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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:24:47 -0400
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From: "J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:29 AM, maht <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk> wrote:
> nice one.
>
> Getting it upstream would be great. Another "you know Y that's in Linux now,
> it's from Plan9, but if you want Plan9 you know where to find it (unless
> it's down today)".
>
>

Actually, I got Ashwin Ganti's Plan 9 capability device accepted into
Greg K-H's staging tree. Should come with 2.6.29 as an experimental
option. I'm also working with the folks at glendix.org on getting
Linux to be binary compatible with Plan 9. We're always looking for
help, if you're interested.