Author: imp
Date: Sun May 2 06:34:13 2010
New Revision: 207497
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207497
Log:
Comment on new config version that's now required for amd64 and ia64.
Comment on the confusing error message from Apr 17th-May 2nd generated
by config(8) as well.
Modified:
stable/8/UPDATING
Modified: stable/8/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/UPDATING Sun May 2 06:24:17 2010 (r207496)
+++ stable/8/UPDATING Sun May 2 06:34:13 2010 (r207497)
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.
debugging tools present in HEAD were left in place because
sun4v support still needs work to become production ready.
+20100502:
+ The config(8) command has been updated to maintain compatibility
+ with config files from 8.0-RELEASE. You will need a new version
+ of config to build kernels (this version can be used from 8.0-RELEASE
+ forward). The buildworld target will generate it, so following
+ the instructions in this file for updating will work glitch-free.
+ Merely doing a make buildkernel without first doing a make buildworld
+ (or kernel-toolchain), or attempting to build a kernel using
+ traidtional methods will generate a config version warning, indicating
+ you should update.
+
20100408:
The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and
rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed.
@@ -28,6 +39,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.
The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables.
+20100417:
+ COMPAT_IA32 has been added as an alias for COMPAT_FREEBDS32. A new
+ version of config(8) is required. The error message when you hit this
+ condition is confusing (COMPAT_FREEBSD32 duplicate option), when it
+ should really say "your config is too old to compile this new kernel."
+
20100406:
The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32
to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
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