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2014.</p> 2014.</p>
<p>The third quarter of 2014 was another productive quarter for <p>The third quarter of 2014 was another productive quarter for
the FreeBSD 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 improve
the state of &os; as a desktop operating system. As usual, the state of &os; as a desktop operating system. As usual,
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</links> </links>
<body> <body>
<p>ZFS is one of the premier features of &os; and the quality <p>ZFS is one of the premier features of &os;, and the quality
of the documentation should match that of other important of the documentation should match that of other important
features. Much of the original documentation from Sun and features. Much of the original documentation from Sun and
Oracle has disappeared, moved, or is about the proprietary Oracle has disappeared, moved, or is about the proprietary
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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 describing the to the &os; Handbook. Over 20,000 words describe the
basics of creating, managing and maintaining a ZFS pool, as basics of creating, managing, and maintaining a ZFS pool.
well as using some of the advanced features like compression, Advanced features like compression,
deduplication, and delegation. The chapter also contains a deduplication, and delegation are covered. The chapter also contains a
glossary of terms, explaining a number of the concepts unique glossary of terms, explaining a number of the concepts unique
to ZFS. The chapter also includes documentation of some of to ZFS, and documents some of
the many <tt>sysctl</tt> variables that can be used to tune the many <tt>sysctl</tt> variables that can be used for tuning.</p>
ZFS.</p>
<p>The remaining work is the FAQ section, which aims to help <p>The remaining work to be done is in the FAQ section, which aims to help
users address the most common questions or problems they might users address the most common questions or problems they might
face with ZFS. It would be useful to hear experiences, face with ZFS. We would like to hear experiences,
questions, misconceptions, gotchas, stumbling blocks and questions, misconceptions, gotchas, stumbling blocks and
suggestions for the FAQ section from other users. A use cases suggestions for the FAQ section from other users. A use cases
section that highlights some of the cases where ZFS provides section that highlights some of the cases where ZFS provides
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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 dedicated to add &os; support to the thread <p>A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the thread
sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel
programs, is in progress.</p> programs.</p>
</body> </body>
</project> </project>
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</links> </links>
<body> <body>
<p>This is a Google Summer of code project that aims to provide <p>This is a Google Summer of code project to provide
a noninteractive &os; installation from the network. In a noninteractive &os; installation from the network. In
the first part, an implementation was added for scripted the first part, an implementation was added for scripted
<tt>bsdinstall(8)</tt>. It supports variables such as KEYMAP, <tt>bsdinstall(8)</tt>. It supports variables such as KEYMAP,
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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>Now that cairo, the vector graphics library used by GNOME, <p>Cairo, the vector graphics library used by GNOME,
has been updated to 1.12 the merge of GNOME 3 has started. has been updated to 1.12. This allowed the merge of GNOME 3 to begin.
Currently we are 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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<task> <task>
<p>Write a CAM peripheral driver that implements an interface <p>Write a CAM peripheral driver that implements an interface
to the FreeBSD <tt>disk(9)</tt>. It will send MMC I/O to the &os; <tt>disk(9)</tt>. It will send MMC I/O
commands using the MMC XPT layer.</p> commands using the MMC XPT layer.</p>
</task> </task>
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<body> <body>
<p><tt>bhyve</tt> is a hypervisor that runs on the FreeBSD/amd64 <p><tt>bhyve</tt> is a hypervisor that runs on the FreeBSD/amd64
platform. At present, it runs FreeBSD (8.x or later), Linux platform. At present, it runs &os; (8.x or later), Linux
i386/x64, OpenBSD i386/amd64, and NetBSD/amd64 guests. i386/x64, OpenBSD i386/amd64, and NetBSD/amd64 guests.
Current development is focused on enabling additional guest Current development is focused on enabling additional guest
operating systems, and implementing features found in other operating systems and implementing features found in other
hypervisors.</p> hypervisors.</p>
<p>A significant amount of progress has been made since the last <p>A significant amount of progress has been made since the last
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<li>Virtio RNG device emulation</li> <li>Virtio RNG device emulation</li>
<li>Chapter about <tt>bhyve</tt> added to FreeBSD <li>Chapter about <tt>bhyve</tt> added to &os;
Handbook</li> Handbook</li>
</ul> </ul>
</body> </body>
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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 check for regressions against current made available to test for regressions against current
functionality, but is not yet expected to provide fully functionality, but is not yet expected to provide working new functions.
functional new functionality. The GEM I/O ioctl code path The GEM I/O ioctl code path
has been modified to more closely resemble the Linux code has been modified to more closely resemble the Linux code
structure (easing future imports). structure (easing future imports).
</p> </p>
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</contact> </contact>
<body> <body>
<p>CAM Target Layer (CTL), used as base for the kernel iSCSI <p>The CAM Target Layer (CTL), used as base for the kernel iSCSI
server, got support for VMWare VAAI and Microsoft ODX server, got support for VMWare VAAI and Microsoft ODX
storage acceleration. It permits avoiding network storage acceleration. It permits avoiding network
bottlenecks and improved storage efficiency on sets of large bottlenecks and improves storage efficiency on sets of large
operations, such as virtual machine (or large file) creation, operations, such as virtual machine (or large file) creation,
initialization to zeros, copy, delete, etc..</p> initialization to zeros, copy, delete, etc..</p>
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<p>In mid-July, &os;&nbsp;9.3-RELEASE was released without delay <p>In mid-July, &os;&nbsp;9.3-RELEASE was released without delay
in release cycle.</p> in release cycle.</p>
<p>In late August, &os;&nbsp;10.1-RELEASE cycle began, and as of <p>In late August, the &os;&nbsp;10.1-RELEASE cycle began, and as of
this writing, is expected to stay on schedule.</p> this writing, is expected to stay on schedule.</p>
<p>Work has continued to produce virtual machine images as part <p>Work has continued to produce virtual machine images as part