Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:52:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 20884 for review Message-ID: <200211082352.gA8NqmfM092986@repoman.freebsd.org>
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http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=20884 Change 20884 by bmah@bmah_tomcat on 2002/11/08 15:52:06 Mention the demise of alpha boot floppies (perhaps to return) and __sF problems (perhaps to be reverted). Affected files ... .. //depot/releng/5_dp2/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml#3 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/releng/5_dp2/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml#3 (text+ko) ==== @@ -98,5 +98,21 @@ documentation are likely incomplete for new architectures (sparc64 and ia64).</para> + <para>Installations from boot floppies are no longer supported on + the alpha platform. The combination of the boot loader and a + (highly stripped-down) kernel is too large to fit on a + 1.44 MB floppy disk. Some work in this area is ongoing; + this feature <emphasis>may</emphasis> return before &os; + &release.next;.</para> + + <para>The <varname>__sF</varname> symbol in + <filename>libc</filename> has been made static, as part of work + to make <varname>FILE</varname> expandable. Applications built + on &os; 4-STABLE-based systems on on &os; -CURRENT systems + before 13 August 2001 may need to be recompiled. Due to + previously unforseen compatability problems, this change + <emphasis>may</emphasis> be reverted prior to &release.next; and + postponed for another release or two.</para> + </sect1> </article> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-releng" in the body of the message
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