Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 06:16:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42847 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201310050616.r956GEUN075707@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Sat Oct 5 06:16:14 2013 New Revision: 42847 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42847 Log: - Add Q3 entry on the EC2 port Submitted by: cperciva Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Sat Oct 5 06:01:01 2013 (r42846) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Sat Oct 5 06:16:14 2013 (r42847) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 11 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 12 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -565,4 +565,59 @@ <task>Add more drivers.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os;/EC2</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Colin</given> + <common>Percival</common> + </name> + <email>cperciva@freebsd.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/">&os;/EC2 Status Page</url> + <url href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00AA25MLK/">AWS Marketplace Listing</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>&os; images are available for use in EC2 for 8.3-RELEASE, + 8.4-RELEASE, 9.0-RELEASE, 9.1-RELEASE, and 9.2-RELEASE. In + 9.2-RELEASE, &os; runs in EC2 using an unpatched source tree, + but it needs the <tt>XENHVM</tt> kernel configuration.</p> + + <p>Starting from &os; 10.0-ALPHA3, the <tt>GENERIC</tt> kernel + configuration now contains all the <tt>XENHVM</tt> bits needed + to allow &os; to run in EC2 natively. Consequently, + &os; 10.0 will be the first release for which &os;/EC2 is + purely "bits off the ISO". This also means that starting with + 10.0 it will be possible to use <tt>freebsd-update(8)</tt> for + all base system updates — in earlier releases it was + necessary to recompile the <tt>XENHVM</tt> kernel manually.</p> + + <p>Due to &os;'s use of HVM virtualization, running on "old" EC2 + instance types (m1, m2, c1, t1) requires that &os; pretends to + be Windows, which unfortunately results in paying the higher + "windows" EC2 instance prices. On "new" EC2 instances (cc1, + cc2, cg1, cr1, hi1, hs1, and m3) &os; can run as a "unix" image + at the lower rate.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Test &os; 10.0-ALPHAs/BETAs/RCs as they become available. + Plenty of new Xen code has been committed recently and there are + probably bugs to find before the release.</task> + + <task>Keep nagging Amazon to provide more instance types which + &os; can run on without paying a "Windows tax".</task> + + <task>Provide some mechanism for instance configuration via EC2 + <tt>user-data</tt>. This might involve using + <tt>cloud-init</tt>, or it might be a new system.</task> + </help> +</project> </report>
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