Plan9 kernel is monolithic with the drivers required for a specific platform compiled in.
So you might need to write specific drivers for new hardware if they are not already available. The paper: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/compiling_kernels/ explains the steps required to generate a new kernel. BTW, even for the same hardware, the kernels are different for terminals, cpu servers, etc. On 19 December 2014 at 07:06, <cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org> wrote: > > cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org writes: > > > Yes, I figured it might require some new device drivers, but why would > > it require a new kernel? I thought there was already a Plan 9 kernel > > for Arm Cortex-series processors. That's one of the reasons why I > > developed such a crush on OMAP. ;) > > BTW, that was not intended as a rhetorical question; I really am curious > why the device would require a whole new kernel... > >
