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3NetBSD Ports Roadmap
4====================
5
6This roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level
7material even if it's not strictly port-specific.
8
9The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic
10priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing:
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12 1. riscv and/or or1k ports
13 2. cheri port
14
15The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing;
16this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff
17is perhaps less than for other things:
18
19 [none presently]
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21
22Explanations
23============
24
25 1. riscv and/or or1k ports
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27We have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done.
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29 - As of January 2017 nobody is known to be working on this.
30 - There is currently no clear timeframe or release target.
31 - Contact matt@ for further information.
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34 2. cheri port
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36http://cheri-cpu.org
37There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code
38quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from.
39