networking revision 1.9 
11.9Sagc$NetBSD: networking,v 1.9 2012/01/15 02:56:17 agc Exp $
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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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91.6SagcThe following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
101.9Sagc8. SMP-aware Network Packet Filter
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121.9SagcThe following features are expected to be in future releases:
131.1Sagc1. Mobile IPv6
141.1Sagc2. SCTP
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
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211.1SagcWe'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
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241.1SagcSome explanations
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271.1Sagc2. SCTP
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301.1SagcAdd support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
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321.9SagcResponsible: TBD
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351.1Sagc3. network driver polling
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381.1SagcResponsible: matt
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411.1Sagc4. ALTQ processing for input
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441.1SagcResponsible: matt
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471.1Sagc5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
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501.1SagcAdd support for multicast DNS (name.local)
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521.8StsarnaResponsible: tsarna
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551.2Sjmmv6. tcp support in libsa
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581.1SagcAdd a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
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601.1SagcResponsible: matt
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631.2Sjmmv7. http netbooting
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661.1SagcBe able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
671.1Sagcread-only root device.
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691.9SagcResponsible: TBD
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711.9Sagc8. SMP-aware Packet Filter
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741.9SagcA new packet filter which is SMP-aware has been written by rmind, as a
751.9Sagcproject funded by the NetBSD Foundation.  zoltan has updated it for
761.9SagcIPv6, and various bits contributed by christos, dholland and martin. 
771.9SagcThis will be in 6.0
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791.9SagcResponsible: rmind, zoltan, christos, dholland, martin
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821.1SagcMatt Thomas
831.6SagcAlistair Crooks
841.9SagcSat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012
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