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networking revision 1.6 
      1  1.6   agc $NetBSD: networking,v 1.6 2009/01/26 05:09:25 agc 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.
      8  1.1   agc 
      9  1.6   agc The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
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     11  1.1   agc 1. Mobile IPv6
     12  1.1   agc 2. SCTP
     13  1.1   agc 3. network driver polling
     14  1.1   agc 4. ALTQ processing on input
     15  1.1   agc 5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
     16  1.3   wiz 6. tcp support in libsa
     17  1.1   agc 7. netboot from http
     18  1.1   agc 
     19  1.6   agc The timescales for 6.0 are not known at the present time, but we would
     20  1.6   agc expect to branch 6.0 late in 2009, with a view to a 6.0 release in
     21  1.6   agc early 2010.
     22  1.1   agc 
     23  1.1   agc We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
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     25  1.1   agc 
     26  1.1   agc Some explanations
     27  1.1   agc =================
     28  1.1   agc 
     29  1.1   agc 2. 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  1.1   agc 3. network driver polling
     35  1.2  jmmv -------------------------
     36  1.1   agc 
     37  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     38  1.1   agc 
     39  1.1   agc 4. ALTQ processing for input
     40  1.2  jmmv ----------------------------
     41  1.1   agc 
     42  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     43  1.1   agc 
     44  1.1   agc 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
     45  1.2  jmmv ---------------------------
     46  1.1   agc 
     47  1.1   agc Add support for multicast DNS (name.local)
     48  1.1   agc 
     49  1.1   agc Responsible: ???
     50  1.1   agc 
     51  1.2  jmmv 6. tcp support in libsa
     52  1.2  jmmv -----------------------
     53  1.1   agc 
     54  1.1   agc Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
     55  1.1   agc 
     56  1.1   agc Responsible: matt
     57  1.1   agc 
     58  1.2  jmmv 7. http netbooting
     59  1.2  jmmv ------------------
     60  1.1   agc 
     61  1.1   agc Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
     62  1.1   agc read-only root device.
     63  1.1   agc 
     64  1.1   agc Responsible: ???
     65  1.1   agc 
     66  1.1   agc Matt Thomas
     67  1.6   agc Alistair Crooks
     68  1.6   agc Sun 25 Jan 2009 21:06:42 PST
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