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FreeBSD & Google Summer of Code

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The annual Google Summer of Code is coming up, and as usual there will be several students representing the FreeBSD project. They will begin accepting applications starting March 20, 2017 and ending April 3, 2017.

googlesummerofcodeInstructions for applications including a template can be found at https://www.FreeBSD.org/projects/summerofcode.html

Students should have familiarity with UNIX/Linux/FreeBSD, and should have experience with installing and re-building FreeBSD should their project require this. Generally good knowledge of C is also a requirement. For the start of the GSoC students should ideally know how to use some Version Control System like subversion or github.

Most candidates keep some contact with the community, usually through project mailing lists or IRC, and actively keep in touch with developers to suggest possible mentors.

Please check the list of project ideas at https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas

FreeBSD Google Summer of Code: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6092454341115904/

FreeBSD 64 base system & LLD linker

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LLVM is now able to link entirely to the FreeBSD/amd64 base system. LLVM is a compiler, and LLD is a linker based on the “atom” model. See the full story below, as well as a lengthy discussion from Phoronix.
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LLVM’s LLD linker has been making a lot of progress over the past year and now it’s hit the milestone of being able to link the entire FreeBSD/amd64 base system.

FreeBSD developers have been looking to use LLD as their system linker, following their move a while back now of using LLVM/Clang in place of GCC.

Original article: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeBSD-LLD-Success

Discussion: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/bsd-mac-os-x-hurd-others/922116-the-freebsd-64-bit-base-system-can-now-be-linked-using-lld

FreeBSD & Google Summer of Code 2016

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The Google Summer of Code is held every year, giving students around the world an opportunity to showcase their coding talents. The following participants have been selected to represent FreeBSD on various projects ranging from security, virtualization, kernel, to cloud. Congrats to the following on their submissions to Google Summer of Code! Visit the official webpage to see the projects’ full descriptions.

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FreeBSD Google Summer of Code 2016: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/4892834293350400/

Past Summer of Codes: https://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode.html

How-To: Cross Compile Rust from OS X to FreeBSD

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el-capitanrustUser shows us how to cross compile Rust from Mac OS X to the FreeBSD operating system. Rust is a programming language designed for “safety, speed, and concurrency”. See the link below for the full instructions.

About this repository

This repository contain instructions on how to build a cross compiler and a set of files that I build on my El Capitan machine.

If you don’t want to build the necessary files yourself, clone this repository, skip to Rust section and take it from there.

If you don’t need a gcc cross compiler for C/C++ maybe there is a easier and faster way of making a cross toolchain for only Rust. Please let me know if you know it.

Prerequisites

A FreeBSD 11 machine (real or virtual).
A Mac OS X computer.

Setup

On OS X, declare variables we need and create the folder for cross compile files.

Full tutorial: https://github.com/yohanesu75/crossrust