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