svn commit: r338944 - head

[Ed Maste]

Author: emaste
Date: Wed Sep 26 14:32:36 2018
New Revision: 338944
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338944

Log:
  Clarify UPDATING entry about lld
  
  The workaround described in the 20180530 entry is no longer required.
  Amend that entry and add a new 20180530 entry noting lld is the
  default amd64 linker.
  
  Reviewed by:	imp
  Approved by:	re (kib)

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Wed Sep 26 14:26:29 2018	(r338943)
+++ head/UPDATING	Wed Sep 26 14:32:36 2018	(r338944)
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
 	need to be rebuilt.  r335018 did a __FreeBSD_version bump for this.
 
 20180530:
+	As of r334391 lld is the default amd64 system linker; it is installed
+	as /usr/bin/ld.  Kernel build workarounds (see 20180510 entry) are no
+	longer necessary.
+
+20180530:
 	The kernel / userland interface for devinfo changed, so you'll
 	need a new kernel and userland as a pair for it to work (rebuilding
 	lib/libdevinfo is all that's required). devinfo and devmatch will
@@ -195,6 +200,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW:
 	way requires LD=ld.lld on the command line (or LD=/usr/local/bin/ld for
 	binutils port/package). lld will soon be default, and this requirement
 	will go away.
+
+	NOTE: As of r334391 lld is the default system linker on amd64, and no
+	workaround is necessary.
 
 20180508:
 	The nxge(4) driver has been removed.  This driver was for PCI-X 10g