Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-02 Thread Uriel
Perhaps it's a mad thought, but what about building a p9p-alike on top of a modified, ported Plan 9 libc? I expect most of the system calls would pose no more trouble than in p9p. It's work to be done over again, borrowing methods from p9p, but some parts will actually be easier. For

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-02 Thread Uriel
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Anselm R Garbe garb...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 August 2010 12:35, Ethan Grammatikidis eeke...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 1 Aug 2010, at 8:43, pancake wrote: I want to say that in latest glibc (see archlinux) many 9base programs cant be executed because of being

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-02 Thread Uriel
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 11:36 PM, yy yiyu@gmail.com wrote: 2010/8/1 Ethan Grammatikidis eeke...@fastmail.fm: Along with support servers this could ultimately give a very complete Plan 9 experience without any of the performance issues of virtualisation or the other issues of 9vx. Do you

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-01 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On 1 Aug 2010, at 8:43, pancake wrote: I want to say that in latest glibc (see archlinux) many 9base programs cant be executed because of being static. I sent the other mail off then I thought, are you talking about finding a sane libc for any linux, not just sta.li? I've been thinking

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-01 Thread Anselm R Garbe
On 1 August 2010 12:35, Ethan Grammatikidis eeke...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 1 Aug 2010, at 8:43, pancake wrote: I want to say that in latest glibc (see archlinux) many 9base programs cant be executed because of being static. I sent the other mail off then I thought, are you talking about

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-01 Thread Robert Ransom
On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 12:35:56 +0100 Ethan Grammatikidis eeke...@fastmail.fm wrote: I figure it could go one of two ways. One way some functionality would be disabled, giving a very p9p-like result. I called this 9libc. The other way, a 9p multiplexer server could be made. Along with support

Re: [dev] How about sta.li ? - libc tangent

2010-08-01 Thread yy
2010/8/1 Ethan Grammatikidis eeke...@fastmail.fm: Along with support servers this could ultimately give a very complete Plan 9 experience without any of the performance issues of virtualisation or the other issues of 9vx. Do you know what would give a more complete Plan 9 experience? Plan 9.