Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:08:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46522 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201504122108.t3CL8Mas014436@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sun Apr 12 21:08:21 2015 New Revision: 46522 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46522 Log: Add opaque ifnet report Approved by: hrs (mentor, implicit) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Sun Apr 12 20:55:52 2015 (r46521) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Sun Apr 12 21:08:21 2015 (r46522) @@ -342,5 +342,49 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y</pre> </body> </project> + <project cat='proj'> + <title>Opaque ifnet</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Gleb</given> + <common>Smirnoff</common> + </name> + <email>glebius@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/projects/ifnet">Project wiki page</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The project is to design a new KPI for network drivers + that would allow for the network stack to evolve, without + breaking compatibility with older drivers. The core idea is to + hide <tt>struct ifnet</tt> from drivers, thus the + project has the name "opaque ifnet". However, the + project will include more changes than just hiding the + struct's definition.</p> + + <p>At present, the new KPI has been prototyped, most + important parts of network stack have been modified + appropriately, and several drivers have been converted to new + KPI.</p> + + <p>The project needs more manpower, since there are many + network drivers in the tree, with a total of 245 sites where a + struct ifnet is allocated.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>Netflix</sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Convert more drivers.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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