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diff --git a/user/jkoenig.mdwn b/user/jkoenig.mdwn index 14e40bf6..8827d986 100644 --- a/user/jkoenig.mdwn +++ b/user/jkoenig.mdwn @@ -17,78 +17,156 @@ has been accepted by the Debian project. I will be keeping track of my progress on this page. -### Latest news +### Links - * *busybox*: - patches [posted](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html). - I need to test them on kFreeBSD, - then submit them upstream and to #323670. - * installation images boot with the following changes: - * rebuild hurd-udeb from with the latest pkg-hurd patches - * use busybox from my osports-debian branch (see link above) - * tweak the d-i image build scripts - * the symlink /lib/ld.so -> ld.so.1 needs to be created somehow - (youpi mentionned it being the job of libc0.3-udeb I think) - * fix the poll() issue in libdebian-installer - (patch to be submitted soon), - also there is some hurd doxygen short-circuiting stuff - there which does not apply any more and prevents is to build. - * initrd support coming soon (BTW gnumach does not like gcc-4.4), - for the time being it needs to be fed to qemu as a hard drive - (with some more space added to avoid it from becoming full) + * [Modified packages](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/unstable) + * [Latest images](http://jk.fr.eu.org/debian/hurd-installer) + * [Debian bugs](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=jk@jk.fr.eu.org&tag=gsoc2010) + * [BusyBox port](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html) + * [GNU Mach initrd](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-06/msg00047.html) ### Roadmap -#### Week 2 (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-06) - -* see what breaks in the installer and fix the problems one by one - (install-time netcfg, cdrom detection, whatever) -* start working on mach initrd support - -#### Week 3 (2010-06-07..13) - -* try to get the busybox changes merged upstream - and integrated into the debian package -* tweak the hurd debian package to handle - what native-install used to be required for - -#### Week 4 (2010-06-14..20) +* **mach**: initrd support + * (./) preliminary patch posted and self-built (2010-06-12) + * adjustments will be needed (postponed) + * consider the alternatives discussed on bug-hurd (postponed) + +* **glibc**: fix `mkdir("/")` which returned `EINVAL` + * (./) eglibc 2.11.2-1 includes a quick fix by youpi (2010-06-15) + * (./) more complete patch posted to bug-hurd, + since other calls return incorrect errors under some circumstances + (2010-06-16) + * more work on it will be needed to make it fix the whole thing + (postponed) + +* (./) **partman** (2010-06-23) + * (./) add hurd-i386 to + `partman-partitioning/lib/disk-label.sh` + (2010-06-16, commited by youpi on 2010-06-23) + * (./) short-circuit + `partman-basicfilesystems/init.d/kernelmodules_basicfilesystems` + (2010-06-16) + * (./) partman-auto recipes: + make the default filesystem os-dependent + when it has not been preseeded (ie. the *seen* flag is clear) + * (./) force 4k blocks and 128 bytes inodes + * (./) submit patches to bugs.debian.org + ([[!debbug 586870]] and [[!debbug 586871]]) + * (./) rebuild with responsible version numbers and upload to my repository + +* (./) **libparted** (2010-06-23) + * (./) fix device paths ([[!debbug 586696]]) + * (./) fix crash on exit for part:* stores ([[!debbug 586682]]) + +* **hurd-udeb** (2010-06-23) + * (./) rebuild with the hack suggested by youpi for qemu network configuration + * (./) fix mount to accept `-o defaults` + * cleanup, ask youpi to commit + +* reloading the partition table (2010-06-25) + * User-space part stores + * (./) hurd-udeb now uses `part:N:device:X` for partition devices + (2010-06-23) + * (./) it also provides /lib/partman/commit.d/??hurd\_reloadpart, + which basically does `settrans -ag /dev/[hs]d*`. + (2010-06-24) + * Kernel-based partition devices + * (./) Mach's drivers from Linux support reloading partitions. + With help from youpi this has been made available through a + device\_set\_status() call. + * (./) make libparted use it + * Reminder: + I should file a bug against libparted with the patch sometime. + +* **busybox**: submit upstream and to [[!debbug 323670]] + (waiting for upstream to review) + * (./) I have mentioned my work on the upstream mailing list, + * (./) merge the recent changes from upstream, + notably to the build system. + (2010-06-23) + * (./) ask upstream for review and merge + (2010-06-25) + * backport any additional changes onto the debian branch + * hijack [[!debbug 323670]] and submit my patches + +* (./) The `/servers/exec` issue (2010-06-26) + * Due to /servers being inexistant, + the bootstrap ext2fs could not register the initial exec server, + meaning that non-bootstrap filesystems used a different one + (started from the passive translator), + which for some reason died on shell scripts, making them stall. + * Adding the `/servers` directory to hurd-udeb fixed it, + as well as the /hurd/proc issue + (failed to be run by init the first time around). + * Reminder: report the non-bootstrap exec servers failure on scripts. + +* (./) **base-installer**: (2010-06-26) + * Work around non-existant /proc/mounts. + * Firmlink /servers into /target after debootstrap + to make the network available. + +* **grub-installer** (expected 2010-06-28) + * review the whole thing and add hurd to the supported cases + +* **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-06-28) + * publish the patch I use + * sort out the changes suitable for inclusion + and ask youpi and/or debian-boot@l.d.o to commit them + +**Milestone (expected 2010-06-28): +installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required** + +* **partman**: further adjustments + * hide irrelevant mount options? (sync, relatime) + +* **busybox**: port + * fix stty/stat/ipcs on kFreeBSD, + * generally port more stuff, + * *ip* is needed for network configuration, + * *mount*, *swaponoff* can be from hurd-udeb for now, + though the kFreeBSD people will need them + +* <strike>tweak the hurd debian package to handle + what native-install used to be required for</strike> + (debootstrap does it) + +* netcfg: make it work on Hurd somehow (port `busybox ip`?) * Hurd-specific partitionning (use supported fs types and options). NB: we will need support in mach to reload the partition tables, or alternatively use the parted support in libstore somehow. -* grub2 installation - -#### Week 5-6 (2010-06-21..07-04) - -* unexpected stuff -* cleanup -* call for testing -* fix bugs - -At this point we would have a basic but working installer. -Hopefully the summer would not be over yet... -#### Week 7-8 (2010-07-05..18) +* grub2 installation -* hurd console +**Milestone (expected 2010-07-05): +installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken** + +* call for testing and fix the bugs +* improve the [initrd situation](FIXME: link to bug-hurd post): + ajust the ramdisk support in Mach, + use tmpfs if possible, + possibly add `module -nounzip` to grub2. +* mklibs{,-copy}: + test library reduction, + make it copy the ld.so -> ld.so.1 symlink. +* hurd console fonts * better DHCP support during and after installation -* support more types of installation images - -#### Week 9-10 (2010-07-19..08-01) -* give a shot at the graphical installer ? - -#### Week 11-12 (2010-08-02..15) +**Milestone (expected 2010-07-19): +it works great and it's beautiful** * test, fix, document - +* support more types of installation images +* give a shot at the graphical installer if time permits +* see how [[zhengda]]'s work on DDE could be integrated +* etc.. ### Mostly done #### Week 1 (2010-05-24) -* genext2fs: patches [submitted](http://bugs.debian.org/562999) +* genext2fs: patches submitted, [[!debbug 562999]] which add support for all block sizes and choosing them at runtime. * busybox: started porting the upstream and Debian package to Hurd and FreeBSD * rebuilding hurd-udeb from the pkg-hurd version @@ -97,3 +175,22 @@ Hopefully the summer would not be over yet... (BTW would there be a mean to detect this from the libdiskfs bootstrap code and report it ?) +#### Week 2 (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-06) + +* *busybox*: patches [posted](http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/05/msg00048.html). +* *libdebian-installer4*: [[!debbug 584538]] +* started working on mach initrd support +* the installation images could boot into the main-menu + with the following changes: + * rebuild hurd-udeb from with the latest pkg-hurd patches + * use busybox from my osports-debian branch (see link above) + * tweak the d-i image build scripts + * the symlink /lib/ld.so -> ld.so.1 needs to be created somehow + (youpi mentionned it being the job of libc0.3-udeb I think) + * fix the poll() issue in libdebian-installer + (patch to be submitted soon), + also there is some hurd doxygen short-circuiting stuff + there which does not apply any more and prevents is to build. + * feed the initrd as a hard drive in qemu + (with some more space added to avoid it from becoming full) + |