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diff --git a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn index 7aac5578..77d9c824 100644 --- a/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn +++ b/news/2011-q2-ps.mdwn @@ -76,18 +76,19 @@ the more common misunderstandings. so often only VESA is available. Also, X on the Hurd is [[somewhat_unstable|hurd/status]]. - * **The Hurd has weaker device support than Linux**: - Most of the drivers we use today were imported from Linux 2.0.x. + * **The GNU/Hurd has weaker device driver support than the Linux kernel**: + Most of the drivers we use today were imported from Linux 2.0. For network cards, Linux 2.6.29 drivers are available through [[DDE|hurd/dde]] -- however, this is not fully integrated yet, so using these drivers needs manual setup for now ([[hurd/dde/guide]]). - Support for other driver types is also possible with DDE, - but it requires some not-trivial work for each additional class of drivers -- + Support for other driver types is also possible with DDE in principle, + but it requires some not-trivial work for each additional class of drivers, so this can take some time to become available. - (An additional benefit provided by DDE is that the device drivers run in userspace -- + (An additional benefit provided by DDE is that the device drivers run as + regular user-space processes -- unlike the old drivers we were using so far, - which are part of the underlying Mach microkernel.) + which are part of the underlying GNU Mach microkernel.) * **The Hurd has SMP, but needs support for new chipsets**: Both Mach (the microkernel used by the Hurd), |