From nobody Sun Jun 8 21:29:02 2025 X-Original-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4bFp8Z2blrz5y7xK for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4bFp8Z1DmYz3GG6; Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1749418142; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JfOe4t/bRJyb07F/XsKwDEyUTowW/hRoKC7FZmAvlhQ=; b=l2VmckPCY6IV3hH2R/vxSLJOqxEuGI8l65X4WUyrYdXG1C61Zc1xTkE8aQzIuj4254J4It AWBZ2bG4XQT3IUjEnsm+e+4MIfrStO2n8ogumm0l5mAH489PngAyf7lHLV6Xgp1hrXq76o l3A+XpwRt92CZCeaIcJuC+fRWmrndQHMcbkMPHaczia8EDQCkL6keWQLERbFogphg2uIMX ZqtW9RK4887elOQRxmSmcKHhCsWV5QKR7GW2SSuCyNx9cKAwbdsVHVkFLYBPRZZQizGwtL QlgUIo/deNVB5LBWs4DpmYdQRxQa6kiwHkYtSawfzk1NXeBRbqInyrKbhuHYWg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1749418142; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JfOe4t/bRJyb07F/XsKwDEyUTowW/hRoKC7FZmAvlhQ=; b=FjMeLKKd0ijZCXiYucOsIQqSULhb1AMy3Qczt4ABqTUr4GFDqbIq4n7Q16CZPKfVVmLOLL x2tHULNAzt5rUi/gEoWK36qB2vuMjqkeqJX09TK8KAMKcUFil9ITo03ts4HJtwQBb9RRqH 5HU1Ct48ODs5412WTW8Z0z8xjcP3/WsbmPPAbj6vML5NEMJODHC9On6A1uEDY5sebVqpmI W1JpBVgcJMxxojNBlJ+6PuXq6VFt22Eimi/r9oeMidE1KO7PsLV/mZN/2nhe5I4Dkhaaib KdA8s14XS+5IqscLliWFGTgzzR8KW7yBW4UPWWHJbbOW6R27yQqOPExrv7oyfA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1749418142; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=SxOAfMOEhkorSV+aOEKlDWI9R0P26MHHDP6IVxUAFE1XMv2SAJiJQkI32NZOAiiKDy52Vf MLHKO7WBpcpEWmcVfCFWh1OGY2wuAXoOiWrwrdpNFehUhs114XMJNRviPn5rzVEKYEEJsF YR3sRc0vb/OATuhDzznHxQf1EEUlfHzwq6sWs4wdHO5N1+yg173cLJPSYnavgwuZfVFLm+ SBlb0v8Ix8TZybITIpkdItn5VLRh23phkfDw1/P3201csZMIy74H1x/kQl/Ql8qNxZyClu Ev+ug73wITHMFZquElDNqaxyzLQqkD5kVXaIgqVuviKbQEzkUkApzAQmclMi4Q== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4bFp8Z0qzTzBrb; Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTP id 558LT2j7027181; Sun, 8 Jun 2025 21:29:02 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 558LT2Xv027178; Sun, 8 Jun 2025 21:29:02 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 21:29:02 GMT Message-Id: <202506082129.558LT2Xv027178@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Colin Percival Subject: git: 36dad6d7bd - main - 14.3/relnotes: Reword note about new kmods repo List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: cperciva X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 36dad6d7bd78f01068883d72c7268a10d5c62791 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=36dad6d7bd78f01068883d72c7268a10d5c62791 commit 36dad6d7bd78f01068883d72c7268a10d5c62791 Author: Colin Percival AuthorDate: 2025-06-08 21:28:39 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival 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