Introduction

diff --git a/en/news/status/Makefile b/en/news/status/Makefile index 00d4ecbbb0..4e98934cfb 100644 --- a/en/news/status/Makefile +++ b/en/news/status/Makefile @@ -1,30 +1,31 @@ -# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.8 2001/10/19 22:22:37 chris Exp $ +# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.9 2001/10/29 10:14:32 murray Exp $ .if exists(../Makefile.conf) .include "../Makefile.conf" .endif .if exists(../Makefile.inc) .include "../Makefile.inc" .endif .SUFFIXES: .xml .html DOCS= status.sgml DATA= report-june-2001.html DATA+= report-july-2001.html DATA+= report-august-2001.html +DATA+= report-september-2001.html # Install a sample entry. DATA+= report-sample.xml CLEANFILES+= ${DATA:M*.html} .xml.html: report.xsl includes.xsl ${XSLTPROC} ${XSLTPROCFLAGS} -o ${.TARGET} \ ${.CURDIR}/report.xsl ${.IMPSRC} -${TIDY} ${TIDYFLAGS} ${.TARGET} INDEXLINK= status.html .include "${WEB_PREFIX}/share/mk/web.site.mk" diff --git a/en/news/status/report-2001-09.xml b/en/news/status/report-2001-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5fc8572ae0 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/news/status/report-2001-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,942 @@ + + + September + + 2001 + + + + $FreeBSD$ + + +

+ Introduction + +

In the month of September, the FreeBSD Project continued its + investment in long-term projects, including continuing work on a + fine-grained SMP implementation, support for Kernel Schedulable + Entities (KSE) supporting highly efficient threading, and + broadening support for modern hardware platforms, including Intel's + new IA64 architecture, UltraSparc, and PowerPC. Additional focus + was placed on the release process, including work on the release + notes infrastructure, support for DVD releases, and work on a + binary updating tool.

+ +

Due to the delay in getting the September report out the door, + the November status report will also cover October. During the + month of November, we look forward to BSDCon Europe, the first such + event outside the continental United States. The USENIX conference + paper submission deadlines are also in November, and FreeBSD users + and developers are encouraged to submit to the general and FREENIX + tracks. Please see www.usenix.org for more information.

+ + + PRFW + + + + + Evan + + Sarmiento + + + evms@csa.bu.edu + + + + + + + + +

PRFW provides hooks in the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to + insert their own checks in system calls and various kernel + functions. PRFW is nearing 0.5, which will incorporate numerous + structural changes such as, much faster per-process hooks, kernel + function hooks, plus, a new way of adding hooks which would + enable users to reference hooks by a string.

+ + + + + FreeBSD libh Project + + + + + Alexander + + Langer + + + alex@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Nathan + + Ahlstrom + + + nra@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The build process is now creating four different versions of + the libs, which include support for TVision, Qt, both or none. I + created some first packages from existing ports and installed + those libh packages on my system only using libh's tools, + including registering all the files in the package database, + recording their checksums etc. Patches to the disk editor have + been submitted, which include functionality to write the changes + in the fdisk part and initial support for a disk label editor. + We'll soon have a new committer.

+ + + + + RELNOTESng + + + + + Bruce A. + + Mah + + + bmah@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE was the first release of FreeBSD with its + new-style release documentation. Both English and Japanese + versions of these documents were created. Regularly-built + snapshots of -CURRENT and 4-STABLE release documentation are now + available on the Web site, but they require a little HTML + infrastructure to make them viewer-friendly. I intend to continue + updating my snapshot site at the URL above, at least for a little + while.

+ +

Call for help: The hardware compatability lists need to be + updated in the areas of the Alpha architecture, USB devices, and + PCCARD devices. I'm looking for volunteers to help; interested + parties should contact me at the email address above. DocBook + experience is not required; familiarity with the hardware above + would be very helpful.

+ + + + + Fibre Channel Support + + + + + Matthew + + Jacob + + + mjacob@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

Bug fixing and move to -STABLE of 2Gb support.

+ + + + + Intel Gigabit Ethernet + + + + + Matthew + + Jacob + + + mjacob@FreeBSD.org + + + + +

Quite a lot of cleanup of this driver. Bug fixes and some + performance enhancements. However, this driver is likely to be + removed shortly and replaced by one from Intel itself.

+ + + + + TIRPC + + + + + Martin + + Blapp + + + mb@imp.ch + + + + + + + + +

As you know, in march 2001 the version 2.3 of TIRPC has been + comitted together with many userland changes. Alfred Perlstein + and Ian Dowse have helped me a lot with the porting effort and if + I had problems with understanding the code.

+ +

Most bugs are now fixed, some remaining areas to fix are + secure RPC (keyserv) and unix domain support. I've patches for + these area available. Ian Dowse fixed a lot of outstanding bugs + in the rpcbind binary itself. Thank you Ian !

+ +

The plan is now to migrate slowly towards TIRPC 2.8, which is + threadsafe for the server- and clientside. One first patch I've + made available on my URL. TIRPC 2.8 is licensed under the "Sun + Standards License Version 1.0" and we have to add some license + lines and the license itself to all modified files.

+ +

A example is timed_clnt_create.diff which can be found on the + homepage.

+ + + + + binup + + + + + Eric + + Melville + + + eric@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Murray + + Stokely + + + murray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The project has gained a mailing list, + freebsd-binup@FreeBSD.org - and the source tree has been moved + into the projects/ directory in the FreeBSD CVS repository. + Current work is focusing on extending the FreeBSD package + framework, and the client library should be rewritten and + completed by the end of the year.

+ +

TODO: make the projects/ hierarchy into a cvsup distribution + and add it to cvs-all. Then update distrib.self.

+ + + + + Porting ppp to hurd & linux + + + + + Brian + + Somers + + + brian@freebsd-services.com + + + + +

Status is unchanged since last month. Patches have been + submitted to get ppp working under HURD, and mostly under Linux. + There are GPL copyright problems that need to be addressed. Many + conflicts are expected after the commit of IPv6 support in + ppp.

+ + + + + PPP IPv6 Support + + + + + Brian + + Somers + + + brian@freebsd-services.com + + + + +

The software has been committed to -current and seems + functional. Outstanding issues include dealing with IPV6CP events + (linkup & linkdown scripts) and allocating site-local and + global addresses (currently, ``iface add'' is the only way to + actually use the link). A bug exists in -stable (running the + not-yet-MFC'd ppp code) whereby routing entries are disappearing + after a time (around 12 or 24 hours). No further details are yet + available.

+ + + + + FreeBSD DVD generation + + + + + Brian + + Somers + + + brian@freebsd-services.com + + + + +

A two disc set has been mastered and sent for pressing. There + are a few surprises with this release - details will be given in + the official announcement (at BSDConEurope).

+ + + + + Netgraph ATM + + + + + Harti + + Brandt + + + brandt@fokus.gmd.de + + + + +

ATM-Forum LAN-emulation version 2.0 without support for QoS + has been implemented and tested. The ILMI daemon has been + modularized into a general mini-SNMP daemon, an ILMI module and a + not yet finished IPOA (IP over ATM) module.

+ + + + + jpman project + + + + man-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

We have finished updating section [125678] manpages to + 4.4-RELEASE based, 1 week after 4.4-RELEASE is announced. To + finish this update, OKAZAKI Tetsurou has imported Ex/Rv macro + support on ja-groff-1.17.2_1. SUZUKI Koichi did most Ex/Rv + changes on Japanese manpages. He also find some issues of these + macro usage on some original manapges and filed a PR. For + post-4.4-RELEASE, now we target 4.5-RELEASE. Section 3 update is + also in progress.

+ + + + + New Mount(2) API + + + + + Poul-Henning + + Kamp + + + phk@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Maxime + + Henrion + + + mux@qualys.com + + + + +

We've made some good progress now, and the new nmount(2) + syscall is nearly finished. There is still some work to do to + have a working kernel_mount() and to convert all filesystems to + use this new API for their VFS_MOUNT() functions.

+ + + + + FreeBSD/sparc64 port + + + + + Jake + + Burkholder + + + jake@freebsd.org + + + + + Thomas + + Moestl + + + tmm@freebsd.org + + + + +

I am pleased to announce that as of 1 AM Friday October 19th, + the sparc64 port boots to single user mode. A few binaries from + the base system have been built and verified to work properly. + Much of this work is still in review for commit, but will be + integrated into the cvs tree as soon as possible. EBus support + has been ported from NetBSD, and ISA support has been written. + The PCI host bridge code has stabilized, and busdma seems to work + correctly now. The sio driver has had EBus support added, and the + ATA driver has been modified so that it works on big-endian + systems and uses the busdma API. With these changes, a root file + system can now be successfully mounted from ATA disks on sparc64, + even in DMA mode. The gem driver, which supports Sun GEM and ERI + and Apple GMAC and GMAC2 ethernet adaptor, has been ported from + NetBSD but has not yet had sufficent testing.

+ + + + + SYN cache implementation for FreeBSD + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

No new status to report, the code is still waiting to be + committed. It is likely that this code will be expanded to + include syn cookies as a further fallback mechanism.

+ + + + + Compressed TCP state + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

Development on this project has been slowed, pending the + commit of the syncache code, as this builds on part of that + work.

+ + + + + Network SMP locking + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

Not much progress has been made this month, with other + projects occupying most of my time. However, reviewing all the + code and data structures had a side benefit; a hash table for + inet addresses has been added. This will significantly speed up + interface address lookups in the case where there are a larger + number of interface aliases.

+ + + + + Multiple console support + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

Currently, a single device may act as a console at any time, + which requires the user to choose the console device at boot + time. With the upcoming network console support, it is desirable + to allow multiple console devices which behave identically, and + to alter consoles while the kernel is running.

+ +

The code is completed, and needs some final polishing to clean + up the rough edges. Console output can be sent to both syscons + and sio, (as well as the network) and when in ddb, input can be + taken from any input source. A small control program allows + adding and removing consoles on the fly.

+ + + + + Network console + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

This project's goal is to add low level network functionality + to FreeBSD. The initial target is to make a network console + available for remote debugging with ddb or gdb. A secondary + target is to utilize the code to perform network crash dumps. The + design assumes that the network card and driver are working, but + does not rely on other parts of the kernel.

+ +

Initial development has been fairly rapid, and a minimal + TCP/IP stack has been written. It is currently possible to telnet + to a machine which is at the ddb> prompt and interact with the + debugger.

+ + + + + Network device nodes + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

Network devices now support aliases in the form of /dev/netN, + where N is the interface index. Devices may be wired down to a + specific index number by entries in /boot/device.hints of + either:

+ +

hint.net.<ifindex>.dev="devname" + hint.net.<ifindex>.ether="ethernet address"

+ +

Additionally, ifconfig has been updated so that it will accept + the alias name when configuring a device.

+ + + + + Intel Gigabit driver + + + + + Jonathan + + Lemon + + + jlemon@freebsd.org + + + + +

The gx driver has finally been committed to the tree. The + driver provides support for the Intel PRO/1000 cards, both fiber + and copper variants. The driver supports VLAN tagging and TCP/IP + checksum offload.

+ + + + + KSE + + + + julian@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + + + +

In the last month, not a lot has happenned other than settling + in of the big August commit. Largely due to me having a sudden + increased workload at work, and a need for increased time to be + spent elsewhere. However some design work has proceeded. The API + has firmed up somewhat and several people have been reading + through what has been done already in order to be able to help in + the next phase.

+ +

Milestone 3 will be to have the ability to generate and remove + multiple threads/KSEs per process. Milestone 3 will NOT require + that doing so will be safe. (especially in SMP systems), i.e. + locking issues will not be fully addressed, so while some testign + will be possible, it will not be possible to actually run in this + mode with any load.

+ +

This will require allocators and destructors for the new + structures. Creation of the syscalls. Generation of an acurate + written API for the userland crew. Writing of the upcall launch + code. Production of a userland test program (not a full thread + scheduler). Resolution of some of the more glaring + incompatibilities (e.g. the scheduler) in a backwards compatible + manner. (i.e. if there are no multi threaded processes on a + system it should behave the same as now (and be as + reliable)).

+ +

Criterea for knowing when we have reached Milestione 3 is the + ability for a simple process on an unloaded system to perform a + series of blocking syscalls reliably. e.g. open 2 sockets, and + send data on one, after having done a read on another,and then + 'respond' in like manner..

+ + + + + PowerPC Port + + + + + Benno + + Rice + + + benno@FreeBSD.org + + + + +

There have been a few major successes in the PowerPC port this + month. Mark Peek has succeeded in getting the FreeBSD/PowerPC + kernel cross compiled on FreeBSD and booting under the PSIM + simulator (now in /usr/ports/emulators/psim-freebsd). I have + succeeded in getting the FreeBSD loader to load and execute + kernels using the OpenFirmware found on Apple Macintosh hardware. + Mark is now working on completing some of the startup and pmap + code, while I am taking advantage of the simulator to work on + some interrupt and device issues.

+ + + + + FreeBSD Java Project + + + + + Greg + + Lewis + + + glewis@eyesbeyond.com + + + + + Official FreeBSD Java + Project site. + + + +

The project has moved forward on JDK 1.3.1 development this + month, with the release of two more patchsets. The team is + reasonably confident that the latest patchset is a stable release + of the core JDK 1.3.1 tools and classes, when the default "green" + threads subsystem is used. This is mostly thanks to hard work by + Fuyuhiko Maruyama to stabilise and fix the code. Bill Huey has + also been progressing with his work on the "native" threads + subsystem, although this hasn't yet reached the stability of + "green" threads. Another (arguably the) major highlight of the + latest patchset was the integration of NetBSD support by Scott + Bartram and Alistair Crooks (the latter of NetBSD packages fame). + Hopefully OpenBSD support will follow, making it truly a united + BSD Java Project.

+ + + + + Improving FreeBSD startup scripts + + + + + Doug + + Barton + + + DougB@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gordon + + Tetlow + + + gordont@gnf.org + + + + + Improving + FreeBSD startup scripts + + + Luke Mewburn's papers + + NetBSD + Initialization and Services Control + + + +

This group is for discussion about the startup scripts in + FreeBSD, primarily the scripts in /etc/rc*. Primary focus will be + on improvements and importation of NetBSD's excellent work on + this topic.

+ +

Alright folks, I finally got off my butt last night and put + together a roadmap for the migration to the new rc.d init scripts + that were imported from NetBSD a long time ago and just sat in + the tree.

+ +

M1 (Patch included) +
+ + Setup infrastructure +
+ + Make rcorder compile +
+ + Hook rc.subr into the distribution (and mergemaster) +
+ + Hook rcorder into the world +
+ + Add toggle in rc.conf to switch between rc_ng and current boot + scripts

+ +

M2 +
+ + Get FreeBSD to boot with the new boot scripts +
+ + Rewrite the /etc/rc.d scripts to work with FreeBSD

+ +

M3 +
+ + Add some FreeBSD specific support into rc.subr

+ +

M4 +
+ + Add true dependency checking to the infrastructure so that + starting nfsd will start mountd and rpcbind +
+ + add support into rc.subr +
+ + Add dependencies into rc.d scripts

+ +

I'd like a couple of people to take a look at this and then + I'll submit a pr for it if there aren't too many objections. I'm + expecting M2 to run into quite a bikeshed, but hey, I got my nice + shiny asbestos back from the cleaners.

+ + + + + FreeBSD C99/POSIX Conformance Project + + + + + Mike + + Barcroft + + + mike@FreeBSD.org + + + + + FreeBSD-Standards Mailing List + + + freebsd-standards@bostonradio.org + + + + + + + + +

The FreeBSD C99/POSIX Conformance Project aims to implement + all requirements of the C99 Standard and the latest 1003.1-200x + POSIX draft (currently Draft 7). In cases where aspects of the + standard 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.

+ +

Patches that implement the <stdint.h> and + <inttypes.h> headers, and modifications to printf(3) have + been developed and will be committed shortly. They will allow us + to use some of the new types C99 introduces, such as intmax_t and + the printf(3) conversion specifier "%j".

+ + + + + SMPng Status Report + + + + + John + + Baldwin + + + jhb@FreeBSD.org + + + + smp@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

Some progress has been made on the proc locking this month. + Also, a new LOCK_DEBUG macro was defined to allow some locking + infrastructure to be more efficient. Kernels now only include the + filenames of files calling mutex, sx, or semaphore lock + operations if the filenames are needed. Also, mutex operations + are no longer inlined if any debugging options are turned on. The + ucred API was also overhauled to be more locking friendly. A + group has also started investigating the tty subsystem to design + and possibly implement a locking strategy.

+ + + + diff --git a/en/news/status/report-september-2001.xml b/en/news/status/report-september-2001.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5fc8572ae0 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/news/status/report-september-2001.xml @@ -0,0 +1,942 @@ + + + September + + 2001 + + + + $FreeBSD$ + + +