From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 14 13:45:34 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E5B4C14; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 +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)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F4FB1623; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0EDjYqO079277; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0EDjYUv079276; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201401141345.s0EDjYUv079276@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43502 - 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: 2.1.17 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: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:34 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014 New Revision: 43502 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43502 Log: - Add 2013Q4 report on UEFI boot Submitted by: emaste Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:31:22 2014 (r43501) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014 (r43502) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 15 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 16 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.

@@ -869,4 +869,59 @@ Enable by default on the amd64 architecture. + + + UEFI Boot + + + + + Ed + Maste + + emaste@FreeBSD.org + + + + + UEFI wiki page + UEFI project branch + + + +

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides boot- + and run-time services for x86 computers, and is a replacement for + the legacy BIOS. This project will adapt the &os; loader and + kernel boot process for compatibility with UEFI firmware, found + on contemporary servers, desktops, and laptops.

+ +

In 2013, The &os; Foundation sponsored Benno Rice for a short + project to improve the UEFI bootloader. This resulted in a + working proof-of-concept in the UEFI project branch, but it was + not ready to be merged to &os; head.

+ +

Ed Maste has taken that original work and, with review feedback + from Konstantin Belousov, been preparing it for integration into + &os; head. Some changes have been merged to + head already. The rest will be merged as they are + refined.

+ +

Intel provided a motherboard and CPU for the project, which + proved invaluable for addressing bugs that did not appear while + testing with the QEMU emulator.

+ +

This work is sponsored by The &os; Foundation.

+ + + + Resolve a 32- vs 64-bit libstand(3) build issue. + Merge kernel parsing of EFI memory map metadata. + Integrate EFI framebuffer with vt(9) (also known as + Newcons). + Connect efiloader to the build. + Document manual installation for dual-boot configurations. + Integrate UEFI configuration with the &os; instaler. + Support secure boot. + +