Quoth David Arroyo <[email protected]>: > > Honestly, my own motivations are not security related. I just think it's > cool. I like the idea of attaching a little computer to my computer to > extend it with almost zero configuration. One could imagine a class of USB > devices that only speak 9P, which operating systems would automatically > mount when they're plugged in. In the same vein, I'm interested in > adding 9p over virtio-vsock support to 9front, as a zero-config way for > a hypervisor to expose a factotum, or a /dev/draw, to a 9front guest.
fwiw, I've done this before -- for a startup, I wrote firmware that talked 9p over a bulk usb pipe. It wasn't really worth doing the USB serial bits, a dumb bulk endpoint was enough. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Ta60752663ff08448-M9f86b044e1a386b9feab58d1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
