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diff --git a/user/jkoenig.mdwn b/user/jkoenig.mdwn index a07d6606..8827d986 100644 --- a/user/jkoenig.mdwn +++ b/user/jkoenig.mdwn @@ -65,21 +65,19 @@ I will be keeping track of my progress on this page. * cleanup, ask youpi to commit * reloading the partition table (2010-06-25) - * unfortunately, *non-workable-aroud* without a reboot - * (./) hurd-udeb now uses `part:N:device:X` for partition devices - (2010-06-23) - * (./) it also provides /lib/partman/commit.d/??hurd\_reloadpart, - which basically does `settrans -ag /dev/[hs]d*`. - (2010-06-24) - * {X} However, once it's mounted on /target, - the test-exec script from base-installer hangs. - * (./) Mach's drivers from Linux support reloading partitions. - With help from youpi this has been made available through a - device\_set\_status() call. - * (./) make libparted use it - * {X} However, still the same failure, - which must be from something else. - * Reminder: I should file a bug against libparted with the patch sometime. + * User-space part stores + * (./) hurd-udeb now uses `part:N:device:X` for partition devices + (2010-06-23) + * (./) it also provides /lib/partman/commit.d/??hurd\_reloadpart, + which basically does `settrans -ag /dev/[hs]d*`. + (2010-06-24) + * Kernel-based partition devices + * (./) Mach's drivers from Linux support reloading partitions. + With help from youpi this has been made available through a + device\_set\_status() call. + * (./) make libparted use it + * Reminder: + I should file a bug against libparted with the patch sometime. * **busybox**: submit upstream and to [[!debbug 323670]] (waiting for upstream to review) @@ -92,10 +90,24 @@ I will be keeping track of my progress on this page. * backport any additional changes onto the debian branch * hijack [[!debbug 323670]] and submit my patches -* **base-installer**: - implement the arch-specific shell functions for kernel selection - and devices in /target. - (expected 2010-06-28) +* (./) The `/servers/exec` issue (2010-06-26) + * Due to /servers being inexistant, + the bootstrap ext2fs could not register the initial exec server, + meaning that non-bootstrap filesystems used a different one + (started from the passive translator), + which for some reason died on shell scripts, making them stall. + * Adding the `/servers` directory to hurd-udeb fixed it, + as well as the /hurd/proc issue + (failed to be run by init the first time around). + * Reminder: report the non-bootstrap exec servers failure on scripts. + +* (./) **base-installer**: (2010-06-26) + * Work around non-existant /proc/mounts. + * Firmlink /servers into /target after debootstrap + to make the network available. + +* **grub-installer** (expected 2010-06-28) + * review the whole thing and add hurd to the supported cases * **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-06-28) * publish the patch I use @@ -115,15 +127,9 @@ installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required** * *mount*, *swaponoff* can be from hurd-udeb for now, though the kFreeBSD people will need them -* tweak the hurd debian package to handle - what native-install used to be required for - [apparently there's already some relevant stuff done in the postinst, - it might just work though maybe something is missing, - or some special code would be needed in the installer - to enable say, /servers/socket/local before anything - is attempted in the chroot] - -* investigate the /hurd/proc issue +* <strike>tweak the hurd debian package to handle + what native-install used to be required for</strike> + (debootstrap does it) * netcfg: make it work on Hurd somehow (port `busybox ip`?) |