June 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM, "Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Johannes%20Schauer%20Marin%20Rodrigues%22%20%3Cjosch%40debian.org%3E > wrote:
> > Hi, > > thank you for chiming in! > > Quoting [email protected] (2026-06-17 12:53:20) > > > > > Does the plan9 filesystem work or is there a better way to achieve the same > > thing with Hurd as the guest? > > > > Thanks! > > > > cheers, josch > > > > Weirdly enough, we do now have a WIP 9pfs translator. The Hurd needs to add > > support for virtio-9p. Then Linux could read/write the Hurd filesystem: > > > > https://hurd.ion.nu/hurd/translator/9pfs.html > > > Okay, this is good news and means that we are one step further. But I should > probably not be holding my breath that support for virtio is added any time > soon? I do not know of any concrete plans to add virtio support anytime soon. Contribution welcome. :) > Currently, my plan is to just copy everything into the guest when I create the > machine image. That will waste time and space but it should work for now... I believe this is what guix currently does when they launch a childhurd. > Thanks! > > cheers, josch >
