UPDATING revision 59943 
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:'
7
820000417:
9	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
10	acceptible to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
11	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
12	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
13	before you reboot, you'll neeed to issue:
14		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
15	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
16
1720000320:
18	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
19	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
20	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
21		/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
22	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
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2420000319:
25	The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
26	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
27	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
28	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
29	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
30	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
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3220000318:
33	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
34	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
35	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
36	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
37	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
38	that you are loading are up to date.
39
4020000315:
41	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
42	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
43	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
44	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
45	boot.
46
4720000315:
48	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
49	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
50
51COMMON ITEMS:
52
53	To build a kernel
54	-----------------
55	Update config, genassym and go:
56		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
57		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
58		make depend && make
59		make install
60
61	To rebuild everything
62	---------------------
63	make world
64
65FORMAT:
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67This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
68breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
69and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
70previous releases if your system is older than this.
71
72Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
73that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
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75$FreeBSD: head/UPDATING 59943 2000-05-04 08:02:11Z imp $
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