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| -rw-r--r-- | community/weblogs/ArneBab/tasks-for-the-hurd.mdwn | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn | 8 |
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/tasks-for-the-hurd.mdwn b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/tasks-for-the-hurd.mdwn index bf6224b2..1f929116 100644 --- a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/tasks-for-the-hurd.mdwn +++ b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/tasks-for-the-hurd.mdwn @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Tasks for the Hurd - Implement USB support, maybe using DDE or DDEkit -> prerequisite to system on USB. - Add Wireless support, maybe via DDE. - Add sound support via a sound translator. -- Add SATA support. - Stabilize Xorg, so it can run fast for days. - Add PPPoE capablilities. - Debug NFS for climm, w3m and git. diff --git a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need.mdwn b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need.mdwn index 4511eb64..465b3e3f 100644 --- a/community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need.mdwn +++ b/community/weblogs/ArneBab/what_we_need.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ As soon as these issues are taken care of, the Hurd offers everything we need fo - Wireless (5): Arne, ms, Carl Fredrik, Michael (netbook), antrik (notebook) - Sound (4): ms, Carl Fredrik, Michael, antrik² -- SATA (2): Michael, (Emilio) +- SATA (2): Michael, (Emilio). Done. - Tested for modern machines°¹ (2): Emilio, antrik (notebook) - Stable Xorg° (2): Emilio, antrik - PPPoE (2): Carl Fredrik, antrik² diff --git a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn index f57fcbc3..7e7cb85d 100644 --- a/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/virtualbox.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] # Installation -The disk controller has to be configured as IDE. Neither SATA nor SCSI are +The disk controller has to be configured as IDE or AHCI. Neither RAID nor SCSI are supported. The network controller should be configured as PCnet-PCI II or PCNet-FAST III diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn index 3a4f560c..587178e9 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn @@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ e.g. drives with hundreds of GiB of storage space, see [[!GNU_Savannah_bug ## SATA -SATA drives may work in compatibility mode. +SATA drives can work in IDE compatibility mode or in AHCI mode. This is how booting a [[GNU/Hurd_system|hurd]] will typically fail if GNU Mach -couldn't connect to the hard disk, e.g., in a SATA system without IDE +couldn't connect to the hard disk, e.g., in a SATA system without IDE or AHCI compatibility mode: start (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static: (hd0,3)/hurd/ext2fs.static device:hd0s4: No such device or address -There *may* be an option in the system's BIOS setup to configure enabling such -a compatibility mode. +There should be an option in the system's BIOS setup to configure enabling at +least the AHCI compatibility mode. # Device Drivers |