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| author | christos <christos@NetBSD.org> | 2016-05-17 20:53:53 +0000 |
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| committer | christos <christos@NetBSD.org> | 2016-05-17 20:53:53 +0000 |
| commit | 51f5753e3fdd14a9110ef6e8fde91b982e05936d (patch) | |
| tree | 19703abb9c69e79639c526fd896f6a2a0afdb34d /doc/roadmaps | |
| parent | 351dc2c0d332aa8e5298cf12062dae0bf3df9776 (diff) | |
reflect reality (through my ping glasses)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/roadmaps/networking | 60 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/roadmaps/networking b/doc/roadmaps/networking index d493758a520..391eac355e7 100644 --- a/doc/roadmaps/networking +++ b/doc/roadmaps/networking @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: networking,v 1.9 2012/01/15 02:56:17 agc Exp $ +$NetBSD: networking,v 1.10 2016/05/17 20:53:53 christos Exp $ NetBSD Networking Roadmap ========================= @@ -6,42 +6,65 @@ NetBSD Networking Roadmap This is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking side of the operating system. -The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0 -8. SMP-aware Network Packet Filter +The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 8.0 +0. SCTP The following features are expected to be in future releases: -1. Mobile IPv6 -2. SCTP +1. net80211 support [n/ac] +2. Mobile IPv6 3. network driver polling 4. ALTQ processing on input 5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf 6. tcp support in libsa 7. netboot from http +8. MP network stack We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up. - Some explanations ================= -2. SCTP +0. SCTP ------- Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6. -Responsible: TBD +Responsible: rjs +Status: committed, done + +1. net80211 [n/ac] +------------------ + +Resync FreeBSD stack to get support for n, ac, VAP +Responsible: christos +Status: started porting FreeBSD code +Comment[christos]: This will add VAP support too, and needs changes to all +the specific drivers. + +2. Mobile IPv6 +-------------- + +Responsible: TBD +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 3. network driver polling ------------------------- Responsible: matt +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 4. ALTQ processing for input ---------------------------- Responsible: matt +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: The ALTQ code and interface is very messy and there +is a lot of code duplication. People (ozaki-r/knakahara) are working on +this as part as MP stack 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf @@ -50,6 +73,8 @@ Responsible: matt Add support for multicast DNS (name.local) Responsible: tsarna +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 6. tcp support in libsa @@ -58,6 +83,8 @@ Responsible: tsarna Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa. Responsible: matt +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: XXX: Why? What's going to use it? 7. http netbooting @@ -67,18 +94,19 @@ Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a read-only root device. Responsible: TBD +Status: not started +Comment[christos]: Not very interesting -8. SMP-aware Packet Filter --------------------------- - -A new packet filter which is SMP-aware has been written by rmind, as a -project funded by the NetBSD Foundation. zoltan has updated it for -IPv6, and various bits contributed by christos, dholland and martin. -This will be in 6.0 +8. net SMP work +------------------ -Responsible: rmind, zoltan, christos, dholland, martin +Make multi-threaded network stack +Responsible: ozaki-r,knakahara +Status: in progress Matt Thomas Alistair Crooks Sat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012 +Christos Zoulas +Tue May 17 16:46:54 EDT 2016 |
