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diff --git a/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn index 1418638c..c4ff1772 100644 --- a/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn +++ b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn @@ -62,21 +62,36 @@ Get DDE code: > $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git -b master-user_level_drivers gnumach_dde -Now you need to get the actual driver from the Linux source tree. -You have to find out which Linux driver -is responsible for your network card, -and which source file corresponds to this driver. +Now comes the tricky part: +you need to find out +whether there is already a driver for your card +in the DDE source tree, +and otherwise get the driver code +from the official Linux source tree. + +For this, you have to find out which Linux driver +is responsible for your network card. In this guide we will use the forcedeth driver (for Nvidia nForce chipsets) as example. +We check whether there is already a `dde_forcedeth` directory +in the newly cloned `hurd_dde` tree. +If there isn't, we have to find and download +the right source file from Linux: Point a (JavaScript-capable) web browser at > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.29.y.git;a=tree;f=drivers/net;hb=HEAD -Find the right file to download (e.g. forcedeth.c), -hit the "raw" link, +Find the right file to download +(forcedeth.c in this example); +then hit the "raw" link, and save the resulting file (page) to /mnt/home +(If you happen to need one of the few drivers +that consist of more than one source file, +the process will be more complicated, +and can't be covered in this guide...) + Now everything should be in place, so we can boot into Hurd to do the actual work. @@ -95,7 +110,9 @@ Build a DDE-enabled Mach (this and following parts can be done as normal user): > $ make -Prepare the driver for your network card: + +If not already present in DDE, +we need to prepare the driver for the network card: > $ cd ../hurd_dde @@ -121,7 +138,7 @@ Prepare the driver for your network card: > $ cd .. -Commit the driver with git. +Commit the new driver with git. This will be helpful if we update the DDE code later; as well as for creating a patch for later reuse and/or upstream submission: @@ -130,7 +147,9 @@ and/or upstream submission: > $ git commit -a -m 'Add forcedeth driver' -Build the necessary Hurd and DDE bits: + +Having prepared the driver, +we can now build the necessary Hurd and DDE bits: > $ autoreconf -i && ./configure |