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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-03-15 15:03:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-03-15 15:03:13 +0100 |
| commit | c839d69fbda5c52baedd01641610d6e8568b0984 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d412a5d25970579359e8ccccde7cd1b627058c7 /hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn | |
| parent | 0ae21581ece4639d56671f7855d808e0f5c0ac62 (diff) | |
| parent | e113e5011c85c82cc473104d211d7d0765840c15 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master'
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diff --git a/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn b/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn index 0556fd28..0e1887ba 100644 --- a/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn +++ b/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="What drivers does GNU/Hurd have?"]] -Currently, Mach integrates drivers from Linux 2.0 through some glue code. As -it's very old, that limits hardware support a lot, of course. We are however -working on using the DDE toolkit to run linux drivers in userland processes, +Currently, for disks Mach integrates drivers from Linux 2.0 through some +[[community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code]]. As it's very old, that +limits hardware support a lot, of course. For network boards, we use the +[[DDE]] toolkit to run linux drivers in userland processes, which provides both long-term support for new hardware and safety against driver bugs. |