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Date:      Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:54:21 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Bernhard Froehlich <decke@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r568962 - in head: . net/wireguard
Message-ID:  <202103221354.12MDsL9f064065@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: decke
Date: Mon Mar 22 13:54:21 2021
New Revision: 568962
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/568962

Log:
  net/wireguard: Fix instructions, kernel module is loaded by ifconfig automatically (magic?!)

Modified:
  head/UPDATING
  head/net/wireguard/Makefile
  head/net/wireguard/pkg-message

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Mon Mar 22 13:49:02 2021	(r568961)
+++ head/UPDATING	Mon Mar 22 13:54:21 2021	(r568962)
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting an
   A wireguard kernel implementation supporting FreeBSD 12.1 and newer was
   added as net/wireguard-kmod recently.
 
-  The new default for users of net/wireguard is the kernel module where it
-  is supported and needs to be loaded at boot time from your /etc/rc.conf
-  or /etc/rc.conf.d/wireguard file:
+  The new default for users of net/wireguard is the kernel module.
 
-  kld_list="/boot/modules/if_wg.ko"
-
   If you experience problems with it you can switch back to wireguard-go
-  easily by unloading (or not loading) the kernel module. The userland
-  tools wg-quick(8) and wg(8) try to use kernel support and otherwise fall
-  back to wireguard-go automatically. Config files are fully compatible.
+  by removing net/wireguard-kmod and making sure net/wireguard-go is
+  installed.
+  The userland tools wg-quick(8) and wg(8) try to use kernel support if
+  the kernel module is available and otherwise fall back to wireguard-go
+  automatically. Config files are fully compatible.
 
 20210317:
   AFFECTS: users of security/strongswan

Modified: head/net/wireguard/Makefile
==============================================================================
--- head/net/wireguard/Makefile	Mon Mar 22 13:49:02 2021	(r568961)
+++ head/net/wireguard/Makefile	Mon Mar 22 13:54:21 2021	(r568962)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	wireguard
-PORTVERSION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net net-vpn
 

Modified: head/net/wireguard/pkg-message
==============================================================================
--- head/net/wireguard/pkg-message	Mon Mar 22 13:49:02 2021	(r568961)
+++ head/net/wireguard/pkg-message	Mon Mar 22 13:54:21 2021	(r568962)
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
 For FreeBSD < 12.1 only the userland implementation wireguard-go is
 available.
 
-For FreeBSD >= 12.1 we default to use the kernel module if_wg(4). If
-you experience problems with it you can switch back to wireguard-go
-easily by unloading the kernel module. The userland tools wg-quick(8)
-and wg(8) try to use if_wg(4) if available and otherwise fallback to
-wireguard-go. Config files are fully compatible.
+For FreeBSD >= 12.1 we default to use the kernel module if_wg(4).
 
-To load the kernel module at boot add this to your /etc/rc.conf or
-/etc/rc.conf.d/wireguard file:
-
-kld_list="/boot/modules/if_wg.ko"
+If you experience problems with it you can switch back to wireguard-go
+by removing net/wireguard-kmod and making sure net/wireguard-go is
+installed.
+The userland tools wg-quick(8) and wg(8) try to use kernel support if 
+the kernel module is available and otherwise fall back to wireguard-go
+automatically. Config files are fully compatible.
 EOM
 }
 ]



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