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-rw-r--r--hurd/dde/guide.mdwn158
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/distrib.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--hurd/status.mdwn4
-rw-r--r--hurd/virtual_file_system.mdwn2
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diff --git a/hurd/dde.mdwn b/hurd/dde.mdwn
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[[!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]]."]]"""]]
+
+ * [[community/gsoc/project ideas/driver glue code]]
+
+ * [[open issues/user-space device drivers]]
+
+ * [[open issues/device drivers and io systems]]
+
+---
+
+There is an effort going on to make [[/DDE]] usable in GNU/Hurd
+userspace.
+
+See Zheng Da's [[project page|zhengda]], as well as another [[guide]].
diff --git a/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6518e0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hurd/dde/guide.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 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]]."]]"""]]
+
+If you haven't: install hurd to partition
+get grub image
+boot hurd in single user (change grub entry accordingly to the installed partition)
+
+> $ export TERM=mach
+
+> $ ./native-install
+
+reboot to other debian
+
+suppose hurd partition is hdd1
+
+as root
+
+> $ mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt -t ext2
+
+> $ cd /mnt/etc/apt
+
+> $ echo "deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main" >> sources.list
+
+> $ echo "deb-src http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main" >> sources.list
+
+> $ echo "deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main" >> sources.list
+
+> $ echo "deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main" >> sources.list
+
+> $ wget http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/debian/DebianAptOffline/apt.conf.offline
+
+> $ cd /mnt
+
+> $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline update
+
+> $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline upgrade
+
+> $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install git-core
+
+> $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline build-dep hurd gnumach
+
+> $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev
+
+> $ cd /mnt/home
+
+> $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git -b dde hurd_dde
+
+> $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git -b master-user_level_drivers gnumach_dde
+
+
+suppose you need forcedeth driver
+
+Download http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.29.y.git;a=blob_plain;f=drivers/net/forcedeth.c;hb=HEAD from mozilla like
+browser to /mnt/home as forcedeth.c
+
+Download http://pastebin.com/RJAJT2MR the same way and rename it to 0001-Fix-up-DDE-paths.patch
+
+reboot back to hurd (multiuser)
+
+> $ apt-get update
+
+> $ apt-get upgrade
+
+> $ apt-get install git-core
+
+> $ apt-get build-dep hurd gnumach
+
+> $ apt-get install build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev
+
+
+> $ cd /home/gnumach_dde
+
+> $ autoreconf -i && ./configure --enable-kdb --enable-device-drivers=none --enable-lpr --enable-floppy --enable-ide
+
+> $ make
+
+> $ cd ../hurd_dde
+
+> $ git am ../0001-Fix-up-DDE-paths.patch
+
+> $ cp -r dde_pcnet32 dde_forcedeth
+
+> $ cd dde_forcedeth
+
+> $ rm pcnet32.c
+
+> $ cp /home/forcedeth.c ./
+
+> $ sed -i 's/pcnet32/forcedeth/g' Makefile
+
+> $ sed -i 's/pcnet32/forcedeth/g' .gitignore
+
+> $ sed -i 's:-lhurd-slab:../libhurd-slab/libhurd-slab.a:' Makefile
+
+> $ sed -i 's:-I/include:-I..:' Makefile
+
+> $ nano forcedeth.c
+
+add these 2 lines after the last #include
+
+ #include <ddekit/timer.h>
+ void get_random_byter(void *buf, int nbytes) { }
+
+> $ cd ..
+
+> $ git add dde_forcedeth
+
+> $ git commit -a -m 'Add forcedeth driver'
+
+> $ autoreconf -i && ./configure
+
+> $ mkdir -p hurd/include/ddekit
+
+> $ make libddekit libmachdev devnode pfinet
+
+> $ cd libdde_linux26
+
+> $ make
+
+> $ cd ../dde_forcedeth
+
+> $ make
+
+If the make fails it might be necassary to replace some of the -l options (or all) in Makefile with the real path to the library objects (example: change *-lhurd-slab* to *../libhurd-slab/libhurd-slab.a*)
+
+> $ cp /home/gnumach_dde/gnumach /boot/gnumach_dde
+
+> $ mkdir /hurd/dde
+
+> $ cp /home/hurd_dde/devnode/devnode /hurd/dde
+
+> $ cp /home/hurd_dde/pfinet/pfinet /hurd/dde
+
+> $ cp /home/hurd_dde/dde_forcedeth/dde_forcedeth /hurd/dde/forcedeth
+
+reboot to hurd with the new gnumach_dde
+
+> $ settrans -c /dev/forcedeth /hurd/dde/forcedeth
+
+> $ settrans -c /dev/eth0 /hurd/dde/devnode -M /dev/forcedeth eth0
+
+> $ 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
+
+
+replace the ip, gateway and mask with your own ones
+
+> $ nano /etc/resolv.conf
+
+add line: nameserver 192.168.1.254
+
+DONE
diff --git a/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn b/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn
index 229e2d8f..92904d19 100644
--- a/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/distrib.mdwn
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ about getting applications to work (if possible).
<dl>
<dt>[[SavannahProjects]]</dt>
- <dd> Savannah is a CVS &amp;amp; Bug system evolved from a free version of the code that powers <a href="http://sf.net" target="_top">sourceforge.net</a>. It has forked and been slightly modified for use by FSF, GNU and non-GNU projects. Actual Development takes place here. There is also a <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=hurd" target="_top">help wanted</a> list. </dd>
+ <dd> Savannah is a CVS &amp; Bug system evolved from a free version of the code that powers <a href="http://sf.net" target="_top">sourceforge.net</a>. It has forked and been slightly modified for use by FSF, GNU and non-GNU projects. Actual Development takes place here. There is also a <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=hurd" target="_top">help wanted</a> list. </dd>
</dl>
<dl>
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ about getting applications to work (if possible).
</dl>
<dl>
- <dt> Debain Infrastructure</dt>
- <dd> Testing is critical in helping the development effort. Bugs (defect reports) can be filed against the Debian software package in which they are found. [[debian/patch_submission]] tells how to file a Debian bug report. [[DebianPackages]] has some information about how Debian splits the software into packages and some references. There is a buildd autobuilder compiling the Debian Sid archive software for the GNU/Hurd port. [[BuilddStatus]] includes information on the buildd &amp;amp; turtle efforts. </dd>
+ <dt> Debian Infrastructure</dt>
+ <dd> Testing is critical in helping the development effort. Bugs (defect reports) can be filed against the Debian software package in which they are found. [[debian/patch_submission]] tells how to file a Debian bug report. [[DebianPackages]] has some information about how Debian splits the software into packages and some references. There is a buildd autobuilder compiling the Debian Sid archive software for the GNU/Hurd port. [[BuilddStatus]] includes information on the buildd &amp; turtle efforts. </dd>
</dl>
<dl>
diff --git a/hurd/status.mdwn b/hurd/status.mdwn
index b0fe1460..721cdeda 100644
--- a/hurd/status.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/status.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
Foundation, Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ so little would be gained by creating an official pure Hurd release.
The Debian GNU/Hurd [[distribution|running/debian]] offers *LiveCDs and QEMU images*
to test-drive the Hurd in a real life system with access to about
-50% of the Debian software archive.
+65% of the Debian software archive.
The most recent version of the Debian port at the time of writing
is *Debian GNU/Hurd L1*.
diff --git a/hurd/virtual_file_system.mdwn b/hurd/virtual_file_system.mdwn
index 1e2f68fb..b62a5e4c 100644
--- a/hurd/virtual_file_system.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/virtual_file_system.mdwn
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ No single entity is responsible for the resolution of
path names. A file system server (a [[translator]])
attaches to translators (`fs.defs:file_set_translator`).
-When a process resolves an aboslute path, it queries
+When a process resolves an absolute path, it queries
its root file system server by invoking the `fs.defs:dir_lookup`
method in the capability in its root directory slot. The
file system server resolves as much as it knows about locally