Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread lucio
> It says more about you that you're insulted by something so innocuous. The humourous tone is slipping... Anyone writes firmware blobs, crazy closed or otherwise, should be reported to the authorities for recycling. Lucio.

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread Anthony Martin
hiro <23h...@gmail.com> once said: > Also, "crazy closed firmware blobs" is a violation of our COC. Some > people here develop firmware blobs and don't want to hear such > insults. It says more about you that you're insulted by something so innocuous. Email me privately if you'd like some real in

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread David du Colombier
> Another type of machine worth looking at is the EdgeRouter Lite (aka > Erlite 3) from Ubiquiti Networks I agree that the EdgeRouter Lite could be a very good platform to make a MIPS64 port. It has a serial port and runs U-Boot, so it's pretty convenient as as development platform. The document

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread hiro
Also, "crazy closed firmware blobs" is a violation of our COC. Some people here develop firmware blobs and don't want to hear such insults.

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread hiro
Liinux running on a device sadly doesn't say anything about available documentation or the complexity of the interface that need to be implemented. On 8/8/15, Alexander Schreiber wrote: > On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 06:42:04AM +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> > this board has quite a number of f

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-08 Thread Alexander Schreiber
On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 06:42:04AM +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > this board has quite a number of features, and might be useful for > > education if the cost isn't prohibitive. > > The list is impressive and the schematics ought to make things > simpler, but will support for Plan 9 be a r

[9fans] /spim

2015-08-08 Thread cinap_lenrek
recently the /spim directory for little endian mips was commited to the repository. sysupdate will create this directory under /dist/plan9front as the namespace (and cwfs) prevent it from creating directories in /. there will be no error message and no harm is done. just for the people who wonder