From owner-dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sun Mar 28 13:38:05 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B6D579D14 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F7cGj0kz2z4d78; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C1C42110E; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 12SDc47q098939; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:04 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 12SDc47u098938; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:04 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:04 GMT Message-Id: <202103281338.12SDc47u098938@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Piotr Kubaj Subject: git: 32eb71f1f3 - main - relnotes/13.0: add POWER-related changes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: pkubaj X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 32eb71f1f383e145f3f37da78a626586675ce28c Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:38:05 -0000 The branch main has been updated by pkubaj (ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=32eb71f1f383e145f3f37da78a626586675ce28c commit 32eb71f1f383e145f3f37da78a626586675ce28c Author: Piotr Kubaj AuthorDate: 2021-03-28 13:37:37 +0000 Commit: Piotr Kubaj 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).