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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 2018 06:41:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mike Karels <karels@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r327512 - head
Message-ID:  <201801030641.w036fe2D005537@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: karels
Date: Wed Jan  3 06:41:39 2018
New Revision: 327512
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327512

Log:
  Add info about SW_WATCHDOG change to be dynamic in the common case.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Wed Jan  3 06:22:40 2018	(r327511)
+++ head/UPDATING	Wed Jan  3 06:41:39 2018	(r327512)
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
 
 ****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ******************************
 
+20180102:
+	The SW_WATCHDOG option is no longer necessary to enable the
+	hardclock-based software watchdog if no hardware watchdog is
+	configured. As before, SW_WATCHDOG will cause the software
+	watchdog to be enabled even if a hardware watchdog is configured.
+
 20171215:
 	r326887 fixes the issue described in the 20171214 UPDATING entry.
 	r326888 flips the switch back to building GELI support always.



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