Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Thomas Koenig) | Subject | 2.2.0 wishlist | Date | 13 Jun 1996 11:06:14 +0200 |
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WISHLIST FOR LINUX 2.2.0
Now that Linux 2.0 is out, it's time for another round of Request For Features.
Here's what people on linux-kernel have been suggesting, in no particular order. Some items are rather hotly debated.
First, user-visible things: * Modularization of ide.c and ide-cd.c * Minimalistic video code to make Linux more "aware" of the current state * Making the boot process less verbose as an option * Colorizing the boot-up display * Making 80 lines the maximum line length during boot * Make the system embeddable * Journaling file system * Access Control Lists and other security enhancements (POSIX.6 things) * Full Threads support using clone() * Queued signals and other POSIX.1b (aka POSIX.4) stuff (see ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/local/cip/mskuhn/misc/linux- posix.1b for good summary) * signal stacks * Undelete command * 32-bit minor/major device numbers * STREAM support * IPv6 (in progress) * CPU quotas per user * System call auditing (for real paranoids) * Minimalistic video code to make Linux more "aware" of the current state * Making atime a configurable option (per file system?) * Moving of all the relevent README files into the Documention directory * Localtalk support for the Appletalk stack * Allowing the video mode code at bootup to be optional * Being able to run a parallel zip drive and a printer at the same time * Ability to change the scheduler at runtime, via loading a module * SCSI device numbers should include drive IDs, not be consecutively numbered * Microchannel support * More flexible configuration through sysctl * Integrated PCMCIA support * hfs and userfs filesystems * physical/logical volume manager (like AIX)
Second, internal kernel stuff: * Adaption of all CD-ROM drivers to generic interface * Drivers being able to throw away their init. code once complete * Global min/max functions * Faster dep (qdep, for example) * Better kmalloc debugging * Serial console support
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