From 0700291c72e27c81acb00a3c5da07b36accf2c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:28 +0100 Subject: Begun the news entry for 2009-11-30. --- news/2009-11-30.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 news/2009-11-30.mdwn (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2009-11-30.mdwn b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c7c8c63a --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta date="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]] + +[[!meta updated="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]] + +A month of the Hurd: **, ** and **. +[[!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=""" +> This month +> +> Also +> + +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From 5e3c35b4b60ad45b9f9e8652accf50cc7dee1877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:23:16 +0100 Subject: News: Added network in userspace. --- news/2009-11-30.mdwn | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2009-11-30.mdwn b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn index c7c8c63a..68a78c27 100644 --- a/news/2009-11-30.mdwn +++ b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn @@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta updated="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]] -A month of the Hurd: **, ** and **. +A month of the Hurd: *network in userspace*, ** and **. [[!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=""" -> This month +> This month Zheng Da ported the pcnet32 driver into user space +> and did some preliminary +> [performance tests](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2009-11/msg00144.html). +> The test results were mostly on par with the in-kernel driver, so they show +> that moving networking on the Hurd into user space can be done +> without losing (much) performance. > > Also > -- cgit v1.2.3 From 325fa58a69e5ce70b78b2571185c3ae481f38daa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:44:24 +0100 Subject: Added grub2 native install. --- news/2009-11-30.mdwn | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'news') diff --git a/news/2009-11-30.mdwn b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn index 68a78c27..5c6d3e0f 100644 --- a/news/2009-11-30.mdwn +++ b/news/2009-11-30.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta updated="2009-11-30 00:00 UTC"]] -A month of the Hurd: *network in userspace*, ** and **. +A month of the Hurd: *network in userspace* and *grub2 from hurd*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] @@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] > that moving networking on the Hurd into user space can be done > without losing (much) performance. > -> Also +> Also thanks to Samuel Thibault, the latest grub2 package (1.97+20091125-1) +> [supports native installation](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2009/11/msg00095.html) +> from GNU/Hurd itself. Grub was originally designed +> [to allow booting of GNU/Hurd systems](http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#History), +> so this step brings it closer to its original purpose again. > """]] -- cgit v1.2.3