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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:31:39 UTC
The branch main has been updated by bofh: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=a04c6ff35e2f20fd2bb2e7774a6ed25f3d9eccb1 commit a04c6ff35e2f20fd2bb2e7774a6ed25f3d9eccb1 Author: Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-02-21 08:29:53 +0000 Commit: Muhammad Moinur Rahman <bofh@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-02-21 08:31:26 +0000 website: Update 13.5R Release Notes - Add mandatory sections which were marked with Relnotes=yes Approved by: re (implicit) --- website/content/en/releases/13.5R/relnotes.adoc | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/13.5R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/13.5R/relnotes.adoc index 1afcc6cc51..bb17482a40 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/13.5R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/13.5R/relnotes.adoc @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ This section covers changes and additions to devices and device drivers since {r [[drivers-removals]] === Deprecated and Removed Drivers +man:agp[4] has been planned for removal in FreeBSD 15.0, and the man page now states that it is deprecated. +gitref:8375d2b9c653[repository=src]. + [[storage]] == Storage @@ -200,6 +203,14 @@ This section covers changes and additions to file systems and other storage subs [[storage-general]] === General Storage +Allow to pass {NGROUPS_MAX} + 1 groups in man:mountd[8]. +gitref:927d7d57793a[repository=src]. +NGROUPS_MAX is just the minimum maximum of the number of allowed supplementary groups. +The actual runtime value may be greater. +Allow more groups to be specified accordingly. +man:nmount[2] has been changed similarly. +(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation) + [[boot]] == Boot Loader Changes @@ -216,6 +227,27 @@ This section describes changes that affect networking in FreeBSD. [[network-general]] === General Network +Convert PF_DEFAULT_TO_DROP into a vnet loader tunable `net.pf.default_to_drop`. +gitref:cb162f659578[repository=src]. +gitref:7f7ef494f11d[repository=src] introduced a compile time option PF_DEFAULT_TO_DROP to make the man:pf[4] default rule to drop. +While this change exposes a vnet loader tunable `net.pf.default_to_drop` so that users can change the default rule without re-compiling the man:pf[4] module. +This change is similar to that for IPFW gitref:5f17ebf94db5[repository=src]. + +Add AIM to man:igc[4] driver. +gitref:eaa616f02193[repository=src]. +igc is derived from igb and has never had an AIM implementation. The same algorithm from e1000 is appropriate here. +The AIM algorithm was re-introduced from the older igb or out of tree driver, and then modernized with permission to use Intel code from other drivers. +(Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC/Netgate and BBOX.io) + +Re-add AIM to e1000 driver. +gitref:a527aa7a7f62[repository=src]. +(Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC/Netgate and BBOX.io) + +Old itr sysctl handler has been removed from the e1000 driver. +gitref:a42c3e61504b[repository=src]. +With the new AIM code, it is expected most users will not need to manually tune this. +(Sponsored by BBOX.io) + [[hardware]] == Hardware Support @@ -226,6 +258,31 @@ Please see link:https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.5R/hardware[the list of hard [[hardware-virtualization]] === Virtualization Support +Teach man:sysctl[8] to attach and run itself in a jail. +gitref:5b0a5d8c1ea3[repository=src]. +This allows the parent jail to retrieve or set kernel state when child does not have man:sysctl[8] installed (for example light weighted OCI containers or slim jails). +This is especially useful when manipulating jail prison or vnet sysctls. +For example, `sysctl -j foo -Ja` or `sysctl -j foo net.fibs=2`. + +Teach man:ip6addrctl[8] to attach and run itself in a jail. +gitref:fa9926a62ae3[repository=src]. +This will make it easier to manage address selection policies of vnet jails, especially for those light weighted OCI containers or slim jails. + +Enable vnet man:sysctl[9] variables to be loader tunable. +gitref:d2a999c2e0a0[repository=src]. +Completes phase two of gitref:3da1cf1e88f8[repository=src]. +The meaning of the flag CTLFLAG_TUN is extended to automatically check if there is a kernel environment variable which shall initialize the sysctl during early boot. +In memoriam of Hans Petter Selasky. + +Add flags to filter jail prison and vnet variables via man:sysctl[8]. +gitref:09cbd68e4e47[repository=src]. +So users do not have to contact the source code to tell whether a variable is a jail prison / vnet one or not. + +Define a common `mac` node for jail parameters of MAC. +gitref:ae2383c0dd16[repository=src]. +To be used by MAC/do. +(Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation) + [[documentation]] == Documentation