Author: imp
Date: Sun Nov 8 02:46:04 2020
New Revision: 367475
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367475
Log:
Also mention PORTS_MODULES
PORTS_MODULES is also an effective way to update the tree. Also
a minor rejustify on this an an adjacent paragraph.
Suggested by: David Wolfskill
Modified:
head/UPDATING
Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING Sun Nov 8 02:20:21 2020 (r367474)
+++ head/UPDATING Sun Nov 8 02:46:04 2020 (r367475)
@@ -2303,14 +2303,16 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
messages there. If in doubt, please track -stable which has
much fewer pitfalls.
- [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you
- should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
- system on reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the
- modules you have in your system and install them as well. If
- you are running -current, you should seriously consider
- placing all sources to all the modules for your system (or
- symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this happens
- automatically...
+ [1] If you have third party modules, such as vmware, you should disable
+ them at this point so they don't crash your system on
+ reboot. Alternatively, you should rebuild all the modules you have in
+ your system and install them as well. If you are running -current, you
+ should seriously consider placing all sources to all the modules for
+ your system (or symlinks to them) in /usr/local/sys/modules so this
+ happens automatically. If all your modules come from ports, then adding
+ the port origin directories to PORTS_MODULES instead is also automatic
+ and effective, eg:
+ PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver
[3] From the bootblocks, boot -s, and then do
fsck -p
@@ -2319,8 +2321,8 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
sh /etc/rc.d/zfs start # mount zfs filesystem, if needed
cd src # full path to source
adjkerntz -i # if CMOS is wall time
- Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that
- you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
+ Also, when doing a major release upgrade, it is required that you boot
+ into single user mode to do the installworld.
[4] Note: This step is non-optional. Failure to do this step
can result in a significant reduction in the functionality of the
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