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includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc | includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc | ||||
debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the | debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the | ||||
kernel. Many developers choose to disable these features on build | kernel. Many developers choose to disable these features on build | ||||
machines to maximize performance. (To completely disable malloc | machines to maximize performance. (To completely disable malloc | ||||
debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely | debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely | ||||
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run | disable the most expensive debugging functionality run | ||||
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) | "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) | ||||
20160330: | |||||
The FAST_DEPEND build option has been removed and its functionality is | |||||
now the one true way. The old mkdep(1) style of 'make depend' has | |||||
been removed. See 20160311 for further details. | |||||
20160317: | 20160317: | ||||
Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t. All | Resource range types have grown from unsigned long to uintmax_t. All | ||||
drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled. | drivers, and anything using libdevinfo, need to be recompiled. | ||||
20160311: | 20160311: | ||||
WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree | WITH_FAST_DEPEND is now enabled by default for in-tree and out-of-tree | ||||
builds. It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the | builds. It no longer runs mkdep(1) during 'make depend', and the | ||||
'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran | 'make depend' stage can safely be skipped now as it is auto ran | ||||
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