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| author | Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-10-05 06:16:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-10-05 06:16:14 +0000 |
| commit | 1ee85b44d5e305448088de0379ac5adfa8c09d60 (patch) | |
| tree | 2747e1238d9dce26f8bf62c810d5f3e042b5143c /en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs | |
| parent | 3bda368a94fb8eff8bf3f027952b3f04cd2c59d6 (diff) | |
| download | doc-1ee85b44d5e305448088de0379ac5adfa8c09d60.tar.gz doc-1ee85b44d5e305448088de0379ac5adfa8c09d60.zip | |
- Add Q3 entry on the EC2 port
Submitted by: cperciva
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svn path=/head/; revision=42847
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml index 8e68682880..f5c646b017 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 11 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 12 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -565,4 +565,59 @@ <task>Add more drivers.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os;/EC2</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Colin</given> + <common>Percival</common> + </name> + <email>cperciva@freebsd.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/">&os;/EC2 Status Page</url> + <url href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00AA25MLK/">AWS Marketplace Listing</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>&os; images are available for use in EC2 for 8.3-RELEASE, + 8.4-RELEASE, 9.0-RELEASE, 9.1-RELEASE, and 9.2-RELEASE. In + 9.2-RELEASE, &os; runs in EC2 using an unpatched source tree, + but it needs the <tt>XENHVM</tt> kernel configuration.</p> + + <p>Starting from &os; 10.0-ALPHA3, the <tt>GENERIC</tt> kernel + configuration now contains all the <tt>XENHVM</tt> bits needed + to allow &os; to run in EC2 natively. Consequently, + &os; 10.0 will be the first release for which &os;/EC2 is + purely "bits off the ISO". This also means that starting with + 10.0 it will be possible to use <tt>freebsd-update(8)</tt> for + all base system updates — in earlier releases it was + necessary to recompile the <tt>XENHVM</tt> kernel manually.</p> + + <p>Due to &os;'s use of HVM virtualization, running on "old" EC2 + instance types (m1, m2, c1, t1) requires that &os; pretends to + be Windows, which unfortunately results in paying the higher + "windows" EC2 instance prices. On "new" EC2 instances (cc1, + cc2, cg1, cr1, hi1, hs1, and m3) &os; can run as a "unix" image + at the lower rate.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Test &os; 10.0-ALPHAs/BETAs/RCs as they become available. + Plenty of new Xen code has been committed recently and there are + probably bugs to find before the release.</task> + + <task>Keep nagging Amazon to provide more instance types which + &os; can run on without paying a "Windows tax".</task> + + <task>Provide some mechanism for instance configuration via EC2 + <tt>user-data</tt>. This might involve using + <tt>cloud-init</tt>, or it might be a new system.</task> + </help> +</project> </report> |