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31.1SdhollandNetBSD Ports Roadmap
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61.1SdhollandThis roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level
71.1Sdhollandmaterial even if it's not strictly port-specific.
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91.8SmayaThe following elements, projects, and goals are considered strategic
101.8Smayapriorities for the project:
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121.8Smaya 0. DRMKMS update
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141.1SdhollandThe following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic
151.1Sdhollandpriorities but are still important undertakings worth doing:
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171.7Smaya 1. riscv and/or or1k ports
181.7Smaya 2. cheri port
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201.1SdhollandThe following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing;
211.1Sdhollandthis doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff
221.1Sdhollandis perhaps less than for other things:
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241.3Sdholland [none presently]
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271.1SdhollandExplanations
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301.8Smaya 0. DRMKMS update
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321.9SniaThe DRM drivers get old with time. The current drivers are from Linux 4.4,
331.8Smayahaving a newer version would be nice.
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351.8Smaya- As of July 2018, maya is working on this.
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371.7Smaya 1. riscv and/or or1k ports
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391.1SdhollandWe have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done.
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411.8Smaya - As of July 2018, zmcgrew is working on riscv in a separate repository
421.8Smaya   https://github.com/zmcgrew/src/tree/riscv
431.8Smaya   Nobody is working on or1k.
441.1Sdholland - Contact matt@ for further information.
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471.7Smaya 2. cheri port
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491.2Sreinoudhttp://cheri-cpu.org
501.1SdhollandThere are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code
511.1Sdhollandquality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from.
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