> The /net FS is directly an application of 9P, and to add further > functionality, such as packet analysis (which seems to be the new hot > topic now), is only to go so far as to change the /net "application"
this is nitpicking, i apologize.... but /net is not a fs. '#I' the ip stack and '#l' the ethernet device are usually bound in union on /net. ip subsumes its subprotocols and arp. there is nothing preventing one from adding a new networking protocol nor is there anything preventing one from adding a new type of networking device. for example, one could run ip over atm networking with no problems. i think this sort of thing is done with blue gene. you could also run (say) xns over ethernet and have it all appear like a big, happy family in /net. - erik
