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3NetBSD Networking Roadmap
4=========================
5
6This is a small roadmap document, and deals with the networking
7side of the operating system.
8
9The following projects are expected to be included in NetBSD 6.0
10
111. Mobile IPv6
122. SCTP
133. network driver polling
144. ALTQ processing on input
155. integrated multicast dns / zeroconf
166. tcp support in libsa
177. netboot from http
18
19We currently expect to branch 6.0 in the March 2010 timeframe, with a view
20to a 6.0 release later in 2010.
21
22We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
23
24
25Some explanations
26=================
27
282. SCTP
29-------
30
31Add support for the SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6.
32
333. network driver polling
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35
36Responsible: matt
37
384. ALTQ processing for input
39----------------------------
40
41Responsible: matt
42
435. multicast DNS / zeroconf
44---------------------------
45
46Add support for multicast DNS (name.local)
47
48Responsible: tsarna
49
506. tcp support in libsa
51-----------------------
52
53Add a tiny tcp implementation to libsa.
54
55Responsible: matt
56
577. http netbooting
58------------------
59
60Be able to use a HTTP server hosting a kernel and/or disk image as a
61read-only root device.
62
63Responsible: ???
64
65Matt Thomas
66Alistair Crooks
67Sun 25 Jan 2009 21:06:42 PST
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