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diff --git a/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5ea3ba61 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag stable_URL]] + +# RumpNet + +Hurd developers want to use rumpnet, so that we can use modern +ethernet and wifi device drivers. The Hurd is currently using Linux's +old TCP/IP stack (`pfinet`) and device drivers. We plan to replace +`pfinet` with [[lwip|hurd/translator/lwip]] and use rumpnet's modern +device drivers for ethernet and wifi hardware. Alternatively, we +could use rump's TCP/IP stack. + |