# ReactOS Google Summer of Code Progress, Kernel Testing, and lwIP Integration

DevFeed: [ReactOS Google Summer of Code Progress, Kernel Testing, and lwIP Integration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-87-32953.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-87/>)

Published: 2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [lwIP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lwip.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [WINE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wine.md>)

Tags: [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [google-summer-of-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-summer-of-code.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [lwip](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lwip.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

This ReactOS newsletter reports progress on its Google Summer of Code projects, including a completed kernel-mode test framework and the integration of the lwIP networking library as a driver. It explains how kernel tests can compare Windows and ReactOS behavior and notes reported improvements in network stability and speed during testing.

## Source excerpt

Google Summer of Code Progress Of the six projects ReactOS entered as part of the Google Summer of Code, four are well on track to completion. Each of the completed projects will greatly help increase ReactOS' usability and provide a foundation for future enhancement. Many of the successful projects will help make ReactOS more usable from both a stability and UI perspective. The deadline for final submissions is already over and the project and Google are currently evaluating students.