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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-15 14:46:44 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-15 14:46:44 +0100
commite113e5011c85c82cc473104d211d7d0765840c15 (patch)
tree6b2295a34355956e21bb4a75150056acdfc8b9db /hurd/faq
parentfffec9e8a6f3ada8182cb170d69754ce65664147 (diff)
update faq
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-rw-r--r--hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--hurd/faq/off.mdwn4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn b/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn
index 0556fd28..689dd807 100644
--- a/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/faq/how_about_drivers.mdwn
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ 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 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.
diff --git a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn
index 64009101..363436b0 100644
--- a/hurd/faq/off.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/faq/off.mdwn
@@ -19,7 +19,3 @@ will not work. Simply use the equivalent shortcut
$ halt
which is provided natively on GNU/Hurd, instead of from SYSV runlevels.
-
-Note that due to a bug,
-we [[recommend you run syncfs|open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem]]
-prior to issuing the `halt` command.