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author | David Lamparter <equinox@opensourcerouting.org> | 2013-03-29 19:31:55 +0100 |
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committer | David Lamparter <equinox@opensourcerouting.org> | 2013-03-29 19:33:25 +0100 |
commit | 3d1e5791c53bf67ebd8ce45322779856974c687f (patch) | |
tree | fe041bdbeaaa793b6a9cfd578ead99c0ff08bf67 /TODO | |
parent | build: Update supported versions. (diff) | |
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doc: update TODO
the TODO was last touched in 2006. This is a first pass at cleaning it
up, motivated primarily by the need for an up-to-date idea list for the
Google Summer of Code 2013.
Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@opensourcerouting.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'TODO')
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1 files changed, 173 insertions, 63 deletions
@@ -1,78 +1,188 @@ Quagga TODO list - 2004/11/24 + 2013-03-29 -zebra: -o Pointopoint address configuration. -o Multiple (alias) address configuration for the interface when kernel - support it [just starting]. -o improve rtnetlink to handle sequence number tracking and reconciliation - and resyncs. -o Add support for valid and preferred lifetimes to IPv6 addresses -o proper support for (at least) 1-level recursive routes -o Ability to set src on routes, where systems support it. -o Ability to apply route-maps to daemon route updates. +This is the Quagga primary TODO list. It is on git because that way changes +pass through the usual process just like code does, therefore they will have +the same visibility. -bgpd: +If you are working on something beyond a simple fix, to avoid double work it +is a good idea to submit a patch to this TODO list when you are starting, +listing what you're doing. Also, as others may have done just that, check +the list before starting. -o BGP TCP MD5 authentication by password command. -o HUP signal support (reload configuration file). -o BGP multi-path extension -o move FSM state to be per-connection, not per-peer. -o Add support for internal and minimum-metric MED setting +Google Summer of Code 2013 note: this list double-serves as idea list for the +Summer of Code. Ideas considered suitable for students are marked with a star +after the number, like this: "[Q999*] achieve world peace". They will also +have extended descriptions. Nevertheless, if you'd like to do something else, +just write a mail to the mailing list: quagga-dev@lists.quagga.net -ripd: +"GSoC-Mentors:" listings are preliminary at this point. -o Multipath support. + +Overall +======= + +[Q000] improve unit test architecture + +[Q001] kick invalid runtime tests from configure.ac, use list of supported + OSes and their APIs instead. + Priority: low + State: patch half-done 2013-03-29 David Lamparter + +[Q002*] clean up zebra IPC, remove code duplication, align to common API + Priority: high + GSoC-Mentors: David Lamparter, Christian Franke + + Quagga posesses an IPC mechanism to exchange route information among + the different daemons and Zebra, the kernel-interface. This mechanism + is implemented in libzebra, but is currently used in all sorts of + different ways in the individual protocol daemons. Also, in the future + the entire protocol needs to be redone in an extensible way, so we're + able to support MPLS, BFD, Multi-Topology/Instance, VRFs, ... + + This TODO entry only refers to the first-step API cleanup. All the + daemons need to use a single, well-defined libzebra API. Only after + this has been addressed can we look upon changing the protocol itself, + since by then it will be encapsulated inside libzebra. + +[Q003] add multi-instance / multi-topology support to the individual protocols + +[Q004] MPLS support + State: work in progress 2013-03-29 Renato Westphal, Timo Teräs + +[Q005] BFD support + State: two old implementations exist, contact Hasso Tepper + + +library +======= + +[L000] improve route_table speed, eg strided lookups for common prefix depths. + +[L001] ipv6 addresses need concept of valid/preferred + +[L002] implement a generic daemon access/control protocol (eg D-Bus like? + simplified SNMP-a-like? NETCONF?) + +[L003] extend vty command definitions to allow them to be self-documenting + i18n command help strings + +[L004] create a common libspf (for ospfd, ospf6d and possibly isisd and more). + cf. TODO item [O000] for the ospfd/ospf6d specific variant + +[L005] stabilise the API (possibly including symbol/library versioning voodoo) + +[L006] Document the exported API (DocBook/Doxygen?) + +[LE00] incorporate library changes from Euro-IX branch, except threading + +[LE01] incorporate threading library support from Euro-IX branch + + +zebra +===== + +[Z000] Pointopoint address configuration. + Priority: low + State: patch done & tested 2013-03-29 David Lamparter + +[Z001] Add support for valid and preferred lifetimes to IPv6 addresses + +[Z002] proper support for (at least) 1-level recursive routes + Priority: high + +[Z003] Ability to set src on routes, where systems support it. + +[Z004] Ability to apply route-maps to daemon route updates. + + +bgpd +==== + +[B000] HUP signal support (reload configuration file). + +[B001] BGP multi-path extension, relaxed mode + Priority: medium + +[B002] move FSM state to be per-connection, not per-peer. + +[B003] Add support for internal and minimum-metric MED setting + + +ripd +==== + +[R000] Multipath support. + + +ospfd/ospf6d +============ + +[O000] move SPF to common code + +[O001] extend code sharing between ospfd and ospf6d beyond SPF + +[O002*] OSPF testing replay tool + Priority: medium + GSoC-Mentors: Martin Winter, Christian Franke, David Lamparter + + In order to extensively test OSPF implementations, a tool to fake an + OSPF neighbor is immensely useful. This tool needs to be capable of + forming an adjacency and pushing LSAs to the device to be tested. To + maintain the adjacency, some minimal state tracking is useful. + + In total, the tool needs to form an adjacency, read and push LSAs, and + output received LSAs. Additional tools to generate LSAs from + specifications as well as verify received LSA correctness can then be + built on top of that. + + The tool needs to support IPv4 and IPv6, possibly split into 2 tools + with some code sharing. ospfd: -o Rewrite the incremental RT update code. -o Demand circuits. -o Multiple instances. -o OSPF MIB [SNMP get is amost finished]. -o HUP signal treatment. -o Fragment Oversized LSAs -o move SPF to common code -o NSSA priority rules (RFC3101 2.4) -o Type-7 address ranges (RFC3101 2.2) -o Originating Type-7 default into area (RFC3101 2.7) +[O400] Demand circuits. + Priority: very low + +[O401] Multiple instances. + Priority: medium + +[O402] HUP signal treatment. + Priority: medium + State: patch on ML needs review 2012-06-04 Mattias Walström ospf6d: -o move SPF to common code -o add router-id lookups - -isisd: - -o finish SPF -o select nearest L2 when running SPF for L1 -o remove the routes when holding time for nexthop expires -o redistribution -o autosummary - -o Mesh groups (RFC2973) -o Crypto authentication (RFC3567) - -lib: -o improve route_table speed, eg strided lookups for common prefix depths. -o improve hash tables, eg auto-growing hash tables -o move performance sensitive users of hashes over to jhash -o clean up linked lists -o ipv6 addresses need concept of valid/preferred -o implement a generic daemon access/control protocol (eg D-Bus like? - simplified SNMP-a-like?) -o merge SPF code from ospfd and ospf6d into a common libspf -o depends-on(generic A/C protocol) move snmp to seperate daemon -o extend command definitions to allow them to be self-documenting -o i18n command help strings -o Document the exported API (DocBook/Doxygen?) - -vtysh: -o untangle readline specific bits -o add a vtyd with a vty (ie telnet) frontend (as opposed to readline) -o depends-on(generic A/C protocol) use such -o better AAA support than just PAM, eg krb5, SASL, LDAP.. - ----------------------------- +[O600] fix ospf6d in general + Priority: high + State: patches tickling in from Cumulus Networks 2013-03-29 Dinesh Dutt + +isisd +===== + +[I000] reassess isisd TODO + +[I001*] IS-IS testing replay tool + Priority: medium + GSoC-Mentors: Martin Winter, Christian Franke, David Lamparter + + see [O002*]. + +[I002] Mesh groups (RFC2973) + +[I003] Crypto authentication (RFC3567) + + +vtysh +===== + +[V000] untangle readline specific bits + +[V001] add a vtyd with a vty (ie telnet) frontend (as opposed to readline) + +[V002] (=> [L002]) use daemon control protocol + +[V003] better AAA support than just PAM, eg krb5, SASL, LDAP... |