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2011-08-09 Thread Steve Simon
Subject rfork N I want to construct a new namespace for an app, including a new root dir. I was hoping to do this with a few lines of script starting with rfork N, however this seems to be a dead end. I can still access kernel devices directly using the # escape in filenames, which includes

Re: [9fans] (no subject)

2011-08-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Aug 9 08:41:44 EDT 2011, st...@quintile.net wrote: Subject rfork N I want to construct a new namespace for an app, including a new root dir. I was hoping to do this with a few lines of script starting with rfork N, however this seems to be a dead end. I can still access kernel

Re: [9fans] (no subject)

2011-08-09 Thread Steve Simon
don't you just want rfork Nm? I don't think so, that is worse, this would really mean I couldn't mount anything. I don't mind the new app adding mounts if it wants to, but I want it to start with a new root dir and children, so I need to flush out the old namespace. the problem is as soon as I

Re: [9fans] Where can I find Plan9port binaries running on OS X Lion?

2011-08-09 Thread Eric Van Hensbergen
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:03 PM, andrey mirtchovski mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. How to these work in Lion? My old p9p build simply didn't display anything devdraw related. i got the 9pserve fail once (no bus error, just '9pserve failed'), but it went away when i copied a binary from a

[9fans] old hardware, new install: adding uartisa to pcf solves ps2 keyboard issue

2011-08-09 Thread Axel Belinfante
Summary: at new installation from live cd on old hardware, with pcf kernel the keyboard did not work until I added a line uartisato the pcf kernel config and compiled a new kernel. Context: while installing plan 9 using live cd(*) on ancient hardware(**) I noticed the following:

[9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
I was surprised to stumble across a handful of rc scripts in /386/bin/aux. Shouldn't this directory contain only 386 binary executables? With the exception of the vmware script, none of these are specific to the 386 hardware platform in any way. Shouldn't we have an /rc/bin/aux directory and do

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread Jacob Todd
On Aug 9, 2011 6:30 PM, erik quanstrom quans...@labs.coraid.com wrote: On Tue Aug 9 18:26:01 EDT 2011, lyn...@orthanc.ca wrote: the tradition has been to copy scripts into /$cputype/bin/$somesubdir for every arch. I've always been under the impression they went in /rc/bin/.

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread John Floren
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Jacob Todd jaketodd...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 9, 2011 6:30 PM, erik quanstrom quans...@labs.coraid.com wrote: On Tue Aug  9 18:26:01 EDT 2011, lyn...@orthanc.ca wrote: the tradition has been to copy scripts into /$cputype/bin/$somesubdir for every arch.

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Aug 9 18:49:07 EDT 2011, lyn...@orthanc.ca wrote: one could make /lib/namespace more complicated to make /bin/aux a union directory as well, but that sounds like a lot of work for no particular gain. The alternate pain is in the respective mkfiles. Munging the namespace (once)

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
to paraphrase russ, the bike shed is painted and the painter has left. And there's nothing worse than a fucking art critic.

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread andrey mirtchovski
Please don't touch the artwork. Do work carefully amongst the artwork.

Re: [9fans] rc scripts in /386/bin/aux

2011-08-09 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
Please don't touch the artwork. Do work carefully amongst the artwork. And never, ever, ask the artist for his motivation.