i was gonna suggest as per rob's post that chan.c was a good place to check for gcc introduced code. anyone actually going to diff the code or is it all going to be speculation?
brucee On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:01 PM, st...@quintile.net <st...@quintile.net> wrote: > > if there was a way to run apt-get on plan9 and run standard Linux tools, > like Firefox and thunderbird, and gcc then I would be a very happy old > programmer. > > I did some work on extending cinap's amazing linuxemu some years ago but > modern Linux has evolved to the point where even this becomes very painful. > a bsdemu might be easier, but I haven't looked into that. > > just being able to run gcc in arm/thumb cross mode would be great. I know > kenc will build arm but I need to keep source compatibility with the rest > of the team, who use gcc - on windows! > > it is still a battle to keep plan9 running at work, though so far, even if > I haven't won, I haven't lost either. > > -Steve > > > > > > On 26 Jul 2015, at 10:35, a.regenf...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > Hm, that looks interesting. I like what that they are trying to make > plan 9 a bit > > more accessible by using familiar programs and closing the gap between > modern unix > > and the plan 9 ideas. However, I think I'll rather keep vanilla plan 9 > or 9front > > (rio is still better than X11, sorry). > > But nontheless, it's a great idea and I hope they keep up the great work. > > > > adrian > > > > > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015 um 00:15 Uhr > > Von: "Axel Belinfante" <axel.belinfa...@utwente.nl> > > An: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> > > Betreff: Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9 > > > > I couldn’t resist looking, and found in > http://www.osnews.com/comments/28699 > > > > "Harvey is an effort to get the Plan 9 code working with gcc and clang”. > > > > So, in a way it seems to be a port of Plan 9. > > More details, including the feature list below, are at > http://harvey-os.org[http://harvey-os.org] > > > > Features > > > > • AMD 64 bit > > • Modern, simplified syscall system > > • GCC toolchain means you can use gdb(!) > > • Compile in Linux or OSX using Harvey's headers and libs, no need to > change anything else > > • Fast compilation of the whole system > > • All Plan9 userland apps available > > • Plans to add X11 with rio-like multiplexing, tty driver, new > fileserver, native toolchain and more > > > > I’m intrigued by the “compile … using Harvey's headers and libs, no need > to change anything else” — > > I guess that means that it will be easy to “port” stuff to Harvey? > > > > The team list contains names well-known on this list... > > > > I must say, it looks quite interesting, worth checking out. > > > > Axel. > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2015, at 17:58, Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com[ > rym...@gmail.com]> wrote: > > > > No clue. I'm guessing it's heavily inspired by Plan 9. > > > > On July 25, 2015 3:34:13 AM CDT, "st...@quintile.net[st...@quintile.net]" > <st...@quintile.net[st...@quintile.net]> wrote: > > not sure what Harvey is... is it just plan9 ported to build on gcc? > > > > if so does gcc run under Harvey? > > > > does gcc run under plan9 now? > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2015, at 01:43, Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com[ > rym...@gmail.com]> wrote: > > > > > https://medium.com/this-is-not-a-monad-tutorial/harvey-an-operating-system-with-plan-9-s-shadow-3081414e5f0b[https://medium.com/this-is-not-a-monad-tutorial/harvey-an-operating-system-with-plan-9-s-shadow-3081414e5f0b] > > > > I'm not affiliated with this whatsoever; I just saw it on Reddit and > found it interesting. > > > > I found this part particularly neat: > > > >> We are working in ANSI POSIX environment to have most of well known > tools and programs that programmers or end users expects to have in a > modern operating system. Things that for traditional Plan 9 would be very > difficult to have. > > > > -- > > Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > > Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >
