Just to quickly hijack this thread, would this Python code work on Plan 9? https://github.com/philsmd/vap11g
Many thanks! On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Brian Vito <brian.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, that's good to know. What instructions would you suggest I > start with for setting up a full cpu + auth + fossil server or mounting > the pi file system remotely with 9fs from Windows or Mac OS X? > > I'm not particularly interested in overclocking, but was curious how Plan > 9 might respond if I were to play around with it a little. > > If you'll indulge two more quick questions, I would very much appreciate > it. (1) Is there any support for the Edimax EW-7811Un USB-WiFi adaptor -- > or any other USB-WiFi adaptor? Or would an ethernet to WiFi adaptor be the > only option? And (2), is it advisable or necessary to update the 9pi > distribution's firmware files from > https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/ at any time or from time to > time? > > Once I figure out how to customize the startup to run my own acme.dump (I > think some of the earlier answers will help me fix that) and anything else > related to getting things set up that might be useful to other new users, I > plan on posting easy instructions at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/plan9/. > > Thanks, 𝔹 > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:00 AM, <9fans-requ...@9fans.net> wrote: > >> >> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:52:26 +0000 >> >> From: Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> >> To: 9fans@9fans.net >> Subject: Re: [9fans] Setting 9pi Start State / Drawterm to 9pi >> Message-ID: <abdf9be3cb8fde01aafab722c9f12...@hamnavoe.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> >> > So if I were to want to connect to my 9pi at home from my office, would >> I >> > have to make the 9pi into a cpu server? >> >> If you just want to use drawterm to connect, the reply you quoted shows a >> simple way. If you want to use more plan 9 capabilities, like mounting >> the >> pi file system remotely with 9fs, or connecting with a different user >> name, >> setting up a full cpu + auth + fossil server gives you that (and gives you >> a chance to understand plan 9 more thoroughly). >> >> > Also, I was wondering if Plan 9 uses the Raspberry Pi's GPU. In other >> > words, should I allocate the smallest amount of memory to the GPU (I >> think >> > 16 is the minimum) rather than the default of 64? And in that case, I >> would >> > also assume that overclocking the GPU wouldn't be of any benefit. >> >> The 9pi.img already sets gpu ram size to the minimum. Plan 9 doesn't use >> the gpu's accelerated graphics api, but the gpu is still doing some >> low-level >> functions behind the scenes. >> >> I wouldn't advise overclocking anything. If you care that much about >> speed, >> why use a raspberry pi? >> >>
