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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-08 00:27:34 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-03-08 00:27:34 +0000
commit9ed0566b91de3201d43d8a7d13ccf5cde1e0debb (patch)
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parentfce59a0982c18f8a6c8226fc77024a70b185cd46 (diff)
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New release note: Default kern.module_path no longer includes
/modules. (Mostly based on submission...any errors are my fault.) Submitted by: sheldonh
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-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml12
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml12
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 4f805ca..4b350b0 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@
<para arch="pc98">The PC98 bootloader now has support for
booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the
+ default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a
+ part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>.
+ Third-party modules should be placed in
+ <filename>/boot/modules</filename>.
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to
+ panic and should be used with extreme caution).</para>
+ </note>
+ </para>
+
<!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
</sect3>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 4f805ca..4b350b0 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@
<para arch="pc98">The PC98 bootloader now has support for
booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The <filename>/modules</filename> directory (once the
+ default location for modules on &os; 4.X) is no longer a
+ part of the default <varname>kern.module_path</varname>.
+ Third-party modules should be placed in
+ <filename>/boot/modules</filename>.
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Modules designed for use with &os; 4.X are likely to
+ panic and should be used with extreme caution).</para>
+ </note>
+ </para>
+
<!-- Above this line, order bootloader changes by keyword-->
</sect3>
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