From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:43:35 +1100 From: Sam Watkins To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20091126064335.GC8156@nipl.net> References: <<4B0E14CF.3010406@conducive.org>> <2c61ec3892b531cee032fc8199128720@ladd.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2c61ec3892b531cee032fc8199128720@ladd.quanstro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: [9fans] Scanners Topicbox-Message-UUID: a11a235c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I don't know how hideously complicated it would be, to implement a module interface that would support loading linux modules into whatever other OS such as Plan 9. I suppose it would be vastly simpler than something like "wine" for example. I think that would be useful, because so many devices are supported under linux before other OSes. I'm not experienced at kernel programming, so there may be issues with memory mappings and such that would make it impossible to get some modules working in this fashion. I guess it might be possible though. Sam