Improvements for ARMv6/v7 support

From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Fri Jan 15 04:18:09 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 D4318A83F49; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:09 +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 8CA851A57; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:09 +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 u0F4I84Q074353; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:08 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u0F4I8B2074352; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:08 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201601150418.u0F4I8B2074352@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:08 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48021 - 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: 2.1.20 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: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 04:18:09 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Fri Jan 15 04:18:08 2016 New Revision: 48021 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48021 Log: Add entry on armv6/v7 improvements from zbb Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Fri Jan 15 03:54:50 2016 (r48020) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Fri Jan 15 04:18:08 2016 (r48021) @@ -2393,4 +2393,82 @@ Mellanox Technologies + + + Improvements for ARMv6/v7 support + + + + + Dominik + Ermel + + der@semihalf.com + + + + + Wojciech + Macek + + wma@semihalf.com + + + + + Zbigniew + Bodek + + zbb@semihalf.com + + + + +

Numerous improvements for the ARMv6/v7 kernel and tools + have been developed by the Semihalf team. Those include:

+ +

Fixes for KGDB support.
Support for branch instructions in ptrace single + stepping.
Fixes for kernel minidumps.
Improvements for LIBUSBBOOT.
Support for Exynos EHCI in the loader.
A fix for instruction single stepping in DDB.
Support for hardware watchpoints, including watchpoints + on SMP systems.
Single stepping using the ARM Debug Architecture.
Support for gzip-compressed kernel modules in + kldload.
Backport of the new pmap VM code to &os; 10-STABLE (not + yet sent to upstream).

+ +

Most of the introduced changes have been committed to HEAD + and more are on the way.

+ + + + Juniper Networks Inc. + + + + Semihalf + + + + +

Finish upstreaming the hardware watchpoints support.

+ + +