networking revision 1.13
1 1.13 dholland $NetBSD: networking,v 1.13 2017/01/13 10:14:58 dholland 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 1.13 dholland 10. Infiniband 23 1.1 agc 24 1.1 agc We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up. 25 1.1 agc 26 1.1 agc Some explanations 27 1.1 agc ================= 28 1.1 agc 29 1.10 christos 0. SCTP 30 1.2 jmmv ------- 31 1.1 agc 32 1.1 agc Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6. 33 1.1 agc 34 1.10 christos Responsible: rjs 35 1.10 christos Status: committed, done 36 1.10 christos 37 1.10 christos 1. net80211 [n/ac] 38 1.10 christos ------------------ 39 1.10 christos 40 1.10 christos Resync FreeBSD stack to get support for n, ac, VAP 41 1.10 christos 42 1.10 christos Responsible: christos 43 1.10 christos Status: started porting FreeBSD code 44 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: This will add VAP support too, and needs changes to all 45 1.10 christos the specific drivers. 46 1.10 christos 47 1.10 christos 2. Mobile IPv6 48 1.10 christos -------------- 49 1.10 christos 50 1.12 rjs Responsible: rjs 51 1.12 rjs Status: compiles, not debugged yet. 52 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 53 1.9 agc 54 1.1 agc 3. network driver polling 55 1.2 jmmv ------------------------- 56 1.1 agc 57 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 58 1.10 christos Status: not started 59 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 60 1.1 agc 61 1.9 agc 62 1.1 agc 4. ALTQ processing for input 63 1.2 jmmv ---------------------------- 64 1.1 agc 65 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 66 1.10 christos Status: not started 67 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: The ALTQ code and interface is very messy and there 68 1.10 christos is a lot of code duplication. People (ozaki-r/knakahara) are working on 69 1.10 christos this as part as MP stack 70 1.1 agc 71 1.9 agc 72 1.1 agc 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf 73 1.2 jmmv --------------------------- 74 1.1 agc 75 1.1 agc Add support for multicast DNS (name.local) 76 1.1 agc 77 1.8 tsarna Responsible: tsarna 78 1.10 christos Status: not started 79 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Fill in the project description and justification. 80 1.1 agc 81 1.9 agc 82 1.2 jmmv 6. tcp support in libsa 83 1.2 jmmv ----------------------- 84 1.1 agc 85 1.1 agc Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa. 86 1.1 agc 87 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 88 1.10 christos Status: not started 89 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: XXX: Why? What's going to use it? 90 1.1 agc 91 1.9 agc 92 1.2 jmmv 7. http netbooting 93 1.2 jmmv ------------------ 94 1.1 agc 95 1.1 agc Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a 96 1.1 agc read-only root device. 97 1.1 agc 98 1.9 agc Responsible: TBD 99 1.10 christos Status: not started 100 1.10 christos Comment[christos]: Not very interesting 101 1.9 agc 102 1.11 ozaki 8. net SMP work (Layer 3 and below) 103 1.11 ozaki ----------------------------------- 104 1.9 agc 105 1.11 ozaki Make multi-threaded network stack. Targets are Layer 3 (IP forwarding), 106 1.11 ozaki Layer 2 (ARP, NDP, bridge, vlan and bpf) and some tunnel devices (gif, 107 1.11 ozaki ipsec and pppoe). 108 1.9 agc 109 1.10 christos Responsible: ozaki-r,knakahara 110 1.10 christos Status: in progress 111 1.1 agc 112 1.11 ozaki 9. net SMP work (rest) 113 1.11 ozaki ---------------------- 114 1.11 ozaki 115 1.11 ozaki Make multi-threaded network stack. Get tasks other than the above targets down. 116 1.11 ozaki 117 1.11 ozaki Responsible: TBD 118 1.11 ozaki Status: not started 119 1.11 ozaki 120 1.13 dholland 10. Infiniband 121 1.13 dholland -------------- 122 1.13 dholland 123 1.13 dholland We do not really have Infiniband support. We should; since it still 124 1.13 dholland hasn't quite died, it probably isn't going to. 125 1.13 dholland 126 1.13 dholland 127 1.1 agc Matt Thomas 128 1.6 agc Alistair Crooks 129 1.9 agc Sat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012 130 1.10 christos Christos Zoulas 131 1.10 christos Tue May 17 16:46:54 EDT 2016 132 1.11 ozaki Ryota Ozaki 133 1.11 ozaki Wed May 18 18:07:43 JST 2016 134 1.13 dholland dholland 135 1.13 dholland Fri Jan 13 00:53:46 EST 2017 136
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