Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:04 GMT From: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 32eb71f1f3 - main - relnotes/13.0: add POWER-related changes Message-ID: <202103281338.12SDc47u098938@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by pkubaj (ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=32eb71f1f383e145f3f37da78a626586675ce28c commit 32eb71f1f383e145f3f37da78a626586675ce28c Author: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-03-28 13:37:37 +0000 Commit: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-03-28 13:37:37 +0000 relnotes/13.0: add POWER-related changes Approved by: gjb --- website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc index d7d7b46152..3f81f1ad13 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/relnotes.adoc @@ -487,6 +487,34 @@ if_dwc now supports flow control. gitref:2b4a66ed171[repository=src] if_dwc now supports checksum offloading. gitref:98ea5a7b9a1[repository=src] +=== POWER + +All powerpc architectures switched to LLVM and are currently mostly similar to amd64 toolchain-wise. gitref:678da4[repository=src] + +Because lld doesn't support ELFv1 ABI, powerpc64 also switched to ELFv2 at the same time it switched to LLVM. This brings us to a parity with modern Linux distributions. gitref:e4399d[repository=src] + +powerpc (32-bit) switched to Secure-PLT. gitref:e861da[repository=src] + +powerpc64le (64-bit little endian port) was introduced, targeting POWER8 and newer processors. gitref:b75abe[repository=src] + +ixl(4) was ported to powerpc64. gitref:c5568b[repository=src] + +mrsas(4) was ported to powerpc64. gitref:e34a05[repository=src] + +aacraid(4) was ported to powerpc64. gitref:d8c51c[repository=src] + +Radix MMU support for powerpc64 and powerpc64le (experimental, disabled by default). gitref:65bbba[repository=src] + +Superpages support for powerpc64 and powerpc64le (experimental, disabled by default). gitref:e2d6c4[repository=src] + +virtio fixes. gitref:f272c8[repository=src] + +drm-kmod support (not base related, but involved fixing linuxkpi). gitref:937a05[repository=src] + +Plenty of stability fixes, which fix many kernel panics. + +Plenty of performance improvements - performance during bulk -a package building is at least 60% higher. + === Sparc Removed support for the `sparc64` architecture (SPARC 9).
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