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authorkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2012-10-01 10:46:35 +0000
committerkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2012-10-01 10:46:35 +0000
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Add the UPDATING note about padlock rng support requiring the config change.
Requested by: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au> MFC after: 3 days
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@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20120913:
+ The random(4) support for the VIA hardware random number
+ generator (`PADLOCK') is no longer enabled unconditionally.
+ Add the PADLOCK_RNG option in the custom kernel config if
+ needed. The GENERIC kernels on i386 and amd64 do include the
+ option, so the change only affects the custom kernel
+ configurations.
+
20120908:
The pf(4) packet filter ABI has been changed. pfctl(8) and
snmp_pf module need to be recompiled to work with new kernel.
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