Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:42:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Bernhard Froehlich <decke@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r568955 - head Message-ID: <202103221242.12MCg9WN018860@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: decke Date: Mon Mar 22 12:42:09 2021 New Revision: 568955 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/568955 Log: net/wireguard: Updating and fallback instructions for wireguard kernel support Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Mon Mar 22 12:10:41 2021 (r568954) +++ head/UPDATING Mon Mar 22 12:42:09 2021 (r568955) @@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20210322: + AFFECTS: users of net/wireguard + AUTHOR: decke@FreeBSD.org + + A wireguard kernel implementation supporting FreeBSD 12.1 and newer was + added as net/wireguard-kmod recently. + + The new default for users of net/wireguard is the kernel module where it + is supported and needs to be loaded at boot time from your /etc/rc.conf + or /etc/rc.conf.d/wireguard file: + + kld_list="/boot/modules/if_wg.ko" + + If you experience problems with it you can switch back to wireguard-go + easily by unloading (or not loading) the kernel module. The userland + tools wg-quick(8) and wg(8) try to use kernel support and otherwise fall + back to wireguard-go automatically. Config files are fully compatible. + 20210317: AFFECTS: users of security/strongswan AUTHOR: driesm.michiels@gmail.com
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