18.1.1. High priority tasks

The following tasks are considered to be urgent, usually because they represent something that is badly broken or sorely needed:

1. 3-stage boot issues. Overall coordination: FreeBSD technical discussions mailing list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Autodetect memory over 64MB properly.
   • Move userconfig (-c) into 3rd stage boot.
   • Do WinNT compatible drive tagging so that the 3rd stage can provide an accurate mapping of BIOS geometries for disks.

2. Filesystem problems. Overall coordination: FreeBSD filesystem project mailing list <freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Fix the MSDOS file system.
   • Clean up and document the nullfs filesystem code. Coordinator: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Fix the union file system. Coordinator: John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Fix the LFS file system. Coordinator: John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
3. Implement kernel and user vm86 support. Coordinator: FreeBSD technical discussions mailing list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
4. Implement Int13 vm86 disk driver. Coordinator: FreeBSD technical discussions mailing list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
5. SCSI driver issues. Overall coordination: FreeBSD technical discussions mailing list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Support tagged queuing generically. Requires a rewrite of how we do our command queuing, but we need this anyway to for prioritized I/O (CD-R writers/scanners).
   • Better error handling (Busy status and retries).
   • Merged Scatter-Gather list creation code.

6. Kernel issues. Overall coordination: FreeBSD technical discussions mailing list <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Complete the eisaconf conversion of all existing drivers.
   • Change all interrupt routines to take a (void *) instead of using unit numbers.
   • Merge EISA/PCI/ISA interrupt registration code.
   • Split PCI/EISA/ISA probes out from drivers like bt742a.c (WIP)
   • Fix the syscons ALT-TAB/vt switching hangs. Coordinator: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Mouse support for syscons.
   • Merged keyboard code for all console drivers.
   • Rewrite the Intel Etherexpress 16 driver.
   • Merge the 3c509 and 3c590 drivers (essentially provide a PCI probe for ep.c).
   • Support Adaptec 3985 (first as a simple 3 channel SCSI card) Coordinator: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.ORG>
   • Support Advansys SCSI controller products. Coordinator: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.ORG>