* [9fans] 9P clients for other OSes?
@ 2002-06-18 9:31 Jack Johnson
2002-06-18 15:03 ` [9fans] " Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-18 21:48 ` [9fans] " Ronald G Minnich
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From: Jack Johnson @ 2002-06-18 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Hi everyone,
I came across Ronald Minnich's 9P work for Unixes, but I'm just
curious, has anyone attempted the same for Windows, Macintosh, etc? I
realize the uses might be more limited, but it would seem that if a 9P
client is easier to write than, say, an SMB server for Plan 9, it
could be extremely useful for file service in a heterogenous
environment.
Not that I'm against homogeneity....
-Jack
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* [9fans] Re: 9P clients for other OSes?
2002-06-18 9:31 [9fans] 9P clients for other OSes? Jack Johnson
@ 2002-06-18 15:03 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-18 21:48 ` [9fans] " Ronald G Minnich
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From: Douglas A. Gwyn @ 2002-06-18 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Jack Johnson wrote:
> I came across Ronald Minnich's 9P work for Unixes, but I'm just
> curious, has anyone attempted the same for Windows, Macintosh, etc? I
> realize the uses might be more limited, but it would seem that if a 9P
> client is easier to write than, say, an SMB server for Plan 9, it
> could be extremely useful for file service in a heterogenous
> environment.
Check out Inferno.
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* Re: [9fans] 9P clients for other OSes?
2002-06-18 9:31 [9fans] 9P clients for other OSes? Jack Johnson
2002-06-18 15:03 ` [9fans] " Douglas A. Gwyn
@ 2002-06-18 21:48 ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-06-19 16:17 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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From: Ronald G Minnich @ 2002-06-18 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Jack Johnson wrote:
> I came across Ronald Minnich's 9P work for Unixes, but I'm just
> curious, has anyone attempted the same for Windows, Macintosh, etc? I
> realize the uses might be more limited, but it would seem that if a 9P
> client is easier to write than, say, an SMB server for Plan 9, it
> could be extremely useful for file service in a heterogenous
> environment.
9p is so well designed ... it is easy to write for.
I think it would make sense for the other OSes.
What I really wish is that embedded stuff (digital cameras, etc. ) talked
9p instead of whatever gross protocol they do. But if we get lots of ports
that becomes somewhat less unlikely.
ron
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* Re: [9fans] 9P clients for other OSes?
2002-06-18 21:48 ` [9fans] " Ronald G Minnich
@ 2002-06-19 16:17 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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From: Douglas A. Gwyn @ 2002-06-19 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> What I really wish is that embedded stuff (digital cameras, etc. ) talked
> 9p instead of whatever gross protocol they do.
Indeed. I've often wished there were a standard device interface
(more or less like 9P) so one could have *real* plug-and-play across
*all* platforms without having to write device drivers more than
once per device. If this industry were ultra-rational it could
happen, but unfortunately it's in a rush to make profits using
existing crufty platforms, a very short-sighted view about which
nothing can be done, apparently.
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