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[Openvpn-devel] Update PORTS

Message ID 20221126141041.5098-1-gert@greenie.muc.de
State Changes Requested
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Series [Openvpn-devel] Update PORTS |

Commit Message

Gert Doering Nov. 26, 2022, 2:10 p.m. UTC 
  Instead of fully removing PORTS, keep "this is what you want to do for
porting OpenVPN to a new platform" section, and update the PLATFORMS
part to better reflect current status.

Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
---
 PORTS | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Comments

Frank Lichtenheld Nov. 26, 2022, 4:07 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 03:10:41PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> Instead of fully removing PORTS, keep "this is what you want to do for
> porting OpenVPN to a new platform" section, and update the PLATFORMS
> part to better reflect current status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
> ---
>  PORTS | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/PORTS b/PORTS
> index ff76850d..b257c5d2 100644
> --- a/PORTS
> +++ b/PORTS
> @@ -11,20 +11,31 @@ Copyright (C) 2002-2022 OpenVPN Inc <sales@openvpn.net>
>  
>  PLATFORM STATUS:
>  
> -  * Linux 2.2+ (supported)
> -  * Solaris (supported)
> -  * OpenBSD 3.0 (supported but pthreads are broken)
> -  * Max OS X Darwin
> +Tier 1 platforms - actively tested for every source commit, across
> +multiple operating system versions
> +
> +  * Windows 7 and newer
> +  * Windows Server 2012 and newer
> +  * Linux 2.2+

Let's just use Linux. 2.2 is meaninglessly old at this point.

>    * FreeBSD
> +  * MacOS X

macOS

> +
> +Tier 2 platforms - it worked at some point, but is not actively tested
> +on "latest OS, latest OS libraries" so might break if larger changes
> +are done on the platform side
> +
> +  * OpenBSD
>    * NetBSD
> -  * Windows
> -  * 64 bit platforms -- I have heard reports that
> -    OpenVPN runs on Alpha Linux and FreeBSD.
> -  * ARM -- I have heard of at least one case
> -    where OpenVPN was successfully built and
> -    run on the ARM architecture.
> +  * DragonFly BSD
> +  * Solaris
> +  * AIX
> +
> +For underlying CPU architecture, everything 32 bit or 64 bit (Intel, AMD,
> +ARM, PowerPC, SPARC*) should work fine.  16 bit Architectures are unlikely
> +to work.
> +
>  
> -PORTING NOTES:
> +PORTING GUIDELINE TO A NEW PLATFORM:
>  
>    * Make sure that OpenSSL will build on your
>      platform.


Regards,
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diff --git a/PORTS b/PORTS
index ff76850d..b257c5d2 100644
--- a/PORTS
+++ b/PORTS
@@ -11,20 +11,31 @@  Copyright (C) 2002-2022 OpenVPN Inc <sales@openvpn.net>
 
 PLATFORM STATUS:
 
-  * Linux 2.2+ (supported)
-  * Solaris (supported)
-  * OpenBSD 3.0 (supported but pthreads are broken)
-  * Max OS X Darwin
+Tier 1 platforms - actively tested for every source commit, across
+multiple operating system versions
+
+  * Windows 7 and newer
+  * Windows Server 2012 and newer
+  * Linux 2.2+
   * FreeBSD
+  * MacOS X
+
+Tier 2 platforms - it worked at some point, but is not actively tested
+on "latest OS, latest OS libraries" so might break if larger changes
+are done on the platform side
+
+  * OpenBSD
   * NetBSD
-  * Windows
-  * 64 bit platforms -- I have heard reports that
-    OpenVPN runs on Alpha Linux and FreeBSD.
-  * ARM -- I have heard of at least one case
-    where OpenVPN was successfully built and
-    run on the ARM architecture.
+  * DragonFly BSD
+  * Solaris
+  * AIX
+
+For underlying CPU architecture, everything 32 bit or 64 bit (Intel, AMD,
+ARM, PowerPC, SPARC*) should work fine.  16 bit Architectures are unlikely
+to work.
+
 
-PORTING NOTES:
+PORTING GUIDELINE TO A NEW PLATFORM:
 
   * Make sure that OpenSSL will build on your
     platform.
@@ -42,7 +53,7 @@  PORTING NOTES:
     function in tun.c to generate a correct "ifconfig"
     command for your platform.  Note that OpenVPN
     determines the ifconfig path at ./configure time.
-  * Add an ifconfig_order() variant for your OS so
+  * Possibly add an ifconfig_order() variant for your OS so
     openvpn knows whether to call ifconfig before
     or after tun/tap dev open.
   * Add an #ifdef TARGET_YOUROS block in tun.c and define
@@ -77,12 +88,8 @@  PORTING NOTES:
     disabled with an explicit ioctl call if cross-platform
     compatibility is to be preserved.  You can see some
     examples of this in tun.c.
-  * If your system supports pthreads, try building
-    with ./configure --enable-pthread and do a stress
-    test in TLS mode.
-  * Try the ultimate stress test which is --gremlin
-    --reneg-sec 10 in TLS mode (preferably with pthreads
-    enabled), then do a flood ping across the tunnel
+  * Try the ultimate stress test which is --gremlin --reneg-sec 10
+    in TLS mode then do a flood ping across the tunnel
     (ping -f remote-endpoint) in both directions and let
     it run overnight.  --gremlin will induce massive
     corruption and packet loss, but you win if you