From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 23 07:58:47 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 998C8C77; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B5CD12B2; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBN7wlDb060896; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 GMT (envelope-from rodrigc@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rBN7wlTK060895; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 GMT (envelope-from rodrigc@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201312230758.rBN7wlTK060895@svn.freebsd.org> From: Craig Rodrigues Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r259763 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:58:47 -0000 Author: rodrigc Date: Mon Dec 23 07:58:46 2013 New Revision: 259763 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/259763 Log: Add notes for ARM. Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Mon Dec 23 07:35:34 2013 (r259762) +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Mon Dec 23 07:58:46 2013 (r259763) @@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ Kernel Changes - Raspberry PI support has been added. - Refer to these setup instructions - and quick start - guide. - The use of unmapped VMIO buffers eliminates the need to perform TLB shootdown for mapping on buffer creation and reuse, greatly reducing the amount of IPIs for shootdown on big-SMP machines and eliminating up to 25-30% @@ -215,6 +210,32 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES" Al + + ARM support + + Raspberry PI support has been added. + Refer to these setup instructions + and quick start + guide. + + The default ABI on ARM is now the ARM EABI. This brings a number of + improvements and allows future support for VFP and Thumb-2. + + ARM support has been greatly improved, including support + for ARMv6 and ARMv7, SMP and thread-local storage (TLS). + Additionally support for some newer SoC like the MV78x60 and OMAP4 was added. + See this announcement + for further details. + + Superpages support on ARM has been added. Superpages support + provides improved performance and scalability by allowing TLB + translations to dynamically cover large physical memory regions. + All ARMv6 and ARMv7-based platforms can take advantage of this feature. + See this page + for further details. + + + Boot Loader Changes