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$NetBSD: ports,v 1.9 2021/10/31 08:11:13 nia Exp $
NetBSD Ports Roadmap
====================
This roadmap covers ports and port-specific issues, and also bus-level
material even if it's not strictly port-specific.
The following elements, projects, and goals are considered strategic
priorities for the project:
0. DRMKMS update
The following elements, projects, and goals are not strategic
priorities but are still important undertakings worth doing:
1. riscv and/or or1k ports
2. cheri port
The following elements, projects, and goals are perhaps less pressing;
this doesn't mean one shouldn't work on them but the expected payoff
is perhaps less than for other things:
[none presently]
Explanations
============
0. DRMKMS update
The DRM drivers get old with time. The current drivers are from Linux 4.4,
having a newer version would be nice.
- As of July 2018, maya is working on this.
1. riscv and/or or1k ports
We have some riscv code and a bit of or1k code, but neither is done.
- As of July 2018, zmcgrew is working on riscv in a separate repository
https://github.com/zmcgrew/src/tree/riscv
Nobody is working on or1k.
- Contact matt@ for further information.
2. cheri port
http://cheri-cpu.org
There are a number of reasons to tackle this; it will serve as a code
quality lever. Also there's already a FreeBSD port to steal from.