <literal>client</literal>. See + <varname>firewall_client_net</varname>, + <varname>firewall_simple_iif</varname>, + <varname>firewall_simple_inet</varname>, + <varname>firewall_simple_oif</varname>, and + <varname>firewall_simple_onet</varname>.</para> + </sect3> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contrib"> + <title>Contributed Software</title> + + <para><application>am-utils</application> has been updated from + version 6.0.10p1 to version 6.1.5.</para> + + <para><application>ISC BIND</application> has been updated to + version 9.4.2-P2.</para> + + <para><application>awk</application> has been updated from 1 May + 2007 release to the 23 October 2007 release.</para> + + <para><application>bzip2</application> has been updated from + version 1.0.4 to version 1.0.5.</para> + + <para><application>CVS</application> has been updated to + version 1.11.22.1.</para> + + <para><application>hostapd</application> has been updated to + version 0.5.10 + radius ACL support.</para> + + <para><filename>libarchive</filename> has been updated to + version 2.5.5.</para> + + <para><application>ncurses</application> library has been updated + to version 5.6-20080503.</para> + + <para><application>NTP</application> has been updated to version + 4.2.4p5.</para> + + <para><application>OpenPAM</application> has been updated from the + Figwort release to the Hydrangea release.</para> + + <para><application>OpenSSH</application> has been updated from + version 4.5p1 to version 5.1p1.</para> + + <para>The &man.resolver.3; library has been updated to + one of <application>ISC BIND</application> 9.4.3.</para> + + <para><application>sendmail</application> has been updated from + version 8.14.2 to version 8.14.3.</para> + + <para>The timezone database has been updated from + the <application>tzdata2007h</application> release to + the <application>tzdata2008h</application> release.</para> + + <para><application>wpa_supplicant</application> has been updated to + version 0.5.10 + syslog support.</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="releng"> + <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title> + + <para>The supported version of + the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment + (<filename role="package">x11/gnome2</filename>) has been + updated from 2.20.1 to 2.22.</para> + + <para>The supported version of + the <application>KDE</application> desktop environment + (<filename role="package">x11/kde3</filename>) has been + updated from 3.5.8 to 3.5.10.</para> + </sect2> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="upgrade"> + <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> + + <para arch="i386,amd64"> Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, + 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 or + SMP 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>An older form of binary upgrade is supported through the + <command>Upgrade</command> option from the main &man.sysinstall.8; + menu on CDROM distribution media. This type of binary upgrade + may be useful on non-&arch.i386;, non-&arch.amd64; machines + or on systems with no 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, of course, only be attempted after + backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration + files.</para> + </important> + </sect1> </article> + |