From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 22 22:56:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3825E64; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84A9D1F7D; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBMMujGS068587; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 GMT (envelope-from rodrigc@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rBMMujDJ068586; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 GMT (envelope-from rodrigc@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201312222256.rBMMujDJ068586@svn.freebsd.org> From: Craig Rodrigues Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r259749 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:56:45 -0000 Author: rodrigc Date: Sun Dec 22 22:56:45 2013 New Revision: 259749 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/259749 Log: Add updates for Raspberry PI support, unmapped VMIO, netmap(4), nvme(4). Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Dec 22 22:31:39 2013 (r259748) +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Dec 22 22:56:45 2013 (r259749) @@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ Kernel Changes + Raspberry PI support has been added. + Refer to these setup instructions + and quick start + guide. + + The use of unmapped VMIO buffers eliminates the need to perform + TLB shootdown for mapping on buffer creation and reuse, greatly reducing the + amount of IPIs for shootdown on big-SMP machines and eliminating up to 25-30% + of the system time on i/o intensive workloads. + The maximum amount of memory the &os; kernel can address has been increased from 1TB to 4TB. @@ -292,6 +302,13 @@ for dynamically loading kernel modules for Infiniband core (ibcore) and IP over Infiniband (ipoib). + &man.netmap.4; has been added. &man.netmap.4; is a framework for + high-performance direct-to-hardware packet IO, offering low latency and high PPS + rates to userland applications while bypassing any kernel-side packet processing. + With &man.netmap.4; it is trivially possible to fully saturate a 10 Gbps network interface with + minimal packet sizes. For more information, see: + Netmap Project. + @@ -338,6 +355,11 @@ The &man.hptrr.4; driver has been updated to version 1.2 from Highpoint. + &man.nvme.4; has been added and provides NVM Express support. + NVM Express is an optimized register interface, command set and feature set of + PCI Express (PCIe)-based Solid-State Drives (SSDs). For more information, + see nvmexpress.org. +