[9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Jessica Yu
Hello all, I realize it's probably a bit early to be asking, but I'm curious if Plan 9 will be applying to participate in this year's GSoC. I'd definitely be interested in participating as a student! Thanks! Jessica.

Re: [9fans] networking, qemu, and telnet

2014-01-25 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri Jan 24 21:22:07 EST 2014, p...@fb.com wrote: Hi, I'm able to ping from plan9 the host (the macos machine running qemu). After % ip/ipconfig % ndb/dns -r I have something in /net/ndb and running ndb/dnsquery and entering address like www.google.com works. ip/ipconfig 10.0.2.2

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Jessica Yu j...@cowsay.org wrote: Hello all, I realize it's probably a bit early to be asking, but I'm curious if Plan 9 will be applying to participate in this year's GSoC. I'd definitely be interested in participating as a student! Welcome Jessica! Do you

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Conor Williams
i have some suggestions for projects... would you like to hear them?... On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Steven Stallion sstall...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Jessica Yu j...@cowsay.org wrote: Hello all, I realize it's probably a bit early to be asking, but I'm

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Anthony Sorace
Yes, I am expecting to put forward an application on our behalf again. It's not as early as you might think: much of the schedule is shifted earlier this year. Org applications open in ~3 weeks. i have some suggestions for projects... would you like to hear them?... Sure. You are, of course,

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Conor Williams
ok... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Anthony Sorace a...@9srv.net wrote: Yes, I am expecting to put forward an application on our behalf again. It's not as early as you might think: much of the schedule is shifted earlier this year. Org applications open in ~3 weeks. i have some

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Conor Williams conor.willi...@gmail.com wrote: ok... Feel free to send your ideas to the list in the meantime... Steve

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Conor Williams
·A device driver for Plan 9 for an unsupported device ·A GUI builder for the Plan 9 control graphics library ·Porting of the Tcl tool-kit Tk and the Tk GUI builder Xf ·VRML support for the Httpd ·Writing of an editor similar to Vi for Plan 9 ·

[9fans] GreenArrays and Plan 9/ Inferno

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
Hello 9fans, I saw reference to the GreenArrays chips on the list a while back, had a look, and was mighty impressed. Then I wondered, Exactly what does Plan 9 or Inferno have to do with these chips, and how do they relate? I considered you could have the 144CPU chip with mini-Styx processing

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
My vote is on the GUI builder - I'd like to see that one happen. Sorry, I don't think I'm GSoC material, I just build hardware, and put the minimum level of software on it to work... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Conor Williams conor.willi...@gmail.comwrote: ·A device driver

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Calvin Morrison
Did anyone post a recoup of the GSOC 13 results? I'd like to see what happened, what process was made. Did that draw(3) html frontend ever get finished? On 25 January 2014 22:37, Shane Morris edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: My vote is on the GUI builder - I'd like to see that one happen. Sorry, I

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
It did something, I recall. It was on the list much time after the GSoC had finished, mostly working I believe. Looked good! On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Calvin Morrison mutanttur...@gmail.comwrote: Did anyone post a recoup of the GSOC 13 results? I'd like to see what happened, what

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sat Jan 25 23:05:56 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: It did something, I recall. It was on the list much time after the GSoC had finished, mostly working I believe. Looked good! the draw device in js was completed. the student continues to make good and steady progress and is

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
Good work! On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:15 PM, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.netwrote: On Sat Jan 25 23:05:56 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: It did something, I recall. It was on the list much time after the GSoC had finished, mostly working I believe. Looked good! the draw

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Conor Williams conor.willi...@gmail.com wrote: ·A device driver for Plan 9 for an unsupported device I'd love to see this - device driver work can be difficult, though rewarding. I would be happy to mentor anyone willing to take up this challenge. Steve

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
http://www.gizmosphere.org/why-gizmo/gizmoboard/ I'd like to see Plan 9 fully support this board. The chipset is a closed ecosystem with embedded microcontroller capabilities, such as GPIO. Anything you add on the PCI-e would need further drivers, obviously. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:33 PM,

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Salman Javaid
Steven, this USB 3 [0] device driver implementation seems to be an interesting project. Is this something you will be interested in? [0] http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/TODO/index.html Best Regards, Salman Javaid On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Steven Stallion sstall...@gmail.com

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Salman Javaid javaid.sal...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, this USB 3 [0] device driver implementation seems to be an interesting project. Is this something you will be interested in? [0] http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/TODO/index.html That's going to be

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
Steve, Krystian in Poland has tackled GPIO on the RaspberryPi. I can fish up his repos if needed... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Steven Stallion sstall...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Salman Javaid javaid.sal...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, this USB 3 [0] device driver

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Shane Morris edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.gizmosphere.org/why-gizmo/gizmoboard/ I'd like to see Plan 9 fully support this board. The chipset is a closed ecosystem with embedded microcontroller capabilities, such as GPIO. Anything you add on the

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Shane Morris edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Krystian in Poland has tackled GPIO on the RaspberryPi. I can fish up his repos if needed... Very cool! I need to find some time to boot the pi I have at the house. It's been sitting in the box since I picked it

Re: [9fans] GSoC '14

2014-01-25 Thread Shane Morris
Oh, I didn't say the Gizmo for a GSoC, it was a passing comment... I'd probably pay someone to do it, and give me the time for it... Now to make money building widgets at uni... On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Steven Stallion sstall...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Shane