Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 13:52:24 +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: r333675 - head Message-ID: <201805161352.w4GDqOFN006782@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Wed May 16 13:52:24 2018 New Revision: 333675 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/333675 Log: Add note about LD=ld.lld being a temporary requirement when building the kernel the traditional way. Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Wed May 16 13:47:30 2018 (r333674) +++ head/UPDATING Wed May 16 13:52:24 2018 (r333675) @@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: ****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ****************************** +20150510: + The amd64 kernel now requires a ld that supports ifunc to produce a + working kernel, either lld or a newer binutils. lld is built by default + on amd64, and the 'buildkernel' target uses it automatically. However, + it is not the default linker, so building the kernel the traditional + way requires LD=ld.lld on the command line (or LD=/usr/local/bin/ld for + binutils port/package). lld will soon be default, and this requirement + will go away. + 20180508: The nxge(4) driver has been removed. This driver was for PCI-X 10g cards made by s2io/Neterion. The company was aquired by Exar and
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