UPDATING revision 58472 
1Updating Information for FreeBSD current users
2
3This file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
4directly to him.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
5done items, please see the end of the file.  Search for 'COMMON
6ITEMS:'
7
820000319:
9	The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
10	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
11	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
12	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
13	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
14	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.
15
1620000318:
17	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
18	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
19	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
20	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
21	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
22	that you are loading are up to date.
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2420000315:
25	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
26	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.
27
28COMMON ITEMS:
29
30	To build a kernel
31	-----------------
32	Update config, genassym and go:
33		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
34		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
35		make depend && make
36		make install
37
38	To rebuild everything
39	---------------------
40	make world
41
42FORMAT:
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44This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
45breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
46and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
47previous releases if your system is older than this.
48
49Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
50that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.
51
52$FreeBSD: head/UPDATING 58472 2000-03-23 05:57:10Z imp $
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