1 # Updating Information for DragonFly users.
4 # This file should warn you of any pitfalls which you might need to work around
5 # when trying to update your DragonFly system. The information below is
6 # in reverse-time order, with the latest information at the top.
8 # If you discover any problem, please contact the bugs@lists.dragonflybsd.org
9 # mailing list with the details.
11 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
12 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
13 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
15 UTMP LEGACY API REMOVED
16 -----------------------
18 The legacy "utmp" API (getutent() and friends, utmp.h, etc.) has been
19 removed, and we are now using the POSIX "utmpx" API (getutxent(),
20 utmpx.h, etc.) only. The most visible change for users is that the
21 /var/log/wtmp file will no longer be written to, just /var/log/wtmpx.
22 The wtmpcvt(1) utility is provided to convert old wtmp format files to
25 To not break old applications, the utmp symbols are still provided by
26 libc as dummy functions that do nothing and always succeed.
28 TIMED AND TIMEDC REMOVED
29 ------------------------
31 timed(8) and timedc(8) have been removed because they are beyond
32 obsolete for setting the time.
34 LIBOPIE, LIBMD REMOVED
35 ----------------------
37 Removal of OPIE requires /etc/pam.d/ configs to be updated.
39 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
40 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
41 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
46 The GCC50 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC80.
47 The default alternative compiler has stayed the same - GCC47.
50 PUFFS, PUTTER AND LIBREFUSE REMOVED
51 -----------------------------------
53 The puffs(4)/putter(4) subsystem has been removed, along with librefuse,
54 libpuffs, and the mount_psshfs(8) utility. All of these have never been
57 FFS_ROOT OPTION REMOVED
58 -----------------------
60 The FFS_ROOT kernel configuration option has been finally removed, after
61 having been a no-op since 4.9. That means users using a custom kernel
62 configuration file that still contains it need to remove the option from
65 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
66 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
67 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
69 DIGI, RP AND SI DRIVERS REMOVED
70 -------------------------------
72 The digi(4), rp(4) and si(4) serial drivers have been removed. None of
73 them were in our default kernel configuration file. The sicontrol(8)
74 utility was removed, too.
76 MKINITRD COMMAND REMOVED
77 ------------------------
79 The mkinitrd(8) command is removed and its functionality is replaced by
80 the new "initrd" make target. After rebooting into the new world and
81 verifying everything works, execute "make initrd" to upgrade the rescue
82 tools and initrd image.
84 IPSEC, IPSEC_ESP AND IPSEC_DEBUG REMOVED FROM VKERNEL64 CONFIG
85 --------------------------------------------------------------
87 IPsec has been removed from the system. Of our standard kernel
88 configurations, only the virtual kernel one had it. People running
89 vkernels with configuration files derived from our VKERNEL64 will
90 have to remove these options manually.
92 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
93 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
94 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
96 VIRTIO_PCI REMOVED FROM KERNEL CONFIG
97 -------------------------------------
99 The "device virtio_pci" line in X86_64_GENERIC has been removed. People
100 with configuration files derived from it have to remove it manually.
102 VARIOUS 'R' COMMANDS AND DAEMONS REMOVED
103 ----------------------------------------
105 rcp(1), rlogin(1), rlogind(8), rsh(1) and rshd(8) have been removed.
106 For those that still need them, there is the net/bsdrcmds port.
108 VARIOUS FORMER OPTIONS REMOVED
109 ------------------------------
111 Various former kernel configuration options which had been no-ops for
112 some time were completely removed: SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM, P1003_1B,
113 _KPOSIX_VERSION and DSCHED_FQ. Users that have any of these still in
114 their kernel configuration files have to remove them.
116 BOOTSTRAPPING LIMITED FROM PRE 4.4
117 ----------------------------------
119 Upgrading to 5.1 and later versions now require at least 4.4 in
120 preparations for upcoming base compilers updates.
122 IF_PPP, PPPD, IF_FAITH, AND FAITHD REMOVED
123 ------------------------------------------
125 if_ppp has been replaced by "user ppp", i.e. ppp(8) and tun(4). It had
126 already been removed from our default kernel configuration before 5.0,
127 so only people with custom configurations based on earlier X86_64_GENERIC
128 will have to remove it manually.
130 The faith(4) interface has been completely removed after it had also
131 been removed from our default kernel configuration.
133 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
134 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
135 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
137 FFS_ROOT OPTION DISABLED
138 ------------------------
140 The FFS_ROOT option has been made a no-op and will be completely removed
141 at some point in the future. Users with a custom kernel configuration
142 can remove this option from it now.
144 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
145 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
146 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
148 DSA OPENSSH KEYS DEPRECATED
149 ---------------------------
151 Note that DSA OpenSSH keys were deprecated in the 4.6 to 4.8 release.
152 If you are upgrading from a release older than 4.8 and use DSA OpenSSH
153 keys, please update your private/public key pair or risk locking
156 AHC, AHD, AIC, NCV, NSP AND STG DRIVERS REMOVED
157 -----------------------------------------------
159 They were all in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration file, along with
160 the AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT and AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT options, so any custom
161 configuration files derived from it need adjustment.
163 PORTAL FILE SYSTEM REMOVED
164 --------------------------
166 It has been broken for a long time now.
168 BINUTILS 2.27 REPLACES 2.24, PRIMARY
169 ------------------------------------
171 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.24, was removed
172 and replaced with Binutils 2.27. It becomes the primary version version
173 of binutils and version 2.25 becomes the alternate.
175 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils227" (default) and
176 "binutils225". The building of Binutils 2.25 can be prevented by setting
177 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
179 COMPAT_43 KERNEL OPTION REMOVED
180 -------------------------------
182 It was commented out in our default configs for several years now, but
183 might still be present in custom configs created before Nov. 2011.
188 OpenSSL has been removed from base and replaced with a private version of
189 LibreSSL. The previously installed OpenSSL libraries, headers, and man
190 pages will remain on the system unless the "make upgrade" command is
191 specifically instructed to remove them. To do this, define
192 REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES for the upgrade command, e.g.
193 "make upgrade REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES=yes"
195 28-Oct-2016: openssl has been replaced by ressl. It is recommended that any
196 stale OpenSSL files be removed to avoid configuration scripts from using
197 the stale and potentially vulnerable version, but all binaries that are
198 dynamically linked to the OpenSSL libraries should be rebuilt first to
204 It has become too cumbersome to maintain HPN patches in OpenSSH in base.
205 To use OpenSSH in base remove HPN config, if you have added it.
206 Check files below for HPN config, see a few lines below.
207 /etc/ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ~/.ssh/config
208 sshd(8) will fail to start if HPN config is used.
210 NOTE: HPN config in sshd_config will prohibit remote access to host using ssh.
222 OpenSSH HPN is a patch set to OpenSSH providing higher performance under some
223 circumstances, especially for networking.
224 If HPN functionality is needed, install security/openssh from dports.
226 CS, EX AND VX DRIVERS REMOVED
227 -----------------------------
229 The cs(4), ex(4) and vx(4) drivers have been removed. They were very
230 old and its doubtful they ever worked properly in x86_64 but they were
231 in X86_64_GENERIC, so custom configurations derived from it have to be
234 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
235 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
236 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
241 The am-utils automounter suite has been removed. It stopped working
242 at some point and was never fixed. autofs(5) and the associated
243 userland has been brought in from FreeBSD and replaces it.
248 The an(4) driver has been removed. It was in the X86_64_GENERIC kernel
249 config file, so any configurations derived from it have to be adjusted.
251 /DEV/DRI GROUP CHANGED
252 ----------------------
254 The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
255 from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
256 access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
259 # pw groupmod video -m $USER
261 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
262 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
263 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
268 dsched(4) has been removed and one of its kernel options, DSCHED_FQ, was
269 in our default kernel config file. So the DSCHED_FQ option has been turned
270 into a no-op for now and can be removed from custom configurations.
272 EST DRIVER REMOVED, COMPILE_ET AND LIBCOM_ERR TOO
273 -------------------------------------------------
275 The est(4) driver has been removed. All CPUs it supported (except one)
276 were 32 bits only. Those who are still using the Core 2 Duo T7500 should
277 report back if there are any issues with this CPU and our regular ACPI
280 Also, compile_et(1) and com_err(3) have been removed as well. They
281 should have been removed along with kerberos support, back in 2009.
283 SEVERAL LOCALES RENAMED
284 -----------------------
286 Several locales were using obsolete and misleading names, and thus have
287 been adjusted to current standards. Any users of the following locales
288 need to select alternates:
290 DFLY 4.2 locale DFLY 4.4 alterative locale
291 --------------- ------------------------------------
292 mn_MN.UTF-8 mn_Cyrl_MN.UTF-8
293 no_NO.UTF-8 nb_NO.UTF-8 or nn_NO.UTF-8
294 no_NO.ISO8859-1 nb_NO.ISO8869-1 or nn_NO.ISO8859-1
295 no_NO.ISO8859-15 nb_NO.ISO8859-15 or nn_NO.ISO8859-15
296 sr_YU.UTF-8 sr_Cyrl_RS.UTF-8 or sr_Latn_RS.UTF-8
297 sr_YU.ISO8859-5 sr_Cyrl_RS.ISO8859-5
298 sr_YU.ISO8859-2 sr_Latn_RS.ISO8859-2
299 zh_CN.GBK zh_Hans_CN.GBK
300 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_Hans_CN.UTF-8
301 zh_CN.eucCN zh_Hans_CN.eucCN
302 zh_CN.GB2312 zh_Hans_CH.GB2312
303 zh_CN.GB18030 zh_Hans_CH.GB18030
304 zh_HK.Big5HKSCS zh_Hant_HK.Big5HKSCS
305 zh_HK.UTF_8 zh_Hant_HK.UTF-8
306 zh_TW.Big5 zh_Hant_TW.Big5
307 zh_TW.UTF-8 zh_Hant_TW.UTF-8
309 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
310 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
311 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
313 BINUTILS 2.25 REPLACES 2.22, PRIMARY
314 ------------------------------------
316 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.22, was removed
317 and replaced with Binutils 2.25. It becomes the primary version version
318 of binutils and version 2.24 becomes the alternate. There are 8 current
319 CVE written against 2.24, so for security reasons version 2.25 should
322 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils225" (default) and
323 "binutils224". The building of Binutils 2.24 can be prevented by setting
324 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
326 LOADER OPTIONS CHANGED
327 ----------------------
329 Right after the development branch started, the Fred art accompanying the
330 loader menu was improved. The line between Fred and the menu was removed
331 by default (but can optionally be returned) and the placement shifted as
332 a result. The drawing was improved, and the colored version was improved,
333 changing the eyes and wing color from white to red. A new color version
334 of Fred was added, one with a blue scheme.
336 The loader menu defaults have changed since release 4.0: The vertical
337 line was removed, the loader is displayed in color by default*, and the
340 The loader.conf changes are:
341 loader_color: option has been removed
342 loader_plain: option has been added, it changed menu to monochrome
343 fred_is_red: changes color scheme from blue to red
344 fred_is_blue: option existed only on 4.1, it has been removed
345 fred_separated: Adds line between Fred and menu (as seen previously)
347 * If loader.conf defines "console" as "comconsole" or "console" is defined
348 in the environment as "comconsole" then color will not be displayed,
349 even if loader_plain value is "NO".
351 SENDMAIL REMOVED FROM BASE
352 --------------------------
354 The only Mail Transfer Agent provided now is DragonFly Mail Agent (dma).
355 If the system being upgraded is still configured to use the sendmail
356 binaries from base, the "make upgrade" command will fail.
358 The administrator must change /etc/mail/mailer.conf to switch the
359 mailwrapper to dma or a DPorts-based MTA prior to running the upgrade
360 command that permanently removes sendmail executables and could
361 potentially break a running mail server.
363 Refer: http://www.dragonflybsd.com/docs/docs/newhandbook/mta/ for
364 detailed instructions on how to configure the MTA selection.
366 _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B OPTIONS REMOVED
367 --------------------------------------------
369 The _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B kernel options have been changed to
370 no-ops. They can be removed from custom kernel configurations.
372 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATED FROM FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
373 --------------------------------------------
375 Many more sound devices may be detected.
377 If the default device choosen isn't to your liking, setting the sysctl
378 hw.snd.default_unit to a different number will change it.
383 Support for the SCTP protocol has been removed.
385 OLD USB DRIVERS REMOVED
386 -----------------------
388 The old USB stack, along with the kernel config option "device oldusb"
389 and the make.conf variable "WANT_OLDUSB" have been removed. This means
390 that for custom kernel configuration files which were derived from a
391 GENERIC or X86_64_GENERIC file prior to making the usb4bsd stack default,
392 various (old USB stack specific) devices will now complain about being
396 * natausb (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
397 * rue (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
398 * ugen (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
399 * urio (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
400 * uscanner (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
402 They should be removed or commented out in such custom kernel configs.
407 The GCC 4.4 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC 5.1.
408 The following make.conf variables no longer work: NO_GCC44, NO_OBJC, and
409 NO_CXX. The latter was never documented and the latest versions of GCC are
410 partially written in C++ so a C++ compiler is no longer optional. In
411 practical terms it has not been optional for many years as other base
412 components are also written in C++. The resource savings by avoiding
413 building Objective-C compiler is so small, the complexity added by NO_OBJC
414 internally was deemed a bad tradeoff so that is the reason for its removal.
415 Also note that no "info" pages are installed with GCC 5. After this entry
416 was originally written, all info pages were removed from DragonFly.
418 GCC 5.1 has been designated as the primary compiler. As such, there is a
419 new make.conf variable, NO_ALTCOMPILER. It will block the rebuilding of
420 the designated secondary compiler, GCC 4.7. However, while DPorts
421 primarily uses GCC 5 to build ports now, it still uses GCC 4.7 as well, so
422 if building ports from source is desired, don't block building of the
425 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
426 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
427 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
429 SMP AND DEVICE_POLLING OPTIONS MADE UNKNOWN
430 -------------------------------------------
432 DEVICE_POLLING was replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE and the former SMP code is
433 the default now (even on single-core systems), both for, like, 21 months.
434 We kept the options around as no-ops as a convenience, to allow people
435 using the same config for the then current release and the then current
436 master. That period is now over, so any configs still having those
437 options have to be adjusted.
439 SYSVIPC SYSCALLS MADE NON-OPTIONAL
440 ----------------------------------
442 The code related to the SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM and SYSVSHM kernel options is
443 now compiled in by default. The options are no-ops for now.
445 DEFAULT DRIVER CHANGED FOR LSI "THUNDERBOLT" SERIES RAID CONTROLLERS
446 --------------------------------------------------------------------
448 The default driver for those controllers is now mrsas(4) due to reports
449 of file system corruption using the mfi(4) driver. The whole issue (and
450 how to deal with potential problems when switching) was explained here:
452 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/128703.html
454 A tunable is provided for letting those controllers still attach via
455 the mfi(4) driver, hw.mrsas.mfi_enable (see mrsas(4) manual page).
457 OLDER NETWORK DRIVERS MOVED TO I386 ONLY
458 ----------------------------------------
460 The following drivers have been made i386 only: ed(4), sr(4), ng_sync_ar
461 and ng_sync_sr. ed(4) used to be in X86_64_GENERIC, so it has to be
462 removed in kernel configs derived from X86_64_GENERIC.
464 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
465 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
466 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
468 UPDATE FROM MOST RECENT 3.6
469 ---------------------------
471 Versions of 3.6 built before June 25th have a bug where installworld might
472 crash during installation of the new initrd. Upgrade to the latest version
473 of 3.6 before updating to 3.8 or later.
475 ATM, IPX, NCP AND NWFS SUPPORT DROPPED
476 --------------------------------------
478 Support for the IPX and NCP network protocols and for mouting NetWare
479 file systems has been dropped. Dito for ATM protocol support.
481 INITRD IMAGES NOW INSTALLED BY DEFAULT
482 --------------------------------------
484 An initial ramdisk image is now installed in /boot/kernel/initrd.img.gz
486 Older images installed under the file name of initrd.img will be removed
487 automatically by the make upgrade process.
489 USB4BSD IS NOW THE DEFAULT USB STACK
490 ------------------------------------
492 To get back to the old stack, put "WANT_OLDUSB=yes" in /etc/make.conf and
493 replace "device usb" with "device oldusb" in the kernel configuration.
495 MORE ISA SUPPORT DROPPED
496 ------------------------
498 ISA support has been dropped from the following drivers: adv(4), an(4),
499 ar(4), cs(4), digi(4), ed(4), ep(4), ex(4), fe(4), lnc(4), sbni(4),
500 si(4), sn(4), and stg(4).
502 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
503 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
504 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
509 Installed third-party software (dports) will have to be rebuilt after upgrade,
510 or reinstalled from binary packages.
512 UPDATING FROM 3.4 TO 3.6
513 ------------------------
515 This only applies for this specific upgrade due to locale changes; it is
516 not needed for upgrades after 3.6. Please update in this order:
525 See this mailing list post for details:
526 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2013-September/090163.html
528 CYRIX OPTIONS REMOVED
529 ---------------------
531 The following Cyrix related options have been removed: CPU_BTB_EN,
532 CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK, CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE, CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER,
533 CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU, CPU_IORT, CPU_LOOP_EN, CPU_RSTK_EN, CPU_SUSP_HLT,
534 CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS, and CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS
536 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM RP(4)
537 ------------------------------
539 ISA support has been removed from the rp(4) driver. It is now PCI only.
541 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
542 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
543 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
545 COMPAT_SUNOS OPTION REMOVED
546 ---------------------------
548 The COMPAT_SUNOS option has been removed. It was meant to provide binary
549 compatibility with SunOS 4.x for the sparc32 port of 4.4BSD.
551 ISA SOUND CARD SUPPORT REMOVED
552 ------------------------------
554 The following modules have been removed (all for ISA sound cards):
555 snd_ad1816.ko, snd_ess.ko, snd_mss.ko, snd_sb8.ko, snd_sb16.ko, snd_sbc.ko
560 DragonFly has switched base compilers. GCC 4.7 is now the default
561 compiler and GCC 4.4 is the alternative compiler. The "NO_GCC47" make
562 variable ceases to work now.
564 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.7 have to use NO_GCC44 in the
565 /etc/make.conf to prohibit GCC 4.4 from building. However, using it is
566 highly discouraged. There are a few packages in pkgsrc that do not build
567 with GCC 4.7 and the new "DPorts" system uses GCC 4.4 by default. At
568 this time, it is recommended to keep both compilers on the base system.
573 The SMP kernel option has been made a no-op. All kernels now feature SMP
574 support. If you have 'options SMP' in your kernel config, you can as well
577 DEVICE_POLLING OPTION REPLACED BY IFPOLL_ENABLE OPTION, KTR_POLLING REMOVED
578 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
580 The DEVICE_POLLING kernel option has been made a no-op and it has been
581 replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE. If you have 'options DEVICE_POLLING' in your
582 kernel config, you need to change it to IFPOLL_ENABLE.
584 Also, the KTR_POLLING kernel option has been removed, so it must be
585 removed from kernel configs that have it.
587 BUSLOGIC, CYCLADES AND STALLION ISA SUPPORT REMOVED
588 ---------------------------------------------------
590 The bt(4) driver for Buslogic SCSI adapters has been made PCI only. ISA
591 cards will no longer be detected.
593 The same has been done for Stallion multiport serial controllers. stli(4)
594 has been completely removed (along with the stlload(8) and stlstty(8)
595 utilities) and stl(4) was changed to support only PCI cards. Similarly,
596 ISA support was removed from cy(4) too. All these drivers are i386 only.
598 COMPAT_OLDISA OPTION GONE
599 -------------------------
601 The i386 specific COMPAT_OLDISA kernel option has been removed, since
602 nothing needs it anymore.
604 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
605 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
606 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
608 APIC_IO OPTION REMOVED
609 ----------------------
611 The APIC_IO kernel option is no longer accepted after having been without
612 effect for a while. The hw.ioapic_enable tunable now serves its purpose.
613 If you have 'options APIC_IO' in your kernel config, you'll have to
616 WATCHDOG_ENABLE & HW_WDOG OPTIONS REMOVED
617 -----------------------------------------
619 The wdog framework is now compiled into our kernels by default, so the
620 options are no longer needed.
625 doscmd(1) has been removed. It was i386 only. The doscmd(1) specific
626 NO_X make.conf option was removed too.
631 GCC 4.7 has been brought in and replaces GCC 4.1 as DragonFly's non-
632 default compiler in base (default is still GCC 4.4).
634 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.4 have to replace NO_GCC41 with
635 NO_GCC47 in /etc/make.conf.
640 A new USB stack (from FreeBSD) has been brought in. The following
641 modules have been ported so far: usb, uhci, ohci, ehci, xhci, umass,
642 usfs, uether, if_axe, if_udav, ukbd, ums, uep, uhid, usb_quirk,
645 It is not yet the default. To activate it, WANT_USB4BSD=yes has to
646 be put in make.conf and device "usb4bsd" (quotes needed) has to
647 replace device usb in the kernel config. After that, a full
648 build/install/upgrade cycle is needed.
650 Note that this is experimental and incomplete, but we are interested
651 in hearing about issues with it, of course.
653 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM AIC-6260/6360 DRIVER
654 ---------------------------------------------
656 ISA adapter support was dropped from the aic(4) driver.
658 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
659 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.10 TO LATER VERSIONS +
660 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
662 SEVERAL ISA DRIVERS REMOVED
663 ---------------------------
665 The following ISA only drivers have been removed along with a couple of
666 associated userland tools:
682 tw(4) & xten(1) & xtend(8)
686 Note that two of these drivers (aha(4) and ie(4)) are in our GENERIC
687 config and one (aha(4)) is in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration
690 If buildkernel complains about any of these drivers, just remove them
691 from your kernel configuration.
695 Binutils 2.20 has been removed in favor of Binutils 2.22. The accepted
696 values of BINUTILSVERS are now binutils221 and binutils222 (default).
698 BUILDWORLD/-KERNEL PARALLELIZATION WORK
699 ---------------------------------------
700 Due to changes in the way we build with more than one make job, you
701 will have to update install(1) and mkdir(1) prior to buildworld if you
702 want to build with 'make -j':
704 cd /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall; make; make install; make clean
705 cd /usr/src/bin/mkdir; make; make install; make clean
709 dma(8) has been upgraded to v0.7 which no longer supports the
710 /etc/dma/virtusertable. Some of its functionality has been replaced
711 with the MASQUERADE keyword and the EMAIL environment variable (see
712 the dma(8) manual page).
714 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
715 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
716 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
718 GCC 4.4 & BINUTILS 2.21
719 -----------------------
721 GCC 4.4 has been made DragonFly's default compiler and Binutils 2.21 has
722 been made DragonFly's default Binutils.
724 That means that any settings that set CCVER to 'gcc44' are not needed
725 anymore. Instead, CCVER can be set to 'gcc41' to go back to using
728 It also means that 'binutils221' as a value for BINUTILSVER has no
729 effect anymore. 2.17 has been removed and 'binutils220' is available
732 The NO_GCC44 option has been removed and will not affect the build
733 anymore. There is now a NO_GCC41 option that will prevent GCC 4.1 from
734 building in a similar fashion.
736 Note that you must do a full buildworld/buildkernel for upgrading.
741 The config file for pkg_radd has moved from /etc/settings.conf to
742 /etc/pkg_radd.conf. Save the contents of settings.conf before upgrading
743 if this is needed. This warning only applies if /etc/settings.conf
744 exists. pkg_radd will continue to work with defaults.
746 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
748 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.6 to 2.8 or HEAD +
749 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
754 OpenSSL has been upgraded, and SHLIB_MAJOR was bumped for libssh and libcrypto.
755 This shouldn't break any 3rd-party software, but you'll need to recompile your
756 3rd-party software if you want it to link against the new version of OpenSSL.
761 A new loader (dloader) has been added which better handles booting from
762 multiple kernel/module versions.
764 To upgrade (Only for this upgrade, for post 2.8 upgrades see GENERAL below)
770 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
771 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
773 Note that you must installworld and run the 'upgrade' target before
774 installing the new kernel.
779 BIND has been removed from the base system. The ldns and drill tools have
780 been added for basic functionality. Use 'drill' where you would normally
781 use nslookup or dig, or install BIND from pkgsrc. It's available as
782 net/bind95, net/bind96, or net/bind97 as of this writing.
784 This only affects older systems upgrading to 2.8. New 2.8+ installs
785 include BIND as a pkgsrc package.
787 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
788 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
790 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
792 Instructions on how to obtain and maintain DragonFly source code using git
793 are in the development(7) manual page.
795 To upgrade a DragonFly system from sources you run the following sequence:
799 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
800 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
803 You will also want to run the 'upgrade' target to upgrade your /etc and the
804 rest of your system. The upgrade target is aware of stale files created by
805 older DragonFly installations and should delete them automatically.
809 See the build(7) manual page for further information.
811 Once you've done a full build of the world and kernel you can do incremental
812 upgrades of either by using the 'quickworld' and 'quickkernel' targets
813 instead of 'buildworld' and 'buildkernel'. If you have any problems with
814 the quick targets, try updating your repo first, and then a full buildworld
815 and buildkernel as shown above, before asking for help.
817 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
818 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 2.0 TO DRAGONFLY >= 2.1 +
819 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
821 In 2.1 kernel and modules has moved to boot directory. For most cases
822 this is handled automatically by 'make upgrade'. A few cases needs manual
825 * When installing a kernel without first doing a make buildworld,
826 installworld and upgrade to the same DESTDIR as kernel:
827 make DESTDIR/boot directory and move kernel and modules into this boot
828 directory; also move kernel.old and modules.old.
829 Typical example is vkernel(7), use (no modules used):
833 chflags noschg kernel
834 mv kernel kernel.old boot
835 chflags schg boot/kernel
837 * When using a boot-only partition, /boot/loader.rc needs to be edited:
838 delete occurrences of '/boot/'.
839 These occurences can normally be deleted in any case, see loader(8).
841 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
842 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 1.8 TO DRAGONFLY >= 1.9 +
843 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
845 In 1.9 major changes to the disk management infrastructure have taken
846 place. make upgrade may not catch all of your disk devices in /dev,
847 so after upgrading be sure to cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV <blah> where <blah>
848 are all of your disk devices. HOWEVER, from late 2.3 on we run devfs
849 and MAKEDEV no longer exists.
851 The biggest changes in 1.9 are:
853 (1) That whole-slice devices such as da0s1 no longer share the same device
854 id as partition c devices such as da0s1c.
856 (2) The whole-disk device (e.g. da0) is full raw access to the disk,
857 with no snooping or reserved sectors. Consequently you cannot run
858 disklabel on this device. Instead you must run disklabel on a
861 (3) The 'compatibility' partitions now use slice 0 in the device name,
862 so instead of da0a you must specify da0s0a. Also, as per (1) above,
863 accessing the disklabel for the compatibility partitions must be
864 done via slice 0 (da0s0).
866 (4) Many device drivers that used to fake up labels, such as CD, ACD, VN,
867 and CCD now run through the disk management layer and are assigned
868 real disk management devices. VN and CCD in particular do not usually
869 use a MBR and disklabels must be accessed through the compatibility
870 slice 0. Your /etc/ccd.conf file still specifies 'ccd0', though, you
871 don't name it 'ccd0s0' in the config file.
873 Generally speaking, you have to get used to running fdisk and disklabel on
874 the correctly specified device names. A lot of the wiggle, such as running
875 disklabel on a partition, has been removed.
877 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
878 + UPGRADING FROM OLDER VERSIONS OF DRAGONFLY OR FREEBSD +
879 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
884 Kerberos IV (eBones) was removed from the tree, please consider moving to
885 Kerberos 5 (Heimdal).
887 > Package Management System
888 ---------------------------
890 Starting with the 1.4 release, DragonFly uses NetBSD's pkgsrc package
891 management system. The necessary tools to build and maintain packages
892 are provided in /usr/pkg/bin and /usr/pkg/sbin. Make sure that these
893 directories are in your PATH variable.
895 In order to obtain a reasonably current snapshot of the pkgsrc tree, use
896 the tarball from NetBSD:
898 fetch -o /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc.tar.gz
899 cd /usr; tar -xzf /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz; chown -R root:wheel pkgsrc
901 This tree can then be kept up to date with cvs update:
903 cd /usr/pkgsrc; cvs up
905 NOTE! If you upgraded from a pre-1.4 system to 1.4 or later, you need to
906 build and install the pkgsrc bootstrap manually:
908 cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap
909 ./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg --prefix /usr/pkg
911 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
912 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
913 + UPDATING FROM PRE-1.2 SYSTEMS OR FreeBSD 4.x TO +
914 + DRAGONFLY 1.3+ (EITHER PREVIEW or HEAD) +
915 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
917 The compatibility shims for the build environment have been removed, you
918 have to update to DragonFly 1.2 release branch first.
920 The default PAM configuration has moved from /etc/pam.conf to /etc/pam.d/.
921 The existing configuration can be converted using /etc/pam.d/convert.sh.
922 Entries in /etc/pam.d/ override entries in /etc/pam.conf. In addition
923 the pam_skey.so module was retired, you have to remove it manually from
924 your configuration, when you convert it.
926 > Required user and group IDs when upgrading from either FreeBSD or DragonFly
927 ---------------------
929 The following users may be missing from your password file. Use vipw and
930 add any that are missing:
932 smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/sbin/nologin
933 _pflogd:*:64:64::0:0:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
935 The following groups may be missing from your group file. Use vi /etc/group
936 and add any that are missing:
943 > Upgrading to DragonFly from FreeBSD
944 ---------------------
946 You can build the DragonFly world and DragonFly kernels on a FreeBSD-4.x or
947 FreeBSD-5.x machine and then install DragonFly over FreeBSD, replacing
948 FreeBSD. Note that the DragonFly buildworld target does not try to reuse
949 make depend information, it starts from scratch, so no pre-cleaning of the
950 object hierarchy is necessary.
952 # get the CVS repository (it is placed in /home/dcvs, 500MB).
953 # Please use the -h option and a mirror site to pull the
954 # initial repository, but feel free to use the main repository
955 # machine to pull updates.
956 cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/DragonFly-cvs-supfile
957 # install the source from the CVS hierarchy (remove preexisting
958 # FreeBSD src first) (500MB)
961 cvs -R -d /home/dcvs checkout -P src
963 # build it (500MB used in /usr/obj)
967 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
969 Once you have built DragonFly you have to install it over FreeBSD. Since
970 DragonFly does not track changes made by FreeBSD to its include file
971 hierarchy and include file pollution can cause all sorts of unexpected
972 compilation issues to come up, it is best to wipe your include hierarchy
973 prior to installing DragonFly. Note that you should not wipe any installed
974 FreeBSD header files or binaries until after you have successfully completed
975 the build steps above.
979 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
982 Then you need to upgrade your system. DragonFly's 'make upgrade' target
983 will unconditionally upgrade the /etc files that sysops do not usually
984 mess around with, such as the files in /etc/rc.d. It will also remove any
985 obsolete files such as utilities and manpages that have been removed from
986 the system since the version you're coming from. If you are unsure we
987 recommend that you make a backup of at least your /etc before applying
988 this step. Note that DragonFly's RC system is basically RCNG from
989 FreeBSD-5, but there are some differences in the contents of the RC files.
993 NOTE! Never do a 'make upgrade' before 'make installworld' has been run.
994 Doing so might leave your system in an unusable state.
996 Finally we recommend that you do an 'ls -lta BLAH' for /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
997 /usr/bin, and /usr/lib, and remove any stale files that you find. Please
998 report these files to the DragonFly developers so that they can be added to
999 the 'upgrade' target.