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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:05:59 UTC
The branch main has been updated by cperciva:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=13df408b7c3a00c372ab5ac970508e94722035c4
commit 13df408b7c3a00c372ab5ac970508e94722035c4
Author: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-30 01:04:51 +0000
Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-30 01:04:51 +0000
15.0/relnotes: Collect EC2 changes under "cloud"
While I'm here, mention the new "AMI Builder" images.
---
website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
index 80d91b4c7c..7b88ddc140 100644
--- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
+++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc
@@ -647,13 +647,23 @@ link:https://cloudmarketplace.oracle.com/marketplace/app/freebsd-release[Oracle
for more information.
gitref:77b296a2582b[repository=src]
-The "shutdown" and "reboot" API in the Amazon EC2 cloud now work for arm64 instances.
-Older instances upgraded to FreeBSD {releaseCurrent} will need to have `debug.acpi.quirks="8"` set in `/boot/loader.conf`.
+The "shutdown" and "reboot" API in the Amazon EC2 cloud now work for arm64 ("Graviton") instances.
gitref:28b881840df7[repository=src] (Sponsored by Amazon)
-The FreeBSD projects now publishes "small" EC2 images; these are the "base" images minus debug symbols, tests, 32-bit libraries, the LLDB debugger, the Amazon SSM Agent, and the AWS CLI.
+Several bug fixes and configuration changes collectively allow device hotplug on both x86 and arm64 ("Graviton") EC2 instances.
+gitref:ce9a34b1614e[repository=src]
+gitref:55c3348ed78f[repository=src]
+gitref:d70bac252d30[repository=src]
+(Sponsored by Amazon)
+
+Users upgrading EC2 instances from earlier FreeBSD releases should set `hw.pci.intx_reroute=0` and `debug.acpi.quirks="56"` in `/boot/loader.conf`.
+
+The FreeBSD project now publishes "small" EC2 images; these are the "base" images minus debug symbols, tests, 32-bit libraries, the LLDB debugger, the Amazon SSM Agent, and the AWS CLI.
gitref:953142d6baf3[repository=src] (Sponsored by Amazon)
+The FreeBSD project now publishes "builder" EC2 images; these boot into a memory disk and extract a clean "base" image onto the root disk (mounted at `/mnt`) to be customized before creating an AMI.
+gitref:584265890303[repository=src] (Sponsored by Amazon)
+
[[kernel]]
== Kernel
@@ -1100,9 +1110,6 @@ gitref:f9e09dc5b1d5[repository=src]
Under Hyper-V, TLB flushes are now performed using hypercalls rather than IPIs, providing up to a 40% improvement in TLB performance.
gitref:7ece5993b787[repository=src] (Sponsored by Microsoft)
-Several bug fixes and configuration changes collectively allow device hotplug on both x86 and arm64 ("Graviton") EC2 instances.
-Users upgrading EC2 instances from earlier FreeBSD releases should set `hw.pci.intx_reroute=0` and `debug.acpi.quirks="56"` in `/boot/loader.conf`.
-
[[linuxulator]]
=== Linux Binary Compatibility