FreeBSD 8.2 was officially released today. This release includes
- Xen HVM support in FreeBSD/amd64 and Xen PV support in FreeBSD/i386 improved
- ZFS on-disk format updated to version 15
- aesni(4) driver for Intel AESNI crypto instruction set
- BIND and OpenSSL updates
- Gnome updated to 2.32.1
- KDE updated to 4.5.5
- Other improvements and bug fixes.
All new orders will now have 8.2-RELEASE unless otherwise specified. For existing customers, you can update your system using the following:
# freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE
# freebsd-update install
# shutdown -r now
After rebooting,
# freebsd-update install
If you are updating from 7.4-RELEASE or earlier you will be prompted to rebuild all third-party applications due to updates in system libraries. Then you will have to run freebsd-update install and reboot once more.
To read the official announcement, see