This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the MIPS.
FreeBSD/MIPS is a port of the FreeBSD operating system to computers with MIPS R4K and beyond processors, most notably SGI's MIPS computers.
At the moment SGI's MIPS computers. Other MIPS platforms such as common embedded boards and non-exotic computers in a similar configuration to those offered by SGI are expected to be targeted later on.
FreeBSD/MIPS is in the early stages of development, see the project status page for information about currently ongoing work.
FreeBSD/MIPS is being developed in FreeBSD's Perforce repository but diffs will be occasionally posted to the mailing list.
Juli Mallett is the project lead. Contact her if you can contribute code. If you just want to know about the status of this project, check the project status page regularly or join the FreeBSD/MIPS mailing list.
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This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC.
3 July, 2002 : This page has been significantly updated. FreeBSD/PowerPC currently boots almost to the point of reaching single-user mode.
An older news list can be found on Benno's page, and you can view the bootup log.
FreeBSD/PowerPC is a port of the FreeBSD operating system to computers with the PowerPC processor, most notably recent Macintosh computers.
At the moment "New World" (i.e. colourful case) Apple Macintoshes. Other platforms, such as older PowerMacs and non-Apple computers using Open Firmware, are expected to be targeted later on.
FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting to single-user mode.
FreeBSD/PowerPC is mostly in cvs for -CURRENT.
Benno Rice is the project lead. Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want to know about the status of this project, check this page regularly or join the FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list.
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The FreeBSD C99 & POSIX Conformance Project aims to implement all requirements of the ISO 9899:1999 (C99) and IEEE 1003.1-2001 (POSIX) standards. In cases where aspects of these standards cannot be followed, those aspects will be documented in the c99(7) or posix(7) manuals. It is also an aim of this project to implement regression tests to ensure correctness whenever possible.
All of the initial development takes place in the 5-CURRENT branch and most changes are merged into the 4-STABLE branch. Since this is a rather large project and is being done on a volunteer basis, there is no set schedule.
The project is always looking for additional contributors. If you wish to participate, the best way to find out what is happening is to subscribe to the freebsd-standards mailing list. If you are working on a specific task relating to the project, you should contact mike@FreeBSD.org with a description of the task so that your task can be listed below.
ISO/IEC 9899:1999, also known as C99, is available for purchase in electronic form from the American National Standards Institute, or available from the International Organization for Standardization store in electronic and paper form.
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 - The free (registration required), online version of POSIX.1-2001 and SUSv3 standard.
Are you Ready For C99? - This article discusses some of the new features in C99.
Most discussion relating to this project takes place on the &a.standards; mailing list. - To subscribe to the list, send a message to &a.majordomo; - with "subscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the - text.
Jens Schweikhardt maintains a list with the current status of POSIX Utility Conformance in FreeBSD.
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.x | 4.x | |||
| Documentation | ||||
| Create stdint(7) manual to document <stdint.h>. | &a.mike; | 15 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Document standards conformity level of the API. | 26 March 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; | |
| Document thread safety and async-cancel safety. | 26 March 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; | |
| Create c99(7) and posix(7) manuals. | 11 December 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Document in posix(7) that the batch job management utilities are available in the port net/generic-nqs. | 11 December 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Document flockfile(3), ftrylockfile(3), funlockfile(3). | 17 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Document new _SC options in sysconf(3) (PR: 20528). | 25 November 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4.x | |||
| Functions and System Calls | ||||
| Add __func__ reporting to &man.assert.3;. | &a.asmodai; | 27 October 2001 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement imaxabs(), imaxdiv(), llabs(), lldiv(). | &a.mike; | 14 November 2001 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement atoll(), strtoimax(), strtoumax(). | &a.fenner; | 27 November 2001 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement new length modifiers (hh, j, t, z) and new flag (') in &man.printf.3;. | &a.wollman;, &a.fenner; |
30 November 2001 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement strerror_r(). | &a.wes; | 20 December 2001 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Implement tgamma() based on Lite1's gamma(). | &a.bde; | 27 March 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement new length modifiers (hh, j, ll, t, z) in &man.scanf.3;. | &a.fenner; | 20 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add WCONTINUED to waitpid(2). | &a.mike; | 1 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement new conversion specifiers (%j and %n) in &man.printf.9;. | &a.dd; &a.des; |
3 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement fstatvfs() and statvfs() (trivial). | &a.wollman; | 14 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement fmtmsg(). | &a.mike; | 8 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement ulimit(). | &a.mkm; | 8 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement C99's _Exit(). | &a.wollman; | 11 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add required options for POSIX.1-2001 to glob(). (partial MFC) | &a.mikeh; | 20 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Update sysconf(3) for POSIX.1-2001. | &a.wollman; | 18 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Restore insque(), lsearch(), remque() from libcompat. | &a.robert; | 16 November 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement fpclassify(). | &a.das;, &a.mike; |
8 February 2003 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement isfinite(), isinf(), isnan(), isnormal(). | &a.das; | 17 February 2003 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), isless(), islessequal(), islessgreater(). | &a.das; | 17 February 2003 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement signbit(). | &a.mike; | 17 February 2003 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement sockatmark(). | &a.fenner; | 23 December 2002 | &status.done; | &status.new; |
| Implement wordexp() and wordfree(). | &a.tjr; | 31 December 2002 | &status.done; | &status.new; |
| Implement grantpt(), posix_openpt(), ptsname(), unlockpt(). | &a.ryany; | 4 February 2003 | &status.done; | &status.new; |
| Implement getgrgid_r(), getgrnam_r(). | &a.wes; | 20 December 2001 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement new functions that appear in <complex.h>. | &a.markm; | 6 February 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement waitid(2). | &a.mike; | 27 May 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add floating-point support for the (') modifier in &man.printf.3; | &a.phantom; | 13 June 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add new conversion specifiers (%a and %A) to &man.printf.3;. | &a.mkm; | 13 June 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the utmpx family of functions. | &a.robert; | 28 June 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement ftw() and nftw() in terms of fts(). | &a.mkm; | 16 August 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add restrict type-qualifier to functions that require it. | &a.robert; | 16 August 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement iconv(), iconv_close(), iconv_open(). | &a.tjr; | 8 October 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement getpwnam_r(), getpwuid_r(). | &a.leimy2k; | 8 February 2003 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Transition to vendor (Netlib) source for strtod.c. | &a.das; | 27 February 2003 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Import Netlib's gdtoa (strtof, strtold, etc.). | &a.das; | 27 February 2003 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement new functions that appear in <fenv.h>. | &a.fenner; | 14 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; |
| Make non thread-safe functions thread-safe. | 22 October 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Make functions async-cancel safe. | 22 October 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement C99 macros fpclassify(), isfinite(), isinf(), isnan(), isnormal(), signbit(). | 13 April 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement C99 macros isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), isless(), islessequal(), islessgreater(), isunordered(). | 13 April 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement new hex floating-point format types (%a/%A) in &man.scanf.3;. | 20 April 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement C99 rounding functions lrint(), lrintf(), lrintl(), llrint(), llrintf(), llrintl(). | 30 July 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement posix_madvise(), posix_mem_offset(), posix_typed_mem_get_info(), posix_typed_mem_open(), posix_memalign(). | 23 August 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Obtain a64l(), l64a(), and l64a_r() (extention) from NetBSD. | 9 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Decide whether to implement legacy functions: ecvt(), fcvt(), gcvt(). | 9 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add SIG_HOLD support to signal(3)/sigaction(2). | 13 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement RTS functions sigqueue(), sigtimedwait(), sigwaitinfo(). | 13 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Update fmtcheck(3) to recognize new printf(3) flags. | 16 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4.x | |||
| Headers | ||||
| Fix prototypes and hide non-conforming portions of header <arpa/inet.h>. | &a.mike; | 19 February 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement the <stdint.h> and <inttypes.h> headers. | &a.mike; | 1 March 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add exposure control primitives to <sys/cdefs.h> (originally developed by &a.wollman). | &a.mike; | 1 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement <sys/_types> to store shared MI types. | &a.mike; | 1 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement header <strings.h>, and work out compatibility issues with header <string.h>. | &a.mike; | 4 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Hide non-conforming portions, add missing types to <sys/un.h>. | &a.mike; | 19 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Remove pollution and add missing macros to <netinet/in.h> and <netinet6/in6.h>. | &a.mike; | 23 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Hide non-conforming portions of <sys/wait.h>. | &a.mike; | 3 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Hide non-conforming portions of <pwd.h>. | &a.mike; | 9 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Create <sys/statvfs.h> based on POSIX spec. | &a.wollman; | 14 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add nfds_t and resolve other issues in <poll.h> (actually <sys/poll.h>). | &a.mike; | 8 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement the XSI header, <cpio.h>. | &a.mike; | 1 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement <fmtmsg.h>. | &a.mike; | 8 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement <ulimit.h>. | &a.mkm; | 8 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Merge <machine/ansi.h> and <machine/types> into a new common header <machine/_types.h>. | &a.bde;, &a.mike; |
23 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespaces, add missing types in <sys/mman.h>. | &a.mike; | 29 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <ctype.h>. | &a.mike; | 9 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <dlfcn.h>. | &a.wollman;, &a.mike; |
11 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <fcntl.h>. | &a.mike; | 18 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <fnmatch.h>. | &a.mike; | 18 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <grp.h>. | &a.mike; | 18 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <langinfo.h>. | &a.mike; | 18 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add va_copy() macro to <stdarg.h> (actually <machine/stdarg.h>). | &a.mike; | 20 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespaces issues in <stdlib.h>. | &a.wollman; | 21 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add new pathname, system variable, and POSIX option constants to <unistd.h>. | &a.wollman; | 21 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Merge two conflicting math.h headers into a single header. | &a.bde; | 2 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <net/if.h>. | &a.mike; | 2 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <netinet/tcp.h>. | &a.mike; | 2 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add size_t, fix regoff_t in <regex.h>. | &a.mike; | 2 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <sched.h> (actually <posix4/sched.h>). | &a.mike; | 5 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <semaphore.h> (actually <posix4/semaphore.h>). | &a.mike; | 5 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <setjmp.h> (actually <machine/setjmp.h>). | &a.mike; | 5 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <stdio.h>. | &a.wollman; | 7 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add missing members to struct lconv in <locale.h>. | &a.tjr; | 9 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues, add missing types in <sys/socket.h>. | &a.mike; | 13 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues, add missing types in <sys/uio.h>. | &a.mike; | 13 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix namespace issues in <signal.h> (also <sys/signal.h> and <machine/signal.h>). | &a.mike; | 13 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Eliminate <sys/_posix.h>. | &a.mike; | 16 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement the header <wordexp.h>. | &a.tjr; | 31 December 2002 | &status.done; | &status.new; |
| Implement new types and prototypes in header <complex.h>. | &a.markm; | 6 February 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Hide non-conforming portions, add missing types to <sys/types.h>. | &a.mike; | 1 April 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Reduce namespace pollution and add missing typedefs in <unistd.h> | &a.mike; | 25 March 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement <utmpx.h> to eventually replace <utmp.h>. | &a.robert; | 28 June 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement <ftw.h>. | &a.mkm; | 16 August 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add missing errnos to <errno.h> (actually <sys/errno.h>). | &a.mike; | 11 September 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the header <iconv.h>. | &a.tjr; | 7 October 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Evaluate missing features of <math.h>. | &a.ryany; | 23 December 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Hide non-conforming portions, add missing types to <sys/stat.h>. | &a.mike; | 27 February 2003 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the header <fenv.h>. | &a.fenner; | 14 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; |
| Add missing constants FLT_EVAL_METHOD, DECIMAL_DIG to <float.h> (actually <machine/float.h>). | 17 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Fix sizes of members in glob_t, add restrict type-qualifiers in <glob.h>. | 20 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Decide whether to remove const type-qualifiers in <libgen.h>. | 20 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add missing constants in <limits.h>. | 20 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Fix sizes of members in datum, add missing types, fix namespace issues in <ndbm.h>. | 2 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Fix size of si_addrlen in struct addrinfo, add missing types, fix namespace issues in <netdb.h>. | 2 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Evaluate missing features of <pthread.h>. | 2 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add missing members to struct sigevent, fix type of ss_sp in struct sigstack, add SIGEV_THREAD constant, add ucontext_t and mcontext_t in <sys/signal.h>. | 13 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Fix types for members of struct ipc_perm in <sys/ipc.h>. | 16 October 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement <tgmath.h>. | 23 December 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4.x | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Obtain a copy of Proc. ACM SIGPLAN '90 (required for &man.printf.3; %'f). | &a.fenner; | 9 November 2001 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Upgrade system compiler to GCC 3.1. | &a.obrien; | 15 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add regression test for each function. | 17 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Merge sys/posix4/* into regular kernel hierachy, and remove sys/posix4. | 21 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Open an Aardvark on how to deal with no newline on the last line of a file in diff(1). | 25 November 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Globally rename the `lint' macro to something in the implementation namespace so it can safely modify the implementation (reference). | 25 November 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Globally rename the `LOCORE' macro to something in the implementation namespace so it can safely modify the implementation (reference). | 25 November 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4.x | |||
| Utility Conformance | ||||
| Add -o option and base64 decoding to the uudecode utility. | &a.jmallett; | 26 March 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -m option and base64 encoding to the uuencode utility. | &a.jmallett; | 26 March 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Require atleast one file argument in paste(1). (PR: 36074) | &a.tjr; | 1 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the -i option to the patch utility. | &a.jmallett; | 9 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -r and -t options to the at utility. | &a.joe.halpin; | 16 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add the -f and -p options to the pr utility. (PR: 36243) | &a.tjr; | 16 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the -s option to the m4 utility. (PR: 36075) | &a.tjr; | 24 April 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Make printf(1) utility conform to POSIX.2 (1992). (PR: 35616) | &a.tjr; | 2 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Correct output stream and exit status of the mesg(1) utility. | &a.tjr; | 6 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement the asa utility. (PR: 36130) | &a.tjr; | 15 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add the tabs utility. (PR: 36126) | &a.tjr; | 20 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Restore sccs utility from CVS attic. | &a.jmallett; | 22 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Make expr(1) conform to POSIX.1-2001. | &a.wollman; | 22 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add the newgrp utility. (PR: 36190) | &a.tjr; | 28 May 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix ctags(1)'s -t option; fix ordering with -x. | &a.tjr; | 2 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add -L option to the pwd utility. | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Fix exit status of the env(1) utility. | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the -b and -s option to the fold utility. (PR: 36245) | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -I and -L options to the xargs utility. | &a.jmallett; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Implement the csplit utility. (PR: 36191) | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Fix exit status of the nice(1) utility. | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -n option to the nice utility. | &a.pavalos; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -n option and resolve other issues in the renice utility. (PR: 36950) | &a.pavalos;, &a.maxim; |
20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -t option to unexpand(1) utility. (PR: 35621) | &a.tjr; | 20 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Make the uniq(1) utility accept `-' as a stdin specifier. | &a.tjr; | 28 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Improve join(1)'s POSIX.1-2001 conformance. (PR: 36072) | &a.tjr; | 28 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -C option to the tr utility. | &a.tjr; | 28 June 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement the -m, -p, and -x options in the ls utility. | &a.mkm; | 8 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Reimplement the who utility. (PR: 36128) | &a.tjr; | 14 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Fix exit status, stdout/stderr confusion, and add `-' stdin support to the compress(1) utility. | &a.tjr; | 17 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the -s, -A, -j, -N, and -t options to the od utility. (PR: 36783) | &a.tjr; | 24 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -a option to the split utility. | &a.tjr; | 30 July 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -m option to the wc utility. | &a.tjr; | 29 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add -L and -P options to the cd utility (shell built-in). | &a.tjr; | 7 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Reimplement command(1) (shell built-in). | &a.tjr; | 7 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the c99 utility (similar to c89). (PR: 36087) | &a.tjr; | 8 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Update getconf(1) for POSIX.1-2001. | &a.wollman; | 12 November 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add the pathchk utility. | &a.tjr; | 12 November 2002 | &status.done; | &status.done; |
| Add missing options to the mailx utility. | &a.mikeh; | 22 December 2001 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add missing components to the jobs utility. | &a.mkm; | 5 March 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Work out conflicting -t option in the df utility. | &a.tjr; | 22 April 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add unimplemented features to the sh utility. | &a.tjr; | 20 May 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the -m, -w, and -t options in the lp utility. | &a.gad; | 23 May 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement/import the SCCS development utilities: admin, delta, get, prs, rmdel, sact, unget, val | &a.jmallett; | 23 May 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Investigate adopting some of the POSIX options in the ps utility. | &a.jmallett; | 6 June 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add missing options and resolve conflicting options in the nm utility. | &a.robert; | 2 August 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the iconv utility. | &a.tjr; | 9 October 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement the locale and localedef utilities. | &a.phantom; | 16 October 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Add -C and -T options to the ar utility. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Investigate importing the cflow utility from the ports collection. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add -p, -v, and -V options to the command utility (shell built-in). | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Bring the cp utility up to conformance. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement the cxref utility. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Document the -n option in the echo utility as being non-POSIX compliant. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add the -d, -h, and -M options and fix conflicting -i option in the file utility. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Bring the make utility up to conformance. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add -p option the more utility. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Add the qsub utility. | 30 November 2001 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Make printf(1) utility conform to SUSv3. | 23 April 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Implement the fuser utility. (PR: 36076) | 4 February 2003 | &status.new; | &status.blank; | |
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 4.x | |||
| Wide Character/String Support | ||||
| Implement basic support for wide character I/O: getwc(), fgetwc(), getwchar(), putwc(), fputwc(), putwchar(), ungetwc(), fwide(). | &a.tjr; | 16 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add stubs for reentrant wc handling functions btowc(), mbrlen(), mbrtowc(), mbsrtowcs(), wcrtomb(), wcsrtombs(), wctob(), wctype(). | &a.tjr; | 23 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Add stubs for reentrant wc handling functions iswalnum(), iswalpha(), iswcntrl(), iswctype(), iswdigit(), iswgraph(), iswlower(), iswprint(), iswpunct(), iswspace(), iswupper(), iswxdigit(). | &a.tjr; | 23 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcwidth(). | &a.keichii; | 23 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcswidth(). | &a.ache; | 23 August 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcstok(). | &a.tjr; | 9 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcstod(), wcstol(), wcstoul(). | &a.tjr; | 15 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcsftime(). | &a.tjr; | 15 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement fwprintf(), swprintf(), vfwprintf(), vswprintf(), vwprintf(), wprintf(). | &a.tjr; | 23 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement fwscanf(), swscanf(), vfwscanf(), vswscanf(), vwscanf(), wscanf(). | &a.tjr; | 23 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcstoimax(), wcstoll(), wcstoumax(), wcstoull(). | &a.tjr; | 23 September 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wide character format types (%C, %S, %lc, %ls) in &man.printf.3;. | &a.tjr; | 16 October 2002 | &status.done; | &status.n-a; |
| Implement wcscoll(), wcsxfrm(). | &a.tjr; | 7 October 2002 | &status.wip; | &status.blank; |
| Implement wide character format types (%C, %S, %lc, %ls) in &man.scanf.3;. | &a.tjr; | 18 September 2002 | &status.new; | &status.blank; |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| &status.new; | Not yet started |
| &status.blocked; | Blocked awaiting completion of another task |
| &status.wip; | Work in progress |
| &status.done; | Task completed |
| &status.n-a; | Not planned |
The remainder of this page is structured as a reverse-chronological log.
31 December 2002Jens Schweikhardt has updated his POSIX Utility Conformance in FreeBSD list. Not much works remains to complete utility conformance.
A new status report on the state of the project, covering September through October, has been produced.
A new status report on the state of the project, covering July through August, has been produced.
A new status report on the state of the project, covering May through June, has been produced.
The Open Group has generously donated several copies of the Authorized Guide to Single UNIX Specification, Version 3, books and CD-ROMs to the project. We are greatly appreciative of their gift.
A new status report on the state of the project, covering February through April, has been produced.
A new status report on the state of the project, covering December and January, has been produced.
The Open Group has announced the completion of SUSv3 and POSIX.1-2001 and the availability of a free, online version of the specification.
A new status report on the current state of the project has been produced.
The IEEE Standards Board has approved the Austin Group Specification as IEEE Std 1003.1.
The project mailing list has been moved from freebsd-standards@bostonradio.org to &a.standards;.
A status report on the current state of the project has been produced.
This web page was created.
The original layout for this web page was borrowed from the FreeBSD SMPng Project. BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick. All Rights Reserved.
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The FreeBSD/MIPS Project aims to port FreeBSD to MIPS R4000 and newer processors, with support for both desktop platforms (e.g. SGI MIPS) and embedded systems. The ideal is for it to be as clean of a port as possible, with as few historical mistakes as are required, and to provide ports to major platforms where it makes sense for FreeBSD to maintain them, while providing a good "working base" for any third-party vendors to build their own platforms on top of FreeBSD/MIPS.
Initially, development is being done in the FreeBSD Perforce repository, but once the port has reached a relatively working state, it will be merged into the FreeBSD CURRENT branch. Changes made which are not MIPS specific but which are required for the port should be merged in gradually over time.
The project is always looking for additional contributors. If you wish to participate, the best way to find out what is happening is to subscribe to the freebsd-mips mailing list. If you are working on a specific task relating to the project, you should contact jmallett@FreeBSD.org with a description of the task so that your task can be listed below.
General MIPS information is available from MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Most discussion relating to this project takes place on the &a.mips; mailing list. - To subscribe to the list, send a message to &a.majordomo; - with "subscribe freebsd-mips" in the body of the - text.
| Task | Responsible | Last Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Update contrib bits for toolchain. | &a.jmallett; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Add toolchain glue for FreeBSD/MIPS. | &a.jmallett; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Merge ARCBIOS kernel driver from NetBSD. | &a.jwojdacki; | 08 November 2002 | &status.done; |
| Write a GEOM module for SGI fx-labelled disks. | &a.jmallett; | 08 February 2003 | &status.done; |
| Fill in stub kernel headers. | &a.jmallett; | 13 February 2003 | &status.done; |
| Fill in stubs for all MD functions. | &a.jmallett; | 14 February 2003 | &status.done; |
| Get a kernel booting on real hardware. | &a.jmallett; | 14 February 2003 | &status.wip; |
| Merge FreeBSD/MIPS configuration into FSF GCC tree. | 08 November 2002 | &status.new; | |
| Flesh out loader(8)'s ARC support. | 08 November 2002 | &status.new; |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| &status.new; | Not yet started |
| &status.blocked; | Blocked awaiting completion of another task |
| &status.wip; | Work in progress |
| &status.done; | Task completed |
| &status.n-a; | Not planned |
The remainder of this page is structured as a reverse-chronological log.
08 November 2002This web page was created.
The original layout for this web page was borrowed from the FreeBSD C99 Project. BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick. All Rights Reserved.
&footer; diff --git a/en/projects/newbies.sgml b/en/projects/newbies.sgml index 632fdf2543..1ce232aa2f 100644 --- a/en/projects/newbies.sgml +++ b/en/projects/newbies.sgml @@ -1,250 +1,249 @@ - + %includes; ]> &header;The following resources are some of those which FreeBSD newbies have found most helpful when learning to use FreeBSD. Please send corrections and additions to FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.org.
This web site is the main source of up to date information about FreeBSD. Newbies have found the following pages particularly helpful:
Search the Handbook and FAQ, or the whole web site, or the archives of the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list.
The Documentation page has links to the Handbook and FAQ, tutorials, information about contributing to the Documentation Project, documents in languages other than English, and much more.
Support page contains a wealth of information about FreeBSD, including mailing lists, user groups, web and FTP sites, release information, and links to some sources of UNIX information.
If you haven't installed yet, look for the latest mainstream release. (See the Handbook for why you should not be tempted by any of the other branches.) Before you begin, carefully read the installation instructions, as well as each one of the *.TXT files in the FTP directory or on the installation CD. They are there because they contain information that you will need. Also pick up the latest errata file from the web site, in case it has been updated.
If you decide to download FreeBSD, check whether these illustrated and expanded download instructions for a previous version are still available before you begin. That should make the whole process a lot clearer.
A number of short articles and tutorials are available. The short tutorial, For People New to Both FreeBSD and Unix, is popular with absolute beginners. You don't have to know much about anything to enjoy this one. It can also be downloaded in postscript or RTF format for printing.
The first thing many people need to set up is ppp, and there is a lot of documentation to help. You might start with at least those parts of the Handbook that are relevant to your needs, and explore the ppp page for links to the other valuable information and the latest updates.
The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey, published by BSDi. This book assumes minimal UNIX experience and takes the beginner step by step through each stage from installation to everything you need to know to set up and run a FreeBSD system. You also get to understand what you're doing and why.
The FreeBSD Handbook and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are the main documents for FreeBSD. Essential reading, they contain a lot of material for newbies as well as some pretty advanced stuff. Don't worry if you can't understand the advanced sections. The handbook contains the installation instructions and also provides lists of books and on line resources, and the FAQ has a troubleshooting section.
Join the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list to see the questions you were too afraid to ask, and their answers. Subscribe by sending mail - to majordomo@FreeBSD.org - with "subscribe freebsd-questions" on its own in the message body - (the subject doesn't matter). You can look up old questions and + to freebsd-questions-subscribe@FreeBSD.org. + You can look up old questions and answers via the search page.
The main newsgroup for FreeBSD is comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. You might want to keep an eye on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce as well.
Man pages are good for reference but not always the best introduction for a novice. The more you work with man pages the more familiar they become. Some are very good for newbies, so always check them out. The ppp man page, for example, is more like a tutorial.
Many of the problems we have as newbies come from being unfamiliar with the UNIX commands needed to fix our FreeBSD problems. Without a UNIX background you'll be faced with two things to learn at once. Fortunately a lot of resources are available to make this easier.
There are many easy books, such as the "Dummies" guides, in any large book shop. If you want something really easy, take a look at what is available and pick one that seems to speak your language. Pretty soon you will want to move on to a book that gives more coverage.
One book mentioned frequently by newbies is UNIX for the Impatient by Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce R. Larson, published by Addison-Wesley. It is intended both as a book for learning UNIX and a reference, and includes an introduction to UNIX concepts and handy chapter on using the X Window System.
Another popular book is UNIX Power Tools by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides, published by O'Reilly and Associates. It is organised as a series of short articles each of which solves a problem, and these articles are cross-referenced to other articles with related material. Though not specifically aimed at newbies, the design makes it ideal for a newbie with a burning question or the odd few minutes to browse. More elementary material is near the front of the book, but there are short easy articles throughout.
A UNIX Introductory Course from Ohio State University is available online in HTML, postscript and Acrobat PDF formats.
UNIXhelp for Users is another introductory guide which is available in HTML at a mirror site near you, or can be installed on your own system.
UNIX questions are dealt with in the newsgroup comp.unix.questions and the associated Frequently Asked Questions. You can also get a copy of the FAQ from the RMIT FTP site. Newbies are likely to be most interested in sections 1 and 2 initially.
Another interesting newsgroup is comp.unix.user-friendly which also has a FAQ. Although this newsgroup is for discussing user-friendliness, it can contain some good information for newbies. The FAQ is also available by FTP.
Many other web sites hold lists of UNIX tutorials and reference material. One of the best places to start looking is the UNIX page at Yahoo!.
The X Window System is used with a number of operating systems, including FreeBSD. The documentation for X can be found at The XFree86 Project, Inc. Beware, much of this documentation is reference material which is likely to be difficult for newcomers to digest.
For basic information about installing, configuring and using the X Window System, three of the books mentioned above have sections dealing with X at beginner level: The FreeBSD Handbook, The Complete FreeBSD, and UNIX for the Impatient.
There is an easy and informative section on using the X Window System in the Linux Users' Guide. Interesting material will be found elsewhere in that document too, but remember that Linux does not always work exactly the same as FreeBSD.
Before you can get X running exactly the way you like, you will need to choose a window manager. Visit the Window Managers for X page and follow the link to the introduction to find out about window managers, then return and read "The Basics". Then go back and compare the different types that are available. (Bonus: there's another beginners guide to UNIX there too.) Most if not all of these window managers are available to install from the FreeBSD ports collection.
Everyone has something to contribute to the FreeBSD community, even newbies! Some are busy working with the new advocacy group and some have become involved with the Documentation Project as reviewers. Other FreeBSD newbies might have particular skills and experiences to share, either computer related or not, or just want to meet new newbies and make them feel welcome. There's always people around who help others simply because they like to. Write to FreeBSD Newbies for more information.
Friends who run FreeBSD are a great resource. No book can replace chatting on the phone or across a pizza with someone who has the same interests, enjoys similar accomplishments, and faces the same challenges. If you don't have many friends who use FreeBSD, consider using your old FreeBSD CDs to create some more :-)
User groups are good places to meet other FreeBSD users. If there's not one nearby, maybe you could start one.
Before talking to real humans about your new skills, you might want to check the Pronunciation Guide and the Jargon File :-)
On line we have the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list for non-technical discussions about matters of interest to newbies. Another mailing list, FreeBSD-Questions, answers our questions about using FreeBSD.
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