svn commit: r49864 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Mon Jan 16 04:02:18 UTC 2017

Author: bjk
Date: Mon Jan 16 04:02:16 2017
New Revision: 49864
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49864

Log:
  Add 2016Q4 arm64 entry from andrew

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml	Sun Jan 15 13:23:34 2017	(r49863)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml	Mon Jan 16 04:02:16 2017	(r49864)
@@ -1457,4 +1457,59 @@
       <task>Test patches for Mono.</task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='arch'>
+    <title>&os;/arm64</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Andrew</given>
+	  <common>Turner</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>andrew at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Oleksandr</given>
+	  <common>Tymoshenko</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>gonzo at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/arm64">&os; arm64 Wiki Entry</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>Support for accessing floating-point registers has been
+	added.  This uses the same KPI as i386 and amd64.  This will
+	allow for handling places where the floating-point state may be
+	modified, for example when calling into UEFI.</p>
+
+      <p>Support for the optional ARMv8 AES instructions was added to
+	the kernel.  This makes use fo the ability to store and restore
+	the floating point state.  Tests have shown a significant
+	improvement in AES performance on ThunderX hardware.</p>
+
+      <p>The Cortex Strings <tt>memcpy</tt> and <tt>memmove</tt>
+	functions have been imported into the kernel.  These are
+	optimised implementations of these common functions.</p>
+
+      <p>&os; now boots on the SoftIron Overdrive 3000 using ACPI.
+	The needed changes for this have been submitted to phabricator
+	for review.  This includes booting with SMP enabled, and all
+	currently supported devices.</p>
+
+      <p>Support for the Raspberry Pi 3 has been committed.  Most
+	devices work, with the exception of WiFi and Bluetooth, as these
+	are attached via an as-yet unsupported SDIO bus.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>The FreeBSD Foundation</sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>ABT Systems Ltd</sponsor>
+  </project>
 </report>
