Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 06:10:51PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > Marvell Development Board (LSP Version KW_LSP_5.1.3_patch18)-- > > RD-88F6281A Soc: 88F6281 A0 LE > > > > That is openRD (Marvell 88F6281), it is a starting point for playing > > with it... > > well, good luck. there's a sata d

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0700, Steven Stallion wrote: > > It's quite possible. I even have it working. :-) > > A couple of months ago I submitted a patch to the U-Boot mainline to add > formal support for Plan 9 kernels. It has since been accepted. At the same > time I also submitted a

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread Steven Stallion
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:19 AM, wrote: > Since it has u-boot installed and that the mapping of the flash is given > does one know if one could build a Plan9 kernel, write it (via > u-boot) to the flash and be able to boot? > It's quite possible. I even have it working. :-) A couple of months a

Re: [9fans] PBSR...EI

2013-06-01 Thread erik quanstrom
On Sat Jun 1 11:38:56 EDT 2013, trebol55...@aol.com wrote: > But now I'm in my installation nightmare! i'm sorry. > 9atom installation doesn't work, when coping the distribution setting > gid and uid fails and files are missing. Can you mail a check sum? I > have downloaded the iso twice, but

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread erik quanstrom
> Marvell Development Board (LSP Version KW_LSP_5.1.3_patch18)-- > RD-88F6281A Soc: 88F6281 A0 LE > > That is openRD (Marvell 88F6281), it is a starting point for playing > with it... well, good luck. there's a sata driver in 9atom. - erik

Re: [9fans] test(1) -older bug?

2013-06-01 Thread erik quanstrom
yup. i think it's a bug: /n/sources/patch/older /n/atom/patch/older - erik

[9fans] test(1) -older bug?

2013-06-01 Thread arisawa
Hello, How do you think? I think test is buggy in "older" operation. the test is from 9front. I have not tried bell-labs test. term% ls -l --rw-rw-r-- M 149 arisawa arisawa 3277 Apr 9 23:11 x --rw-rw-r-- M 149 arisawa arisawa 4555 Apr 9 23:12 y term% mtime x 1365516710 x term% mtime

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:31:29AM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > I have read on the wiki that there is a 5c, for ARM 32bits > > little-endian, but that there is no flash memory support. > > i boot my openrd from flash. > So since it is: Marvell Development Board (LSP Version KW_LSP_5.1.3_pat

[9fans] PBSR...EI

2013-06-01 Thread trebol
> "tail -f /dev/kprint" I see, when kprint is open the log isn't sent to the console. Also simply tail or cat /dev/kprint works fine. I need to read more man pages... But now I'm in my installation nightmare! 9atom installation doesn't work, when coping the distribution setting gid and uid fai

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:31:29AM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > i have some experience with the marvell ferceron, and they are similar to > the plug computers/open rd, but most of the memory mapping will be > different. > > if your want your focus to be on the file server, and not porting to

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread erik quanstrom
> I have read on the wiki that there is a 5c, for ARM 32bits > little-endian, but that there is no flash memory support. i boot my openrd from flash. > Unfortunately, it happens that in France, for small enterprises (not to > say independant worker like me), we are not a worthy target. And the >

Re: [9fans] Fossil disk usage over 100%?

2013-06-01 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 07:09:41AM +0100, Richard Miller wrote: > Nonsense. > > I've been using fossil on my main system since 2008, and on a thinkpad > which I used daily when working at clients' offices for some years > before that. My professional livelihood depends on the integrity of > those

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 10:04:23AM +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > The ARM world is considerably more complicated, what with dozens of > subspecies in existence and 600-page manuals to describe how they > work. Personally, I'd be very interested in setting up a Plan 9/ARM > Google group in

Re: [9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread lucio
> Since it has u-boot installed and that the mapping of the flash is given > does one know if one could build a Plan9 kernel, write it (via > u-boot) to the flash and be able to boot? I'm looking for the answer to this question too. Besides the Sheevaplug, I have a similar ARM gadget that I was p

Re: [9fans] Fossil disk usage over 100%?

2013-06-01 Thread steve
secconded! my two fossils + venti file servers have been running since 2004. there where problems to do with snapshots which i disabled. That bug is now fixed and it have reenabled them. my only losscame some years ago due to me being paranoid and over-cooling drives, and that was a loss of a one

[9fans] ARM and u-boot

2013-06-01 Thread tlaronde
Hello, I have read on the wiki that there is a 5c, for ARM 32bits little-endian, but that there is no flash memory support. Some time ago, I was looking for a NAS (for a client) and was looking for a device that was doing WORM (block deduplication) since, due to user changing metadata (file names