svn commit: r250139 - head

Warner Losh imp at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 1 07:13:37 UTC 2013


Author: imp
Date: Wed May  1 07:13:36 2013
New Revision: 250139
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/250139

Log:
  Add a historic footnote.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Wed May  1 06:57:46 2013	(r250138)
+++ head/UPDATING	Wed May  1 07:13:36 2013	(r250139)
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10
 	is now spelled mips64.  mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32.  mipseb is
 	now spelled mips.  This is to aid compatibility with third-party
 	software that expects this naming scheme in uname(3).  Little-endian
-	settings are unchanged.
+	settings are unchanged. If you are updating a big-endian mips64 machine
+	from before this change, you may need to set MACHINE_ARCH=mips64 in
+	your environment before the new build system will recognize your machine.
 
 20120306:
 	Disable by default the option VFS_ALLOW_NONMPSAFE for all supported


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