Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-20 Thread David du Colombier
> I just think it would be interesting having Plan 9 on a multicore ARM chip Plan 9 runs on the Trim-Slice, which is running a Tegra 2 (dual-core Cortex-A9). -- David du Colombier

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-20 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 20 February 2014 15:47, Steven Stallion wrote: > > I just think it would be interesting having Plan 9 on a multicore ARM > chip, /sys/src/9/teg2 is dual core (eg, Trimslice)

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 20 10:48:19 EST 2014, sstall...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Shane Morris wrote: > > I just think it would be interesting having Plan 9 on a multicore ARM chip, > > but as I said, I'm pretty certain its open enough, but please do not quote > > me - I'd hate to be

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-20 Thread Steven Stallion
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Shane Morris wrote: > I just think it would be interesting having Plan 9 on a multicore ARM chip, > but as I said, I'm pretty certain its open enough, but please do not quote > me - I'd hate to be horribly wrong! Patience. It's being worked on :) Steve

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Feb 19 05:16:16 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: > So the "trade secret" thing explains why you don't see a port of Plan 9 for > every new and exciting device and board that comes out. It is a shame, but > these companies producing things like the GPUs in ARM devices insist on > prop

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-19 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> I'd be curious to know the methodology for producing this port as well. > > OS porting is something of a black art. I've been doing it for a while > (http://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix9

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-19 Thread Shane Morris
So the "trade secret" thing explains why you don't see a port of Plan 9 for every new and exciting device and board that comes out. It is a shame, but these companies producing things like the GPUs in ARM devices insist on proprietary licences. As far as I can tell, the i.MX6 chip from Freescale i

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Miller
> I'd be curious to know the methodology for producing this port as well. OS porting is something of a black art. I've been doing it for a while (http://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/invited_talks/miller.ps) and it's not getting any easier. Hardware vendors used

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Miller
> But how this image was produced? just mk in the sys/src/9/bcm/ > official plan9 distribution or do you have a custom plan9? The 9pi image is very standard Plan 9. Libraries, command binaries and kernel are all built from distribution sources with cd /sys/src && mk install cd /sys/src/9/bcm

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Jacob Todd
Check the 9front wiki. On Feb 18, 2014 7:15 PM, "Shane Morris" wrote: > I'd be curious to know the methodology for producing this port as well. > There is a site where a fellow is describing his efforts to port Inferno to > RPi, that is certainly interesting reading... and I haven't checked his >

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Shane Morris
I'd be curious to know the methodology for producing this port as well. There is a site where a fellow is describing his efforts to port Inferno to RPi, that is certainly interesting reading... and I haven't checked his progress in a while, so I should. Many thanks! Shane. On Feb 19, 2014 9:25 AM

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Yoann Padioleau
Yes, thx Richard. But how this image was produced? just mk in the sys/src/9/bcm/ official plan9 distribution or do you have a custom plan9? On Feb 18, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> Thank you for creating the Raspberry Pi port. I had always wanted to >> use Pl

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Richard Miller
> Thank you for creating the Raspberry Pi port. I had always wanted to > use Plan 9, but I was not able to until this port was created, because > I didn't have any compatible hardware. Yes, that's why I did it -- to give people a low-cost way to try Plan 9, and also to give Plan 9 users a way to

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Grant R. Mather
>> I just want to check the list if this link is the right one to >> get the latest image? >> >> > > Yes, it is. Thank you for creating the Raspberry Pi port. I had always wanted to use Plan 9, but I was not able to until this port

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> I just want to check the list if this link is the right one to >> get the latest image? >> >> > > Yes, it is. Thank you. -- Ramakrishnan

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Richard Miller
> I just want to check the list if this link is the right one to > get the latest image? > > Yes, it is.

[9fans] Raspberry Pi image

2014-02-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
Hi plan9 hackers, I bought a Raspberry Pi last weekend and would like to try out Plan9 on it. I just want to check the list if this link is the right one to get the latest image? thanks -- Ramakrishnan