svn commit: r51899 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/11.2R

Thu Jun 21 23:14:50 UTC 2018

Author: gjb
Date: Thu Jun 21 23:14:49 2018
New Revision: 51899
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51899

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  Add the 11.2-RELEASE errata.html page.
  
  Approved by:	re (implicit)
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE Errata</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /><link rev="made" href="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /><meta name="description" content="This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE, containing significant information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before installing this version of FreeBSD. This errata document for FreeB
 SD 11.2-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE." /><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="/layout/js/google.js"></script></head><body><div class="article"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title"><a id="top"></a>FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE Errata</h1></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="orgname">The FreeBSD Project</span></h3></div></div><div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="copyright">Copyright © 2018 The FreeBSD Documentation
+	Project</p></div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks"></a><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD is a registered trademark of
+  the FreeBSD Foundation. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Intel, Celeron, Centrino, Core, EtherExpress, i386,
+  i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered
+  trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United
+  States and other countries. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">SPARC, SPARC64, and
+  UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc in the United
+  States and other countries.  SPARC International, Inc owns all of the
+  SPARC trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use
+  of these trademarks by its members. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Many of the designations used by
+  manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed
+  as trademarks.  Where those designations appear in this document,
+  and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the
+  designations have been followed by the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">™</span>”</span> or the
+  <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">®</span>”</span> symbol. </p></div></div><div>Last modified on 2018-06-21 19:10:58 EDT by gjb.</div><div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="abstract"><div class="abstract-title">Abstract</div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE,
+	containing significant information discovered after the
+	release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise
+	included in the release documentation.  This information
+	includes security advisories, as well as news relating to the
+	software or documentation that could affect its operation or
+	usability.  An up-to-date version of this document should
+	always be consulted before installing this version of
+	FreeBSD. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This errata document for FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE will be maintained
+	until the release of FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE. </p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><div class="toc-title">Table of Contents</div><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#intro">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#security">2. Security Advisories</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#errata">3. Errata Notices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#open-issues">4. Open Issues</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#late-news">5. Late-Breaking News</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="intro"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">This errata document contains <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">late-breaking
+	news</span>”</span> about FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE.  Before installing this
+      version, it is important to consult this document to learn about
+      any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have
+      been found and fixed. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Any version of this errata document actually distributed
+      with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be
+      out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on
+      the Internet and should be consulted as the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="quote">“<span class="quote">current
+	errata</span>”</span> for this release.  These other copies of the
+      errata are located at <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/" target="_top">https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus any
+      sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE also
+      contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of
+      the snapshot). </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/" target="_top">https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a>. </p></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="security"></a>2. Security Advisories</h2></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="40%" /><col width="30%" /><col width="30%" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Advisory</th><th>Date</th><th>Topic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>No advisories</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="errata"></a>3. Errata Notices</h2></div></div></div><div class="informal
 table"><table width="100%" border="0"><colgroup><col width="40%" /><col width="30%" /><col width="30%" /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Errata</th><th>Date</th><th>Topic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>No erratas</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="open-issues"></a>4. Open Issues</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">FreeBSD/i386 installed on ZFS may crash during boot
+	  when the ZFS pool mount is attempted while booting an
+	  unmodified <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">GENERIC</code> kernel. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">A system tunable has been added as of revision
+	  <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">r286584</code> to make the
+	  <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">kern.kstack_pages</code> tunable configurable
+	  without recompiling the kernel. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">To mitigate system crashes with such configurations,
+	  choose <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">Escape to loader prompt</code> in the
+	  boot menu and enter the following lines from <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">loader</span>(8)</span></a>
+	  prompt, after an <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">OK</code>: </p><pre class="screen">set kern.kstack_pages=4
+boot</pre><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">Add this line to
+	  <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">/boot/loader.conf</code> for the change to
+	  persist across reboots: </p><pre class="programlisting">kern.kstack_pages=4</pre></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[2017-07-25] FreeBSD/arm64 currently lacks
+	  <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">EFI</acronym> real-time clock
+	  (<acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">RTC</acronym>) support, which may cause the system
+	  to boot with the wrong time set. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">As a workaround, either enable <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ntpdate&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ntpdate</span>(8)</span></a> or
+	  include <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"</code> in
+	  <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[2017-07-25] A late issue was discovered with
+	  FreeBSD/arm64 and "root on
+	  <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">ZFS</acronym>" installations where the root
+	  <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">ZFS</acronym> pool would fail to be located. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">There currently is no workaround. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[2017-11-06] An issue with FreeBSD virtual machines with
+	  <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">vagrant</span> was discovered that
+	  affects the <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="application">VirtualBox</span> where the
+	  virtual machine will not start on the initial boot invoked
+	  with <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">vagrant up</code>. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">The issue is due to the virtual machine
+	  <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">MAC</acronym> being unset, as FreeBSD does not provide
+	  a default <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="filename">Vagrantfile</code>. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">It has been observed, however, that a subsequent
+	  invocation of <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">vagrant up</code> will allow the
+	  virtual machine to successfully boot, allowing access via
+	  <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">vagrant ssh</code>. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">[2018-06-21] An issue had been discovered late in the
+	  release cycle where removing <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">ZFS</acronym> vdevs
+	  from a pool under certain conditions would cause a system
+	  crash when <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfsd&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">zfsd</span>(8)</span></a> is enabled in
+	  <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="citerefentry" href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rc.conf</span>(5)</span></a>. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">At present, it is believed to be limited to removal of
+	  a <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">mirror</code> vdev from a pool consisting of
+	  multiple <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">mirror</code> vdevs. </p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">See <acronym xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">PR</acronym> <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="link" href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228750" target="_top">228750</a>
+	  for more information and updates as the issue is
+	  investigated. </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1"><div xmlns="" class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="late-news"></a>5. Late-Breaking News</h2></div></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional">No news. </p></div></div><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents,
+      can be downloaded from <a href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/">https://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/</a>.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the
+      <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before
+      contacting <<a href="mailto:questions at FreeBSD.org">questions at FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>All users of FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE should
+      subscribe to the <<a href="mailto:stable at FreeBSD.org">stable at FreeBSD.org</a>>
+      mailing list.</small></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation,
+      e-mail <<a href="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">doc at FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p></body></html>
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