Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

[Tristan <9p-st@imu.li>]

> >> or maybe some common user-oriented device support like this would
> >> make a good Google Summer of Code project?

> > you'd do much better in gsoc if you limited your scope.

i would imagine so, but it wouldn't be up for me to specify which one.
i'm not qualified for gsoc. (read some as 'one of x' not 'a few x')

> I'd also like to recommend that projects take place outside the kernel
> when possible.

i believe pretty much everything he mentioned would be in usb space,
which is (thank you everyone responsible) not kernel.

> It's a lot easier to do things in userland on a single Plan 9 box (or VM),
> while I've found that kernel work is best done with at least a CPU server, a
> "victim" PC with serial output so we can catch crash messages, and then
> another box where you can sit to actually write code--a much more complex
> thing for a student with no hardware budget to set up!

i've tended to use the cpu server as the sitdown computer, bad for
reading pdfs but other that... but agreed!

enjoy,
tristan

(appologies to John, who'll likely get this twice, except this bit)

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