Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:48:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44439 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201404041248.s34Cm45J083715@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Fri Apr 4 12:48:03 2014 New Revision: 44439 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44439 Log: - Add 2014Q1 status report on FreeBSD/arm64 Submitted by: andrew Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Fri Apr 4 12:32:55 2014 (r44438) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Fri Apr 4 12:48:03 2014 (r44439) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep the number of entries updated --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 10 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 11 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between April and June 2014 is July 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ </category> <category> + <name>arch</name> + + <description>Architectures</description> + </category> + + <category> <name>bin</name> <description>Userland Programs</description> @@ -621,4 +627,54 @@ driver support to libvirt.</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> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/arm64/">Project branch in the Subversion repository</url> + <url href="https://github.com/zxombie/aarch64-freebsd-sandbox">GitHub repository</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Arm64 is the name of the in-progress port of &os; to the ARMv8 + CPU when it is in AArch64 mode. Until recently, all ARM CPU + designs were 32-bit only. With the introduction of the ARMv8, + architecture ARM has added a new 64-bit mode. This new mode has + been named AArch64.</p> + + <p>Progress has been good on getting &os; to build and run on the + ARM Foundation model. &os; is able to be built for this + architecture, however it requires a number of external tools + including <tt>objdump(1)</tt> and <tt>ld(1)</tt>. These tools + are provided by an external copy of binutils until replacements + can be written.</p> + + <p>&os; will run the early boot on the Foundation model. The + loader has been ported to the AArch64 UEFI environment and can + load and run the kernel. The kernel is able to create the + initial page tables to be able to run from virtual memory. It + can then execute C code to parse the memory map provided by the + loader. This is as far as the kernel currently boots.</p> + + <p>This work is now happening in the &os; Subversion repository in + a project branch, see the links.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Implement an initial <tt>pmap(9)</tt> layer.</task> + <task>Write the missing machine-dependent code.</task> + <task>Test on real hardware.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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