svn commit: r46522 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status
Benjamin Kaduk <[email protected]>
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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>[email protected]</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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