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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 2555cd73..9b0844bd 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -27,43 +27,96 @@ else=" This month [hurd hacker] [item] -Also … +<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html> -- Bouju +Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface -[our hackers] … +rbraun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator +work, for integration. -Mainly thanks to … +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: -Additionally … +Features: -And … + (22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the + master branch + (22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation + (22:30:55) braunr: more memory can be reclaimed by the VM system + (22:31:02) braunr: there are debugging features + (22:31:06) braunr: it's SMP ready + (22:31:15) braunr: and overall cleaner than the zone allocator + (22:31:31) braunr: although a bit slower on the free path (because of + what's performed to reduce fragmentation) + (22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible -[reason for contibuting to the Hurd] +**New porter box: exodar*** -<!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> +I/O Path Documentation [[hurd/io_path/]] + +Debugging: + +- Pino Toscano: recvfrom() with null http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html +- Maksym Planeta: tmpfs http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00125.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html +- Samuel Thibault: libtool http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html mknod http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html +- Jim Meyering: gnu tools with user id 4294967295 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00094.html +- Paul Eggert: Add error-checking on GNU http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00130.html +- + +Bouju Alain: Procfs with cpuinfo http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html + +Social network sites for GNU Hurd: + +- Google+: https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts +- identi.ca: http://identi.ca/group/hurd + +Ludovic Courtès: - * [[toolchain/ELFOSABI_GNU]] +- Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html +- modern Autoconf initialization: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html +- Allow /hurd/init to be a symlink: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html +- The Hurd now builds with Savannah’s libc (2.14+): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html - * [Arch Hurd, DDE](http://www.archhurd.org/news/22/) +Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge: pthread improvements: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00027.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00020.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html - * Arch Hurd will have a booth at [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.org/). +Sergio Lopez: Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/ - * Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters, - id:"20110721172827.GF4057@const.famille.thibault.fr", - <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html> +(bug hurd done till 2011-11 (inclusive)) - * [[2011-q2-ps]] +TODO: +- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12 +- http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/threads.html - * GSoC end +------ - * mcsim memory allocator project +Add stuff here? (This is already in q3) - * GHM. +Also … + +[our hackers] … + +Mainly thanks to … + +Additionally … + +And … - * <http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2011/>; Samuel. Slides. Also add - all to media. +So if you want to [reason for contibuting to the Hurd], +please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source +code|source_repositories]]. - * Richard's new buildd. +--- - Is this for Q4? +The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a +collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file +systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are +implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). [[More +detailed|hurd/documentation]]. + +**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It +provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to +define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the +services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More +detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. + +<!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> """]] diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn index 34c7e2f8..17227476 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/skeleton.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 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 @@ -37,7 +37,23 @@ Additionally … And … -[reason for contibuting to the Hurd] +So if you want to [reason for contibuting to the Hurd], +please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source +code|source_repositories]]. + +--- + +The **GNU Hurd** is the GNU project's replacement for the Unix kernel. It is a +collection of servers that run on the Mach microkernel to implement file +systems, network protocols, file access control, and other features that are +implemented by the Unix kernel or similar kernels (such as Linux). [[More +detailed|hurd/documentation]]. + +**GNU Mach** is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It +provides an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to +define interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the +services a traditional operating system kernel provides. [[More +detailed|microkernel/mach/gnumach]]. <!--see [[contributing/web_pages/news/writing_the_moth]] for additional information on writing the MotH.--> |