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diff --git a/faq/drivers.mdwn b/faq/drivers.mdwn index 50bd4542..50ba171d 100644 --- a/faq/drivers.mdwn +++ b/faq/drivers.mdwn @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] Currently, for disks Mach integrates old drivers from Linux through some [[community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code]], which provide IDE disk support, and we have an AHCI driver which provides [[SATA -support|faq/sata_disk_drives]]. For network boards, we use the [[DDE]] toolkit +support|faq/sata_disk_drives]]. + +For network boards, we use the [[DDE]] toolkit to run linux 2.6.32 drivers in userland processes, which provides both long-term support for new hardware and safety against driver bugs. Note however that we have of course not tested all drivers, we obviously don't even have all kinds of @@ -24,5 +26,8 @@ hardware. So we can not promise that they will all work. What probably works for sure is what we usually use: the rtl8139 and e1000 drivers for instance. Firmware loading is not implemented yet. +For graphical mode, Xorg is supported, e.g. with the vesa driver. DRM is not +supported yet. + [[microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/Xen]] is also supported, both blkfront and netfront. |