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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:
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     12  0. DRMKMS update
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     14 The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic
     15 priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing:
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     17  1. riscv and/or or1k ports
     18  2. cheri port
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     20 The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing;
     21 this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff
     22 is perhaps less than for other things:
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     24  [none presently]
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     27 Explanations
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     30  0. DRMKMS update
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     32 The DRM drivers get old with time. The current drivers are from Linux 4.4,
     33 having a newer version would be nice.
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     35 - As of July 2018, maya is working on this.
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     37  1. riscv and/or or1k ports
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     39 We have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done.
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     41  - As of July 2018, zmcgrew is working on riscv in a separate repository
     42    https://github.com/zmcgrew/src/tree/riscv
     43    Nobody is working on or1k.
     44  - Contact matt@ for further information.
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     47  2. cheri port
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     49 http://cheri-cpu.org
     50 There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code
     51 quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from.
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