Add an UPDATING entry for the contrib/jemalloc import.

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jasone 2012-04-17 20:21:04 +00:00
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@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
20120417:
The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
as contrib/jemalloc. The most disruptive API change is to
/etc/malloc.conf. If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
new format after rebooting. See malloc.conf(5) for details
(specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
NAMESPACE section).
20120328:
Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb". mips64eb
is now spelled mips64. mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32. mipseb is