UPDATING revision 60979 
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
820000522:
9	A new set up binutils went into the tree today.  Anybdoy
10	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
11	to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
12	buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
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1420000513:
15	The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
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1720000510:
18	The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
19	This will require some care in updating alphas.  A new libstand
20	is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
21
2220000503:
23	Recompile all kld modules.  Proper version dependency info
24	is now available.
25
2620000502:
27	Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and 
28	connected to the kernel building instead.
29
302000427:
31	You may need to build gperf
32		cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
33	when upgrading from 4.0 -> current.  The build system now uses
34	an option only in -current.
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3620000417:
37	The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
38	acceptible to the binutils maintainers.  You will need to
39	rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native.  One problem
40	binary is the Linux ldconfig.  After your make world, but
41	before you reboot, you'll neeed to issue:
42		brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
43	if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
44
4520000320:
46	If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
47	don't work well.  Use pio mode instead.  The easiest way to
48	cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
49		/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
50	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
51
5220000319:
53	The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
54	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
55	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
56	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
57	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
58	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
59
6020000318:
61	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
62	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
63	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
64	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
65	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
66	that you are loading are up to date.
67
6820000315:
69	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
70	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
71	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
72	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
73	boot.
74
7520000315:
76	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
77	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
78
79COMMON ITEMS:
80
81	To build a kernel
82	-----------------
83	Update config, genassym and go:
84		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
85		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
86		make depend && make
87		make install
88
89	To rebuild everything
90	---------------------
91	make world
92
93FORMAT:
94
95This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
96breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
97and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
98previous releases if your system is older than this.
99
100Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
101that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
102
103$FreeBSD: head/UPDATING 60979 2000-05-27 21:20:07Z imp $
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