svn commit: r49554 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sun Oct 23 23:09:12 UTC 2016

Author: bjk
Date: Sun Oct 23 23:09:10 2016
New Revision: 49554
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49554

Log:
  Add entry on Armada 38x support from Marcin Wojtas

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml	Sun Oct 23 22:49:05 2016	(r49553)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml	Sun Oct 23 23:09:10 2016	(r49554)
@@ -724,4 +724,73 @@
       </ul>
     </body>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='arch'>
+    <title>&os; on Marvell Armada38x</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Marcin</given>
+	  <common>Wojtas</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>mw at semihalf.com</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Bartosz</given>
+	  <common>Szczepanek</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>bsz at semihalf.com</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+
+    <body>
+      <p>&os; includes support for the Marvell Armada38x platform, which
+	has been tested and improved in order to gain production quality.
+	Most of this effort has been invested in development and
+	benchmarking of the on-chip Gigabit Ethernet (NETA) functionality.
+	Numerous bug fixes, as well as some new features, have been
+	introduced.</p>
+
+      <p>Work completed this quarter includes:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+	<li>NETA rework and improvements.</li>
+
+	<li>Enable multi-port support in PCIe 2.0 driver
+	  (<tt>mv_pci_ctrl</tt>).</li>
+
+	<li>Introduce an alternative, coherent, <tt>bus_dma</tt> for the
+	  armv7 arch.</li>
+
+	<li>AHCI controller support.</li>
+
+	<li>SDHCI controller support.</li>
+
+	<li>Improve the <tt>e6000sw</tt> etherswitch driver.</li>
+
+	<li>Fix Marvell bus configuration for numerous interfaces.</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>Along with support for new boards (SolidRun ClearFog and
+	DB-88F6285-AP), all changes will be submitted upstream.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      Stormshield
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      Semihalf
+    </sponsor>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Finalize NETA and prepare for submission.</task>
+
+      <task>Submit remaining fixes and drivers.</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
