On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 01:40:29PM -0800, ron minnich wrote:
> apropos this, I just now pushed a fixup for acmmuswitch that's better.
> 
> we're getting pretty close to 'turn on an AC and watch it burn' point.
> 

What is now the master sources?

https://github.com/rminnich/nix-os

or

https://github.com/rminnich/9front/tree/ron_nix

?

> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 8:55?PM ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > from my point of view, what is lacking in NIX is that it's not integrated
> > into a living code base, rather it is its own thing. That means it can not
> > take advantage of the last 14 years of plan 9 improvements and bug fixes.
> >
> > Paul has done excellent work pulling it into 9front and I've tried to
> > build on it, see https://github.com/rminnich/9front/tree/ron_nix
> >
> > I am not sure we need a list, maybe we do, but NIX is very, very simple,
> > by design, and I think what's more important is to dig into the code and
> > get it going.
> >
> > I think we're within a month or maybe sooner of having the NIX based on
> > 9front working as NIX used to work. I'm following the rule that, for every
> > change, the kernel must build and boot. I am not at the point where we can
> > enable an AC, but we're getting there.
> >
> > It would be very useful if you can take a look at the code and understand,
> > for example, what tcore.c and acore.c are doing, and where I've messed up
> > pulling that code over.
> >
> > Also I'm still not completely understanding how 9 front does startup IPI
> > -- we added SIPI in nix, vector 62, but I don't see that in 9front. I added
> > VectorSIPI to pc/io.h, but maybe that's a botch.
> >
> > This means staring at code, and it's a real grind, but there's just about
> > no other way to do it.
> >
> > In particular, the path in acmmuswitch needs more eyes.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 4:16?PM Cody Holliday <
> > cody.parker.holli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello everyone,
> >> 
> >> I created an issue on the GitHub but I figure using the mailing list was
> >> more the projects speed.
> >> 
> >> Is there already a list of things to do? Shall we maintain a file to
> >> track tasks needing to be completed?
> >> 
> >> I would like to at least be able get a handle on what is still lacking in
> >> NIX.
> >> 
> >> Hope you all had a good Groundhog Day!
> >> Cody

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