The man:diskinfo[8] utility now reports the physical device name GEOM attribute when available. gitref:b5961be1ab7[repository=src]
-The man:elf2aout[1] utility has been removed. gitref:dd99ab06f360[repository=src]
+Removed the man:elf2aout[1] utility. gitref:dd99ab06f360[repository=src]
The man:freebsd-update[8] utility now displays progress for the "Fetching files..." stage. gitref:d6e1e31a0e6[repository=src]
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
The manual page for the man:freebsd-update[8] utility documents using the `PAGER` environment variable for non-interactive use. gitref:32f4592764d[repository=src]
-The obsolete version of the GNU debugger installed to [.filename]#/usr/libexec# for use by man:crashinfo[8] has been removed.
+Removed the obsolete version of the GNU debugger that was installed to [.filename]#/usr/libexec# for use by man:crashinfo[8].
Detailed kernel crash information can be obtained by installing modern GDB
from ports or packages.
gitref:1c0ea326aa6d[repository=src]
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
[[userland-contrib]]
=== Contributed Software
-The man:bc[1] and man:dc[1] utilities have been replaced by the version developed by Gavin D. Howard.
+Replaced the man:bc[1] and man:dc[1] utilities with the version developed by Gavin D. Howard.
The new versions do not depend on an external large number library, offer GNU bc extensions, are much faster than and fix POSIX compliance issues of the programs they replace.
They support POSIX message catalogs and come with localized messages in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portugueze, and Russian.
The previous implementation is still available in FreeBSD-13 and can be selected instead of the new one by the build option `WITHOUT_GH_BC`. gitref:c41fef90a7d[repository=src]
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
The new man:getlocalbase[3] function in libutil retrieves the LOCALBASE path in a standard way. gitref:30d21d27953[repository=src]
-The man:cap_random[3] function has been removed as it has been
+Removed the man:cap_random[3] function as it has been
superseeded by man:getrandom[2]. gitref:a76f78dc3f43[repository=src]
A new Linux-compatible man:copy_file_range[2] system call supports efficient
@@ -223,34 +223,32 @@
allowed to the attaching process and the jail.
Processes belonging to the superuser will implicitly widen their CPU mask as needed if they share no CPUs in common with the jail.
-The in-kernel cryptographic framework has been overhauled to better support
+Overhauled the in-kernel cryptographic framework to better support
modern cryptographic algorithms as well as simplify the interface for both
man:gnop[8] can now apply configurable delays to read and write requests to
simulate a slow disk. gitref:4f80c85519d5[repository=src]
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@
This avoids the need to run man:rpcbind[8] on an NFS server.
gitref:4389a5661034[repository=src]
-The man:fusefs[5] protocol has been updated to 7.28 along with adding support
+Updated the man:fusefs[5] protocol to 7.28 along with adding support
for `FUSE_COPY_FILE_RANGE` and `FUSE_LSEEK`.
gitref:92bbfe1f0d1f[repository=src]
@@ -431,7 +429,7 @@
The man:ping[8] utility now supports setting network QoS, with IP DSCP gitref:6034024daddb[repository=src] and Ethernet PCP gitref:81a6f4c7ae69[repository=src]. {{< sponsored "NetApp" >}}
-The man:ping[8] and man:ping6[8] utilities have been merged.
+Merged the man:ping[8] and man:ping6[8] utilities.
man:ping[8] supports both IPv4 and IPv6.
A legacy man:ping6[8] is retained for backwards compatibility. gitref:3cde9171d2d5[repository=src]
@@ -456,7 +454,7 @@
[[ARM-ARM64]]
=== ARMv5
-Support for version 5 of the 32-bit ARM architecture has been removed.
+Removed support for version 5 of the 32-bit ARM architecture.
Building for `TARGET=arm` now defaults to a `TARGET_ARCH` of `armv7`.
gitref:eb4977bd0fb2[repository=src]
@@ -488,7 +486,7 @@
=== Sparc
-Support for the `sparc64` architecture (SPARC 9) has been removed.
+Removed support for the `sparc64` architecture (SPARC 9).
gitref:58aa35d42975[repository=src]
[[hardware-virtualization]]
@@ -496,7 +494,9 @@
The man:bhyve[8] utility supports additional COM3 and COM4 serial ports. gitref:eed1cc6cdfa[repository=src]
-The deprecated bvmconsole and bvmdebug device models have been removed. This includes both the device models from man:bhyve[8] and the kernel device drivers for FreeBSD guests. gitref:c4df8cbfde5[repository=src]
+Removed the deprecated bvmconsole and bvmdebug device models from man:bhyve[8]
+and the associated kernel device drivers for FreeBSD guests.
+gitref:c4df8cbfde5[repository=src]
The man:bhyve[8] utility works reliably with more VNC clients including the macOS "Screen Sharing" application. gitref:2bb4be0f865[repository=src]