* hurd/documentation.mdwn: link to working rumpdisk, rumpnet, and
rumpusbdisk.
* hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn: mention that intel gigabit nics should work.
---
hurd/documentation.mdwn | 3 +++
hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hurd/documentation.mdwn b/hurd/documentation.mdwn
index f9a2428f..1a9ff3b3 100644
--- a/hurd/documentation.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/documentation.mdwn
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ is included in the section entitled
* [[glibc]]
* Device Drivers
* [[rump|hurd/rump]] NetBSD drivers
+ * [[hurd/rump/rumpdisk]]
+ * [[hurd/rump/rumpnet]]
+ * [[hurd/rump/rumpusbdisk]]
* [[DDE|hurd/dde]] Outdated Linux Drivers (unmaintained)
* RPC [[Interface]]s
* Libraries
diff --git a/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn
index 5ea3ba61..ec67d6b5 100644
--- a/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/rump/rumpnet.mdwn
@@ -13,10 +13,29 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
# 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.
+The Hurd is currently using an old Linux's TCP/IP stack (`pfinet`) and
+device drivers. Hurd developers are replacing Linux's old ethernet
+drivers with rumpnet's modern ethernet and wifi device drivers. While
+porting Linux's device drivers would provide better hardware support,
+we do not have the developer man-power to maintain it. Hurd
+Developers prefer rumpnet's stable API over Linux's code churn. We
+plan to replace `pfinet` with [[lwip|hurd/translator/lwip]] (or use
+rump's TCP/IP stack).
+
+In 2025, Damien Zammit make significant progress with rumpnet. He
+coded rumpnet to work with `/dev/wmX` cards, which are Intel i8254x
+Gigabit Ethernet devices. (Documentation is available at
+man.netbsd.org's [wm(4)](https://man.netbsd.org/wm.4) web
+page). Please note that these are ethernet cards not wifi cards. This
+should be easily extended to support other NICs by contributing to
+netbsd/rump's makefiles.
+
+Example usage:
+
+ $ settrans -fgap /dev/rumpnet /hurd/rumpnet
+ $ settrans -fgap /dev/wm0 /hurd/devnode -M /dev/rumpnet wm0
+ $ settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i /dev/wm0
+ $ ifup /dev/wm0
+
+
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