Author: jasone
Date: Tue Apr 17 20:21:04 2012
New Revision: 234395
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234395
Log:
Add an UPDATING entry for the contrib/jemalloc import.
Modified:
head/UPDATING
Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING Tue Apr 17 20:16:49 2012 (r234394)
+++ head/UPDATING Tue Apr 17 20:21:04 2012 (r234395)
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10
machines to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run
ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
+20120417:
+ The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported
+ as contrib/jemalloc. The most disruptive API change is to
+ /etc/malloc.conf. If your system has an old-style /etc/malloc.conf,
+ delete it prior to installworld, and optionally re-create it using the
+ new format after rebooting. See malloc.conf(5) for details
+ (specifically the TUNING section and the "opt.*" entries in the MALLCTL
+ NAMESPACE section).
+
20120328:
Big-endian MIPS TARGET_ARCH values no longer end in "eb". mips64eb
is now spelled mips64. mipsn32eb is now spelled mipsn32. mipseb is
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