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31.1SagcNetBSD Networking Roadmap
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61.1SagcThis is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking
71.1Sagcside of the operating system.
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91.10SchristosThe following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 8.0
101.10Schristos0. SCTP
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121.9SagcThe following features are expected to be in future releases:
131.10Schristos1. net80211 support [n/ac]
141.10Schristos2. Mobile IPv6
151.1Sagc3. network driver polling
161.1Sagc4. ALTQ processing on input
171.1Sagc5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
181.3Swiz6. tcp support in libsa
191.1Sagc7. netboot from http
201.11Sozaki8. MP network stack (Layer 3 and below)
211.11Sozaki9. MP network stack (rest)
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231.1SagcWe'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
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251.1SagcSome explanations
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281.10Schristos0. SCTP
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311.1SagcAdd support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
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331.10SchristosResponsible: rjs
341.10SchristosStatus: committed, done
351.10Schristos
361.10Schristos1. net80211 [n/ac]
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381.10Schristos
391.10SchristosResync FreeBSD stack to get support for n, ac, VAP
401.10Schristos
411.10SchristosResponsible: christos
421.10SchristosStatus: started porting FreeBSD code
431.10SchristosComment[christos]: This will add VAP support too, and needs changes to all
441.10Schristosthe specific drivers.
451.10Schristos
461.10Schristos2. Mobile IPv6
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481.10Schristos
491.12SrjsResponsible: rjs
501.12SrjsStatus: compiles, not debugged yet.
511.10SchristosComment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification.
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531.1Sagc3. network driver polling
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561.1SagcResponsible: matt
571.10SchristosStatus: not started
581.10SchristosComment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification.
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611.1Sagc4. ALTQ processing for input
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641.1SagcResponsible: matt
651.10SchristosStatus: not started
661.10SchristosComment[christos]: The ALTQ code and interface is very messy and there
671.10Schristosis a lot of code duplication. People (ozaki-r/knakahara) are working on
681.10Schristosthis as part as MP stack
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711.1Sagc5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
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731.1Sagc
741.1SagcAdd support for multicast DNS (name.local)
751.1Sagc
761.8StsarnaResponsible: tsarna
771.10SchristosStatus: not started
781.10SchristosComment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification.
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811.2Sjmmv6. tcp support in libsa
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831.1Sagc
841.1SagcAdd a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
851.1Sagc
861.1SagcResponsible: matt
871.10SchristosStatus: not started
881.10SchristosComment[christos]: XXX: Why? What's going to use it?
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901.9Sagc
911.2Sjmmv7. http netbooting
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941.1SagcBe able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
951.1Sagcread-only root device.
961.1Sagc
971.9SagcResponsible: TBD
981.10SchristosStatus: not started
991.10SchristosComment[christos]: Not very interesting
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1011.11Sozaki8. net SMP work (Layer 3 and below)
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1041.11SozakiMake multi-threaded network stack. Targets are Layer 3 (IP forwarding),
1051.11SozakiLayer 2 (ARP, NDP, bridge, vlan and bpf) and some tunnel devices (gif,
1061.11Sozakiipsec and pppoe).
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1081.10SchristosResponsible: ozaki-r,knakahara
1091.10SchristosStatus: in progress
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1111.11Sozaki9. net SMP work (rest)
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1131.11Sozaki
1141.11SozakiMake multi-threaded network stack. Get tasks other than the above targets down.
1151.11Sozaki
1161.11SozakiResponsible: TBD
1171.11SozakiStatus: not started
1181.11Sozaki
1191.1SagcMatt Thomas
1201.6SagcAlistair Crooks
1211.9SagcSat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012
1221.10SchristosChristos Zoulas
1231.10SchristosTue May 17 16:46:54 EDT 2016
1241.11SozakiRyota Ozaki
1251.11SozakiWed May 18 18:07:43 JST 2016
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