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      3 NetBSD Networking Roadmap
      4 =========================
      5 
      6 This is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking
      7 side of the operating system.
      8 
      9 The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
     10 
     11 1. Mobile IPv6
     12 2. SCTP
     13 3. network driver polling
     14 4. ALTQ processing on input
     15 5. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
     16 6. tcp support in libsa
     17 7. netboot from http
     18 
     19 We currently expect to branch 6.0 in the March 2010 timeframe, with a view
     20 to a 6.0 release later in 2010.
     21 
     22 We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
     23 
     24 
     25 Some explanations
     26 =================
     27 
     28 2. SCTP
     29 -------
     30 
     31 Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
     32 
     33 3. network driver polling
     34 -------------------------
     35 
     36 Responsible: matt
     37 
     38 4. ALTQ processing for input
     39 ----------------------------
     40 
     41 Responsible: matt
     42 
     43 5. multicast DNS / zeroconf
     44 ---------------------------
     45 
     46 Add support for multicast DNS (name.local)
     47 
     48 Responsible: tsarna
     49 
     50 6. tcp support in libsa
     51 -----------------------
     52 
     53 Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
     54 
     55 Responsible: matt
     56 
     57 7. http netbooting
     58 ------------------
     59 
     60 Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
     61 read-only root device.
     62 
     63 Responsible: ???
     64 
     65 Matt Thomas
     66 Alistair Crooks
     67 Sun 25 Jan 2009 21:06:42 PST
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