diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 75f8a5dbc2eb..113aebce7b1d 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 7.x IS SLOW: developers choose to disable these features on build machines to maximize performance. +20060428: + The puc(4) driver has been overhauled. The ebus(4) and sbus(4) + attachments have been removed. Make sure to configure scc(4) + on sparc64. Note also that by default puc(4) will use uart(4) + and not sio(4) for serial ports because interrupt handling has + been optimized for multi-port serial cards and only uart(4) + implements the interface to support it. + +20060330: + The scc(4) driver replaces puc(4) for Serial Communications + Controllers (SCCs) like the Siemens SAB82532 and the Zilog + Z8530. On sparc64, it is advised to add scc(4) to the kernel + configuration to make sure that the serial ports remain + functional. + 20060317: Most world/kernel related NO_* build options changed names. New knobs have common prefixes WITHOUT_*/WITH_* (modelled