From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:56:56 +0100 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20091027175656.GA1021@polynum.com> References: <06a0be10-d05e-47f4-bebf-c9d9512de2b8@q14g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> <636733be-5009-4311-97ab-dc81634dbd06@p15g2000vbl.googlegroups.co> <509071940910270910m5682f735l75b50ef55cea4d30@mail.gmail.com> <13426df10910270925s3929cb90uebfebedd4b982fca@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] Two suggestions for ape (was: egrep for Plan9) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 91c45c38-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:37:58PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > there was also a bit of talk about os agnostic driver stubs. > i'm a little pessimestic about the chances for success there, > especially for oses that don't use the berkeley socket stuff. > but it's probablly something that's worth talking about. Wasn't there an "OS kit" or something like that with drivers derived from Linux one's at some moment? Found this some years ago when I was searching doc. about OSes---I seem to remember this was when looking for Mach (!) documentation, so could be CMU. -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C