Re: [9fans] Can't start multiple copies of acme

2013-12-16 Thread dexen deVries
i'm using two Acmes all the time, with: <<<'EOF' #!/usr/bin/env rc flag e + NAMESPACE=`{namespace}^-2 mkdir -p `{namespace} plumber || true exec acme EOF; of course plumber sends to the first copy. -- dexen deVries [[[↓][→]]] Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care

Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware

2013-12-16 Thread cinap_lenrek
the idlehands() on 9front is as follows: /* * put the processor in the halt state if we've no processes to run. * an interrupt will get us going again. */ void idlehands(void) { extern int nrdy; if(conf.nmach == 1) halt(); else if(m->cpuidcx & Monitor)

Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware

2013-12-16 Thread Blake McBride
I am running a dual core setup. CPU info is: vendor GenuineIntel procmodel 00020655 / 00010800 features fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat features pse36 clflush dts mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss features pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes hypervisor ex

Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware

2013-12-16 Thread erik quanstrom
> /* > * put the processor in the halt state if we've no processes to run. > * an interrupt will get us going again. > */ > void > idlehands(void) > { > extern int nrdy; > > if(conf.nmach == 1) > halt(); > else if(m->cpuidcx & Monitor) >

Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware

2013-12-16 Thread Matthew Veety
On Dec 16, 2013, at 10:34, erik quanstrom wrote: >> /* >> * put the processor in the halt state if we've no processes to run. >> * an interrupt will get us going again. >> */ >> void >> idlehands(void) >> { >>extern int nrdy; >> >>if(conf.nmach == 1) >>halt();

Re: [9fans] 9front pegs CPU on VMware

2013-12-16 Thread erik quanstrom
> > it won't be "too late"—as causing failures. i've tried testing this and > > generally found that reduced contention on the dog pile lock means > > unconditionally halting gives a performance boost. > > > > - erik > > > > What are the changes you made to 9atom to facilitate this? Just replac

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread tyrrell t
Well if you can't compile limbo code with GCC, then hey, the idea is the immortal virus. > From: dav...@pobox.com > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:54:12 +1000 > To: 9fans@9fans.net > CC: dav...@pobox.com > Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9 > > On 24/10/2013, at 5:57 PM, Keith wrote: > > > Who h

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 16 December 2013 19:51, tyrrell t wrote: > compile limbo code with GCC gcc? clang, surely!

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Oleksandr Iakovliev
On 2013-12-15 18:05 , Blake McBride wrote: > In spite of some really great ideas, I think we'd all agree that > Plan-9 has no real future. I would not agree about that. If you would try to have a look at coming future tendencies, you would be notified that there is coming what is now named as "int

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Blake McBride
I apologize for that statement. I made it before I knew of 9Front and 9Atom. From what I saw, the code hadn't changed in a long time, and wouldn't boot in any environment I had. All that is false when you take into account 9Front and 9Atom. I now have 9Front running fine, and, in fact, I am ren

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Kurt H Maier
Quoting Blake McBride : From what I saw, the code hadn't changed in a long time, and wouldn't boot in any environment I had. You are not a statistical universe. I now have 9Front running fine, and, in fact, I am renewing a port of an OO language extension to it. We already have python, unf

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Anthony Sorace
On Dec 16, 2013, at 16:47 , Blake McBride wrote: > All that is false when you take into account 9Front and 9Atom. I run and highly recommend 9atom, but what you'd said is false even just taking into account the mainline distribution from Bell Labs. It is updated regularly, but via internal work

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Jeff Sickel
On Dec 15, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Tristan <9p...@imu.li> wrote: > and then there's chuck moore. I’m still rooting for GreenArrays as there are a few projects where they chips would actually do well. But now that they’re accepting bitcoin, who knows, who knows. -jas

Re: [9fans] Ideas from Plan-9

2013-12-16 Thread Bruce Ellis
GreenArrays rocks. I still have no idea what to with all the cores. I've found that writing a go package that generates fun forth is fun. brucee On 17/12/2013 11:32 AM, "Jeff Sickel" wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2013, at 4:48 PM, Tristan <9p...@imu.li> wrote: > > > and then there's chuck moore. > > I’m