ports revision 1.5.2.2
1 1.5.2.2 pgoyette $NetBSD: ports,v 1.5.2.2 2017/03/20 06:52:12 pgoyette Exp $ 2 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 3 1.5.2.2 pgoyette NetBSD Ports Roadmap 4 1.5.2.2 pgoyette ==================== 5 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 6 1.5.2.2 pgoyette This roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level 7 1.5.2.2 pgoyette material even if it's not strictly port-specific. 8 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 9 1.5.2.2 pgoyette The following elements, projects, and goals are considered strategic 10 1.5.2.2 pgoyette priorities for the project: 11 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 12 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 1. EFI boot for x86 13 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 2. xhci support (done and will be in -8) 14 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 3. Get arm64/aarch64 working 15 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 16 1.5.2.2 pgoyette The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic 17 1.5.2.2 pgoyette priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing: 18 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 19 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 4. USER_LDT for amd64 20 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 5. riscv and/or or1k ports 21 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 6. cheri port 22 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 23 1.5.2.2 pgoyette The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing; 24 1.5.2.2 pgoyette this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff 25 1.5.2.2 pgoyette is perhaps less than for other things: 26 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 27 1.5.2.2 pgoyette [none presently] 28 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 29 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 30 1.5.2.2 pgoyette Explanations 31 1.5.2.2 pgoyette ============ 32 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 33 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 34 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 1. EFI boot for x86 35 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 36 1.5.2.2 pgoyette EFI boot is now often required for new x86 hardware. This is 37 1.5.2.2 pgoyette effectively a mandatory item for -8. Fortunately, nonaka has most of 38 1.5.2.2 pgoyette it done, though it's not yet committed. 39 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 40 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this. 41 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target. 42 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - Contact agc for further information. 43 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 44 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 45 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 2. xhci support 46 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 47 1.5.2.2 pgoyette xhci is also critical for new x86 hardware. skrll@ says this is done; 48 1.5.2.2 pgoyette it will be -8. 49 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 50 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 3. Get arm64/aarch64 working 51 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 52 1.5.2.2 pgoyette We have some arm64 code but apparently it doesn't really work yet. 53 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 54 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be actively working on this. 55 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target. 56 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - Contact: ? (XXX) 57 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 58 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 59 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 4. USER_LDT for amd64 60 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 61 1.5.2.2 pgoyette The amd64 port is lacking the USER_LDT bits needed to be able to run 62 1.5.2.2 pgoyette Wine. Adding these bits does not seem to be a particularly large job 63 1.5.2.2 pgoyette (and some of the bits are in place already) but it persistently 64 1.5.2.2 pgoyette doesn't get done. Money's been offered in the past, without result. 65 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 66 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this. 67 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target. 68 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - Contact ? (XXX) for further information. 69 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 70 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 71 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 5. riscv and/or or1k ports 72 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 73 1.5.2.2 pgoyette We have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done. 74 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 75 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this. 76 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target. 77 1.5.2.2 pgoyette - Contact matt@ for further information. 78 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 79 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 80 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 6. cheri port 81 1.5.2.2 pgoyette 82 1.5.2.2 pgoyette http://cheri-cpu.org 83 1.5.2.2 pgoyette There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code 84 1.5.2.2 pgoyette quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from. 85
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