Author: rwatson
Date: Sun Mar 15 16:12:50 2009
New Revision: 189854
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/189854

Log:
  Mention specifically in UPDATING that non-MPSAFE device drivers are no
  longer supported.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING       Sun Mar 15 16:10:25 2009        (r189853)
+++ head/UPDATING       Sun Mar 15 16:12:50 2009        (r189854)
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.
        to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
        ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
 
+20090315:
+       Support for the IFF_NEEDSGIANT network interface flag has been
+       removed, which means that non-MPSAFE network device drivers are no
+       longer supported.  In particular, if_ar, if_sr, and network device
+       drivers from the old (legacy) USB stack can no longer be built or
+       used.
+
 20090313:
        POSIX.1 Native Language Support (NLS) has been enabled in libc and
        a bunch of new language catalog files have also been added.
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