THINGS TO BE DONE:					<$Revision: 1.77 $>

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This is a list of things that need to be done for NetBSD.  Some of
these projects are small, others are large.  Some are extremely
important, others are enhancements to make the system more flexible
for the wide variety of NetBSD users and their applications.

In general there are some guidelines for work to be included in
NetBSD.  Chief among these are:

	   (1) Keep GPLed stuff out of the kernel.
	   (2) Introduce little to no more GPLed stuff as non-optional
	       components of the user environment.
	   (3) Only clean code, that lends itself to further enhancement
	   (4) Keep architecture dependent code out of architecture independent
	       directories

Associated with some entries are login names which indicate persons or
groups who may already be working on that problem.  This isn't to say
that others shouldn't also look at it, but consultation with other
parties may result in less duplicated work.  A directory of these
persons can be found after the todo list itself.

Please don't hesitate to suggest more projects for this list.
Suggestions, comments, etc to projects@NetBSD.ORG.

High Kernel:

    swap fixes:
	swap to fixed length pre-allocated file (mrg)
	swap partition removal (mrg)
	swap to file of dynamic size; see apollo
    nfs:
	kernel suport for lockd(8), lockf(3)
    merged vm and buffer cache
    fix vm_object_collapse() to handle vm objects with external pagers
	(mrg)
    clean up support for LKM and protections checking (cgd)
    deprecate use of MACHINE_NONCONTIG

Low Kernel:

    scsi disk formatting support
    [hp300] integrate into new SCSI setup (or wait for torek's?)
    [hp300] redo hp300 config files for the new config
    recognizing SCSI devices that powerup after boot
    widen dev_t minor number to 24 bits. Leave major at 8 bits.
    kernel printf cleanup.
    Add ddb support for LKM modules.

User-level support:

    lockf(3)
    Replace routed with gated.
    Upgrade bind (i.e named+the resolver) to 4.9.whatever.
    
User programs:
    /usr/bin/Mail needs username.lock support
    lockd(8)
    **** A good install program ****
    rwall nfs-mountees on shutdown
    add detachment to window
    add the new gnu ld. (Does duplicate string elimination)
    clean up gcc/gdb/gas config files, set up common defines
    fix things that use $EDITOR to use system() or friends
        rather than exec(), because some people put options in
        $EDITOR (some programs do this correctly already)
    fix ifconfig -a properly. it only does printing now, and
        needs to handle "ifconfig -a netmask 255.255.255.0"
    get new rdist

Pie-in-the-Sky:
    someone should actually test all the netiso stuff.	

Documentation:
    man pages for anything that doesn't have one:
		ypclnt(3) functions, yp programs, ...
    modify sys docs to reflect NetBSD/arch-specific stuff

i386 kernel support:
     better ways of accessing BIOS, i/o space.  some exportable to
	user space.  See mach3,linux dos emulator

i386 device-drivers work:
     fd formatting support (julian)
     mca support
     device man pages
     fast serial support (onno & fvdl)
     pcmcia support