- Remove the HDA entry. It's being worked on and the results will be
committed to CURRENT in a not so distant future. - Remove the sync USB with NetBSD entry. An import of a new USB subsystem will soon happen. - Extend the linuxulator and regression test entries.
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<!ENTITY base CDATA "../..">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/index.sgml,v 1.68 2006/08/25 15:54:46 joel Exp $">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/index.sgml,v 1.69 2006/08/28 08:14:40 joel Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD list of projects and ideas for volunteers">
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<!ENTITY % navinclude.developers "INCLUDE">
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<!ENTITY % developers SYSTEM "../../developers.sgml"> %developers;
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<li><a href="#p-fastcall">Fast syscall support for FreeBSD/i386</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-memcpy">FPU subsystem overhaul</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-geninput">Generic input device layer</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-hda">High Definition Audio (HDA) support</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-powerd">Implement and profile algorithms for powerd</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-iscsi">iSCSI</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-amd64linux">Linuxulator with native amd64 support</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-syncer">Rewrite the in-kernel file system syncer</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-suspend">Suspend to disk</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-bootcode">Sync FreeBSD i386 boot code with DragonFly</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-usbnetbsd">Sync USB code with NetBSD</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-sysmod">Syscons modularization</a></li>
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<li><a href="#p-updatelinux">Update the Linuxulator</a></li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<a name="p-hda"></a>
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<h2>High Definition Audio (HDA) support</h2>
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<p><strong>Technical contact</strong>: <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org</a>
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(mailing list)</p>
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<p><strong>URL</strong>: <a href="http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/">HDA
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Specification</a></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Have a look at the specification.</li>
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<li>Implement HDA support.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Some work has been done, but progress is slow. More manpower is needed. <a
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href="mailto:sepotvin@videotron.ca">Stephane E. Potvin</a> has <a
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href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2006-May/004248.html">begun</a>
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implementing HDA support to our sound system and a patch is available <a
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href="http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/hdac_20060525.tbz">here</a>. This
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is very experimental, and should not be considered stable code.</p>
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<p>Several extensions to this code have been written in order for at least
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minimal support for some chipsets. You can find patches <a
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href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2006-July/004461.html">here</a>,
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<a
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href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2006-July/004481.html">here</a>
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and <a
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href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2006-July/004488.html">here</a>.
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Please note that this is considered very experimental code.</p>
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<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Ability to read and understand foreign C code.</li>
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<li>Ability to write C code.</li>
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<li>HDA-based sound card.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<a name="p-powerd"></a>
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<h2>Implement and profile algorithms for powerd</h2>
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<p><strong>Technical contacts</strong>: <a
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<hr>
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<a name="p-usbnetbsd"></a>
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<h2>Sync USB code with NetBSD</h2>
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<p><strong>Mailing list</strong>: <a
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href="mailto:freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org</a></p>
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<p>There are various improvements and fixes to the USB code in NetBSD
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which have not found their way into FreeBSD yet.</p>
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<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Ability to read and understand foreign C code.</li>
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<li>Ability to write C code.</li>
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<li>Various USB devices and/or energy to let people on the USB mailing list
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test patches and listen to bug reports regarding those tests.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<a name="p-sysmod"></a>
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<h2>Syscons modularization</h2>
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<p>Separate the syscons code into distinct parts for input, output,
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<a name="p-updatelinux"></a>
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<h2>Update the Linuxulator</h2>
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<p><strong>Technical contact</strong>: <a
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href="mailto:emulation@FreeBSD.org">Emulation mailing list</a>, <a
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href="mailto:netchild@FreeBSD.org">&a.netchild;</a>, <a
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href="mailto:rdivacky@FreeBSD.org">Roman Divacky</a></p>
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<p>FreeBSD provides Linux binary compatibility through a Linux system call
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table that is invoked when Linux ELF binaries are executed. This
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implementation should be compared with an up-to-date Linux kernel so that
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important missing syscalls can be added to ensure that all mainstream
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applications continue to work on FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="mailto:rdivacky@FreeBSD.org">Roman Divacky</a> is <a
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href="http://wikitest.freebsd.org/Linuxolator-status">working</a> on updating
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the linuxulator as part of Google Summer of Code 2006.</p>
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applications continue to work on FreeBSD. More information about the current
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status can be obtained from the <a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel">wiki page</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Ability to read and understand foreign C code.</li>
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detect this tunable in loader.conf and indicate which way of booting is
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the current default (in case the user adds it there to be on the safe
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side in the airplane).</p>
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<p>Patches are available for testing <a
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href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-July/017249.html">here</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Knowledge of C (changing the drivers to respect the tunable).</li>
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<a name="p-regression"></a>
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<h2>Regression testing system</h2>
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<p><strong>Technical contact</strong>: <a
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href="mailto:netchild@FreeBSD.org">&a.netchild</a>, <a
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href="mailto:nik@FreeBSD.org">&a.nik;</a></p>
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<p>&a.nik; has written a regression test infrastructure using Perl. More of
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the regression tests should be made to work with libtap.</p>
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ok() and friends from libtap.</li>
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<li>More regression tests should be written.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Porting <a href="http://ltp.sf.net/">LTP</a> might also be a good idea.</p>
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<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Good knowledge of scripting languages (Perl preferred).</li>
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