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The \c hazard_max parameter to ::wiredtiger_open is now ignored. Memory is
allocated for hazard pointers as required by each session.
</dd>
+
+<dt>Change to the default fadvise behavior for data files</dt>
+<dd>
+The old default behavior was to advise the file system that access would be
+random for data files, and there was no way to alter that. We no longer
+call advise the file system of expected access patterns by default, and
+have added a new \c access_pattern_hint configuration option available for
+WT_SESSION::create that can be used to restore the old default by setting
+the value to "random".
+</dd>
</dl>
@section version_290 Upgrading to Version 2.9.0