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Date:      Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:14:50 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mike Karels <karels@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r327923 - stable/11
Message-ID:  <201801131414.w0DEEo6O075680@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: karels
Date: Sat Jan 13 14:14:50 2018
New Revision: 327923
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327923

Log:
  Add info about SW_WATCHDOG change to be dynamic in the common case.

Modified:
  stable/11/UPDATING

Modified: stable/11/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/UPDATING	Sat Jan 13 14:10:45 2018	(r327922)
+++ stable/11/UPDATING	Sat Jan 13 14:14:50 2018	(r327923)
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ from older versions of FreeBSD, try WITHOUT_CLANG and 
 the tip of head, and then rebuild without this option. The bootstrap process
 from older version of current across the gcc/clang cutover is a bit fragile.
 
+20180113:
+	The SW_WATCHDOG option is no longer necessary to enable the
+	hardclock-based software watchdog if no hardware watchdog is
+	configured. As before, SW_WATCHDOG will cause the software
+	watchdog to be enabled even if a hardware watchdog is configured.
+
 20180108:
 	lint(1) binaries and library are no longer built by default.  To
 	enable building them, define WITH_LINT in src.conf.  If you are using



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