From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:28:04 GMT." References: Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:33:43 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <20160229203343.495CCB82A@mail.bitblocks.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 port to Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (ARM64)? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 89a2b9ec-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:28:04 GMT Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > > Now that RPI3 is generally available, I'm wondering if there are any > > efforts underway to port Plan 9 to it. > > "Underway" might be a bit ambitious since it was only announced today. > I've ordered one to have a play with. > > > I would like to help in any way I > > can. > > Finding a programming manual for the BCM43438 wifi/bluetooth chip would > be a good start. > > Incidentally I can confirm that the Raspberry Pi Zero runs Plan 9 happily. In theory one should be able to run the standard 9pi image on pi3. 10-12 years ago FreeBSD had "project Evil" for an NDIS shim layer that allowed use of windows network drivers on FreeBSD. Has anyone considered writing a shim that allows use of a FreeBSD driver with plan9?