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| author | Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-31 19:05:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-31 19:05:56 +0000 |
| commit | c75f49f7d82bff402ff18d749ace25f69d3ee069 (patch) | |
| tree | f3ac50083ab3b0a401d14fddd183dd2d960d4a21 /UPDATING | |
| parent | 37125720b93e20b2fb05da7b2a41bf33adbbbcac (diff) | |
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Make iflib a loadable module.
iflib is already a module, but it is unconditionally compiled into the
kernel. There are drivers which do not need iflib(4), and there are
situations where somebody might not want iflib in kernel because of
using the corresponding driver as module.
Reviewed by: marius
Discussed with: erj
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19041
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=343617
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 13.x IS SLOW: disable the most expensive debugging functionality run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) +20190131: + Iflib is no longer unconditionally compiled into the kernel. Drivers + using iflib and statically compiled into the kernel, now require + the 'device iflib' config option. For the same drivers loaded as + modules on kernels not having 'device iflib', the iflib.ko module + is loaded automatically. + 20181230: r342635 changes the way efibootmgr(8) works by requiring users to add the -b (bootnum) parameter for commands where the bootnum was previously |