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authordim <dim@FreeBSD.org>2015-08-17 19:02:23 +0000
committerdim <dim@FreeBSD.org>2015-08-17 19:02:23 +0000
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@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and upgrading,
if you are not already using 3.5.0 or higher.
+20150817:
+ Kernel-loadable modules for the random(4) device are back. To use
+ them, the kernel must have
+
+ device random
+ options RANDOM_LOADABLE
+
+ kldload(8) can then be used to load random_fortuna.ko
+ or random_yarrow.ko. Please note that due to the indirect
+ function calls that the loadable modules need to provide,
+ the build-in variants will be slightly more efficient.
+
+ The random(4) kernel option RANDOM_DUMMY has been retired due to
+ unpopularity. It was not all that useful anyway.
+
+20150813:
+ The WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_TOOLS src.conf(5) knob has been retired.
+ Control over building the ELF Tool Chain tools is now provided by
+ the WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN knob.
+
20150810:
The polarity of Pulse Per Second (PPS) capture events with the
uart(4) driver has been corrected. Prior to this change the PPS
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