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<p>The third quarter of 2014 was another productive quarter for <p>The third quarter of 2014 was another productive quarter for
the &os; project. A lot of work has been done on various ARM the &os; project. A lot of work has been done on various ARM
platforms, with the goal of bringing them to Tier 1 status in platforms, with the goal of bringing them to Tier 1 status in
&os; 11. The various ports teams have also worked hard to improve &os; 11. The various ports teams have also worked hard to
the state of &os; as a desktop operating system. As usual, improve the state of &os; as a desktop operating system. As
performance improvements feature in several places in this usual, performance improvements feature in several places in
report and many of these can benefit from user benchmarking to this report and many of these can benefit from user benchmarking
validate our results.</p> to validate our results.</p>
<p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This
report contains 0 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> report contains 0 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
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<body> <body>
<p> <p>Building on the new in-kernel iSCSI target and initiator
Building on the new in-kernel iSCSI target and initiator stack stack released in &os; 10.0, Chelsio Communications has begun
released in &os; 10.0, Chelsio Communications has begun
developing an offload interface to take advantage of the developing an offload interface to take advantage of the
hardware offload capabilities of Chelsio T4 and T5 10 and 40 hardware offload capabilities of Chelsio T4 and T5 10 and 40
gigabit Ethernet adapters.</p> gigabit Ethernet adapters.</p>
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<p>The Xfce team continues to keep each piece of the Xfce <p>The Xfce team continues to keep each piece of the Xfce
Desktop up to date. That is why we are working on the next Desktop up to date. That is why we are working on the next
stable release (no date scheduled). There were no major updates stable release (no date scheduled). There were no major
in the ports tree except for cosmetic changes this quarter.</p> updates in the ports tree except for cosmetic changes this
quarter.</p>
<p>Major upcoming changes include:</p> <p>Major upcoming changes include:</p>
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about ZFS than proper documentation.</p> about ZFS than proper documentation.</p>
<p>After over a year of work, a new ZFS chapter has been added <p>After over a year of work, a new ZFS chapter has been added
to the &os; Handbook. Over 20,000 words describe the to the &os; Handbook. Over 20,000 words describe the basics
basics of creating, managing, and maintaining a ZFS pool. of creating, managing, and maintaining a ZFS pool. Advanced
Advanced features like compression, features like compression, deduplication, and delegation are
deduplication, and delegation are covered. The chapter also contains a covered. The chapter also contains a glossary of terms,
glossary of terms, explaining a number of the concepts unique explaining a number of the concepts unique to ZFS, and
to ZFS, and documents some of documents some of the many <tt>sysctl</tt> variables that can
the many <tt>sysctl</tt> variables that can be used for tuning.</p> be used for tuning.</p>
<p>The remaining work to be done is in the FAQ section, which aims to help <p>The remaining work to be done is in the FAQ section, which
users address the most common questions or problems they might aims to help users address the most common questions or
face with ZFS. We would like to hear experiences, problems they might face with ZFS. We would like to hear
questions, misconceptions, gotchas, stumbling blocks and experiences, questions, misconceptions, gotchas, stumbling
suggestions for the FAQ section from other users. A use cases blocks and suggestions for the FAQ section from other users.
section that highlights some of the cases where ZFS provides A use cases section that highlights some of the cases where
advantages over traditional file systems is also planned.</p> ZFS provides advantages over traditional file systems is also
planned.</p>
<p>Please send suggestions to the docs mailing list.</p> <p>Please send suggestions to the docs mailing list.</p>
</body> </body>
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<p>Note that running Asan tests on stable/10 requires that state <p>Note that running Asan tests on stable/10 requires that state
to be set to 1.</p> to be set to 1.</p>
<p>A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the thread <p>A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the
sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel thread sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel
programs.</p> programs.</p>
</body> </body>
</project> </project>
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USERS. Network configuration, ZFS options, and others are USERS. Network configuration, ZFS options, and others are
also included.</p> also included.</p>
<p>The Second part of the project is about booting the <tt>fai</tt> (Fully <p>The Second part of the project is about booting the
Automatic Installer) from the network by PXE. An installer <tt>fai</tt> (Fully Automatic Installer) from the network by
distro was created based on mfsBSD. After boot, <tt>fai</tt> looks for the PXE. An installer distro was created based on mfsBSD. After
"bootfile-name" parameter from the DHCP server. This boot, <tt>fai</tt> looks for the "bootfile-name" parameter
parameter tells <tt>fai</tt> where the <tt>bsdinstall</tt> script is from the DHCP server. This parameter tells <tt>fai</tt> where
located. <tt>fai</tt> supports MAC-based configuration, or a default if a the <tt>bsdinstall</tt> script is located. <tt>fai</tt>
MAC-based configuration file does not exist.</p> supports MAC-based configuration, or a default if a MAC-based
configuration file does not exist.</p>
</body> </body>
<sponsor> <sponsor>
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<task> <task>
<p>Documentation, including a HOWTO and handbook</p> <p>Documentation, including a HOWTO and handbook</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>More tests in different configurations</p> <p>More tests in different configurations</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Support for more than one network interface is planned</p> <p>Support for more than one network interface is planned</p>
</task> </task>
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<p>MATE is a fork of GNOME 2. The MATE ports were updated to <p>MATE is a fork of GNOME 2. The MATE ports were updated to
the 1.8 versions.</p> the 1.8 versions.</p>
<p>Cairo, the vector graphics library used by GNOME, <p>Cairo, the vector graphics library used by GNOME, has been
has been updated to 1.12. This allowed the merge of GNOME 3 to begin. updated to 1.12. This allowed the merge of GNOME 3 to begin.
We are currently doing test builds to find ports broken by the We are currently doing test builds to find ports broken by the
update and pruning ports that do not build any more because of update and pruning ports that do not build any more because of
incompatible updates.</p> incompatible updates.</p>
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<body> <body>
<p>The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the <p>The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the
<tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> knob) was enabled on all architectures. The <tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> knob) was enabled on all architectures.
only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or The only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or
9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and 9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and
therefore <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> will not work (the last therefore <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> will not work (the last
UMS-aware version does not work with xserver 1.12). Users can UMS-aware version does not work with xserver 1.12). Users can
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</task> </task>
</help> </help>
</project> </project>
<project cat='kern'> <project cat='kern'>
<title>Intel GPU Driver Update</title> <title>Intel GPU Driver Update</title>
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</links> </links>
<body> <body>
<p> <p>The project to update the Intel graphics chipset driver
The project to update the Intel graphics chipset driver
(i915kms) to a recent snapshot of the Linux upstream code (i915kms) to a recent snapshot of the Linux upstream code
continues. A patch with a large chunk of updates has been continues. A patch with a large chunk of updates has been
made available to test for regressions against current made available to test for regressions against current
functionality, but is not yet expected to provide working new functions. functionality, but is not yet expected to provide working new
The GEM I/O ioctl code path functions. The GEM I/O ioctl code path has been modified to
has been modified to more closely resemble the Linux code more closely resemble the Linux code structure (easing future
structure (easing future imports). imports).</p>
</p>
</body> </body>
<sponsor> <sponsor>
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<task> <task>
Fix any bugs reported against the latest versions of the patch. Fix any bugs reported against the latest versions of the patch.
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
Make Haswell graphics work with Mesa. Make Haswell graphics work with Mesa.
</task> </task>