svn commit: r46990 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Wed Jul 15 21:31:20 UTC 2015

Author: wblock
Date: Wed Jul 15 21:31:18 2015
New Revision: 46990
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46990

Log:
  Add Johannes Jost Meixner <xmj at FreeBSD.org>'s LBEL report.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml	Wed Jul 15 21:18:12 2015	(r46989)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml	Wed Jul 15 21:31:18 2015	(r46990)
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@
 	Mellanox Technologies has begun developing iSCSI extensions
 	for RDMA (iSER) initiator support to enable efficient data
 	movement using the hardware offload capabilities of Mellanox's
-	10, 40, 56 and 100 gigabit IB/Ethernet adapters.</p>
+	10, 40, 56 and 100 Gigabit IB/Ethernet adapters.</p>
 
       <p>Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) have been shown to have a
 	great value for storage applications.  RDMA infrastructure
@@ -1564,4 +1564,140 @@
       Deciso
     </sponsor>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat="proj">
+    <title>Linux Binary Emulation Layer Upgrade</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Allan</given>
+	  <common>Jude</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>AllanJude at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Dmitry</given>
+	  <common>Chagin</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>dchagin at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ed</given>
+	  <common>Maste</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>emaste at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Edward Tomasz</given>
+	  <common>Napierala</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>trasz at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Johannes</given>
+	  <common>Meixner</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>xmj at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>FreeBSD Emulation Team</name>
+	<email>emulation at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Emulation">Emulation team
+	on &os; wiki</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The &os; emulation team has done extensive work on polishing
+	&os;'s Linux emulation layer.  After more than a year and a
+	half, Dmitry Chagin's changes to the Linux binary emulation
+	layer were merged into &os; 11.0-CURRENT.  Before merging the
+	more than 115 individual changes into <tt>base/head</tt>, Ed
+	Maste and Edward Tomasz Napierala were able to help by
+	reviewing and improving the code quality.</p>
+
+      <p>Work has begun on backporting these changes into &os;
+	10-STABLE, with the current 10.2 release cycle in mind.  We
+	hope to have that backport ready before 10.2-PRERELEASE turns
+	into 10.2-RELEASE.</p>
+
+      <p>In that same vein, Allan Jude was able to upload and improve
+	a recent Differential Revision that will eventually lead to
+	our having both 32-bit and 64-bit ports for CentOS 6.  Port
+	review activity started during the BSDCan conference's
+	developer summit, and will be continued extensively during the
+	Cambridge Developer Summit.</p>
+
+      <p>We are currently expecting to have both Fedora 10, Centos 6
+	32-bit- and CentOS 6 64-bit-compatible frameworks available by
+	Q4/2015.</p>
+
+      <p>Call for Help: Contributing</p>
+
+      <p>People can contribute to the Emulation team's efforts by
+	testing the CentOS 64-bit changes on a &os; 11.0-CURRENT
+	system. Please use Bugzilla to report any bugs or oddities
+	encountered.</p>
+
+      <p>For the ambitious: we are planning to start working on a
+	CentOS 7 framework.  CentOS7 is 64-bit only, uses a newer
+	kernel, and has <tt>systemd</tt>, so this work is highly
+	experimental.  We hope to have a usable port by Q2/2016.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      Perceivon Hosting Inc.
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      ScaleEngine Inc.
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      The FreeBSD Foundation
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <!-- Dmitry, think about putting your employer here ;-)
+    <sponsor>
+      Optional sponsor
+    </sponsor> -->
+
+    <help>
+      <task>
+	<p>Test 64-bit Linux emulation on 11.0-CURRENT</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Backport 64-bit Linux emulation to 10-STABLE</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Review 64-bit CentOS 6 ports and merge changes</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Create/heavily update existing 64-bit CentOS 7 ports</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Anyone who would like to get in touch should not hesitate
+	  to contact any of the <tt>emulation@</tt> team members.
+	  Similarly, a mail to <tt>emulation at FreeBSD.org</tt> is
+	  always welcome.</p>
+      </task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
