Published : 2013-10-02

Release 9.2

FreeBSD 9.2 was released on September 30, 2013.

This release follows the LTS version 9.1 of FreeBSD and brings a set of very interesting changes:

  • Update of the e1000 driver, with performance improvements.
  • Integration of virtio into the GENERIC kernel (x86 and amd64), enabling the dedicated KVM drivers and improving performance.
  • Added support for the TRIM command for SSDs.
  • Added support for LZ4 compression on ZFS volumes, much more performant than LZO.
  • Removed the firewire driver from the GENERIC kernel.
  • Faster boot times, especially at the bootloader level.
  • Bootloader updated with a new logo in FreeBSD colors.
  • Improved I/O performance via unmapped I/O.

freebsd9.2-bootYou can find the full release notes here.

To update your system, run:

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update -r 9.2-RELEASE upgrade
freebsd-update install
reboot
freebsd-update install

If you notice issues with some ports, feel free to recompile/reinstall them. It is recommended to use portmaster to rebuild all ports for this new FreeBSD version:

portmaster -a