Brooks Davis
8633bbeaac
Document changes in /dev/random initalization. Suggest running
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/etc/rc.d/preseedrandom to seed the PRNG in the upgrade instructions.
2004-04-16 17:13:10 +00:00
Warner Losh
d0dc918334
Add notes about the pci stuff that's currently working its way through
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current.
2004-04-14 17:54:18 +00:00
Ken Smith
0fbd2da9c2
Fix kernel build instructions to be correct for 5.X.
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PR: docs/65397
Submitted by: Russell Francis <rf358197 (at) ohio.edu>
2004-04-11 03:30:09 +00:00
Robert Watson
d40d033ac0
Commit a message to UPDATING indicating that during network stack locking
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merges, debug.mpsafenet will no longer be safe to use, and that it should
be turned off (which is the default). I will commit a follow-up message
to UPDATING (and post to freebsd-current) when it's safe to turn it on,
with a description of under what circumstances it is safe to use.
2004-03-22 16:37:32 +00:00
David E. O'Brien
4c86458b9a
Mention the user account for 'pf' is "proxy".
2004-03-18 00:50:40 +00:00
Garance A Drosehn
ec9b318eaf
Change time_t from a 32-bit value to a 64-bit value, on FreeBSD/sparc64
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only. This is a MAJOR incompatible change for the sparc64 platform,
but will not effect FreeBSD on other architectures.
Reviewed by: imp for UPDATING, freebsd-sparc for the change itself.
2004-03-10 17:39:05 +00:00
Max Laier
fc28f1ff5f
Bump __FreeBSD_version for the pf install and write comments to UPDATING.
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Approved by: bms(mentor)
2004-03-08 22:26:46 +00:00
Dag-Erling Smørgrav
3aff5d0603
Add a note explaining how to use libmap.conf to work around problems
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with the libc_r -> libpthread transition.
2004-03-03 09:17:06 +00:00
Brian Feldman
e07a40f32d
Mention getaddrinfo(3)/resolver(3) ABI change.
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Reminded by: bmah
2004-02-26 16:44:31 +00:00
Dag-Erling Smørgrav
9d7f8c80e2
It's protocol version 1 I've disabled, not version 2.
2004-02-26 15:54:44 +00:00
Dag-Erling Smørgrav
fd63c5b3a2
Mention the recent sshd configuration changes.
2004-02-26 12:00:41 +00:00
Bruce M Simpson
714ae42a86
Add a note about the routed update breaking compatibility (for MD5
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authentication only) with older versions of FreeBSD's routed.
2004-02-25 23:56:30 +00:00
Andre Oppermann
fbd2e692fa
Note change of sizeof(struct tcpcb) and libkvm recompile.
2004-02-24 16:12:09 +00:00
Warner Losh
158b90da67
Add a note about cdevsw changes.
2004-02-22 19:02:38 +00:00
Warner Losh
7411109704
Update instructions on /rescue vs -j to indicate a fixed date.
2004-02-20 22:38:21 +00:00
Warner Losh
ff46e0decf
Add a belated entry for the CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN issue.
2004-02-20 15:25:55 +00:00
Mike Makonnen
b7b1e150b0
Add an entry about the removal of etc/rc.d/ttys.
2004-02-07 07:25:47 +00:00
Daniel Eischen
aca89ee602
Add a note about the libkse -> libpthread switch.
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Reviewed by: imp
2004-01-30 12:24:21 +00:00
Alex Dupre
68b7b3a961
Add a note to say that ULE is now the default scheduler in GENERIC.
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PR: docs/61870
Submitted by: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net>
Approved by: imp
2004-01-26 09:57:04 +00:00
John Baldwin
c124fa0567
Add a note to say that the ACPI module has been turned back on now.
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Requested by: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@piquan.org>
2003-12-15 19:19:16 +00:00
Robert Watson
ce41f4bf59
Comment on initgroups.c:1.8: it can prevent users from logging in if
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a user has over 16 groups defined.
Reported by: "Klaus-J. Wolf" <yanestra@web.de>
2003-12-14 00:42:00 +00:00
John Baldwin
c53a5d8fb8
Add a note about MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT.
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Prompted by: John Stockdale <jstockdale@stanford.edu>
2003-12-10 15:59:20 +00:00
Robert Watson
97209ca3bf
Clarify UPDATING language: do buildworld before buildkernel, and
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do installkernel before installworld, rather than don't make world
before installkernel.
Pointed out by: gad
2003-11-17 23:25:16 +00:00
Marcel Moolenaar
3f631d528c
Add the most vital piece of information WRT upgrading past the
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statfs changes: you must have COMPAT_FREEBSD4 in your kernel
config file. Everything else is documented procedure and will
not save your ass if you don't have the option.
2003-11-14 22:11:44 +00:00
Kirk McKusick
cc512faeb8
Note to update cfsd (ports/security/cfs) after installing the
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statfs changes.
Submitted by: Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com>
2003-11-14 08:07:13 +00:00
Warner Losh
30093b05a0
Warn that you won't be able to build a kernel if you do an installworld
2003-11-13 00:10:43 +00:00
Kirk McKusick
64a18d6f20
Add an entry about the changes in the statfs structure that require
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kernel and user land applications doing statfs to be in sync.
Requested by: Johan Karlsson <johan@FreeBSD.org>
2003-11-12 19:13:02 +00:00
Hartmut Brandt
8ad1f5e470
Add an entry about the changes in netgraph that require kernel and
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user land netgraph stuff to be in sync.
Reviewed by: imp
2003-11-12 09:11:18 +00:00
Ceri Davies
2a2cfa95ff
Correct a typo; two permutations of ACPI are plenty already.
2003-11-04 19:42:55 +00:00
John Baldwin
8bf455a577
Add an entry dealing with the change from 'options APIC_IO' to
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'device acpi' as well as the temporary disablement of the ACPI kernel
module.
2003-11-03 23:02:17 +00:00
Brooks Davis
b5004ff560
Use tabs not spaces.
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Pointed out by: Xin LI <delphij at frontfree dot net>
2003-10-31 21:58:15 +00:00
Brooks Davis
9bf40ede4a
Replace the if_name and if_unit members of struct ifnet with new members
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if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit. if_xname is the name of the interface
and if_dname/unit are the driver name and instance.
This change paves the way for interface renaming and enhanced pseudo
device creation and configuration symantics.
Approved By: re (in principle)
Reviewed By: njl, imp
Tested On: i386, amd64, sparc64
Obtained From: NetBSD (if_xname)
2003-10-31 18:32:15 +00:00
Poul-Henning Kamp
f59d5f7a9b
s/5.0-CURRENT/FreeBSD 5.x/
2003-10-19 10:24:59 +00:00
Ruslan Ermilov
282e0f015b
Fixed the "To build a kernel" section to mention -DALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE
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as the new sys/conf/kmod.mk depends on a make(1) bugfix now.
Reported by: current
2003-10-03 18:29:06 +00:00
Poul-Henning Kamp
47a42c7aed
Note change to cdevsw open/close default change.
2003-09-28 16:25:35 +00:00
Max Khon
0710534208
Add a note about kiconv(3).
2003-09-27 14:12:39 +00:00
Sam Leffler
17dcd0265b
note PFIL_HOOKS must be explicitly configured when using IPFILTER
2003-09-25 16:12:12 +00:00
Bruce M Simpson
fedf1d01a2
Fix a bug in arplookup(), whereby a hostile party on a locally
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attached network could exhaust kernel memory, and cause a system
panic, by sending a flood of spoofed ARP requests.
Approved by: jake (mentor)
Reported by: Apple Product Security <product-security@apple.com>
2003-09-23 16:39:31 +00:00
Jacques Vidrine
db38f9cb0e
Note the addition of `-C 60' to inetd_flags in etc/defaults/rc.conf.
2003-09-15 17:20:05 +00:00
Mike Makonnen
c09d2c2bc2
Remove deprecated files no longer neccesary as part of rc.d. Include
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a note in UPDATING about removing them from current installations.
2003-08-29 13:25:08 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
f240812bbd
Fix the former commit as cvs screwed it up somehow
2003-08-24 16:46:03 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
17c159dce6
Add comment about ATAng.
2003-08-24 16:14:52 +00:00
David E. O'Brien
a19f8dda70
Fix accidental line deletion.
2003-08-20 15:42:05 +00:00
David E. O'Brien
c1f61aa934
Document the OFW_NEWPCI commit to sparc64 generic.
2003-08-20 01:52:30 +00:00
Nate Lawson
38c962e7c4
Note da(4) quirks being deprecated and the procedure for re-enabling them.
2003-07-29 04:40:33 +00:00
Warner Losh
178cf4e9e8
note rescue issues and fpu emulation removal
2003-07-22 11:08:41 +00:00
Ceri Davies
8b71efcac9
Correct a spelling error.
2003-07-12 01:16:54 +00:00
Warner Losh
05538fa918
Delete the panic part of 20030711, it has been fixed
2003-07-11 23:40:16 +00:00
Warner Losh
157c629a07
gcc3.3: add dire warnings.
2003-07-11 22:44:59 +00:00
Marcel Moolenaar
6cc6353f93
Add a retrospective entry about how having installed a broken sed(1)
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can cause build failures.
Triggered by: too many questions on the -current
2003-06-13 20:05:46 +00:00