From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Wed Apr 20 03:34:20 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27981B15242; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::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 F049D1B14; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u3K3YJMD067723; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:19 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u3K3YJcI067722; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:19 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201604200334.u3K3YJcI067722@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:19 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48680 - 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: 2.1.21 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: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:34:20 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Wed Apr 20 03:34:18 2016 New Revision: 48680 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48680 Log: Editorial tweaks to the 2016Q1 report Remove some unnecessary quotes, and use " where they remain. (Also sprinkle some more .) Try to use title case for descriptions, and convert a few FreeBSD into &os;. And more. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Wed Apr 20 01:10:07 2016 (r48679) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Wed Apr 20 03:34:18 2016 (r48680) @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ - PVS-Studio delved into the FreeBSD kernel + PVS-Studio Delved into the FreeBSD kernel PVS Static Analysis Phabricator Review @@ -221,18 +221,18 @@

Work is ongoing with respect to development of pNFS support for the NFS server using GlusterFS as a back end. This will - be a long term project with the eventual goal of allowing the + be a long-term project with the eventual goal of allowing the NFS server to scale beyond a single server system. Hopefully it will be available for testing in late Spring 2016. pNFS - allows a NFSv4.1 client to do reads/writes directly to a data + allows an NFSv4.1 client to do reads/writes directly to a data server and not the NFS server.

-

Development of the pNFS server will be in need of testing - or it will never progress to a near production status. I - hope to have code available in FreeBSD's subversion projects +

The pNFS server will be in need of testing during development + or it will never progress to a near-production status. I + hope to have code available in &os;'s Subversion project branch for testing in late spring 2016.

@@ -252,21 +252,22 @@ - Source tree + Source Tree -

The purpose of this is to enable use of the Signal Processing +

This project aims to enable the use of the Signal Processing Engine found in the NXP/Freescale e500v2 SoC. The SPE uses - opcodes overlapping with Altivec, so is mutually exclusive. - Additionally, the e500v2 does not have a traditional FPU, and - instead uses the SPE for all floating point operations (or - emulation as is currently done). Combined with the fact that - the SPE ABI is incompatible with traditional ABI, a new - MACHINE_ARCH is created to address this.

+ opcodes overlapping with those of Altivec, so they are mutually + exclusive. Additionally, the e500v2 does not have a traditional + FPU, and instead uses the SPE for all floating point operations + (or emulation, as is currently done). Combined with the fact + that the SPE ABI is incompatible with the traditional ABI, a new + MACHINE_ARCH has been created to address these + incompatibilities.

-

A project branch has been created with the work. A - powerpcspe kernel boots on the RouterBoard RB800, and base +

A project branch has been created for the work. A + powerpcspe kernel boots on the RouterBoard RB800, and the base utilities run properly.

@@ -294,12 +295,12 @@ - Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix - Ports development tree on GitHub + Graphics Stack Roadmap and Supported Hardware Matrix + Ports Development Tree on GitHub FreeBSD Graphics Team at FOSDEM 2016 - GSoC 2016: link /dev entries to sysctl nodes - GSoC 2016: redesign libdevq - Graphics team blog + GSoC 2016: link /dev Entries to sysctl Nodes + GSoC 2016: Redesign libdevq + Graphics Team Blog @@ -307,7 +308,8 @@ driver in the kernel! The driver now matches Linux 3.8.13, so it includes initial Haswell support. Linux 3.8 is already three years old, but work continues to upgrade DRM further. - In particular, the move to linuxkpi was started.

+ In particular, work commenced to move to using the + linuxkpi compatibility.

In the Ports tree, Mesa was updated to 11.1.2. The next minor release, 11.2.0, is ready for testing in our development tree. @@ -321,21 +323,22 @@ how people can contribute. It was well received and the presentation was followed by interesting discussions. FOSDEM was also a nice occasion to meet and talk again to the nice - "upstream" developers of the graphics stack.

+ upstream developers of the graphics stack.

For the first year, we added two ideas for GSoC 2016: one for a kernel task, one to redesign libdevq. Six students - submitted a proposal for those two ideas, that was unexpected! + submitted proposals for those ideas; that was unexpected! We now need to decide which one we want to mentor and the choice is difficult.

-

Our blog has moved to - Graphics Team blog.

+

Our blog has moved to a + new location + (linked above).

-

See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date +

See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date information.

@@ -367,11 +370,11 @@ -

Allwinner SoC are used in multiple hobbyist devboards and - single board computers. Recently, support for these SoC have +

Allwinner SoCs are used in multiple hobbyist devboards and + single-board computers. Recently, support for these SoCs has received a lot of updates

-

Task done during first quarter :

+

Task done during first quarter:

  • I2C
  • @@ -397,13 +400,13 @@
  • A20 now uses the ARM Generic Timer
-

Ongoing task :

+

Ongoing tasks:

    -
  • Switch to new clock framework +
  • Switch to a new clock framework (In review)
  • -
  • Convert A10 interrupt controller to INTRNG +
  • Convert the A10 interrupt controller to INTRNG (In review)
  • OHCI support @@ -417,7 +420,7 @@
  • USB OTG
  • -
  • Finish the switch to upstream DTS
  • +
  • Finish the switch to using upstream DTS files
  • A83T SoC Support
  • @@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ -

    Since the last report &os; support for ThunderX has been +

    Since the last report, &os; support for ThunderX has been significantly improved and stabilized. Semihalf contributions include the following items:

    @@ -531,14 +534,14 @@ maintained.
  • Moved to using pci_host_generic.c as a main - driver for the internal PCIe bridge. Significant rework of - PCIe code to support both generic and ThunderX based - platforms.
  • + driver for the internal PCIe bridge. This involved a + significant rework of PCIe code to support both generic and + ThunderX based platforms. -
  • Serious networking performance boost and bug fixes:
  • +
  • Serious networking performance boost and bug fixes:
    • -
    • Fixed race condition on Rx path causing very rare - ‘use after free’ issue
    • +
    • Fixed race condition on Rx path causing a very rare + "use after free" issue
    • Hardware L3 and L4 checksums support
    • @@ -553,7 +556,7 @@

    The driver supports all available Ethernet connections (1, - 10, 30 Gbps) and system can saturate 10 Gbps link (on Tx) + 10, 30 Gbps) and the system can saturate a 10 Gbps link (on Tx) using 4 CPU cores.

      @@ -570,7 +573,7 @@
-

This work is integrated to the FreeBSD HEAD on an on-going +

This work is integrated to &os; HEAD on an on-going basis.

@@ -584,7 +587,7 @@ -

Support for multi Queue Set operation in VNIC

+

Add support for multi-Queue Set operation in VNIC.