Re: Recommended upgrade procedure to avoid drm-kmod panic on 15.1-RELEASE

On 6/17/26 21:49, Takashi Shimizu wrote:
> Thank you for your message.
> 
> I would like to share a couple of points in response.
> 
> 1. pkg version and successful upgrade
> 
> I can confirm that I was able to perform the upgrade successfully
> using the procedure described in the thread. The version of pkg I
> used was 2.6.2, and the upgrade completed without any issues
> following the steps as outlined.

That may be based on too short term of a definition of "successfully":
I'd say t hat being able to repeat the procedure the same way next time
is part of what would constitute success, not needing to also do other
things not currently documented.

An  issue I reported is about future activity in the context that you
established. I expect that things may be messed up: For example, a
question is if freebsd-update will report an error that it is not to be
used with pkgbase systems.

> 
> 2. Regarding pkg-base upgrade method
> 
> I am aware of the pkg-base approach for upgrading the base system,
> which is documented at:
> 
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#pkgbase
> 
> However, I would like to hold off on recommending this method
> publicly for now. As of this writing, the documentation still
> carries the following notice:
> 
>   "This is still in development, so please be careful especially
>    when converting an existing system to use freebsd-base."
> 
> Until this warning is removed from the official documentation, I
> prefer not to introduce pkg-base as a recommended upgrade path. In
> the meantime, I plan to experiment with and study the pkg-base
> method on my own systems so that I am ready when it becomes more
> stable. Furthermore, when the warning is eventually removed, I hope
> that the FreeBSD-ports-kmod package will be automatically installed
> without users having to be aware of or concerned about it.
> 
> For now, as indicated by the warning message shown during
> freebsd-update upgrade, I would recommend following the ports-based
> update method for those looking to upgrade their systems.

That is consistent with avoiding mixing freebsd-update and pkgbase
installs on the same system.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Takashi Shimizu
> 
> 
> 


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