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-# DragonFly Release 2.4 - XXX $date
+# DragonFly Release 2.4
+## 16 September 2009 (2.4.0)
+## 01 October 2009 (2.4.1)
-The DragonFly 2.4 release is here! XXX release text here
+The DragonFly 2.4 release is here!
-Three release options are now available: Our bare-bones CD ISO, a DVD ISO which includes a fully operational X environment, and a bare-bones bootable USB disk-key image (less than XXX M).
+Three release options are now available: Our bare-bones CD ISO, a DVD ISO which includes a fully operational X environment, and a bare-bones bootable USB disk-key image (1G disk keys recommended).
+
+In addition we will for the first time be shipping a 64-bit ISO. 64-bit support is stable but there will only be limited
+pkgsrc support in this release. Both the bare-bones CD ISO and a bootable USB disk-key image are available for the 64-bit release.
## Availability
The release ISO images should be available on most of the [[mirrors|mirrors]]. If the ISO is not available on a certain mirror, please try another one or download it from the DragonFly FTP server.
+**Special Note on 2.4.1 mirror availability** - Unfortunately one of our primary mirrors, which other mirrors use as a source, had a snafu
+that probably will not be fixed any time soon. Our second fastest mirror is avalon.dragonflybsd.org, so please use that to obtain the 2.4.1 ISOs and IMGs
+you desire if you cannot find them on a more local mirror.
+
### MD5 sums
-* XXX
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.0_REL.img.gz) = d879282c1ed9d1b36282c4b55aa13b83
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.0_REL.iso.gz) = 1a7d1980671e96564d74e9c128d80009
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.0_REL.iso.gz) = 226139fe8127b406d1bf8239eef420eb
+* MD5 (dfly-gui-2.4.0_REL.iso.gz) = 219eb1f640d2b8034b685a74645fef23
+
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.0_REL.img) = 2ac933f712a9138af1fba712c21cc80a
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.0_REL.iso) = 495183dfe161af066935f6ffa8093556
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.0_REL.iso) = f06135a066ef8e5b8d413d65371d98c8
+* MD5 (dfly-gui-2.4.0_REL.iso) = 191fc66f6822af04eff9b3fd0693dbfc
+
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.1_REL.img.gz) = 3fd8412329de1db906e09e3115e512b6
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.1_REL.iso.gz) = 5a828b57db2869e718adacf63943d270
+* MD5 (dfly-gui-2.4.1_REL.iso.gz) = 015e3c56ac3f2a7f8073a126a282ff01
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.1_REL.img.gz) = 17aa83495fd1b11484c7e5dd4342a447
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.1_REL.iso.gz) = e3ccc01771b8e37b330014afa30a4f9b
+
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.1_REL.img) = 3cd38cdbc191a8635a87db9adb34b7bd
+* MD5 (dfly-2.4.1_REL.iso) = 0f32153897fe25aa2bd8c168a2fce9a7
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.1_REL.img) = 34f9c6bd2ec8794ff24eed64c1abd03c
+* MD5 (dfly-amd64-2.4.1_REL.iso) = c7d84edd1a85cab012a4b0f6e4cda5ec
+* MD5 (dfly-gui-2.4.1_REL.iso) = bef875c47c1d7b81d664a8ba236cfdbe
### pkgsrc packages
-We offer over XXXX pre-built [pkgsrc](http://www.pkgsrc.org) packages for this release. The [pkg_radd(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_radd§ion=ANY) utility may be used to download pre-built binary packages. By default this script will query the main package site for a random redirect to one of our mirrors. The path can be overridden by setting BINPKG_SITES in `/etc/settings.conf`.
+We offer over 6000 pre-built [pkgsrc](http://www.pkgsrc.org) packages for this release. The [pkg_radd(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_radd§ion=ANY) utility may be used to download pre-built binary packages. By default this script will query the main package site for a random redirect to one of our mirrors. The path can be overridden by setting BINPKG_SITES in `/etc/settings.conf`.
To get a list of all packages, let [pkg_search(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pkg_search§ion=ANY) download the summary file for that release:
# pkg_search -d
-## DragonFly 2.4.0 Release Notes
+We supply a Makefile in /usr to track the pkgsrc tree. We also supply a GIT mirror of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS repo as
+well as the pkgsrc/wip (work in progress) repo at git://git.dragonflybsd.org/pkgsrc.git and we recommend that
+users use it instead of pulling from NetBSD with CVS. Our GIT mirror is updated four times a day.
+
+## DragonFly 2.4.x Special Installation and Upgrade Notes
+
+**VirtualBox and VMWare users** - Unless your virtual hard disk is 50G or larger we recommend
+doing a UFS install and not the default HAMMER install. We also recommend installing from the CD ISO
+and not the DVD ISO. The DVD ISO HAMMER install has bugs (see [[Known Release Issues|issues24]]).
+
+**DVD ISO HAMMER install bugs (2.4.0 only)** - You will get a 'guard1x fail @...' loader panic.
+See [[Known Release Issues|issues24]] on how to fix.
+
+2.4.x is a bigger release than normal. The single most invasive change is the introduction of DEVFS.
+The /dev filesystem is now mounted by the kernel after it mounts the root filesystem. All major and
+minor numbers have changed and the old /dev is no longer meaningful. People who use jails or chroots
+will need to adjust their scripts to either mount_null /dev into their jails and chroots or to make
+independent DEVFS mounts via mount_devfs into their jails and chroots.
+
+Within DEVFS the entire tty/pty scheme has changed. Users upgrading from 2.2 need to be absolutely
+sure to upgrade their world and kernel at the same time or fireworks may ensue.
+
+With this release the libc major number has also been bumped from 6 to 7. Applications should remain
+fairly compatible across the upgrade but we recommend that all applications be recompiled and/or
+fresh binary packages be loaded from pkgsrc. Certain pty-based applications such as "screen"
+may require recompiling.
+
+With this release our new native AHCI driver is now standard. If your system is AHCI-capable and
+AHCI-enabled the new driver will take over from NATA and drives may wind up being renamed due to
+this. For example, ad6 might become da0. Any legacy ATA ports will continue to be probed by the NATA
+driver but their drives may be named differently. USB mass storage devices will also be numbered starting
+at 8, for example da8, to avoid conflicting with lower-numbered da* devices.
+
+DEVFS now probes serial numbers. The serial numbers for all ATA, SATA, and SCSI devices will be
+recorded by DEVFS in /dev/serno/. USB mass storage devices are more problematic
+as the on-device controllers typically do not implement serial number reporting. Users are
+encouraged to use /dev/serno/ paths in their /etc/fstab and /etc/rc.conf, and
+to even specify the root mount in /boot/loader.conf using a devfs-relative serial number
+path such as: vfs.root.mountfrom="hammer:serno/AB34394.s1d". The use of serial numbers to
+specify the location of mass storage devices allows you to attach those devices in virtually any
+manner without confusing the system. This is particularly important as SATA Port Multiplier
+enclosures and systems with large numbers of SATA and E-SATA connectors become prevalent.
+
+The installer now installs (and we recommend) a BOOT+HAMMER setup by default. The installer will
+also reference mount points by serial numbers.
+We expect there will be numerous issues with this release and we intend to roll a 2.4.1
+out in about a month to address what comes up. [[Known Release Issues|issues24]]
-##THE ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IS (MOSTLY) ALPHABETICALLY. PLEASE TRY TO KEEP THE ORDER IF POSSIBLE!
+So upgrading to 2.4.x will certainly be a bit painful for users of 2.2.x or earlier releases. We
+believe the pain will be well worth the effort.
+
+## DragonFly 2.4.0 Release Notes
### Release Improvements
> ### Kernel changes
* acpi(4): Import acpica-unix-20090521.
- * buf/bio: New read-prioitizing bioq sort algorithm. The new algorithm does a much better job
+ * acpi(4): Improved power & frequency management for cpus.
+ * acpi(4): Significantly improved APIC support.
+ * **buf/bio: New read-prioritizing bioq sort algorithm.** The new algorithm does a much better job
prioritizing reads over writes and also contains features to avoid starving-out writes. It
works best with CAM based drivers but NATA uses some of its functionality too.
+ * buf/bio: Make biowait(), getpbuf(), and most other buf/bio functions MPSAFE.
* buffer-cache: Improved pipe-lining for writes.
- * devfs(5): Replaced the static /dev directory with a dynamic device file system written by Alex Hornung during the Google Summer of Code 2009.
+ * bpf(4): Add autocloning support
+ * **devfs(5): Replaced the static /dev directory with a dynamic device file system written by Alex Hornung during the Google Summer of Code 2009.**
* All block devices now auto-probe their slices and partitions.
* All block devices now auto-probe serial numbers and may be mounted and otherwise referenced by serial number.
- * Unix98 pty support.
* loader.conf now supports specifying the root device by serial number.
+ * Autocloning support for cloning devices such as VN.
* ddb(4): Fix an IPI messaging lockup which can occur while in ddb(4).
- * disklabel64(5): Add UFS + HAMMER boot support (was previously just HAMMER boot support).
+ * **disklabel64(5): Add UFS + HAMMER boot support** (was previously just HAMMER boot support).
* drm(4): Sync code with latest from FreeBSD.
* ext2fs: Support variable inode size (from FreeBSD).
+ * mountctl/mount -v: New infrastructure for reporting mount flags.
* NFS
- * Rewrite the client-side RPC code. The kernel now creates two kernel threads
- for each NFS mount, one handles reading from the socket and the other handles
+ * **The client-side RPC code has been rewritten.** Two kernel threads are now created
+ for each NFS mount. One handles reading from the socket and the other handles
writing to the socket. A virtually unlimited number of RPCs may be in-flight
- at any given moment.
- * Use TCP mounts by default as the new RPC mechanics can now trivally blow
- out UDP sockbufs.
- * Hugely improved client-side performance.
- * kbdmux(4): Add multiple keyboards on the console via keyboard multiplexer (from FreeBSD).
+ at any given moment. The days of multiplicative threads each running synchronous
+ RPCs are over!
+ * **Use TCP mounts by default as the new RPC architecture can now trivally blow
+ out UDP sockbufs.**
+ * **Hugely improved client-side performance.**
+ * Fixed fsx test regressions.
+ * Fixed Linux compatibility issues (fix bugs in readdirplus)
* msdos(5): Fixed a number of bugs.
* pci(4): Sync code with FreeBSD 7.2.
+ * Bring iscsi_initiator(4) from FreeBSD.
+ * pipe(2): Pipes are now 100% MPSAFE.
+ * Add new cred/privilege infrastructure for jail and general use.
+ * Consolidate VOP access tests in vop_helper_access().
* usched_set: Add USCHED_CPU_GET for retrieving the current CPU.
* revoke(2): Reimplemented the revoke code.
- * pty: Add Unix98 ptys (/dev/ptmx and /dev/pts/*)
- * sound: add autocloning support for dsp devices
+ * pty: Add Unix98 ptys (/dev/ptmx and /dev/pts/*).
+ * sound: add autocloning support for dsp devices.
+ * tcp: Fixed a reestablishment bug for TCP connections if one side reboots without
+ closing the connection. A port pair could wind up becoming unusable for
+ upwards of an hour or longer.
+ * tcp: Improve performance by implementing an automatic high-water mark when
+ it is not otherwise specified, allowing hysteresis between the kernel and
+ the tcp protocol stack.
+ * tsleep: New tsleep interlock mechanics implemented to fix races.
* vkernel(7)
- * Fix entry into ddb(4) when running a SMP vkernel. Fixes stop/cont.
- * Fix startup race with I/O cothread support.
- * Fix some issues - enable ithread preemption, races, and more.
- * Fix races in stopsig() and ipisig().
- * libkvm now understands live vkernels
+ * Fixed entry into ddb(4) when running a SMP vkernel. Fixes stop/cont.
+ * Fixed startup race with I/O cothread support.
+ * Fixed some issues - enable ithread preemption, races, and more.
+ * Fixed races in stopsig() and ipisig().
+ * libkvm now understands live vkernels.
+ * libkvm: Add support for accessing a running vkernel's memory by reading its `/proc/$pid/mem` file.
* vn(4): Add autocloning support
- * Fix permissions check for utimes() - owner can call even if u-w.
+ * Fixed permissions check for utimes() - owner can call even if u-w.
* Replace the old BSD malloc code with a port of our slab allocator.
* Fix various clang compile issues
* Add HPET cputimer.
@@ -74,37 +171,41 @@ To get a list of all packages, let [pkg_search(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/
> ### HAMMER changes
- * Fix improper cred checks for utimes().
* Return shorter-form softlinks "@@-1:%05d" when appropriate.
* Add a B-Tree rebalancing feature (hammer rebalance).
- * Fix edge case in mirroring code.
+ * Fixed improper cred checks for utimes().
+ * Fixed edge case in mirroring code.
+ * **Fixed nohistory mounts and a rare lost inode issue.**
+ * Fixed sticky bit directory handling for deletions.
* Break-up initial mirroring batch so restarts do not start from scratch.
* Better CRC handling, bad-file handling.
- * Fix sticky bit directory handling for deletions.
* Refactor merged search function to try to avoid missed entries.
* Limit recursion for long directory chains, update mtime/ctime.
- * Fix nohistory mounts and a rare lost inode issue.
- * Improve performance for large write loads
- * Improve directory layout (in-place upgrade to version 2)
- * Allow hammer -b to specify bytes per second if no suffix is supplied
+ * Improve performance for large write loads.
+ * Improve directory layout (in-place upgrade to version 2).
+ * Allow hammer -b to specify bytes per second if no suffix is supplied.
* Extract PFS null mounts from anywhere in the filesystem, instead of just from the `/pfs` subdirectory.
+ * Add hammer info directive which prints useful info about a hammer filesystem.
> ### Hardware changes (non-networking)
- * ath(4): Add open source HAL code (from FreeBSD) and make it possible to build it into the kernel.
* cxm(4): Add new driver for Hauppauge PVR-250/350 video capture cards (from FreeBSD).
- * mpt(4): Sync the driver with latest version from FreeBSD.
- * ahci(4): Implement a native AHCI driver with full hot-plug and port multiplier support.
- * sili(4): Implement a native Silicon Image 3132 driver with full hot-plug and port multiplier support.
+ * kbdmux(4): Add multiple keyboards on the console via keyboard multiplexer (from FreeBSD).
+ * mpi(4): Sync the driver with the latest version from FreeBSD.
+ * mpt(4): Sync the driver with the latest version from FreeBSD.
+ * **ahci(4): Implement a native AHCI driver with full hot-plug and port multiplier support.**
+ Also implement ATA pass-through. Uses CAM.
+ * **sili(4): Implement a native Silicon Image 3132 driver with full hot-plug and port multiplier support.**
+ Also implement ATA pass-through. Uses CAM.
> ### Hardware changes (networking)
* ae(4): Add driver for Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet (from FreeBSD).
- * bpf(4): Add autocloning support
+ * ath(4): Add open source HAL code (from FreeBSD) and make it possible to build it into the kernel.
* em(4): Synced with Intel's em-6.9.6 (from FreeBSD).
* emx(4): Copy of em(4) which supports only 8257{1,2,3} parts.
* iwi(4): Upgrade to use 3.0 firmware and use firmware(9) API to load firmware.
- * mxge(4): Add driver for mxge 10GigE (from FreeBSD + major adjustments)
+ * mxge(4): Add driver for mxge 10GigE (from FreeBSD + minor adjustments)
* tap(4): Add ifclone support and autoclone support.
* vke(4): Convert from kqueue API to cothread API.
* Turn on adaptive MPSAFE for network threads, and MPSAFE for IP and ARP.
@@ -114,56 +215,67 @@ To get a list of all packages, let [pkg_search(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/
> ### Userland changes
- * Fix a huge number of compiler warnings for various userland utilities.
+ * Fixed a huge number of compiler warnings for various userland utilities.
* battd(8): Fix some errors and improve the man page
* compilers.conf(5): This file allows to configure ''external'' compilers (e.g. LLVM/clang) for usage with the DragonFly build(7) system.
- * cpdup(1): Allow uid/gid/flags changes to fail if running as user
- * env(1): unbreak build of 2.2 release branch under HEAD
- * expr(1): Add support for -- as required by POSIX
+ * cpdup(1): Allow uid/gid/flags changes to fail if running as user.
+ * env(1): unbreak build of 2.2 release branch under HEAD.
+ * expr(1): Add support for -- as required by POSIX.
* fetch(1): Synced with FreeBSD.
* devtab: As devfs(5) support access to devices via serial numbers, `/etc/devtab` can be used to map serial number to human readable labels.
* devfsctl(1): New utility to add/remove/control devfs(5) rules.
- * dma(1): The DragonFly Mail Agent is now more robust and reliable.
+ * **dma(1): The DragonFly Mail Agent is now more robust and reliable.**
* ifconfig(8): Add static ARP support.
* installer: Fix the bug when used from console with the LiveDVD.
* installer: Fixed various bugs and cleaned the code.
+ * iscontrol(8): Brought from FreeBSD.
* libc
* Synced various parts with FreeBSD and NetBSD.
* Add some new system calls.
+ * Add locale support for static binaries.
* Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc - fix information leak in db(3).
+ * **Version bump to libc.so.7**
* libfetch(3): Synced with FreeBSD.
- * libkvm: Add support for accessing a running vkernel's memory by reading its `/proc/$pid/mem` file.
+ * libiconv: Add support for static binaries.
* libm
* Imported complex arithmetic functions from {Net,Free}BSD.
* Imported maximum, minimum, and positive difference functions from FreeBSD.
* magic(3): Fix program name extraction from core dumps.
+ * mount_msdos(8): Add UTF8 support.
+ * mount_ntfs(8): Add UTF8 support.
* ncal(1): Highlight current day (from FreeBSD).
* pax(1): Add a -O option: force one volume (from NetBSD).
+ * pkgsrc: pkgsrc GIT repo now shipped instead of CVS repo.
* telnetd(8): Apply FreeBSD-SA-09:05.telnet - fix environment based code execution vulnerability.
* window(1): Synced with NetBSD.
- * vkentd(8): Add features, allow IP address to be set in unsecure mode, allow address 0.
+ * vknetd(8): Add features, allow IP address to be set in unsecure mode, allow address 0.
+ * smbfs(8): Add UTF8 support.
* syslogd(8): Sync with FreeBSD.
* telnet(1): Autologin is now disabled by default.
* undo(1)
- * Fix @@ formatting used by undo -ad and fix duplicate test
+ * Fixed @@ formatting used by undo -ad and fix duplicate test
* Use a Red-Black tree to track HAMMER transaction IDs.
* It can now detect all prior replacements of a file.
* Add an indexing feature to the -t option.
* unix98 ptys
* Implement posix_openpt, ptsname, grantpt, unlockpt
- * Change openpty(3) to use unix98 ptys by default and let it fall back to bsd ptys if any problem occurs
+ * Change openpty(3) to use unix98 ptys by default and let it fall back to bsd ptys if any problem occurs.
* vinum(8): Support for geometries larger than 2 TB was added.
+ * A pkgsrc git repo is now available on the CD. You can copy it to /usr/pkgsrc and then use
+ standard GIT commands to do an incremental update to the latest pkgsrc.
> ### amd64 related changes
- * Kernel PMAP can now map 512G.
- * User PMAP can now map the entire user space.
+ * From Jordan Gordeev's Google Summer of Code 2009 project.
+ * Kernel can now map 512G if KVA space.
+ * Kernel now supports the entire user VM space.
* Signal stacks, handlers, dynamic binaries, compiler warnings, etc.
* Misc fixes for cross-building amd64.
* Add a build system for amd64 build/test environments.
* Both cross-build and native world/kernel builds work.
* Pkgsrc builds are ramping up.
* Load testing using parallel pkgsrc bulk builds succeeded!
+ * SMP now works!
> ### Removals
@@ -180,3 +292,28 @@ To get a list of all packages, let [pkg_search(1)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/
* Update OpenSSH to version 5.2p1.
* Update OpenSSL to version 0.9.8k.
* Sync zoneinfo database with tzdata2009l.
+
+## DragonFly 2.4.1 Release Notes
+
+### General Improvements
+
+ * Issues with kqueue and SIGIO not working properly on pipes have been fixed. This issue affected numerous programs including postfix, dovecot,
+ and others,which use pipes and kqueue for I/O notification.
+ * 64-bit kernels were unable to probe USB mass storage devices. Now fixed, and a 64-bit USB image is now available for 2.4.1.
+ * cdrecord sometimes paniced after burning completed.
+ * Kernel failed to finish CAM probes during boot. (Note that some drivers may still register their CAM busses too late, and this problem
+ has not yet been tracked down).
+ * Manual pages specified with relative paths which include a directory component did not work.
+ * Misc. setuid/setgid issues with exec and [f]chdir, operations sometimes failed.
+ * Installer's beastie.4th (boot loader issues) have been corrected.
+ * Boot loader now contains real-mode fixes which may improve booting from USB memory sticks.
+ * tcsh updated (fixes incorrect default autologout settings)
+ * Added support for VIA Nano and VIA C7
+ * Added support for probing OpenBSD slices
+ * Misc manual page improvements.
+ * New aibs(4) driver for ASUSTeK AI Booster ACPI ATK0110 voltage, temperature and fan sensors.
+
+
+### Contributed Software
+
+ * Updated tcsh to 6.17.00