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-rw-r--r--hurd/dde/guide.mdwn56
-rw-r--r--hurd/faq/top.mdwn16
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/qemu.mdwn10
-rw-r--r--hurd/status.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.mdwn5
5 files changed, 49 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn
index 6a83519c..bf41dd79 100644
--- a/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ The whole process is much more cumbersome otherwise.
It also assumes that apart from networking,
your Hurd system is already installed and operational.
+Debian now already includes dde support in both gnumach (>=
+2:1.3.99.dfsg.git20120219-1) and hurd (>= 20120219-1), so in the steps below,
+building gnumach will not be needed. Also, be sure to use the dde-debian branch
+instead of dde.
+
We start by booting into Debian GNU/Linux,
-so we can download everything we will need for building DDE.
+so we can download everything we will need for building DDE. If you have already a way to download things from the Hurd image, skip to "Get DDE code" below.
Once there, first mount the Hurd partition (as root):
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ Download the packages for offline installation:
$ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline build-dep hurd gnumach
- $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install git-core build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev
+ $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install git-core build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev hurd-dev zlib1g-dev
Get DDE code:
@@ -60,6 +65,10 @@ Get DDE code:
$ mkdir dde && cd dde
+Note: here, use dde-debian instead of dde if you have gnumach >=
+2:1.3.99.dfsg.git20120219-1 already installed and running. Otherwise you will
+get "vm_allocate_contiguous: (ipc/mig) bad request message ID" error messages.
+
$ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git -b dde hurd
$ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git -b master-user_level_drivers
@@ -82,10 +91,10 @@ the right source file from Linux:
Point a (JavaScript-capable) web browser at
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.29.y.git;a=tree;f=drivers/net;hb=HEAD
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=tree;f=drivers/net;hb=refs/heads/linux-2.6.29.y
-(Note: you **have** to use 2.6.29,
-as this is the version DDE is currently based on.)
+(Note: you **have** to use some 2.6.29.y (whatever the y, prefer the latest), as
+this is the version DDE is currently based on.)
Find the right file to download
(forcedeth.c in this example);
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ Once there, install the packages previously downloaded (again as root):
$ apt-get build-dep hurd gnumach
- $ apt-get install git-core build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev
+ $ apt-get install git-core build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev hurd-dev zlib1g-dev
Make sure we can build stuff as normal user:
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ Make sure we can build stuff as normal user:
Now you can log in with the normal user account to build stuff.
-Build a DDE-enabled Mach:
+Build a DDE-enabled Mach. Not needed if you have gnumach >= 2:1.3.99.dfsg.git20120219-1 already installed and running:
$ cd ~me/dde/gnumach
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ Build a DDE-enabled Mach:
If not already present in DDE,
-we need to prepare the driver for the network card:
+we need to prepare the driver for the network card (else, skip to "Having prepared the driver" below):
$ cd ~me/dde/hurd
@@ -164,27 +173,25 @@ we can now build the necessary Hurd and DDE bits:
$ autoreconf -i && ./configure
- $ mkdir -p hurd/include/ddekit # workaround for a buildsystem bug... XXX I'm pretty sure this is not necessary anymore
+ $ make libddekit libmachdev devnode pfinet # Hurd components. This is not needed if you have the Debian hurd-dev >= 20120219-1 package already installed.
- $ make libddekit libmachdev devnode pfinet # Hurd components
+ $ make -C libdde_linux26 # common DDE driver code -- uses a different Makefile system than the Hurd components! This is not needed if you have the Debian hurd-dev >= 20120219-2 package already installed.
- $ cd libdde_linux26 # common DDE driver code -- uses a different Makefile system than the Hurd components!
+If you have the Debian hurd-dev >= 20120219-2 package already installed (and thus skipped the previous steps), run:
- $ make
+ $ make -C dde_forcedeth PKGDIR=/usr/share/libdde_linux26 # actual driver
- $ cd ../dde_forcedeth # actual driver
+otherwise, after doing the previous steps, use:
- $ make
+ $ make -C dde_forcedeth # actual driver
-Install the various built components to their final destinations (as root):
+Install the various built components to their final destinations (as root). You only need to install dde_forcedeth if you are already running the Debian gnumach >= 2:1.3.99.dfsg.git20120219-1 and hurd-dev >= 20120219-1 packages:
$ cd ~me/dde/
$ cp gnumach/gnumach /boot/gnumach_dde
- $ mkdir /hurd/dde
-
- $ cp hurd/devnode/devnode hurd/pfinet/pfinet hurd/dde_forcedeth/dde_forcedeth /hurd/dde
+ $ cp hurd/devnode/devnode hurd/pfinet/pfinet hurd/dde_forcedeth/dde_forcedeth /hurd
Now everything should be ready.
@@ -197,17 +204,24 @@ in the boottime grub menu while testing.)
Once there, set up the translators for the driver (as root):
- $ settrans -c /dev/forcedeth /hurd/dde/forcedeth
+ $ settrans -cap /dev/forcedeth /hurd/dde_forcedeth
+
+If that spews error "vm_allocate_contiguous: (ipc/mig) bad request message ID",
+you are mixing things: either use the debian kernel and the dde-debian incubator
+branch, or use your kernel built from the master-user_level_drivers branch and
+the dde incubator branch, but don't make any mixture.
- $ settrans -c /dev/eth0 /hurd/dde/devnode -M /dev/forcedeth eth0
+ $ settrans -cap /dev/eth0 /hurd/devnode -M /dev/forcedeth eth0
Finally, we can set up the actual network translator,
using something like:
- $ settrans -c /servers/socket/2 /hurd/dde/pfinet -i /dev/eth0 -a 192.168.1.194 -g 192.168.1.254 -m 255.255.255.0
+ $ settrans -cap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/eth0 -a 192.168.1.194 -g 192.168.1.254 -m 255.255.255.0
For the exact syntax,
see the normal network setup documentation.
The only differences here
are the different location of the pfinet binary,
and the different syntax for the -i option.
+
+Check Arch/Hurd recipe on git://projects.archhurd.org/packages.git
diff --git a/hurd/faq/top.mdwn b/hurd/faq/top.mdwn
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e385c0f..00000000
--- a/hurd/faq/top.mdwn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 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]]."]]"""]]
-
-[[!meta title="What is a replacement for procps' top?"]]
-
-Here is a replacement to use, until the real `top` works, which depends on
-[[hurd/translator/procfs]] and some [[!taglink porting|open_issue_porting]].
-
- $ while :; do ps -e -v -s CPU --top=22 -r; sleep 5; done
diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
index b2812750..d7660c74 100644
--- a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 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
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ You can use the following images to give the GNU/Hurd a try.
[[!inline pages=hurd/running/debian/qemu_image raw=yes feeds=no]]
+## NixOS
+
+ * <http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/hurd-master>
+
+ * <http://hydra.nixos.org/job/gnu/hurd-master/qemu_test>
+
## Unofficial Images
Note that the following images are unofficial ones: they have been prepared by
diff --git a/hurd/status.mdwn b/hurd/status.mdwn
index 447f3ae4..a48c128f 100644
--- a/hurd/status.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/status.mdwn
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ memory or semaphores are still under development.
All this applies to the current development version, and not to the
last release (0.2). We encourage everybody who is interested to try
-out the latest development version, and send feedback to the Hurd
+out the current development version, and send feedback to the Hurd
developers.
diff --git a/hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.mdwn b/hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.mdwn
index 135b4a88..339fab50 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.mdwn
@@ -213,3 +213,8 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-07-25
Needed by glibc's `pldd` tool (commit
11988f8f9656042c3dfd9002ac85dff33173b9bd).
+
+
+# `/proc/self/exe`
+
+[[!message-id "alpine.LFD.2.02.1110111111260.2016@akari"]]