Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 21:29:02 GMT From: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 36dad6d7bd - main - 14.3/relnotes: Reword note about new kmods repo Message-ID: <202506082129.558LT2Xv027178@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=36dad6d7bd78f01068883d72c7268a10d5c62791 commit 36dad6d7bd78f01068883d72c7268a10d5c62791 Author: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-06-08 21:28:39 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-06-08 21:28:39 +0000 14.3/relnotes: Reword note about new kmods repo --- website/content/en/releases/14.3R/relnotes.adoc | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/14.3R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/14.3R/relnotes.adoc index 9fcb94f13b..34186c366d 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/14.3R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/14.3R/relnotes.adoc @@ -488,11 +488,9 @@ gitref:fc889167c319[repository=src]. This section covers changes to the FreeBSD Ports Collection, package infrastructure, and package maintenance and installation tools. -New kmod repository was added. -The kmod repository is a new repository for FreeBSD kernel modules specially third party modules from the FreeBSD Ports Collection. -The installer images uses Quarterly branch of the ports tree but the quarterly branch lags behind on the most recent Graphics drivers. -To serve the most recent graphics drivers and related kmods the kmod repository was created. -(gitref:a47542f71511[repository=src]). +A new `FreeBSD-kmods` repository is included in the default `/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf` man:pkg[8] configuration file. +This repository contains kernel modules compiled specifically for {releaseCurrent} rather than for the {releaseBranch} branch. +Installing kernel modules from this repository allows drivers with unstable kernel interfaces, in particular graphics drivers, to work even when the main {releaseBranch} repository has packages build on a previous release. (gitref:a47542f71511[repository=src]). [[ports-packages]] === Packaging Changes
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