From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 12 20:45:18 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F719EA; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:18 +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)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 312E2389; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t3CKjHLT004396; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:17 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t3CKjHj3004394; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:17 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504122045.t3CKjHj3004394@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:17 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46520 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:45:18 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sun Apr 12 20:45:17 2015 New Revision: 46520 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46520 Log: Add Lua boot loader report Approved by: hrs (mentor, implicit) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Sun Apr 12 20:35:34 2015 (r46519) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Sun Apr 12 20:45:17 2015 (r46520) @@ -232,4 +232,81 @@ + + Lua boot loader + + + + + Rui + Paulo + + rpaulo@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Pedro + Souza + + pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Wojciech + Koszek + + wkoszek@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The Lua boot loader project is in its final stage and + it can be used on x86 already. The aim of this project is to + replace the Forth boot loader with a Lua boot loader. All the + scripts were re-written in Lua and are available in + sys/boot/lua. Once all the Forth features have been tested + and once the boot menus look exactly like in Forth, we will + start merging this project to &os; HEAD. Both loaders can + co-exist in the source tree with no problems because a + pluggable loader functionality was introduced for this + purpose.

+ +

The project was initially started by Wojciech + Koszek, and Pedro Souza wrote most of the Lua code last year in + his Google Summer of Code project.

+ +

To build a Lua boot loader just use:

+
WITH_LUA=y
+WITHOUT_FORTH=y
+ + + + +

Feature/appearance parity with Forth.

+ + + +

Investigate use of floating point by Lua.

+ + + +

Test the EFI Lua loader.

+ + + +

Test the U-Boot Lua loader.

+ + + +

Test the serial console.

+ + + +