networking revision 1.1 
11.1Sagc$NetBSD: networking,v 1.1 2008/03/19 20:12:53 agc Exp $
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31.1SagcNetBSD Networking Roadmap
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61.1SagcThis is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking
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91.1SagcNetBSD 5.0 will ship with the following virtualization elements in
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121.1Sagc1. Mobile IPv6
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141.1SagcThe following elements and projects are pencilled in for 5.0, but
151.1Sagcplease do not rely on them being there.
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171.1Sagc2. SCTP
181.1Sagc3. network driver polling
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201.1SagcThe following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
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221.1Sagc4. ALTQ processing on input
231.1Sagc5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
241.1Sagc6. tcp support in liba
251.1Sagc7. netboot from http
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271.1SagcWe expect to branch for the 5.0 release in April or May 2008, which would
281.1Sagcput a NetBSD 5.0 Release date in Q4 2008. An annual release cycle would
291.1Sagcthus mean that 6.0 would be branched in April or May 2009.
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311.1SagcPictorially, this looks like:
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421.1SagcWe'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
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451.1SagcSome explanations
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481.1Sagc2. SCTP
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501.1SagcAdd support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
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521.1SagcResponsible: jmcneill
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551.1Sagc3. network driver polling
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571.1SagcResponsible: matt
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601.1Sagc4. ALTQ processing for input
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621.1SagcResponsible: matt
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651.1Sagc5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
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681.1SagcAdd support for multicast DNS (name.local)
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701.1SagcResponsible: ???
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731.1Sagc6. tcp support in libsa.
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761.1SagcAdd a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
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781.1SagcResponsible: matt
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811.1Sagc6. http netbooting
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841.1SagcBe able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
851.1Sagcread-only root device.
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871.1SagcResponsible: ???
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891.1SagcMatt Thomas
901.1SagcWed Feb 27 22:45:26 UTC 2008
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