From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 21:04:41 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A400CD5; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 +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)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75BF59C1; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s9CL4fSo073851; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s9CL4f46073850; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201410122104.s9CL4f46073850@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45801 - 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: 2.1.18-1 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, 12 Oct 2014 21:04:41 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Sun Oct 12 21:04:40 2014 New Revision: 45801 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45801 Log: Edit for clarity and consistency. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Sun Oct 12 20:53:29 2014 (r45800) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Sun Oct 12 21:04:40 2014 (r45801) @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@

The third quarter of 2014 was another productive quarter for the FreeBSD project. A lot of work has been done on various ARM platforms, with the goal of bringing them to Tier 1 status in - &os; 11 and the various ports teams have worked hard to improve + &os; 11. The various ports teams have also worked hard to improve the state of &os; as a desktop operating system. As usual, performance improvements feature in several places in this report and many of these can benefit from user benchmarking to @@ -634,13 +634,13 @@ USERS. Network configuration, ZFS options, and others are also included.

-

Second part of project is about booting the fai (Fully - Automatic Installer) from the network by PXE. Made installer - distro based on mfsbsd. After boot, fai looks for the +

The Second part of the project is about booting the fai (Fully + Automatic Installer) from the network by PXE. An installer + distro was created based on mfsBSD. After boot, fai looks for the "bootfile-name" parameter from the DHCP server. This - parameter instructs fai where the bsdinstall script is - located. Fai supports mac-based config or a default, if a - mac-based configuration file does not exist.

+ parameter tells fai where the bsdinstall script is + located. fai supports MAC-based configuration, or a default if a + MAC-based configuration file does not exist.

@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@

The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the - WITH_NEW_XORG knob) was enabled on all architectures. The + WITH_NEW_XORG knob) was enabled on all architectures. The only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or 9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and therefore xf86-video-intel will not work (the last @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@

Work on initial support of the IFC6410 board, which was - stopped due to bricked bootloader, has been started again. + stopped due to a bricked bootloader, has been started again. This board has the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC, featuring the Krait CPU. This CPU is considered a "platform" for use in smartphones, tablets, and smartbook devices. Krait has many @@ -2077,8 +2077,8 @@

This project aims to add support to the &os; kernel for running in Xen Paravirtualised mode on amd64 systems. This project has finally reached a "Proof of Concept" stage on the - branch projects/amd64_xen_pv

+ branch + projects/amd64_xen_pv.

Testing and bug reports on various configurations is encouraged! The author is also seeking bounties to help