Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:56:23 +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: r44440 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201404041256.s34CuNPl087710@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Fri Apr 4 12:56:22 2014 New Revision: 44440 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44440 Log: - Add 2014Q1 status report for FreeBSD/armv6hf 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 12:48:03 2014 (r44439) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Fri Apr 4 12:56:22 2014 (r44440) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep the number of entries updated --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 11 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 12 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> @@ -677,4 +677,48 @@ <task>Test on real hardware.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os;/armv6hf</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Andrew</given> + <common>Turner</common> + </name> + <email>andrew@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>&os; has been updated to allow it to use the VFP variant of the + ARM EABI ABI. The VFP unit is the ARM hardware to perform + floating-point operations. This changes the ABI to improve the + performance of code that uses floating-point operations. By + default, &os; already uses the ARM EABI on all releases from + 10.0.</p> + + <p>This is important for users of &os;/arm with an ARMv6 or ARMv7 + SoC and who use code that makes use of floating-point + operations. It removes the need for the slow software + floating-point support in <tt>libc</tt>. This is mostly + compatible with the existing ABI, with the exception of how + floating-point values are passed into functions. Because no + floating-point values are passed to the kernel, the + <tt>armv6</tt> and <tt>armv6hf</tt> kernels will work with + either userland.</p> + + <p>As part of this, some support functions have been updated to + use the VFP unit when available. It is intended the existing + <tt>armv6</tt> target architecture will be kept for cases where + the SoC lacks a VFP unit, or existing binaries that are + incompatible with the new ABI.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Testing.</task> + <task>More testing.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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