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Show All 21 Lines | NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 14.x IS SLOW: | ||||
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 WITH_MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/src.conf and rebuild | debugging, define WITH_MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/src.conf and rebuild | ||||
world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality | world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality | ||||
at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) | at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) | ||||
20230817: | |||||
Serial communication (in boot loaders, kernel, and userland) has | |||||
been changed to default to 115200 bps, in line with common industry | |||||
practice and typcial firmware serial console redirection | |||||
configuration. | |||||
Note that the early x86 BIOS bootloader (i.e., boot0sio) does not | |||||
support rates above 9600 bps and is not chagned. boot0sio users may | |||||
set BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=9600 to use 9600 for all of the boot | |||||
components, or use the standard boot0 and have the boot2 stage start | |||||
with the serial port at 115200. | |||||
20230807: | 20230807: | ||||
Following the general removal of MIPS support, the ath(4) AHB bus- | Following the general removal of MIPS support, the ath(4) AHB bus- | ||||
frontend has been removed, too, and building of the PCI support is | frontend has been removed, too, and building of the PCI support is | ||||
integrated with the ath(4) main module again. As a result, there's | integrated with the ath(4) main module again. As a result, there's | ||||
no longer a need for if_ath_pci_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf or | no longer a need for if_ath_pci_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf or | ||||
"device ath_pci" in the kernel configuration. | "device ath_pci" in the kernel configuration. | ||||
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