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Date:      Sun, 6 Mar 2016 17:34:21 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r296430 - head
Message-ID:  <201603061734.u26HYLnG064286@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: dim
Date: Sun Mar  6 17:34:21 2016
New Revision: 296430
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/296430

Log:
  Add an UPDATING entry about installing the boot loaders after installing
  the kernel, on amd64.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Sun Mar  6 17:24:02 2016	(r296429)
+++ head/UPDATING	Sun Mar  6 17:34:21 2016	(r296430)
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20160306:
+	On amd64, clang 3.8.0 can now insert sections of type AMD64_UNWIND into
+	kernel modules.  Therefore, if you load any kernel modules at boot time,
+	please install the boot loaders after you install the kernel, but before
+	rebooting, e.g.:
+
+	make buildworld
+	make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
+	make -C sys/boot install
+	<reboot in single user>
+
+	Then follow the usual steps, described in the General Notes section,
+	below.
+
 20160305:
 	Clang, llvm, lldb and compiler-rt have been upgraded to 3.8.0.  Please
 	see the 20141231 entry below for information about prerequisites and



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