svn commit: r47612 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status
Benjamin Kaduk <[email protected]>
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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>[email protected]</email>
+ </person>
+
+ <person>
+ <name>
+ <given>Wojciech</given>
+ <common>Macek</common>
+ </name>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </person>
+
+ <person>
+ <name>
+ <given>Zbigniew</given>
+ <common>Bodek</common>
+ </name>
+ <email>[email protected]</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>
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