Updating Information for FreeBSD current users

This file is maintained by imp@village.org.  Please send new entries
directly to him.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
done items, please see the end of the file.  Search for 'COMMON
ITEMS:'

20000320:
			* * * W A R N I N G * * *
	The ata driver has some issues with the Apollo MVP3 chipset.
	Drives work only in pio mode and must be set to pio mode early
	int the boot process.  Do not upgrade.  If you must upgrade
	in the face of this, add
		/sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio
	to the start of /etc/rc.conf.  Even if you do this, any and
	all damage to your system is at your own risk.  You have been
	warned.
			* * * W A R N I N G * * *

20000319:
	The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the
	options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI.  If you are using old
	style PCI or ISA drivers (i.e. tx, voxware, etc.) you must
	include the appropriate option in your kernel config.  Drivers
	using the shims should be updated or they won't ship with
	5.0-RELEASE, targeted for 2001.

20000318:
	We've entered the tradtional post release dumping party.
	Large kernel changes are being committed and are in the
	works.  It is important to keep the systems' klds and kernel
	in sync as kernel interfaces and structures are changing.
	Before reporting kernel panics, make sure that all modules
	that you are loading are up to date.

20000315:
	If you are upgrading from an older version of FreeBSD, you
	need to update your boot blocks as well.  'disklabel -B ad0'
	will do the trick.  This isn't critical until you remove your
	wd device entries in /dev, at which point your system will not
	boot.

20000315:
	4.0 RELEASE shipped.  Please see the 4.0 UPDATING file for how
	to upgrade to 4.0 from 3.x.

COMMON ITEMS:

	To build a kernel
	-----------------
	Update config, genassym and go:
		config YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
		cd ../../compile/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
		make depend && make
		make install

	To rebuild everything
	---------------------
	make world

FORMAT:

This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major
breakages in tracking -current.  Not all things will be listed here,
and it only starts on March 15, 2000.  Updating files can found in
previous releases if your system is older than this.

Please filter your entries through Warner Losh (imp@village.org) so
that the style, formatting, etc of this file can be maintained.

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