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      1  1.3   wiz $NetBSD: networking,v 1.3 2008/03/19 22:51:36 wiz Exp $
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      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.
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      9  1.1   agc NetBSD 5.0 will ship with the following virtualization elements in
     10  1.1   agc place:
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     12  1.1   agc 1. Mobile IPv6
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     14  1.1   agc The following elements and projects are pencilled in for 5.0, but
     15  1.1   agc please do not rely on them being there.
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     17  1.1   agc 2. SCTP
     18  1.1   agc 3. network driver polling
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     20  1.1   agc The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
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     22  1.1   agc 4. ALTQ processing on input
     23  1.1   agc 5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
     24  1.3   wiz 6. tcp support in libsa
     25  1.1   agc 7. netboot from http
     26  1.1   agc 
     27  1.1   agc We expect to branch for the 5.0 release in April or May 2008, which would
     28  1.1   agc put a NetBSD 5.0 Release date in Q4 2008. An annual release cycle would
     29  1.1   agc thus mean that 6.0 would be branched in April or May 2009.
     30  1.1   agc 
     31  1.1   agc Pictorially, this looks like:
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     33  1.1   agc  2008                                        2009
     34  1.1   agc  Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
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     36  1.1   agc 
     37  1.1   agc                 | ------- 5.0 --------- |                       | ------- 6.0
     38  1.1   agc               branch                  release                 branch
     39  1.1   agc 
     40  1.1   agc  1-3     4,5                  6      7       8
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     42  1.1   agc We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
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     44  1.1   agc 
     45  1.1   agc Some explanations
     46  1.1   agc =================
     47  1.1   agc 
     48  1.1   agc 2. SCTP
     49  1.2  jmmv -------
     50  1.1   agc 
     51  1.1   agc Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
     52  1.1   agc 
     53  1.1   agc Responsible: jmcneill
     54  1.1   agc 
     55  1.1   agc 3. network driver polling
     56  1.2  jmmv -------------------------
     57  1.1   agc 
     58  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     59  1.1   agc 
     60  1.1   agc 4. ALTQ processing for input
     61  1.2  jmmv ----------------------------
     62  1.1   agc 
     63  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     64  1.1   agc 
     65  1.1   agc 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
     66  1.2  jmmv ---------------------------
     67  1.1   agc 
     68  1.1   agc Add support for multicast DNS (name.local)
     69  1.1   agc 
     70  1.1   agc Responsible: ???
     71  1.1   agc 
     72  1.2  jmmv 6. tcp support in libsa
     73  1.2  jmmv -----------------------
     74  1.1   agc 
     75  1.1   agc Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
     76  1.1   agc 
     77  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     78  1.1   agc 
     79  1.2  jmmv 7. http netbooting
     80  1.2  jmmv ------------------
     81  1.1   agc 
     82  1.1   agc Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
     83  1.1   agc read-only root device.
     84  1.1   agc 
     85  1.1   agc Responsible: ???
     86  1.1   agc 
     87  1.1   agc Matt Thomas
     88  1.1   agc Wed Feb 27 22:45:26 UTC 2008
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