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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:10:39 +0800
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From: Fernan Bolando <fernanbolando@mailc.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] oh, no! (again)
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:57 AM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@quanstro.net> wrot=
e:

>
> a further note, if you rebuild your kernel, it won't work.
> installing the following contrib packages is required
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/fis =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(build and parse sata =
fises)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/sd =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (new sd stuff)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/nvram =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(so you can find nvram)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/9load-e820 =A0 =A0 (to rebuild 9load)

I am suppose to replace /sys/src/boot/pc with /sys/src/boot/pc-e820???

> for most atom-based machines with 8169s you will need
> this as well.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/8169
>
> comment out the edev->maxtu line. =A0that's for jumbo frames
> support for aoe. =A0you could apply the changes to the dist
> driver as well, but unfortunately the distributed driver does
> not handle unexpectly large packet reception. =A0(crash)

There is no edev->maxtu in /sys/src/9/pc ether8169.c
there is edev->maxmtu Mtu same thing???

> also you may wish to enable support for the new sd stuff.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/atazz =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(send raw ata commands)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0quanstro/smart =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(smart monitor)
>
> there are a few things in the kernel i've built that don't fit
> in dist packages very well.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0PAT
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0jumbo ethernet frames
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0kernel cec server =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (console-ove=
r-ethernet)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/dev/cputemp
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/dev/nomp =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (mptables when not e=
nabled)
>

 not sure what to do here.


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