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; $Id$
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** To skip this preamble, search forward for the pattern `**'.
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This file contains a list of ideas that people have come up for "good
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things to do" in FreeBSD 2.0. These aren't necessarily things on the
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fast-track, and in fact consist mostly of things that the core team is
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never going to find the time to do so, if most things here are going
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to happen at all, they'll happen when someone reading this list steps
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forward and volunteers!
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That said, a lot of these ideas would be very nice to have and would
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add substantially to the perceived value of FreeBSD. Some items on
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this list would add a LOT of value, for that matter, and are by no
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means trivial. Take and fix an item with a (*) next to it and WC will
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even send you a free 2.0 CD for your troubles! It's the least they
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can do for all notable contributors.
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This is a also good place to look if you're keen for a little
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assignment, whole project or just something random to do. Many folks
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often feel intimidated by the sheer size of FreeBSD and think "I'd
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like to pitch in somehow, but god, what can _I_ do? I can't possibly
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do any of the things the core team are doing - aiiggh! They'll laugh
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at my code, I know it! I can't do it!"
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Trust us, don't worry! Take a dedicated stab at something on this
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list and most of us will applaud - even if you don't finish, you may
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stir someone else into picking it up where you left off. Above all,
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pick something you'll have fun doing!
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There are small things and large things in this list, and we may
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periodically reshuffle it to mark things done, outdated or more
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important. Tasks are tagged with a unique ID number (YYMMDDNNN) for
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later tracking and are also easily machine-parsable by those seeking
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to browse them with some home-rolled search program. Some indication
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of relative difficulty level is also given for each task, though it
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should be kept in mind that one persons "easy" is anothers
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"impossible", so take the ratings with a grain of salt! :)
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If you start working on something from this list, we also suggest that
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you contact the email-address listed for more information and to
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provide some central coordination for your effort. If the email
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address given is simply <foo> then the email address can be presumed
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to be <foo@freefall.cdrom.com>. If no email address is listed, then
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simply send to <freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com>.
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Thanks!
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The FreeBSD core team.
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** --- cut here ---
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TASKID: 940820001
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TASK: Add interupts and pseudo-dma to pas.c
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DETAIL: { You'll need a manual for the ncr-5380 chip and possibly some
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doc on the PAS16. Linux/NetBSD also have existing drivers to study. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel scsi
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN
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TASKID: 940820002
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TASK: Add Linux/Crynwr compatible plip mode to lpt.c
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DETAIL: { Use IF_LLC0 as mode-flag. Look at the crynwr packet-driver
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plip.asm (ftp::ftp.ftp.com) and the linux driver for reference. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel networking
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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TASKID: 940820003
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TASK: Add laptop-feature to wd.c
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DETAIL: { If disk just spun up, do sync when we have it running. Need
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to detect that disk was turned off, e.g. had a long delay in becomming
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ready again. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel laptop
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GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
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STATUS: OPEN
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TASKID: 940820004
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TASK: Add hot-swap PCMICIA bus and driver support.
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DETAIL: { Several teams in Linux and one in NetBSD are working on providing
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hot insertion/removal and autoconfiguration of PCMCIA cards. This task
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also requires some modification of existing drivers to support being used
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by PCMCIA cards. This task is both really hard and comparatively easy;
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hard because it's a big job, easy because others have already gone much of
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the way and you have their work for reference. }
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EMAIL: <jkh>
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CATS: kernel laptop
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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TASKID: 940820005
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TASK: Salvage seagate.c driver from 1.1.5.1
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DETAIL: { We've got a seagate driver that could use a little cleanup and
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migration effort }
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EMAIL: <jkh>
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CATS: kernel scsi
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GRADE: BEGINNER
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STATUS: OPEN
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TASKID: 940820006
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TASK: Add bootp/DHCP to the generic ethernet code.
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DETAIL: { Implement an ioctl(), which will send a bootp on a particular
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interface and return the data in a usable format. OR make a program which uses
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existing ioctls to do it. See RFC153[34] for information on DHCP. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel networking
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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TASKID: 940820007
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TASK: Add bootp/DHCP capability to slip driver.
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DETAIL: { Cisco's products implement this. Both master and slave side would be
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desirable. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel networking
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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TASKID: 940820008
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TASK: Make the netboot.com program use all of the bootp-reply.
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DETAIL: { Make the netboot.com program use all of the bootp-reply.
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Presently it ignores the "gateway" field entirely. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel networking
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN
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TASKID: 940820009
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TASK: Make a freebsd.com MS-DOS boot program
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DETAIL: { This program should be able to boot like the boot-blocks, that is
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find a FreeBSD-partition and load the kernel from there, but it should
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also be able to load the kernel from an optional MS-DOS file. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel DOS
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GRADE: ADVANCED
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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TASKID: 940820010
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TASK: Make iostat find the disks
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DETAIL: { This is actually mostly a change to the device-drivers to collect
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the information in the first place. }
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel
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GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
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STATUS: OPEN
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TASKID: 940820011
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TASK: Silence "cc -Wall"
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DETAIL: { Lots of warnings if you try this. You will find this a challenge
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actually, and it is good training in the C language.}
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EMAIL: <phk>
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CATS: kernel user
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GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
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STATUS: OPEN (*)
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