From 1af0c37f678af2585d06b1cd13d6c9376dce9cf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:46:02 +0000
Subject: Document r277990, powerpc64 kernel now built as a
 position-independent executable

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
---
 release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'release')

diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
index 297d69c..4ef3d0f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
@@ -524,6 +524,18 @@
 	updated to allow using a non-standard <filename
 	  class="directory">src/</filename> tree, specified as an
 	argument to the <literal>-s</literal> flag.</para>
+
+      <para revision="277990" arch="powerpc64">The
+	&os;/&arch.powerpc64; kernel now builds as
+	a position-independent executable, allowing the kernel to be
+	loaded into and run from any physical or virtual
+	address.</para>
+
+      <important>
+	<para>This change requires an update to &man.loader.8;.
+	  The userland and kernel must be updated before rebooting the
+	  system.</para>
+      </important>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="kernel-sysctl">
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