Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:21:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> 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 Message-ID: <201510182221.t9IMLm6b029662@repo.freebsd.org>
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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 @@ </help> </project> + <project cat='proj'> + <title>Update Ficl in Bootloader</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Colin</given> + <common>Lord</common> + </name> + <email>clord@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2015/UpdateFiclInBootloader">Wiki + Page</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>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.</p> + + <p>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. + </p> + </body> + + <sponsor> + Google Summer of Code 2015 + </sponsor> + </project> + </report>
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