svn commit: r189854 - head

Robert Watson rwatson at FreeBSD.org
Sun Mar 15 09:12:50 PDT 2009


Author: rwatson
Date: Sun Mar 15 16:12:50 2009
New Revision: 189854
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/189854

Log:
  Mention specifically in UPDATING that non-MPSAFE device drivers are no
  longer supported.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Sun Mar 15 16:10:25 2009	(r189853)
+++ head/UPDATING	Sun Mar 15 16:12:50 2009	(r189854)
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.
 	to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
 	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
 
+20090315:
+	Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
+	removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
+	longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
+	drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
+	used.
+
 20090313:
 	POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
 	a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.


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