svn commit: r43502 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Tue Jan 14 13:45:34 UTC 2014

Author: pgj
Date: Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014
New Revision: 43502
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43502

Log:
  - Add 2013Q4 report on UEFI boot
  
  Submitted by:	emaste

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
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Tue Jan 14 13:31:22 2014	(r43501)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml	Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014	(r43502)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <!-- XXX: Keep updating the number of entries -->
     <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!  This report
-      contains 15 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
+      contains 16 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>
@@ -869,4 +869,59 @@
       <task>Enable by default on the <tt>amd64</tt> architecture.</task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='kern'>
+    <title>UEFI Boot</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ed</given>
+	  <common>Maste</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>emaste at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI">UEFI wiki page</url>
+      <url href="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/uefi/">UEFI project branch</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) provides boot-
+	and run-time services for x86 computers, and is a replacement for
+	the legacy BIOS.  This project will adapt the &os; loader and
+	kernel boot process for compatibility with UEFI firmware, found
+	on contemporary servers, desktops, and laptops.</p>
+
+      <p>In 2013, The &os; Foundation sponsored Benno Rice for a short
+	project to improve the UEFI bootloader.  This resulted in a
+	working proof-of-concept in the UEFI project branch, but it was
+	not ready to be merged to &os; <tt>head</tt>.</p>
+
+      <p>Ed Maste has taken that original work and, with review feedback
+	from Konstantin Belousov, been preparing it for integration into
+	&os; <tt>head</tt>.  Some changes have been merged to
+	<tt>head</tt> already.  The rest will be merged as they are
+	refined.</p>
+
+      <p>Intel provided a motherboard and CPU for the project, which
+	proved invaluable for addressing bugs that did not appear while
+	testing with the QEMU emulator.</p>
+
+      <p>This work is sponsored by The &os; Foundation.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Resolve a 32- vs 64-bit <tt>libstand(3)</tt> build issue.</task>
+      <task>Merge kernel parsing of EFI memory map metadata.</task>
+      <task>Integrate EFI framebuffer with <tt>vt(9)</tt> (also known as
+	Newcons).</task>
+      <task>Connect <tt>efiloader</tt> to the build.</task>
+      <task>Document manual installation for dual-boot configurations.</task>
+      <task>Integrate UEFI configuration with the &os; instaler.</task>
+      <task>Support secure boot.</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
