Re: [9fans] Plan9 CPU server

2011-02-14 Thread faif
On 11 Φεβ, 18:30, Nyan Htoo Tin nyanhtoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've successfully tried plan9 on qemu/virtualbox. But I don't understand what is CPU server that I usually saw in plan9 doc/manual?? I'd like to know details...link/pointer would be appreciated. I've

Re: [9fans] Plan9 CPU server

2011-02-14 Thread Nyan Htoo Tin
On Feb 12, 1:22 am, j...@jfloren.net (John Floren) wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Nyan Htoo Tin nyanhtoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've successfully tried plan9 on qemu/virtualbox. But I don't understand what is CPU server that I usually saw in plan9 doc/manual?? I'd

Re: [9fans] Plan9 CPU server

2011-02-14 Thread John Floren
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Nyan Htoo Tin nyanhtoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 12, 1:22 am, j...@jfloren.net (John Floren) wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Nyan Htoo Tin nyanhtoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've successfully tried plan9 on qemu/virtualbox. But I don't understand

[9fans] Formats %H, $, %[ (Was re. ratrace problem; debuggers welcome)

2011-02-14 Thread Joel C. Salomon
On 02/14/2011 01:03 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: that doesn't really work for me. either the kernel should always print as hex, or the decision should be made for the whole string. the \x notation requires that any \x be excaped. you potentially need to escape both and \. it's a difficult

Re: [9fans] Formats %H, $, %[ (Was re. ratrace problem; debuggers welcome)

2011-02-14 Thread erik quanstrom
I remembered reading of, and using, the %q format, but %H is new to me. The web version of print(2) doesn’t describe it, so I went to the source. In libc.h I found #pragma varargcktype void* #pragma varargcktype[ void* #pragma varargck

Re: [9fans] Is there a reason for the existence of 9atom?

2011-02-14 Thread Sergey Zhilkin
Ask Geoff :) I think, that plan9 code-base is used somewhere else at Alcatel-Lucent. :) 2011/2/14 Eugene Gorodinsky e.gorodin...@gmail.com Any specific rules as to which changes are going to be accepted and which are not? 2011/2/14 Anthony Sorace a...@9srv.net No big mystery: the Bell

Re: [9fans] Preferred ARM platform?

2011-02-14 Thread Yaroslav
is there some progress with creation of a Perfect Arm Terminal? 2010/11/2 ge...@plan9.bell-labs.com: The plugs make fine servers but there is also interest in a small, portable terminal that boots quickly.

Re: [9fans] Preferred ARM platform?

2011-02-14 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Yaroslav yari...@gmail.com wrote: is there some progress with creation of a Perfect Arm Terminal? To me, the gumstix is still it. I booted the new omap kernel the other day and noticed all the neat video messages! When I get back I'm going to try it out with a

Re: [9fans] Is there a reason for the existence of 9atom?

2011-02-14 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Feb 14 02:01:04 EST 2011, e.gorodin...@gmail.com wrote: Been there, done that. Not a line of text saying why 9atom appeared nor why the changes are not merged back into plan9. there was at least one person i told that a certain bit of atom hardware works great, only to find out that it

Re: [9fans] Preferred ARM platform?

2011-02-14 Thread geoff
The problem with the gumstix as a terminal is that nobody has yet been able to figure why its USB doesn't work, so though you can get video, it's hard to provide mouse and keyboard. Plus Gumstix still don't seem to be selling the aluminum case, so it's a bit delicate to lug around the world with