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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml index 2fdf294..8f02af5 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ <!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" "http://www.FreeBSD.org/release/XML/release.ent"> %release; +<!ENTITY % sponsor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Sponsor Specification//EN" "sponsor.ent"> +%sponsor; +<!ENTITY % vendor PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Vendor Specification//EN" "vendor.ent"> +%vendor; <!ENTITY security SYSTEM "../../share/xml/security.xml"> <!ENTITY errata SYSTEM "../../share/xml/errata.xml"> ]> @@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate> <copyright> - <year>2015</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> </copyright> @@ -89,7 +93,112 @@ <sect1 xml:id="open-issues"> <title>Open Issues</title> - <para>No open issues.</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>An issue was discovered with Amazon® EC2™ + images which would cause the virtual machine to hang during + boot when upgrading from previous FreeBSD versions. New + EC2™ installations are not affected, but exisiting + installations running earlier releases are advised to wait + until the issue is resolved in an Errata Notice before + upgrading. An Errata Notice to address this is planned + following the release.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&os;/&arch.i386; installed on ZFS may crash during boot + when the ZFS pool mount is attempted while booting an + unmodified <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel.</para> + + <para>A system tunable has been added as of revision + <literal>r286584</literal> to make the + <literal>kern.kstack_pages</literal> tunable configurable + without recompiling the kernel.</para> + + <para>To mitigate system crashes with such configurations, + chose <literal>Escape to loader prompt</literal> in the boot + menu and enter the following lines from &man.loader.8; + prompt, after an <literal>OK</literal>:</para> + + <screen>set kern.kstack_pages=4 +boot</screen> + + <para>Add this line to + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> for the change to + persist across reboots:</para> + + <programlisting>kern.kstack_pages=4</programlisting> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>A bug was diagnosed in interaction of the + <literal>pmap_activate()</literal> function and + <acronym>TLB</acronym> shootdown <acronym>IPI</acronym> + handler on amd64 systems which have <acronym>PCID</acronym> + features but do not implement the <acronym>INVPCID</acronym> + instruction. On such machines, such as SandyBridge™ + and IvyBridge™ microarchitectures, set the loader + tunable <literal>vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0</literal> during + boot:</para> + + <screen>set vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0 +boot</screen> + + <para>Add this line to + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> for the change to + persist across reboots:</para> + + <para>To check if the system is affected, check + &man.dmesg.8; for <acronym>PCID</acronym> listed in the + "Features2", and absence of + <acronym>INVPCID</acronym> in the "Structured Extended + Features". If the <acronym>PCID</acronym> feature is + not present, or <acronym>INVPCID</acronym> is present, + system is not affected.</para> + + <programlisting>vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=0</programlisting> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The Release Notes erroneously states the + <literal>WITH_SYSTEM_COMPILER</literal> &man.src.conf.5; + option is enabled by default, however this was disabled + prior to the final release build.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The release announcement stated "Wireless support + for 802.11n has been added." This was intended to + state "Wireless support for 802.11n has been added for + additional wireless network drivers."</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Some release notes pertaining to the Cavium ThunderX + platform (the &os;/&arch.arm64; reference platform) were + omitted:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para revision="289550" contrib="sponsor" + sponsor="&cavium;">Support for the Cavium Virtualized + NIC ethernet driver has been added.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para revision="286919" contrib="sponsor" + sponsor="&cavium;">Support for the GICv3 and ITS device + drivers has been added.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para revision="296308" contrib="sponsor" + sponsor="&cavium;">Support for PCI Enhanced Allocation + support has been added.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="late-news"> |
