From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Fri Mar 4 17:43:01 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A649DA2EB; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04E10172; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u24Hh0hC064499; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:43:00 GMT (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from jhb@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u24Hh0UT064495; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:43:00 GMT (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201603041743.u24Hh0UT064495@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: jhb set sender to jhb@FreeBSD.org using -f From: John Baldwin Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:43:00 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r296389 - head X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:43:01 -0000 Author: jhb Date: Fri Mar 4 17:42:59 2016 New Revision: 296389 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/296389 Log: Add an UPDATING entry for the recent AIO changes. Suggested by: maxim Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Fri Mar 4 17:24:28 2016 (r296388) +++ head/UPDATING Fri Mar 4 17:42:59 2016 (r296389) @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11 disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20160301: + The AIO subsystem is now a standard part of the kernel. The + VFS_AIO kernel option and aio.ko kernel module have been removed. + Due to stability concerns, asynchronous I/O requests are only + permitted on sockets and raw disks by default. To enable + asynchronous I/O requests on all file types, set the + vfs.aio.enable_unsafe sysctl to a non-zero value. + 20160226: The ELF object manipulation tool objcopy is now provided by the ELF Tool Chain project rather than by GNU binutils. It should be a