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| author | Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-18 09:52:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-04-18 09:52:30 +0000 |
| commit | f7780579083f8bf3a370a4f6537de3c77dda4b3c (patch) | |
| tree | e58b88bd3c92dc720babf71a587edb8504283adf /UPDATING | |
| parent | 8efc70a8647da2bbded1a001f5185c0e26aea87d (diff) | |
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Add a note about new firmware ports for ipw(4) and iwi(4).
Reminded by: mich
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Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=159858
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@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20060418: + AFFECTS: users of net/{ipw,iwi}-firmware + AUTHOR: flz@FreeBSD.org + + Some changes in the way ipw(4) and iwi(4) work lead to fundamental + changes in ipw-firmware and iwi-firmware ports. Since these drivers + are now using loadable kernel modules as firmware, two new ports have + been created: net/ipw-firmware-kmod and net/iwi-firmware-kmod. + + You should not be able to install the wrong one since detection is + base on your FreeBSD version. Trying to install the wrong port will + result in an error message (port marked as IGNORE). + 20060413: AFFECTS: users of security/tor-devel AUTHOR: johans@FreeBSD.org |