networking revision 1.12
1 1.12 rjs $NetBSD: networking,v 1.12 2016/12/13 09:51:34 rjs Exp $ 2 1.1 agc 3 1.1 agc NetBSD Networking Roadmap 4 1.2 jmmv ========================= 5 1.1 agc 6 1.1 agc This is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking 7 1.1 agc side of the operating system. 8 1.1 agc 9 1.10 christos The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 8.0 10 1.10 christos 0. SCTP 11 1.1 agc 12 1.9 agc The following features are expected to be in future releases: 13 1.10 christos 1. net80211 support [n/ac] 14 1.10 christos 2. Mobile IPv6 15 1.1 agc 3. network driver polling 16 1.1 agc 4. ALTQ processing on input 17 1.1 agc 5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf 18 1.3 wiz 6. tcp support in libsa 19 1.1 agc 7. netboot from http 20 1.11 ozaki 8. MP network stack (Layer 3 and below) 21 1.11 ozaki 9. MP network stack (rest) 22 1.1 agc 23 1.1 agc We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up. 24 1.1 agc 25 1.1 agc Some explanations 26 1.1 agc ================= 27 1.1 agc 28 1.10 christos 0. SCTP 29 1.2 jmmv ------- 30 1.1 agc 31 1.1 agc Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6. 32 1.1 agc 33 1.10 christos Responsible: rjs 34 1.10 christos Status: committed, done 35 1.10 christos 36 1.10 christos 1. net80211 [n/ac] 37 1.10 christos ------------------ 38 1.10 christos 39 1.10 christos Resync FreeBSD stack to get support for n, ac, VAP 40 1.10 christos 41 1.10 christos Responsible: christos 42 1.10 christos Status: started porting FreeBSD code 43 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: This will add VAP support too, and needs changes to all 44 1.10 christos the specific drivers. 45 1.10 christos 46 1.10 christos 2. Mobile IPv6 47 1.10 christos -------------- 48 1.10 christos 49 1.12 rjs Responsible: rjs 50 1.12 rjs Status: compiles, not debugged yet. 51 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 52 1.9 agc 53 1.1 agc 3. network driver polling 54 1.2 jmmv ------------------------- 55 1.1 agc 56 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 57 1.10 christos Status: not started 58 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 59 1.1 agc 60 1.9 agc 61 1.1 agc 4. ALTQ processing for input 62 1.2 jmmv ---------------------------- 63 1.1 agc 64 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 65 1.10 christos Status: not started 66 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: The ALTQ code and interface is very messy and there 67 1.10 christos is a lot of code duplication. People (ozaki-r/knakahara) are working on 68 1.10 christos this as part as MP stack 69 1.1 agc 70 1.9 agc 71 1.1 agc 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf 72 1.2 jmmv --------------------------- 73 1.1 agc 74 1.1 agc Add support for multicast DNS (name.local) 75 1.1 agc 76 1.8 tsarna Responsible: tsarna 77 1.10 christos Status: not started 78 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 79 1.1 agc 80 1.9 agc 81 1.2 jmmv 6. tcp support in libsa 82 1.2 jmmv ----------------------- 83 1.1 agc 84 1.1 agc Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa. 85 1.1 agc 86 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 87 1.10 christos Status: not started 88 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Why? What's going to use it? 89 1.1 agc 90 1.9 agc 91 1.2 jmmv 7. http netbooting 92 1.2 jmmv ------------------ 93 1.1 agc 94 1.1 agc Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a 95 1.1 agc read-only root device. 96 1.1 agc 97 1.9 agc Responsible: TBD 98 1.10 christos Status: not started 99 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: Not very interesting 100 1.9 agc 101 1.11 ozaki 8. net SMP work (Layer 3 and below) 102 1.11 ozaki ----------------------------------- 103 1.9 agc 104 1.11 ozaki Make multi-threaded network stack. Targets are Layer 3 (IP forwarding), 105 1.11 ozaki Layer 2 (ARP, NDP, bridge, vlan and bpf) and some tunnel devices (gif, 106 1.11 ozaki ipsec and pppoe). 107 1.9 agc 108 1.10 christos Responsible: ozaki-r,knakahara 109 1.10 christos Status: in progress 110 1.1 agc 111 1.11 ozaki 9. net SMP work (rest) 112 1.11 ozaki ---------------------- 113 1.11 ozaki 114 1.11 ozaki Make multi-threaded network stack. Get tasks other than the above targets down. 115 1.11 ozaki 116 1.11 ozaki Responsible: TBD 117 1.11 ozaki Status: not started 118 1.11 ozaki 119 1.1 agc Matt Thomas 120 1.6 agc Alistair Crooks 121 1.9 agc Sat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012 122 1.10 christos Christos Zoulas 123 1.10 christos Tue May 17 16:46:54 EDT 2016 124 1.11 ozaki Ryota Ozaki 125 1.11 ozaki Wed May 18 18:07:43 JST 2016 126
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