svn commit: r344970 - head

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> Author: imp
> Date: Sat Mar  9 17:17:44 2019
> New Revision: 344970
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344970
> 
> Log:
>   Misc fixes based on upgrading a laptop from 11.1R to -current
>   
>   Add note about needing to start zfs because mount -a doesn't do that.
>   Add the word 'supported' before 'older branches' for older binaries.
>   Add note about options in custom config files as well.
> 
> Modified:
>   head/UPDATING
> 
> Modified: head/UPDATING
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/UPDATING	Sat Mar  9 12:54:10 2019	(r344969)
> +++ head/UPDATING	Sat Mar  9 17:17:44 2019	(r344970)
> @@ -1901,7 +1901,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
>  		fsck -p
>  		mount -u /
>  		mount -a
> -		cd src
> +		sh /etc/rc.d/zfs start	# mount zfs filesystem, if needed
> +		cd src			# full path to source
>  		adjkerntz -i		# if CMOS is wall time
>  	Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
>  	you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
> @@ -1931,10 +1932,12 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
>  	option for existing binaries (e.g. COMPAT_FREEBSD11 to run 11.x
>  	binaries).  Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is
>  	hard to boot to recover.  A GENERIC kernel will include suitable
> -	compatibility options to run binaries from older branches.
> +	compatibility options to run binaries from supported older branches.

This is probably not the best adjective here, supported only goes back to
11.x, there are COMPAT options that work all the way back to 4.

>  
>  	Make sure that you merge any new devices from GENERIC since the
> -	last time you updated your kernel config file.
> +	last time you updated your kernel config file. Options also
> +	change over time, so you may need to adjust your custom kernels
> +	for these as well.
>  
>  	[9] If CPUTYPE is defined in your /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the
>  	"?=" instead of the "=" assignment operator, so that buildworld can

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org