Copyright © 2015-2016 The FreeBSD Documentation +
Copyright © 2015-2016 The FreeBSD Documentation Project
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.
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.
The release notes for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE contain + “®” symbol.
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
@@ -74,24 +74,26 @@
includes files in the
/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ and
/usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/
- directories by default for newsyslog(8). [r266463]
The mailwrapper(8) utility has been + directories for newsyslog(8). [r266463]
The mailwrapper(8) utility has been
updated to use mailer.conf(5) from the
LOCALBASE environment variable, which
defaults to /usr/local
if unset. [r270675]
The MK_ARM_EABI
- src.conf(5) option has been removed. [r272350]
The ntp suite - has been updated to version 4.2.8p8. [r301247]
The + src.conf(5) option has been removed and is now the only + supported ABI for FreeBSD/arm. [r272350]
The ntp suite + has been updated to version 4.2.8p8. [r301247]
/etc/ntp/leap-seconds has been updated to
version 3676752000. [r301247]
The
WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER src.conf(5)
option is enabled by default. [r302177]
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
- devices that are attached to a driver to be identified by
- their device name instead of just the selector. Additionally,
- the -l flag now accepts an optional device
- argument to list details about a single device. [r260910]
A new flag, “onifconsole” + “Exec format error.”. [r260594]
The pciconf(8) utility can now
+ identify PCI devices that are attached to a driver to be
+ identified by their device name instead of just the selector.
+ Additionally, the -l flag now accepts an
+ optional device argument to list details about a single
+ device. [r260910]
A new flag, “onifconsole”
has been added to /etc/ttys. This allows
the system to provide a login prompt via serial console if the
device is an active kernel console, otherwise it is equivalent
@@ -139,20 +141,21 @@
MBR EFI partition
type. [r276893]
(Sponsored by
- The FreeBSD Foundation)
[powerpc] The ptrace(2) system - call has been updated include support for Altivec registers on + The FreeBSD Foundation)
The ptrace(2) system call has been + updated include support for Altivec registers on FreeBSD/powerpc. [r277166]
A new device control utility, devctl(8) has been added, which allows making administrative changes to individual devices, such as attaching and detaching drivers, and enabling and disabling devices. The devctl(8) utility uses the new devctl(3) library. [r278320]
The netstat(1) utility has been - updated to link against the libxo(3) shared - library. [r279122] + updated to use libxo(3) to optionally generate + machine-readable output. [r279122] (Sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.)
A new flag, -c, has
been added to the mkimg(1) utility, which allows
specifying the capacity of the target disk image. [r279139]
The + UEFI Secure Boot signing utility, uefisign(8) utility has been added. [r279315] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
The freebsd-update(8) utility has @@ -225,12 +228,18 @@ ScaleEngine, Inc.)
The patch(1) utility has been updated to remove the automatic checkout feature. [r286795]
A new utility, sesutil(8), has been added, which is used - to manage ses(4) devices. [r287473] + to manage ses(4) (SCSI Environmental + Services) devices. [r287473] (Sponsored by Gandi.net)
The pciconf(8) utility has been
updated to use the PCI ID database from the misc/pciids package, if present,
falling back to the PCI ID database in the FreeBSD base
- system. [r287522]
By default the ifconfig(8) utility + system. [r287522]
The
+ resolver library has been updated to reload
+ /etc/resolv.conf if the modification time
+ has changed. [r289315]
+ (Sponsored by
+ Dell, Inc.)
By default the ifconfig(8) utility
will set the default regulatory domain to
FCC on wireless interfaces. As a result,
newly created wireless interfaces with default settings will
@@ -257,11 +266,7 @@
versions from the ELF Tool Chain project. [r276796]
(Sponsored by
The FreeBSD Foundation)
The xz(1) utility has been updated - to support multi-threaded compression. [r278433]
The - elftoolchain utilities have been - updated to version 3179. [r280932] - (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)
The nvi(1) utility has been updated + to support multi-threaded compression. [r278433]
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]
bmake has
@@ -386,12 +391,7 @@
the root filesystem on boot if /firstboot
exists. [r273955]
The mrouted
rc(8) script has been removed from the base system. An
- equivalent script is available from the net/mrouted port. [r275299]
A new rc(8) script,
- iovctl, has been added, which allows
- automatically starting the iovctl(8) utility at
- boot. [r279463]
- (Sponsored by
- Sandvine, Inc.)
The service(8) utility has been
+ equivalent script is available from the net/mrouted port. [r275299]
The service(8) utility has been
updated to honor entries within /etc/rc.conf.d/. [r287576]
(Sponsored by
ScaleEngine, Inc.)
Two new subcommands have been added to @@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ categorized.
A kernel bug that inhibited proper
functionality of the dev.cpu.0.freq
sysctl(8) on Intel® processors with Turbo
- Boost ™ enabled has been fixed. [r265876]
[powerpc] Support for
- dtrace(1) stack tracing has been fixed for
- FreeBSD/powerpc, using the trapexit()
- and asttrapexit() functions instead of
- checking within addressed kernel space. [r271697]
A kernel panic triggered when destroying + Boost ™ enabled has been fixed. [r265876]
Support for dtrace(1) stack tracing
+ has been fixed for FreeBSD/powerpc, using the
+ trapexit() and
+ asttrapexit() functions instead of checking
+ within addressed kernel space. [r271697]
A kernel panic triggered when destroying a vnet(9) jail(8) configured with gif(4) has been fixed. [r271917]
A kernel panic triggered when destroying a vnet(9) jail(8) configured with gre(4) has @@ -502,16 +502,15 @@ (Sponsored by MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory)
The 45 MiB limit on requests queued for nfsd(8) threads has been removed.
Avoids unnecessary throttling by not deferring - accounting for completed requests.
Fixes an integer overflow and signedness bugs.
[powerpc] Support for - dtrace(1) has been added for the - Book-E ™. [r281261]
The kqueue(2) system call has been + accounting for completed requests.
Fixes an integer overflow and signedness bugs.
Support for dtrace(1) has been + added for the PowerPC Book-E ™. [r281261]
The kqueue(2) system call has been updated to handle write events to files larger than 2 gigabytes. [r287886] (Sponsored by Multiplay)
The IMAGACT_BINMISC
kernel configuration option has been enabled by default,
which enables application execution through emulators, such
- as Qemu. [r266531]
The VT kernel
+ as QEMU. [r266531]
The VT kernel
configuration file has been removed, and the vt(4)
driver is included in the GENERIC kernel.
To enable vt(4), enter set kern.vty=vt
@@ -519,24 +518,23 @@
kern.vty=vt to loader.conf(5) and
reboot the system. [r268045]
The config(8) utility has been
updated to allow using a non-standard src/ tree, specified as an
- argument to the -s flag. [r277904]
[powerpc64] The
- FreeBSD/powerpc64 kernel now builds as
- a position-independent executable, allowing the kernel to be
- loaded into and run from any physical or virtual
+ argument to the -s flag. [r277904]
The FreeBSD/powerpc64 kernel now + builds as a position-independent executable, allowing the + kernel to be loaded into and run from any physical or virtual address. [r277990]
This change requires an update to loader(8). The userland and kernel must be updated before rebooting the - system.
[arm] A new module for creating + system.
A new module for creating
rpi.dtb has been added for the Raspberry
Pi. [r278338]
[arm] The
rpi.dtb module is now installed to
/boot/dtb/ by
- default for the Raspberry Pi system. [r278340]
[powerpc] Kernel support for Vector-Scalar eXtension - (VSX) found on POWER7 and POWER8 hardware - has been added. [r279189] + default for the Raspberry Pi system. [r278340]
Kernel + support for Vector-Scalar eXtension (VSX) + found on POWER7 and POWER8 hardware has been added. [r279189] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)
[powerpc] The pmap(9) implementation for 64-bit - PowerPC® processors has been overhaulded to improve - concurrency. [r279252] + The FreeBSD Foundation)
The + pmap(9) implementation for 64-bit PowerPC® processors + has been overhaulded to improve concurrency. [r279252] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
[arm] A new module for creating
the dtb module for AM335x systems has
@@ -559,7 +557,7 @@
(Sponsored by
The FreeBSD Foundation)
The SIFTR kernel
configuration has been added, allowing building siftr(4)
- statically into the kernel. [r282215]
[arm] The arm boot loader, + statically into the kernel. [r282215]
The ARM® boot loader,
ubldr, is now relocatable. In addition,
ubldr.bin is now created during build
time, which is a stripped binary with an entry point of
@@ -584,7 +582,11 @@
numactl(1), and numa_getaffinity(2), for usage
details. [r285387]
(Sponsored by
- Norse Corporation, Dell, Inc.)
Support for running CloudABI executables + Norse Corporation, Dell, Inc.)
If the system BIOS generates an invalid ACPI SRAT table, + the kernel will ignore it, effectively disabling + NUMA. If dmesg shows "SRAT: + Duplicate local APIC ID", try updating the BIOS to fix + NUMA support.
Support for running CloudABI executables on amd64 and arm64 has been added. CloudABI is a runtime environment that uses capability-based security exclusively, similar to capsicum(4) always being enabled. It allows @@ -839,7 +841,13 @@ SVM and AMD-V hardware extensions. [r273375]
The virtio_console(4) driver has been added, which provides an interface to VirtIO console - devices through a tty(4) device. [r273515]
The bhyve(8) hypervisor has been + devices through a tty(4) device. [r273515]
Support for PCI Single Root I/O + Virtualization (SR-IOV) has been introduced, allowing the + creation of PCI Virtual Functions (VFs) for device drivers + that support SR-IOV. See iovctl(8) for details on + creating and configuring VFs. [r279463] + (Sponsored by + Sandvine, Inc.)
The bhyve(8) hypervisor has been
updated to support DSM TRIM commands for
virtual AHCI disks. [r279957]
[arm] Support for the
QEMU virt system
@@ -861,47 +869,45 @@
default in the Xen blkfront driver when running on AWS
EC2. [r302288]
Native graphics support has been added to the bhyve(8) hypervisor. [r302332]
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 - FreeBSD. [r267390]
[arm] Support for the Toradex - Apalis i.MX6 development board has been added. [r268838]
[armv6] An issue that could cause - instability when detecting SD cards on the - Raspberry Pi SOC has been fixed. [r273264]
The bcm2835_cpufreq
+ ARM devices by default. [r260921]
Support for the Exynos 5420 Octa system + has been added. [r266943]
The SMP option has + been enabled for all Exynos 5 systems supported by + FreeBSD. [r267390]
Support for the Toradex Apalis i.MX6 + development board has been added. [r268838]
An issue that could cause instability + when detecting SD cards on the Raspberry Pi + SOC has been fixed. [r273264]
The bcm2835_cpufreq
driver has been added, which supports CPU
frequency and voltage control on the Raspberry Pi
- SOC. [r275963]
[arm] Support to turn off the
- BeagleBone Black system with the shutdown(8)
- -p flag or by invoking poweroff(8) has
- been added. [r277042]
[arm] Audio transmission drivers - have been added for Digital Audio Multiplexer + SOC. [r275963]
Support to turn off the BeagleBone Black
+ system with the shutdown(8) -p flag or
+ by invoking poweroff(8) has been added. [r277042]
Audio transmission drivers have been + added for Digital Audio Multiplexer (AUDMUXM), Smart Direct Memory Access Controller (SDMA), and Syncronous Serial Interface (SSI). [r277644]
Initial support for the ARM AArch64 architecture has been added. [r280259] (Sponsored by - The FreeBSD Foundation)
[arm] Kernel support for Thumb-2 - userland has been added. [r282779]
Support for the hardware power button - on the BeagleBone Black system has been added. [r282827]
Initial + The FreeBSD Foundation)
Kernel support for Thumb-2 userland has + 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] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
Support for 1-Wire devices has been added, providing support for 1-Wire hardware through gpio(4). See ow(4), owc(4), and - ow_temp(4) for more information. [r287225]
[arm64] Support for the HiSilicon HI6220 SoC has + ow_temp(4) for more information. [r287225]
Support for the HiSilicon HI6220 SoC has been added. [r287371] (Sponsored by - ABT Systems, Ltd.)
[arm] The second CPU core on - 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 the Allwinner - Reduced Serial Bus (RSB) has been added. [r299781]
[arm] Support for Allwinner A20 - HDMI has been added. [r296064]
[arm] Support for GPIO, Sensors and - interrupts on AXP209 power management integrated circuits have - been added. [r300777]
This section covers changes and additions to file systems + ABT Systems, Ltd.)
The second CPU core on Allwinner A20 SoC + have been enabled. [r263698]
Support for the Allwinner H3 SoC has + been added. [r299688]
Support for X-Powers AXP813 and AXP818 + power management integrated circuits have been added. [r299786]
Support for the Allwinner Reduced Serial + Bus (RSB) has been added. [r299781]
Support for Allwinner A20 HDMI has been + added. [r296064]
Support for GPIO, Sensors and interrupts + on AXP209 power management integrated circuits have been + added. [r300777]
This section covers changes and additions to file systems and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.
The ctl(4) LUN mapping has been rewritten, replacing iSCSI-specific mapping mechanisms