> > What would be possible is to build a general purpose > > building block. Something like this: > > - provide a tiny thread library > > - provide 9p over USB|serial|UDP > > - implement a simple 9p server framework & export a server > > side interface where one can plug in sensor/actuator > > specific routines and specify the FS layout via a string. > > - implement a namespace convention for discovering > > capabilities (for example a "help/" dir) > > - it should be implementable as a verilog block some day! > > may be not but imagining that keeps the design simple. > > > > Actually it doesn't have to be 9p. It can be something > > simpler. > > well, then do it if you think so.
what i was trying to say before, is that there is already some research in the area. it doesn't have to be proven possible. see: "9p for embedded devices" http://iwp9.inf.uth.gr/. and "levitating across the river styx" http://4e.iwp9.org/papers/levitation.pdf - erik
