Re: [9fans] request for more GSoC project suggestions

2009-03-26 Thread Juan M. Mendez
Maybe porting parrot (http://www.parrot.org ) to Plan9 would be an interesting Gsoc project Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. Parrot currently hosts a variety of language implementations in various stages of completion, includin

[9fans] 9p server under GNU/Linux

2009-05-21 Thread Juan M. Mendez
Hello, I was wondering if current npfs or spfs supports exporting different directories, each one with different permissions (protected by uid/pass). Is it possible? My aim is to give users different views of the filesystem of another machine, after they authenticate themselves. -- http://vejet

Re: [9fans] 9p server under GNU/Linux

2009-05-22 Thread Juan M. Mendez
2009/5/22 Latchesar Ionkov : > If you don't use the Spfile/Npfile interfaces, you can easily do it. > Spfile/Npfile support a single root directory, so you'll need to do > some tricks to implement what you need. I think that your own > npfile_attach/spfile_attach implementation would be sufficient.

Re: [9fans] new lguest port available

2008-04-23 Thread Juan M. Mendez
On 23/04/2008, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this new lguest port pulls us forward to 2.6.25 with the new virtio > interface (ericvh git branch still I guess -- eric?) > > works fine with thx9 images. I am booting them now. > > Feels peppier but kernel build still slow -- 90 seconds.

Re: [9fans] Drawterm not working in Leopard

2008-04-28 Thread Juan M. Mendez
2008/4/27 Vinícius de Figueiredo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://web.ncf.ca/ac895/books/opl_seminar_notes.html I don't think it's necessary to send so many useless answers, or wisecracks for something that could be useful (or not) for others plan9 users. No matter how obvious it was for you, a

Re: [9fans] how to install python?

2008-12-19 Thread Juan M. Mendez
2008/12/18 Rudolf Sykora : > Hello, > > please, what's the easiest way to install python on plan9? > I found python.tgz under fgb. Is that the right way to go? > > Thanks > Ruda Hi Rudolf, Perl and python are in the /n/sources/extra directories of sources. This are my notes of how I installed per

[9fans] Plan 9 summer of code

2009-02-09 Thread Juan M. Mendez
I recently received a mail from a spanish student asking for a summer of code project to work with, related to virtualization, cloud computing, etc... I was going to point him to see at plan9, but I don't know if there is a summer of code application this year. Any news with this? -- http://vej

Re: [9fans] Android / G1

2009-02-16 Thread Juan M. Mendez
2009/2/16 matt : > Anyone got an Android / G1 phone? > > I'm about to and wondered if there was any feedback, esp. re: Plan 9 ideas? > > matt Hi, I have one that I bought through ebay, and updated the firmware to have root access. I'm quite happy with it. Since it's the linux kernel what is under

Re: [9fans] Android / G1

2009-02-16 Thread Juan M. Mendez
2009/2/16 Skip Tavakkolian <9...@9netics.com>: > probably need "Android Dev Phone 1" rather than G1. My G1 wasn't a Dev Phone 1, but I put the firmware for a Dev Phone 1. So that can be worked around. > the kernel tree includes firmware for several things. it's not clear > how one would get arou