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Open Issues

This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for FreeBSD 5.0. If you think something should be listed here, please email re@FreeBSD.org. This issue was discussed in detail at the Developer Summit at Usenix.

Must Resolve Issues for 5.0-RC1

IssueStatusResponsibleDescription
Audit of devfs device permissions -- kris@FreeBSD.org With the move to devfs, the permissions specified in kernel device creation lines using make_dev() are now used as the default permissions for /dev entries. Some of these entries are more lax than is desired, or than the MAKEDEV defaults in 4.x. These need to be carefully reviewed and fixed.

Must Resolve Issues for 5.0-RELEASE

IssueStatusResponsibleDescription
5.0 Documentation--freebsd-doc As a minimum, we need to cover the areas where 5.x and 4.x differ in the FAQ and Handbook. This entails marking some areas with "This procedure is specific to 4.X. For more information for 5.x, please see foo(n)" or similar. This needs to happen quickly, to give adequate time for the translation teams to catch up.
Disable performance penalizing debug options Pending RC1 re@ A number of performance-penalizing debug options are turned on by default in 5.0-CURRENT. These include user malloc debugging flags, WITNESS, INVARIANTS, DEBUG=-g, and others. These must be turned off as we approach the release.
Disable verbose debug options Pending RC1 By default, ACPI generates verbose bus dumps during initial boot even if verbose it turned off. This output needs to be turned down.
devdPrototype committed. imp@FreeBSD.orgA devd prototype has been committed; will mature as we approach the 5.0 release, including adopting a mature configuration format.
TrustedBSD MAC Framework userland applications Perforce trustedbsd_mac: preparing for merge to main tree rwatson@FreeBSD.org Simple labeling applications including {get,set}[fp]mac(8), as well as labeling during the login process.
TrustedBSD MAC Framework documentation FreeBSD documentation CVS HEAD: in progress chris@FreeBSD.orgUser and developer documentation of the new extensible security framework. Includes guides for live deployment, development of policy modules, and implementation information.
Port of LOMAC to TrustedBSD MAC Framework Perforce trustedbsd_mac: in progress green@FreeBSD.org Re-implementation of LOMAC to plug in via the MAC framework, making it easier to deploy and support, as well as removing code duplication in the LOMAC tree to improve maintenance cost.
gdb for sparc64 -- tmm@FreeBSD.org gdb 5.3 now works with sparc64; gdb import required.
Sysinstall for sparc64 -- phk@FreeBSD.org Sysinstall currently doesn't understand disk labeling sufficiently to correctly install on sparc64. Various approaches might be taken, including adopting libwhisk as an extendable labeling mechanism, but the work hasn't yet been done. For sparc64 to be a Tier 1 supported platform, it needs sysinstall to work out of the box.
UFS2 bootable on i386 In progress. We might want to miss on this one. phk@FreeBSD.org UFS2 can be successfully booted on sparc64, but on i386 boot2 cannot fit in the space reserved in front of a UFS1 filesystem. disklabel, libdisk, sysinstall and newfs needs to learn about this wrinkle, and we need some makefile magic to build both UFS1 and UFS1/2 boot2 boot files. The potential for foot-shooting is very large, and phk@ currently leans towards defaulting to UFS1 for root and boot, and UFS2 for all other filesystems.
ACPI support for multiple host-pci bridge adapters patches being circulated jhb@FreeBSD.org There appear to be problems with BIOS's incorrectly identifying host-pci bridge adpaters. These must be resolved before 5.0.
KerberosV, OpenSSH, and PAM In progress markm@FreeBSD.org, nectar@FreeBSD.org KerberosV appears not to currently work with OpenSSH using PAM.
FireWire SupportIn progress?? Firewire kernel support has been committed. Userland support is pending. Large quantities of debugging output are reported; may require an "experimental feature tag" for the release notes?
Proc LockingPatches available in Perforce jhb@FreeBSD.orgFurther locking cleanups relating to p_ucred.

Desired Features for 5.0-RELEASE

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IssueStatusResponsibleDescription
User documentation for ACPI. -- freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org The new ACPI code is a very important component of FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE, but the documentation is insufficient. The manual page does not describe how to perform the basic ACPI tasks. The Usenix paper, man pages, and mailing list archives should be used to write a substantial new section to the FreeBSD Handbook. New users read the Handbook. See PR 43528.
OpenOffice--ports@FreeBSD.orgA working OpenOffice port is a strongly desired feature for - 5.0
freebsd-games -- markm@FreeBSD.org A number of games were stripped from the base system: they should be made into a port.
a.out toolchain port -- -- A.out support in the base system was reduced; the removed build chain components should be made into a port.
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