svn commit: r47612 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sun Oct 18 01:16:36 UTC 2015

Author: bjk
Date: Sun Oct 18 01:16:34 2015
New Revision: 47612
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47612

Log:
  Add ThunderX report from Zbigniew Bodek

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
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml	Sat Oct 17 22:56:21 2015	(r47611)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml	Sun Oct 18 01:16:34 2015	(r47612)
@@ -2652,4 +2652,94 @@
     </help>
   </project>
 
+  <project cat='arch'>
+    <title>&os; on Cavium ThunderX (arm64)</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Dominik</given>
+	  <common>Ermel</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>der at semihalf.com</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Wojciech</given>
+	  <common>Macek</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>wma at semihalf.com</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Zbigniew</given>
+	  <common>Bodek</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>zbb at semihalf.com</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>Cavium’s ThunderX is a high-performance 64-bit ARMv8 CPU,
+	available in configurations with up to 48 cores per package.
+	ThunderX is the initial reference platform for the &os;/arm64
+	porting effort.</p>
+
+
+      <p>Additional Semihalf-sponsored work on ThunderX support
+	brought brand new features such as:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+	<li> Multi-socket operation:
+	  &os; now runs on a two-node ThunderX server board with total
+	  number of 96 CPU cores!</li>
+	<li>Virtual Networking Interface Card driver:
+	  The VNIC driver consists of 4 elements (BGX, MDIO, and
+	  Physical and Virtual Functions) and is the second driver in &os;
+	  to utilize SR-IOV capabilities.  ThunderX is now able to use
+	  built-in networking interfaces at 1–40 Gbps.</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>Moreover, previously introduced functionalities have been
+	improved and committed to HEAD.  This include:</p>
+      <ul>
+	<li>PCIe drivers (for both internal and external
+	  controllers)</li>
+	<li>ITS (Interrupt Translation Services) fixes</li>
+	<li>Platform-specific changes for ThunderX</li>
+	<li>Various other fixes to kernel (PCI, UMA, etc.)</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>The remaining features are being reviewed and will be
+	integrated to HEAD soon.  However, the GENERIC kernel already
+	supports and runs on ThunderX.
+      </p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      The FreeBSD Foundation
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      ARM Ltd.
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      Cavium
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      Semihalf
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>
+	<p>Upstream the remaining features: 2-socket support, VNIC
+	  driver, and PCIe fixes</p>
+      </task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
+
 </report>
