Re: [9fans] waserror()/nexterror()

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:20:33AM +0100, Fco.J.Ballesteros wrote:
>
> Section on error handling in the Plan 9 kernel notes,
> or drop me a line off-list and I'll try to explain.

4.3 Error handling

Thank you.  That will do for starters.

You may be able to help me with a totally different problem: I have
a set of VXL-Percios, thin client hardware that I'd like to have
running Plan 9.  They are just SiS550s in a box, with the obvious
and not so obvious peripherals (2xUSB and no serial ports).  2ed
plan 9 kernel boots, but can't recognise the realtek ether chip,
whereas something very early in the 4ed kernel startup (before any
printed announcements) causes the kernel to reset the host.

I haven't quite been tempted to boot the 3ed kernel, nor to mess
around with kernel sources as I seem to have a rather confused
distribution on my production server.

It's just that debugging those first few procedures in main() that
precede setting up printing seems a formidable task.  What can you
suggest?

In return, your notes ought to become a proper set of man pages,
the way the NetBSD folks have structured their section 9.  If you
head in that direction, I'd love to help you.

++L