Re: More patches for the FAQ

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >    3) Add a link for console with xkb package and for a package
   >    allowing=3D20 keymaps on the mach console
   > 
   > I added such a link already.

   Yes, i saw it, but the current link points to a .tar.gz, not a .deb
   ; so=20 i think adding a link to it helps makes the xkb
   installation easier=20 (especiqlly when using wrong keymqp), even
   if is not vital.

A link to the upstream sources and a Debian URI would be the best
solution.

Comments inlined...

    ??  Why is `/usr' a symbolic link to `.'?

   -{MB} The distinction between `/' and `/usr' has historical reasons.
   +{MB,FH} The distinction between `/' and `/usr' has historical reasons.
    Back when Unix systems were booted from two tapes, a small root tape
    and a big user tape.  Today, we like to use different partitions for
    these two spaces.  The Hurd throws this historical garbage away.  We
   -think that we have found a more flexible solution called shadow
   -filesystems.  Unfortunately, support for shadowed filesystems is not yet
   -implemented.
   +think that we have found a more flexible solution called union
   +filesystems.  Unfortunately, support for union filesystems is still in
   +early development and styl needs lots of testing and patches.

styl ==> style, could you rewrite the last sentence to put things into
more positive light?

   +?? What are union filesystemens and unionfs ?
   +
   +{FH} An union filesystem merges two directory trees into a new virtual
   +tree.  For example, files appearing  under `/bin' could actually be
   +located in different physical locations.  That's why it isn't
   +necessary to have a separate  `/usr' directory.  Filesystem unions
   +will be done by the `unionfs' translator; however, this translator is
   +still in development.=20
   +
   +You are welcome to check it out at:
   +
   +    http://duesseldorf.ccc.de/~moritz/hurd.html
   +
   +... and to help its development.

unionfs is now maintained by Gianluca and me, and it is only avaiable
in the hurdextras CVS.

    ??  Where is the documentation?
   =20
   -{NHW} There are neither man pages nor info nodes for the Hurd translator=
   s
   -and commands.  Documentation lives inside of the binaries and can be
   +{NHW,MM} The most up to date documentation lives inside of the binaries =
   and can be

Neal didn't write this section, so giving him credit for this piece is
incorrect.

   +You can also find documentation on the Wiki:
   +
   +    http://hurd.gnufans.org/

All relevant information should be aviable at http://hurd.gnu.org, so
repeating this link in the FAQ is not needed I think.

   @@ -408,7 +442,14 @@ programs that rely it.  If you are wonde
    directory, this is a relict from a Debian GNU/Linux package
    (specifically, `base-files').
   =20
   -You can probe for existing hardware devices with the devprobe utility.
   +{MM} James Morrisson has created a procfs translator which implements
   +a /proc file system providing informations about running processes on
   +the system, as Linux /proc does (those are the directories with
   +numerical names, which are actually PIDs).  It is highly experimental
   +and needs testing and improvements.  You can check it out at:
   +
   +    http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hurdextras
   +

Is procfs really a frequent question? 

    ??  What is OSKit-Mach?

Could you add the branch names for both trees here?  There was a user
who couldn't find this information, so it should be listed here I
think

Other then that, looks great.  If you could update it a bit so that it
applies cleanly against the current version, and fix the small things
I commented about, then I will apply it in a week after you send the
patch.

Thanks for contributing!