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1 1.9 agc $NetBSD: networking,v 1.9 2012/01/15 02:56:17 agc 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 1.6 agc The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0 10 1.9 agc 8. SMP-aware Network Packet Filter 11 1.1 agc 12 1.9 agc The following features are expected to be in future releases: 13 1.1 agc 1. Mobile IPv6 14 1.1 agc 2. SCTP 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 1.1 agc 21 1.1 agc We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up. 22 1.1 agc 23 1.1 agc 24 1.1 agc Some explanations 25 1.1 agc ================= 26 1.1 agc 27 1.1 agc 2. SCTP 28 1.2 jmmv ------- 29 1.1 agc 30 1.1 agc Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6. 31 1.1 agc 32 1.9 agc Responsible: TBD 33 1.9 agc 34 1.9 agc 35 1.1 agc 3. network driver polling 36 1.2 jmmv ------------------------- 37 1.1 agc 38 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 39 1.1 agc 40 1.9 agc 41 1.1 agc 4. ALTQ processing for input 42 1.2 jmmv ---------------------------- 43 1.1 agc 44 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 45 1.1 agc 46 1.9 agc 47 1.1 agc 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf 48 1.2 jmmv --------------------------- 49 1.1 agc 50 1.1 agc Add support for multicast DNS (name.local) 51 1.1 agc 52 1.8 tsarna Responsible: tsarna 53 1.1 agc 54 1.9 agc 55 1.2 jmmv 6. tcp support in libsa 56 1.2 jmmv ----------------------- 57 1.1 agc 58 1.1 agc Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa. 59 1.1 agc 60 1.1 agc Responsible: matt 61 1.1 agc 62 1.9 agc 63 1.2 jmmv 7. http netbooting 64 1.2 jmmv ------------------ 65 1.1 agc 66 1.1 agc Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a 67 1.1 agc read-only root device. 68 1.1 agc 69 1.9 agc Responsible: TBD 70 1.9 agc 71 1.9 agc 8. SMP-aware Packet Filter 72 1.9 agc -------------------------- 73 1.9 agc 74 1.9 agc A new packet filter which is SMP-aware has been written by rmind, as a 75 1.9 agc project funded by the NetBSD Foundation. zoltan has updated it for 76 1.9 agc IPv6, and various bits contributed by christos, dholland and martin. 77 1.9 agc This will be in 6.0 78 1.9 agc 79 1.9 agc Responsible: rmind, zoltan, christos, dholland, martin 80 1.9 agc 81 1.1 agc 82 1.1 agc Matt Thomas 83 1.6 agc Alistair Crooks 84 1.9 agc Sat Jan 14 11:44:46 PST 2012 85
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