9fans - fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [9fans] factotum and Windows?
@ 2002-11-26 15:22 Skip Tavakkolian
  2002-11-27 13:58 ` david presotto
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2002-11-26 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

A while back there was a mention of porting
factotum to Windows. Is it an active project?



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: [9fans] factotum and Windows?
  2002-11-26 15:22 [9fans] factotum and Windows? Skip Tavakkolian
@ 2002-11-27 13:58 ` david presotto
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: david presotto @ 2002-11-27 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

Not quite yet.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: [9fans] factotum and Windows?


> A while back there was a mention of porting
> factotum to Windows. Is it an active project?
>
>



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: [9fans] factotum and Windows?
@ 2002-11-26 21:30 Eric Grosse
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric Grosse @ 2002-11-26 21:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
> I checked the archives, and i think ehg mentioned it.

There seem to be enough hooks and layers in Windows to get
most of the job done without touching applications.

I've been silent because I'm now doing this for an internal
customer.  There are many possible approaches in Windows and no
obviously best one, so it's not a waste of effort to have a few
independent efforts around the world.

Eric


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: [9fans] factotum and Windows?
@ 2002-11-26 21:02 Russ Cox
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2002-11-26 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> I checked the archives, and i think ehg mentioned it.
>
> Can Windows provide the same guarantees that are made by the new Plan9
> facilities mentioned in the paper?

if you mean the protected process memory,
yes, i heard windows has a similar feature.

of course, whether either system actually
delivers on the guarantee is up in the air.
i'm more inclined to trust the plan 9 implementation,
but only because i can look at it.



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: [9fans] factotum and Windows?
@ 2002-11-26 20:28 Russ Cox
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2002-11-26 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> A while back there was a mention of porting
> factotum to Windows. Is it an active project?

i don't know of anyone at the labs doing it.
(i can't speak for hangar 18, of course.)

the hard part is integration with other applications,
especially since there's no available source for most
of the interesting ones.

russ



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: [9fans] factotum and Windows?
@ 2002-11-26 18:11 Skip Tavakkolian
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2002-11-26 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> i don't know of anyone at the labs doing it.
> (i can't speak for hangar 18, of course.)
>
> the hard part is integration with other applications,
> especially since there's no available source for most
> of the interesting ones.

I checked the archives, and i think ehg mentioned it.

Can Windows provide the same guarantees that are made by the new Plan9
facilities mentioned in the paper?



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2002-11-27 13:58 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2002-11-26 15:22 [9fans] factotum and Windows? Skip Tavakkolian
2002-11-27 13:58 ` david presotto
2002-11-26 18:11 Skip Tavakkolian
2002-11-26 20:28 Russ Cox
2002-11-26 21:02 Russ Cox
2002-11-26 21:30 Eric Grosse

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).