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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