UPDATING revision 59016 
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
4directly to him.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the end of the file.  Search for 'COMMON
6ITEMS:'
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820000320:
9			* * * W A R N I N G * * *
10	The ata driver has some issues with the Apollo MVP3 chipset.
11	Drives work only in pio mode and must be set to pio mode early
12	int the boot process.  Do not upgrade.  If you must upgrade
13	in the face of this, add
14		/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
15	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.  Even if you do this, any and
16	all damage to your system is at your own risk.  You have been
17	warned.
18			* * * W A R N I N G * * *
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2020000319:
21	The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
22	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
23	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
24	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
25	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
26	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
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2820000318:
29	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
30	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
31	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
32	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
33	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
34	that you are loading are up to date.
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3620000315:
37	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
38	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
39	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
40	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
41	boot.
42
4320000315:
44	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
45	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
46
47COMMON ITEMS:
48
49	To build a kernel
50	-----------------
51	Update config, genassym and go:
52		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
53		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
54		make depend && make
55		make install
56
57	To rebuild everything
58	---------------------
59	make world
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61FORMAT:
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63This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
64breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
65and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
66previous releases if your system is older than this.
67
68Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
69that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
70
71$FreeBSD: head/UPDATING 59016 2000-04-04 17:14:18Z imp $
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