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1.1       maya        1: [[!template id=project
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                      3: title="Making a network driver MPSAFE"
                      4: 
                      5: contact="""
                      6: [tech-net](mailto:tech-net@NetBSD.org)
                      7: """
                      8: 
                      9: category="kernel"
                     10: difficulty="easy"
                     11: duration="1 month"
                     12: 
                     13: description="""
                     14: 
                     15: Access to some hardware registers and other things can only be done by one CPU at a time.  
                     16: An easy way to do this is to make the entire network stack runs with a single lock held, so operations only take place on one core.  
                     17: This is inefficient, if you ever want to use more than one core, for faster performing cards.
                     18: 
                     19: Adapting old drivers to be able to run with the rest of the network stack not having this lock will improve NetBSD networking.  
                     20: A large number of drivers must be adapted, and some of them can be emulated from virtual machines too, some examples:  
                     21: 
1.2     ! kim        22: * RealTek ethernet [[!template id=man name="re" section="4"]] (QEMU)
        !            23: * Atheros ethernet [[!template id=man name="alc" section="4"]]
1.1       maya       24: 
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                     26: """
                     27: 
                     28: ]]
                     29: 
                     30: [[!tag gsoc]]