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**'Please read the https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/relnotes.html to see actual changes and new features in %%FreeBSD%% 12.0. Do not assume that the following is a complete list.**'

**These are not Release Notes!** This is an informal list of changes which are considered important or interesting to the users of %%FreeBSD%%. As such, they may contain incomplete or wrong information. If you are a developer, please keep this page updated!

See also:

  * [[WhatsNew/FreeBSD10|What's new for FreeBSD 10]]
  * [[WhatsNew/FreeBSD11|What's new for FreeBSD 11]]

The intent is for this page to collect major, user-visible changes to %%FreeBSD%% while in the development cycle for %%FreeBSD%% 12, no matter if the changes are eventually MFC-ed to earlier versions.

====== What's new for FreeBSD 12 ======

  * iwmfw(4) includes support for 8260 series units. ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303322|r303322]])
  * ipfw_nptv6 module which introduces Network Prefix Translation for IPv6. ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303012|r303012]])
  * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424|RFC 5424]] support for syslog(3) and syslogd(8). ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=332100|r332100]] and [[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=332510|r332510]])

===== Networking improvements =====

  * Support for zero-copy aio_write() on TOE sockets. ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303405|r303405]])

===== ARM =====

  * Support for armv7 ARCH.  ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324340|r324340]], [[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324341|r324341]], [[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324363|r324363]], [[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324365|r324365]])
  * Support for Allwinner A13. ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/302472|r302472]])

===== ARM64 =====

  * OHCI enabled on arm64 by default. ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303299|r303299]])

===== PowerPC =====

  * New powerpcspe machine architecture for Freescale e500v2-based %%SoCs%%.  ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/307761|r307761]])

===== Security =====

  * Named dynamic states support added to ipfw(4). ([[https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303018|r303018]])

===== General =====
  * top(1) has gotten an overhaul.