From d594498f750f9e62ee4d9cf388c4f707fd87e8f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 05:59:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning from Sheldon and others about stale modules Add warning from markm about randomdev vs random change in loader --- UPDATING | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index dd52a650dc8b..b434da7b777b 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON ITEMS:' +20000909: + The random device module has been renamed from randomdev.ko to + random.ko. You will need to edit your /boot/loader.conf to + reflect this if you load this module at boot time. + The line should read: + random_load="YES" + 20000907: The SMPNG commit has happened. It should work, but if it doesn't, fallback to the PRE_SMPNG CVS tag. @@ -28,6 +35,19 @@ ITEMS:' You *MUST* upgrade your boot loader and kernel at the same time. + Furthermore, you are urged to delete your old /modules directory + before booting the new kernel, since kldload will find stale + modules in that directory instead of finding them in the correct + path, /boot/kernel. The most common complaint that this cures + is that the linux module crashes your machine after the update. + + if [ ! -d /boot/kernel.old ]; then + mv /modules.old /boot/kernel.old + chflags noschg /kernel.old + mv /kernel.old /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko + chflags schg /boot/kernel.old/kernel.ko + fi + 20000904: A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light. /etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases. Mergemaster will