Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-14 Thread erik quanstrom
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Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-14 Thread erik quanstrom
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Re: [9fans] hardware device line - what about the file resource hardware devices that are supported

2012-03-13 Thread Nemo
For the octopus we wrap underlying MacOS X or Linux devices, and then use them. For native plan 9 I don't know if there's a working usb camera. I think there was some, long ago, but I'm not even sure.

Re: [9fans] hardware device line - what about the file resource hardware devices that are supported

2012-03-13 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Mar 13 13:26:41 EDT 2012, n...@lsub.org wrote: For the octopus we wrap underlying MacOS X or Linux devices, and then use them. For native plan 9 I don't know if there's a working usb camera. I think there was some, long ago, but I'm not even sure. wasn't that a tv tuner? - erik

Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-13 Thread Tristan
So, my question: Doesn't it makes sense that some hardware like CAMs or USB-Scanners are working with Plan 9. I mean: There is a good system but as I understand there is absolutely no device what I can buy and connect to it. Is this a stupid question? Sure I could now spend endless times in

Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-13 Thread erik quanstrom
folks don't write code until they want it. until now, nobody has cared enough about cameras or scanners or printers (though i thought ethernet connected printers work more or less (but i've never printed anything)) to do anything. now you care, maybe you'll write them. the beauty of plan 9 is

Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-13 Thread John Floren
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:09 PM, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote: folks don't write code until they want it. until now, nobody has cared enough about cameras or scanners or printers (though i thought ethernet connected printers work more or less (but i've never printed anything)) to

Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-13 Thread Tristan
or maybe some common user-oriented device support like this would make a good Google Summer of Code project? you'd do much better in gsoc if you limited your scope. i would imagine so, but it wouldn't be up for me to specify which one. i'm not qualified for gsoc. (read some as 'one of x'

Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

2012-03-13 Thread Jeff Sickel
On Mar 13, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Tristan wrote: So, my question: Doesn't it makes sense that some hardware like CAMs or USB-Scanners are working with Plan 9. I mean: There is a good system but as I understand there is absolutely no device what I can buy and connect to it. Is this a stupid