Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:08:46 +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: r43432 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201401051608.s05G8kdk056456@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Sun Jan 5 16:08:45 2014 New Revision: 43432 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43432 Log: - Add 2013Q4 status reports on recent ARM developments Submitted by: ganbold Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Sun Jan 5 15:34:02 2014 (r43431) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Sun Jan 5 16:08:45 2014 (r43432) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 2 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 4 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ </category> <category> + <name>arch</name> + + <description>Architectures</description> + </category> + + <category> <name>bin</name> <description>Userland Programs</description> @@ -156,4 +162,82 @@ place and have streamlined the migration process.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os; on Cubieboard{1,2}</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ganbold</given> + <common>Tsagaankhuu</common> + </name> + <email>ganbold@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/tsgan/allwinner_a10/blob/master/if_emac.c">EMAC driver code</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Cubieboard is a single-board computer, based on the AllWinner + A10 SoC, popular on cheap tablets, phones and media PCs. The + second version enhances the board mainly by replacing the + AllWinner A10 SoC with an AllWinner A20 which contains 2 ARM + Cortex-A7 MPCore CPUs and 2 Mali-400 GPUs (Mali-400MP2). In the + last few months, the work has continued on their &os; port, and + some work was done on the EMAC 10/100 Ethernet driver (see + link). The driver now is in a good shape, however the RX side + is very slow and there is need to have external DMA driver that + can be used in this case.</p> + </body> + </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os; on Newer ARM Boards</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ganbold</given> + <common>Tsagaankhuu</common> + </name> + <email>ganbold@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Radxa%20Rock">&os; on Radxa Rock</url> + <url href="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/256949"/>; + <url href="https://github.com/tsgan/qualcomm">Some preliminary sources for Snapdragon board IFC6410</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Rockchip is a series of SoC (System on Chip) integrated + circuits that are mainly for embedded systems applications in + mobile entertainment devices such smartphones, tablets, e-books, + set-top boxes, media players, personal video, and MP3 players. + Due to their evolution from the MP3/MP4 player market most + Rockchip ICs feature advanced media decoding logic but lack + integrated cellular radio basebands. Initial support of + Rockchip RK3188 (Quad core Cortex A9) SoC is committed to + <tt>head</tt>. Now &os; runs on Radxa Rock and it supports + following peripherals:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Existing DWC OTG driver in host mode</li> + <li>GPIO</li> + </ul> + + <p>Some work was also done the on initial support of Qualcomm + Snapdragon S4 SoC, featuring the Krait CPU, which is considered + a "platform" for use in smartphones, tablets, and smartbook + devices. Krait has many similarities with the ARM Cortex-A15 + CPU and is also based on the ARMv7 instruction set. A minimal + console driver was written and &os;'s early boot messages can be + now seen on the serial console. The timer driver works too, and + the boot now stops at the mountroot prompt.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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