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      3 NetBSD Ports Roadmap
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      6 This roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level
      7 material even if it's not strictly port-specific.
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      9 The following elements, projects, and goals are considered strategic
     10 priorities for the project:
     11 
     12  1. EFI boot for x86
     13  2. xhci support (done and will be in -8)
     14  3. Get arm64/aarch64 working
     15 
     16 The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic
     17 priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing:
     18 
     19  4. riscv and/or or1k ports
     20  5. 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]
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     28 
     29 Explanations
     30 ============
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     32 
     33  1. EFI boot for x86
     34 
     35 EFI boot is now often required for new x86 hardware. This is
     36 effectively a mandatory item for -8. Fortunately, nonaka has most of
     37 it done, though it's not yet committed.
     38 
     39  - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this.
     40  - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target.
     41  - Contact agc for further information.
     42 
     43 
     44  2. xhci support
     45 
     46 xhci is also critical for new x86 hardware. skrll@ says this is done;
     47 it will be -8.
     48 
     49  3. Get arm64/aarch64 working
     50 
     51 We have some arm64 code but apparently it doesn't really work yet.
     52 
     53  - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be actively working on this.
     54  - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target.
     55  - Contact: ? (XXX)
     56 
     57 
     58  4. riscv and/or or1k ports
     59 
     60 We have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done.
     61 
     62  - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this.
     63  - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target.
     64  - Contact matt@ for further information.
     65 
     66 
     67  5. cheri port
     68 
     69 http://cheri-cpu.org
     70 There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code
     71 quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from.
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