From 733d63140d3cdeb0b3a9946c44dbac802cc4d146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: obrien Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 07:22:16 +0000 Subject: Slightly embelish the 20040710 entry about the requirement for 'hint.sio.0.flags="0x10"' on Alpha. Also move the sio name changes to chronological change order. --- UPDATING | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 3a50f26..73dbd64 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: userland programs that read kmem for tcp sockets directly (netstat, sockstat, etc.) -20041018: - A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100 - lines of copy&pasted code have been performed. As a part of - this change some tty devices have changed names: - sio devices are now named: {tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock] - ucom devices are now named: {tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock] - For other drivers see the commit logs. - 20041007: The FreeBSD keyword is no longer a requirement for a valid rc.d script. The rc(8) and rc.shutdown(8) scripts no longer check @@ -79,6 +71,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: changed, thus breaking ABI compatibility. Make sure you rebuild this library with the kernel. +20041004: + A major sweep over the tty drivers to elimnate approx 3100 + lines of copy&pasted code have been performed. As a part of + this change some tty devices have changed names: + sio devices are now named: {tty,cua}d%d[.init,.lock] + ucom devices are now named: {tty,cua}U%d[.init,.lock] + For other drivers see the commit logs. + 20041001: The following libraries had their version number bumped up: /lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3 @@ -278,9 +278,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW: The console initialization on Alpha has been reworked and is now identical to other platforms. This means that the hardcoding of the serial console and the debug port has been removed. As such, - hints are now required for the sio(4) driver to become a console - or debug port. The NO_SIO option has been decommissioned because - of this. + hints (hint.sio.0.flags="0x10") are now required for the sio(4) + driver to become a console or debug port. The NO_SIO option has + been decommissioned because of this. + Running mergemaster is the easiest way to ensure your + 'boot/device.hints' has the needed line. 20040710: A revamp of the debugging code in the kernel with some visible -- cgit v1.1