From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Jul 19 20:40:18 2015 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 085449A6F28; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::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 EAF4D1197; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t6JKeHWD061899; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:17 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t6JKeHYc061898; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:17 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201507192040.t6JKeHYc061898@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:17 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47021 - 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: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:40:18 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Sun Jul 19 20:40:16 2015 New Revision: 47021 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47021 Log: Whitespace-only fixes. Spaces added in some places, removed in others, phlogistons massaged. Any translators paying attention, please ignore. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Sun Jul 19 20:27:41 2015 (r47020) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Sun Jul 19 20:40:16 2015 (r47021) @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@

Mathieu Arnold (mat@) committed - PR197878, + PR197878, updating the Xfce section in the Porter's Handbook.

We also follow the unstable releases (available in our @@ -1091,11 +1091,10 @@ -

A Process-Context Identifier (PCID) is a performance enhancing - feature of the - Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) on Intel processors, - introduced with the Sandy Bridge micro-architecture. It - allows the TLB to +

A Process-Context Identifier (PCID) is a + performance-enhancing feature of the Translation Lookaside + Buffer (TLB) on Intel processors, introduced with the Sandy + Bridge micro-architecture. It allows the TLB to simultaneously cache translation information for several address spaces, and gives an opportunity for the operating system context switch code to avoid flushing the TLB upon @@ -1126,23 +1125,24 @@

The new PCID implementation uses an algorithm described in the U. Vahalia book "UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers". The algorithm is already used, for example, by the MIPS pmap for - assigning Address Space Identifiers (ASIDs) to software-managed - TLB entries. The pmap - maintains a per-CPU generation count, which is assigned to the - next unused PCID when the context is activated on CPU. TLB - invalidation includes resetting the generation count, which - causes reallocation of the PCID when a context switch is - performed. As result, the new implementation issues exactly - the same amount of shootdown IPIs as a pmap which does not - utilize PCID.

+ assigning Address Space Identifiers (ASIDs) to + software-managed TLB entries. The pmap maintains a per-CPU + generation count, which is assigned to the next unused PCID + when the context is activated on CPU. TLB invalidation + includes resetting the generation count, which causes + reallocation of the PCID when a context switch is performed. + As result, the new implementation issues exactly the same + amount of shootdown IPIs as a pmap which does not utilize + PCID.

Another change included with the PCID rewrite is a move of the address space switching code from assembler to C source, making the algorithm easier to understand and validate.

Measurements done with hwpmc(4) on a Haswell machine - indicated that the new implementation reduced the TLB miss rate by - up to 10 times, without an increase in TLB shootdown IPIs.

+ indicated that the new implementation reduced the TLB miss + rate by up to 10 times, without an increase in TLB shootdown + IPIs.

The rewrite was committed to HEAD at r282684.

@@ -1405,9 +1405,9 @@ steam again. The OpenBSM source code repository was migrated from &os;'s Perforce server to GitHub. We hope this will make the code more accessible and stimulate outside contributions. - In addition to the repository migration, automated build testing - using Travis CI has been enabled, and initial steps towards a - new test release have been made.

+ In addition to the repository migration, automated build + testing using Travis CI has been enabled, and initial steps + towards a new test release have been made.

@@ -2571,9 +2571,8 @@

Worked with Colin Percival and Brad Davis on testing and refining the release build code to support building - Amazon EC2 images and Vagrant images for Hashicorp Atlas, - respectively. -

+ Amazon EC2 images and Vagrant images for Hashicorp + Atlas, respectively.

Reworked the &os;/arm build code to provide a fully-native build infrastructure for the existing @@ -2583,10 +2582,10 @@

Wrote several additional utilities to reduce human error in several areas of Release Engineering, including - producing the filesystem hierarchy used by the FTP mirrors, - enhancements to the internal build scripts used by Release - Engineering, and support for automatically uploading and - publishing virtual machine images.

+ producing the filesystem hierarchy used by the FTP + mirrors, enhancements to the internal build scripts used + by Release Engineering, and support for automatically + uploading and publishing virtual machine images.

While attending BSDCan 2015, Glen worked with several developers and teams on various items, such as @@ -2627,7 +2626,8 @@ Wine wiki - Wine on amd64 wiki + Wine on amd64 + wiki Wine homepage @@ -2639,11 +2639,12 @@

Stable releases: 1.6.2 (1 port revision)
Development releases: 1.7.40 through 1.7.46

The i386-wine-devel port has packages built for amd64 for - &os; 8.4, 9.1+, 10.1+ and CURRENT.

The i386-wine-devel port has packages built for + amd64 for &os; 8.4, 9.1+, 10.1+ and CURRENT.

Accomplishments include:

@@ -2654,24 +2655,36 @@

Future development on Wine will focus on:

Add the getdirentries(2) patch to the wine-devel port.
Redevelop and upstream the getdirentries(2) patch.
Redevelop and upstream the kernel32 Makefile patch.
Add support to the i386-wine port for pkg 1.5 (library - conflicts currently prevent support).
Add the getdirentries(2) patch to the + wine-devel port.
Redevelop and upstream the getdirentries(2) + patch.
Redevelop and upstream the kernel32 Makefile + patch.
Add support to the i386-wine port for + pkg 1.5 (library conflicts currently prevent + support).
Add support for Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit (WoW64):
- Reduce the i386-wine port to just the components - required for WoW64.
- Reduce the i386-wine port to just the + components required for WoW64.
- Rename the i386-wine port to wow64.
- Make the wine ports depend on the wow64 ports when built - on amd64.
- Make the wine ports depend on the wow64 ports when + built on amd64.
- Investigate and verify the interactions between Wine64 and WoW64.
- Investigate possible update approaches for the - wow64 ports (that have to be pre-compiled) and how updating - with the wine ports will work.

@@ -2691,7 +2704,8 @@

&os;/amd64 integration (see the - i386-Wine wiki)

+ i386-Wine + wiki)

@@ -2722,25 +2736,27 @@ -

The KDE on &os; team focuses on packaging and making sure that - the experience of KDE and Qt on &os; is as good as possible.

The KDE on &os; team focuses on packaging and making sure + that the experience of KDE and Qt on &os; is as good as + possible.

Brad Davis has been working on CMake resulting in an update to - version 3.2.3 being committed to ports.

Brad Davis has been working on CMake resulting in an update + to version 3.2.3 being committed to ports.

Overall, we have updated the following ports in this quarter:

Overall, we have updated the following ports in this + quarter:

CMake 3.2.3 (committed to ports)
Qt 4.8.7 (committed to area51)
Qt 5.4.1 (refinements committed to ports)

CMake 3.2.3 (committed to ports)
Qt 4.8.7 (committed to area51)
Qt 5.4.1 (refinements committed to ports)

Put more effort into the Qt5-related ports: KDE Frameworks 5 - (currently worked on by Tobias Berner) and PyQt 5.

Put more effort into the Qt5-related ports: KDE Frameworks + 5 (currently worked on by Tobias Berner) and PyQt 5.