From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tristan <9p-st@imu.li> To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: <2579c0.6486557d.QSTb.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:54:22 -0400 User-Agent: mx-alpha Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] hardware device (...) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6844f3d4-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > So, my question: Doesn't it makes sense that some hardware like CAMs or > USB-Scanners are working with Plan 9. I mean: There is a good system bu= t as I > understand there is absolutely no device what I can buy and connect to = it. > Is this a stupid question? Sure I could now spend endless times in tryi= ng to > reach such aim myself, but I believe there are so much tec freaks out t= here, > that can do such things much better and faster and I could concentrate = more > at starting user programs? folks don't write code until they want it. until now, nobody has cared enough about cameras or scanners or printers (though i thought ethernet connected printers work more or less (but i've never printed anything)) to do anything. now you care, maybe you'll write them. the beauty of plan 9 is that it's easy to write drivers if you have decent documentation. which you will for at least some of the devices you listed. or maybe some common user-oriented device support like this would make a good Google Summer of Code project? --=20 All original matter is hereby placed immediately under the public domain.