Re: [9fans] I/O load crashes Qemu

2008-06-14 Thread Bakul Shah
> >> i find there's a certain simplicty in dealing directly > >> with hardware, provided one has documentation. > > > > Provided it is complete and the h/w well designed and > > interface regular. Unfortunately not all that common. > > you continue with this claim without presenting evidence.

Re: [9fans] command line tool for storing / reading files on venti

2008-06-14 Thread Russ Cox
>> no, it doesn't. on plan 9, when the shell script exits, >> nothing will have vacfs mounted anymore, so vacfs >> will get an eof on the 9p connection and exit. >> that's why i put an rfork n in the script. > > aha, that's probably what the rfork call does ? rfork n forks the name space, so tha

Re: [9fans] I/O load crashes Qemu

2008-06-14 Thread Iruata Souza
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 9:53 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't know how the praise of "excellent" was bestowed on QEMU. It >> may work well on a x86 emulating an x86 but try something else. It >> ends in tears. >> > > this isn't a defense of qemu. i don't know enough about i

Re: [9fans] I/O load crashes Qemu

2008-06-14 Thread erik quanstrom
>> i find there's a certain simplicty in dealing directly >> with hardware, provided one has documentation. > > Provided it is complete and the h/w well designed and > interface regular. Unfortunately not all that common. you continue with this claim without presenting evidence. i respond to th

Re: [9fans] I/O load crashes Qemu

2008-06-14 Thread erik quanstrom
> I don't know how the praise of "excellent" was bestowed on QEMU. It > may work well on a x86 emulating an x86 but try something else. It > ends in tears. > this isn't a defense of qemu. i don't know enough about it to defend it. however, why is it a requirement that a vm be able to emulate ot

Re: [9fans] command line tool for storing / reading files on venti

2008-06-14 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > no, it doesn't. on plan 9, when the shell script exits, > nothing will have vacfs mounted anymore, so vacfs > will get an eof on the 9p connection and exit. > that's why i put an rfork n in the script. aha, that's probably what the rfork call does ?