Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:54:29 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r342257 - in head: . sys/mips/conf Message-ID: <201812192254.wBJMsT0e054986@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Wed Dec 19 22:54:29 2018 New Revision: 342257 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342257 Log: Remove support for running 32-bit kernels on 64-bit hardware. This was useful in bring up. However, it causes more issues than the support is worth (64-bit atomics being chief among them). Discussed on: freebsd-mips@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18543 Deleted: head/sys/mips/conf/XLP Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Wed Dec 19 22:54:23 2018 (r342256) +++ head/UPDATING Wed Dec 19 22:54:29 2018 (r342257) @@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW: "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) 20181215: + The XLP config has been removed. We can't support 64-bit atomics in this + kernel because it is running in 32-bit mode. XLP users must transition + to running a 64-bit kernel (XLP64 or XLPN32). + +20181215: + The mips GXEMUL support has been removed from FreeBSD. MALTA* + qemu is + the preferred emulator today and we don't need two different ones. + +20181215: The old sibyte / swarm / Broadcom BCM1250 support has been removed from the mips port.
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