Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:37:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46563 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201504151637.t3FGbiik062723@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Wed Apr 15 16:37:43 2015 New Revision: 46563 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46563 Log: Add arm64 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 Wed Apr 15 09:37:04 2015 (r46562) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Wed Apr 15 16:37:43 2015 (r46563) @@ -2345,4 +2345,77 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y</pre> </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os;/arm64</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Andrew</given> + <common>Turner</common> + </name> + <email>andrew@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Maste</common> + </name> + <email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Zbigniew</given> + <common>Bodek</common> + </name> + <email>zbb@semihalf.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm64">&os; arm64 wiki page</url> + <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/freebsd/tree/arm64-dev">GitHub arm64 development repository</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The collaborative development on the &os; arm64 port + made significant progress over the last quarter. The &os; + Foundation is collaborating with ARM, Cavium, the Semihalf team, + and Andrew Turner to port &os; to the arm64 architecture, + also known as ARMv8 and AArch64.</p> + + <p>After significant review and refinement, the initial set + of changes are being delivered into &os;-HEAD. This initial + support targets the QEMU and ARM Foundation Model emulators, and + boots to a usable multiuser environment.</p> + + <p>Cavium's ThunderX platform is the initial hardware + reference target for the &os; arm64 port. The platform + currently boots to multiuser, with a root file system mounted + over NFS via a PCIe 10 Gbps Ethernet NIC. Reference hardware is + installed in the &os; test lab hosted by Sentex Communications + and in Semihalf's offices.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor> + <sponsor>ARM</sponsor> + <sponsor>Cavium</sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Merge kernel changes to HEAD.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Finish remaining userland and kernel support.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Produce installable images.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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