[9fans] DigiLand DL701Q quad core tablet

Does anybody know if Plan 9 can run on a DigiLand DL701Q quad core tablet? Details here: http://www.digi-land.net/Photo_Show.asp?InfoId=487ClassId=56Topid=53 In short, it's an Arm Cortex A7 with 512MB DDR3, 8GB NAND flash, 7 touchscreen, uSD, uUSB AB (OTG), Bluetooth, GPS, and 802.11b/g/n.

Re: [9fans] DigiLand DL701Q quad core tablet

erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net writes: In short, it's an Arm Cortex A7 with 512MB DDR3, 8GB NAND flash, 7 touchscreen, uSD, uUSB AB (OTG), Bluetooth, GPS, and 802.11b/g/n. this will require a new kernel, and dealing with some new devices. sounds interesting, though. Yes, I figured

Re: [9fans] DigiLand DL701Q quad core tablet

cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org writes: Yes, I figured it might require some new device drivers, but why would it require a new kernel? I thought there was already a Plan 9 kernel for Arm Cortex-series processors. That's one of the reasons why I developed such a crush on OMAP. ;) BTW,

Re: [9fans] Why didn't anyone tell me about the new slogan?

Anthony Sorace a...@9srv.net writes: http://t.co/qyvHkuP2m8 Sounds a bit pollyanna to me, but who am I to judge? For the benefit of those of us without Web access, what's behind that link?

Re: [9fans] Inferno (native)

G B writes: > How do I get Limbo, a C compiler, etc., in my native build? Well, you have to mount a file system containing the rest of the operating system. :) Did you do that? The floppy image that you built contains enough to boot the kernel, but not much else -

[9fans] Fwd: Multiplexing Styx/9P2000 over TCP connections

I recently posted the following to the Inferno mailing list (but received no response). I'm re-posting here, as this applies to Plan 9 just as much as to Inferno, anyway... > So, I've been looking at the source code of Inferno, and I've noticed > that, when mount(1) wants to connect to a

[9fans] OT: Ubiquitous data vs. Reality, WAS: Re: The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

Giacomo Tesio writes: > physical tool. Now, we "know that a programmable computer is no more and no > less than an extremely handy device for realizing any conceivable mechanism > without changing a single wire", but are we sure we really want to remove > the awareness of the

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

lu...@proxima.alt.za writes: > I don't even remember the name of the feature, but I used a tool way > back in the very early days of a public Internet (it was called a MOO, > Given a browser-style interface with 3D capabilities, it would address > social networking considerably better than

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

Kurt H Maier writes: > Your post advocates a > > (x) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante > > approach to social networking. Your idea will not work. Here is why it > won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular > idea, and it may

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

Winston Kodogo writes: > That's an awfully long troll. Or "epic-length". :) Perhaps your smartphone didn't display to you item #9 in TOP. What you (incorrectly) call a "troll" I call "prebuttle". It makes discussion much more efficient if all the obvious issues/

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

Staven writes: > It's not worth it. > > You'll probably think I'm just being flippant, but I'm not. > > It's just not worth it. That's another interesting & novel way to re-think social networking: just don't have anything to do with it! Indeed, that's pretty much the

Re: [9fans] Update APE

Jens Staal writes: > If someone could backport apex from Harvey, that would be cool. I've seen this "Harvey" thing mentioned here and there, but does it really exist? I tried subscribing to the "Harvey" mailing list, but my subscription request was rejected. So I just

Re: [9fans] How Plan9 saved the world.

Jules Merit writes: > I installed plan9 on mafia systems. Sorry, bud. That font didn't even exist back in 1953. And the JDs in your chart are from the North Korean nuclear test that took place just a few days ago. I've installed Plan 9 on Endoterrestrial

Re: [9fans] How Plan9 saved the world.

Jules Merit writes: > James Holmes, San Diego Colorado. > Font BOLD enough for lib-ja. > > HMS Ole, multi-passaway, Olga! > Alice Michael > U be illin "chicKen" "RobKen" Dallas, PoPo MacDonald KenTucky fried. > /JamesColeM.S.Anderson Is this Navajo-code

Re: [9fans] Fossil+Venti system memory requirements to be aware of?

Steven Stallion writes: > Sizing venti is also simple. I disagree with this. The best way to configure venti depends largely on how you plan to use it. I have multiple venti servers configured for different uses. For example, I keep my DVD images on a different venti

Re: [9fans] Fossil+Venti system memory requirements to be aware of?

"James A. Robinson" writes: > Anyone able to tell me whether or not there are > disk size limits I should beware of given a limited > amount of system memory in a file server? Although there have been some replies on this thread, none of them have really yet directly

Re: [9fans] Job interview questions

Kurt H Maier writes: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 07:03:24PM +1300, Andrew Simmons wrote: >> I’ve just been asked to respond to the following. Apart from number 8, where >> the answer is clearly “because they are clinically insane”, I am at a loss. >> Any hints from the group? >>

Re: [9fans] Job interview questions

Charles Forsyth writes: > In the newer ASP.NET Core, they've ramped it up by extensive use of > reflection, so your program ends up trapped in a hall of mirrors, > and you've no idea who calls anything, with what, when, and why. Perhaps they're taking their lead from

Re: [9fans] Fwd: ubiquitous environment?

Rudolf Sykora writes: > environment. I want to be working on my home desktop, realize what > time it is, run out the door to catch my train, open my laptop on the > train, continue right where I left off, close the laptop, hop off the > train, sit down at work, and have

[9fans] FWD: Role of factotum(4) in Inferno security

Hi, 9fans, I recently posted this to the Inferno list. I still haven't gotten any replies after almost a week. Since factotum originated on Plan 9, I'm re-posting this to 9fans. Hopefully, someone in 9-landia will be able to provide some insight into what factotum does on Inferno. Thanks!

[9fans] Re: FOIA request?

Jack Johnson writes: > Other than LANL, any idea what they might be fishing for? The more salient question might be, "Why is this request being made of the CIA, specifically?" I'd think the NSA or DoD would be more interested in Plan 9 than the CIA. Why CIA?

[9fans] Video conferencing on Plan 9/Inferno

When the Inferno operating system (a descendent of Plan 9) was developed, one of its primary intended applications was video conferencing/streaming. With concern about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and people trying to keep at a distance from one another, there has been a huge surge in intrest in (and

[9fans] Re: plan9port fossil

kim.lass...@gmail.com writes: > Does anyone run fossil from plan9port? Is it stable? I am thinking of > setting up a fossil + venti fileserver on Linux that Plan 9 terminals > and cpu servers can connect to. I don't think that plan9port includes a port of fossil. If anyone knows of one (a

[9fans] Re: Flakey DNS server

Wes Kussmaul writes: > On 10/7/20 12:08 AM, Lucio De Re wrote: >> my situation is getting >> more difficult as norms on the Internet are being bent by service >> provider that care for their profitability much more than for >> interoperation > > I suggest taking a look at https://www.osmio.ch/

[9fans] Re: Dual dialing/forking sessions to increase 9P throughput

"Ethan Gardener" writes: > What's the advantage over fcp(1)? 9p can have numerous requests "in > flight" at once to work around latency issues, but of all the user > programs, fcp is probably the only one which takes advantage of this. The problem is that throughput and responsiveness are

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 announcements on twitter

Lucio De Re writes: > But do we want a flock of 9front-wielding droids flooding the 9fans > mailing list? Good point. Making something popular usually destroys it. E-mail used to be good, prior to The September That Never Ended. Linux used to be good, until about 2005. The World Wide Web

[9fans] Re: venti sealed arenas and ondisk format

"Steve Simon" writes: > is there any reasonable way I can view the dump filesystem from these with a > readonly > filesystem without: > formatting a filesystem to take them > building indexes > running venti > finally running vacfs How is this different from

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 announcements on twitter

cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org writes: > I actually think this is a REALLY good idea. We can use Twitter to > stir-up mass hysteria about zombies from outer space planning to invade ... > Sounds like a great way to promote our favorite operating system. > Wouldn't you agree? OK, so,

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 announcements on twitter

>> > On Nov 12, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Lucio De Re wrote: >> > >> > On 11/12/20, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> FYI, for those of you who are on twitter, I've set up the twitter handle >> >> @Plan9_OS to push news and announcements to the community. Please >> >> consider following

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 announcements on twitter

Skip Tavakkolian writes: > FYI, for those of you who are on twitter, I've set up the twitter handle > @Plan9_OS to push news and announcements to the community. Please > consider following it; and if you tweet about Plan 9 or related topics, > please try to include this handle in your

[9fans] Re: Flakey DNS server

Charles Forsyth writes: > It's a virtual city in Switzerland, which is famously neutral (hence Geneva Wes Kussmaul writes: > Instead, habitability of physical buildings is determined by building > codes and professional licensing that are the product of participatory > and duly constituted

[9fans] Dual dialing/forking sessions to increase 9P throughput

It's well-known that 9P has trouble transferring large files (high volume/high bandwith) over high-latency networks, such as the Internet. While sleeping, one night last week, I got an idea which might improve throughput: #define PSEUDOCODE ("this is psuedocode, not actual C") #define OJUMBO

[9fans] Re: GSoC 2021 project ideas

"Ethan Gardener" writes: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, at 7:16 AM, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org wrote: >> Anthony Sorace writes: >> >> (6) Incorporating Inferno's Dis virtual machine into the Plan 9 kernel, >> so Plan 9 can run Dis binaries natively, without having to run the >> Inferno

[9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021)

Anthony Sorace writes: > Hello! After a few years away, we’ll be applying to Google’s Summer of Code > program again this year. ... > 1. Project ideas. One of the key parts of the application is the > project ideas page. If you’ve got ideas that seem like they’d be a Plan 9-related: (1)

[9fans] Re: Whats the default font in Acme?

Skip Tavakkolian writes: > Plan9port has fontsrv. Any truetype you have on your system is usable. > man fontsrv for details. Unfortunately, man fontsrv doesn't provide the details. More specifically, it doesn't describe how to configure fontsrv. On my system: $ fontsrv & $ 9p ls font $

[9fans] Re: GSoC 2021 project ideas

Jack Johnson writes: > Anyone know if this project went anywhere? > > https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~412/lectures/L05_Purge_Proposal.pdf > > A Hellaphone revisit. I just read that PDF (which appears to be a series of slides from a presentation). It looks like a great project. I would love to get my

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 applying to GSoC

sirjofri writes: > (3) A high-level filesystem interface for UI widgets. Many modern UI > layouts can be described as a hierarchy of containers. The UI > filesystem would start as an empty window, which is reflected by an > empty filesystem. The user could create widget containers (hbox, vbox) >

[9fans] Re: Mounting a 9P filesystem under a Linux "user namespace"

Edouard Klein writes: > I'm about to write my own 9P2000.L fuse wrapper, but before I dive into > that, I thought I'd ask here: has anybody ever mounted a 9P filesystem > from inside a Linux user namespace, or even better, a full blown > container ? Well, all my containers are in the recycling

[9fans] Re: ctrans - Chinese language input for Plan9

sirjofri writes: > I'm pretty sure that pure Chinese computers would look different. I've often wondered that. What input methods do Chinese speakers use? What do Chinese keyboards look like? How do they find/select the character they want? Are different sets of characters available on