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diff --git a/open_issues/dde.mdwn b/open_issues/dde.mdwn index aff988d5..8f00c950 100644 --- a/open_issues/dde.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/dde.mdwn @@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ A similar problem is described in [[community/gsoc/project_ideas/unionfs_boot]], and needs to be implemented. +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-17 + + <bddebian> OK, here is a stupid question I have always had. If you move + PCI and disk drivers in to userspace, how do do initial bootstrap to get + the system booting? + <braunr> that's hard + <braunr> basically you make the boot loader load all the components you + need in ram + <braunr> then you make it give each component something (ports) so they can + communicate + + # Upstream Status @@ -90,6 +102,9 @@ At the microkernel davroom at [[community/meetings/FOSDEM_2012]]: automatically, or you have to settrans yourself to setup a device? <youpi> there's no autoloader for now <youpi> we'd need a bus arbitrer that'd do autoprobing + +[[PCI_arbiter]]. + <pinotree> i see <pinotree> (you see i'm not really that low level, so pardon the flood of posssibly-noobish questions ;) ) @@ -200,21 +215,10 @@ At the microkernel davroom at [[community/meetings/FOSDEM_2012]]: <antrik> right -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-02-19 - - <youpi> antrik: we should probably add a gsoc idea on pci bus arbitration - <youpi> DDE is still experimental for now so it's ok that you have to - configure it by hand, but it should be automatic at some ponit - +# [[PCI_Arbiter]] ## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-02-21 - <braunr> i'm not familiar with the new gnumach interface for userspace - drivers, but can this pci enumerator be written with it as it is ? - <braunr> (i'm not asking for a precise answer, just yes - even probably - - or no) - <braunr> (idk or utsl will do as well) - <youpi> I'd say yes <youpi> since all drivers need is interrupts, io ports and iomem <youpi> the latter was already available through /dev/mem <youpi> io ports through the i386 rpcs |