svn commit: r44450 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sat Apr 5 09:40:55 UTC 2014

Author: pgj
Date: Sat Apr  5 09:40:54 2014
New Revision: 44450
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44450

Log:
  - Add 2014Q1 status report for UEFI boot
  
  Submitted by:	emaste

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml
==============================================================================

--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml	Sat Apr  5 09:15:14 2014	(r44449)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml	Sat Apr  5 09:40:54 2014	(r44450)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <!-- XXX: Keep the number of entries updated -->
     <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!  This report
-      contains 14 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
+      contains 15 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
 
     <p>The deadline for submissions covering between April and
       June 2014 is July 7th, 2014.</p>
@@ -841,4 +841,54 @@
 	BSDCan 2014.</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">Project page on the wiki</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>Starting with &a.rpaulo;'s <tt>i386</tt> EFI loader, &a.benno;
+	developed a working proof-of-concept <tt>amd64</tt> loader in 2013
+	under sponsorship from the &os; Foundation.  After refinement,
+	that work has now been merged from the <tt>projects/uefi</tt>
+	Subversion branch into &os; <tt>head</tt>.  The project includes
+	the infrastructure to build a UEFI-enabled loader, and the
+	kernel-side changes to parse metadata provided by the
+	loader.</p>
+
+      <p>A number of integration tasks remain, with a plan to have UEFI
+	installation and boot support merged to <tt>stable/10</tt> in
+	time for &os; 10.1-RELEASE.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Document manual installation, including dual-boot
+	configurations.</task>
+
+      <task>Implement chain-loading from UFS/ZFS file systems.</task>
+      <task>Integrate UEFI configuration with the &os; installer.</task>
+      <task>Support secure boot.</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
