[9fans] Go tool capabilities (Was: going too far?)
This is correct. The go tool supports files with an extension matching (go|[chsS]|swig(cxx)?|syso). Sorry to hi-jack the thread here, does the go tool invoke the native host compiler or the Plan 9-like one for .c files? I guess the same question applies for .[sS] extensions? ++L
[9fans] Go tool capabilities (Was: going too far?)
This is correct. The go tool supports files with an extension matching (go|[chsS]|swig(cxx)?|syso). Sorry to hi-jack the thread here, does the go tool invoke the native host compiler or the Plan 9-like one for .c files? I guess the same question applies for .[sS] extensions? ++L
[9fans] [RQ:] SATA HD 2+ TB native recommendations
Hi, folks, I am about to buy an internal HD for my native Plan9 box. I need 2TB or more, can anyone recommend me a model that is tested to work? Native, not p9p. Also, can anyone recommend a hi-res video card, SXGA+ or better, 24-bit depth? I am aware of the Supported PC Hardware page, of course, however, I would appreciate your personal experience. Thanks, best regards, ++pac
[9fans] arcnet
just a straw poll, anyone here use arcnet or know of any significant modern use, my employer uses it for data comms in TV stations, but this is becoming superseded by ethernet these days, are we the last bastion? -Steve
Re: [9fans] arcnet
It seems so. I haven't heard it being used in my lifetime. On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:57, steve st...@quintile.net wrote: just a straw poll, anyone here use arcnet or know of any significant modern use, my employer uses it for data comms in TV stations, but this is becoming superseded by ethernet these days, are we the last bastion? -Steve
Re: [9fans] [RQ:] SATA HD 2+ TB native recommendations
On 20/02/2013 15:04, erik quanstrom wrote: 4k drives only work in 9atom. and they're not recommended as a boot drive. Do you mean 4k drives that reports 4k block size or 4k drives that report 512B? i've found it hard to tell, even reading the data sheets if a drive is 512 or 4k. but many drives have the lba number on the sticker. and for example 3907029168 corresponds to 512-byte sectors, 2T. 3907029168*512/1000^4 = 2.0 - erik My WD hdd hosts a Plan 9 from Bell Labs from Bell Labs, it is a WDC WD15EARS-00Z. I'm 99% sure* it is a 4k hdd that reports 512B block sizes. And when I installed the system, I did all the partitioning by hand to ensure alignment for every Plan 9 partition. It was quite a pain. I didn't take a look seriously to the sticker, I will next time the box will be opened. Nicolas -- * If I remember well, I did some tests with misaligned partitions under Linux, R/W operations were so slow...! To me, it's hard to be sure whether it's a 512B or 4kB hdd without performing some tests, like this.
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
How does one reboot remotely (from drawterm)? I see that /srv/fscons is chmod 600 and owned by bootes. What is the standard way to do this? by cpuing in as bootes. from drawterm it is legal to cpu -h $cpuserver -u bootes. if you have more than a trivial number of machines, a serial console server is a good idea. that makes this sort of thing a little easier. - erik
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
Logically... Need to read up on the manuals. Thanks! On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:28 AM, erik quanstrom quans...@labs.coraid.com wrote: How does one reboot remotely (from drawterm)? I see that /srv/fscons is chmod 600 and owned by bootes. What is the standard way to do this? by cpuing in as bootes. from drawterm it is legal to cpu -h $cpuserver -u bootes. if you have more than a trivial number of machines, a serial console server is a good idea. that makes this sort of thing a little easier. - erik
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
How does one reboot remotely (from drawterm)? Couldn't consolefs be rigged to allow certain named users (or a group) to do things like what he's asking for? -Ben
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
On Wed Feb 20 19:49:22 EST 2013, bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: How does one reboot remotely (from drawterm)? Couldn't consolefs be rigged to allow certain named users (or a group) to do things like what he's asking for? why would rigging be involved? it naturally does that. when i'm doing kernel debugging, this is a pretty natural way to go: C victim victim# ^P cpu0: exiting - erik
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
why would rigging be involved? it naturally does that. when i'm doing kernel debugging, this is a pretty natural way to go: C victim victim# ^P cpu0: exiting - erik I thought so. I just said rigging because I didn't remember how to get it set up. :) -Ben
Re: [9fans] How to reboot with normal user
On Wed Feb 20 20:13:40 EST 2013, bhunts...@mail2.cu-portland.edu wrote: why would rigging be involved? it naturally does that. when i'm doing kernel debugging, this is a pretty natural way to go: C victim victim# ^P cpu0: exiting - erik I thought so. I just said rigging because I didn't remember how to get it set up. :) the trick of using ^T^Tr on terminals and ^P on cpu servers is slick! - erik
[9fans] multi-processor support
My Vbox VM has 2 CPUs, but /dev/sysstat only has one line entry for CPU ID 0. I'm running Erik's 9atom on the VM. Do I need to run anything to start the other processor?
Re: [9fans] multi-processor support
My Vbox VM has 2 CPUs, but /dev/sysstat only has one line entry for CPU ID 0. I'm running Erik's 9atom on the VM. Do I need to run anything to start the other processor? does your plan9.ini have *nomp=1? - erik
Re: [9fans] arcnet
my employer uses it for data comms in TV stations, but this is becoming superseded by ethernet these days, are we the last bastion? How do they propose to maintain it when the equipment starts failing? ++L
Re: [9fans] multi-processor support
I do. I'll set it to 0. BTW, whats with the * in the beginning of some of the names? On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:27 PM, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.netwrote: My Vbox VM has 2 CPUs, but /dev/sysstat only has one line entry for CPU ID 0. I'm running Erik's 9atom on the VM. Do I need to run anything to start the other processor? does your plan9.ini have *nomp=1? - erik
Re: [9fans] multi-processor support
* denotes that the key is for the kernel and will not show up in the enviroment. sometimes, theres a difference between a key having the value 0 and a key not being present. often, the kernel will just check for the presence of a key and ignore its value. but this is not the case for *nomp :) -- cinap
