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From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] a sure easy way to try out kernel stuff
Date: Mon,  1 Mar 2004 16:09:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4043604A.6000605@hellooperator.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402292114020.1983-100000@maxroach.lanl.gov>

ron minnich wrote:

> I think I sent this before, but it's so nice I am sending it again. 
> 
> Scenario: an EPIA with linuxbios and plan 9 in flash. cpu is named cpu50.

 > You want to muck with the kernel and debug it. Easy.
 >
 > . bind_test_namespace
 > cd /sys/src/9/pc
 > mk 'CONF=whatever'
 > cpu -h cpu50
 > echo 'reboot /path/to/9whatever' > /dev/reboot
 >
 > boom. 9 boots 9. takes 5 seconds. If it blows up, cpu is back in 10
 > seconds.

Nice - this is the 9grid cluster, right?
Do you have a howto anywhere for your linuxbios voodoo?





  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-01 16:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-01  4:16 ron minnich
2004-03-01 16:09 ` Dick Davies [this message]
2004-03-01 16:17   ` ron minnich
2004-03-01 16:33     ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-03-01 16:37       ` [9fans] " boyd
2004-03-01 16:39       ` [9fans] " lucio
2004-03-01 17:01       ` Matthias Teege

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