From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Wed Jan 10 20:49:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B44CE76158; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6788D6BB90; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A780F2B4D; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w0AKn1TV009057; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:01 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from emaste@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w0AKn1ce009056; Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:01 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201801102049.w0AKn1ce009056@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: emaste set sender to emaste@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Ed Maste Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:01 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r327787 - head X-SVN-Group: head X-SVN-Commit-Author: emaste X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 327787 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: base MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:49:02 -0000 Author: emaste Date: Wed Jan 10 20:49:01 2018 New Revision: 327787 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327787 Log: Mention switch to ld.lld for amd64 in UPDATING Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Wed Jan 10 20:48:21 2018 (r327786) +++ head/UPDATING Wed Jan 10 20:49:01 2018 (r327787) @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: ****************************** SPECIAL WARNING: ****************************** 20180110: + LLVM's lld linker is now used as the FreeBSD/amd64 bootstrap linker. + This means it is used to link the kernel and userland libraries and + executables, but is not yet installed as /usr/bin/ld by default. + + To revert to ld.bfd as the bootstrap linker, in /etc/src.conf set + WITHOUT_LLD_BOOTSTRAP=yes + +20180110: On i386, pmtimer has been removed. It's functionality has been folded into apm. It was a nop on ACPI in current for a while now (but was still needed on i386 in FreeBSD 11 and earlier). Users may need to remove it