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From: Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] The $200 walmart "gPC"
Date: Fri,  1 Feb 2008 06:19:01 -0500
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Strange, I looked at the manufacturer's website - not a mention of
Plan 9.

On Feb 1, 2008, at 12:47 AM, John Barham wrote:

>> Seems like a nice fast little machine for Plan 9.
>
> Dirt cheap too.  Even w/ Fry's specials it would be hard to put
> together a comparable machine for that amount.
>
> Given that it has VIA's C7 chip which has extra instructions for
> crypto, including SHA1
> (http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/padlock/), it should make a nice
> venti server--although you would probably need to upgrade the 80 GB
> drive...  What would be involved in patching Plan 9's libsec to use
> the C7's crypto instructions?
>
>   John