Copyright © 2018 The FreeBSD Documentation +
Copyright © 2018 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 11.1-STABLE contain + “®” symbol.
The release notes for FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE contain
a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the
11.1-STABLE development line. This document lists
applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@
allow the @ and !
characters in the GECOS field. [r330694]
(Sponsored by
- Dell EMC)
The ps(1) utility has been updated + Dell EMC)
The zfsd(8) utility has been + updated to work with any type of GEOM + provider, including md(4), geli(8), glabel(8), + and gstripe(8). [r330733] + (Sponsored by + Spectra Logic)
The ps(1) utility has been updated
to include a jail keyword, which when used
will list the name of a jail(8) instead of the numeric
ID. [r331471]
The mlx5tool(8) utility has been @@ -230,8 +235,7 @@ used. [r332929] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
The libarchive(3) library has been - updated to version 3.3.2. [r321303]
The libxo(3) library has been - updated to version 0.8.4. [r322172]
Subversion + updated to version 3.3.2. [r321303]
Subversion has been updated to version 1.9.7. [r322442]
The dtc(1) utility has been updated to upstream commit 9ce35ff8. [r328495]
The file(1) utility has been updated to version 5.32. [r328874]
OpenSSH has
@@ -252,7 +256,8 @@
compiler-rt utilities as well as
libc++ have been updated to upstream
version 6.0.0. [r331838]
Timezone data files have been updated to - version 2018e. [r333312]
[arm64] The bsdinstall(8) installer has been + version 2018e. [r333312]
The libxo(3) library has been + updated to version 0.9.0. [r334458]
[arm64] The bsdinstall(8) installer has been updated to default to UEFI-only boot. [r322254] (Sponsored by @@ -260,8 +265,28 @@ Scripts
This section covers changes to kernel configurations, system tuning, and system control parameters that are not otherwise - categorized.
This section covers changes and additions to devices and - device drivers since 11.1-RELEASE.
The mlx5io(4) driver has been added, + categorized.
The linux(4) ABI
+ compaibility layer has been updated to include support for
+ musl consumers. [r321007]
The fdescfs(5) filesystem has been
+ updated to support Linux®-specific fd(4)
+ /dev/fd and
+ /proc/self/fd behavior. [r322340]
Support for multiple realtime clocks has + been added. [r323447]
The ng_iface(4) driver has been + updated to prevent a possible system crash. [r324175]
The ipfw(4) packet filter has been + updated to identify layer-2 and layer-3 packets, fixing + dummynet(4) AQM packet marking. [r325730]
An issue causing boot issues with + Intel® Apollo Lake™ CPUs has been + fixed. [r333166]
The watchdog(4) facility has been
+ updated to make SW_WATCHDOG dynamic,
+ enabling the software watchdogd(8) option whenever
+ a hardware watchdog is not present. [r327920]
This section covers changes and additions to devices and + device drivers since 11.1-RELEASE.
The ng_pppoe(4) driver has been
+ updated to add support for user-supplied
+ Host-Uniq tags. [r331058]
The mlx5io(4) driver has been added, providing an interface to manage supported Connect-X 4 and Connect-X 5 network adapters. [r331586] (Sponsored by @@ -269,7 +294,16 @@ to firmware version 1.16.63.0 for T4, T5, and T6 network adapters. [r330307] (Sponsored by - Chelsio Communications)
This section covers general hardware support for physical + Chelsio Communications)
The ocs_fc(4) driver has been added, + supporting Emulex 16/8G FC GEN 5 + HBAs LPe15004 and LPe160XX, and + Emulex 32/16G FC GEN 6 + HBAs LPe3100X and LPe3200X. [r332040] + (Sponsored by + Broadcom Limited)
The ixl(4) driver has been updated + to version 1.9.9-k. [r333343] + (Sponsored by + Intel Corporation)
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.
Support for the TAIO @@ -285,7 +319,9 @@ removed in FreeBSD 12. [r333412] (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)
The vxge(4) driver has been marked - as deprecated, and will be removed in FreeBSD 12. [r333738]
Support for virtio_console(4) has + as deprecated, and will be removed in FreeBSD 12. [r333738]
The smartpqi(4) driver has been + added, providing support for Microsemi® + SCSI controllers. [r333417]
Support for virtio_console(4) has been added to bhyve(4). [r321413]
This section covers changes and additions to file systems and other storage subsystems, both local and networked.
The geom_aes,
geom_bsd, geom_mbr,
@@ -294,11 +330,20 @@
geom_part class in FreeBSD 7, and removed
from the GENERIC kernel configurations in
FreeBSD 8, and will be removed in FreeBSD 12. [r332519]
This section covers the boot loader, boot menu, and other - boot-related changes.
The length of GELI + boot-related changes.
The boot code and loader(8) have + been updated to check for unsupported ZFS + feature flags. If unsupported features are active, the pool + is not considered as a bootable pool, and a diagnostic message + is printed to the console. [r321519]
The loader(8) has been updated to + improve quotation parsing, distinguishing between single- and + double-quotes, and check for terminating quotes. [r329010]
The length of GELI passphrases entered when booting a system with encrypted disks is now hidden by default. See the configuration options in geli(8) to restore the previous behavior. [r329114]
This section describes changes that affect networking in - FreeBSD.
This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Ports + FreeBSD.
This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Ports Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and installation tools.
This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Documentation Project sources and toolchain.
This section convers changes that are specific to the @@ -319,7 +364,13 @@ now be written to a memory stick as well as being used as a CD image. [r333006] (Sponsored by - iXsystems)
This file, and other release-related documents, + iXsystems)
The + amd64 memory stick image installer have been changed + to use the MBR partitioning scheme, which + addresses a boot issue from a GPT partition + scheme in non-UEFI mode. [r334444] + (Sponsored by + The FreeBSD Foundation)
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