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1 $NetBSD: ports,v 1.11 2024/05/03 09:00:59 nia Exp $ 2 3 NetBSD Ports Roadmap 4 ==================== 5 6 This roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level 7 material even if it's not strictly port-specific. 8 9 The following elements, projects, and goals are considered strategic 10 priorities for the project: 11 12 0. DRMKMS update 13 14 The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic 15 priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing: 16 17 1. c-sky port 18 2. latticemico32 port 19 3. or1k port 20 4. cheri port 21 22 The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing; 23 this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff 24 is perhaps less than for other things: 25 26 [none presently] 27 28 29 Explanations 30 ============ 31 32 0. DRMKMS update 33 34 The DRM drivers get old with time. The current drivers are from Linux 5.6, 35 having a newer version would be nice. 36 37 1. c-sky port 38 39 C-Sky is a low-end 32-bit architecture common in devices in China. 40 It is "inspired by" the M-CORE architecture from Motorola, with 41 the addition of a MMU. 42 43 As of 2024, low cost development boards exist and support exists in 44 upstream GCC. However, there is no NetBSD code. 45 46 As of 2024, nobody is working on this. 47 48 2. LatticeMico32 port 49 50 Code exists in the inactive EdgeBSD fork, targeting the Milkymist SoC. 51 52 As of 2024, nobody is working on importing it. 53 54 3. or1k port 55 56 We have a bit of or1k code, but it's not complete. 57 As of 2024, we have a risc-v port, and due to the industry prioritizing 58 risc-v it's unclear if or1k has a future. 59 60 4. cheri port 61 62 http://cheri-cpu.org 63 There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code 64 quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from. 65
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