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diff --git a/hurd/documentation.mdwn b/hurd/documentation.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..874ce847 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/documentation.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, +2009 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]]."]]"""]] + +# Introductory Material + + * [[What_Is_the_GNU_Hurd]] + + * [[Advantages]] + + * [[FAQ]] + + * [[*The_Hurd_and_Linux*|/hurd-and-linux]], a comment by Richard Stallman. + + * [[*Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design*|/hurd-paper]], an architectural + overview by Thomas Bushnell, BSG. + + * [[*The_Hurd*|/hurd-talk]], a presentation by Marcus Brinkmann. + + * A document about *[[translators]]* by Marcus Brinkmann. + + * [[*A_Critique_of_the_GNU_Hurd_Multi-server_Operating_System*|critique]], an + analysis of the GNU Hurd on GNU Mach system, written by Neal Walfield and + Marcus Brinkmann. + +## External + + * [*Examining the Legendary HURD + Kernel*](http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1180992), + an article by David Chisnall. + + Also covers a bit of GNU's and the Hurd's history, fundamental techniques + applied, comparisions to other systems. + + +# Development + + * *[[The_GNU_Hurd_Reference_Manual|reference_manual]]*. + + * The *[[Hurd_Hacking_Guide]]*, an introduction to GNU Hurd and Mach + programming by Wolfgang Jährling. + + * [*Manually Bootstrapping a + Translator*](http://walfield.org/pub/people/neal/papers/hurd-misc/manual-bootstrap.txt), + a text by Neal Walfield about how to *manually connect the translator to + the filesystem*. + + * [[*The_Authentication_Server*|auth]], the transcript of a talk about the + details of the authentication mechanisms in the Hurd by Wolfgang Jährling. + + * [*The Mach Paging Interface as Used by the + Hurd*](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2002-06/msg00001.html), a + text by Neal Walfield. + + * In the + [[Position_paper_*Improving_Usability_via_Access_Decomposition_and_Policy*|ng/position_paper]] + Neal Walfield and Marcus Brinkmann give an overview about how a future, + subsequent system may be architected. + + * [*Generalizing mobility for the Hurd*](http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-mobility.pdf), + a thesis written by Carl Fredrik Hammar, + investigates the mobility aspect of stores + and how it can be generalized and used for other applications. + The background chapter may be of interest to new developers. |