From nobody Tue Nov 30 09:53:47 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737C318C82D9 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:53:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net) Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (relay5-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.197]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4J3Hbw6MvXz3CTV for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:53:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net) Received: (Authenticated sender: daniel.engberg@pyret.net) by relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D2DE91C000E for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:53:47 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:53:47 +0100 From: Daniel Engberg To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: X-Sender: daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4J3Hbw6MvXz3CTV X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net designates 217.70.183.197 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.60 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[217.70.183.197:from]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.70.183.192/28:c]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.62)[0.622]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[pyret.net]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.61)[-0.609]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.98)[0.984]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29169, ipnet:217.70.176.0/20, country:FR]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[217.70.183.197:from] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Hi, A few projects that I think would be beneficial * Native exFAT and F2FS support, I think someone (with a FreeBSD hat) already expressed interest in adding exFAT support to FreeBSD 14 * Better documentation for the iflib network driver framework * ARM "CPU cluster" support, both big.LITTLE awareness and support for running at different clockspeeds I'm not sure if there could be some generic framework as we're starting to see this on x86 too (Intel 12th Gen) * Better documentation for ARM/ARM64 devices, it's even hard for devs to figure out how to get boards booting despite being supported like the Macchiato/Espressobin or how to "convert" existing images to other supported boards which do not have a separate image. Right now most information is scattered on the wiki and mailinglist and it's hard to find the most recent information. * Support Ryzen ECC memory status and reporting (what Linux refers to as EDAC) Best regards, Daniel