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| author | Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-01-31 19:16:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-01-31 19:16:51 +0000 |
| commit | 0fa225054816dd11afab4f819a3833d2ee6f2cd1 (patch) | |
| tree | 44720273728ded621550f90f1994e2c8f032330e /UPDATING | |
| parent | 8535fe7d28f97372c6add4012a84970706c82182 (diff) | |
| download | src-test-0fa225054816dd11afab4f819a3833d2ee6f2cd1.tar.gz src-test-0fa225054816dd11afab4f819a3833d2ee6f2cd1.zip | |
Build the powerpc64 kernel as a position-independent executable. At startup,
it processes its own ELF relocations and can be loaded and run in place at
any physical/virtual address.
NB: This requires an updated loader to boot!
Relnotes: yes
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=277990
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diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index c4e7ee8c4c67d..6d1988e990404 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20150131: + The powerpc64 kernel has been changed to a position-independent + executable. This can only be booted with a new version of loader(8), + so make sure to update both world and kernel before rebooting. + 20150118: Clang and llvm have been upgraded to 3.5.1 release. This is a bugfix only release, no new features have been added. Please see the 20141231 |