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Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
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This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
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directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly
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done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON
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ITEMS:'
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20000621:
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Scott Flatman <sf@aracnet.com> sent in a decent writeup on
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the config file update procedure.
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http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/config-upd.html
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20000620:
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Binutils 2.10 have hit the tree, or will shortly. As soon
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as they do, the problem noted in 20000522 will be resolved and
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that workaround will no longer be required.
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20000615:
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phk removed the compatibility creation of wd devices in the
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ad driver. If you haven't done so already, you must update
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your fstab, etc to use the ad devices instead of the wd
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devices.
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In addition, you'll need to update your boot blocks to a
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more modern version, if you haven't already done so. Modern
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here means 4.0 release or newer (although older releases
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may work).
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20000612:
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Peter took an axe to config(8). Besure that you read his mail
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on the topic before even thinking about updating. You will
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need to create a /boot/devices.hints or add a hints directive
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to your config file to compile them in statically. The format
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of the config file has changed as well. Please see LINT,
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GENERIC or NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
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More details to follow. A better howto would be warmly
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accepted by the author of UPDATING.
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20000522:
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A new set of binutils went into the tree today. Anybody
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building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
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to rebuild their binutils (or better yet do a
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buildworld/installworld) before building a new kernel.
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Due to bugs in binutils, using malloc options (eg /etc/malloc.conf
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or MALLOC_OPTIONS env var) J will cause ld to dump core. It
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is recommended that you don't set this option until the problem
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is resolved.
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20000513:
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The ethernet drivers were all updated to clean up the BPF handling.
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20000510:
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The problems with boot blocks on the alphas have been corrected.
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This will require some care in updating alphas. A new libstand
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is requires for the boot blocks to build properly.
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20000503:
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Recompile all kld modules. Proper version dependency info
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is now available.
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20000502:
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Modules have been disconnected from the buildworld tree and
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connected to the kernel building instead.
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2000427:
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You may need to build gperf
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cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf && make depend all install
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when upgrading from 4.0 -> current. The build system now uses
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an option only in -current.
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20000417:
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The method that we brand ELF binaries has changed to be more
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acceptible to the binutils maintainers. You will need to
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rebrand your ELF binaries that aren't native. One problem
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binary is the Linux ldconfig. After your make world, but
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before you reboot, you'll neeed to issue:
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brandelf -t Linux /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig
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if you have Linux compatibility enabled on your machine.
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20000320:
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If you have really bad/marginal IDE drives, you may find they
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don't work well. Use pio mode instead. The easiest way to
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cope if you have a problem combination is to add:
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/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
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to the start of /etc/rc.conf.
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20000319:
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The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
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options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI. If you are using old
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style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
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include the appropriate option in your kernel config. Drivers
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using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
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5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
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20000318:
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We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
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Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
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works. It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
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in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
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Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
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that you are loading are up to date.
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20000315:
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If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
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need to update your boot blocks as well. 'disklabel -B ad0'
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will do the trick. This isn't critical until you remove your
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wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
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boot.
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20000315:
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4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
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to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
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COMMON ITEMS:
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To build a kernel
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Update config, genassym and go:
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config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [1]
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cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
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make depend && make
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make install
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[1] If upgrading, add -r won't hurt and sometimes helps.
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To rebuild everything
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make world
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To upgrade from 4.0-stable to current
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make buildworld
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make buildkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
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make installkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
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make installworld
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<reboot>
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Make sure that you've read the UPDATING file to understand
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the tweaks to various things you need. At this point in the
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life cycloe of current, things change often and you are on
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your own to cope.
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FORMAT:
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This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
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breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here,
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and it only starts on March 15, 2000. Updating files can found in
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previous releases if your system is older than this.
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Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
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that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
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$FreeBSD$
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