> Some confusion I think - 9pi image is Bell Labs distribution built with kernel > /sys/src/9/bcm and arm binaries, not from any separate source tree. > I do tend to shoot from the hip, I sincerely hope there were no unintended casualties as a result :-)
That said, the build process for the installation image has baffled me for years, mostly because I never felt that making proper sense of it would be a rewarding task. When Cherry succeeded (not for the first time) where I had only skimmed the surface, I felt he was onto a good thing. And I could not help thinking that he and you were on a parallel path and it made sense to find the common ground. My hope is that at the end of that path there will be a version of the process that is better documented and can be used more widely. Unless I misunderstand a lot (more), this is a desirable objective, if not a trivial one to attain. I don't think there is much harm me raising the issue, nor in being corrected if I am mistaken. > USB kernel driver for the pi was written specially for the usbdwc host > adapter in the bcm2835 SoC, not relevant anywhere else unless some other > vendor adopts the same usb core (which I fervently hope never happens). I'll defend my position by stating that sometimes differences teach us more then similarities. A weak defence, I know. But your work with USB has moved Plan 9 forward a lot and I think it ought to be studied and respected. Thanks for all the clarifications, I sincerely hope you did not find cause to be offended in what I wrote, it was definitely not intended to offend anyone. Lucio.
