From 30420d7a4b98b7a9f7dacee2c58365093b928f90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:22:25 +0200 Subject: point to translator primer --- faq/still_useful.mdwn | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/faq/still_useful.mdwn b/faq/still_useful.mdwn index 60149a2b..8d7e3f28 100644 --- a/faq/still_useful.mdwn +++ b/faq/still_useful.mdwn @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ develop custom replacements for them. Users will be able to write and use their own file systems, their own `exec' servers, or their own network protocols if they like, all without disturbing other users. +A [[series of interesting examples|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] is +available. + The Linux kernel has now been modified to allow user-level file systems, so there is proof that people will actually use features such as these. It will be much easier to do under the Hurd, however, -- cgit v1.2.3 From 7aac867c512274b4e85b513f89c8cb40b80a3946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:28:00 +0200 Subject: Add draft of hurd 2013 news. --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7909fb05 --- /dev/null +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 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 +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + + + +Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 *released*! + +[[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news +text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" +else=" +[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] + +[[!cut id="full_news" text=""" + +It is with huge pleasure that the Hurd project announces the release of Debian +GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian sid at the time of the Debian +Wheezy release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on Wheezy. It is *not* an +official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. + +The installation ISO images can be downloaded from +http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/ +with the usual Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image +is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier. + +Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the +[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01.html]] . Due to the very small amount of +developers, the progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful +Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good state. + +Please make sure to read the +[[configuration information|http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install]], +the [[FAQ|faq]], +and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] +for a start. + +--- + +The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a +collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file +systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are +implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). [[More +detailed|hurd/documentation]]. + +**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It +provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to +define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the +services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More +detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. + + + +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From ad05d30bb40f352bcf9a1b9df2ed7836ba4ffa10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:30:48 +0200 Subject: Fix URL --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 7909fb05..8cc5d71c 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Wheezy release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on Wheezy. It is *not* an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. The installation ISO images can be downloaded from -http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/ +[[Debian Ports|http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/]] with the usual Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier. -- cgit v1.2.3 From f256a8f03f25f89779ef6d2d5bf4739c96e5ff75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:19 +0200 Subject: typo --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 8cc5d71c..6f2d8af0 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release. The installation ISO images can be downloaded from [[Debian Ports|http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/]] -with the usual Debian 3 flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image +with the usual 3 Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier. Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the -- cgit v1.2.3 From 897314a2fa50febafc987fd673e2bc3f79e507fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:32:25 +0200 Subject: fix URL --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index 6f2d8af0..c5c2bb9a 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ with the usual 3 Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, or DVD. A pre-installed disk image is also available to make trying Debian GNU/Hurd even easier. Yes, really. This time it is not a joke like the -[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01.html]] . Due to the very small amount of +[[0.401 release|news/2011-04-01]] . Due to the very small amount of developers, the progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful Operating Systems, but we believe to have reached a very good state. -- cgit v1.2.3 From c0c3b06ddcf63b06e058c45f325a0c0c15bfa057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:35:22 +0200 Subject: Add credits --- contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn index c5c2bb9a..51aa20b8 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/hurd_2013.mdwn @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ the [[FAQ|faq]], and the [[translator primer|hurd/documentation/translator_primer]] for a start. +We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd over the past +decades. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people +today, please [[join|contributing]]!), but in the end a lot of people have +contributed one way or the other, thanks everybody! + --- The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a -- cgit v1.2.3 From 19e8c3558e215189e9e5483ea0344bcac61a42dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:40:38 +0200 Subject: AHCI driver pushed --- faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn index 70560f12..4864e35b 100644 --- a/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn +++ b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Are SATA disk drives supported?"]] -GNU Mach does not support SATA disk drives (`/dev/sda` etc. in GNU/Linux) -natively, so using `device:sd0s1` will not work, as sd* devices are for SCSI -drives only. -The only way to get those drives to work is to put them into compatibility mode -in the BIOS, if such an option exists. GNU Mach will then recognize them as hda etc. +Until recently, GNU Mach did not support SATA disk drives (`/dev/sda` etc. in GNU/Linux) natively, the only way to get those drives to work used to be to put them into compatibility mode in the BIOS, if such an option exists. GNU Mach will then recognize them as hd etc. + +An AHCI driver has been added on 10th May 2013, which should bring support for a wide range of SATA controlers. Please however make sure to configure the BIOS in AHCI mode (as opposed to RAID mode). -- cgit v1.2.3