From 93277541d5167fedb7485ff9dcbf752acc17ba62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adrian Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:32:53 +0000 Subject: Document the ath glue changes. --- UPDATING | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 5fb6eea..321728e 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 9.x IS SLOW: machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.) +20110331: + ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath contains + the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci + contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_ahb + contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_ath + in order to use ath on everything else. + + TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users only + need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation. + 20110218: GNU binutils 2.17.50 (as of 2007-07-03) has been merged to -HEAD. This is the last available version under GPLv2. It brings a number of new -- cgit v1.1