Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:32:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r338944 - head Message-ID: <201809261432.w8QEWa8C009877@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: emaste Date: Wed Sep 26 14:32:36 2018 New Revision: 338944 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338944 Log: Clarify UPDATING entry about lld The workaround described in the 20180530 entry is no longer required. Amend that entry and add a new 20180530 entry noting lld is the default amd64 linker. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (kib) Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Wed Sep 26 14:26:29 2018 (r338943) +++ head/UPDATING Wed Sep 26 14:32:36 2018 (r338944) @@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: need to be rebuilt. r335018 did a __FreeBSD_version bump for this. 20180530: + As of r334391 lld is the default amd64 system linker; it is installed + as /usr/bin/ld. Kernel build workarounds (see 20180510 entry) are no + longer necessary. + +20180530: The kernel / userland interface for devinfo changed, so you'll need a new kernel and userland as a pair for it to work (rebuilding lib/libdevinfo is all that's required). devinfo and devmatch will @@ -195,6 +200,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: way requires LD=ld.lld on the command line (or LD=/usr/local/bin/ld for binutils port/package). lld will soon be default, and this requirement will go away. + + NOTE: As of r334391 lld is the default system linker on amd64, and no + workaround is necessary. 20180508: The nxge(4) driver has been removed. This driver was for PCI-X 10g
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