Re: [9fans] Plan9 on Pi 3B+

2018-04-03 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
Thanks! I got one recently and have been meaning to ask about his. Running Linux, 3B+ seems perceptibly faster than 3B. On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > > But what is the > > rationale for the lock in the second loop? > > Sorry for the confusing

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on Pi 3B+

2018-04-03 Thread Richard Miller
> But what is the > rationale for the lock in the second loop? Sorry for the confusing code. The startlocks are locked by cpu0 before booting the secondary cores. Each core unlocks its own startlock when it starts. Cpu0 blocks on each startlock waiting for the corresponding core to unlock it,

Re: [9fans] Plan9 on Pi 3B+

2018-04-03 Thread Erik Quanstrom
I would guess it's a bug because the second bug is starting the first loop st 0- erik

[9fans] Plan9 on Pi 3B+

2018-04-03 Thread Brian L. Stuart
Has anyone tried Plan 9 on the new Pi 3B+? I've run into something that confuses me a bit. First, it seems you need the new version of start_cd.elf to bring up the 3B+. However, with that, the kernel throws a lock loop error. In tracking down the loop, it happens in startcpus() in archbcm2.c.