git: 94e94d2dddfa - main - UPDATING: Add a notes for iwm(4) firmware and pkgbase users
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:47:16 UTC
The branch main has been updated by manu:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=94e94d2dddfa43aa0aa3ad8aa3ab6d72363e4bd0
commit 94e94d2dddfa43aa0aa3ad8aa3ab6d72363e4bd0
Author: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-12-16 09:46:05 +0000
Commit: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-12-16 09:46:05 +0000
UPDATING: Add a notes for iwm(4) firmware and pkgbase users
Sponsored by: Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG
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UPDATING | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 2a67a65a92ed..4fef13073431 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 15.x IS SLOW:
world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20241216:
+ The iwm(4) firmwares are no longer compiled as kernel modules but instead
+ shipped as raw files. For pkgbase users if you use iwm(4) you will need
+ to install the FreeBSD-firmware-iwm package.
+
20241124:
The OpenBSD derived bc and dc implementations and the WITHOUT_GH_BC
option that allowed building them instead of the advanced version