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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2009-03-15 16:12:50 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2009-03-15 16:12:50 +0000
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Mention specifically in UPDATING that non-MPSAFE device drivers are no
longer supported.
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@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
+20090315:
+ Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
+ removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
+ longer supported. In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
+ drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
+ used.
+
20090313:
POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
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