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    1: [[!meta title="NetBSD 9.0 preliminary tasklist"]]
    2: 
    3: ## PRs worth fixing
    4: 
    5: (carried over unclosed PRs from [[netbsd8]])
    6: 
    7: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=53053]]: non-MULTIPROCESSOR hangs building Go~~ (still reproducable with newer go?)  
    8:   [[!template id=pr number=53173]]: "go test net/http" locks up the machine (both PRs tied /!\ )
    9: * [[!template id=pr number=53016]]: Clock not stable /!\
   10: * [[!template id=pr number=53017]]: Kernel panics every now and then with "fpusave_lwp: did not" message
   11: * [[!template id=pr number=53155]]: Wedge after <12h uptime when >2 bnx network interfaces in use /!\
   12: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=53161]]: ATF test runs leave a rump_server process around~~
   13: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=53286]]: hdaudio(4), iwm(4) and rtsx(4) detections fail in UEFI case /!\~~
   14: * [[!template id=pr number=53291]]: GPT prevents installation
   15: 
   16: Regression since [[netbsd8]]:
   17: 
   18: * [[!template id=pr number=53128]]: Boot says "default boot twice, skipping..."
   19: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=54074]]: Test cases ending in 32 fail on sparc64 since jemalloc update~~
   20: * [[!template id=pr number=54089]]: vax installer does not boot (init dies)
   21: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=54093]]: Recent test regressions on sparc~~
   22: * [[!template id=pr number=54300]]: lib/libutil/t_snprintb test regression on sparc
   23: * [[!template id=pr number=54345]]: kernel diagnostic assertion "xfer != NULL" in wdc.c
   24: * ~~[[!template id=pr number=54503]]: Panic during attaching nvme(4) when # of logical CPUs >= 32 ? /!\~~
   25: * [[!template id=pr number=54727]]: writing a large file causes unreasonable system behaviour (may not be a regression, but became more noticable with -9)
   26: * [[!template id=pr number=54761]]: nvme corruption on GENERIC without DIAGNOSTIC
   27: * [[!template id=pr number=54771]]: nvme(4) fails to attach
   28: 
   29: ## Bug Bountys
   30: 
   31: PRs in the above list marked with /!\ are likely hard and critical, and have a bug bounty of $100 attached.
   32: If you find a solution for one of the marked issues that leads to closing of the PRs, we will get
   33: in touch with you.
   34: 
   35: ## Features to finish/implement
   36: 
   37: * IPF/PF deprecation in favour of NPF
   38:    - TODO: docs, what features to add to NPF ...
   39: * ATA/NCQ
   40:    - variants of [[!template id=pr number=48214]] "clearing WDCTL_RST failed" during boot - problem still present on some configurations
   41:    - ~~[[!template id=pr number=52783]] parallel fsck hangs during boot of 8.99.[5678]~~ (done)
   42:    - ~~[[!template id=pr number=52614]] qemu virtual CD-ROM reports read errors since recent wdc changes~~ (done)
   43:    - ~~[[!template id=pr number=53183]] System stops servicing I/O requests and eventually deadlocks~~ (done)
   44: * UBC using direct map - removal of pmap_enter()/pmap_remove()/pmap_update() for read()/write()-based I/O
   45:    - [[!template id=pr number=54759]] (vm.ubc_direct deadlock when read()/write() into mapping of itself)
   46:    - [[!template id=pr number=53124]] (FFS is slow because pmap_update doesn't scale)
   47:    - confirmed working on amd64, alpha, aarch64
   48:    - ~~need sysctl to more easily turn on, will be left off by default for 9.0~~ (done)
   49: * XEN AVX working
   50:    - ~~[[!template id=pr number=50332]] AVX instructions don't work but OSXSAVE flag is set~~ (done)
   51: * ZFS
   52: * ~~~kASan for amd64~~~ (done)
   53: * ~~~kASan for aarch64~~~ (done)
   54: * ~~~compiler-rt in the base with enabled features for Clang/LLVM~~~ (done)
   55: * LVM mirror target
   56: * ~~~add NVMM~~~ (done)
   57: * ~~~plug kernel pointer leaks~~~ (done)
   58: * ~~~fix Nouveau, some GPUs stopped working after the update~~~ (done)
   59: * umb(4) confirmed working with network traffic
   60: 
   61: ## Nice to have
   62: 
   63: * ~~~arm: GENERIC kernel config for armv7 boards.~~~ (done)
   64: * ~~~arm64: Support for servers following SBSA/SBBR standards~~~ (done)
   65: * ~~~updated graphics drivers~~~ (done)
   66: * PVHVM and PVH
   67: * ~~~ARM64 ACPI~~~ (done)
   68: * WireGuard
   69: * expand x86 intr masks to allow up to 56 interrupts per CPU and hence 40 MSI/MSI-X on cpu0
   70:   [[http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2018/12/01/msg034728.html]]
   71: 
   72: ## Nice to have, but likely won't be finished on time
   73: 
   74: * ~~~merge pgoyette-compat~~~ (done)
   75: * ~~~address failing ptrace(2) tests, cover the remaining scenarios (there are planned ~2k ATF tests total for the elementary functionality)~~~ (done in the scope for 9.0)
   76: * ~~~rework semantics of threading operations in ptrace(2)~~~ (done)
   77: 
   78: ## Abandoned for 9.0
   79: 
   80: * ~~~gcc 8+ from a sanitizers point of view~~~ (abandoned)
   81: 
   82: ## Current status and timeline
   83: 
   84: * release candidate 1 is available
   85:   [[https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-9/]]
   86: * several important fixes queued for pullup after RC1, releng decided to do a second RC
   87: * expecting RC2 around mid of december 2019
   88: * final release hopefully (very) early january 2020