1#	$NetBSD: TODO,v 1.21 2020/05/28 20:27:41 jmcneill Exp $
2
3THINGS TO BE DONE:
4
5[ Note that this list does not include change requests filed via 'gnats'.
6  For information about them, mail query-pr@NetBSD.org. ]
7
8This is a list of things that need to be done for NetBSD.  Some of
9these projects are small, others are large.  Some are extremely
10important, others are enhancements to make the system more flexible
11for the wide variety of NetBSD users and their applications.
12
13In general there are some guidelines for work to be included in
14NetBSD.  Chief among these are:
15
16	   (1) Keep GPLed stuff out of the kernel.
17	   (2) Introduce little to no more GPLed stuff as non-optional
18	       components of the user environment.
19	   (3) Only clean code, that lends itself to further enhancement
20	   (4) Keep architecture dependent code out of architecture independent
21	       directories
22
23Associated with some entries are login names which indicate persons or
24groups who may already be working on that problem.  This isn't to say
25that others shouldn't also look at it, but consultation with other
26parties may result in less duplicated work.  A directory of these
27persons can be found after the todo list itself.
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29Please don't hesitate to suggest more projects for this list.
30Suggestions, comments, etc to projects@NetBSD.org.
31
32High Kernel:
33    swap fixes:
34	swap to file of dynamic size; see apollo
35
36User programs:
37    rwall nfs-mountees on shutdown
38
39This is a list of suggested smaller projects (in no particular order):
40
41+ speed up sort(1) by using mmap(2) rather than temp files
42+ port valgrind to NetBSD for pkgsrc, then use it to do an audit of
43  any memory leakage
44+ simplify some of the quirks in our build system
45+ investigate zebra or quagga in gnusrc rather than routed
46+ do a type-punned pointer sweep for -fstrict-aliases (and fix the
47  problems, not the symptoms)
48+ perhaps look at putting wonka into src/ (with uuencoded class lib?)
49+ write an overview document for openssl and certificates
50+ documentation project help
51+ Examine our vnode locking and vfs layer and see what needs to be changed
52  for locking in layered filesystems to really work
53+ Make mountd(8) update the in-kernel exports list for each file system
54  atomically.  Many parts of the utility will need a rewrite, but the kernel
55  functionality is already there (just enable the "notyet" blocks of code in
56  sys/nfs/nfs_export.c).
57