Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 06:34:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r207497 - stable/8 Message-ID: <201005020634.o426YDLB072237@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Sun May 2 06:34:13 2010 New Revision: 207497 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207497 Log: Comment on new config version that's now required for amd64 and ia64. Comment on the confusing error message from Apr 17th-May 2nd generated by config(8) as well. Modified: stable/8/UPDATING Modified: stable/8/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- stable/8/UPDATING Sun May 2 06:24:17 2010 (r207496) +++ stable/8/UPDATING Sun May 2 06:34:13 2010 (r207497) @@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8. debugging tools present in HEAD were left in place because sun4v support still needs work to become production ready. +20100502: + The config(8) command has been updated to maintain compatibility + with config files from 8.0-RELEASE. You will need a new version + of config to build kernels (this version can be used from 8.0-RELEASE + forward). The buildworld target will generate it, so following + the instructions in this file for updating will work glitch-free. + Merely doing a make buildkernel without first doing a make buildworld + (or kernel-toolchain), or attempting to build a kernel using + traidtional methods will generate a config version warning, indicating + you should update. + 20100408: The rc.firewall and rc.firewall6 were unified, and rc.firewall6 and rc.d/ip6fw were removed. @@ -28,6 +39,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8. The meanings correspond to the relevant IPv4 variables. +20100417: + COMPAT_IA32 has been added as an alias for COMPAT_FREEBDS32. A new + version of config(8) is required. The error message when you hit this + condition is confusing (COMPAT_FREEBSD32 duplicate option), when it + should really say "your config is too old to compile this new kernel." + 20100406: The kernel option COMPAT_IA32 has been replaced with COMPAT_FREEBSD32 to allow 32-bit compatibility on non-x86 platforms. All kernel
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