Solved What is the most simple upgrade procedure from FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1?

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kirsche

Apologies, if I miss the obvious. I am new to FreeBSD since December 2025.

My system is at
Code: 
dvl@mybsd:~ % uname -a
FreeBSD mybsd 15.0-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p10 GENERIC amd64
Code: 
dvl@mybsd:~ % doas freebsd-update install
Password:
No updates are available to install.
Run 'freebsd-update [options] fetch' first.
Code: 
dvl@mybsd:~ % cat /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf 
FreeBSD-ports: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}
FreeBSD-ports-kmods: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/kmods_quarterly_${VERSION_MINOR}",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}
FreeBSD-base: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/base_release_${VERSION_MINOR}",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-${VERSION_MAJOR}",
  enabled: no
}

If I try to upgrade I get the following message:
Code: 
dvl@mybsd:~ % freebsd-update upgrade -r 15.1-RELEASE
freebsd-update: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/freebsd-update
dvl@mybsd:~ % doas freebsd-update upgrade -r 15.1-RELEASE
Password:

The following modules have been installed from packages.
As a consequence they might not work when performing a major or minor upgrade.
It is advised to rebuild these ports:

Module                                                            Package                                            Port
------                                                            -------                                            ----
/boot/firmware/amd-ucode.bin                                      cpu-microcode-amd-20251202                         sysutils/cpu-microcode-amd
/boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin                                    cpu-microcode-intel-20260227                       sysutils/cpu-microcode-intel
/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko                                           drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/dmabuf.ko                                           drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/drm.ko                                              drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/i915kms.ko                                          drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko                                        drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/ttm.ko                                              drm-latest-kmod-6.9.1500068_1                      graphics/drm-latest-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_dcn_3_1_5_dmcub_bin.ko                       gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-dcn-3-1-5-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_ce_bin.ko                          gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_me_bin.ko                          gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_mec2_bin.ko                        gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_mec_bin.ko                         gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_pfp_bin.ko                         gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_rlc_bin.ko                         gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_asd_bin.ko                        gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-5-20250109.1500068  graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_ta_bin.ko                         gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-5-20250109.1500068  graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_toc_bin.ko                        gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-5-20250109.1500068  graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_sdma_5_2_6_bin.ko                            gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-sdma-5-2-6-20250109.1500068  graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu_vcn_3_1_2_bin.ko                             gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-vcn-3-1-2-20250109.1500068   graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod
/boot/modules/if_re.ko                                            realtek-re-kmod-1101.00.1500068                    net/realtek-re-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_MT7922_patch_mcu_1_1_hdr.bin         wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin         wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1.bin                wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin                wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/mt7925/WIFI_MT7925_PATCH_MCU_1_1_hdr.bin  wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod
/boot/firmware/mediatek/mt7925/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7925_1_1.bin       wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x-20240513.1500068_2  net/wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod


Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 15.0-RELEASE from update1.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Fetching 1 metadata patches. done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 1 metadata files... done.
Inspecting system... done.

The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed:
kernel/generic src/src world/base

The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed:
kernel/generic-dbg world/base-dbg world/lib32 world/lib32-dbg

Does this look reasonable (y/n)? n

And indeed, if I follow the upgrade instructions I run into a Core Dump because of drm module.

Do I have to search where I load the modules shown above and deactivate them before doing a doas freebsd-update install followed by shutdown -r now? Or is there a simpler way?

What is the most simple upgrade procedure?
 
:cool: Anyone with children is always in a hurry. I only have an hour or two a day to get things done. That’s why I thought it would be a good idea to do the upgrade now.

But you are right. Now I will wait until June, 15th and start a new thread if something breaks again.
 
I had one laptop that was using freebsd-update rather than pkg base. I attempted an upgrade, trying to do what I did on a vm, go to rc3 then to release, but after the upgrade it kept going back to the boot menu. So, as I had the time, used the Boot Environment to revert and converted it to pkgbase. And, decided to wait for the announcement, especially as there's a potential issue, since it boots via Grub (a Linux multibooting laptop and not sure what'll happen after it's upgraded.)
 
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