Add notes about the new console system and a pointer to the changes

required by it.

Submitted by: Kazutaka YOKOTA (with minor edits by me)

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index b0d62a3..48940ce 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ here, and it only starts on Novemeber 18, 1998.  If you have an
 earlier version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18,
 1998.
 
+19990111
+	New keyboard and video card drivers are introduced as the first
+	stage of console driver reorganization.  You are required to
+	update the kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.
+	kbdcontrol, vidcontrol, and screen savers also need recompilation.
+	The instruction can be found in
+
+		http://www.freebsd.org/~yokota/sc_update.txt
+
+	It has notes on splash screen too.
+
 19980106:
 	Robert was kind enough to make this page to enable people to
 	install the new bootblocks:
@@ -65,4 +76,4 @@ earlier version of FreeBSD, you are on your own to get to November 18,
 YYYYMMDD:
 	What happened and what you need to do.
 
-$Id: UPDATING,v 1.8 1999/01/06 07:12:41 imp Exp $
+$Id: UPDATING,v 1.9 1999/01/06 19:35:46 imp Exp $