FreeBSD 14.3 Released: ZFS Upgrades, WiFi Driver Improvements, and More

FreeBSD 14.3, a stable release serving as a stepping stone to FreeBSD 15, is now available. This release backports numerous improvements from FreeBSD 15, including: ZFS updated to OpenZFS 2.2.7; Realtek RTW88 and RTW89 WiFi drivers merged based on Linux 6.14; LinuxKPI enhancements for crypto offload and 802.11n/ac support; Intel IX Ethernet driver support for x550 1000BAS-BX SFP modules; and updates to XZ, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and many other packages. The legacy Syscons console driver is deprecated.