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| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/gnumach_PCI_access.mdwn | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user/b__61___the_same_time._.mdwn | 9 |
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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn index 32e712c9..460c8aba 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardware_compatibility_list.mdwn @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ on the hardware devices they support. [[hurd/DDE]] provides more up-to-date network device drivers, based on Linux 2.6.29 code, running as user-space processes. +# BIOS32 Service Directory + +GNU Mach is not yet compatible with mmconfig, and PCI access requires the presence of the BIOS32 Service Directory. +You can check for its presence by running a Linux 32 bits kernel with the kernel parameter "pci=bios" and checking if PCI devices work. + # User Success Reports These boards are known to work. Gnumach/Hurd has been installed and run on these board successfully. @@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ These boards are known to work. Gnumach/Hurd has been installed and run on these Some people couldn't get these hardware combinations to work with Hurd. -Note: The Debian GNU/Hurd installer actually runs on Linux, so it (almost) always works. The critical bit is booting after installation. +The present Debian GNU/Hurd installer itself runs on Hurd, so failure on the installer may mean that the hardware is uncompatible with Hurd. * ASUS P5A motherboard and AMD K6-2 333MHz CPU - doesn't boot * ASUS P2B-LS motherboard with an Intel PII-MMX 400 MHz CPU - this board had a defective onboard NIC (that could not be disable in BIOS) and working 3COM Etherlink III NIC in a PCI bus slot. This combination worked with GNU/Linux. The 3COM NIC is known to work with the Hurd. However, while gnumach/Hurd will boot on this system, it is confused by the defective onboard NIC and unable to use the 3COM NIC. Attempting to start networking generates a continous stream of eth0 and eth1 reset messages on the console that renders the system unusable. diff --git a/open_issues/gnumach_PCI_access.mdwn b/open_issues/gnumach_PCI_access.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dc099563 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/gnumach_PCI_access.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2014 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]]."]]"""]] + +Currently, GNU Mach requires the presence of the BIOS32 Service Directory for PCI access. +The other possible methods are direct access, which is somewhat dangerous and using mmconfig, the preferred default in Linux. +Direct access is already supported, but only used if BIOS32 is present for safety reasons. +The relevant Linux code could be adapted and reused. + + +[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]] + diff --git a/user/b__61___the_same_time._.mdwn b/user/b__61___the_same_time._.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..02078faa --- /dev/null +++ b/user/b__61___the_same_time._.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2014 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]]."]]"""]] |