This update, FreeBSD 13.4, came on 16 September 2024, with many changes and updates. The update has many changes in the Userland, including libcapsicum improvement to gain performance and reduced tzset calls.
New in FreeBSD 13.4 tools: SQLite3 version 3.46.0, OpenSSH version 9.7p1, LLVM 18.1.5, and clang compiler. Some other add-on update tools also come with it. These include libarchive version 3.7.4, atf version 0.22 snapshot 55c21b2c, and a snap-shot of capsicum-test at eab7a83b.
FreeBSD 13.4 gives you new irdma and ice versions, the latest SIM7600G support in u3g, as well as the fixes and stability, which are much better than the previous version of LinuxKPI-based drivers.
In the FreeBSD update 13.4, you get better features in the DVD package, but the devel/git is removed and replaced with the devel/git@lite. What is removed are emulators/linux_base-c7, ports-mgmt/portmaster, and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware for stability issues.
The update also sys-utils/seated and x11-wm/sway include Wayland support.
Other changes include network protocol and network stack: SCTP bug fixes, SCTP checksum offload support, and some other improvements. Many changes have been implemented for FreeBSD 13.4 in hardware support. For the list of supported CPU architectures, click this link.
Changes in processor support have appeared in FreeBSD 13.4. Now, AMD Ryzen 7 “Phoenix” processor supports are also reflected in the codes of drivers amdtemp and amdsmn.
The minor release has some bad news for the 32-bit platforms because it contains a number of disadvantages that we can expect in the future. For example, FreeBSD 15.0 will not support a 32-bit platform except for armv7, and no port support for 2-bit platforms in FreeBSD 15.0.
