svn commit: r43432 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sun Jan 5 16:08:46 UTC 2014

Author: pgj
Date: Sun Jan  5 16:08:45 2014
New Revision: 43432
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43432

Log:
  - Add 2013Q4 status reports on recent ARM developments
  
  Submitted by:	ganbold

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml
==============================================================================

--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Sun Jan  5 15:34:02 2014	(r43431)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Sun Jan  5 16:08:45 2014	(r43432)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <!-- XXX: Keep updating the number of entries -->
     <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!  This report
-      contains 2 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
+      contains 4 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
 
     <p>The deadline for submissions covering between January and
       March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.</p>
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
   </category>
 
   <category>
+    <name>arch</name>
+
+    <description>Architectures</description>
+  </category>
+
+  <category>
     <name>bin</name>
 
     <description>Userland Programs</description>
@@ -156,4 +162,82 @@
 	place and have streamlined the migration process.</task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='arch'>
+    <title>&os; on Cubieboard{1,2}</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ganbold</given>
+	  <common>Tsagaankhuu</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>ganbold at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://github.com/tsgan/allwinner_a10/blob/master/if_emac.c">EMAC driver code</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>Cubieboard is a single-board computer, based on the AllWinner
+	A10 SoC, popular on cheap tablets, phones and media PCs.  The
+	second version enhances the board mainly by replacing the
+	AllWinner A10 SoC with an AllWinner A20 which contains 2 ARM
+	Cortex-A7 MPCore CPUs and 2 Mali-400 GPUs (Mali-400MP2).  In the
+	last few months, the work has continued on their &os; port, and
+	some work was done on the EMAC 10/100 Ethernet driver (see
+	link).  The driver now is in a good shape, however the RX side
+	is very slow and there is need to have external DMA driver that
+	can be used in this case.</p>
+    </body>
+  </project>
+
+  <project cat='arch'>
+    <title>&os; on Newer ARM Boards</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ganbold</given>
+	  <common>Tsagaankhuu</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>ganbold at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Radxa%20Rock">&os; on Radxa Rock</url>
+      <url href="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/256949"/>
+      <url href="https://github.com/tsgan/qualcomm">Some preliminary sources for Snapdragon board IFC6410</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>Rockchip is a series of SoC (System on Chip) integrated
+	circuits that are mainly for embedded systems applications in
+	mobile entertainment devices such smartphones, tablets, e-books,
+	set-top boxes, media players, personal video, and MP3 players.
+	Due to their evolution from the MP3/MP4 player market most
+	Rockchip ICs feature advanced media decoding logic but lack
+	integrated cellular radio basebands.  Initial support of
+	Rockchip RK3188 (Quad core Cortex A9) SoC is committed to
+	<tt>head</tt>.  Now &os; runs on Radxa Rock and it supports
+	following peripherals:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+	<li>Existing DWC OTG driver in host mode</li>
+	<li>GPIO</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>Some work was also done the on initial support of Qualcomm
+	Snapdragon S4 SoC, featuring the Krait CPU, which is considered
+	a "platform" for use in smartphones, tablets, and smartbook
+	devices.  Krait has many similarities with the ARM Cortex-A15
+	CPU and is also based on the ARMv7 instruction set.  A minimal
+	console driver was written and &os;'s early boot messages can be
+	now seen on the serial console.  The timer driver works too, and
+	the boot now stops at the mountroot prompt.</p>
+    </body>
+  </project>
 </report>
