From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Oct 18 22:21:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911BFA188F2; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::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 4452699C; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id t9IMLmsq029663; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:48 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t9IMLm6b029662; Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:48 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201510182221.t9IMLm6b029662@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:48 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47622 - 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: 2.1.20 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, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:49 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sun Oct 18 22:21:48 2015 New Revision: 47622 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47622 Log: Add bootloader Ficl update from Colin Lord Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 22:06:12 2015 (r47621) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 22:21:48 2015 (r47622) @@ -3241,4 +3241,50 @@ + + Update Ficl in Bootloader + + + + + Colin + Lord + + clord@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Wiki + Page + + + +

The &os; bootloader has used Ficl 3 for quite some time, so + this project was intended to update the version of Ficl in use + to Ficl 4. Ficl 4 is not only faster but also has a smaller + memory footprint, both being important advantages for a + bootloader.

+ +

As part of the Google Summer of Code program, I worked on + importing the Ficl 4 sources to get a bootloader running Ficl 4. + The first half of the summer consisted of setting up my test + environment, as well as arranging the sources in the tree properly + and modifying the build files to point to the new locations. Once + that was complete, the sources had to be modified to build + correctly and to add back in some of the &os;-specific parts from + Ficl 3. Unfortunately, after all those tasks were completed, a + few bugs in the Ficl project were discovered that delayed the + bootloader update, so it is not finished. The Illumos project has + faced similar issues with Ficl 4 so I received some good tips from + them, but since school has started back up I haven't been able to + put much work into fixing the bugs. +

+ + + + Google Summer of Code 2015 + + +