svn commit: r46522 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sun Apr 12 21:08:23 UTC 2015

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 at 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>
