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diff --git a/hurd/dde.mdwn b/hurd/dde.mdwn index 6327a1ef..da8c9162 100644 --- a/hurd/dde.mdwn +++ b/hurd/dde.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011, 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable @@ -19,7 +19,38 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] --- -There is an effort going on to make [[/DDE]] usable in GNU/Hurd +/!\ DDE uses old Linux device drivers. It is not maintained. /!\ + +We will probably replace most of DDE with [[hurd/rump]]. + +While we still have dde, you can use the those drivers in GNU/Hurd userspace. See Zheng Da's [[project page|zhengda]], as well as another [[guide]]. + +--- + +# Documentation + + * <http://demo.tudos.org/dsweeper_tutorial.html> + + Why device drivers in user space; different possibilities for getting + device drivers; DDE's origins and rationale. + + * <http://wiki.tudos.org/DDE/DDEKit>, + <http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/pipermail/l4-hackers/2009/004291.html> + + Structural overview of the components. + + +# Discussion + +DDE essentially is a glue layer to embed Linux device drivers into another +environement. In the DDE case, this *other environment* is a user-space task +-- compared to the GNU Mach kernel having a *in-kernel* Linux 2.0 device +drivers glue code (cf. paper by Goel et al.). + + +# Source Code + + * <http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/index.php?node_id=1584&ln=en> |