On Dec 3 2012 8:15 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 12/3/2012 12:51 AM, EBo wrote: >> On Dec 2 2012 10:26 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: >>> ...> >>> Curiously, Plan 9 (the OS from AT&T, not the movie from Ed Wood!) >>> has >>> recently been reemerging in the Internet consciousness. I don't >>> think >>> Plan 9 is the answer, but the outside-the-box thinking that went >>> into >>> its design is a model for the thinking I believe could emerge in >>> LinuxCNC too as we see new opportunities in the ARM world. In >>> diversity >>> there is strength. >> Kent, >> >> I am curious what else you have seen regarding Plan 9. You may not >> know, but the Plan 9 files system protocol has been in the main >> kernel >> tree for some time, and various other bits and bobs are being slowly >> ported from Plan 9 to Linux. I will have to check into to if the >> user >> defined name spaces have been ported yet -- those are useful. If >> you >> are interested in looking robotics using 9p take a look at >> Styx-on-a-Brick. >> >> BEo -- >> > > I apologize if I misled (usual excuse...I was tired). > > I admire the Plan 9 project-eers for daring to suggest that Unix is > not > the holy grail and exploring new paradigms that preserve much of the > goodness of Unix. They invented Unix; they should know. > > I see that as metaphor for how I hope we proceed with LinuxCNC. > > On the other hand, I wasn't proposing Plan 9 as a concrete solution > for > us. (Nor do I consider its lack of market share to be a strike > against it.) > > Thanks for the pointer to Styx-on-a-Brick. Fun stuff. My original > message was triggered by seeing a hackaday item about someone porting > Plan 9 to his RPi. I forget where else I saw Plan 9 mentioned > recently too.
I had not heard about the RPi/9p connection. Interesting. I would be surprised if I could break away enough time to test an implementation any time soon. On the other hand, if the basic protocol *just worked* (tm) then I could see setting up a test bench to measure the communication latency, etc. But none of that is not realistic given my current ToDoWarehouse (meaning that the lists piled up so much that I had to move them off the desk to a filing cabinet, out of the filing cabinet into the storage shed, and finally upgrade the storage shed to an industrial warehouse with forklifts, just in time scheduling, and an infinite caffeine dispenser... > Finally, who is this guy "BEo" and what has he done with our friend > EBo? I tripped and went ars over tea-kettle ;-) EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
