From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Sat May 13 04:00:26 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@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 5C5CED6ABEE; Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:26 +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 3781D1595; Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:26 +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 v4D40P3f007086; Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:25 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v4D40P2c007085; Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:25 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201705130400.v4D40P2c007085@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:25 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50254 - 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-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 04:00:26 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sat May 13 04:00:25 2017 New Revision: 50254 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50254 Log: Make a second editing pass over the 2017Q1 status report Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Fri May 12 20:33:27 2017 (r50253) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Sat May 13 04:00:25 2017 (r50254) @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ we can start coordinating work.

In addition, since we have a translation set already from the - XML files, it would be interesting to see and know whether we + XML files, it would be interesting to see whether we can merge them easily into the po structure. If you have ideas on that, contact us a.s.a.p.

@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ where page mappings are repeated. This may change in the future.

As with the AIM powerpc64 port, this supports running powerpc +

As with the AIM powerpc64 port, Book-E supports running powerpc (32-bit) binaries as well, and has even been tested with a 32-bit init and 64-bit shell.

Several of the SoC drivers are supported, however, the dTSEC ethernet controller is not yet supported. Work is ongoing to - support this.

+ support it.

A QORIQ64 config is included, targeting the P5 and T* series SoCs from Freescale.

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ allows for file accesses within a single logical mount to be performed against multiple file servers, with the potential for data access to occur in parallel. The pNFS - "layout" specifies how the division occurs, with + "layout" in use specifies how the division occurs, with metadata operations occurring against the main server, and bulk data operations (read/write/setattr/etc.) occurring via a layout-specific scheme between the client and data @@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ -

The TrustedBSD Project is an open source community developing - advanced security features for the open source &os; operating +

The TrustedBSD Project is an open-source community developing + advanced security features for the open-source &os; operating system. Started in April 2000, the project developed support for extended attributes, access control lists (ACLs), UFS2, OpenPAM, security event auditing, OpenBSM, a flexible kernel @@ -675,13 +675,13 @@ libraries are readily available, we are at the point where we can shift our focus towards porting full applications.

Late February one of the lead developers of +

In late February one of the lead developers of the Bitcoin reference implementation got in touch, as he is very interested in creating a copy of Bitcoin that is better protected against security bugs. You do not want a security bug in the networking/consensus code to allow an attacker to steal coins from - your local wallet.

+ your local wallet!

As I think that this is a use case that demonstrates the strength of CloudABI well, I've made addressing any issues reported by the @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ Memcached? If so, feel free to give the sandboxed version of Memcached for CloudABI a try! - So far CloudABI can be used to run software written in C, C++ + So far, CloudABI can be used to run software written in C, C++ and Python. Would you like to see any other programming language work on CloudABI as well? Be sure to help out! @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Wiki Portal - Guide to Bootstrap Rust on &os; + Guide to Bootstraping Rust on &os; Bug Report to Track Progress on Bootstrapping @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ Investigate compiler crashes. Create a USES=rust Makefile helper and simplify - Rust and Cargo ports. + the Rust and Cargo ports. Investigate how to speed up lang/rust* compilation time. @@ -906,14 +906,14 @@

Specific tasks completed include:

Platform benchmarking and low-level optimisations - (internal bus, cache L1/L2 prefetch) — already +
Platform benchmarking and low-level optimizations + (internal bus, L1/L2 cache prefetch) — already submitted)
Enable PL310 L2 cache controller — currently under +
Enable the PL310 L2 cache controller — currently under review
NETA tests, optimisations and PHY-handling rework
NETA tests, optimizations and PHY-handling rework
e6000sw PHY handling rework and fixes
1 RPMB (Replay Protected Memory Block) partition
4 general purpose partitions (optionally with a enhanced +
4 general purpose partitions (optionally with an enhanced or extended attribute)

@@ -1004,10 +1004,10 @@ silicon bug (which is independent of running in DDR52 mode). The only viable workaround for that problem appears to be the implementation of support for ADMA2 mode in sdhci(4) - (currently, sdhci(4) supports the encumbered SDMA - mode only, or no DMA at all).

+ (currently, sdhci(4) supports only the encumbered SDMA + mode or no DMA at all).

However, r315598 also already brought in infrastructure and +

However, r315598 also brought in infrastructure and a fair amount of code for using even faster transfer modes with eMMC devices and SD cards respectively, i.e., up to HS400ES with eMMC and the UHS-I modes up to SDR104 with SD cards.

@@ -1082,7 +1082,8 @@ that are running ZFS. User stations would be running bhyve on RBD disks that are stored in Ceph.

The &os; build will build most of the tools in Ceph.

Compiling for &os; will now build most of the tools + available in Ceph.

Notable progress since the last report:

@@ -1188,7 +1189,7 @@ that the project appears welcoming to newcomers.

Normally, most of Core's activities around this are done in - private -- a quiet word in the right ear, some discrete + private — a quiet word in the right ear, some discrete peacemaking, occasional reading of the riot act. Most of the time, this is all that is necessary.

@@ -1232,7 +1233,7 @@ This is not in the current plan, but a number of developers and important &os; users would be keen to see it happen, given some of the work that has gone into the stable/10 branch since - 10.3-RELEASE. On the other hand, this would require an additional + 10.3-RELEASE. On the other hand, this would represent an additional support burden for the Security Team, including maintaining versions of software that have been declared obsolete upstream, in particular OpenSSL. As an even-numbered release, 10.4-RELEASE would have a @@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@ the finger server on freefall.freebsd.org. Many developers have included details such as phone numbers into the GECOS field of their &os; password database entries, and - these would be revealed by the finger server -- + these would be revealed by the finger server — details which are nowadays generally felt inadvisable to expose publicly. finger is still available internally within freefall.freebsd.org. Core recommends that @@ -1261,7 +1262,7 @@ particular, Postmaster and the Security Team are in need of new blood. Recruiting for a new member of the Security Team is well under way, but anyone interested in joining any of the teams is encouraged to make - themselves known either to Core, or directly to the teams + themselves known either to Core or directly to the teams concerned.

@@ -1292,7 +1293,7 @@ generated by the inserted card, which is a prerequisite for implementing the SDIO interface. SDIO support is necessary for communicating with the WiFi/BT modules found on many - development boards, like the Raspberry Pi 3.

+ development boards, such as the Raspberry Pi 3.

Another feature that the new stack will have is support for sending SD commands from userland applications using