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| -rw-r--r-- | community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | dde.mdwn | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | open_issues/device_drivers_and_io_systems.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | rump_kernel.mdwn | 40 |
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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code.mdwn index 1771756e..db1816c9 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code.mdwn @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This is [[!GNU_Savannah_task 5488]]. [[open issues/user-space device drivers]]. [[open issues/device drivers and io systems]]. -The most promising approach for getting newer drivers seems to be the [[Rump_Kernel]]: +The most promising approach for getting newer drivers seems to be the [[Rump_kernel]]: it already does the hard work of providing an environment where the foreign drivers can run, and offers the additional benefit of being externally maintained. diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack.mdwn index 40d1ad67..4764a6d7 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/tcp_ip_stack.mdwn @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ drivers for wireless chips, which are old drivers from an old version of linux. lwip for a wifi connection on more modern hardware, one would also need modern device drivers to access the internet. The promising approach to this is using a rump kernel. This is essentially the New Driver Framework google summer of -code project idea. +code project idea. Hopefully, one day soon the Hurd project will completely replace pfinit +with lwip. A true hurdish network stack will use a set of [[hurd/translator]] processes, each implementing a different protocol layer. This way not only the @@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!template id=highlight text="""/!\ Obsolete /!\ + +--- + +DDE is no longer being updated or maintained. The [[Rump_kernel]] is a better alternative. +"""]] + + * [[community/gsoc/project ideas/driver glue code]] * [[open issues/user-space device drivers]] diff --git a/open_issues/device_drivers_and_io_systems.mdwn b/open_issues/device_drivers_and_io_systems.mdwn index 085a737a..72f60e00 100644 --- a/open_issues/device_drivers_and_io_systems.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/device_drivers_and_io_systems.mdwn @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Also see [[user-space device drivers]]. # External Projects + * [[Rump_kernel]] + * [[/DDE]] * [Building Linux Device Drivers on diff --git a/rump_kernel.mdwn b/rump_kernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..338f5581 --- /dev/null +++ b/rump_kernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010 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]]."]]"""]] + + +# Discussion + + The rump kernels provide existing real world drivers from netbsd. Since DDE no longer seems like a promising approach to get drivers for the Hurd, it appears that rump kernels are the best alternative. It already does the hard work of providing an environment where the foreign drivers can run, and offers the additional benefit of being externally maintained. Rump also offers the necessary facilities for running all drivers in separate userspace processes, which is more desirable than drivers running in the microkernel. + + + * [[community/gsoc/project ideas/driver glue code]] + + * [[open issues/user-space device drivers]] + + * [[open issues/device drivers and io systems]] + +--- + +# Documentation + + * <http://rumpkernel.org/> + + * <http://www.fixup.fi/misc/usenix-login-2015/login_oct15_02_kantee.pdf> + + This is an an opinion paper that explains why operating systems need compartmentalized kernel drivers. + + * <https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Tutorial:-Getting-started> + + A tutorial introduction for those interested in using and deploying rump kernels. + + +# Source Code + + * <https://github.com/rumpkernel> |