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 6.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
13 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
18 The ndis(4) driver has been removed. The NDISAPI kernel option has been
19 made a no-op and will be removed at a later point in time. Users with a
20 custom kernel configuration can remove this option from it now.
22 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
23 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
24 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
26 BINUTILS 2.34 REPLACES 2.25, PRIMARY
27 ------------------------------------
29 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.25, was removed
30 and replaced with Binutils 2.34. It becomes the primary version of
31 binutils and version 2.27 becomes the alternate.
33 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils234" (default) and
34 "binutils227". The building of Binutils 2.27 can be prevented by setting
35 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf
37 LIBRADIUS AND LIBTACPLUS REMOVED
38 --------------------------------
40 Both libraries have been moved from base to DPorts net/ category.
42 PAM_SSH MODULE REMOVED
43 ----------------------
45 The pam_ssh(8) have been removed from base to DPorts security/pam_ssh.
47 UTMP LEGACY API REMOVED
48 -----------------------
50 The legacy "utmp" API (getutent() and friends, utmp.h, etc.) has been
51 removed, and we are now using the POSIX "utmpx" API (getutxent(),
52 utmpx.h, etc.) only. The most visible change for users is that the
53 /var/log/wtmp file will no longer be written to, just /var/log/wtmpx.
54 The wtmpcvt(1) utility is provided to convert old wtmp format files to
57 To not break old applications, the utmp symbols are still provided by
58 libc as dummy functions that do nothing and always succeed.
60 TIMED AND TIMEDC REMOVED
61 ------------------------
63 timed(8) and timedc(8) have been removed because they are beyond
64 obsolete for setting the time.
66 LIBOPIE, LIBMD REMOVED
67 ----------------------
69 Removal of OPIE requires /etc/pam.d/ configs to be updated.
71 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
72 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
73 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
78 The GCC50 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC80.
79 The default alternative compiler has stayed the same - GCC47.
82 PUFFS, PUTTER AND LIBREFUSE REMOVED
83 -----------------------------------
85 The puffs(4)/putter(4) subsystem has been removed, along with librefuse,
86 libpuffs, and the mount_psshfs(8) utility. All of these have never been
89 FFS_ROOT OPTION REMOVED
90 -----------------------
92 The FFS_ROOT kernel configuration option has been finally removed, after
93 having been a no-op since 4.9. That means users using a custom kernel
94 configuration file that still contains it need to remove the option from
97 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
98 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
99 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
101 DIGI, RP AND SI DRIVERS REMOVED
102 -------------------------------
104 The digi(4), rp(4) and si(4) serial drivers have been removed. None of
105 them were in our default kernel configuration file. The sicontrol(8)
106 utility was removed, too.
108 MKINITRD COMMAND REMOVED
109 ------------------------
111 The mkinitrd(8) command is removed and its functionality is replaced by
112 the new "initrd" make target. After rebooting into the new world and
113 verifying everything works, execute "make initrd" to upgrade the rescue
114 tools and initrd image.
116 IPSEC, IPSEC_ESP AND IPSEC_DEBUG REMOVED FROM VKERNEL64 CONFIG
117 --------------------------------------------------------------
119 IPsec has been removed from the system. Of our standard kernel
120 configurations, only the virtual kernel one had it. People running
121 vkernels with configuration files derived from our VKERNEL64 will
122 have to remove these options manually.
124 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
125 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 5.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
126 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
128 VIRTIO_PCI REMOVED FROM KERNEL CONFIG
129 -------------------------------------
131 The "device virtio_pci" line in X86_64_GENERIC has been removed. People
132 with configuration files derived from it have to remove it manually.
134 VARIOUS 'R' COMMANDS AND DAEMONS REMOVED
135 ----------------------------------------
137 rcp(1), rlogin(1), rlogind(8), rsh(1) and rshd(8) have been removed.
138 For those that still need them, there is the net/bsdrcmds port.
140 VARIOUS FORMER OPTIONS REMOVED
141 ------------------------------
143 Various former kernel configuration options which had been no-ops for
144 some time were completely removed: SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM, P1003_1B,
145 _KPOSIX_VERSION and DSCHED_FQ. Users that have any of these still in
146 their kernel configuration files have to remove them.
148 BOOTSTRAPPING LIMITED FROM PRE 4.4
149 ----------------------------------
151 Upgrading to 5.1 and later versions now require at least 4.4 in
152 preparations for upcoming base compilers updates.
154 IF_PPP, PPPD, IF_FAITH, AND FAITHD REMOVED
155 ------------------------------------------
157 if_ppp has been replaced by "user ppp", i.e. ppp(8) and tun(4). It had
158 already been removed from our default kernel configuration before 5.0,
159 so only people with custom configurations based on earlier X86_64_GENERIC
160 will have to remove it manually.
162 The faith(4) interface has been completely removed after it had also
163 been removed from our default kernel configuration.
165 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
166 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
167 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
169 FFS_ROOT OPTION DISABLED
170 ------------------------
172 The FFS_ROOT option has been made a no-op and will be completely removed
173 at some point in the future. Users with a custom kernel configuration
174 can remove this option from it now.
176 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
177 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
178 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
180 DSA OPENSSH KEYS DEPRECATED
181 ---------------------------
183 Note that DSA OpenSSH keys were deprecated in the 4.6 to 4.8 release.
184 If you are upgrading from a release older than 4.8 and use DSA OpenSSH
185 keys, please update your private/public key pair or risk locking
188 AHC, AHD, AIC, NCV, NSP AND STG DRIVERS REMOVED
189 -----------------------------------------------
191 They were all in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration file, along with
192 the AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT and AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT options, so any custom
193 configuration files derived from it need adjustment.
195 PORTAL FILE SYSTEM REMOVED
196 --------------------------
198 It has been broken for a long time now.
200 BINUTILS 2.27 REPLACES 2.24, PRIMARY
201 ------------------------------------
203 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.24, was removed
204 and replaced with Binutils 2.27. It becomes the primary version version
205 of binutils and version 2.25 becomes the alternate.
207 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils227" (default) and
208 "binutils225". The building of Binutils 2.25 can be prevented by setting
209 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
211 COMPAT_43 KERNEL OPTION REMOVED
212 -------------------------------
214 It was commented out in our default configs for several years now, but
215 might still be present in custom configs created before Nov. 2011.
220 OpenSSL has been removed from base and replaced with a private version of
221 LibreSSL. The previously installed OpenSSL libraries, headers, and man
222 pages will remain on the system unless the "make upgrade" command is
223 specifically instructed to remove them. To do this, define
224 REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES for the upgrade command, e.g.
225 "make upgrade REMOVE_OPENSSL_FILES=yes"
227 28-Oct-2016: openssl has been replaced by ressl. It is recommended that any
228 stale OpenSSL files be removed to avoid configuration scripts from using
229 the stale and potentially vulnerable version, but all binaries that are
230 dynamically linked to the OpenSSL libraries should be rebuilt first to
236 It has become too cumbersome to maintain HPN patches in OpenSSH in base.
237 To use OpenSSH in base remove HPN config, if you have added it.
238 Check files below for HPN config, see a few lines below.
239 /etc/ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ~/.ssh/config
240 sshd(8) will fail to start if HPN config is used.
242 NOTE: HPN config in sshd_config will prohibit remote access to host using ssh.
254 OpenSSH HPN is a patch set to OpenSSH providing higher performance under some
255 circumstances, especially for networking.
256 If HPN functionality is needed, install security/openssh from dports.
258 CS, EX AND VX DRIVERS REMOVED
259 -----------------------------
261 The cs(4), ex(4) and vx(4) drivers have been removed. They were very
262 old and its doubtful they ever worked properly in x86_64 but they were
263 in X86_64_GENERIC, so custom configurations derived from it have to be
266 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
267 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
268 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
273 The am-utils automounter suite has been removed. It stopped working
274 at some point and was never fixed. autofs(5) and the associated
275 userland has been brought in from FreeBSD and replaces it.
280 The an(4) driver has been removed. It was in the X86_64_GENERIC kernel
281 config file, so any configurations derived from it have to be adjusted.
283 /DEV/DRI GROUP CHANGED
284 ----------------------
286 The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
287 from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
288 access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
291 # pw groupmod video -m $USER
293 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
294 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
295 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
300 dsched(4) has been removed and one of its kernel options, DSCHED_FQ, was
301 in our default kernel config file. So the DSCHED_FQ option has been turned
302 into a no-op for now and can be removed from custom configurations.
304 EST DRIVER REMOVED, COMPILE_ET AND LIBCOM_ERR TOO
305 -------------------------------------------------
307 The est(4) driver has been removed. All CPUs it supported (except one)
308 were 32 bits only. Those who are still using the Core 2 Duo T7500 should
309 report back if there are any issues with this CPU and our regular ACPI
312 Also, compile_et(1) and com_err(3) have been removed as well. They
313 should have been removed along with kerberos support, back in 2009.
315 SEVERAL LOCALES RENAMED
316 -----------------------
318 Several locales were using obsolete and misleading names, and thus have
319 been adjusted to current standards. Any users of the following locales
320 need to select alternates:
322 DFLY 4.2 locale DFLY 4.4 alterative locale
323 --------------- ------------------------------------
324 mn_MN.UTF-8 mn_Cyrl_MN.UTF-8
325 no_NO.UTF-8 nb_NO.UTF-8 or nn_NO.UTF-8
326 no_NO.ISO8859-1 nb_NO.ISO8869-1 or nn_NO.ISO8859-1
327 no_NO.ISO8859-15 nb_NO.ISO8859-15 or nn_NO.ISO8859-15
328 sr_YU.UTF-8 sr_Cyrl_RS.UTF-8 or sr_Latn_RS.UTF-8
329 sr_YU.ISO8859-5 sr_Cyrl_RS.ISO8859-5
330 sr_YU.ISO8859-2 sr_Latn_RS.ISO8859-2
331 zh_CN.GBK zh_Hans_CN.GBK
332 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_Hans_CN.UTF-8
333 zh_CN.eucCN zh_Hans_CN.eucCN
334 zh_CN.GB2312 zh_Hans_CH.GB2312
335 zh_CN.GB18030 zh_Hans_CH.GB18030
336 zh_HK.Big5HKSCS zh_Hant_HK.Big5HKSCS
337 zh_HK.UTF_8 zh_Hant_HK.UTF-8
338 zh_TW.Big5 zh_Hant_TW.Big5
339 zh_TW.UTF-8 zh_Hant_TW.UTF-8
341 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
342 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 4.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
343 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
345 BINUTILS 2.25 REPLACES 2.22, PRIMARY
346 ------------------------------------
348 The oldest of the two versions of Binutils, version 2.22, was removed
349 and replaced with Binutils 2.25. It becomes the primary version version
350 of binutils and version 2.24 becomes the alternate. There are 8 current
351 CVE written against 2.24, so for security reasons version 2.25 should
354 The accepted values of BINUTILSVER are now "binutils225" (default) and
355 "binutils224". The building of Binutils 2.24 can be prevented by setting
356 NO_ALTBINUTILS=yes in make.conf.
358 LOADER OPTIONS CHANGED
359 ----------------------
361 Right after the development branch started, the Fred art accompanying the
362 loader menu was improved. The line between Fred and the menu was removed
363 by default (but can optionally be returned) and the placement shifted as
364 a result. The drawing was improved, and the colored version was improved,
365 changing the eyes and wing color from white to red. A new color version
366 of Fred was added, one with a blue scheme.
368 The loader menu defaults have changed since release 4.0: The vertical
369 line was removed, the loader is displayed in color by default*, and the
372 The loader.conf changes are:
373 loader_color: option has been removed
374 loader_plain: option has been added, it changed menu to monochrome
375 fred_is_red: changes color scheme from blue to red
376 fred_is_blue: option existed only on 4.1, it has been removed
377 fred_separated: Adds line between Fred and menu (as seen previously)
379 * If loader.conf defines "console" as "comconsole" or "console" is defined
380 in the environment as "comconsole" then color will not be displayed,
381 even if loader_plain value is "NO".
383 SENDMAIL REMOVED FROM BASE
384 --------------------------
386 The only Mail Transfer Agent provided now is DragonFly Mail Agent (dma).
387 If the system being upgraded is still configured to use the sendmail
388 binaries from base, the "make upgrade" command will fail.
390 The administrator must change /etc/mail/mailer.conf to switch the
391 mailwrapper to dma or a DPorts-based MTA prior to running the upgrade
392 command that permanently removes sendmail executables and could
393 potentially break a running mail server.
395 Refer: http://www.dragonflybsd.com/docs/docs/newhandbook/mta/ for
396 detailed instructions on how to configure the MTA selection.
398 _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B OPTIONS REMOVED
399 --------------------------------------------
401 The _KPOSIX_VERSION and P1003_1B kernel options have been changed to
402 no-ops. They can be removed from custom kernel configurations.
404 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATED FROM FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
405 --------------------------------------------
407 Many more sound devices may be detected.
409 If the default device chosen isn't to your liking, setting the sysctl
410 hw.snd.default_unit to a different number will change it.
415 Support for the SCTP protocol has been removed.
417 OLD USB DRIVERS REMOVED
418 -----------------------
420 The old USB stack, along with the kernel config option "device oldusb"
421 and the make.conf variable "WANT_OLDUSB" have been removed. This means
422 that for custom kernel configuration files which were derived from a
423 GENERIC or X86_64_GENERIC file prior to making the usb4bsd stack default,
424 various (old USB stack specific) devices will now complain about being
428 * natausb (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
429 * rue (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
430 * ugen (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
431 * urio (not yet ported to usb4bsd)
432 * uscanner (no longer needed in usb4bsd)
434 They should be removed or commented out in such custom kernel configs.
439 The GCC 4.4 compiler has been retired. It has been replaced by a GCC 5.1.
440 The following make.conf variables no longer work: NO_GCC44, NO_OBJC, and
441 NO_CXX. The latter was never documented and the latest versions of GCC are
442 partially written in C++ so a C++ compiler is no longer optional. In
443 practical terms it has not been optional for many years as other base
444 components are also written in C++. The resource savings by avoiding
445 building Objective-C compiler is so small, the complexity added by NO_OBJC
446 internally was deemed a bad tradeoff so that is the reason for its removal.
447 Also note that no "info" pages are installed with GCC 5. After this entry
448 was originally written, all info pages were removed from DragonFly.
450 GCC 5.1 has been designated as the primary compiler. As such, there is a
451 new make.conf variable, NO_ALTCOMPILER. It will block the rebuilding of
452 the designated secondary compiler, GCC 4.7. However, while DPorts
453 primarily uses GCC 5 to build ports now, it still uses GCC 4.7 as well, so
454 if building ports from source is desired, don't block building of the
457 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
458 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
459 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
461 SMP AND DEVICE_POLLING OPTIONS MADE UNKNOWN
462 -------------------------------------------
464 DEVICE_POLLING was replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE and the former SMP code is
465 the default now (even on single-core systems), both for, like, 21 months.
466 We kept the options around as no-ops as a convenience, to allow people
467 using the same config for the then current release and the then current
468 master. That period is now over, so any configs still having those
469 options have to be adjusted.
471 SYSVIPC SYSCALLS MADE NON-OPTIONAL
472 ----------------------------------
474 The code related to the SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM and SYSVSHM kernel options is
475 now compiled in by default. The options are no-ops for now.
477 DEFAULT DRIVER CHANGED FOR LSI "THUNDERBOLT" SERIES RAID CONTROLLERS
478 --------------------------------------------------------------------
480 The default driver for those controllers is now mrsas(4) due to reports
481 of file system corruption using the mfi(4) driver. The whole issue (and
482 how to deal with potential problems when switching) was explained here:
484 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/128703.html
486 A tunable is provided for letting those controllers still attach via
487 the mfi(4) driver, hw.mrsas.mfi_enable (see mrsas(4) manual page).
489 OLDER NETWORK DRIVERS MOVED TO I386 ONLY
490 ----------------------------------------
492 The following drivers have been made i386 only: ed(4), sr(4), ng_sync_ar
493 and ng_sync_sr. ed(4) used to be in X86_64_GENERIC, so it has to be
494 removed in kernel configs derived from X86_64_GENERIC.
496 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
497 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.6 TO LATER VERSIONS +
498 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
500 UPDATE FROM MOST RECENT 3.6
501 ---------------------------
503 Versions of 3.6 built before June 25th have a bug where installworld might
504 crash during installation of the new initrd. Upgrade to the latest version
505 of 3.6 before updating to 3.8 or later.
507 ATM, IPX, NCP AND NWFS SUPPORT DROPPED
508 --------------------------------------
510 Support for the IPX and NCP network protocols and for mouting NetWare
511 file systems has been dropped. Dito for ATM protocol support.
513 INITRD IMAGES NOW INSTALLED BY DEFAULT
514 --------------------------------------
516 An initial ramdisk image is now installed in /boot/kernel/initrd.img.gz
518 Older images installed under the file name of initrd.img will be removed
519 automatically by the make upgrade process.
521 USB4BSD IS NOW THE DEFAULT USB STACK
522 ------------------------------------
524 To get back to the old stack, put "WANT_OLDUSB=yes" in /etc/make.conf and
525 replace "device usb" with "device oldusb" in the kernel configuration.
527 MORE ISA SUPPORT DROPPED
528 ------------------------
530 ISA support has been dropped from the following drivers: adv(4), an(4),
531 ar(4), cs(4), digi(4), ed(4), ep(4), ex(4), fe(4), lnc(4), sbni(4),
532 si(4), sn(4), and stg(4).
534 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
535 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.4 TO LATER VERSIONS +
536 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
541 Installed third-party software (dports) will have to be rebuilt after upgrade,
542 or reinstalled from binary packages.
544 UPDATING FROM 3.4 TO 3.6
545 ------------------------
547 This only applies for this specific upgrade due to locale changes; it is
548 not needed for upgrades after 3.6. Please update in this order:
557 See this mailing list post for details:
558 http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2013-September/090163.html
560 CYRIX OPTIONS REMOVED
561 ---------------------
563 The following Cyrix related options have been removed: CPU_BTB_EN,
564 CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK, CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE, CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER,
565 CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU, CPU_IORT, CPU_LOOP_EN, CPU_RSTK_EN, CPU_SUSP_HLT,
566 CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS, and CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS
568 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM RP(4)
569 ------------------------------
571 ISA support has been removed from the rp(4) driver. It is now PCI only.
573 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
574 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.2 TO LATER VERSIONS +
575 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
577 COMPAT_SUNOS OPTION REMOVED
578 ---------------------------
580 The COMPAT_SUNOS option has been removed. It was meant to provide binary
581 compatibility with SunOS 4.x for the sparc32 port of 4.4BSD.
583 ISA SOUND CARD SUPPORT REMOVED
584 ------------------------------
586 The following modules have been removed (all for ISA sound cards):
587 snd_ad1816.ko, snd_ess.ko, snd_mss.ko, snd_sb8.ko, snd_sb16.ko, snd_sbc.ko
592 DragonFly has switched base compilers. GCC 4.7 is now the default
593 compiler and GCC 4.4 is the alternative compiler. The "NO_GCC47" make
594 variable ceases to work now.
596 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.7 have to use NO_GCC44 in the
597 /etc/make.conf to prohibit GCC 4.4 from building. However, using it is
598 highly discouraged. There are a few packages in pkgsrc that do not build
599 with GCC 4.7 and the new "DPorts" system uses GCC 4.4 by default. At
600 this time, it is recommended to keep both compilers on the base system.
605 The SMP kernel option has been made a no-op. All kernels now feature SMP
606 support. If you have 'options SMP' in your kernel config, you can as well
609 DEVICE_POLLING OPTION REPLACED BY IFPOLL_ENABLE OPTION, KTR_POLLING REMOVED
610 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
612 The DEVICE_POLLING kernel option has been made a no-op and it has been
613 replaced by IFPOLL_ENABLE. If you have 'options DEVICE_POLLING' in your
614 kernel config, you need to change it to IFPOLL_ENABLE.
616 Also, the KTR_POLLING kernel option has been removed, so it must be
617 removed from kernel configs that have it.
619 BUSLOGIC, CYCLADES AND STALLION ISA SUPPORT REMOVED
620 ---------------------------------------------------
622 The bt(4) driver for Buslogic SCSI adapters has been made PCI only. ISA
623 cards will no longer be detected.
625 The same has been done for Stallion multiport serial controllers. stli(4)
626 has been completely removed (along with the stlload(8) and stlstty(8)
627 utilities) and stl(4) was changed to support only PCI cards. Similarly,
628 ISA support was removed from cy(4) too. All these drivers are i386 only.
630 COMPAT_OLDISA OPTION GONE
631 -------------------------
633 The i386 specific COMPAT_OLDISA kernel option has been removed, since
634 nothing needs it anymore.
636 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
637 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 3.0 TO LATER VERSIONS +
638 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
640 APIC_IO OPTION REMOVED
641 ----------------------
643 The APIC_IO kernel option is no longer accepted after having been without
644 effect for a while. The hw.ioapic_enable tunable now serves its purpose.
645 If you have 'options APIC_IO' in your kernel config, you'll have to
648 WATCHDOG_ENABLE & HW_WDOG OPTIONS REMOVED
649 -----------------------------------------
651 The wdog framework is now compiled into our kernels by default, so the
652 options are no longer needed.
657 doscmd(1) has been removed. It was i386 only. The doscmd(1) specific
658 NO_X make.conf option was removed too.
663 GCC 4.7 has been brought in and replaces GCC 4.1 as DragonFly's non-
664 default compiler in base (default is still GCC 4.4).
666 Users who wish to build only GCC 4.4 have to replace NO_GCC41 with
667 NO_GCC47 in /etc/make.conf.
672 A new USB stack (from FreeBSD) has been brought in. The following
673 modules have been ported so far: usb, uhci, ohci, ehci, xhci, umass,
674 usfs, uether, if_axe, if_udav, ukbd, ums, uep, uhid, usb_quirk,
677 It is not yet the default. To activate it, WANT_USB4BSD=yes has to
678 be put in make.conf and device "usb4bsd" (quotes needed) has to
679 replace device usb in the kernel config. After that, a full
680 build/install/upgrade cycle is needed.
682 Note that this is experimental and incomplete, but we are interested
683 in hearing about issues with it, of course.
685 ISA SUPPORT REMOVED FROM AIC-6260/6360 DRIVER
686 ---------------------------------------------
688 ISA adapter support was dropped from the aic(4) driver.
690 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
691 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.10 TO LATER VERSIONS +
692 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
694 SEVERAL ISA DRIVERS REMOVED
695 ---------------------------
697 The following ISA only drivers have been removed along with a couple of
698 associated userland tools:
714 tw(4) & xten(1) & xtend(8)
718 Note that two of these drivers (aha(4) and ie(4)) are in our GENERIC
719 config and one (aha(4)) is in our X86_64_GENERIC kernel configuration
722 If buildkernel complains about any of these drivers, just remove them
723 from your kernel configuration.
727 Binutils 2.20 has been removed in favor of Binutils 2.22. The accepted
728 values of BINUTILSVERS are now binutils221 and binutils222 (default).
730 BUILDWORLD/-KERNEL PARALLELIZATION WORK
731 ---------------------------------------
732 Due to changes in the way we build with more than one make job, you
733 will have to update install(1) and mkdir(1) prior to buildworld if you
734 want to build with 'make -j':
736 cd /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall; make; make install; make clean
737 cd /usr/src/bin/mkdir; make; make install; make clean
741 dma(8) has been upgraded to v0.7 which no longer supports the
742 /etc/dma/virtusertable. Some of its functionality has been replaced
743 with the MASQUERADE keyword and the EMAIL environment variable (see
744 the dma(8) manual page).
746 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
747 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.8 TO LATER VERSIONS +
748 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
750 GCC 4.4 & BINUTILS 2.21
751 -----------------------
753 GCC 4.4 has been made DragonFly's default compiler and Binutils 2.21 has
754 been made DragonFly's default Binutils.
756 That means that any settings that set CCVER to 'gcc44' are not needed
757 anymore. Instead, CCVER can be set to 'gcc41' to go back to using
760 It also means that 'binutils221' as a value for BINUTILSVER has no
761 effect anymore. 2.17 has been removed and 'binutils220' is available
764 The NO_GCC44 option has been removed and will not affect the build
765 anymore. There is now a NO_GCC41 option that will prevent GCC 4.1 from
766 building in a similar fashion.
768 Note that you must do a full buildworld/buildkernel for upgrading.
773 The config file for pkg_radd has moved from /etc/settings.conf to
774 /etc/pkg_radd.conf. Save the contents of settings.conf before upgrading
775 if this is needed. This warning only applies if /etc/settings.conf
776 exists. pkg_radd will continue to work with defaults.
778 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
780 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY FROM 2.6 to 2.8 or HEAD +
781 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
786 OpenSSL has been upgraded, and SHLIB_MAJOR was bumped for libssh and libcrypto.
787 This shouldn't break any 3rd-party software, but you'll need to recompile your
788 3rd-party software if you want it to link against the new version of OpenSSL.
793 A new loader (dloader) has been added which better handles booting from
794 multiple kernel/module versions.
796 To upgrade (Only for this upgrade, for post 2.8 upgrades see GENERAL below)
802 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
803 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
805 Note that you must installworld and run the 'upgrade' target before
806 installing the new kernel.
811 BIND has been removed from the base system. The ldns and drill tools have
812 been added for basic functionality. Use 'drill' where you would normally
813 use nslookup or dig, or install BIND from pkgsrc. It's available as
814 net/bind95, net/bind96, or net/bind97 as of this writing.
816 This only affects older systems upgrading to 2.8. New 2.8+ installs
817 include BIND as a pkgsrc package.
819 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
820 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
822 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
824 Instructions on how to obtain and maintain DragonFly source code using git
825 are in the development(7) manual page.
827 To upgrade a DragonFly system from sources you run the following sequence:
831 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
832 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
835 You will also want to run the 'upgrade' target to upgrade your /etc and the
836 rest of your system. The upgrade target is aware of stale files created by
837 older DragonFly installations and should delete them automatically.
841 See the build(7) manual page for further information.
843 Once you've done a full build of the world and kernel you can do incremental
844 upgrades of either by using the 'quickworld' and 'quickkernel' targets
845 instead of 'buildworld' and 'buildkernel'. If you have any problems with
846 the quick targets, try updating your repo first, and then a full buildworld
847 and buildkernel as shown above, before asking for help.
849 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
850 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 2.0 TO DRAGONFLY >= 2.1 +
851 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
853 In 2.1 kernel and modules has moved to boot directory. For most cases
854 this is handled automatically by 'make upgrade'. A few cases needs manual
857 * When installing a kernel without first doing a make buildworld,
858 installworld and upgrade to the same DESTDIR as kernel:
859 make DESTDIR/boot directory and move kernel and modules into this boot
860 directory; also move kernel.old and modules.old.
861 Typical example is vkernel(7), use (no modules used):
865 chflags noschg kernel
866 mv kernel kernel.old boot
867 chflags schg boot/kernel
869 * When using a boot-only partition, /boot/loader.rc needs to be edited:
870 delete occurrences of '/boot/'.
871 These occurrences can normally be deleted in any case, see loader(8).
873 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
874 + UPGRADING FROM DRAGONFLY <= 1.8 TO DRAGONFLY >= 1.9 +
875 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
877 In 1.9 major changes to the disk management infrastructure have taken
878 place. make upgrade may not catch all of your disk devices in /dev,
879 so after upgrading be sure to cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV <blah> where <blah>
880 are all of your disk devices. HOWEVER, from late 2.3 on we run devfs
881 and MAKEDEV no longer exists.
883 The biggest changes in 1.9 are:
885 (1) That whole-slice devices such as da0s1 no longer share the same device
886 id as partition c devices such as da0s1c.
888 (2) The whole-disk device (e.g. da0) is full raw access to the disk,
889 with no snooping or reserved sectors. Consequently you cannot run
890 disklabel on this device. Instead you must run disklabel on a
893 (3) The 'compatibility' partitions now use slice 0 in the device name,
894 so instead of da0a you must specify da0s0a. Also, as per (1) above,
895 accessing the disklabel for the compatibility partitions must be
896 done via slice 0 (da0s0).
898 (4) Many device drivers that used to fake up labels, such as CD, ACD, VN,
899 and CCD now run through the disk management layer and are assigned
900 real disk management devices. VN and CCD in particular do not usually
901 use a MBR and disklabels must be accessed through the compatibility
902 slice 0. Your /etc/ccd.conf file still specifies 'ccd0', though, you
903 don't name it 'ccd0s0' in the config file.
905 Generally speaking, you have to get used to running fdisk and disklabel on
906 the correctly specified device names. A lot of the wiggle, such as running
907 disklabel on a partition, has been removed.
909 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
910 + UPGRADING FROM OLDER VERSIONS OF DRAGONFLY OR FREEBSD +
911 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
916 Kerberos IV (eBones) was removed from the tree, please consider moving to
917 Kerberos 5 (Heimdal).
919 > Package Management System
920 ---------------------------
922 Starting with the 1.4 release, DragonFly uses NetBSD's pkgsrc package
923 management system. The necessary tools to build and maintain packages
924 are provided in /usr/pkg/bin and /usr/pkg/sbin. Make sure that these
925 directories are in your PATH variable.
927 In order to obtain a reasonably current snapshot of the pkgsrc tree, use
928 the tarball from NetBSD:
930 fetch -o /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc.tar.gz
931 cd /usr; tar -xzf /tmp/pkgsrc.tar.gz; chown -R root:wheel pkgsrc
933 This tree can then be kept up to date with cvs update:
935 cd /usr/pkgsrc; cvs up
937 NOTE! If you upgraded from a pre-1.4 system to 1.4 or later, you need to
938 build and install the pkgsrc bootstrap manually:
940 cd /usr/pkgsrc/bootstrap
941 ./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg --prefix /usr/pkg
943 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
944 + UPGRADING DRAGONFLY ON AN EXISTING DRAGONFLY SYSTEM +
945 + UPDATING FROM PRE-1.2 SYSTEMS OR FreeBSD 4.x TO +
946 + DRAGONFLY 1.3+ (EITHER PREVIEW or HEAD) +
947 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
949 The compatibility shims for the build environment have been removed, you
950 have to update to DragonFly 1.2 release branch first.
952 The default PAM configuration has moved from /etc/pam.conf to /etc/pam.d/.
953 The existing configuration can be converted using /etc/pam.d/convert.sh.
954 Entries in /etc/pam.d/ override entries in /etc/pam.conf. In addition
955 the pam_skey.so module was retired, you have to remove it manually from
956 your configuration, when you convert it.
958 > Required user and group IDs when upgrading from either FreeBSD or DragonFly
959 ---------------------
961 The following users may be missing from your password file. Use vipw and
962 add any that are missing:
964 smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/sbin/nologin
965 _pflogd:*:64:64::0:0:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
967 The following groups may be missing from your group file. Use vi /etc/group
968 and add any that are missing:
975 > Upgrading to DragonFly from FreeBSD
976 ---------------------
978 You can build the DragonFly world and DragonFly kernels on a FreeBSD-4.x or
979 FreeBSD-5.x machine and then install DragonFly over FreeBSD, replacing
980 FreeBSD. Note that the DragonFly buildworld target does not try to reuse
981 make depend information, it starts from scratch, so no pre-cleaning of the
982 object hierarchy is necessary.
984 # get the CVS repository (it is placed in /home/dcvs, 500MB).
985 # Please use the -h option and a mirror site to pull the
986 # initial repository, but feel free to use the main repository
987 # machine to pull updates.
988 cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/DragonFly-cvs-supfile
989 # install the source from the CVS hierarchy (remove preexisting
990 # FreeBSD src first) (500MB)
993 cvs -R -d /home/dcvs checkout -P src
995 # build it (500MB used in /usr/obj)
999 make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
1001 Once you have built DragonFly you have to install it over FreeBSD. Since
1002 DragonFly does not track changes made by FreeBSD to its include file
1003 hierarchy and include file pollution can cause all sorts of unexpected
1004 compilation issues to come up, it is best to wipe your include hierarchy
1005 prior to installing DragonFly. Note that you should not wipe any installed
1006 FreeBSD header files or binaries until after you have successfully completed
1007 the build steps above.
1011 make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
1014 Then you need to upgrade your system. DragonFly's 'make upgrade' target
1015 will unconditionally upgrade the /etc files that sysops do not usually
1016 mess around with, such as the files in /etc/rc.d. It will also remove any
1017 obsolete files such as utilities and manpages that have been removed from
1018 the system since the version you're coming from. If you are unsure we
1019 recommend that you make a backup of at least your /etc before applying
1020 this step. Note that DragonFly's RC system is basically RCNG from
1021 FreeBSD-5, but there are some differences in the contents of the RC files.
1025 NOTE! Never do a 'make upgrade' before 'make installworld' has been run.
1026 Doing so might leave your system in an unusable state.
1028 Finally we recommend that you do an 'ls -lta BLAH' for /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
1029 /usr/bin, and /usr/lib, and remove any stale files that you find. Please
1030 report these files to the DragonFly developers so that they can be added to
1031 the 'upgrade' target.