Re: [9fans] MIPS-64

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Wiess
Yes I started on working the toolchain a couple years ago, based on some earlier work done at the labs. Development stalled due to other work at the time and I never got back to it. But it's on sources (tim/4acl.tgz) if anybody wants to pick it up. I'm happy to provide any help. tim > tim weis

Re: [9fans] has anyone used xmonad?

2008-10-20 Thread Tim Wiess
> i stumbled upon this the other day. xmonad is a tiling window manager > written in haskell that looks similar to acme, although it can be > completely keyboard-driven. if anyone has used it please comment on > it. I use it as my X WM. So far I've been pretty satisfied with it. By default you ca

Re: [9fans] apropos of the glendix post

2008-09-04 Thread Tim Wiess
> That said, how do we mobilise the community to focus on useful > drivers? I suppose we start with Ron's wish list, then we explore > Russ' partially complete postings (i386 emulation, Centrino drivers, > I'm sure I've forgotten many more) and thirdly we post a list of > willing contributors, pos

Re: [9fans] 9vx vs drawterm

2008-07-21 Thread Tim Wiess
>> The advantage of 9vx over drawterm, for me, is that 9vx >> doesn't require a cpu server. > > You are not using Plan 9 anymore then, rather you are using something > similar to Plan 9. > > I felt that Plan 9 is abused by 9vx, which I felt at first glance, but > at that time I didn't want to say

Re: [9fans] 9vx on OpenBSD-4.3

2008-06-30 Thread Tim Wiess
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Tim Wiess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you can wait a couple days I'll have some time later in the >> week to port this over to OpenBSD. >> >> >>> I'm currently trying to get 9vx work on OpenBSD-4.3 (i386, 7

Re: [9fans] 9vx on OpenBSD-4.3

2008-06-30 Thread Tim Wiess
If you can wait a couple days I'll have some time later in the week to port this over to OpenBSD. > I'm currently trying to get 9vx work on OpenBSD-4.3 (i386, 750Mhz, > 256MB RAM), but each time I want to start 9vx I get the following: > > $ ./9vx.FreeBSD -u glenda > Abort Trap > $ > > Of cours

Re: [9fans] sad commentary

2008-06-29 Thread Tim Wiess
>> this slashdot article almost asks for cpu >> functionality for plan 9 by name. >> >> http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/06/29/1417247.shtml >> >> not a single mention of plan 9. i hope >> this is an indication that slashdot has >> slipped. >> >> screens? 1978 called and wants its >> ter

Re: [9fans] telnet vs. godaddy whois

2008-04-17 Thread Tim Wiess
>> rfc 742 p. 42 says >> >> [...] If the the user signals a push function then the >> data must be sent even if it is a small segment. >> >> by "illegal" i mean goes contrary to an rfc "must." perhaps >> i'm missing something. > > i don't see how what was sent is contrary to that re

Re: [9fans] telnet vs. godaddy whois

2008-04-17 Thread Tim Wiess
>> what's the definition of `wrong' here? >> Meaning that the patch Eric proposed is probably the better way to >> deal with ACKs. It wasn't meant to be taken too literally though, >> hence the "I think". > > what's the definition of `better' here? > > well, i won't persist in pedant

Re: [9fans] telnet vs. godaddy whois

2008-04-17 Thread Tim Wiess
>> I noticed this some time ago when I was doing some work in the >> stack and thought it was very questionable. But I never got a >> chance to go back and do further research. Nevertheless I think >> it's the wrong behavior. > > what's the definition of `wrong' here? Meanin

Re: [9fans] telnet vs. godaddy whois

2008-04-17 Thread Tim Wiess
>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:18:31 BST Charles Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > having said that, i now suspect that sending one byte into a zero-window >>> > is >>> not the problem. >>> >>> because the one-byte probe can only be done if there is data to send, and i >>> already knew that a

Re: [9fans] telnet vs. godaddy whois

2008-04-16 Thread Tim Wiess
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:04:23 PDT "ron minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is really an interesting discussion -- anybody think it could go >> on the wiki? I enjoyed it anyway :-) >> >> A good example of how correct behaviour (in this case Plan 9) can get >> you spanked. > > Er... "corr