Re: Google summer code 2016 project ideas

[Charles Cui <charles.cui1984%gmail.com@localhost>]

Got it, thanks.

2016-03-12 21:31 GMT-08:00 Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>:
> On Mar 12,  8:28pm, charles.cui1984%gmail.com@localhost (Charles Cui) wrote:
> -- Subject: Re: Google summer code 2016 project ideas
>
> | Hi Christos,
> |
> |    My current focus is to classify the errors when building posix test
> | suite on netbsd.
> | Basically, there is
> | 1. easy to fix error, likes formatting, lack of necessary headers, etc.
> | 2. errors that can convert to netbsd implementation. Some systems (ex linux)
> | actually define the same function name with netbsd, but they may have
> | different parameters.
> | 3. netbsd miss the implementation of some features.
> |
> | Problem 1 and 2 can be solved by some kind of converting and minor fixes.
> | For problem 3, which needs the implementation in kernel, or libraries,
> | can we use the implementation of existing system (like linux) and
> | tailor to fit netbsd?
>
> That sounds like a good classification and in your plan you should
> allocate some time (first perhaps) to cleanup 1 and 2. For 3 you
> are better off looking at FreeBSD instead because the code is a lot
> more similar.
>
> Best,
>
> christos