Add an UPDATING entry about installing the boot loaders after installing

the kernel, on amd64.
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Dimitry Andric 2016-03-06 17:34:21 +00:00
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@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20160306:
On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
kernel modules. Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
rebooting, e.g.:
make buildworld
make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make -C sys/boot install
<reboot in single user>
Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
below.
20160305:
Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0. Please
see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and