Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:32:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r220187 - head Message-ID: <201103310832.p2V8WsBD096769@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: adrian Date: Thu Mar 31 08:32:53 2011 New Revision: 220187 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220187 Log: Document the ath glue changes. Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Thu Mar 31 08:14:51 2011 (r220186) +++ head/UPDATING Thu Mar 31 08:32:53 2011 (r220187) @@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9. machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.) +20110331: + ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains + the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci + contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb + contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath + in order to use ath on everything else. + + TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only + need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation. + 20110218: GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD. This is the last available version under GPLv2. It brings a number of new
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