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| author | jbranso@dismail.de <jbranso@dismail.de> | 2025-08-13 21:45:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2025-08-15 00:47:37 +0200 |
| commit | 0aa0ccdf62bfbb07f02426d7244caf82b3a00a98 (patch) | |
| tree | 05e552ec051713953702272c5cd26501dbc96714 /hurd/rump | |
| parent | 8d4631c497853bfb1bcb26b734a60f97a52fa189 (diff) | |
mention rumpnet works with intel gigabit nics
* hurd/documentation.mdwn: link to working rumpdisk, rumpnet, and
rumpusbdisk.
* hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn: mention that intel gigabit nics should work.
Message-ID: <20250814014522.4145-1-jbranso@dismail.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/rump')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn | 31 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn index 5ea3ba61..ec67d6b5 100644 --- a/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn +++ b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn @@ -13,10 +13,29 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] # RumpNet -Hurd developers want to use rumpnet, so that we can use modern -ethernet and wifi device drivers. The Hurd is currently using Linux's -old TCP/IP stack (`pfinet`) and device drivers. We plan to replace -`pfinet` with [[lwip|hurd/translator/lwip]] and use rumpnet's modern -device drivers for ethernet and wifi hardware. Alternatively, we -could use rump's TCP/IP stack. +The Hurd is currently using an old Linux's TCP/IP stack (`pfinet`) and +device drivers. Hurd developers are replacing Linux's old ethernet +drivers with rumpnet's modern ethernet and wifi device drivers. While +porting Linux's device drivers would provide better hardware support, +we do not have the developer man-power to maintain it. Hurd +Developers prefer rumpnet's stable API over Linux's code churn. We +plan to replace `pfinet` with [[lwip|hurd/translator/lwip]] (or use +rump's TCP/IP stack). + +In 2025, Damien Zammit make significant progress with rumpnet. He +coded rumpnet to work with `/dev/wmX` cards, which are Intel i8254x +Gigabit Ethernet devices. (Documentation is available at +man.netbsd.org's [wm(4)](https://man.netbsd.org/wm.4) web +page). Please note that these are ethernet cards not wifi cards. This +should be easily extended to support other NICs by contributing to +netbsd/rump's makefiles. + +Example usage: + + $ settrans -fgap /dev/rumpnet /hurd/rumpnet + $ settrans -fgap /dev/wm0 /hurd/devnode -M /dev/rumpnet wm0 + $ settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/wm0 + $ ifup /dev/wm0 + + |