1 Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
3 This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries
4 directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly
5 done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON
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10 The ata driver has some issues with the Apollo MVP3 chipset.
11 Drives work only in pio mode and must be set to pio mode early
12 int the boot process. Do not upgrade. If you must upgrade
13 in the face of this, add
14 /sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
15 to the start of /etc/rc.conf. Even if you do this, any and
16 all damage to your system is at your own risk. You have been
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21 The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
22 options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI. If you are using old
23 style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
24 include the appropriate option in your kernel config. Drivers
25 using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
26 5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
29 We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
30 Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
31 works. It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
32 in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
33 Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
34 that you are loading are up to date.
37 If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
38 need to update your boot blocks as well. 'disklabel -B ad0'
39 will do the trick. This isn't critical until you remove your
40 wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
44 4.0 RELEASE shipped. Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
45 to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
51 Update config, genassym and go:
52 config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
53 cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
63 This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
64 breakages in tracking -current. Not all things will be listed here,
65 and it only starts on March 15, 2000. Updating files can found in
66 previous releases if your system is older than this.
68 Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
69 that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.