From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 28 16:05:28 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4619A668; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5291688; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r5SG5RK4009416; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:28 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r5SG5RCw009415; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:27 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201306281605.r5SG5RCw009415@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:27 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42081 - 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: 2.1.14 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: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:05:28 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Fri Jun 28 16:05:27 2013 New Revision: 42081 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42081 Log: - Add an introductory sentence for the multi-threaded pagedaemon entry [1] - Fix up some minor mistakes in the Intel IOMMU entry - Fix spelling of pkg(8) in the PC-BSD entry Requested by: theraven [1] Discussed with: kib [1] Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Fri Jun 28 12:20:00 2013 (r42080) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Fri Jun 28 16:05:27 2013 (r42081) @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@

Progress on moving PC-BSD & TrueOS to a "rolling release" is happening quickly. We have implemented our own package - repository, fully based on PKGNG, which is updated twice + repository, fully based on pkg(8), which is updated twice monthly, and are now hosting dedicated freebsd-update(8) systems. In addition to the 9.1-RELEASE ISO images, we have begun to create a @@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ - Implements workarounds for chipset errata. + Implement workarounds for chipset errata. Commit to HEAD after additional testing. Rebalance MSI/MSI-X using interrupt remapping unit, also - required for x2APIC use on big machines + required for x2APIC use on big machines. Integrate with the Intel GPU MMU and handle Ironlake and SandyBridge errata for the GFXVTd unit. @@ -195,12 +195,13 @@ -

Based on a prototype change from Jeff Roberson, per-domain page - queues and per-domain pagedaemon working threads have been - implemented. At the moment, the domains coincide with the NUMA - proximity domains, but this is not neccessary and could be - improved with further separation to allow more parallelism in - the pagedaemon.

This project aims to improve scalability of the virtual memory + subsystem. Based on a prototype change from Jeff Roberson, + per-domain page queues and per-domain pagedaemon working threads + have been implemented to enable this. At the moment, the + domains coincide with the NUMA proximity domains, but this is + not neccessary and could be improved with further separation to + allow more parallelism in the pagedaemon.

The patch is relatively simple, with the most delicate parts being the page laundry and OOM logic, which requires coordination