Interesting. Where is the source for 9sys? Peace
uriel On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:09 AM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just stumbled across a talk I gave in 2002: > > Here's one slide: > > How to fix this (2): 9sys > We are building a Plan 9 system call set into Linux > It is only 38 calls > Three steps > Initial support as ioctl's from a device (/dev/9sys) > Direct integration into Linux system call table > Remove non-Plan 9 system calls (ca. 235 of them) > Result should be Linux portability with Plan 9 architecture > Greatly pared-down footprint > Early code is working now > > Note that the system calls back then were 235 in number, are 300 now. > Note that one of the steps was "remove > > good luck with glendix, it will be fun if it works. I stopped work on > 9sys when lucent fixed the license. > > ron > >
