Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 20:17:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49026 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201607022017.u62KHAui084326@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Sat Jul 2 20:17:10 2016 New Revision: 49026 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49026 Log: Add VIMAGE status report from bz@freebsd.org. Reviewed by: wblock Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Fri Jul 1 17:52:29 2016 (r49025) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Sat Jul 2 20:17:10 2016 (r49026) @@ -501,4 +501,51 @@ <task>Implement <tt>info os</tt> commands.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>VIMAGE Virtualized Network Stack Update</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Bjoern A.</given> + <common>Zeeb</common> + </name> + <email>bz@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/vnet/">Projects workspace (all merged to head now).</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>VIMAGE is a virtualization framework on top of FreeBSD jails + that was introduced to the kernel about eight years ago with + the <tt>vnet</tt> virtualized network stack.</p> + + <p>Over the last few years, many people started to use VIMAGE + in production, production-like setups, and appliances. This + adoption increased the urgency to finish the work to avoid + panics on network stack teardown and to avoid memory + leaks.</p> + + <p>The <tt>vnet</tt> teardown has been changed to be from top to + bottom, trying to tear down layer by layer. This is + preferable to removing interfaces first and then cleaning + everything up, as no more packets could flow. Along with this + work, various parts with potential memory leaks were plugged. + Lastly, <tt>vnet</tt> support was added to formerly + unvirtualized components, such as the <tt>pf</tt> and + <tt>ipfilter</tt> firewalls and some virtual interfaces.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>The FreeBSD Foundation</sponsor> + + <help> + <task>Please test FreeBSD 11.0-ALPHA6 or later. When reporting + a problem, use the <tt>vimage</tt> keyword in the FreeBSD bug + tracker.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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