3 * Version 5.4.0 released 03 December 2018
5 DragonFly version 5.4 brings a new system compiler, GCC 8, a large number network and virtual machine driver updates, and updates to video support. This release is 64-bit only, as with previous releases.
7 The details of all commits between the 5.2 and 5.4 branches are available in the associated commit messages for [5.4.0rc](http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2018-November/718131.html) and [5.4.0](http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2018-December/718171.html).
11 * Better support for asymmetric NUMA configurations. In particular, both the memory subsystem and the scheduler now understand the Threadripper 2990WX's architecture. The scheduler will prioritize CPU nodes with direct-attached memory and the memory subsystem will normalize memory queues for CPU nodes without direct-attached memory (which improves cache locality on those CPUs).
13 * Incremental performance work. DragonFly as a whole is very SMP friendly. The type of performance work we are doing now mostly revolves around improving fairness for shared-vs-exclusive lock clashes, reducing cache ping-ponging due to non-contending SMP locks (i.e. massive use of shared locks on shared resources), and so forth.
15 * Major updates to dports brings us to within a week or two of FreeBSD's ports as of this writing, in particular major updates to chromium, and making the whole mess work with gcc-8.
19 * DragonFly now ships with GCC 8.0, and runs as the default compiler. It is also now used for building dports.
21 * GCC 4.7.4 and GCC 5.4.1 are still installed. 4.7.4 is our backup compiler, and 5.4.1 is still there to ensure a smooth transition, but should generally not be used. buildworld builds all three by default to ensure maximum compatibility.
25 * Bug fixing has continued. HAMMER2 is recommended as the default root filesystem in non-clustered mode.
26 * Clustered support is not yet available.
30 * A number of drivers of use when running DragonFly as a guest VM have been added or updated, including ena, if_vtnet, virtio_balloon, and virtio_pci.
31 * Improvements for DRM and radeon.
32 * Serial-output-only installs are now possible.
36 * dhcpcd has been added to the base system, and will replace dhclient and rtsold - though not in this release.
37 * A number of network device drivers have been added.
38 * A couple of edge-case panics have been fixed.
39 * wpa_supplicant is installed via dports, by default, to override the default version in base. The base version remains so that a mass pkg deletion doesn't accidentally remove the ability to get online.
45 MD5 (dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.img) =
46 MD5 (dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso) =
47 MD5 (dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.img.bz2) =
48 MD5 (dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso.bz2) =
52 If you have an existing 5.2.x system and are running a generic kernel, the normal upgrade process, described below, will work.
54 Change your local /usr/src to 5.4:
58 git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_5_4 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_5_4
59 git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_5_4
62 And then rebuild: (in /usr/src )
74 Don't forget to upgrade your existing packages. 5.4 packages have already been built and are immediately available.
79 ## All changes since DragonFly 5.2
83 * drm has been updated to match Linux kernel 4.7.10 in a number of locations.
84 * The radeon driver has been updated; currently matches Linux 3.18.
85 * CVE-2018-8897 mitigated.
86 * x2apic timer support added.
87 * various updates to autofs
91 * The network tunnel driver, [tun(4)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=tun§ion=4), has been cleaned up and updated. It's now clonable for anyone building VPN links.
92 * The [tap(4)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=tap§ion=4) and interface cloning have also received related updates and fixes.
93 * Interface groups are now supported in the kernel and [pf(4)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=pf§ion=4). They can be configured with [ifconfig(8)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=ifconfig§ion=8)
94 * DragonFly now can use [dhcpcd(8)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=dhcpcd§ion=8) for DHCP, for both IPv4 and IPv6. See [the announcement](http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2018-November/357989.html) for details. The existing utilities dhclient(8) and rtsold(8) are still supported, so no configuration change is required yet.
95 * The ena (Elastic Network Adapter) network driver has been added.
96 * if_iwm has had multiple updates.
97 * if_vtnet, the virtual I/O Ethernet driver, has been updated.
101 * The virtio_balloon memory driver has been added.
102 * /dev/sndstat can now be opened multiple times by the same device.
103 * mpr(4) driver for LSI Fusion-MPT 3/3.5 SAS controllers added.
104 * MosChip PCIe serial communications now supported.
110 * The initrd has had significant improvement and now forms a much more complete rescue system, with over 70 tools added via [crunchgen(1)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=crunchgen§ion=1). See the [initrd(7)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=initrd§ion=7) man page for details.
112 ### Various tools have been upgraded in the base system:
114 * [dhcpcd](http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd) 7.0.8 imported.
115 * [openresolv](https://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv) 3.9.0 imported, installed as [resolvconf(8)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=resolvconf§ion=8).
116 * [ip6addrctl(8)](https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=ip6addrctl§ion=8) together with a rc script imported from FreeBSD.
117 * DHCP server for network installs updated to net/isc-dhcp44-server.
118 * OpenSSH updated to 7.6p1.
119 * ACPICA updated to 20181031.
120 * Time zone data updated to tzdata2018g.
121 * Compiler - see next section
125 * gcc 8.0 is the default compiler, for kernel, world, and dports. GCC versions 4 and 5 are still installed and built if needed.
129 * A full set of new binary packages has been built for 5.4, available through the pkg tool.
130 * There's a number of options now for running a web browser on DragonFly; check the [browser documentation page](https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/docs/howtos/WebBrowsers/) for a full list.
131 * wpa_supplicant is installed as a package by default; delete if your system does not use wireless. The version in base remains as a safety measure in case the dports version is deleted.