== Items to Merge ==

This a list of branches and patches which might be interesting for integration into the mainline or at least worth cherrypicking. The list is in no particular order.

 * GRUB port ([https://code.launchpad.net/~bremby/grub4helenos/main lp:~bremby/grub4helenos/main])

 * Task checkpointing ([https://code.launchpad.net/~tomas-brambora/helenos/checkpoint lp:~tomas-brambora/helenos/checkpoint])
   * Probably hard to integrate as-is, but worth cherrypicking (e.g. restarting of syscalls)

 * Statistical profiler ([https://code.launchpad.net/~ersin/helenos/measure2 lp:~ersin/helenos/measure2])
   * RTC driver, statistical profiler

 * MMU-less operation ([https://code.launchpad.net/~jiri-tlach/helenos/nommu lp:~jiri-tlach/helenos/nommu])
   * Worth integrating as-is, but a heavy maintenance burden
     * The kernel from the thesis was made fibril-aware. It was later agreed with JiriT that:
       >''the kernel shouldn't be fibril-aware, so rewriting it so that the fibril related 
       >info resides in uspace should be a right step.''
   * Better extending to a genuine hardware platform without MMU

 * NUMA support ([https://code.launchpad.net/~vojtech-horky/helenos/numa lp:~vojtech-horky/helenos/numa])
   * Worth integrating as-is
   * Branch is up-to-date with mainline and runs fine but following shall be implemented prior merge
     * Proper handling of memory reservations (across nodes)
     * DMA implementation

 * RBAC and security (Stepan Henek)
   * Impossible to integrate as-is, but worth cherrypicking

 * NICF ([https://code.launchpad.net/~helenos-nicf/helenos/nicf lp:~helenos-nicf/helenos/nicf])
   * Some items still worth investigating/reimplementing (binary logger, DDF DMA controller interface)

 * Xen support (Tomas Benhak)
   * No public repository, but worth cherrypicking
   * JJ comments:
     * workarounds for #3 no longer needed, kernel non-identity mapping available since Dec 31, 2011
     * avoids use of devman which has been officially available since March 26, 2011
     * GPL code reuse audit desirable

 * HelenOS as Xen (Jan Dolejs)
   * Worth cherrypicking
   * JJ comments:
     * workarounds for #3 no longer needed, kernel non-identity mapping available since Dec 31, 2011
     * avoids using generic page table interfaces for PAE (most likely unnecessarily or requiring minor changes to the generic interface)
     * too monolithic? (doesn't seem to exploit the multiserver design for eg. the backend drivers)
     * xen awareness proliferation to generic code (elf_xen_parse_notes)
     * GPL code reuse audit desirable

 * WIP: PCI and USB on PowerPC (bzr://krabicka.net/orome/helenos/usb/)
   * Worth early integration