FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE Release Notes

[Besides the usual new release details on drivers and the like (see link), this release changes the default CPUTYPE for the i386 architecture to be 686 (instead of 486). Details are included below.--Ed.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for boru:

FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE released. Highlights: arm64 is now a tier 1 architecture. Lowlights: sparc64 support has been removed.

The FreeBSD Project | FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE Release Notes:

The default CPUTYPE for the i386 architecture isnow 686 (instead of 486).

This means that binaries require a 686-class CPU by defaultincluding, but not limited to, binaries provided by the FreeBSDRelease Engineering team. The FreeBSD 13.0 code base continues tosupport older CPUs. Users who need to run on 486- or 586-class CPUsneed to build their own releases.

As the embedded market is the primary user of cores based oni486 and i586, end-user impact is expected to be minimal. Mostembedded systems have custom builds already. Although some minoradjustments will be necessary, it will be on par with the effortrequired to move between major versions. Server and desktopmachines based on these CPU types are generally over 20 years old.Most have been retired or are too resource poor to make FreeBSD13.0 an attractive upgrade.

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