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Subject: Re: Lguest (Was re: [9fans] Xen 3.1 w/ Plan 9 domU)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:05:50 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> I'm porting plan 9 to lguest. making plan9 support lguest would not be
> impossible, but since the whole issue here is drivers, I don't see any
> reason to do it.

Well, it's a chicken and egg situation.  If adding to lguest the
ability to use the standardised Plan 9 driver interface actually
simplifies lguest (it may not, of course, but one can wish), then the
exercise becomes much more worthwhile and lguest developers may then
prefer to use Plan 9 as the platform.  And develop drivers for it.

I have a feeling some of that is beginning to filter into Xen,
although their priorities are necessarily elsewhere presently and for
the foreseeable future.

++L